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MY STARBURST

      My Starburst saved me. Risked her life to save mine. 

     It all started on Christmas Eve. Me and my family were opening early Christmas presents, and I went outside to get some fresh air. 

     It was a cold and brisk night. The stars shown down on me. I’ve always liked the stars. You never know what it’s like up there. Or what’s up there. 

     I was watching the stars and suddenly... one of them started to fall. It was falling and oddly shaped. 

     And it was right on top of me. 

     I stumbled backwards as it crashed down I front of me. The smoke from the crash blinded me for a moment. 

     Coughing, I slowly rose to my feet, peering at the glowing star. Except... it wasn’t a star. It was a girl. 

     Her long wavy hair glowed a shimmering golden. She was wearing a black dress with white stars and galaxies splattered onto it. 

     She stood up, and looked at me. Her eyes sparkled like a thousand universes. 

     I stammered. “What...what are you?” 

     She blinked at me and stardust seemed to fall off her eyelashes. “I’m Luna, earthling.” “Earthling?”

     “This is earth, correct?” She smiled at me, glowing. Figuratively and Literally.

     “Yes... it is.” 

     She introduced herself as a StarBurst. A StarBurst watches over their ‘human’ and comes down to save them when they are in dire need of help. 

     And Luna is my StarBurst. She said that she was here to save me when a shotgun went off.

     I turned around to see a man walking through my house. The man had a gun and was pointing it at my family. 

     Luna called after me, as I burst into the house and in front of the gun.

     “Take anything! Just leave them alone!” The burglar sneered at me and cocked his gun. 

     Clenching my fists, I held my arms out ready to be shot. The gun went off. But when it did, there wasn’t a bullet shot into me.

     Except, Luna stood in front of me, her arms spread wide open, gasping. 

    Unforgiving blood dripped from the hole in her stomach. 

    “LUNA!” I caught her as she fell backwards. 

    Luna held her hand up to the burglar and said in a soft of commanding voice, “leave this family and never come back.” 

    Then he was gone. Disappeared into thin air. 

    Luna looked up at me, smiling. “Have a good and fruitful life, earthling.” 

    Then her body shivered and dissolved into stardust. The stardust floated up through the window and into the sky. 

    My StarBurst had saved me. And I hope they will save you someday too. 

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