The Girl That Belonged to the Sun

WHEN THEY OPENED THE CLOSET DOOR ALL THEY FOUND WAS A BROOM, SOME CLEANING SUPPLIES, AND A FEW BOTTLES OF WINDEX. BUT NO MARGOT. THEN THEY HEARD A SLIGHT COUGH WHICH STARTLED THE CHILDREN. WHEN THEY TURNED AROUND THEY SAW MARGOT RED-FACED, FROM AN HOUR OF CRYING EVERYONE STOOD THERE LIKE STONES, NO ONE MOVED AND NO ONE SPOKE. THEN MARGOT WALKED AWAY, FEELING REJECTED AND HATED BY HER CLASSMATES, AS SHE ALWAYS DID. FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON MARGOT SAT QUIETLY IN THE CORNER OF THE CLASSROOM, IN THE FARTHEST DESK FORM THE CLASS. DURING THE TIME WHEN SHE STAYED BACK THERE SHE DID SOME DEEP THINKING. DURING THAT THINKING MARGOT REALIZED THAT SHE WASN’T RIGHT FOR VENUS OR MARS OR ANY OTHER PLANET! EARTH WAS HER HOME AND THAT’S WHERE SHE WANTED TO BE. SHE WANTED TO STAY ON EARTH WHERE THE SUN SHONE ALMOST EVERYDAY AND THE PLANTS WERE GREEN AND THE AIR WAS FRESH. SHE WANTED TO BE HOME, AND SHE KNEW HER HOME WAS EARTH. SO MARGOT KNEW WHAT SHE HAD TO DO. SHE HAD TO ESCAPE, NOT LATER NOT IN A YEAR BUT NOW AND ONLY NOW. WHEN SCHOOL GOT OUT MARGOT DID NOT GO STRAIGHT HOME SHE WENT TO THE CAPSULE PORT. A PLACE WITH CAPSULES THAT LEAD TO DIFFERENT DESTINATIONS ALL OVER THE UNIVERSE. BUT SHE HAD TO GET PAST THE J-BOTS. WHICH WERE THE GUARDS OF ALMOST EVERYTHING. GETTING PAST THEM TURNED OUT TO BE WAY EASIER THAN SHE HAD THOUGHT. ALL SHE HAD TO DO WAS SLIDE THROUGH THE RAY DOOR WITHOUT THE LASERS SENSING HER. FOR MARGOT THAT WAS EASY. GETTING HER THIN BODY UNDER THE TRIP WIRE WAS ALMOST TOO EASY. AS SOON AS SHE GOT PAST THE GUARDS SHE RAN TO THE ROW OF CAPSULES THAT SAID EARTH. SHE CLIMBED INSIDE ONE, CAREFUL NOT TO PRESS ANY BUTTONS. WHEN MARGOT WAS SAFELY SEATED INSIDE THE CAPSULE SHE TOOK OFF HER BACKPACK TO MAKE SURE SHE HAD EVERYTHING. MARGOT KNEW THAT SOMEDAY SHE WOULD RETURN TO EARTH BUT SHE NEVER KNEW WHEN. BUT SHE ALWAYS HAD HER BACKPACK READY. SHE ALWAYS KEPT FOOD, WATER, A SMALL BLANKET, AND HER CELL PHONE, IN THERE JUST INCASE. SHE DIDN’T SO THIS JUST FOR RETURNING TO EARTH SHE ALSO SENSED THAT VENUS WAS INSTABLE. SHE SENSED THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG. MARGOT KNEW HER PARENTS WOULD BE FINDING HER DISAPPEARANCE SOON SO WITHOUT ANY HESITATION SHE PRESSED THE BIG RED START BUTTON, START! THE CAPSULE JUMPED TO LIFE AND IT ZOOMED AWAY FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF LIGHT. THEN IT SETTLED DOWN AND THE CAPSULES JOURNEY BECAME MORE SUDDLE. THANKS TO NEW AIR TECHNOLOGY’S MARGOT WAS SAFELY TRAVELING AT THE SPEED OF LIFE, BUT IT DIDN’T SEEM LIKE THAT, ITS LIKE SHE WAS TRAVELING THROUGH SOMEONES DREAMS. AFTER THE RIDE HAD BECOME MORE CALM MARGOT BEGAN TO EXPLORE THE CAPSULE MORE. WITH EVERY LITTLE STEP MARGOT TOOK SHE SAW NEW TECHNOLOGIE, A NEW EFFICIENT MACHINE. PLUS THERE WAS BUCKET LOADS OF SNACKS. MARGOT SETTLED IN A CHAIR ABOUT TO OPEN A BAG OF FUNYUNS WHEN SHE SAW IT...MARGOT SAW EARTH. IT SHINED BRIGHTER THAN THE RAYS OF THE MOON ON A CLEAR NIGHT. SHE COULD ALREADY FEEL THE SUN FROM HERE! A ROBOTIC VOICE STARTLED HER SAYING “WE ARE NOW REACHING EARTH, PREPARE TO LAND!” MARGOT QUICKLY GATHERED HER THINGS. SHE STUFFED SOME EXTRA SNACKS AND CLOTHES INTO THE BAG RIGHT AS THEY LANDED. WITH ALMOST NO NOISE AT ALL THE CAPSULE OPENED. RIGHT AWAY SHE KNEW WHERE SHE WAS. SHE WAS HOME, IT WAS OHIO. NOT THAT IT WAS ONLY OHIO THEY HAD ALSO STOPPED RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEIR OLD HOME, WHICH HAD BEEN VACANT FOR YEARS NOW. LUCKILY MARGOT STILL HAD THE KEY, SHE KEPT JUST FOR A MEMORY. SHE RAN UP TO THE DOOR BUT WHEN SHE GOT THERE SHE CAREFULLY TRUNED THE KEY. THE DOOR SWUNG OPEN SLOWLY AS IF IN A HORROR MOVIE, BUT MARGOT WASN’T AFRAID, FOR THIS WAS HOME! WHEN SHE STEPPED INSIDE EVERYTHING WAS THE SAME! NOT A SINGLE TRACE OF DUST OR HAIR OF FOG, IT LOOKED PERFECT! MEANWHILE BACK ON VENUS MARGOT’S PARENTS HAD BECOME WORRIED AND CALLED THE POLICE TO HELP. THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY TRACE OF MARGOT. BUT USUALLY ON VENUS KIDS CAN FALL OF THE EDGE. HER PARENTS THOUGHT THAT HAD HAPPENED AND DECIDED TO STOP THE INVESTIGATION. MARGOT GOT SO ATTACHED TO HER OLD HOUSE THAT SHE ENDED UP STAYING THERE FOR YEARS! AND THE SUN! OH THE SUN!! SHE LOVED THE SUN, THE PEACHES, THE WONDERFUL FLOWERS AND PLANTS! TO MARGOT IT WAS A PERFECT WORLD. WELL TIME PASSES AND 7 YEARS PASSED, EVEN ON VENUS TOO! AND SOON IT WAS TIME FOR THE SUN TO COME OUT AGAIN. SO MARGOT’S OLD CLASSMATES GATHERED BY THE WINDOW ONCE MORE TO SEE THE SUN. THEY WAITED, AND WAITED....BUT THE SUN NEVER CAME. BUT MARGOT DID NOT EVEN THINK OF VENUS, SHE WAS TOO BUSY ENJOYING LIFE ON EARTH. THAT SAME DAY IT WAS MARGOT’S BIRTHDAY. THIS MADE HER THINK OF HER PARENTS, AND HOW THEY ALWAYS LOVED HER BIRTHDAY! SO MARGOT HOPPED IN THE THE CAPSULE AND PRESSED RETURN TO HOME. ONCE AGAIN THE CAPSULE SPRANG TO LIFE, IN NO TIME MARGOT WAS ON PLANET VENUS AGAIN. IMMEDIATELY MARGOT REALIZED THE DARKNESS AND SOURNESS OF THE OLD PLANET. WHEN MARGOT LANDED ALL HER OLD CLASSMATES RAN TO HER. THEY LOOKED AT HER IN WONDER AND AWE! THEN WITH NO WARNING MARGOT BEGAN TO GLOW! NOT JUST ON HER HANDS BUT EVERYWHERE! THE CHILDREN STEPPED BACK AS THE TEACHER SHIELDED THEM. MARGOT BLASTED TO THE SKY, AND THEN SHE KNEW WHERE SHE BELONG, IN THE SKY. SHE WAS THE SUN AND THE SUN WAS HER.