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WolfWinter
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Adeline
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Adeline watched the stars, waiting for the shooting star. Every year, she came out on this night; the Geminids were going to start falling and she didn't want to miss it. She remembered the story of the Wisher Girl:
The Wisher Girl was a girl who lived in in the stars. She was the one who was responsible for taking care of the stars. She took great pride and joy in her work. However, she had a great love of the realms below. Her parents warned her of looking to close to the realms below.
Being curious, she couldn't help but peek at those who lived below. While she worked tending to the stars and constellations - making sure everyone was where they needed to be - she kept a curious eye on those below. One night, she had seen the most beautiful creature and leaned down from her place in the heavens to get a closer look.
"Now, here is where different versions of the story diverge, no one can agree on what she saw-" her father had said, "-but whatever it was kept her looking night after night."
Eventually, she stopped tending to the stars as she should have, and while some didn't mind (It gave them freedom to move about, after all) others were jealous. One became so jealous,
that it got a group of the other stars together to try and get her to pay attention to them again. They plotted to group up and make a new constellation, one that would ensnare her attention and bring her back to them.
Her parents caught wind of it, and tried to stop it all, but they were too late. That night, the Wisher Girl looked to close, and fell from the heavens. The stars, seeing her fall, tried to go after and catch her. They fell together in a halo of light to the earth below. Saddened, the other stars weeped with her parents.
Having fallen from the heavens, she could never return. However, she was able to see the stars in a whole new way, and she stared in awe at the stars. Tears filled her eyes at the sheer beauty of what she saw, and because she knew she could never return. The stars who had fallen with her had lost their brilliance, and looked ordinary, but she cared for them all the same.
Living amongst the creatures of the earth, she was able to care for the stars and satisfy her curiosity at the same time. And every night, when she saw a star shoot across the sky, she wished for her parents happiness, and her friends the stars who she had left.
One night, more than one or two stars shot across the sky. A hundred stars shot across the sky,
to mark a year gone by from when she fell from the heavens. When she saw that, she knew her parents were still saddened by what happened. However, this time, she wished for something else. She wished to be mortal.
The stars came back to her parents, and told them of her wish. They refused to grant it, they had already lost their daughter from the heavens, they wouldn't watch her become dust on the earth below. What they didn't know, was that their daughter had found someone, someone to love.
She loved this person with all her might, but time was running out for the two of them. She could feel time slipping through her fingers like water. The Wisher Girl pleaded every time she saw a star shoot across the sky
"Make me mortal," she cried.
Each time the stars brought back her wish to her parents. Still, they refused. Trying to convince her otherwise, they orchestrated more shooting star events. Her love would see these and run to her in amazement and wonder. They would watch them together, but she knew it wouldn't last.
Finally, one last time, she asked. She didn't just ask, she wished, with all her might. And this time, her parents granted her wish. When she awoke the next day, she could feel time on her body for the first time. It was frightening, at first. But, at the same time, it was wonderful. She found her person, and realized they were the same now. They embraced, and lived their life. Enjoying it to the fullest.
Her parents watched from above, and her original wish came true. The stars rejoiced that night, when the ceremony took place. They rejoiced for a week every time their family grew. On her last day, she walked outside into the cool night air. She had lived for a long time before becoming mortal. When she died, her body became dust like the stars above.
A bright stone, that glittered like stars in the moonlight, was all that was left. Her family, both of them, watched in awe and sadness. The ones below didn't believe that she really came the stars. The youngest, walked up to the stone and picked it up carefully.
She looked up above, and was greeted by the sight of stars shooting across the sky. She held the stone, and wished for her mother to be happy, and for the stars to not be so sad. Every night she had watched her mother wish upon the stars, and now she did the same. The Wisher Girl's family marked a stone for her. Engraved on it was nothing but stars, and their wishes. Set into the top, was the glittering stone so the Wisher Girl could still see the stars and wish upon them.
Adeline played with the stone around her neck. She could hear her father shouting for her to come back to the gathering. Before she left, she said thanks to the pair of stones that stood under the night sky. She wished for the happiness of her family as she returned to the ground below, believing -no, knowing - that her wish had been heard, and granted.
WolfWinter
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Adeline
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Female
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Adeline watched the stars, waiting for the shooting star. Every year, she came out on this night; the Geminids were going to start falling and she didn't want to miss it. She remembered the story of the Wisher Girl:
The Wisher Girl was a girl who lived in in the stars. She was the one who was responsible for taking care of the stars. She took great pride and joy in her work. However, she had a great love of the realms below. Her parents warned her of looking to close to the realms below.
Being curious, she couldn't help but peek at those who lived below. While she worked tending to the stars and constellations - making sure everyone was where they needed to be - she kept a curious eye on those below. One night, she had seen the most beautiful creature and leaned down from her place in the heavens to get a closer look.
"Now, here is where different versions of the story diverge, no one can agree on what she saw-" her father had said, "-but whatever it was kept her looking night after night."
Eventually, she stopped tending to the stars as she should have, and while some didn't mind (It gave them freedom to move about, after all) others were jealous. One became so jealous,
that it got a group of the other stars together to try and get her to pay attention to them again. They plotted to group up and make a new constellation, one that would ensnare her attention and bring her back to them.
Her parents caught wind of it, and tried to stop it all, but they were too late. That night, the Wisher Girl looked to close, and fell from the heavens. The stars, seeing her fall, tried to go after and catch her. They fell together in a halo of light to the earth below. Saddened, the other stars weeped with her parents.
Having fallen from the heavens, she could never return. However, she was able to see the stars in a whole new way, and she stared in awe at the stars. Tears filled her eyes at the sheer beauty of what she saw, and because she knew she could never return. The stars who had fallen with her had lost their brilliance, and looked ordinary, but she cared for them all the same.
Living amongst the creatures of the earth, she was able to care for the stars and satisfy her curiosity at the same time. And every night, when she saw a star shoot across the sky, she wished for her parents happiness, and her friends the stars who she had left.
One night, more than one or two stars shot across the sky. A hundred stars shot across the sky,
to mark a year gone by from when she fell from the heavens. When she saw that, she knew her parents were still saddened by what happened. However, this time, she wished for something else. She wished to be mortal.
The stars came back to her parents, and told them of her wish. They refused to grant it, they had already lost their daughter from the heavens, they wouldn't watch her become dust on the earth below. What they didn't know, was that their daughter had found someone, someone to love.
She loved this person with all her might, but time was running out for the two of them. She could feel time slipping through her fingers like water. The Wisher Girl pleaded every time she saw a star shoot across the sky
"Make me mortal," she cried.
Each time the stars brought back her wish to her parents. Still, they refused. Trying to convince her otherwise, they orchestrated more shooting star events. Her love would see these and run to her in amazement and wonder. They would watch them together, but she knew it wouldn't last.
Finally, one last time, she asked. She didn't just ask, she wished, with all her might. And this time, her parents granted her wish. When she awoke the next day, she could feel time on her body for the first time. It was frightening, at first. But, at the same time, it was wonderful. She found her person, and realized they were the same now. They embraced, and lived their life. Enjoying it to the fullest.
Her parents watched from above, and her original wish came true. The stars rejoiced that night, when the ceremony took place. They rejoiced for a week every time their family grew. On her last day, she walked outside into the cool night air. She had lived for a long time before becoming mortal. When she died, her body became dust like the stars above.
A bright stone, that glittered like stars in the moonlight, was all that was left. Her family, both of them, watched in awe and sadness. The ones below didn't believe that she really came the stars. The youngest, walked up to the stone and picked it up carefully.
She looked up above, and was greeted by the sight of stars shooting across the sky. She held the stone, and wished for her mother to be happy, and for the stars to not be so sad. Every night she had watched her mother wish upon the stars, and now she did the same. The Wisher Girl's family marked a stone for her. Engraved on it was nothing but stars, and their wishes. Set into the top, was the glittering stone so the Wisher Girl could still see the stars and wish upon them.
Adeline played with the stone around her neck. She could hear her father shouting for her to come back to the gathering. Before she left, she said thanks to the pair of stones that stood under the night sky. She wished for the happiness of her family as she returned to the ground below, believing -no, knowing - that her wish had been heard, and granted.
