(12 years ago

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(12 years ago....)

a long time ago on a hushed night, a girl had witnessed a star come down from the heavens onto the earth. She was confused and not sure what to think, she was doubting her own eyes but something was wrong. Its colors were dull and icy. the star had lost its light. The sight of the star was not as pleasant and beautiful, it was fragmented and damaged. The star was broken. It was soon clear to the girl what was happening "the star....it was dying"  

suddenly the intense feeling inside of me breaks as I realize my mom closed the book she was reading to me. "moooooomm it was about to get reeaaalllyy good" I stare at her with a desperate look hoping she will read me more, but she just holds her warm hand against my cheek and kisses me on the forehead. she gives me a soft smile and says "go to sleep Nysa, it's already 9:00 I'll read you the rest tomorrow" I give her a big sigh until finally agreeing to sleep for the night. She turns off the lights in my room and before closing the door says "I love you", "love you to mom". I look up onto my ceiling that's filled with glowing stars and constellations of every kind. every time I look at it I feel as if I'm drifting out into space. My room is filled with stars but both my parents are astronomers so it's very understandable. My mom even named me after the stars. I did some research and according to social media Nysa is a group of asteroids in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter but Nysa also means goal and new beginning.

(3 years after....)

my head is aching really badly right now. "it's best she doesn't know what happened, can you make her forget?" "I can try but it won't be an easy task, are you sure you want to do this?" as I open my eyes I can see dad talking to a tall dark haired man. I realize that I have bandages all over me, I still can't get it all in my head though. I slide my legs onto the floor, every movement is excruciating. a sudden thought comes into my head mom where is she? I remember now, what happened, why I'm here and what they're going to do to me! I need to get out of here! I try running to the door but my legs feel too weak and giddy to carry the weight of my body. I fall hard onto the floor, my dad rushes to me and so does the tall man. they try to carry me back onto my bed but I refuse to sit down. with the rest of my remaining strength, I push and kick them away but it's not enough. "LET GO OF ME! WHERE'S MOM!?!? I NEED TO SEE HER" tears gush out of my eyes. "sweetie you need to calm down we're here to help you" "NO LET GO OF ME"I can't give in I need to see her but I have no more strength in me to keep fighting back so I yell and scream hoping she will hear me "MOOOOOOM! MOOOOOOM" without even realizing the tall man injects me hard on the shoulder. I can't move my body at all now, my eyes start to grow blurry again. I'm still calling out to her "m-mom w-w-where are y-you?". I turn my head to dad who has his hand against my face his eyes are filled with pain but he still manages to keep a smile on his face. Once again my eyes go blank and I can only hear dad telling me that it's all going to be okay and that this is for the best, but I know that it's never going to be okay and that no matter how many times they make me forget, I will always have this dark hole in my heart helping me remember it all. THIS IS ALL MY FAULT! 

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