My name is Chibi. My best friend is Felix. We both work at the Lunar Space Station. There’s a telescope room at the top level, underneath is the control panel room. Next to it is the Food room on the left and on the right is the sleeping dorms. My favorites are the dog hotel and movie theater. The alien petting zoo (in my opinion) has probably not been our best idea. And then there’s always everybody's favorite, the park. I have worked here for about two years and I can tell you that things can get really busy- OOF!

A person shoves past my shoulder as they rush to the control panels. Darting towards the right I follow Felix into the room. Red lights flash as buttons are smashed and prodded and poked. I do my best to help out at the panel on my left. Felix goes to join me. My fingers scatter across the buttons and levers. HONK HONK! Instantly, I recognise that sound.

(Here comes the awesome part) Luna strides in on her shiny wheels. She approaches the control panel. Gesturing us to move aside, she cracks her knuckles and gets to work. I watch bedazzled at her unique intelligence on how to manage the space station. I cross my fingers as I hold my breath. One mississippi. Two mississippi. Three missisi-. The crowd goes wild!

The red lights disappear and everything is peaceful. Out of the corner of my eye I spot Stella Star. She rolls her eyes so hard they might just pop out of her face. I’m glad Luna doesn’t notice. We’ve called the ambulance way too many times. It’s like when I was still in training. I trained at the same place as Felix, Luna, Stella and a whole bunch of other people.

Everybody judges Luna at first sight because of her body and shiny wheels (The wheels are definitely out of pure jealousy. Do you see anyone else with diamonds and rubies on their wheels?). But you’ll soon find out, it’ll be the last thing you’ll ever do for a long time. Just one insult. Silence. Then an ambulance wails leaving Luna without a single scratch. Whoever did the insult, more than a single scratch. (waaaaaayyyyy more)

Felix hands me a towel which snaps me out of my thoughts. I realise that I was sweating the entire time. I also notice he hasn’t. Believe it or not, Felix and I are completely the opposite. He’s tall, I’m short. He’s a mathematician and I’m a writer. He’s stubborn and I’m easy going. He’s good in a crisis, I panic. He’s not worried about blood, I’m squeamish. He’s uncoordinated, I’m athletic. Still we get along pretty well.
Once again, the red lights flash more furiously than before. I shielded my eyes as I made my way to one of the control panels. Up ahead I instantly recognised the spaceship. The Sheeper. An enormous flock of sheep appeared in the front window. Their orange wool looked more fluffier than ever. Along with their gleaming golden horns I noticed the front sheep was the leader. Madame Ram. 1 000 000 year old sheep. Same, unchanged, pink tail bow.

Luna’s face scrunched up and growled menacingly. Stella stuck her nose in the air and huffed. Glancing around the room, I noticed that everyone had the same grim expression. I couldn’t blame them, the orange sheep were very annoying. Each time they would try to get No.1 space villain but ending up No.12 space villain.

To our surprise, the spaceship shut down right smack in the middle of their grand entrance. “Oh no…” Felix groaned. Ladies and gentlemen, prepare to get your ears stabbed. A horn bellowed as the sheep took a deep breath. A cluster of noises pierced into our ears as we begged for it to stop. Some honked and others wailed. While some just simply screeched. After 5 minutes of torture, the spaceship was back on.

Madame Ram saw me staring and winked. They never winked…unless they’re up to something. Something nefarious. Felix peered into the spaceship as it opened up its gates. Luna and Madame Ram seemed to be in deep conversation. Every single sheep had a tote bag with a picture of wool clippers and a cross on it. Yeesh. They really hated wool clippers.

Felix slipped inside following a trail of orange wool.
“Felix. Felix, get back here!” I whispered sternly.
“Chibi! You’ve got to see this. NOW!” he informed.
“No, YOU have got to get back. NOW!” I fumed.
He looked at me desperately. I looked at my crew, then at Felix, then at my crew and then back at Felix. Reluctantly, I followed him, only because he was my friend. I looked up to find a blueprint to getting rid of all the humans, wool clippers and everything made of wool.

Curses! I was wearing a wool beanie. I stayed behind as Felix rushed out to inform Luna and everyone else. Moments later, Luna arrived next to me. Her eyebrows furrowed as she clenched her fists. We walked back to our space station as we began to discuss our plan. Our plan to stop Madame Ram and her crew of evil orange sheep. You thought sheep were cute? Well then you’ve never met Madame Ram.
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.
Madame Ram cleared her throat. We waited for what she was going to say.

“Oh um. Before we start I would just like to say that I’ll be sure to send flowers…on your GRAVE! BAAA HAAAAA HAAAA HAAAAA!” Madame Ram cackled.
“Oh, this battle has started. Everybody! Hold up your weapons! FOR EARTH!!!” Luna encouraged.
“FOR EARTH!” Everybody chorused.

We charged towards the sheep as we fought with all our might! My heart pounded in my chest alongside beads of sweat rolling down my forehead. I held onto my sword whilst battling an orange sheep. He grinned evilly as he kicked me harshly with his hoof. Pointing his spear towards my neck, I struggled to get up. Then, a mighty fist forced the sheep away. The same hand held out towards me as it helped me get up. It was Felix! He grinned as we continued our fight.

But, all was lost. A spear wacked Felix in the head as he tumbled to the ground. I desperately looked at my surroundings. All knocked out, injured or worse. Death had come to the battlefield which turned into its all-you-can-eat-buffet. My bones ached. All my hope had drained from my body. Worst of all, I proved myself that I’m useless. I’ll always be the little girl that didn’t make a difference. Useless. Useless. Those words echoed in my ear along with the constant shooting. I squirmed on the floor as my foot kicked a hard surface. Massaging my foot I saw what I had hit.

Gripping the golden corn I held it close to my body. A grin spread across my face from ear-to-ear. Hope found its way back into my body whilst a tiny flutter appeared in my heart. I stood up courageously. “No. I’ll be the one to send flowers.” I yelled triumphantly. Madame Ram gulped. The sun's blinding light hit the golden corn. Bouncing off, it hit Madame Ram’s face. Stone covered the surface of her body. Cracks formed in the stone body. Then… BOOM! Her remains scattered across the ground. All that was left was her half scorched tail bow. The others back away, chuckling nervously. Then they sprinted back into their spaceship and zoomed away.

I looked behind me. The control panels were split in two along with the rest of the spaceship. Luna wheeled over at the half scorched tail bow. Scoffing, she plopped it in the bin. Groans of grief and pain filled the atmosphere. But then, a new sound emerged.
“Madame Ram is gone!” Felix cheered as the others quickly joined in.
Everybodies pain had miraculously healed as they hugged with joy. Moments later, cheese, pizza, soda and more were handed out to each person as we danced the night away. It looked as if I really did make a difference. That I’m not useless after all. And that…made me happy.

Mission report:
Dear NASA,
The orange sheep threatened to rid Earth of mankind. Luna and Stella had to ensure that this threat was not made into reality. Therefore, Luna commenced a battle between the two kinds. Madame Ram was prepared, as were we. But together we helped ensure the defeat of Madame Ram and the orange sheep. To ensure others that this will not happen again. Every single kind in the milky way has signed a contract to not fight one another. Unless absolutely necessary. Mission is reported as successful.
All the best,
Chibi Wang