Chapter 2: Mercury, A Rock-Populated Planet:

Scotty looked out the spaceship window to see a dark landscape filled with a massive amount of stars as bright as the lights in the control room. He could barely see his own home planet Earth.

"Where are we going first?" asked Scotty "To the nearest planet to the sun, Mercury!" said Sefe in excitement as he pulled back a lever which sent them speeding further away from Earth.

Before Scotty could even say 'Mercury' they had already entered its atmosphere. Scotty could already feel the gravitational pull of Mercury as they slowly landed on the rocky surface of it.

"So, what am I going to wear?" asked Scotty just as Sefe threw a black-coloured spacesuit and helmet to him.

Scotty quickly put his spacesuit on and secured the helmet. It was a bit too big but it would have to do. Sefe walked up to the door of the Spacecraft and pushed a red button. The metal door slowly opened. Scotty took a step onto the barren, grey surface.

"One dusty step for Scotty-kind," said Scotty, taking a large step out the spaceship's doorway. Sefe followed as they entered the heat of the planet.

"Wow," Scotty said-basically melting in his suit, "it's burning here!"

"Don't worry," Sefe replied, "its much more colder at night."

Scotty noticed a vehicle-shaped figure behind Sefe.

"Umm Sefe...what is that?" he asked, pointing at behind Sefe.

"That's the Space Rover 5000," Sefe replied, "it's going to be our vehicle for our adventures on each planet. Now get on and lets go!"

Scotty flung himself onto the back of the Space Rover 5000 as Sefe twisted the handle, which made them blast of through the dusty surface of Mercury.

"What's that sound?" asked Scotty as Sefe stopped Space Rover 5000.

A loud burst of music started playing. They slowly started to walk towards the music...

"Hello," said an enthusiastic rock, "welcome to Mercury!"

Out of all the things Scotty thought he would do in his space adventure, he would have never imagined coming face-to-face with a speaking rock from Mercury.

"Umm, hi?" replied Scotty still confused.

"Hello," Sefe said to the rock, "my name is Sefe, this is Scotty. We are on an adventure around the universe. Do you think you can help guide us through your home planet?"

"Sure, no problem," replied Sefe.

"Wait, one more thing," said Scotty

"Yes?" the rock replied.

"Are there more of you?" asked Scotty.

"Of course," replied the rock, "just you wait and see".....