Zupiter - Our New Home

Day 1:

January 1, 2013

Our first day on our new planet, Zupiter, was very exciting. We have set up camp and have only been able to explore the region around our campsite. We have found many new things; such as strange plants, animals, and bugs. All of these creatures are new to us which is why we are very cautious in everything we do. The most outrageous thing I have seen has been this orange plant that, well I think it was a plant, has a stem about four feet high with eight eyes on top. It was the weirdest thing I have ever seen. I walked by it and it was following me with its eyes. Over all today was a very good day. We did not come in contact with any “aliens” that seem to rule the land, which is a good thing I guess.

Day 7:

January 7, 2013

We have been here a week now and I feel we are adapting very well. We have found a sufficient supply of water and food in the area. In the past week we have been following a herd of some sort of creatures (its movements resembles a cow but looks like a mixture of a cow and zebra on Earth). These creatures were all white with brown stripes and purple polka dots. They resembled the size of an elephant on Earth. A group of our four best hunters went out in the afternoon to go hunt these creatures. It took them three hours to catch one. These creatures were very slow but very smart. It seemed that they knew we were hunting them. They moved around a lot but it was not enough for our hunters. They took many shots but finally killed one with a shot to the head. I felt we ate like kings that night. The creature’s meat was delicious. It tasted just like chicken. Due to its size, we had so much left over. Looks like I’ll be eating this for the rest of the week. I am starting to like this place. It is very fun and interesting with all the new discovers that we are making. Interestingly, with all of our exploring we have not seen any intelligent aliens.

Day 20:

January 20, 2348

We have been here for 20 days now and things are looking better and better each and every day. We continue to explore but with still no sight of inelegant aliens. Today the explorers found a very interesting land form. While following one of the rivers downstream they came across an area that was steaming. It looked like the water was hitting something. When they went to go over to look at it, they saw a stream of a bright purple substance. This substance resembled lava but looked completely different. When the water would hit it, the water would steam which meant it was very hot. They followed it for a long time but since it was getting dark they had to head back.

Day 21

January 21, 2348

The group of explorers continued where they left off with the stream of purple lava. They continued to follow it which led them to a civilization. There was a large population of aliens and houses. It looked like a town. These aliens had the body of a human, except they had three legs and four arms. They also had a transparent appearance (you could see through their skin), three eyes, and thirteen fingers on each hand with neon green finger nails. They were very unusual. They spoke a language unknown to all of us, that didn’t sound like anything we have ever heard. We made contact in a peaceful manor but continued to be very cautious. The unknown language made it very difficult to communicate. It did not take long for us to realize that they were not peaceful creatures.

Day 30

January 30, 2348

We have been here a month and things are not looking too good. The aliens seem to get more and more savage like. This was not looking good because of the large population they had. Another large problem was that we still unfortunately could not communicate with them. Small attacks by the native aliens were beginning to occur. Today was the worst one by far. They had easily over 300 soldiers that came to attack our small camp sight of merely only 150 people, children and adults. We were all terrified. Their weapons were way more advanced than any of ours. Before we could react the natives were braking into our campsite. The children and women were scrambling everywhere to find a safe hiding spot while the men tried to fight off the aliens. The aliens were over powering us when our oldest member, Jean, walked out to meet them. We tried to stop her but when the aliens saw her they stopped fighting. They seemed amazed at her age and her ability to use sign language to communicate. They began to surround her and soon Jean and the aliens were in an intellectual conversation by using sign language. It was extraordinary. It seemed like the aliens knew who she was. Once they saw her they stopped and knew that we came in peace. From now on we lived in harmony and peace with the aliens.

This is not the end of our story but actually the beginning. For the first time we feel confident that we will be able to survive in this new and strange environment.

Day 1 of our new life begins today!