Chapter 4 - The Floran

After sometime of idleness and silence, except for the humming of the ship, S.A.I.L. appeared on the console. Surprised at its sudden appearance the Floran hissed.
"I have detected a planet that yields the highest chance of survival. Readings indicate the landing site is not unfavourable. The area is safe, and lavish with both flora and fauna. A lush and hospitable place. It experiences weather similar to Earth's and contains basic ores, such as iron, gold, copper and silver. I recommend you begin exploration immediately."
"Thanks S.A.I.L. I'll have a look as soon as I can." Kaede responded to S.A.I.L.'s announcement.
"Floran want to know what Sss.A.I.L. is," asked the Floran, directing Kaede's attention to the console.
"I am a Ship-based Artificial Intelligence Lattice designed to aid in your tasks however possible."
The Floran glared at S.A.I.L. with scepticism. However Kaede listened to S.A.I.L. and stood up. checking that he still had his broken sword and Matter Manipulator. But beside him he found the Floran's rusty dagger, which was thrown at him. Kaede walked over to the Floran, holding the dagger in front of him, by the flat of its blade. "Hey do you still want this?"
The Floran nodded, took it and tucked it away in a hidden pocket.

They made their way towards the teleporter, leaving the snake in the ship to rest. Kaede checked if the teleporter was in working condition. Seeing that there was nothing awry he activated various buttons and levers. Suddenly they were surrounded by a round wall of white light.
When the wall of light disappeared they were greeted with the sight of wide open fields, verdant with copses of trees and grass, with a large hill in the distance. The fields however were also littered with creatures of various shapes and sizes. Kaede grinned at the sight and the Floran's eyes widened in awe. "On Floran's planet there was only forests and trees. Not spaces like this."
"Welcome to the world buddy!"

After taking in the sights Kaede suggested the idea that they should start construction of a shelter and try to gather food and materials. The Floran agreed with this and volunteered to hunt. "If you're going to go out take this and make a map of some sort," Kaede said handing the Floran some blank notes and a pencil.
As the Floran left, Kaede was once again by himself. This'll be fun. Stuck on a planet with someone who's name I don't even know. Oh well! Question can be asked later. In the meantime... shelter!

Many hours later the Floran had come back from hunting and the sun had started to set. Kaede had built a small wooden structure, with a door on the front, windows on either side and a campfire just outside. However, beside the newly built home was a large pile of dirt that seemed to have once been a structure, but collapsed.
"Fish man! Floran is back from sstabbing meats!" said the Floran with the skinned bodies of various animals dragging across the ground, leaving a trail of blood.
"Lovely..." Kaede remarked sarcastically. "While you were doing that I built some stuff." he pointed at the house. "And it took a while to get right..." Kaede glanced at the dirt pile. "Also, did you get to work on the map by any chance?"
"Floran might have lost it..."
Kaede hit his forehead with the bottom of his palm and sighed.
"Anyways, I'm guessing that you're hungry, there's some food in front of the door. You can eat it while this cooks."
"What is thisss?" asked the Floran, picking up a bowl of rice.
"Its rice. Hylotls eat it all the time, it's fine, hopefully. Anyways it was the only thing I could find."
"How did fish man find bowl?"
"Magic."
The Floran, somewhat sceptical of what Hylotls deemed food, tried a single grain of rice.
"It tasstes like nothing."
"Well you're meant to eat it with sauce, seasoning and some other stuff. But some people are somehow able to eat it without anything. Not quite sure how though... If you don't like it just leave it."
The Floran put it down on the ground next to the campfire.
"Aaaanyways, take a seat," said Kaede, patting the ground almost opposite his side of the campfire. The Floran complied.
"Now I know that we got off on the wrong foot and all, but we're going to be stuck here for quite a while, and I think we should get to know each other. So, any questions you have, ask them."
"Floran have a lot of questionss. One, why did fish man kick Floran's ssnake?"
"Well... I thought you might have guessed, but I was just a little shaken up by the whole Earth and all being destroyed. And that didn't help my Herpetophobia either, so sorry, again."
The Floran shook its head "Fish man too ssscared of harmless things. Two, why was fish man on Earth?"
"Well I came to Earth around 4 years ago to join the Terrene Protectorate. I'm hoping you know who they are. Oh, and also that makes me wonder, why were you there?"
"Same reason as fish man. Three, Floran might have forgotten fish man's name..." the Floran looked down in disappointment.
Kaede sighed "It's Kaede, and good job by the way. Anyways what's your's. Because I don't feel like calling you buddy again."
"Floran's name is Detani."
"Well nice to meet you Detani. This makes me feel like we've been acquaintances forever!"
"Floran has run out of questionss. Not as many as Floran thought there would be..."
Kaede gave Detani a half-laugh. Soon afterwards they ate their dinner, which included more than meat, but Detani refused to eat the rice. When they were finished they went into the cabin. The make-shift home was very simple. It had 2 beds on either side, some torches lining the walls and a wooden workbench. Detani, obviously tired, jumped, face-down, onto the bed, almost breaking it.
"Floran likes ssoft things," he said with his voice being muffled by the pillow.
"Glad to know. Anyways, good night, sleep tight and... don't die in your sleep."
However Kaede couldn't sleep as he was extremely curious about Detani. That name. I've heard it before. But where? Ugh, what's the use of a brain if I can't think. Frustrated with himself, he sat up. He took of his uniform and 'cape', only leaving his t-shirt. He folded the clothes, until he heard the sound of paper being scrunched. There was a flyer in one of the uniform's pockets, it showed everyone who was graduating that year. Looking through it he found his name, Rowan's, Jayden's, Tepilih's and Trix's. Seeing his friends names reminded him that his dorm had someone who never showed up. That somone was sleeping across the room from him. Huh, well that's a coincidence. This'll make things even more interesting.

Author's note
Hello everyone! This one took freakin' forever. This I think, is the 2nd or 3rd time I'm writing it and, well I didn't mean for it to take this long. So, sorry about that, but I doubt you'd enjoy the other ones that I wrote. Anyways stuff's about to get interesting, I think. Not quite sure. Depends on how much longer I think I should pad it out with boring stuff for.