Dream (Wish 2)

A New Dream

Asha walks over to Amaya and assures her,

"Magnifico is gone, for good,"

Amaya smiles, knowing her past will never haunt her again. Sakina runs up to Asha and embraces her.

"Your father and saba would be so proud of you. You've done it again baby," Sakina praises.

"Mom," Asha says with a tone of relief, feeling tears build up as she embraces her mother. She notices behind her are her friends. She runs over to them and group hugs them.

"Wow, my best friend does it again," said an impressed Dahlia

"That was amazing!" exclaimed Hal.

"Incredible," Gabo complimented.

"You know, I think you just put the 'fairy' in 'fairy godmother,'" said Dario, to which they all shared a laugh. Asha suddenly remembers she has wings on her back. Like the three fairies in Sleeping Beauty, she taps her wand to her back making them vanish.

"I couldn't have done it without Earendel," Asha remarked, suddenly remembering him. She sees him looking up to the sky. The excited tone of the crowd shifted to silence inside her head, with a hurtful realization.

"You have to go now, don't you?" Asha uttered, not wanting to admit it. "You need to be there for others to wish upon,"

Earendel looks back up, this time at the same star he saw through the forest canopy.

"Maybe not," he says as he holds Asha's hands. Asha hears a hint of excitement in his voice but doesn't understand why.

Stepping away from her, Earendel looks to the brightest star in the sky and recites an ancient incantation he found among Magnifico's notes.

"Star Light, Star Bright, first star I see tonight, I wish I may, I wish I might, have this wish I wish tonight, I wish to stay on Earth,"

Suddenly, a blue light shines down upon him, like a spotlight on a theater stage. A mysterious voice is heard. The voice sounds like it could belong to none other than the blue fairy.

"Noble morning star, you have given so much to the cosmos. You deserve to have your wish come true," the voice declared. Asha tapped her wand to her back and flew into the blue light with her new wings.

"But without a Wishing Star, where in the sky will we look too?" Asha asked the mysterious voice.

"Dear fairy godmother, I, the Evening Star, shall be the new wishing star. Look to me when you feel lost, and I will be there to guide you, just like the Wishing Star before me." the voice reassured her. The blue spotlight surrounding them slowly dims just as the dawn breaks. Asha slowly descends back to the ground, amazed at what had just transpired. Earendel reaches up to her, and she takes his hand before her feet touch the ground.

"So, does this mean..?" she asks.

"Yes. I'm staying," he said while starting to shed tears of his own.

They embrace, and kiss. When they do, the yellow aura surrounding Earendel fades, like he is Hercules choosing to be mortal.  Asha's wings slowly flap behind her. The crowd looks at them in awe, some even cheering.

"The Wishing Star and Fairy Godmother. Now that is quite a pairing," comments Dahlia.

A few months later:

Everyone has gathered in the arena, the same place where the former king used to hold wish-granting ceremonies. Only now, it is where a new queen is about to be crowned.