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The Aliens Were Here All Along

Prompt: The aliens were here all along
Word count: 609
Contest: "Thrice Prompted" 

"Where are the aliens?" Micheal asked in disgust.

"I don't know. They should've been here by now. This place is getting a bit chilly. I think I'll put on my jacket," Joe said. Then he put on a bright red leather jacket.

A baby dragon crawled out from under the bush while Micheal was looking at that area. Awed, he picked up the dragon with his hands. Its scales pierced through his skin a little bit, causing his hands to bleed. He dropped the dragon accidentally and then looked at his hands. Startled, the dragon barely caught his pants and held on for a little bit until it felt certain it was safe to let go. A rustle in the bushes was ignored.

"The aliens are here, watching us," the baby dragon said. Joe turned around.

"What do you know about the aliens?" Joe asked.

"Fuzzy, real fuzzy. They called themselves aliens," the baby dragon said.

"That doesn't make any sense. Aliens aren't fuzzy. There sure are a lot of squirrels around this area. Maybe what you saw were a bunch of squirrels," Micheal said. He had studied pictures of aliens for a long time. He didn't quite believe in the pictures of fuzzy aliens though.

"Lots of them. They want nuts," the baby dragon continued.

All of a sudden a bunch of squirrels showed up. Micheal and Joe laughed. They had seen squirrels a bunch of time, but not so many at once. This didn't deter them from stopping their search for aliens. The baby dragon sighed. This wasn't what it had seen. Suddenly the squirrels started transforming into round, furry fuzzballs with legs and eyes. Now this was what the baby dragon had seen.

"We come to Earth in peace," one of the aliens said.

"Hold on, you were here all along?" Micheal asked, shocked.

The fuzzball nodded eagerly. It flipped on top of another one and slowly they formed a triangular wall. Micheal and Joe gasped with wonder as the aliens started transforming once more. This time they took in the appearance of a Velociraptor. Joe clapped his hands.

"What a wonderful performance. Now that we are all here I would like to show you around. I know you lost your spaceship but maybe it can be fixed. So a car shop might give you ideas on how to fix it," Joe said.

"That is a brilliant idea," the alien said.

"I still don't quite believe you're aliens because you are all so fuzzy. Oh, what about the baby dragon?" Micheal said.

"I can take care of myself," the baby dragon said.

"Okay now. Car shop it is," Joe said.

They went to the car dealer and found the place closed. Then they went next door and asked the junk man if there were spare parts that could be used. The junk man agreed and let the alien in. He kept staring at the alien wide eyed in disbelief. Soon the alien found what they wanted to use. A special gem was jammed up in a pipe caught the alien's attention. It struggled to get the special gem out of the pipe. Then it returned where the junk man waited.

"Is this what you needed?" the junk man asked.

"Yes," the alien replied.

"Be on your way then."

They walked out of the junk yard and returned to the spaceship. Lights were still on. The alien went straight to work, returning to the shape of many fuzzballs. The lights flickered then went brighter than ever. They all cheered. Now the alien could return to outer space.