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Write a story that begins and ends with someone looking up at the stars.

Posted in Middle School on Oct 28, 2022

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“Shooting Star” by Brenda Steigerwald

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 The night air is cool and damp as it blows through my hair. As I stare up at the midnight blue sky, a star gives off a faint flicker. My mind goes back to a happy time when we first met.  There you were tall and handsome. Your eyes were blue like the sky on a warm summer day. I watched you as walked across the room. I could not stop smiling and wondering who you were. You asked if I had ever ridden on a motorcycle. When I replied that I had not, you grabbed my hand and off we went on your bike. You were different from anyone I h...

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“You're in the Stars” by Lily Jones

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It was a starry night, where the twinkling lights in the sky ranged in colors from blue to yellow to red to white, all dazzling and bright. I sighed, looking to my best friend sitting to my right. She had long brown hair that was mostly wavy near the tops and curled on the tips, blue eyes that shined like sapphires, and tan skin dotted with moles. She had always been so much prettier than me, which made her well liked among thirsty boys and girls seeking attention. Luckily, she never gave in. I pointed to the sky, my eyes lingering on a sma...

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“Viewing the stars through a cracked phone's screen ” by Mashi B

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I shouldn’t be looking at them at this point, but, somehow, I have the feeling that this would be the last time I could, so I just had to do it to make up. The cold air had nothing to win against the flickering lights above me, but it still brushed against my face and for the first time I actually felt the tiredness seep into my bones. Along with the chilly night seeping into the young and old trees surrounding me,night had fallen before I even noticed. Whether it’s some weird premonition I’m putting onto myself, I just feel like it meant ei...

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“Star Shooter” by Dacie Zook

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A blaze of light flashed across the night sky, then another. Soon the sky was filled with burning lights and the sound of them falling. Shawn grabbed his camera and ran. Tonight's meteor shower was a prime subject for his work, but photographing the stars was becoming more and more dangerous. Shawn reached the bunker just as he felt the heat from the meteor reach his back. Quickly he opened and closed the door, and ran down the stairs toward his underground home. Explosions pelted the ground outside, making the Earth shake. Shawn stumbled, ...

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“Becoming a Star” by Claire Lewis

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Star's are more than just a star. Some stars are suns in the middle of the solar system. Some of those suns provide life and burning heat for the hunks of the rock that surround them. Some stars join together to create beautiful constellations. Some of those constellations helped to create the most beautiful and tragic religions and stories. Even stories of humans becoming stars. Throughout all of human existence, stars have been there. Maybe different stars, for all humans know, a star they look up to every night is no longer there and star...

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“Dad's Stars” by Megan Erickson

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I looked at the sky above me, and my breath was taken away. The heavens were filled with billions upon billions of stars. They shined dimly, yet I knew inside they were powerful. I pointed out each incredible star to my dad, who tried to tell me the names and constellations. Being only seven-years-old, I didn't understand a word he was saying but was fascinated by the big names of the stars.  "Daddy, why are there so many stars?" I asked.  "Well, they're there to watch as through the night, our many little guardian angels." He repl...

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“When, not if” by Abby Creates

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***Trigger Warning - mentions of suicide*** The shining dots in the sky welcome my pain. Blurred between the heavy drops of water coming from the sky and my eyes. Looking down at me crying in the cemetery. I isolate the one star I know that isn't just expressing it’s sympathy for me but empathising with me. I take in deep shaky breathes. Clutching the looping handle, keeping my only source of protection from the rain, high above me. Trying to rein in the water flowing from my face. If only.... No. I couldn't think about that. He wouldn't w...

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“A tear for the starry night lovers. ” by Duckie Carson

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Norah’s dress hid her lower body, seated near the edge of a pond, with golden hair cascading down her back as she tilts her chin towards the stars. A summers breath rubbed curls along the pillows of her cheeks, copper eyes welcoming specs of glitter decorating a coat of black. Numbness she once felt escapes her to be replaced by the serene sensation discovered in the back garden.  “Nor, it’s getting chilly. You shouldn’t be out here with no jacket.” The rasp in William’s voice rolls goosebumps along her arms, just as the tenderness po...

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“The Backyard” by Jessica Mills

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“Without the mask, where will you hide? Can't find yourself Lost in your lie I know the truth now I know who you are And I don't love you anymore” Amy Lee’s haunting voice flooded the small backyard. The lead singer of the band Evanescence, Amy, had written the song to highlight fakeness of celebrities. But Buttercup knew that Jeannie connected with the song on a much deeper and personal level, relating it to her own feelings of being a complete fraud. In fact, Jeannie had played the song each night for the last three nights. At the pres...

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“The Star's Dream ” by Melenny Vivas

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The stars are glimmering in the night as 14-year-old, shy, and insecure Emily is lying down out in her backyard. She’s reflecting on what happened earlier that day.        She had taken an interest in baking and had been asked by her best friend, Mel, to make cupcakes for her birthday. At first, she hesitated to do it but her parents encouraged her to do it.         “Come on Em, this is your big chance to show that your hard work and practice has paid off” her mom wou...

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“shooting stars” by RADIUS HAVWAALA

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When the wall clock chimed twenty-two hours and an owl hooted next to a window, Muchona rushed to try to shoo it away. He was holding a glass of whiskey in one hand, it was almost empty but he was still drinking from it and in the other, a Rothmans cigarette smoldered between two fingers.After chasing the owl, he took a long drag on the cigarette to steel his nerves; no one hears the sound of a hooting owl and goes on with business as usual. His shaking fingers showed that he was still unhinged, anyway. He was just about to pour a gulp of wh...

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“Estella” by Alexandria Stewart

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   I gaze up at the stars unaware of my shallow breathing from hiking that mountain. The tiny little bursts of suns draw me to an embrace. I gasp at the beauty up above me.    Footsteps like horse hooves click clack on the dirt and more unwelcome heavy breathing joins me. I turn my body slowly and my head follows, my headlamp stopping on a man. His deep blue eyes meet me. Nodding with his walnut colored hair, the curls tucked under his hat, bouncing when he brings his head back up. “Hey, beautiful...

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“Mulberry Wine ” by Jess Spyker

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Mia stared up at the first few stars emerging with dusk. She had always been able to appreciate the cold white pin pricks of light, but their beauty was clouded by the dull shadow of nervousness that seemed to arrive every evening. She shivered just as Wendy stepped onto the porch, carrying a selection of snacks and three glasses of dark liquid on a small wooden tray.“Thank goodness I made so much of this in December! Who would have known we would really need it now,” Wendy’s voice rang clear through the cooling air. She closed the door with...

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“The Stoned Angel” by Nahyan Ameen

Submitted to Contest #51

In what was clearly the last legs of winter, the street outside the University of Winnipeg was buzzing as the flurries of frost were slowly petering out. The days finally started to become longer with the sun not setting until way past 6:00pm. It was amazing to see the alacrity at which fresh snow was shoveled away while it was still soft, neatly to the sides of the pavements by the city. The warmth inside the stately Gothic buildings that belonged to the collegiate provided momentary relief from the bitter cold during my lectures, but I wan...

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“The Center” by Scott Doran

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“See that!” “That little bit of light from that star was created like billions of years ago and it’s been travelling and travelling through deep space ever since.  It’s been bent around stars and galaxies and grazed meteors and comets and been through more space and time than humans could even imagine… I mean like way longer than human existence, like even before the dinosaurs… maybe even like before the first amoebas.  That’s how long it’s been on its trip - thousands and thousands times longer than civilization has...

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