A Snippet

 Tell Me Why the Stars Dance

There wasn’t long left for me. Darkness and shadows, little bursts of light speckled across the sky, the same view I saw everyday from my perch in the heavens. 

Radiating light, I wove through the darkness, the silvery gleam of my dress leaving trails behind me. My heart was hammering in my chest; the pulse fading. I wished it didn’t have to happen. My head shot up, feeling his presence before I saw him. 

I spun around, falling into his embrace. Centuries apart, always millions of light years away, yet he was here. I didn’t know how, but in that moment I didn’t care. His hands slipped into mine, and together we danced through the dark. 

The shadows faded away, even as I felt myself disappear. I wished with everything in me that I could stay, that somehow I wouldn’t have to reform. But I’d had my time and he was younger than me, centuries younger. 

He spun me around, holding me so gently I thought just for a moment that this was all there was. This moment. Him. 

Across the cosmos, across worlds, across lives. Yet all we knew was us. This moment, until at last I felt my body collapse, falling apart, leaving him. 

I’d reform eventually, but by then, would it even matter? Would he still be here in the millenia it would take? 

Stardust filled the space where I’d been, collapsing in on itself. 

No, I thought, turning to glance at Altair– my star, my dream. He was still looking at the place I’d been. Darkness began to form in the dust and what was left of me shuddered. This wasn’t right. I wanted to cry for him to leave. He had to go, before…

A scream broke from my lips, as my body began to twist, forming faster than it should have. It was utterly black, and the pain sent tears trailing down my cheeks. This was worse than a simple supernova, worse than reforming. 

Altair’s eyes widened, and I managed barely a whisper as the darkness consumed me. 

“Go.”

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