Calvin, Hero of the Stars

Disclaimer: I don't own Calvin and Hobbes. Just read and review please.

A/N: In this fic, Hobbes is treated like a real being, who can talk of course. Everyone can hear him, and nobody is surprised to hear him speak.

Chapter 1

Calvin closed the book about outer space and sighed. The book had stated that space travel would be impossible for the next 300+ years and even then, you would only be able to go within the solar system. He couldn't wait that long. He dashed over to his closet and took out a helmet. "I now declare myself, Emperor of Space!!!" He yelled as he put the helmet on his head. "And the Emperor of Space can go anywhere in space he wants to." He bounded out of his room and down the stairs but was stopped by Hobbes, who had just woken up, due to Calvin's yell.

Hobbes yawned, "Why did you have to yell, I was in the middle of the best dream ever. I was in a meadow, and all these cans of tuna were dancing about me. Then I took a can opener and -" He stopped and scanned Calvin. "Why are you wearing that helmet?" He asked with another yawn.

"How dare you talk to the Emperor of the Stars that way." Calvin said angrily. "You will be punished for your arrogance!"

"Oh, yea," Hobbes challenged. "You are to short to be a 'Emperor'."

"No, I'm not." Calvin said and raised his fists. "The Emperor could beat you anyday, no matter how short he is." Hobbes snarled and soon, Calvin and Hobbes were wrestling on the floor. After Calvin's Mom had separated them, Calvin went outside.

He slowly journeyed to the creek and sat down to skip rocks. He was still brooding about space travel when a voice said, "So you really want to travel in space."

Calvin jumped then sighed in relief. It was Hobbes. "Yea, I do. Well let's go explore the woods." Calvin and Hobbes roamed all around the woods for a few hours. Suddenly they came up onto a cave. ""Let's explore it!" Calvin exclaimed then tugging at Hobbes arm, ran into it. After making their way along a bit, there was a flash of light. Calvin was seeing spots and trying to feel his way out when he heard zapping sound sound behind. Calvin turned and, felling pain rip through his leg, he passed out.

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Calvin woke up with a banging headache and an aching leg. He slowly cracked open one eye and glanced around. Seeing as he did not recognize the room he was in at all, he swung off of the bed. He winced, as pain surged through his leg. He sat back down onto the bed and looked around. All around him was gizmos. A weird disc thingy laid on a shelf right next to him. Leaning curiously forward, he pressed a button on it. Suddenly, a image sprang up. It looked somewhat like JarJar Binks, (Don't groan, it isn't him) only it was wearing a doctor's uniform. The image crackled to life, "Greetings, what can I get you?" Calvin jumped and fumbled to push the button again. As the image slowly died, he glimpsed Hobbes laying on a separate bed. As he settled back down onto the bed, he heard a sound behind him. Turning, he found Hobbes sitting up. "Where are we?" Calvin asked his pal.

"I don't know." Suddenly, what had looked like a part of the wall, slid open. The weird Jar-Jar-like creature came into the room. Hobbes and Calvin looked at each other feverishly. Each one's mind was racing with the thought, "Who is he and what am I doing here?"