In the year 2050, human beings have made amazing progress in every field. They excelled in every field of life with their knowledge of science and technology.

This is the story of an amazing space travel by a team of astronauts. On 12th December 2050, a team comprising of five people were sent to Jupiter to examine its conditions. This team had their leader, John, Rex, Sarah, Savannah and Richard along with two robots, Gordo and Marmalade. They set off on their journey early in the morning.

Once the rocket left the Earth's atmosphere, John gave Gordo and Marmalade controls. Then, all of them sat down and had a snack. All was going good until they entered the asteroid belt.

It was pretty active at that time. John tried his utmost to save the ship but it was all in vain. The rocks damaged the ship pretty badly and they lost contact with Earth. The merciless rocks tossed the ship here and there like a tennis ball. The intense gravity of Jupiter was sucking them in like a magnet until their ship got hit by a large rock and all of them got sucked into a black hole.

When all of them regained their consciousness, they found themselves in a desert. From the looks of it, they had crash-landed here. The ship was badly damaged but luckily none of them had gotten hurt. It was extremely hot and humid.

Two suns were shining in the sky. There was just sand and sand everywhere. Their compasses were out of order. With the others' support they managed to get walking. In order to get out from this planet it was necessary to find the local people first.

When they got a few miles away from their landing post, they saw a cloud of dust coming towards them. Those were the natives of this planet. They came like a gust of wind, tied them up and took them away to a strange looking castle.

The castle was a ghost zone. It was dark and creepy. The dwarfs presented them in front of a monster. Terrified and bewildered he was, Richard tried to talk to the monster.

As he stepped forward, in a blink, that ruthless monster ate him.

They were really shocked upon seeing this. The most heart-wrenching thing for them was that he immediately fell asleep after eating their friend.

After it, the dwarfs locked them in a slimy capsule. They were really sad. Sarah and Savannah burst into tears. They felt really helpless. Death was dancing right in front of their eyes. John initially tried to escape but the walls of that capsule gave him repeated electric shocks after which he gave up his hope.

Days passed by, and their condition grew more miserable. The dwarfs presented them with food, which was a thick green liquid, but no one touched it. The pet dragon of that monster came to check on them once a day.

On one fortunate day an old dwarf came to present them food. He spoke English, which surprised them. He pled them to eat because if they died that monster would eat his people for food. Rex told him about the whole situation but he seemed pretty hopeless.

The dwarf told them that they were on the planet named "Platonium" and that monster had taken over the planet using magic. He had cast a spell on the whole planet, making them work like servants. He had a huge appetite and he's practically destroyed their resourceful planet. Even after it he was not satisfied and now he was devouring on the poor people of the planet.

"Isn't there any way to stop this monster?" asked Savannah impatiently.

The old dwarf replied that there was a way to stop him but it was nearly impossible but when they insisted he told them that the life of that monster lied in a lily flower in the underground basement. The flower lied in between an icy electrical territory in an alpha-coded locker. It had a password on it and one only has 3 chances to open it; if you failed to enter the correct password you will be killed by the sleeping python nearby.

Many dwarfs who had attempted it lost their lives. Sarah knew about these technologies of locks. It was a little glimpse of hope they got after so many days. They told the old dwarf to come back again tomorrow. The dwarf left and after it reluctantly John started eating the liquid that old dwarf brought. It tasted just like juice of a cactus. As they ate they discussed the plan. It was their turn to strike now.

The next morning they told the dwarf the whole plan which at first he rejected then agreed on to it. They brought some dried wooden planks to them. Rex made three ice-skates out of them. They also brought their tool kits from spaceship to them.

Luckily the monster was still asleep. After preparations that night they set their plan in motion. The dwarfs distracted the dragon. John, Sarah and the old dwarf secretly snuck into the underground basement of the castle.

After skating through the icy electrical maze they reached the flower's locker. It was a situation of do or die. The python was sleeping soundly. At first they entered the name of the planet "Platonium" but it failed. Then Sarah entered the name of the monster "Hercules" as told by the dwarf, but it also failed.

After consulting with each other they took the final chance and entered the name of the monster's pet dragon "Tod" and the box opened. Suddenly that monster appeared in front of them shrieking but John swiftly took the flower out of that box and destroyed it and with its destruction the monster also expired.

The castle started to fall. They all immediately evacuated, and now, with the monster gone the spell on the planet was lifted. The dwarfs celebrated their independence happily and thanked all of them for it. They offered the astronauts a ship and supplies to return back to Earth. All of them returned back to Earth safe and sound.

But what's truly amazing is that their courage, strength and desire to stand up for oneself was what saved them in the end. Determination is not a lost cause. It's something we can all count on.