Star Stories

 I awoke in my room. Though it did not feel like my room, something was horribly wrong about it. It was pitch black, the glow in the dark stars that speckle my ceiling were not shining nor where the stars that speckle the sky. I crawled out of my bed and to my window, and stared out. I was utterly confused. Why would the stars not shine? I continued to stare until I saw something out of the corner of my eye, a small twinkle. I looked directly at it as it grew larger and larger. That was when I realized that it was a multitude of stars, but who was carrying them was what shocked me. A girl went running by my window, a bag full of light slung across her shoulders. She had a white scarf wrapped around her neck and wore a white dress and had silver hair. She streaked across my yard and down my street. Intrigued, I climbed out my window and ran after her. Something in me told me I knew this girl, from somewhere, and that she had to be stopped. She continued to run down the street, and all light seemed to gravitate towards her. It was if a shooting star was streaking down my street, she was the only light for miles. I finally got close enough to snatch her scarf and tug her back. That was when she looked directly at me. She was pale, practically the color of snow and wore a necklace around her neck that had a blue swirling liquid in it. However, the most shocking thing was her eyes. They were pure white and almost painful to look at, and when I looked at them I knew who she was. The Star Bandit. I had heard about her in my grandmothers stories. She was a girl who traveled around the universe, stealing the light and hording it for herself, to try and light her darkened heart. She was dangerous and notorious, for not all the light in the universe could help her. She wiggled from my grip and ran down the street, continuing to steal the light from every source around her. I took a moment to snap out of my shock and run after her, determined to not let earth fall into darkness. I ran as fast as I could, my feet ground into the pavement and small cuts formed on my ankles. I finally came close enough to grab the bag, causing her to fall backwards. I pulled it off her and ran as fast as I could in the opposite direction. As I ran, I glanced behind me to see her slowly getting off the ground, a look of sheer rage painting her features. I opened the bag just as she began running after me, and flung it into the air as hard as I could. The bag went straight into the air, and for a terrifying second I thought gravity would forsaken me and send it back to earth, but it stopped and stood suspended in the air. Everything seemed to freeze for a moment, the Star Bandit  moved in slow motion and the universe held it's breath. Suddenly the bag collapsed in on itself, before exploding into a massive ball of energy and light that would put a supernova to shame. The Star Bandit screamed as the world was once again painted in light, the stars shot back into the sky, the street lights flickered to life and the moon emerged from the darkness all as signs of her defeat. As I turned to confront her, I saw that she was gone, the only thing left in her place was a scarf and a necklace.