'There it is,' Veronica said while watching out of the window. Eto opened his eyes, still sleepy from his rest while he was trying to focus on what Veronica saw. When he looked out of the window and saw what she meant, his eyes opened weider and he was excited in an instant.

Before them in the dark space they were traveling through was now a big blue planet.

'Wow,' Eto said with amazement. He almost climbed over the controls to get closer to the window.

'Is that our destination?' he asked Veronica without taking his eyes off the planet.

'Yes,' she said. 'That is the planet Capgelu by the map of the ship.'

She pressed on for the ship to enter the atmosphere and she activated the ability for the computer to find a suitable landing spot. The autopilot took over and the scanner started to search.

The clouds were thick when they flew in but soon they saw the ground of the planet.

'Arriving at port Perdita, nearest landing port,' the computer said while moving closer to the planet.

Eto and Veronica both now saw what the planet was like.

Huge blue mountains and barren fields of blue rocks and dirt covered most of the planet.

Right in front of them they saw a little town on the foot of a mountain with a huge castle towering over them higher up on the mountain.

'Carrier, state your business' sounded through the computer. The voice sounded cracked and Eto almost fell off his chair from the sudden noise.

'Port Perdita, this is a cargo ship from Borner, requesting to land,' Veronica answered through a mic. The moment she said where they were from she immediately regretted it. What if people from Generation Zero were here to find them.

The radio went silent for a few seconds but soon the voice said 'permission to land. Find the green light to land your carrier.'

Veronica looked for a light and soon she saw a green light flashing close by the edge of the city. It looked like a landing platform inside a building, just like the one they left from on Borner.

The ship came closer to the town and soon Veronica saw that something was up. She looked at Eto who was still looking surprised about landing on a new planet. Veronica turned her eyes to the town, noticing how she didn’t see anyone while it was a clear day.

The hanger from which the green light erupted opened his roof just like the hangar on Borner.

The autopilot made the ship move above the building, ready to land inside.

Everything trembled and even though she didn’t need to control the ship, Veronica held the controls tight.

'Whatever you do, keep quiet,' she told Eto, who looked surprised.

'Why? What will I do?' he asked and followed Veronica who walked back to the door of the ship. The ship descended and they started to see the inside of the building.

'Nothing. Just stay quiet till I figured out in which situation we were in,' she replied.

She could feel the cold coming from outside and quickly grabbed the safety jackets Eto found and put it on. It was a thick orange jacket that would keep her warm.

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The ship stopped and they could feel that it had landed. A beeping sound from the cockpit made sure the ship had indeed landed.

She pushed the buttons on the side of the door to open them and she could feel a cold breeze entering the ship.

Down on the ground, next to the ship was an old man standing.

His hair was gray and sticking out on all sides. He wore a brown coat and rested on a cane.

'Welcome to port Perdita. You must be survivors from Borner?' the man asked gently.

Veronica didn't know what to think of the man but she slowly nodded.

'That damn Generation Zero. Always making a mess of things,' the old man almost yelled.

‘Thank you,’ Veronica slowly said as she walked outside.

‘How did you know we are survivors?’ she asked. The old man looked at her with a warm smile on his face.

‘We intercepted a signal that generation Zero had attacked Borner. I wasn’t weird to think survivors would come here.’

A young girl ran towards them and grabbed the old man's arm.

'Grandpa, don't get all pumped up. It's bad for your heart,' the girl said with a squeaky voice.

Veronica looked at the girl and Eto stood behind her, taking an interest in the old man and the girl.

'I'm sorry sweetie but I can't help it. Those troublemakers should be dealt with,' the man said in frustration but he soon calmed down like the little girl said. She had brown hair like Veronica and big pink ribbons wrapped in them.

'I'm sorry we had to make a stop here but,' Veronica said but the old man interrupted.

'No problem girl' the old man said and he waved to both her and Eto to follow him.

‘At least we know our transmitter works,’ the girl said with a squeaky voice.

‘Your transmitter?’Eto asked, talking for the first time.

The girl turned around and walked backwards.

‘Yeah. All communication is broken but we managed to build a new one,’ she said but her grandpa interrupted her by petting her on her head.

‘That’s not their concern sweetie,’ and he looked at Veronica and Eto with a smile.

'It's cold outside and we have warm soup inside,' the man said while walking away.

'Soup? Like real food?' Eto asked, thinking about the food bars and already following the man.

Veronica hit his head with her hand and luckily nobody saw it.

The old man and the girl didn't seem bad and she began to follow them too.

The old man brought them to his home, next to the hangar.

The houses were round and low when they stood inside but huge pipes with warm water were attached to the walls to keep it warm.

'Look, look,' the little girl said and she pulled Eto with her to a small room. 'Here is the soup you wanted,' knowing that the boy had a huge interest in the soup while they walked in.

'You can take the coat off dear,' the old man said while ticking against the pipes with his cane.

'Great,' Veronica said with a smile and she took her coat off, embracing the warmth in the house.

Veronica began to sit on a chair she was offered. Eto on the other hand was already filling his second bowl of soup.

'Luckily it's warm here. We didn't expect Capgelu to be an ice planet,' she said while she talked to the man.

Veronica never really heard from travelers what kind of planet it was. Only for what it was used.

'Oh but it is not an ice planet my dear,' the man said, taking a seat on a coach in the shape of a half circle.

'But the cold outside?' Veronica asked. 'And the blue mountains and ground?'

'That's Capgelu dirt for you' the old man said laughing with a smile.

'Capgelu always had blue dirt and rocks but it's not an ice planet, oh no,' he said and with those words his smile faded.

'But how come it's so cold?' Veronica asked as the young girl handed her a bowl of soup. The old man looked at her and he seemed distressed with something.

'Unlucky for us, port Perdita is now under the authority of Ased.'

'Ased?' Veronica asked and the old man nodded.

She took her first sip and could feel the warmth of the soup warming her body.

'He came a while back, holding the town hostage with his devilish star shard powers.'

The old man stopped because Eto and Veronica both looked at him a little shocked.

'A star shard user, like me?' Eto said with interest towards the man and the old man looked at Eto with fear in his eyes.

Eto, you idiot, is what Veronica thought, remembering that she told him to keep quiet.