
They were wrong. She didn't die.
She actually lived, for longer than you would think.
Even she doesn't know how she could live so long, and even in space. The station did have food, water, and oxygen, but that never explained how she could be so old, but still look and act young. It didn't make sense.
When you're in space for this long, by yourself, you don't tend to talk much, or at all. She was one of those plumerains who never talked to herself, not once, not ever. Though she did study and read, but she completely forgot how to say words and sentences, which also didn't seem to make much sense, but no one questioned it.
She kept track of the days still, though never cared about how old she was, or how old anyone else was. She stopped counting, just like the others back on Earth. When she went missing, everyone assumed that she died after a while, so they decided it was best to just stop counting.
Today was the day, though. She was going to go back home.
She had built another escape pod, after they other one left, though it didn't take her long, she just didn't want to leave space. The views of the planets were to beautiful to leave, but as soon as they got boring, she decided to go back to Earth, to see others again, and see what changed. Though the only things she knew were on the station. She forgot about everything else. She forgot what things were called, so it was time to see them all over again.
She boarded her escape pod and strapped herself in. She pressed a few strange buttons, setting the coordinates into the ocean, by a beach, so she would be noticed.
On a small screen to her right, there was a map of the path she was going to take. Smooth sailing from here. No trouble to be seen. On her left was a small countdown with a button saying, "launch".
She looked through her small window back at the station, making sure she had not forgotten anything. She had her study books, and notebooks, and her tools. She didn't feel like she needed anything else.
She pressed her paw to the window, as if saying goodbye, then pressed the launch button, and went flying towards Earth.