Luna picked up her telephone and punched in the numbers. The phone rattled as we waited anxiously. Then, we heard a familiar voice.

“Hello. Madame Raaaaaam speaking. How may I help you?” she bleated.
“Battle. My space army, your space army. Tomorrow. 9:30 am sharp!” Luna shot.
“Can’t do. How ‘bout 10:30 am? Right after mooooooorrrrrrning tea!” Madame Ram negotiated.
“Sure. Be there.” Luna confirmed.
“Happy to! Just make sure your army is good. I love competition and besides… I don’t want the fun to end! Baa haa haa haa!!!” Madame Ram bleated evilly.

Luna slammed the phone on the table and ordered us to get ready. Felix puffed out his chest and punched my arm to wish me good luck. I managed a grin as I walked back to my dorms. Collapsing onto my bed, I screamed into my pillow. What had I gotten myself into!? My name is Chibi!!!! That literally means “small” in Japanese!!!! I AM literally small! I can’t fight in a battle!!!!

Hesitantly, I laid out my space armor and forced myself to go to sleep. My mind swirled with thoughts and questions. Even when I had fallen asleep, I had a nightmare about Madame Ram. My feet stuck to the floor as she charged toward me. I screamed, but no sound came out. Glancing around, Felix was nowhere in sight. It seemed I was the only human around. No one to save me. No one to protect me. I was on my own.

In an instant, I sat up dripping with sweat and panting like a dog. Everybody else was getting ready in their space armor. Clambering out of bed, I tugged on my armor ready for battle. Chowing down my energy bar and scrambled eggs I walked out into the main room. There I saw Felix and Luna ready as ever. That’s when they appeared. PFFFFFF… A brown cloud appeared over our heads and popped. Taking a whiff, I pulled my gag reflex. I pinched my nose whilst the sheep shooted more clouds from their butts.

Weaving through the crowd, I wheeled in a cart of weapons. Luna gave me a thumbs up. Grinning, my feet tripped onto my shoelaces as I pushed the cart toward Madame Ram. Luna immediately frowned as Felix took action! He sliced a patch of wool off the nearest sheep, but to his horror, had thousands more lunge towards him. Madame Ram placed a hoove forward. Muscles bulged from her surrounding sheep’s wool. Their swords gleamed like diamonds. It was official. The battle had begun. How do I know? ‘Cause now I wish I’d eaten two energy bars.