"And even though I know how very far apart we are,
It helps to think we might be wishing on the same bright star
And when the night wind starts to sing its lonesome lullaby,
It helps to think we're sleeping underneath the same bright star
Somewhere out there,
Love can see us through
Then, we'll be together
Somewhere out there...
Out where dreams come true..."
Ah...the song from my childhood. I could never forget it. The lyrics tell so much of love and
romance...the two things I so lacked. How can I ever get a date with bodyguards keeping a close
eye on me? The life of the rich! It's not worth it...but it does have its perks. Shopping sprees
are one but I still have to have one of those nosy bodyguards around! Sometimes I wish I were
less richer. Then maybe I could have a boyfriend like most of my classmates. I looked at the
three star dragonball beside me. I had found it in the attic. I knew about the legend of these
magical balls. That's why I invented the dragon radar...I wanted to make a wish. I'll wish for
my prince charming. I sighed. If only my parents would stop treating me like a baby! If only
they would just let me go around the world to search for the dragonballs.
"Princess, time for bed sweetie!" Mommy cooed, "The way your sitting there, it's as if your
expecting someone,"
"Mom, I'm sixteen. I can stay up longer now, right?" I pulled the earphones down.
"Oh well, but don't blame me if you get ugly purple rims under your eyes tomorrow," she
started up the stairs. Darn! That always gets to me! Just as I was about to follow her, I
saw something flash from the sky...a shooting star! I think I'm gonna wish for a...uh-oh...
it's coming right for me!!! Quickly, I grabbed my three star dragonball and ducked...silly
I know, but I've panicked! I couldn't think straight! I waited for impact...but all was silent.
Nervously, I rose and looked over the window. Something was glowing in a hole in the yard!
Curiously, I went outside to check it out. As I came closer, I realized that the crater was as
shallow as a golf hole and as small as a fist. How could that be? Then I saw it...in the
crater, glowed the most beautiful stone I had ever seen! Is it a ruby? Jade? Emerald? Diamond?
I couldn't tell. It changed color all the time. I was so fascinated by it that without thinking,
I reached down and took the stone. It felt cool. Impossible! It just landed after a fast journey
from outer space! Suddenly, it shook in my hand. I held on to it as its light blinded my eyes
and the force from it almost blew me away. I shielded my face for a moment. When it stopped,
I gasped. There, in front of me, was a beautiful apparition. She had long silvery hair, silver
sparkling eyes and wore a sparkling silver gown...the kind you'd never find in the mall.
"Wow..." I breathed. She was as beautiful as a goddess! Maybe she is one too!
"Child," she said in a soft, warm voice which seem to take me to Heaven.
"I have heard your yearnings from afar and have come to grant you what you wanted," she went on.
"What are you? I mean, who are you? Where do you come from?" I flooded her with questions. A
soft smile dazzled her lips.
"My name is Kylarianisimashinalinaoka. What I am and where I come from does not
matter..." she answered.
"Kyralamishinakoria?" I tried to speak her name. She giggled. It sounded like bells ringing.
"You can call me Laria,"
"Oh,"
"Well? Do you want me to grant you your wish?" Laria asked.
"What wish?"
"You wanted to have your prince charming, right?"
I thought hard. How wonderful! I can have a boyfriend at last...and I don't have to wish that on
the dragonballs! But...I have a few doubts on my wish.
"Laria," I started, "the prince charming you're going to grant me...will he be the one I'll spend
the rest of my life with?"
Laria's eyebrows met in the middle when I asked my question. Why was she suddenly sad?
"No dear," she replied sadly, "We can never know what the future will hold."
"Does that mean you can't arrange a meeting between me and my future husband?" I asked again.
Laria put her index finger beneath her chin as if thinking. Then, she looked at me thoughtfully.
"I suppose I can do that...but are you sure?"
"SURE! POSITIVE!" I jumped enthusiastically. WOW! I get to meet my future husband! How great!
I wonder how he'll be like? I want him sweet, charming, brave, muscular, sexy...and handsome!
Better not forget the cute butt! Laria closed her eyes for a moment. Her whole body glowed.
Then she opened her eyes.
"Looks like I can give you your prince charming after all..."
"What do you mean?"
"Your future husband is a real prince from another planet,"
Oh wow! An alien prince! A real prince! What could be cooler!
"There is a minor setback though..." Laria sighed, disrupting my thoughts. "I cannot have him
stay with you forever...at least for now."
"Huh? I don't understand..." I stated. Laria looked at me with a sparkle in her eye.
"He can stay with you but only for awhile," she said, "my powers can only scratch a minor
portion of the future. I cannot change the future so everything must still stay in place."
"When I bring him to you, the longest time I can give you is one month," she turned her back to
me and she glowed again, "after which, I will have to bring him back to were he belongs. You two
will have no recollection of the events that will follow...nor will you have any recollection of
meeting me..."
"Oh Laria..."
"It's alright," she smiled, "do you still want to go on with your wish?"
Hmmm...meeting my future husband and have him stay with me for a whole month...though I won't
remember him? That's not too bad...is it?
"You'll still see him in your dreams at night..." Laria continued, "and you will not know who he
is until the time comes..."
I thought again. Yes. I've made up my mind. I nodded to her quickly. She smiled at me one more
time and the light around her brightened so much that I had to shield my eyes. My wish was
being granted...at last!