Omg sorry I haven't updated in so long guys, i feel so bad keeping all you JiMel fans waiting, but here is the long awaited Chapter 4. Enjoy and remember to review!

"So, um, how are you?" said Delbert, trying to make small talk with a young girl he was just forced to babysit.

"Fine, you know, if getting abandoned by your mother and winding up on an unknown ships with strange looking hybrid alien creature things is fine around here, then this is wonderful." she said with a sarcastic grin and eye roll.

"Oh. Well, um, might I ask where you are from my dear? And your name?"

"I'm Melody. And I'm from Europe. What about you? You know, where I come from, the people don't usually looking like they are the offspring of a dog."

"Europe? As in, Europe on Earth? Oh, dear. Then none of what I am about to tell you is going to make any sense to you."

IN THE SHIP'S DINING HALL

"So... you like fish flavored gelatin?" Jim said, eyeing the stinky blue mush with fins and tails sticking out of it on her plate.

"I'm not gonna lie, but yeah. It's kind of a common addiction back home on Chamirta. You know, because of it being ninety percent water and all. We kinda learn to live in the water. Literally, we have a whole colony down there." said Trysta, the new girl Jim was giving a tour of the ship to.

Jim smiled. This is the first conversation he'd ever had with a girl. He was always so busy at home that his mom never gave him time to make friends. It felt different than talking to anyone else. Almost like-

"Hey, you!" A voice shouted in his direction. It was the girl who had climbed aboard the ship. "What's going on here? Is everything that dog dude is telling me true? Seriously, what did I just walk into? Tell me the truth!"

"Excuse me" Jim whispered to Trysta and he took her aside.

"Look, just calm down okay? Your the one who climbed into this ship in the first place."

"Yeah, before I knew it was full of strange hybrid creature...things! Is anyone on this ship even from Earth?"

"Actually, no. We're all, what you people call "aliens" We're all from different planets in different galaxies. The world is bigger than you'd think. And, hey, I never got to ask you, what's your name?"

"My name's Melody. I'm the Princess of the Kingdom of Cadiatha. That's in Denmark, which is in Europe, which is on Earth obviously. Or at least, I used to be, before my mother left. Now I don't know where I belong ..." She started to sob.

Jim embraced her in a hug. "Oh Melody, it'll be okay. I know exactly how you feel. When I was ten, my Dad left me and my mother. I'm not sure why, but I know he was just being selfish. Trust me, things will get better."

Melody smiled and dried her eyes. "Thanks, Jim. That's really sweet of you to say."

Silence.

"Look, um, I gotta get back. I'm sorta the ship's co captain and I promised the captain I would give the new girl Trysta a tour." Jim hesitated. "But, um, since your new here and all and it seems like you, I don't know, might be here for awhile, do you wanna, um, do you wanna, like come along."

Melody giggled silently. Clearly this boy was bad at hiding his nerves. "Sure. I'd really like that."

And they went back to see Trysta, but she was no longer there.

Sorry about the shortness of my chapters guys, it's just the way I write. I try to make them the best they can be despite their size though.