One Star in the Heavens
Epilog
written by "Lord" Andy
A night later the stars shown brightly. Not a single cloud interfered with their act of illuminating the sky. The city that lay beneath it had calmed down for the moment, taking a break to pause after the brutal force that had collided upon itself only one night ago. Tired, beaten, and some feeling hopeless, the rescue teams still grudged on, looking for any survivors still in the mess.
But elsewhere, on the complete opposite end of the city sat an area that was a completely untouched section. It being upon the diametrical side of town, it seamed that nobody would even notice the damage that had happened a night previously before. Now, it sat perfectly peaceful under the clearest of skies, as a genital darkness laid upon the land.
And yet, the circumstances did, in fact, effect the people living away from ground zero. For at that moment, one soul sat upon the roof of her home. She had a blanket wrapped around her for warmth in the cool chill of the air, and the fact she was dressed in a night gown. She had risen to the top of her residence to just get alone by herself. She spoke no words, only cried silently to herself.
Soon, another figured who was also in her bed time apparel approached the first one in silence. She also was troubled at heart and unable to sleep. When she saw her sister in pain as in the entire day before hand, she floated down next to her.
"Hey kiddo, what's wrong?" Buttercup asked Bubbles who was sobbing to herself.
Bubbles stopped crying and turned to her sister. She sighed. "I miss Blossom. Why else would I be crying?"
Buttercup frowned and sat down next to Bubbles. She tried to think of some encouraging words to say to her sad sis, but to no avail. After a few minuets of silence, Buttercup confessed, "I'm sorry Bubbles, if you're looking for some kind words of encouragement, I'm afraid I just don't have any. In fact ..." he voice trailed off, "I wish I had some for myself."
The two continued sitting there in reticence for another while. Neither of them knew what to say to the other. Not many people have to go through this at this young of an age.
Bubbles looked above her. She saw the celestial body of space twinkling and glowing above her in all the glory it could squeeze out. Seeing this presentation, Bubbles smiled and turned to Buttercup.
"You know, Blossom said something about the stars." Bubbles said, Buttercup looked up at her. "I think she liked to come out here all the time to look at them to calm herself or something. I don't know why. I wish I knew. If only she would have told us why or ...."
Seeing how Bubbles was about to cry again, Buttercup decided she better say something. "Bubbles, we all make mistakes. Sometimes we all do things that nobody else may understand, like Blossom seeming and pointlessly staring at the stars all the time. But before we make fun of someone or just try and change their ways, we should find out why they are the way they are. That way we can find out the best way in approaching the situation, instead of just doing it your way. It's just like Blossom attempting to change her evil thoughts by herself, or us trying to change her bossieness ourselves."
Bubbles blinked in surprise. "You really think so?"
Buttercup sat their in surprise as well. Impressed over what she had just said, she smiled and answered, "Yah, I guess I do!"
A cold wind blew through the moment. Buttercup shivered in the brisk air. Seeing this, Bubbles unwrapped herself from her tepid blanket covering and offered half of it to Buttercup. She hesitated, but then slid over to Bubbles, wrapping the blanket around both of them.
And so they continued gazing upon the stars as their sister had done so many nights before them. They didn't know why. One would normally want to argue or complain about it. But they didn't bother. Deep down inside they both felt they knew why Blossom felt the way she did.
"Buttercup?" Bubbles eventually asked. "Do you think we'll ever figure out exactly what Blossom was thinking?"
Buttercup thought for a second, then smiled. "We'll probably never know what the exact path was, but I think we both have a pretty good idea. It's all a mater of how we remember it."
Smiling in content, Bubbles cuddled herself up. Then she leaned upon Buttercup. "Thanks, big sis." She said.
The words hit Buttercup in the heart. She smiled lovingly, which soon turned into a smirk. "Aww .... don't let it go to your head!" She said, giving Bubbles a gentle noogie who giggled back.
Meanwhile, as all the stars shown brightly as they always do, a rare occurrence happened. In the corner of the brightly lit sky, a shooting star shot across the heavens. It's life was quick, and in a brilliant steam of light it was over. But for that one second, that one small passage of time, that mear moment of glory; all the other bigger stars that had been around for all times, seamed positively dwarfed by the quick display of original and unmatched beauty.
THE END