Prompt: "Star light, star bright, / first star I see tonight. / I wish I may, I wish I might / have the wish I wish tonight."
Digory stared out the window, barely holding back the tears, as the coughs of his mother continued. The doctor arrived and didn't pause even to take off his coat before going upstairs. Digory hid his face in his arms and sobbed.
Why did his mother have to be so sick? Especially with an unknown disease. Couldn't anything be done for her?
Digory raised his wet face to look at the darkening sky again. Why? he screamed in his mind. Why?
A small pinpoint in light appeared in his blurry vision. He wiped his eyes to see better. The first visible star that night twinkled down at him. It almost seemed to be reassuring him, saying, "It'll be alright."
Digory wiped his nose. Please, please give me something to heal my mother.
The star seemed to smile and bob up and down, nodding. Yes.