(A/N: Hey guys! my 2nd fanfic so far . this story was inspired of a post I've seen. PLEASE review! I'd like to know if I'm doing okay or not :D Thank you for reading!)

The empty room stood there with no life. No movement was caused, no light was shown, and no sound was made. It use be filled with happiness, warmth, and laughter, making the room an enjoyable place. However, it happened as if a wave of the ocean destroyed a beautiful sand castle. How quick it was, and how useless it was to build another one, only to have it be destroyed again. The faint weeps of a little girl filled the silence of the room. Soon, the little weeps turned into loud wailing. Her happiness felt drained and her memories only brought pain. She couldn't muster up any words, for her throat was clenched, her face was wet and red from her crying, and her drops of tears made a puddle on the wooden floors. She hugged a picture of her mom and dad, holding it tightly to her chest. The little girl thought the harder she wished for them to come back, they would just march through the front door and greet her with their usual hugs and smiles from their long day of work. The girl wish she could believe in that, but was reminded that reality is cruel, and would never get her parents back.

"Miku."
'Wha?'
"Miku, get up!"
I opened my eyes lazily up to the strange voice. My vision was coming back slowly and realized I was surrounded by billions of bright stars all in different colors you can name, some moving with glittery tails behind them. I was enveloped in a beautiful fantasy, I couldn't help but close my eyes and take the scenery in. I then remembered the voice and tried looking where it came from. I walked on towards the voice. Soon, a boy dressed in white appeared who seemed to be making paper stars. I watched his fingers gracefully make each crease and bent to make each colorful paper star, just like the real ones around me. His face had the most gentle look with his eyes closed and his soft smile. The boy made it look like magic, the way how graceful and amazing it looked.
"And that's how you make a paper star," the boy grinned.
He handed me a glass jar with a pair of wings engraved on the lid.
"If you fill this jar with a thousand paper stars, your greatest wish will come true," he last said before he disappeared.
Just after that, I actually woke up to reality this time. I was laying in bed, believing it was all just a dream. Until I realized the jar the boy in my dream gave me was on my nightstand beside me. I grabbed the jar and examined it. 'My greatest wish huh?' I then remembered what happened to my parents hours ago. Tears started to form in my eyes again.

'I-I want my parents back.'

I got a piece of blue paper and tried remembering how that boy made the paper stars. In my head, I mimicked his moves and resulted in a tiny blue star. I opened the lid and dropped the little star, then closed the lid. It gave me a sense of comfort, I don't know why it helped, but it did. From that moment, I decided to make a paper star if I ever felt lonely, sad, or lost.

-BEEP- -BEEP- -BEEP-
I groaned and slammed the snooze button. Ten more minutes couldn't hurt right? I was enjoying my extra sleep until my cousin, Mikuo, ran in my room and grabbed the blankets off me.
"Get up! You'll be late for school!" He yelled.
"I don't care!" I retorted.
I threw a pillow at him, but he managed to dodge it. He stuck his tongue out and left my room. 'What a jerk! If he wasn't older than me, things would go different around here!' I practically yelled in my thoughts. I looked at my nightstand and saw the jar. It's lid still had the engraved wings on it, and the jar was filled up halfway with paper stars. It was ten years ago where my parents died in a car crash. It was also that same night where I had that dream and received this jar. 'Was it really a dream though? It has to be! But then how did I get this jar?' I still wonder these questions to this day, but never get answers. It remains a mystery whether the dream was real or not. Ever since then, I moved in with my aunt, Lily and her son, Mikuo. Her husband died before I was born, so I never knew my uncle. I looked at the different colored paper stars in the jar. They were each a sign of a time I was lonely, sad, or lost. Whether it was being bullied, or having no friends, or losing a loved one. It could even be a time when I was crying after seeing a sad movie or reading a sad book. After ten years, they all stacked up to fill half of the jar. I wonder if I had a thousand in there, since I never bothered to count. Even if there was, I don't believe in fairy tales with three wishes, or fairy god mothers and such. But then, I still wonder, how is this jar real? It came from my dream and that's all I know.
I shook my head and realized I was getting to caught up in my head. I did all my usual stuff to get ready for school and left the house with Mikuo. We started walking in the direction to school but he soon left me to walk with his friends, leaving me alone. But it's fine though, he does this everyday so I'm used to it. I don't have any friends either cause I'm too shy, and there's all kinds of rumors about me, so a lot of people walk away when I approach them. I'm used to that also. I walked in my classroom and sat at my desk in the back corner next to the window.

"I heard she murdered her parents!"
"No way!"
"I also heard that she lures people to her house to kill them!"
"That's scary! Why is someone like her going to our school?!"

'They're starting those stupid rumors about me again...Why do people make up lies about other people?'
That night I came home and made a light green paper star and dropped it in the jar.

The next day was my sixteenth birthday. It wasn't something to be excited about, but I decided to skip school for the day. I spent the most of the day walking around aimlessly, just seeing where it would take me. I felt content with no one to bother me about the rumors. It'd be nice to have someone to talk to, laugh with, and even cry with. However, its impossible for me. In the end, I returned home with a cupcake and note welcoming me.

Happy 16th Birthday, Miku! I'm sorry I can't see you today, but I'll be back in two days!
-Lily

So she can't be here today. A slight sharp of disappointment came. What about Mikuo? Just then, my phone rang signaling that I received a text.

Hanging out with friends. I won't be back until the morning.
-Mikuo

'Perfect timing. So no one is going to be here for my birthday? Not even my only family left on this world?! What's wrong with...' I didn't finish my thoughts cause I started to cry. That painful emotion makes me sick. I hate feeling like this. I despise it. My throat clenched and I started to sob into my own palms. 'Am I always going to be alone?!' My tears rolled down my cheeks and dropped on the floor. 'Why?!' I threw the cupcake at the wall furiously. '...why me?' I continued to sob, but calmed down after a while. 'I had enough of this.' I went to my room, shut the door, and did the thing that always comforted me.

I made a paper star. This star was special. Instead of it being a single color, it was a rainbow. I dropped it in the jar and stared at the starry sky until I fell asleep.

"Congratulations, Miku. You've finally reached a thousand paper stars."
I flinched at the voice. The voice had a deep melody that sounded like a lullaby. His voice is so beautiful.
My vision became clearer and saw that It was exactly like that dream I had ten years ago. Billions of colorful stars just like the ones I made in the jar. I noticed there was one star alone from the rest of the stars. It was the colors of the rainbow, like the last one I made. I looked and found the same boy dressed in white again. Except he wasn't a boy anymore, he grew up.
"I'm here to grant your wish. You can leave behind the life that makes you so unhappy," he grinned as he bowed.
I considered his words and closed my eyes to think.
"You wish for a life where you are no longer alone, or sad, or invisible. Is that not so?" He continued.
I opened my eyes and stared at the colorful stars. Then I looked at the rainbow one and came up with my response.
"I don't want to run away from my problems, and I don't want to rely on anyone to rescue me," I said.
I looked at him in silence and took a breath.
"All I ever wanted was...a friend."
"Consider it done."

(A/N: How was it? :D this is barely the beginning! the wishing thing was like the start of the plot xD)