Borislava Borissova

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THE STARLIGHT PRINCE

Young adult fantasy

"If the human's world becomes boring, you have the sky, the non-stop moving stars. They change everything so the endless earthy years are never one and the same."

A young boy lived alone on his tiny planet at the end of the Sagittarius galaxy. On his trips to other celestial spheres, he had seen that there were no lonely stars in the universe and even the most powerful one, the sun in the neighbouring Milky Way galaxy, had a friend - Nemesis. In a search for his first friend, The Starlight Prince caught a passing comet and, deluged by a haze of star-dust, entered the solar system.

Landing on the planet Earth he found himself on an unbelievably beautiful island. There, at the Valley of the Temples, the ancient Olympic Gods had been spending their summer rests for millennia. Far above the tree tops and hidden by the clouds, The Prince noticed The Little Olympic God who according to the Olympic allocation of duties was responsible for friendships.

Amazed by his divine work destined to inspire friendliness in humans, the celestial boy was sure that The Little God could help him, too. Trying to face him in person, The Starlight Prince remained on Earth. He followed a young teen company and took part of their unusual experience in an ancient Castle. This beautiful building claimed it functioned as a hotel but after their arrival to spend their vacation there it became the strangest hotel in the world with mysterious inhabitants, history, and secrets.

A great Master of magic was trying to harness the nature elements to become immortal as prescribed in a magical manuscript written long ago by the Olympic Gods. This text was given to the Little God of friendships for safekeeping.

During the long adventure the lonely celestial boy found his first friend, The Little Olympic God.

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A CHAPTER

THE SECRET

Silently, lively eyes followed every move of the tired friends, who sat down on the beautiful carpet in an unequal struggle against the sleep that overwhelmed them. The teenagers were feeling crestfallen, drowsy, and feverish. Finally, falling asleep, they started dreaming one and the same dream.
They were in the same hall, but all was clean, warm and airy, enlightening music played around them. During the dream became obviously why the Castle was clean and orderly. It was prepared for a high ceremonial event.When many candles lighted suddenly, people in the portraits came alive, descended from the wall and the men bowed to the ladies, the ladies return the curtsies.
The piano was in its place and invisible hands charmed divine melody from its keys.Soon after the first dance, the strange figures began a modern one, pushed each other as if to attract the teens and appeared so funny in their old-fashioned clothes. Coming closer and closer as if to invite everyone of their young guests to join the circle for the dancing. Their friendly smiles seemed like carnival masks put on the frozen faces.
“Stop! Do not do it! And never again use the stars and nature to set a trap for anyone!”
Peering into the room, the shadow ended the dance with a gesture only. He sounded quietly but dominantly.
“I am sure you have already seen a few rarely rising stars behind the snow-clouds. I have suspected any of my fellows could gain higher skills in this regard. Congratulation to the one of you, who has successfully interpreted the meaning of such a special order on the sky in this particular night, an unusual one for years… Until now these skills have befitted only me.”
The shadow went to the fireplace, drew some wood from under his black mantle and laid the pieces in the grate. Soon, a gentle fire blazed while the figures moved toward the wall to find their places while listening to the discontented voice of the authoritative shadow:
“Yes, if the guests would join you in your dance this evening in my home, they would receive their frames of pictures between yours forever.”
Gazing directly into the eyes of each of them, he added staunchly,
“But I say, leave them to live real life, far away from my inherited and already eternal possession, the park and the Castle.”
The loudly protest could not wake up the young sleepers. Snuggled in their deep dream state, they felt charmed with music and fairy beauty of the interior. Its coziness was in such a contrast with the coldness they experienced outside.With the very chilly eyes, the portraits insisted,
“Lord, the dancing clouds, the Moon likes a silver spring that sprays the sky with stars more than ever and the winds from the East and the West are such a chance given by Heaven for both of youngsters and us. Let them dance with our company now, do not waste the important hour, which will be over soon. Please do this so they will receive the unique opportunity to stay between us on the walls forever. They will be even immortal in their unchangeable young look while all others from real life will meet death. Only you and we, your mates could offer it to someone.”
“They are too young while you gained immortality in mature ages of your life,” the shadow insisted.
The discord was common.
“And we need company. They have appeared to be nice persons, still innocent and vital.”
Burning new candles, wrapped in thought, the man was determined.
“We had a choice for our destiny. Let them have theirs. Singularity in their vacation must stop here.”
With each new lightened candle, the fire in the fireplace broke into flames, which licked the carpet without burning it. The flames were painting emotional scenes from the past, provoking a stir which worried someone who did not sleep. Fortunately, his presence went unnoticed, although the stately figure possibly guessed the boy from another galaxy was in his mysterious home.
With tucked legs one under the other, sitting between the piano and the window of the hall to see the flame’s pictures from a better position, the Celestial Prince felt upset by the presence of the man from the vault. Instead of receiving the divine help he sought from the little god of friendships, someone else answered his calling with the magic arrow.
The world on Earth was surprising, indeed. Despite his uncertainty, he was thankful to his former traveling experience. Worrying why the little god was still missing, the starry boy kept silent, hoping to unveil what secrets were hidden there.A short distance from where he sat hidden beneath the piano, the fire was blazing, the room became warm and the teenagers unbuttoned their coats in their sleep. In searching for the unearthly guest, the shadow found the broken vase and reached down to collect its pieces.A hollow voice from the wall required his heed.
“Sorry for the family artifact, the vase, Master, but someone from us wanted to maintain his privacy instead of having boring young people around. But the others were ready to make room for new company. It is no easy task to bear all these endless years at one and the same place and faces. We compensated our deathlessness with loneliness...”
The shadow replied tersely and peremptory,
“I said it in the past, too. Never play games with mortals! At odd times, you asked for a way to know what would happen with this world in the future, and the next future and the future after it. You are lucky to see it during the ages. Therefore, do not complain about your situation!”
Ironic laughter swung through the air with superior overtones.
“Master, we are not as helpless as in the past when we followed you to reach your dream using Perseids, the meteors from the tail of the rare Swift-Tuttle comet, which orbited the Sun every 133 years.”
The skillful man felt surprised at their words and the action.
“Yes, then Earth became familiar with the unique celestial body again and between mortals, I knew what opportunities carried the comet and from where. The ordinary falling stars fulfill ordinary wishes. But the falling meteors, called Perseids when Jupiter is closest to Earth meant an unusual chance for the someone, who was prepared… You know, but not able, yet to do the same like me and tear fully from the Earth.”
His team looked confused and annoyed. Their rebellious voices interweaved and added to others.
“Our abilities became enough to gain the young additional company with us for the next 133 years. We do not want to leave the planet of the living and to go somewhere where we can find only beautiful constellations but probably without humans with their interesting lives... We are still very curious to know what would happen with the human’s world, with people’s life, with towns, villages and so forth. Once we just wanted to receive immortality on this territory so we would see the future of the next generations, to learn new stories from all over the world that happens somewhere. Therefore, our time is the winter’s meteor, not the summer’s unique one. You chose the summer one and went out in the utmost distance…”
He responded quickly,
“No! I have chosen that destiny! My experience continues instead of watching others only. My full immortality is to know what happens in the whole Solar System, to see, to learn before trying to touch the whole universe as far as is possible. I have a very little interest what has been changing here.”
“So you do not understand us. You are different! You missed our long-aged experience on Earth in our unique loneliness.”
The sorcerer was harsh, imperative and angry.
“I know loneliness the best! You are a few, I am alone! If the human’s world becomes boring, you have the sky! The stars are moving non-stop and change everything so the endless years are never one and the same. Use your special abilities to know what you seek instead of alluring innocence ones. Do not forget, you are on my possessions and I would reclaim my ancient privileges, which I gifted you with at the time of the last Perseids to make you deathless on my territory. Ingrates! This is not a vacation hotel as you wrote on the invitation-cards to the youngsters but the home of the greatest lords of magic who have ever lived! And the last one is more alive than each of you! I have returned so be careful, the teens need refuge only and I will take care of them. Do not exert your wishes again or try making them powerless to be with you without an option. The power of the great Magic is not to serve your best interests but to make you more helpful and understanding to the needs and rights of others. No more words!”
The adamant man put a finger across his lip for silence. There was no time for arguments. To save the young friends was the most important job to be done before anything else, even though the sorcerer could not escape a sense that someone else was nearby and sent a sign, the magic arrow once belonged to the little olympic god of friendships. Surprisingly now someone used the same arrow with a diffrent purpose, searching for help. That someone was in bigger danger.
Which one among the youngsters he was?

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