They were going to another planet called Gilese 581c. Gilese 581c is near a red dwarf star. It is possible for alien life there. They thought the rocks there had the cure for Feline Leukemia.
Everybody was scared, especially Leda. Leda, the driver, was grayish with orange ears and she had half a tail. She was 11 years old and was usually very scared. She cuddled up next to Tiny. Tiny was a three month old calico. She was one of the scientists on board, and she had a lot of courage.
"Get up," said Captain Domino. "Don't be a scaredy-cat.""Ok," said Leda. Domino was four years old. He had a brown body, black tail and ears, and a white belly and paws. He was a little bossy.
Just then they felt a bump, then a bigger bump, then an even bigger bump. Then right after the last bump they shot straight forward. Everybody flew back in their seats. Finally they slowed down. Bud came out of the back room. "What was that?!" he asked. Bud was black and had white on his paws, nose, and belly. He was 13 years old and very fat. He was usually very nice.
"Sorry," said Leda. "We were just breaking through earth's atmosphere and we needed a little bit more force." "Where is Tiny?"asked Bud. "I don't know," said Domino. "There she is," said Leda. There she was flat on the floor. "What happened?" she asked. "You must have fallen when we shot through the atmosphere,"said Bud.
"Captain Domino, come quick," screamed Leda. "What is it?"Domino asked. "I think I see planet Gilese 581c ahead," exclaimed Leda. In front of them was the planet. It had a beautiful color that none of the cats could describe. It was about five times bigger than Earth.
"What are you waiting for, let's land!" hollered Tiny. "Ok, just hold your horses,"said Leda. Suddenly they zoomed downward.
When they eventually landed, they got out. They didn't see anything. They only heard a "Tap, Tap, Tap" coming from the distance. "Hello, anybody there?"Bud called. Nobody answered. Just then they heard a faint "Hi"come back from the distance. "Who is that?" asked Domino. "And where are you?" Domino asked again. "I'm down here!" said the voice.
Everyone looked down. On the ground was a cat. Well, it wasn't really a cat because it had only one eye, it was a purplish color, and it was little."What are you?"asked Leda. "My name Lucy and I am a Cat-a-clops," it answered."But, but," Leda said, "Cat-a-clopes aren't real. The word isn't even in the dictionary." Leda was shaking all over. It even looked like she was going to cry because she was so scared. "For the second time today, don't be a scaredy-cat." yelled Domino. "Don't mind her, Lucy. Anyway, my name is Domino, that's Tiny, that's Bud, and the scaredy-cat is Leda." Lucy nodded her head.
"Why are you here anyway?" asked Lucy. "We are looking for a cure for Feline Leukemia, and we think it may be found in your planet's rocks because they look different than ours," said Bud. "So we came here to take some." "What's Feline Leukemia?" asked Lucy. "It is a disease that cats get," said Tiny. "It is incurable so far, and many cats die from it every year."
"But you need to get permission from the king to take some of the rocks because he lives on top of the only pile of them, so he says they're his," said Lucy. "He also counts all of them every time someone visits so he knows if you take some, and if you did take some he'd kill you. "Why does he do that?" asked Tiny. "I mean they're only some dumb rocks.""Please take us to the king," requested Leda. "Ok," said Lucy.
So they followed Lucy. It took a while. When they reached the mountain, everybody stared in awe because the mountain looked like it was 1,000 miles tall. "Do we really have to climb that thing or is there an elevator?" asked Bud. "No elevator," said Lucy. "I think it's cool," said Domino. "I thought you were bluffing when you said he lived on rocks." Then when nobody was looking, he snatched a handful and put it in the pocket of his space suit.
Finally they arrived. "Where is the king?" asked Domino impatiently. "He should be here any minute now," said Lucy. They waited. Eventually the king came.
He had one eye and was a grayish color. And surprisingly he was even ruder than Domino.
"What do you want?" he yelled. "Please sir, may we have a couple of your gold rocks to help cure a disease on our home planet?" asked Leda in her sweetest voice possible. "You think I want to help you? Never!" screamed the king. "Yes sir," sobbed Leda. "Good, NOW GET OFF MY MOUNTAIN!" hollered the king. Everybody was scared as they raced off the mountain.
By the time they got all the way down they were so out of breath they could hardly talk. "He was mean," said Tiny who had tears running down her face. "I can't wait till we get home," said Bud.
Finally, when they saw the spaceship they had to say good-bye to Lucy. As they got closer toward the spaceship, Domino looked behind him and saw the king and his guards running after him and he remembered he took the rocks. "Quick," Domino yelled, "Get in!" "Why," asked Tiny. " Look," yelled Domino and he pointed to the king and his army racing after them. "What did you do?!" yelled Tiny. "I stole some rocks because I thought she was lying," he yelled. "Now just get in."
Everybody was rushing to get in because the king was only ten yards away. When they all got inside, Leda hit the gas and in no time they were on their way home.
The End
