What's up, everyone. Scorpion, bringing you another chapter of A Mother's Love.

What? You think I forgot about y'all. No where near. Between classes and school projects, looking for a job, and dealing with a terrible case of writers block, I had a bit of trouble finding the time to write and type my stories. Have the problems been solved? Well, still jobless, but two out of three aren't bad, right? :)

Well as for my other story, I am still...

Fanfiction God: "GET ON WITH IT!"

O.O ... Um... Rosalina-and-the-lumas-belong-to-Nintendo. Get-it-got-it-GOOD!

Chapter 19 (Please don't kill me)...

The Star in the Clouds

There stood the young girl, overflowing with a power not seen or felt before. No words could describe how suprised and happy they were to see their mama. However, they couldn't help but notice the other changes in her appearance. She was covered in a radiant glow and was floating of the ground, which was definitely new. Most noticeably, her hair was changing from red to a very light blond.

"Are you alright?" she asked, her voiced seemed to echo with the new-found power.

The lumas were speechless, in awe at what they have seen. The red luma simply answered with a "Uh-huh." It was all he could get out.

"Stay behind me," she said calmly. The girl raised the wand high above her head and a light launched from its tip, flying towards the highest point of the Observatory. In a flash, a veil of star-dust quickly surrounded the entire ship, repelling the small asteroids and shattering the larger ones. The ship, to the lumas amazement, went from loud shaking to a soft rumble as the barrier fully enveloped the Observatory.

The bombardment eventually slowed down as the last of the smaller asteroids were either repelled or just past by until there was one left. This asteroid was bigger than the others, easily as big as the Observatory or bigger. This asteroid was coming in fast, leaving the Observatory very little time to escape its path. The chocolate luma noticed it just as he got the engine moving. The Observatory finally started to move, but, to his and the girl's dismay, it was not fast enough to get out of the asteroid's path. With the chance that the barrier will not hold, the lumas behind her feared the worst.

"We are not going to make it!" one of the lumas yelled in fright.

"What do we do?" the red luma cried.

The girl saw the fear in their eyes, and then turned to face the incoming asteroid. "Don't fret. I will never let anything harm you."

The girl pointed her glowing wand at the asteroid, its bright light becoming brighter as it did. The light shot out of the wand, hitting the large space rock with awesome force. The lumas in her protection huddled tightly behind their Mama. However, instead of blowing up as the present lumas thought, the space rock was enveloped in a similar field as the Observatory. The asteroid quickly began to noticeably slow down as it moved towards them. Slower… slower… slower…

Just inches from the hull of the Observatory, the large asteroid was floating silently over the girl and her lumas. The lumas looked at it with awe as they came out of hiding, their frazzled minds slowly realizing that they were no longer in danger. The girl took a deep breath and turned towards the stressed lumas, putting their minds at ease as the veils covering the Observatory and asteroid subsided.

The red luma flew in to the girl's chest, crying loudly as it did. The girl simply shut her eyes and embraced the luma. "Don't fret, little one," she said softly. "I'm not going anywhere." She held the red luma has it sobbed, waiting for his tears to dry.

The chocolate luma and the other lumas that were in hiding came out from where they were, all curious about why the rumbling stopped. Some of them were in awe as the saw the large space rock that once threaten their lives and home. The chocolate luma looked towards the red luma's group, shocked to see their Mama just in front of them. The denizens or the Comet Observatory gathered around the Mama, some curious about the floating rock and others about her knew look.

"What happened, Mama?" one asked.

"That rock is just floating there," another added. "How did it stop?"

"You looked different from before," a young, peach colored one noticed, "I really like it, Mama?"

The chocolate luma pushed through them, frantic for answers. "What happened out there? We heard that something bad happened while you were away. Where did you go and why do you look and feel so different?"

The girl, as she held the red luma, simply looked at all of them with a bright smile on her face, "It's a very funny story, but that's for another time," she responded. "For right now, I am just glad that you're all alright. I was so worried that I wouldn't make it in time."

"How did you manage to get here? I thought the Starshroom got damaged," he asked.

The girl thought for a second, then raised the glowing wand in her hand for all to see. The lumas were at awe at its light. "I just wished that I could be with you and the stars answered."

"I don't care what happened," the red luma stated, its tears finally stopped falling. "I'm just glad you are back with us again, Mama!"

"I guess you're right," The girl responded, "What is important now is that we are together."

All of the lumas chirped in agreement, happy that their Mama is here and they all were safe.

The girl released the young luma from her grasp and looked to the group, "Now, how about we take our leave. Maybe we can find some star bits and have some lunch!"

With a loud cheer, the Observatory left its place of rest and they continued their journey. That was the last time a tear was ever shed by anyone aboard.

... and we're good. We ARE good, right?

(silence)

-.-' Good. Now as I was saying, I am still working on The Grandmasters. Hopefully the next chapter will be ready some time soon. In the mean time, thanks again for putting up with my short (well, I guess we long past 'short' by now). Their is one last chapter to this story and it will be up soon.

This is the Scorpion, signing out. T.T.F.N! (Where did that guy come from, anyway?)