Week 9 writing Stargazer

As he stood alone on the frozen surface of the lake, wrapped up well against the bitterly cold wind, Peeta glimpsed something extraordinary through his camera. It was a rainbow shaped cluster of stars! “This I have to catch through my camera,” whispered Peeta as he snapped away. He was skimming through the photos, when a red light started flashing on the camera screen. “Go! Leave! This place in dangerous! Earth is gonna explode in 20 minutes! Go to Persephone! Go Leave! This place is dangerous! Earth is gonna explode in 20 minutes! Go to Persephone! From the stars,” bellowed a voice from up above. Peeta was dumbfounded, but sprinted over to the NASA base.

Luckily it was only a few 100 meters away. Peeta tumbled into the laboratory and alerted to everyone, “The stars have sent me a message! They say Earth is going to explode in 20 minutes! We need to warn everyone and leave at once to somewhere called Persephone!” “Stop talking nonsense kid. That’s impossible. Our satellites would have sent us a message about this,” replyed a slim, tall man as he towered over Peeta. Everyone nodded except for three people. Some guy who had the name tag Buzz, Space commander, some guy standing next to him, and a small, plump, happy looking chap who waddled over to Peeta.

 The other 2 disappeared into the crowd, who were inching forward, looking at puffed Peeta. “Hey kid, I believe you. Let’s leave, together,” whispered the plump man as he bent over, with difficulty. “Oh, whatever Donald,” murmured the man from before. “C’mon, back to work everyone.” Everyone except for Donald drifted away, going back to work.

“C’mon, what are you waiting for kid? Let’s go,” announced Donald as he sprung up, his belly wobbling. Donald and Peeta ran around the place, looking for a spacecraft. “Apollo 12 was packed and ready a few hours ago, that should be still there,” stated Donald as he jogged behind Peeta. They came to an empty field with little specks of embers on the ground.

 “Wh-where’s the spacecraft,” wondered Peeta he streaked across the empty field. “I swear it was here a few minutes ago, anyway, I think we’ll just have to use the temporary spacecraft then,” announced Donald as he strode away. 10 minutes later, they came to a big pod, with blaster on all four sides. “Get in,” whispered Donald as he hopped in. “I know I'm breaking at least 75 rules here, but I don’t care.” Peeta scrambled in after Donald.

 He slammed the door shut and Donald toke the controls. Kaboom! There was a big cracking sound, and the roof gave way. Donald flew upwards, and they were off. Peeta caught a glimpse of the rapidly moving clouds as they zoomed past them, going ever so high. Finally, they came to a screeching halt. They were moving as slow as sloths. They were in space. Peeta looked behind him, wondering how much time the people on earth had until it exploded, then, BANG! Half of the earth burst into flames as the other half slowly began to burn to a crisp.

 “I think we just made it by a whisker,” thought Peeta as he took a slow tragic breath. All his family and friends, all dead. He didn’t think about warning them. Hey, at least he was still alive. “Hey look! There’s another spacecraft over there. I thought it was rest hour. There shouldn’t be any now! Oh look over there! It’s heading over to a planet!!! It looks fabulous! Let’s following the spacecraft. Might come in handy, ok kid,” asked Donald as he swerved over. Peeta didn’t even have to nod. Donald was already making his way over. “Anyway, what’s your name? You haven’t introduced yourself yet.” “I’m Peeta.” “Hey, nice name kid.” “Thanks.

” A few hours later they touched down on the crunchy snow. “Brwww… It’s cold,” trembled Donald as he inched his way out shivering in the cold. “You can have one of my jumpers,” insisted Peeta as he past one over. “Thanks.” “No problem.” The other people had just crawled out of their spacecraft and looked Peeta’s way.

 It were the 2 people from NASA! Who looked thoughtful for a moment! “Buzz! Andrew! How nice it is to see you!” cried Donald as he scrambled over to them. Buzz hugged Donald as they whirled around. Peeta looked over at Andrew, who was eyeing him like a hawk. Andrew gave him a weak smile and that’s when Peeta realised Andrew’s foot. It was cut off and he was leaning against the spacecraft, wheezing. “Anyway, where are we,” asked Donald as he looked around. “Persephone. I was here on my latest expedition*,” answered Andrew as he looked down at the white snow. “I know a place to stay. A cave. C’mon. Let’s go. Better leave before we freeze. Here you see these tracks? Follow those.” Andrew led the way as Peeta stayed at the back. He wanted to get to the cave, fast.

 *See Week 6-Another World
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