"The waters against the fires," the Oracle said. "The release of an enemy."
Dedicated to anyone interested in space.

Hi. My name is Death Squid. Just yesterday my father took me on his spaceship and we crash-landed onto a planet with life our earth has NEVER known about.
Well, what I now call the "crash site" was where I found my first living creature there. He (I think it was a he) introduced himself as 17, and he said he was a robot who stayed here to watch all landings and that, apparently, we were supposed to go to the main Stardash city.
So there we were, on a plane for another three hours, trying to get to the main city of the planet. It was called Stardash, and all the blue-skinned aliens lived there. Finally, #17 said we could board a subway, so there we were for another hour, doing absolutely nothing but hoping it was all a dream. Then we got off, and I expected, like, a cruise ride or something, but no. We just got off at the main city entrance.
I was tired, of course, after being on a subway or plane for 4 hours, but I was also quite curious about what the strange world held. I figured the water wouldn't be much different than it was back on earth, so I jumped in and decided I would take a quick swim. As soon as I was in I saw some small jellyfish, glowing. A rumbling sound came from my right and they swam off. I turned and saw something that was a mix of an angler-fish and a whale.
I swam out of there and went with my father. Despite how wet I was, we went to explore the snowy mountains with some others. We wore astronaut suits, with me in gold, my dad in white, and the others in red and green. We met a group of yeti-like creatures standing together. One of them scooped us all up and held us in front of his face. Red suit bent to feel his soft fur, my dad said hi, I fell out of the yeti's hands and green suit saved me. Then we all said bye, boarded the ship, and went back to Stardash.
We landed in a place where the people of the city of Stardash held stuff like trials and other kinds of political things. Well, they were currently having a trial, so I decided to take notes on how they did them. I also took out my phone for videos, so I could show my class and they could be jealous. However, I instantly got the somebody-died vibe, and chills went up my spine. I knew I had to pay attention to the trial, so that's what I did. That was, until I saw the King sitting up front at the best seat in the court. He was wearing a cloak that said 'King Colder,' and sitting at his side were many other princes named Freezer, Cooler, Chiller, Kurzeer, and Froster. Each name really gave me the chills.
The blue skinned and the Yetis were all there for the trial, so I knew it was very important. King Colder said, "You stand here because of what action?" The man whispered to Freezer and Freezer said, "Breaking laws." "Which law?" asked Colder. "Speed limit," Chiller hissed. Colder questioned, "And then what happened?" "He crashed into a bus, killing seven and injuring thirteen. No one on the bus wasn't injured," Cooler said. "A crime like this results in lifetime imprisonment," Colder decided. "Take him onto the ship." And to my shock, he didn't even try to fight back; he just let them take him onto the ship, even though he knew he was on the highway to prison.
We followed the ship until it reached a long, silver bridge. At the end of the bridge, a colossal tower reached the sky. The blue sea was dotted with ships coming to the tower's ports to deliver prisoners. At the very top of the tower, a man was sitting in an electric chair, and a sign next to him said "400th year anniversary.' He had been on that chair for 400 years, apparently, so he would probably go on a killing spree if he ever escaped. Spooky.
But still, 400 years? I had never heard of anyone who lived that long! A sign on the left of him said, 'Yuxior, who murdered everyone left in his family and everyone from 72-89.' That was a lot of people dead! I could tell that this guy was dangerous. He grinned at me. It creeped me out so I activated a shock and he screamed. We flew off.
After all that stuff, I was really hungry. We couldn't find any familiar places, so we stopped at the next best thing: a place with white and purple mushrooms growing on pillars. Around us, the moon gleamed like a diamond and spaceships zoomed across the darkening sky like lightning at night, shooting bolts at enemy ships. We watched as the man in the main ship, Yellow Belly, jumped out on a parachute. I recorded it all on my phone so I could show my friends.
We left with a To-Go box and went to the hotel, collapsing in bed. I had a scary dream of knights with beards trying to kill me. And that's how I woke up, breathing heavily and screaming until I realized that there was a girl in front of me, holding my breakfast. And, man... nothing cures bad dreams better than bacon and eggs. Oh, and pancakes. That too.
The girl asked me what my name was. "Death Squid," I replied. She sat down. "I'm #19," she said. "Is everyone here androids?" I asked. "About half," she answered. "Wow, that's incredible!" I exclaimed. "#2,986,725 told me to deliver your breakfast," she said. "WHOA! THERE'S THAT MANY??" I yelled. "Keep it down! I might get in trouble! Also, there's more than that. Over a quadrillion," she whispered. "Amazing," I said.
"Hey," she said. "What happened?" I asked. "I'm pretty lonely here. Wanna be friends?" she asked. "Sure!" I said. My first friend on Stardash! Maybe staying here wouldn't be so bad after all.
"Let me introduce you to my friend, #18," she said. "Okay," I replied. #19 took me to a large suite in another part of the hotel. We walked into another room where another girl was sitting on a couch, looking at a phone and petting her cat. In the kitchen, #17, the guy who welcomed ships, was searching through cabinets and pulling out bowls. "I gotta eat fast," he mumbled. "I gotta-Oh! Apologies," he said as he saw us walk in. "Hello, #19. Did you eat yet? And who is your friend?" "This is Death Squid," she said. "Death Squid, meet #17 and #18."
After that, #19 sighed and said, "Well, I guess I have to go." "NO!" I yelled. "Don't go! I wanna do something fun! Does Stardash have any roller coasters?" "Sure we do! We've heard humans call them that, we just call them spinners," she said. "YES!" I said. "Can't we go?" "Hmmm," she thought. "I don't see why not." "WOOHOO!" I said. "#19, you're the best!" "Thanks," she said. Was she blushing?
We walked to a large park and saw a ship. "The spinner is inside," #19 said. We walked up a large fleet of stairs and saw the coaster.
"Whoa!" I said, startled by its large size. "It's huge!" "I know, right?" she said. I couldn't believe how many roller coasters there were. I smiled ear to ear, and she smiled back. Then I saw a peculiar sight. A human like me was walking away from the coaster, grinning and falling over, dizzily. "Hey!" I called. "Are you a human?" He noticed me and said, "You are! Nice! I'm one too! I'm Derpy Cactus. What's your name?" "Death Squid!" I yelled back. "And this is my best friend, #19!" "Hello," she said, waving. He stared at her a second too long and said, "Another android?" "Yeah!" I called. "Wanna be friends?" "Sure!" He said.
After the ride, my new friends and I decided we should go to Derpy Cactus's house to play some games. It turns out Stardash has PORTABLE PS4s so we all downloaded enough games we could buy and went straight to his house. Derpy Cactus was playing a game where he was fighting enemy robots so we let him finish his stage before starting to play games together. #19 and I were on a team and we won together, and she was so happy she fell over in laughter.
After that, we all went to a movie theater with #19's cat Snow and watched a movie. #19 let Snow roam around and when we were going to leave to find a restaurant, we found him bunched up in a corner, fat and covering food in his paws. I could tell that he had eaten a lot of food, and brought some Kitty Noms just in case he got hungry while we were eating. I thought it was unlikely, judging by his size, but #19 insisted we bring him some food.
The place we went to was cooler than the mushroom place because there were glowing lights. Stepping into a room would give you a glowing aura. Mine was blue and waterish and #19's was red and fiery. There was a 75% sale so we paid about 30* (stars) in total for the food. I took a picture of #19 and I with our auras. After that, we didn't really know what to do, so we decided to have a sleepover at Derpy Cactus's (I'll call him Derp from now on) house. I went home to get what I needed. "This is going to be a long night," I thought.
When we all got ready to go to bed, Derp said, "Why don't we watch a movie? We can fall asleep about halfway." We all agreed, and #17 said he wanted to be woken up if he fell asleep, which Derp said he would do.
And there we were, watching movies Derp liked and occasionally waking up #17. By the time the movie was over, however, there were only two people awake: me and #19. We had watched it to the very end. I watched as #19 rolled over and pulled the blanket closer to her head, before falling asleep. I was the only one awake.
I kept thinking about exploration. I wanted to see all of Stardash before I left, if we did. 11:59..12:00! I couldn't help myself. I jumped from underneath the colors, tapped #19 on the shoulder, and whispered, "Can we go exploring?" She woke with a start and saw me. She rubbed her eyes and whispered, "Go to sleep." "But why? I really want to explore!" I said. She stretched and almost hit me in the face. "I'm tired. Go to sleep." "But I want to explore! Please?" I asked. I guess she finally realized there was no stopping me and said, "Okay, fine then. Just let me get ready." "Thank you!" I said. She smiled a little bit.
"Let's explore the sea first," I said. We gathered diving gear and suited up with weapons. Before we left, she asked, "Are you sure? You could still go back to sleep." "Yes, I'm sure," I responded. We started walking to the shore, and dove in, swimming to the deep areas. We saw a huge jellyfish, bigger than my whole school! I couldn't believe there was something existing that big. On Earth, jellyfish were tiny, but this jellyfish was INSANE! And that was just the top! Imagine the tentacles!
- Full access to our public library
- Save favorite books
- Interact with authors
Praise for Stardash
"Another masterpiece by Four. He's, like, the best author, or something." -New York Times
"Great book, amazing works." -Benzoo Corps
"Interesting characters and book!" -DerpyFatCat
Stardash Part 2 Coming Soon

- < BEGINNING
- END >
-
DOWNLOAD
-
LIKE
-
COMMENT()
-
SHARE
-
SAVE
-
BUY THIS BOOK
(from $6.39+) -
BUY THIS BOOK
(from $6.39+) - DOWNLOAD
- LIKE
- COMMENT ()
- SHARE
- SAVE
- Report
-
BUY
-
LIKE
-
COMMENT()
-
SHARE
- Excessive Violence
- Harassment
- Offensive Pictures
- Spelling & Grammar Errors
- Unfinished
- Other Problem
"Stardash"
Death Squid and his father crash-land on a planet that had cities and homes no one knew about. There he meets #19, #18, #17, and Derpy Cactus, people who inhabit the town of Stardash. He wants to explore, but it puts him and his new friends in danger.
If you see similarities between this book's content and StoryBird drawings by JuliusTan, that's because that's where the book was originally written!

COMMENTS
Click 'X' to report any negative comments. Thanks!