Galaxy Girl

Chapter 1

  Space, everywhere. It was infinite, beautiful, vast...and lonely. I looked around, noticing an aqua colored planet, pressed into an oval by the force of this galaxy's gravity. This particular planet was almost completely covered in pursis, which was an element that loosely resembled water, but was a bright aqua. If something was submerged in it, it would turn a bright silver and disintegrate. Unless it was living, however. Living things wouldn't be affected by the pursis. Even though it was quite beautiful, the planet's circumstance also meant that all the living creatures had to survive by eating other living creatures. I sighed. Everything has a catch, doesn't it.

    I spun in circles around the planet, enjoying the bright flashes of silver darting underneath the pursis. I was content out here, yes...but my life is almost like a game. When you play a game, you do so to level up, get currency, and eventually be able to get the best weapon, armor, or character. My game, let's imagine, has been modded and I've cheated to get everything right away. Now why play the game now? There is no goal, you're just half-heartedly going through the motions. Frustrated, I looked for another galaxy, one I visited frequently. It was the milky way--named so by the inhabitants, not me. Watching them was always dramatic and fun. They were one of the few species in the universe that was capable of coherent thought and had an okay grasp on emotions and how to express them. To be honest, I copied my current form off of them. Being human was enjoyable, especially if I could alter my appearance at my will and not have to worry about hunger or thirst. I settled in and observed them. Oh, not another war! I fast forwarded time, betting on Canada for the win. 

    Wow, fourty years...I closed my eyes and resumed time. When I opened them, i noted smugly that Canada had, indeed, won, and conquered Alaska. All those years ago, everyone had thought that Canada was so nice. Ha! They were just covering the fact that there was a giant nuclear missile plant hidden under Alaska the whole time. Those evil canucks...

    I remebered those days, long ago. When the United States were still united; when the North Pole hadn't been melted by that death ray; when the internet was still a thing... Getting nostalgic, I rewinded time roughly 600 years. Haha, i remembered president Trump! I shook my head laughing. I was sure I was going to have to find a new planet to watch...at least the nukes that flew around a bit ended that whole 'society' thing they had going on. Content, I started to leave the Milky Way. It was always nice to step out into the empty space of the universe and just fast forward time. Watching stars being born and dying in a blink of your eye--it just does something to your emotions, you know?

    I closed my eyes and thought of leaving the Milky Way. When i opened my eyes, nothing had changed. Confused, i tried again. This had never had happened before. At this point, I was blinking furiously, almost like a madman. Confused and scared, I dissipated the form I had took. Maybe being in my celestial form would change things? I tried again...and again, and again. Nothing. I took back my form, more scared then ever. Quietly focusing, I expanded the reach of my mind, trying to find the problem. I searched for what felt like both seconds and an eternity. I had almost given up, and then something. Something was there, blocking my exit. It was forcibly pushing my mind back, trapping me in this tiny galaxy. I sucked in a breath, suddenly unable to proccess. I thought i was the only one--I thought I was alone out here. Who is this? Why haven't they shown themselves earlier? Why are they doing this to me? I shrunk myself until I i was just a ball of light. I had to do something, go somewhere that wasn't this quiet empty place. Suddenly, for the first time in my existence, i was scared--scared of space, scared of whatever was outside this galaxy, scared of their intentions, scared of everything. I glanced around me, all of the planets suddenly seeming too big. All but one. Earth. It looked familiar, felt like home--like a song I had memorized the lyrics to. I slowly grew to a normal human size and took on the form of one. Doing this would be breaking every single rule i had ever made, every rule subconsciously burned into me. Again, i took a deep breath and steadied myself. Time to go home. 

  "You'll never live if you're too scared to die."