I've been working on a book... very slowly, and over the past couple months a got writer's block and I was procrastinating. But now that the school year is almost over, I am going to start on my book again. It's entitled A Star Saved the World.
Darkness. Fear. She felt it, but couldn't see it. Slowly, very slowly, Astra turned around and stared into the cold darkness. "I shouldn't be out here alone," she thought.
"Astra! Psst! What are you doing here all alone?" Someone whispered behind her.
Practically jumping out of her boots, Astra whirled around to face the comer. "Cato? Don't do that. You scared the goose bumps of off me!" She frowned. Something had caught her eye when she looked behind Cato. Grabbing his arm, she hissed, "Get down and follow me!"
"Where?" he started to ask, but she slapped her hand over his mouth.
"Hush, don't speak until I say so." Astra told him.
Crawling on her hand and knees, Astra finally stopped by a bush.
"What is going on?" Cato whispered beginning to sound annoyed.
"I felt something, Cato. Tonight, when I was standing out there alone, I felt fear. And you know I never feel fear. I wasn't sure if it was real, but when you spoke to me, I had seen something, something strange behind you."
"What was it?" Cato asked, looking around as if to make sure that no one was listening. "What did you see?"
"Cato, a mist - a strange mist, but with that mist there was something else." She took a deep breath. "... it was death. Something has finally happened, Cato, Something dreadful - something that we've been fearing would, but I didn't know it would be so soon. Remember we talked about it a long time ago?" She looked at him in the moonlight.
"Astra, my Star, do you mean to say that someone or something is coming to destroy the earth?" Cato said, not believing it himself.
"Exactly. We need to warn the others! But I don't know how, Cato!" She cried.
"I know exactly what to do," Cato said, grabbing her hand and helping her up. Starting to run, Cato told her not to worry and not to be afraid. As they ran, Astra felt something grab at her. "No!" She screamed and ran faster.
Soon, Cato and Astra came into view of the house that they lived in. Getting into the house, the slammed the door making everyone else in the room jump.
"Astra! Cato! What happened?" cried Adina when she saw them. Always the motherly type, Adina was very concerned about them. "Are you all right?" Coming closer she noticed the both were afraid. Suddenly, Astra fainted and fell to the floor.
"What is going on, Cato?" several people asked. "Is she all right?"
"No, but she will be," said a strange voice behind them all. Adina, Quito, Jade and Juno all turned around. There, standing before them was a shimmering... what was it?