The Ice Planet and the Fire Dragon - Spaceship # 338 - A Bedtime Story

0:04 Hey, hello friends from across the nation, around the world. I'm Martin, and you are listening to Dad's Bedtime Stories. Tonight We're going to be doing a story idea that I think is kind of like a classic Dad's Bedtime Stories idea. Zelda, one of my sponsors on Patreon, wrote in and was hoping I could do a story about an ice world where there are ice people and a fire dragon that comes and tries to destroy everything. And yeah, I think that's a perfect idea. So we're going to get right into it. If you like the podcast, don't forget to rate it and review it wherever it is you're listening if you haven't already done that, and thank you very much to the people who already have. If you want ad free episodes, you can join us on

1:01 Patreon for as little as one dollar per month less than twelve dollars a year if you do it all at once two or you can just listen to the version that does have ads and that supports the podcast as well. I never put them during the story or after anyways. Time to get as comfy as you can in that bed, close your eyes and imagine yourself doing what the kid in the story, does you wake up on your spaceship Alert? Alert, Spaceship says, what is it?

1:45 I have discovered a very interesting planet. Well, that's so interesting about it? You ask? On this planet the people seem to be entwined with the element of ice. Uh like ice people, you ask, Yes, they seem to have ice powers and live in an ice land. Oh, that's pretty cool, let's go check it out. Understood. Setting course, I should also mention that my research indicates that these people have not met others from different planets before. I suggest going undercover to discover the secrets of their planet.

2:39 Oh okay, gotcha. Well, in that case, engage in visibility mode. Understood. The ship suddenly sort of glimmers around you, indicating that it's just turned invisible. You get up out of bed, quickly get dressed, and head out into the main part of the ship. You move over to the kitchen area and replicate a plate of your favorite breakfast. You sit down at the table and eat away until spaceship announces that you have arrived at the planet. You put the plate and many left over food back and the replicator.

3:32 It instantly dissolves back into energy. You head over and sit down in the command chair and look out the viewing screen. A huge planet that's almost entirely blue and shiny, and uh, a little bit glass lake appears in front of you. You grab a hold of the controls, press forward on the throttle, and blast down toward the planet, through the atmosphere, through the icy clouds, until you find yourself flying above the ice planet completely invisible. Of course, it's a beautiful, beautiful place. You see structures everywhere, structures made entirely out of ice, ice houses, ice shops, ice towers, and even a gigantic ice castle. The people are even more amazing. They themselves look as if they're made entirely

4:53 out of ice, living ice, and beyond that, it's as if they have magical ice powers. You watch as they create little roads in front of them out of ice and slide down them. You watch others manipulate a sort of ice like energy around in circles and swirls, before creating well houses and structures out of almost nothing. Where would you like to land, Spaceship asks, Uh, maybe in a little space over there between the castle and what looks like a shopping center. Understood, Spaceship slowly lowers the ship down in a small opening surrounded by all sorts of ice buildings. Well, how do you think I shoul should explore? You ask? Good question. I believe you have several options. Option one is to use the invisibility mode

6:12 on your spacesuit. However, this will not allow you to interact with people without scaring them anyways. Option two is to use the transmorphopizer and transform into one of the beings. Now, I think we'll go with option two. The transmorphofizer. Understood, I have already taken the liberty of capturing some d anda from one of the inhabitants. Please stand in the middle of the ship. You move towards the middle of the ship, A small satellite like device pops down from the ceiling and points towards you. Please stay still. This may tingle. The satellite like device lights up with a bright blue color and then blasts you. It feels really tingly, and suddenly your body starts to feel less solid for

7:28 lack of a better description, and soon every atom in your body begins to transform. Slowly, you start to become bright blue, made of ice itself. You don't change size too much, but you do shrink a little bit. When you look down at yourself, all you can see are legs made out of ice and arms made out of ice.

8:03 Somehow you can still move around. You feel something else too, a connection to something you didn't have before. You can tell that it's the element of ice. As if to test your new instincts, you immediately focus on your hand, and you imagine a large ice sword appearing. A blue sort of energy glows throughout your palm and spreads up into the air, creating a large ice blade. Cool. You swing it around a few times and then allow it to dissipate back into well nothingness. Are you ready to explore ship? Asks? I think so, you say. The back hatch opens up and you step outside. You look behind you, and the hatch closes, leaving well absolutely nothing there, or at least nothing you can currently see. You look around

9:25 you and you see the ice people moving from place to place. It seems that they don't tend to walk anywhere. They sort of slide. They slide across the ice, not quite like skating, more like surfing, And when there is no ice in front of them and where they want to go, they just create it. You decide to give it a shot. You spread your legs a bart as if you you're in a sort of surfing position, and do you imagine your feet just sort of sliding along the ice? You blast forward at an incredible speed. Whoa, you say as you turn around the corner and continue forward at an incredible velocity. In front of you is a house, a house made of ice, one that looks like you're about to crash into it. Instinctively, you sort

10:37 of shift the ground in front of you. You create a new bridge of ice that shoots up over the house, and you slide right up it cool. Using your mind, you twist the slide or bridge around in a spiral, allowing you to spin higher and higher up and get a better view for everything around you. You stop and look around. In every direction. You see a city of ice, ice houses, the ice castle off to the left, and all sorts of ice kids playing around on the ice.

11:26 It almost looks like they're playing in a skate park, sliding around doing jumps and tricks. That looks like fun, you think. You blast down towards it, creating a little bridge in front of you, and then you stop suddenly as you approach the little ice skate park or whatever it is you watch as the ice kids skate back and forth inside the little skate park thing. It looks almost like a pool. They slide down the sides up the other end and perform tricks, spins and flips and that sort of thing. Uh, do you guys mind if I try? You ask? One of the ice kids looks over towards you. Of course not, and you can join us.

12:25 Is this your first time at the ice park? The kid asks, Uh, yeah, my parents like me to be safe and stuff, so they don't normally let me come. Ah that makes sense parents, Well, and just follow me. Try to do what I do. The key is to keep your balance. The kid slides down one side of the ice pool, shoots up the other side, and just spins around so we face the other direction again. Then he glides back down. His feet slide gracefully against the ice, and he pops up beside you. Your turn, he says, Just mouve with the ice. It's honestly easy. Okay. You look over the edge, close your eyes, take a deep breath, and then you let yourself go over. You slide down the ice. It connects with your feet as it did before.

13:38 You use it to blast yourself forward, up the other end and into the air. You wave your hands around in circles as you shoot up higher and higher and attempt to turn yourself around. You barely get yourself to turn in time before you lay on the ice once again, slides straight down and back towards the other kid. You shoot up the other end, push yourself forward and land on the edge of the ice. Ah, that was pretty good for our first time, the kid says, Let's see what else you can do. Follow me. You follow the ice kid as he slides around the ice ski park.

14:31 You follow him off jumps, over little humps, and around spiral like corners. Then he heads straight towards what looks like a loop. To loop this one, just be sure you keep your momentum. He blasts forward faster on the ice, moves up the loop and all the way around it. You increase your own speed to keep dead center and blast around the loop, flipping over backwards down the other side, and then you come to a stop beside the kid. Hey, that was pretty good. Want to hang out for a while.

15:18 My name's Pip. What about you? You introduce yourself and shake hands. You and Pip have a good time. Playing around on the ice park for the next little while, until you hear something that doesn't sound like it belongs on the ice planet. A huge roar followed by a blast of fire through the air. Oh no, not that thing, Pip says. You look up in the sky to see a gigantic dragon flying overhead and breathing fire into the atmosphere.

16:04 What's that thing? You ask? That is a fire dragon, the archenemy of the ice people. I can understand that. You watch the fire dragons swoop down and breathe fire onto the ice palace, melting one of the walls instantly. Oh no, he's gonna destroy everything. Does this happen often? You ask, where exactly are you from? The kid responds, you've never been part of an ice dragon attack before. Yes, it happens often, All too often. We're constantly rebuilding the place because of that thing. Most of the fire dragons live peacefully on the other side of the planet, but this one found his way over here and seems well determined to transform the place into a warmer area, something we ice people, uh well, really don't appreciate, as you

17:16 might be able to imagine. Yeah, I can understand why where are you from anyways, Why don't you already know this information?

17:29 Uh?

17:29 My parents keep me kind of sheltered. They're very protective. How weird. So what do you guys do to fedd off against the dragon? You ask, as you watch the dragon swoop down and breathe a huge plume of fire onto a row of buildings. The ice people skate away quickly as the buildings instantly melt into puddles of water. Well, we mostly try to avoid it. We're afraid that fighting back might lead to something worse. I see you hear your watch beep. Just a second, I have to go check something, you say. You slide away from Pip and look down at your watch. What is it, you ask?

18:26 I am detecting an anomaly. It seems that the city is currently being attacked by a large dragon. Yep, I kind of noticed. Oh good, I suggest returning to the ship. I can't just leave these people to fend for themselves. This thing's melting everything, you say, as you watch the dragon swoop back down and melt another row of houses.

18:59 Is the ice pea people flee? What do you suggest? Well, I think we'll figure that out as we go, you say, But it might be a good idea if you kind of meet me in the air. Stand visible, but be ready to help. Understood, Spaceship says, you look up towards the ice dragon as it flies overhead. All right, Pip, it was nice to meet you, but I think I have an ice dragon to uh well redirect. Oh what do you mean? Instead of answering, you simply blast forward on the ice. You create an ice bridge in front of yourself and shoot up toward the sky, looping around in circles, spiraling higher and then heading directly for the drag.

20:01 The dragon looks behind itself and breathes some fire. You turn to the left and loop back around towards the thing. What is your plan, Spaceship asks again, I'm not entirely sure. You press the button on your watch, causing your spacesuit to fold around your ice body. Then you jump into the air and gauge your flight mode and blast straight towards the dragon. The dragon breathes another plume of fire, which you easily dodge, rolling to the left and landing on the back of the dragon's neck. The dragon roars and starts to turn around in circles, but you do your best to stay on the thing. You grab on to a couple horns sticking out of its back and try to pull it in the other direction. It roars and protest. It spins around and tries to shake you off,

21:14 but with the help of the spacesuit's extra strength, you hold on tight. The dragon starts to spin through the air, buck up and down as if it's a well, a bucking bronco and some sort of rodeo. Luckily for you, you've dealt with that sort of thing before. You hold on for dear life, and by no means do you let the thing throw you off. It flaps around in circles, jumps up and down, but you continue to hold on. Luckily, you've landed on a part of its neck where it can't quite turn around and well breathe fire at you without hitting itself in the back anyways. Eventually, the dragon flies over to the top of an ice mountain, lands on the ground, and jumps onto its side, causing you to finally fly off, skid across the ground and look

22:18 at the thing. It turns toward you. It takes in a deep breath and unleashes a plume of fire. You hold your arm up in front and an energy shield sort of instinctively appears between you and the dragon. The fire blasts straight past you. You then reach out with your ice powers. A blue energy shoots up from the ground, surrounds one of the dragon's legs, and solidifies into ice.

22:54 The dragon roars, and you continue. You blast another plume of ice at its other leg, and then you capture both of its wings with ice as well. You wrap another little column of ice around the top of its neck and pull it down towards the ground. It blasts out a breath of fire, which you once again block with an energy shield, and then it speaks, let me go.

23:31 The fire dragon says, oh, wait a second, you can talk. Yes, the dragon answers, Then why are you destroying this place?

23:45 You ask, because it is cold. Where I am from, everything is much warm.

23:58 Then why don't you go back where you're from?

24:02 You suggest, because I can't, or I don't know how.

24:12 Well. I would suggest going back the way you came here.

24:18 I tried, but the way has been closed. You see, there is a large ice wall between this land and my own. It goes higher than wheat dragons can fly. I was exploring it, and one day I found a strange tunnel. I walked through the tunnel, and it led to the other side, this world of ice. I explored for a while.

25:04 And then tried.

25:06 To go home, only to find that the large hole was gone. I attempted to breathe fire through the wall, but I could not. It heeled as quickly as I could melt it. I have been stuck here ever since, and I decided that if I could not go to somewhere warm, I would have to make this place warm.

25:44 Ah. But in doing that, you're going to destroy all group of ice people.

25:52 Yes, I was willing to take that chance.

25:58 Well what if I just took you home instead? You ask, you know the way? Well no, but I think I know another way. Spaceship, We're gonna need a little bit of room. Spaceship glimmers beside you and appears out of nowhere.

26:24 What what is that thing.

26:28 That is your ticket home? The spaceship starts to glow, and it grows larger and larger into a ship big enough for a dragon to board. Now, promise not to breathe any fire at me, and we'll have you home in no time, I promise, The dragon says. You reach out with your ice instincts, and well, you immediately melt the ice surrounding the dragon's legs and the dragon's neck.

27:07 The dragon stands back up. Follow me, you say, sliding across the ice over towards the ship. A much larger hatch and ramp open up behind the thing, and you lead the dragon aboard. Spaceship has created a gigantic cargo area at the back of the ship, one big enough for the dragon with heavy footsteps. The dragon climbs aboard.

27:40 The back hatch closes and you look at the thing. All right, Spaceship. I'm told there's like a fire zone on this planet as well, and I think we need to go there over top of some gigantic ice wall. I guess, yes, I see what you are talking about. Part of this planet is tidally locked with the Sun, creating a zone of intense heat, and you are correct.

28:16 There is a gigantic ice wall that seems to separate this zone from the rest of the planet. Very interesting. I am surprised I did not notice this before the ship lifts up into the air. It quickly blasts up into space and back done on the sun side of the planet, a side of the planet that samow always faces the sun. You look out one of the windows, and instead of seeing ice, all you see is lava and fire and well fire dragons. The dragon looks out the window as well, my land, he says. Spaceship lowers down and hovers in place. Then the back hatch opens up.

29:23 It makes you feel suddenly kind of sick as a nice person. This heat doesn't feel good at all. The dragon looks back toward you, thank you for returning me. Then he jumps out the back of the ship, spreads his wings and bathes himself in the heat of the lava. Close the doors, you say to Spaceship, I don't feel so good. The ship's doors close quickly, and Spaceship lifts up through the atmosphere once again. You deactivate your spacesuit and walk back to the middle of the ship, where the transmorphizer is located. I think it's time I became human again, you say, understood. The satellite like device pops down out of the ceiling and points towards you once again.

30:33 The same blue light blasts into you, and your body begins to tingle. You feel less solid and your skin starts to change. You grow slightly, and before long you find yourself a human once again, A very tired human. Now. I don't know if it was the heat or you know, taking on a dragon, but I'm tired. Understood. You head towards your bedroom on the ship. The door opens automatically.

31:18 You head straight for your bed, climb inside, and pull the covers up to your chin. Spaceship dims the lights. You close your eyes, and with each breath you will allow yourself to sink down, deeper and deeper into the mattress. The more you breathe, the deeper you sink, and the deeper you sink, the better you feel, until slowly your mind wanders off the thoughts of new dreams and new adventures to come. Good Night, everyone, A.

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