Lost Stars in Snippets and Shorter Stories

Day Twenty-Eight:  I hope you all enjoyed eating until you burst. I had an interesting morning that settled down, thankfully, after a few hours. This is one of the last Snippets and Shorter Stories that I will post for a while. In six months I hope to do this again!

Irysa and the Stars

Irysa cast a small rainbow streaking through the sky from her vantage point on a small cliff. Nothing happened. She was sure she had seen the star fall on this side of the desert. Perhaps it was buried too far to hear her call. She frowned and scrunched her forehead. The night sky was quite exquisite out here in the middle of nowhere. Galaxies and planets shone bright and Irysa felt a longing to join them.

Shaking her head, Irysa tried one last time. Calling down starlight, she wove another rainbow and flung it. A faint twinkle shone two miles away. There! Irysa leapt off the cliff and called a gust of wind to fly her to the spot she had seen the star twinkle. She landed, throwing up a flurry of dust. She waited for it to settle. Humming, she danced Star on Earth and felt a stir from below the ground. Erupting out of the sandy rock, the head of a giant unicorn with a bright light on its horn answered her. It’s dusty mane rippled in the breeze and it’s body looked like the parched soil all around them. The star’s body of sand and rock raised a single leg out of the dry land to lift Irysa up. Irysa raised her hand and leg, balancing as she greeted the star.  

“Poor star, how did you end up down here? Would you like some help getting home?”

The star pulsed in answer. Irysa smiled and nodded.