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Chapter One: Stars Fall

Setting: April 2015

She looked up at the sky. The stars are so.. Beautiful. She thought to herself. The stars were so bright that each star in the sky seemed to be trying to outshine each other. She stared in awe as the stars filled her soul with so much passion and life.

Although she felt alive, she didn't know it wouldn't last for long. She didn't know the pain she was in. She couldn't feel it, but she was slowly dying.

After what felt like days of stargazing, she started to feel it. It felt like thousands of needles pricking every inch of your skin. It felt as if your skin was evaporating into the air. It made her feel lonely, like a nobody. She started crying.

She was dying, but the stars kept going on without her. I wish I were a star. She thought bitterly. She just wanted to enjoy the night sky forever. And with that, her eyes closed.

...

The scientist drove as fast as he could to the desert. It was 11 at night, and he was half-asleep, but there was no way he was missing out on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. He had just witnessed what appeared to be a meteor fall to the desert. Of course, other scientists had also seen this event occur, but he was determined to get the the scene first.

The desert was isolated from most of the world. The closest town was thousands of miles away. The scientist had been lucky enough to be notified of the meteor weeks before, but wasn't expecting it to land so soon.

He stopped his car in front of what appeared to be a giant crater. He stepped out of his car, and the cold struck him like lightning. He slapped himself as he realized he had forgotten to put a coat on. As he walked back to his car to get his coat, he heard crying.

"H-hello?" He called out, his teeth chattering. "Wh-who's there?" The crying suddenly stopped.

The scientist took out his flashlight and shone it at the crater. Right in the middle was.. A little girl. The light shone right through her, as if she were made of water, or glass. She was wearing rags, and was curled up in a ball. The scientist quickly rushed to the girl.

"Ar-are you okay?" He panicked. He had no idea what to do, he had only prepared to find a fallen meteor. He wasn't prepared for a little girl.

"It h-hurts." She replied shakily.

"What hurts?"

"Ev-everything." Her eyes were so empty. Although she was crying, her face showed no emotion at all.

"O-okay. I'll call 911."

"N-no! No! D-don't call th-them. B-bad people. Bad p-people." He was too tired to think this through, so he decided to not call 911.

Okay? He thought to himself. I'll take her to my lab. Yeah, my lab. He picked her up. She was a lot lighter than he had expected. Also, her skin was really wet, oddly. The desert was so dry, he had no idea where the water would have come from.

"What's your name?" He asked the girl. No reply. "I'll call you.. Splashroom."