Henpukumaru

The night sky was darkened, all the stars obscured by the murky layer of cloud. However, that is not to say that it was completely devoid of light. Occasional pinpricks of moving light denoted the distant bulk of an air plane passing overhead. From a balcony of one of the many apartments, a young man stood, staring up at these fleeting illuminations. After a while, he murmured softly. "Can I pretend that air planes in the night sky are like shooting stars? I could really use a wish right now." Putting his hands together, he fixed his gaze on one flicker that seemed more yellowish-white than the others. "Star light, star bright, first star I

Theme 16: Questioning The first thing she noticed was the stinging. A blinding, burning sensation, all the way down the right side of her face, from her temple to her jaw. Vision in her right eye was tinged with red. There was a smell, a terrible odour, which hung in the air, which made her wince; she was sure it was making the stinging worse. Alive. That was when she realised she was alive. She was lying on her left side in a world like nothing she had even seen before. Everything was… wrong. Where were the most of seats? Where were the other passengers? Why was it so quiet? …What had happened? Her usually perfect memory was a