[Polaris' POV] [Backstory, kinda]
Kochab says that our only job is to just sit around all day and make sure we're in Orbit. It's utterly exhausting. I've been doing this for almost 70 million years. When I was younger, I was really excited when Kochab told me that I'd finally be the last and brightest star of Ursa Minor. But now that I've been doing it for so long, I've really lost interest. I wish I could've been an asteroid or a comet, or something that moves around freely. I didn't sign up to be a constellation that barely moves. Ever since Year 16,784,001, I stopped caring about the Orbit. All I do these days is just observe the beings of Earth. They're odd specimens—some things they do and say are questionable, but they're actually somewhat fascinating.
I want to be a human being. I want to be one, so badly.
Sometimes, when Kochab and Pherkad were done working on the Orbit, I'd tell them about my dream of wanting to go down to Earth and living the life of a normal human being. Even though they gave me skeptical looks most of the times, they never told me that it wasn't possible. I mean, I could leave my constellation if I wanted to. But the only things that are keeping me back are the Stellar Laws and the strong pull of the Orbit. First off, one of the Stellar Laws states that no stardust being should ever leave their constellation—I've heard that there are major consequences for breaking this law. Second of all, the pull of the Orbit is WICKED strong. I've never attempted to leave, but I've been told that it's pretty powerful.
I've never attempted it.
I didn't know what kind of harm it would cause to anyone I cared about, especially Kochab and Pherkad.
But one day, when I mentioned going to Earth to them, they snapped. For the first time ever, my friends told me that I would never accomplish my dreams and that I should just stay where I was. I was a little discouraged for a while, but as time went on...
It only encouraged me more.
hey there ! Sorry that this prologue is kinda short. I was hoping to make it longer but I decided that I didn't wanna put too much in the prologue. Anyways, Chapter 1 will be much longer.
See ya soon !
~♡ velvenova
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Interstellar
Fantasi"Why look up at the stars, when the biggest star is you?" Polaris sits as the brightest star in Ursa Minor. Everyday, while the other stars of the constellation work on making their orbit, Polaris observes the Earth, wondering what'd it be like to l...
