Well hello there, viewer! Welcome to Storybook, my first story. I might screw up grammar here and there... be sure to point it out if you spot an error. Don't be afraid to mention it in the reviews. Also don't be afraid to tell me any way I can become a better writer as well! By the way, I recommend you listen to Rosalina's Storybook Theme while reading this introduction. With that all said,
Please, enjoy the story!
Introduction
Our story begins in a cold, clear evening, and stars lit up the night sky. A white castle stood alone, surrounded by hills in all different directions. The castle was roofed with red bricks and surrounded by a moat. There was a balcony right above the bridge connecting the castle with the land surrounding it, and a woman stepped onto it, calling for her children. She wore a light blue dress, with matching circular earring, and had light blonde hair.
"Kids!" She softly called out, "Dinnertime!"
Her call echoed from the castle to the hills surrounding it, and a running child came from the hills in response to her call. The child was four years old with matching light blonde hair. "Coming Ma!"
"Wait!" The boy's mother yelled, causing the child to stop suddenly. "What, Ma?"
"Where's Rose?" The mother asked the boy slightly concerned,
The boy thought, then shrugged, "She has probably borrowed Daddy's telescope again, stargazing on the special hill!"
"Okay." The woman responded softly. "May you please go out and find her?"
The boy sighed, and turned around. "Alright Me. Be right back."
And with that, he ran back into the hills he came from, while the mother exited the balcony into the castle.
Rosalina, a six year old child with a telescope, was stargazing on their "special hill." She had the same hair as her brother and her mother, light blonde hair that went down her back. She had light blue eyes, wore a white short-sleeved gown, and a silver crown above her head. She was barefooted, and it looked as if she hardly cared.
"Wow, look at all the stars," She whispered to herself as she stared into the sky through her telescope, "What secrets do you hold?"
Her brother, the same boy talking to his mother, came running up the hill, waving his arms and calling her name.
"Rosalina! Rosalina! Ma's calling us for dinner! Let's go!"
Rosalina took her eye off the telescope and turned to him. "Tell her I'll be there in five minutes."
The boy again sighed, not enjoying being the messenger boy.
"Okay, but she'll probably get mad if you stay out any longer."
"I know, but the stars and planets are just so fascinating!" Rosalina spread her arms, trying to describe the quantity.
The boy tilted his head sideways in a confused manner. "I guess, sis, but I prefer toy karts."
Rosalina shook her head. "You'll never understand. Well, I guess we all have our own opinions. Now hurry along back home, before mother gets worried."
"Alright. See ya in a bit, Sis." The boy began to run down the hill once again toward the giant white castle in the distance.
"Ah, back to what I was doing." Rosalina stuck one eye into her father's telescope, and took a look around the starry sky once more.
From what seemed to be a quick glimpse at the night sky turned into ten minutes of staring. Realizing she had no control over her love for stargazing, Rosalina quickly took her telescope and ran to the castle, before she became tempted to take another look into it. As soon as she got to the castle, she rushed to the dining room for dinner.
After a nice warm dinner, and a little bit of scolding from her father for being late, Rosalina asked her mother to go back to their "special hill."
"Why not mother?"
"Rose, don't you think it's getting a little late?" She responded in a non-harsh tone.
Rosalina looked down and put her hands behind her back. "I guess..."
"Tomorrow is another day. You can stargaze tomorrow, right Rose?"
"I guess so." She responded in a disappointed tone. With that, she walked up to her room. "Goodnight mother."
"Goodnight Rose, and thank you for being so understanding."
When she got into her room, she ran straight to her window, staring at the starry night sky.
"You really are amazing, night sky." She spoke softly to herself.
Almost in response, a shooting star soared across the sky.
Rosalina's soft blue eyes widened in awe, and she instantly became tempted to try and sneak out for a little more stargazing. In the end, she decided that would be the wrong thing to do, and that she could go stargazing tomorrow.
As she hopped back into her bed, she tightly hugged her stuffed bunny and her stuffed star, and fell fast asleep.
The next morning, as Rosalina got out of bed, the only thought in her head was stargazing. That was all she could think about the whole day, even while playing with her brother outside the castle. As the sun began to set into the hills, Rosalina went up to the special hill with her father;s telescope. When she set up the telescope for nightfall, it slipped from her hands, rolling down the side of the hill opposite of the castle.
"Wait for me, telescope!" Rosalina shouted, chasing it.
Once she got down from the hill, she lost track of the telescope's whereabouts, so she began searching around the bottom of the hill. After awhile, Rosalina found the telescope which had rolled into a bush, She brushed it off, just to make sure it was ready for use. Just as she was about to go up the hill, something caught her eye. A far distance away in the opposite direction of the castle, there was a red lump in the distance. A small cloud of smoke came from it.
With the telescope in her hand, she ran toward to see if there was anything interesting in the bump. As she got closer, the red mound turned into a rusted ship with four holes, like windows.
Excited, she studied the artifact. Inside the ship was a table with four seats, and a couple of buttons below one window.
Rosalina was not very satisfied with her find, so she sighed and began to walk back to the special hill.
"Wait!" A voice called out to her.
She jumped in surprise, and turned around.
From under the table, a cream colored small star child floated toward her.
Rosalina, startled, asked the first three questions that came into her mind.
"What's your name? Are you lost? Do you have chocolate?"
The star child responded proudly, "I'm Luma, and I'm waiting for Mama. She's coming for me on a comet!"
Concern fell upon Rosalina. A lonely star child out in the middle of nowhere?
"Don't worry. I'll wait with you." Rosalina told Luma, and she patted Luma on his head.
"And by the way, what's chocolate?" Luma asked the girl.
Rosalina gasped, "You've never heard of chocolate? It's only the best food in the universe!"
"I'm not so sure of that..." Luma shook his head.
"Oh boy we've got a ton to talk about." Rosalina sat down next to Luma, and they began to start a long conversation.
As they continued waiting, sunset became evening. The stars lit up the night sky once again, replacing the blue sky that had been there hours ago.
Rosalina looked at Luma sadly. "Sorry, Luma, but I might need to eat dinner soon. If we stay here looking much longer, I'll be an old lady soon."
Luma looked down sadly to the ground. "It's okay. I can wait!"
As Rosalina tried to think of how to help the star child, an idea sparked in her head. "Why don't we go out there and find your mother ourselves?"
Luma nodded his head, and Rosalina got up in excitement. "I'd better ask my mother. Hopefully she won't mind!"
Luma jumped midair as Rosalina ran off to the castle. "Hooray! I have a friend to travel with!"
"Oh yeah, watch my telescope really quickly, okay?"
"Okay!"
Rosalina's heart raced as she ran back to the castle. The possibility of going into space thrilled her imagination. And she would be doing such a good deed by helping the star child find his mother! It would be quite the adventure.
Once she got to the castle, she went straight to her mother's room.
She quickly opened the door. "Mother! Mother!"
"Yes?" Her mother was writing on a sheet of paper on her desk when Rosalina opened the door. She turned around.
"There's a lost star child near the special hill! Is it okay if I help find his mother in the skies?"
Her mother laughed softly, thinking this was all in her imagination.
"Why of course dear. Just stay safe."
Rosalina ran to her mother and hugged her tightly. "Thanks mother! I'll find his mother, so he won't be lonely!"
"Yes you will, good luck Rose!" Her mother played along, squeezing Rosalina's cheeks and enjoying her enthusiasm.
"Bye mother!" Rosalina ran out of her mother's room.
"Bye Rose." She turned back around to what she was writing on her desk.
Rosalina ran to her room to collect everything she thought she'd need for her little journey.
"Let's see... I'll need extra pairs of clothes, some snacks, and don't forget my favorite bunny doll!"
She gathered some jam, along with a couple other foods. She then looked at a wand that lay in the corner of her room. The handle was gray with a star at its tip.
"Mother said that wand is very important, and she'd teach me how to use it later... maybe I should take it, just in case I'm able to learn to use it on my own."
She then noticed a note that lay next to the wand. It had always been there, and Rosalina had always been told not to open it until she began to learn how to use the wand. She grabbed that and threw it along with everything else.
Once she collected everything she'd needed, she packed it all in one big bag. Rosalina ran outside the castle, towards the hills in the night sky.
Once she had arrived to Luma, he frantically asked her. "Did she say yes? Did she say yes?"
"Of course she did." Rosalina replied softly. "My mother is a very understanding person. Now, can you fix up this ship to make it fly?"
"Of course I can!" Luma said proudly. Sure enough, Luma quickly turned the rusted ship into an almost brand new looking mushroom ship.
"Cool!" Rosalina exclaimed. "Do you know how to fly this thing? My mother says I'm not allowed to drive anything for awhile. I'm to young."
"I know how to drive this ship, how do you think I got here?" Luma floated over to where all the buttons were.
As soon as he stared pressing buttons, the ship began to float unsteadily.
Hold on... it's been awhile since I've last driven," Luma said while struggling with the controls. "I've been waiting for Mama many days and nights!"
Eventually, the ship began to float upwards, flying into the sky. As the ship rose above the higher tower of her castle, Rosalina stuck her head out through one of the holes in the ship. She was amazed at the view of her castle from up above.
"Wow, I've never seen my home from this high up!" She tried to yell bye to her home, but she was pretty sure her voice wasn't heard.
"Oh well, when I come back, mother will be so proud of me!"
Rosalina's mother sat in her desk, writing on the same sheet of paper she had been writing on earlier.
"Aha, done." She stood up, and decided to go stand on her balcony to take a glimpse of the beautiful night sky. She took the paper she had been writing on, and went to the balcony. once she looked at the sky, her face turned from a smile to a frown of horror.
In the sky, she saw a mushroom-like ship, flying upward, with Rosalina in it. Then she remembered what Rosalina had asked her to do; to help a star child find its mother in space.
In space.
"Rosalina! Rosalina! Come back!" She tried yelling, but the ship flew higher and higher.
The mother began to cry, the tear drops running onto her paper. She then opened the paper up, revealing a poem she had written for Rosalina.
"Why?! Why did it need to be my Rosalina?" She cried. Her tears were eternal as she stared up at the ship.
The mother saw Rosalina waving at her, and the mother reached her hand out toward her.
That's when she realized, all she could do was to pray for her to come back. "Please come back soon."
This was the sad beginning of the search for Luma's celestial mother.