Shattered Reflections

Chapter 1.

CHAPTER 1
Slinkie

     I sat still, relaxing on the ship. I tried to calm down, but I was mortified. My sister died in front of me, and she thought I would be fine? Doesn’t she understand I don’t know what to do? Doesn’t she understand I can’t go on without someone?

That I can’t go on without her?

     What was she even thinking… Well, I couldn’t just sit there, pacing around the ship. The autopilot said I still had three days left. I looked in the back… do I have any more gummies? Okay, I guess. At least I had more to eat.
     I looked at the autopilot menu. Was there a way to speed it up? Nope. Great. Stuck in this metal box for three whole days. How fun.

     I sat back down. I felt frail, quiet, confused. I didn’t know how to explain it, even to myself. I wanted more than anything to go home and go to sleep. But that wasn’t an option. I cuddled up onto the seat once more. I leaned back the seat and cuddled up, trying to stay as warm as I could. I fell asleep, wishing that this was all a dream, and Star would comfort me once more.
But deep down inside I knew,
she is only a memory now.

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     I woke up, my stomach engulfed by hunger. I immediately walked over to check the autopilot.

     Two days. Two more days until I can move on.
     Only two more, long, cold, quiet days.

     I didn’t mind it all that much though. I prefer the quiet. But now it had to be quiet. That’s what bothered me. I wanted to sit down and read, but all my books got destroyed with Akip. I felt a sharp pain in my teeth. Ow. I knew what it was.

     I took my mouth shield off. It protects people from seeing the “scary” thing about me. My teeth.
     I was taught that pointy teeth are scary, and not for Akiptians. Well, if that was true, why did we have them? They invented these pass-through guards, which protect people from seeing our mouths, but you can still eat, drink, and do other things while wearing them. A neat invention, but I never got the point. I always liked my teeth. But I wore it anyway, out of respect for my parents and for Star. I think I’ll still wear it.

For them. And only for them, I told myself.

     I opened the gummies for an underwhelming breakfast. I closed my eyes and pretended that it was Star’s waffles she liked to make, but it didn’t help. It just made me miss her more. I placed down the gummies, and took a small swig of my water. It had to do for now, so I didn't starve at lunch.

     I decided to actually learn about where I’m going, since I didn’t even know what it was called, what it was like, or anything about it for the most part.
    I opened the side menu, and it read;

    PLANET: VILO
    INFORMATION: VILO IS A UTOPIA WHERE ALL MONSTERS AND HUMANS WHO WERE GRANTED ACCESS HERE ARE ALLOWED. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST SECURE PLACES IN THE GALAXY.

     Huh. Pretty straight forward. Guess I’m going to Vilo. Never heard of it. But it sounds like there are a lot more beings there then Akip’s mere hundreds. I thought to myself.
    I sat back down, having absolutely nothing to do except watch the stars and astro dust fly by my ship. Minutes felt like hours and hours felt like years.
    I thought about the new people I’d meet.

What would they be like?
Would they like me?
Would they hate me?
Would they think I’m weird and never want to talk to me?