Chapter 1

I am the Little Bear.

I've been seen by half of the world, and yet am still being sought for by the many. There are those who are awed by my beauty; there are those who search for flaws; there are those who wish they were I.

Oh, I would gladly grab that opportunity.

It's not easy to remember the faces of those who look up to the night sky and meet my gaze. The Great Bear once told me that there will come a time wherein despite the many eyes that stare at me with admiration, there will be one human whose face I will recognize; whose face I will remember.

"But these eyes cause our fall! They wish, wish, wish, upon us all and boom! They don't even know what they cause. I cannot bear to remember one, or I will curse it, 'til I die!" I stubbornly told the Great Bear.

The Great Bear just smiled and replied calmly, "You will know in time. You will know."

Oh I know. When wishes are granted, the weight piles up within the stars, and when it becomes too heavy, we all fall- and it's those eyes' fault.

I've seen it happen. I've seen my sisters grant wishes, fall, and attempt to enter that blue and green ball made up 16 billion eyes! But they always fail to enter that world. There's this magical thing that won't let even a single dust from my sisters enter.

It's not great scenery-watching my sisters dive down to that blue and green ball they call… EARTH. I remember now. The Earth is where my sisters prefer to go. I don't know why, when there's the Beautiful Venus, The Ringed Saturn, Cool Neptune, the Handsome Mars… or Mother Sun. I don't understand why they wouldn't prefer anything to that Warm Earth.

My mind then wandered back to the conversation with the Great bear, a few years ago, when he told me that things are getting a little difficult for him already.

"Why, Great Bear?" I asked, confused. He seemed to be in good condition. "You still are sparkling and twinkling well."

"Don't you see any change in me, Little Bear?" His eyes were strong and determined.

"Why, no," I said abruptly… and then looked at his stars once again and blurted out, "Well of course!"

"What is it then, Little Bear?"

"You… you are brighter than usual!" The Great Bear was more stunning than anyone I've seen. I've never seen my friends twinkle this much, not even the Fighter, Orion.

"Yes, that is indeed right, little one," he replied. "Do you know why this is so?"

"No, no, I don't. But I'd like to sparkle the way you do, Great Bear." I enthusiastically said, "Then I can be more than the Little Bear! They will look up at me with more praises, but of course, not more than what they give you, Great Bear. Know that I will never outshine you, nor would anyone!"

He chuckled at my compliment and I, in turn, stared blankly, listening as he said, "Young one," his tone was full of wisdom, "Someday, I will have to leave the night sky."

My eyes widened at the thought of losing the Great Bear. He's the closest to my Heart, and he's been there since I came about. "No, Great Bear! You are strong and you can carry even the weight of the entire world!" I exclaimed, looking at the oblate sphere that floated below us with hatred, "I won't let that lifeless thing take you, Great Bear!"

"But it is inevitable, Little Bear. Everyone will have to face their end someday—even that world down there."

I was angry, very angry. "We can't always grant their wishes, they know that!"

"But don't you feel bliss when you are able to grant their heart's desires?"

I fell silent.

"It is part of our destiny to fulfill as much wishes as we can, even if that would mean our own end someday."

I found my voice once again, "No. This… It can't go on like this! They will finish our kind!"

"Listen, Little Bear." He said softly, "When we grant those human's wishes—"

"Human? Who is he?" I interjected, not meaning to be rude, only interested.

The old Bear smiled, "They own those eyes, make wishes and—"

"Cause our fall." I finished his statement. "They abuse our powers."

"No, they believe in it," he assured me. "Those humans, when they become thankful and happy, create newborns."

"Newborns," I breathed. "Where are these newborns, Great Bear?"

"The universe is too vast to let one's eyes see its entirety," he said, "even for those humans. The newborns are everywhere. Thus, our kind will never be gone. We will continue to light up the evening sky; continue to grant wishes."

"It's not easy to let all these things happen just like that- then all of you, the Wise Constellations, will disappear in no time!"

"Acceptance is the key, my daughter."

I was silent for a while, until a thought came into my mind, "But we can refuse to grant their wishes, can't we? I've done that, more than once, Great Bear, I have."

"Yes, indeed, we can. But it gets harder as we grow older."

"Why is that so?"

"It becomes harder to decline their wishes for slowly, we become a part of their lives, and then it becomes too hard to detach ourselves from them."

I tried to understand.

"It gets a little harder every time… until you decide to let yourself fall."

"Oh, I wouldn't." I swore.