Fallen Stars and Fallen Dreams

A clear night on Mars, where the stars shown brightly, like a thousand shiny diamonds. A woman walked around, lost, trying to get back to the city.

“Great! I'm completely lost!!” Mary yelled out into the night sky. “I had to go out, trying to find something that doesn't even exist!!!!” She screamed.

Mary sat down upon the sandy texture of Mars. She looked up into the night sky. As beautiful as it was, she cried.

“Oh, mother, you must think so lowly of me. You wouldn't have given up so easily, would you?” She said sadly. She could still remember the time on earth twenty-five years ago...

“Mommy, mommy, I saw a falling star!! That's the first time I've seen it!” Little eight-year old Mary said.

“You did? Wonderful! Wasn't it the prettiest thing you have ever seen?” Her mother sweetly asked.

“Mmhmm! But what happened to it? Did it fall on earth?” Mary asked, with wondering eyes.

“Well, perhaps it did! But, I'll bet it didn't even land on Earth! I'll bet it landed on Mars!” Her mother replied.

“Can I go to Mars to look for it? Can I? Can I? Can I? Can I? Can I?”

“Maybe another time, honey.”

“Awwwwwwwww! Ok.”

“But one day, you'll find a fallen star! Show me when you find one, ok?”

“Alrighty! I promise I'll show you a fallen star!!!”

Well, by now, Mary already knew that a falling star is an asteroid, but never the less, she still wanted to find one. She went out exploring the dusty terrain, but couldn't find any asteroids. In fact, she couldn't find anything, which was a problem.

“I'm going to die out here, Mom. I'm sorry I could never show you a beautiful fallen star.” Mary cried out into the sorrowful winds.

Mary's mother had passed away on the trip to Mars, most likely of old age. She loved the stars, and inspired Mary to love them, too. Her husband, Bert, had been an astronomer, but he disappeared on the first expedition, and had most likely died.

“A fallen star that's beautiful? Yea right!” A voice rudely said.

Mary looked up. She couldn't believe the image surrounding her dark green eyes. A martian stood stiffly in front of her.

“Oh my heavens!!! I thought you were all dead!!!!” Mary said, clearly surprised.

“Pfft! Silly girl! You think that we're all dead, and you think an ugly falling star is beautiful! What a laugh!Ahaha!” The martian said, laughing.

“S-stop laughing! It's not funny!!! I-I just want to show my dead mother a fallen star!” She fearfully shouted at the martian. That martian could kill her for all she knew.

“You want a fallen star? Let me give you one - there's plenty at my house. They fall down through my windows! Such a pain to clean up!” The martian said, annoyed by the memories of falling stars crashing into her dwelling.

“Really?” Mary asked, exited.

“Yeah, sure. I don't know what I'm supposed to do with them, anyways.” The martian replied.

“Oh thank you very much!!! Mary happily said to the martian. “My name is Mary! What's yours?”

“Yora. Now please get out of the dirt and follow me to my home.” Yora said.

“OK!!!!!” Mary said energetically.

It didn't take long to reach Yora's house. It looked like a place where a human would live. It was a brick house, with two stories. None of the windows had been busted out, though..

“Is this it?” Mary asked.

“Yes, it is.” Yora kindly replied. I keep the fallen stars out in the back yard. There's at least twenty or so out there. Take what you want.”

“Really? Thank you so much!!!” Mary hugged the martian.

“Get off!” The martian shouted.

“Sorry.” Mary said, as she stopped hugging Yora. “I let my happiness take over for a second.”

“It's fine. Now, go on, go get your stars.” Yora said, pushing Mary toward the back yard.

Once she got there, she could see a big pile of black asteroids.

“Wow!!!” Mary said, attacking the pile.

“I'm going inside my house. Leave when you've obtained what you want.” Yora said.

“Thank you!”Mary shouted out.

“Sure, sure.” The martian said, walking into the back door to her house.

Mary examined every single one of the rocks. She would of taken them all, but they were pretty heavy for a rock the size of a soccer ball. She took only one, and as she left, she whispered into the winds of mars: “Look mom, I found a fallen star. I did it, you knew I would, as did I”

Suddenly, something hard and cold pushed up against the side of her head. She turned to see what it was.

A gun. And Yora. Yora pushed the gun up to her forehead now, with evil and pain in her eyes.

“Yora, what are you doing?” Mary asked, her voice filled with fear.

“What do you think? I'm killing you, dummy!” Yora shouted.

“W-why? What did I-” She was cut off by Yora's screaming voice.

“What, you think us martians survive without food?!?!?!” Yora screamed into the night sky.

“Y-your going to e-eat me?” Mary stuttered.

“Just as I ate my sister, my grandmother, hell, even my own mother!! And you're next on the god damn menu!!” Yora screamed, with tears in his golden eyes.

Mary looked down at the asteroid, which melted into a strange feeling goo. Yora had tricked her, with telepathy and hallucinations. He had lured her with her dreams, then crushed them into the dust on the cold, unforgiving ground.

It didn't matter to Mary that she would die in a matter of seconds. She cried because her dreams, or her mothers dreams would never come true.

And they never did.

A gunshot interrupted the peaceful night, just as tears of immense sadness had also earlier.

A cold night on Mars, where the stars shown brightly, where there were dozens and dozens of falling stars filled the sky, but without a soul to enjoy it's beauty.

Bones of humans and martians alike cluttered the soil of Mars.

No one on Mars or Earth would ever experience the beauty of falling stars more then the woman devoured by the martian. But the beauty would still shine on, unnoticed and undiscovered, forever and forever and forever.