Stars Falling from Above

✩ 6 ✩

Riley just stood and stared. Didn't run to her or call out. Her back was facing her, the only thing seen was her hair, which was magnificently long from what she could see. Most of her body was covered in it, another thing seen was her ear, which her hair was tucked behind. Her hair was a grey sort of purple, and was fairly straight, from being in a forest. Her legs were bent in front of herself and she didn't move an inch.

She couldn't just stand there forever. Who was she and how long has she been out here for? Riley started her walk towards her. The girl didn't move an inch, she could have been asleep or awake and waiting for Riley to get closer. So, she walked slowly the closer she was getting, the slower she was going.  Soon, she was standing over her and could now see a bit of her face. Eyelids shut, mouth closed, breathing gently, it looked like she was sleeping soundly. After all the yelling, why was it that she was sleeping this peaceful? Riley's eyes trailed down her body and noticed her hair was longer than it looked, it might even touch the ground if the girl stood. She was wearing a plain white t-shirt that went a little above her knees and the sleeves to her elbows and it seemed like nothing else, but Riley dared to look. From the looks of it, she also looked her age.

Riley stepped over her and turned, now being able to see the front of her. On the other side of the girl's cheek it was a scratch, which was bleeding but not much. Riley had Band-Aids in her bag, but she was too scared to even touch her. But the wound started to change, she bent down and looked closer. The scratch, it was starting to heal right before her eyes and rather quickly that is. She moved her face closer, trying to get a closer look and muttered, "Woah." She kept looking until it was finally healed but even then, she still stayed in that spot trying to figure out how that even happened.

Her eyes moved away and started to look at her face, still staying the same distance which was only a couple inches away. Her face had nothing on it. No freckled, pimples, marks etc. It was clear and beautiful. She kept admiring her face but without any warning, her eyes were met with a new pair. The girl in front of her blinked once and Riley jumped back, falling on her bottom and pushing herself away.

The girl pressed her hand against the ground using it to lift herself up. She sat up and looked at Riley, with no expression. It was hard to tell what she was thinking. What to say? It was better to wait. Riley has had bad experiences with people and understood that the girl in front of her was possibly no different.

She ran her hand on the grass like she has never seen it before and picked at it, watching it slide off the palm of her hand. Picking up another piece she held it to her nose, sniffing it, then licking it quickly earning a look from Riley. It's like her face grew with light because she dropped the grass and a huge smile pasted on her face. Her head shot up, looking straight at Riley.

"Where am I?" she said in a more excited instead of questioning tone.

"W-where are you?" Riley answered.

"That's what I said." She looked around and Riley just stared at her not knowing how to answer.

"U-um H-17." Her smile dropped with disappointment,

"Oh.. well at least I'm on earth."

Riley tilted her head but ignored what she said. She inched herself closer to see if the girl was hurt.

"Are you hurt?" the girl shook her head. Ok, that was good. She wanted to ask why she is here and what were the noises above but what if she was just hearing things? She just met this person; she doesn't want them to think she's crazy.

The girl kept picked at the grass, tying pieces of the grass together. Grabbing two pieces and tying them, pulling them tight until it breaks. Repeat. She watched the girls every move, trying to figure out what to say or to figure out what the heck is going on.

"Who are you?" she says all of a sudden.

"I'm Riley, Riley Burtch and-"

"Ok, Riley Burtch, why are you out here?"

"Oh, Riley is ok, and I just come in the forest because not many people do but-"

"why don't they? It's very nice out here."

"I dunno they are just too focused on other things to even realize it's here, why-"

This girl really wasn't going to let Riley ask anything because before she could, she stands up and looks around. Why was she even asking her these questions? Shouldn't she be the one asking these? Heck, She was laying in the middle of the forest.

The girl walked to a birch tree and traced her finger on the bark.

"Bumpy." She said quietly to herself. Riley walked up beside her and watched.

"Well yeah, it is bark." She found an ant on the tree and held it to her eyes then to Riley's.

"What's this?"

"Um, it's an ant." Her mouth made an O as she let the ant crawls on her hand going up her arm.

"where is it going?" The ant was quickly going up her arm, towards her sleeve. She put her arm out straight and watched it crawl into her sleeve.

"Ah no! don't let it go in there!" Riley smacked her arm then pulled up her sleeve.

"There's the bugger." She said, grabbing the ant and throwing it onto the grass.

The girl pulled her sleeve back down and stuck out her tongue, "Rude." She turned and bent down picking up a flower. It was an ant, she sat down and looked closely at it. "Oh, I know these! You humans would blow on them and make a wish!" she held it up to her mouth and blew it, watching the seeds fly through the wind.

That's when Riley realized why she was acting weird. Why it seemed like she knew nothing. It sounded like she hit her head hard but no. She sat in front of the girl and stared into her eyes. How could she not realize this before!? The colour of eyes, the abnormal acting, the sleeping in the middle of nowhere. It made sense and only one thing could tell if it was true.

"What is your name?"

"Capella."