The Star

The Star is a novel by Garrett Ochoa

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The Star by Garrett Ochoa

 A single burning star can light up the entire sky.

The power of one single individual can change the world.

Light cannot exist without darkness.

Plot: The Star is about a public figure who shapes the world and helps create a prosperous future.

Chapters

1. Singularity

2. The Holder of Secrets

3. Trio

4. Strength

5. Destruction

6. Physical

7. Consciousness

8. Infinity

9. Cyclical

10. Why Am I Even Writing This?

11. Pillars

12. The Way Life Is

13. End

14. On The Beach

15. Red Eyes

16. Chaos

17. Angel

Dedicated to Generation Z.

1.     Singularity

Atoms, molecular bonds, covalence, fusion. A shooting-star glides across the sky as several others follow it. These are the leader of the future generations. The leaders who will guide humanity to a new state of consciousness and a new state of evolution.

The stars hold the souls of the living and the dead and as a single-star bursts, the soul inside begins to grow. It catches light as it travels across the universe and it stops in front of a blue and green planet.

The soul-being laughs as he knows what he is going to accomplish and what is about to happen. From the very beginning of its birth to its evolved state, the being rises upward through lower dimensions into the third, fourth, and fifth, as he births on the physical plane on the Earth and is ready now.

His mission, his soul purpose, he is ready to accomplish it all. From infant to child, to adolescence, the being grows and learns and after trials and tribulation, reaches to a point of maturity where is ready to step into his power now.

This is The Star.

2.     The Holder of Secrets

“I’m seeing a quiet childhood…a warrior…and then total destruction.”, a young woman in her 20s tells a young man also in his 20s. “Can you elaborate?”, the young man says as the woman says of course. The woman and the man both remain quiet for a moment as the young woman’s eyes are closed and she receives various messages in which she is to interpret for the young man.

      “The childhood is the past. Young, naïve, a dreamer. You have dreamed of becoming on top of the world when you were younger but didn’t know how. The soldier is the present. A warrior, victorious, and a shining star. You have all it takes now in order to be at the top of your game, the only thing that is in your way is time. The future is the grim reaper. Chaos, violence, destruction. I see blood…gun shots…a downfall…”, the woman says as the young man looks at her almost in total shock. “Why is it all negative in the future?”, the young man asks as she consults once again. She pauses for a moment and then begins again. “I’m seeing humiliation…laughter…even anger. People are mad about something that you will do in the future.

and the man asks, “What is it?”, as she says she doesn’t know.

      “I don’t see anything. It’s like a blank..”, the woman says as the man says, “How strange.”. “Yeah…that usually happens when I’m not supposed to see what happens.”, as the young man understood. “Interesting. Thank you for your insight.”, as the woman said, “No problem. Would you like any more information”, as the young man said, “I think that’ll be all. I’ll be back soon”, as the young woman said, “Alright. You can pay at the front desk. Thank you.”, as the man said “Thank you.”, and left.

      Outside, the man got into his small car and decided to go to the library to pick up some books. Once he arrived, he went to the Spirituality section. In the section across from him, the librarian arrived and asked if he was finding everything alright. “Yes. I was wondering if you guys had books on psychics and spirituality?”, as the librarian knew just what to look for. She scanned the book shelf and walked a few steps over when she reached down and grabbed a book entitled, “Finding Your True Self From a Spirituality Point of View” by Margaret Rodger. “Read this and tell me what you think. I read it when I was around your age and it changed my life, really.”, as the young man was thankful that he had helped her. “Do you have books on psychics and psychic abilities?”, as the librarian processed the information and said, “I know there’s one really good one. Let me find it.”, she said as she scanned the book shelves. After a few moments, she said, “Ah!”, and grabbed a book from one of the higher shelves. “A World Connected” by Rudy Mont. “I think this is what you’re looking for.”, as the young man thanked her once again.

      “Would you like to check out?’, the librarian asked as the young man replied, “Yes, that would be great.”, as they went to the front of the library where the checkout was. After checking out, the librarian said, “Have a nice day.”, and the young man said, “You too.”, as he went in his car and drove back home.

      When he arrived back home, he brought the library bag inside and set it on the counter. The young man decided that he was going to make a nice dinner after a long day out and he decided to begin reading one of the books. He began to prepare a spaghetti dinner, boiling the water and putting the prepared sauce on the burner to heat and he sat down at his dinner table and began to read.

      The book introduced itself as a teaching guide to navigating the world as well as finding yourself in a spiritual sense. The young man liked many of the themes and topics that would be addressed through the book as he scanned the table of contents. He read until the water on the burner began to boil and began to cook the pasta noodles. The young man prepared spaghetti and bread and as he ate the delicious meal, he read more and more and more until he was almost halfway finished through the book. He was surprised at how much he had read and found he was very tired after consuming all of the useful knowledge that was given to him in the book. The young man washed his dishes, put them away, and then decided to have some lighter fun as he turned on the TV and began to watch some shows.

      After watching for a few hours, the idea came to him that he would love to create something and this came from something that had jumped out at him from the book. “We each have something that we’re supposed to do in our lives and we each as individuals, have something to leave behind for the world after the world when we’re gone. Whether that’s some intangible like helping the sick or in need or something tangible like creating and building. It’s up to each of us in order to find that something and to do it.”, the book said which sparked the young man’s mind.

      “I want to create something…something like that.”, he said as there was a TV show that he had always liked and wanted to make something in the same vein. He thought of the various ways to create something and all of the mediums that he could use when everything had clicked right then and there.

        3.    Trio

In an apartment in Downtown Los Angeles, a young man now known as The Star opened his apartment door. “Right there would be good.”, The Star told a group of men who were carrying high-end luxurious furniture into his living room. “Thank you guys so much.”, he told the movers as they said, “No need for that boss. Your money is enough thanks.”, one of the men said which rubbed The Star the wrong. The movers moved his King-sized bed and mattress, two smart TV’s, furniture for his bedroom and living room into his house as The Star gave them a tip and they were on their way.

The Star decided that he would wait a bit before setting everything up and decided to take a short nap. He had been shopping at various stores throughout the day, purchasing things with his new fortune that he had acquired over the past few years of working hard at his craft. He went to the bathroom to wash up and after he rested for a few hours on his comfortable new bed.

      A few hours later he woke up and hydrated and made a small nap as he went on his laptop to check how his newest book was doing. When he saw 50,000 clicks he had a rush of endorphins and was very thankful and glad that people were checking out his hard work and he knew that his time that he had put into creating had paid off. The Star said thank you to the Universe as he logged off.

      In the past, The Star would usually browse the internet for hours on end but after accomplishing so much in such a short time, he decided that it was a waste of time and he wanted to do things for his own self that would fulfill his own life. He had friends and he had people that he would talk with but he had made it a point to first be happy himself before he had made other people happy.

      Not having anything on his agenda for the evening, he decided he would order a nice dinner from a restaurant and would watch movies and listen to music for entertainment. Along with all of these things, he would also write a small bit of his next book but would not rush himself since he didn’t need to. His nice went on nicely and as he wrote a small bit of his next book, he felt a bit odd.

            Was is the winter blues or was it the city? He had felt somewhat strange almost like an empty feeling. The Star looked around him at all of the expensive and nice things that he had got and asked if this was really it and then quickly remembered his books that he had written. The Star had written about aliens, multidimensional and interdimensional beings, and even different states of consciousness and he had finally put his finger on what they all had in common: they were not physical things. Sure the aliens could be grey with big eyes but what if they were interdimensional aliens? The Star had known now what it was that was making him unfulfilled and that it was the absence of the mystery in life: the mystery which pertained to what life was really about.

            He had known that life was not only about physical things and things you could see with your eyes, it was also about things that you couldn’t see with your eyes, the things that you could feel. As time had passed and continued to pass he forgot about truly what made him feel like himself: thinking of life beyond his current physical life.

            The Star speaking now from a mature, adult point of view, decided that he would dedicate time not only to himself, but to the global consciousness at large. What better way to spread joy and love then to share it with somebody else? He had thought of many things like getting into a relationship, but relationships didn’t truly make him happy. The Star decided that the next day he would go to the adoption center and either pick out a dog or cat which he could share his love with.

            When The Star decided to go to sleep for the night, he breathed easy as he knew the next day would bring something new and that that something new would set a ripple effect for the rest of his life.

1.     Strength

In the morning time, The Star got up and did his usual morning routine and was sitting at the breakfast table drinking a cup of tea when he saw on the news that a protest near where he lived in Downtown Los Angeles had broken out and that at least 10 people were dead. He quickly exited out of the news app on his phone and decided that he would play a little bit of his old favorite music.

      There was something different when The Star listened to his favorite music which the news of current events could never do and it was what The Star had an epiphany about just last night. He had forgotten the joys that music brought him in his life and as he turned on some of his old middle and high school favorites, he remembered the memories and feeling associated with such songs.

      The Star took another sip of green tea and continued listening to music as he browsed his favorite websites and decided to check out the pets for adoption near him. A dog or a cat? He had to choose. A dog would be more work to take care of but the dog would be a companion for life. A cat would be easier to care for but it would want to be independent most of the time. He decided to choose a cat as his first pet and sometime in the future if he wanted a dog he would get one as well.

      Many of the cats from the adoption center caught his eye but there was one in particular with a distinct look in its eyes. It was if its eyes were sparkling with stars. The Star didn’t know who the cat was but he knew that if he were able to he would adopt it in an instant. “Cosma”, he read her name and he was instantly in love. The Star finished his tea and breakfast and outside quickly got in his car as he hurried down to the adoption center at a quick yet careful speed. Once he arrived, The Star said, “I’d like to see your cats please.”, as the worker there said, “Of course. What age were you thinking of looking for and do you have any breed you’re interested in?”, as he asked, “There’s one named Cosma I’m really interested.”, as he said, “Oh, her? Really?”, as The Star said, “Yes, is there a problem?”. The worker looked at him funny and said that Cosma was a very problematic cat and that she had been returned at least three times by her previous owners.

      “Really?”, he asked as the worker said, “Yes.”. The Star thought it over and said, “Great. Can I meet her?”, as the worker looked at him funny. “Sure but if she is snippy then it’s all on you.”, as she led the way to Cosma’s rest area. As soon as they got to where Cosma stayed, her hostile body language had turned into a sort of calm. The Star entered the room and she began to purr. “Hi.”, The Star said softly as she didn’t look at him but remained calm and purring. “I’ve never seen this happen before.”, the worker lady said as The Star gave a soft laugh and walked over to Cosma. She continued to look away and purred and when he got near her she looked into his large eyes and blinked softly.

      “I must say. Are you a cat whisperer by any chance?”, the adoption worker asked The Star as he was now petting the small black and white cat. “When do I get to take her home?”, The Star asked the worker as she said he would have to be interviewed and answer questions about his lifestyle and if he was fit to care for a pet. The Star thought it was the most ridiculous thing but decided to respect the adoption center’s rules.

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      About a week later when everything had been worked out regarding the adoption center’s rules and adoption papers, Cosma the small cat was brought home by The Star to his apartment and as soon as she was let out of her carrying cage, she ran under The Star’s bed in his room. “I’m sorry, Cosma.”, he said as she remained quiet underneath the bed not even purring.

      It would not be until two weeks later until Cosma had come around and once she did, she continued to purr as loud as ever and even let The Star pet her. Cosma and The Star would inevitably be life long friends and after a few months had passed in both of their lives, The Star didn’t know what he was thinking to have never owned a pet. He cherished the little cat for the days, weeks, and months to come and after a year of friendship, he truly felt like the cat had helped him to be and find himself and that he had helped the cat to be her true self as well.

5. Destruction

“Four high school kids found murdered. More details to come.”, “15 more protesters murdered this week after protesting in Wall Street.”, “Couple dead in suicide after jumping off building.”.

      Each of the bits of news that the The Star consumed during the week had seemed to get more and graphic. It had rubbed him the wrong way and he knew that something was indeed wrong when a woman had gotten robbed on the street that The Star lived on just 30 minutes after he had arrived home. He had distinctly remembered hearing a woman scream and didn’t think of it but he put two and two together after seeing the news and the date and time and that was when he knew he had to do something.

- Thinking of the multitude of ways to raise awareness, the first step he made was by donating to a variety of different charities. He knew that he would do more but starting off simple was the right way to go. After he had made the donation, he decided to organize a peaceful protest in Downtown Los Angeles and it was called “The Fight For Love”. He used his own funds in order to organize it and he even contacted a group from Los Angeles who would help him gather people.

 After he set up the protest, he posted on all of social media’s as he had a good number of followers and the news began to get out that there would be a peaceful protest. Many critics called it tacky of him as many people were being harmed but many also called it brave and an act of strength in a desperate time. There was as just many supporters as naysayers (possibly even more) which made The Star happy The star that he made the choice to organize a peaceful protest.

-The day the protest finally came, he could see many people on the street down below as they were holding signs and banners as they stood on the sidewalk and simply let the words on their signs speak for themselves.

-By the time The Star made it downstairs, people were starting to get tired of doing nothing but standing there and The Star knew he had to do something about it. He decided to grab one of his spare megaphones and when people finally noticed him with his megaphone, they were relieved.

-“Thank you so much.” a young woman said to The Star as he answered, “Its no problem.” as he smiled and gave the megaphone to her. “Oh no I couldn’t possibly do this.” The woman said to The Star as she gave the megaphone back to him. “I can’t either.” The Star honestly replied as the woman said, “Come on. We know you have the power inside of you to.” as she smiled at him. He thought what she said over and he decided he would speak to the protestors, bystanders, and passers by.

Braving up the courage to speak to the surrounding people, The Star asked to use a small box that he saw lying on the ground. The people after recognizing him set up the box for The Star to stand on. “Hello, everybody…”, The Star said into the microphone but nobody listened. “HELLO EVERYBODY!”, The Star commanded as they all looked at him standing atop the box. “It’s nice to have you all here.”, he said after everybody calmed down. “My name is \_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_ and I’m the one who set this up for today and I’d like to thank each and every one of you for coming. Now then, let’s get to why we’re here. Each and every one of us is standing here today because we believe in truth and justice. We believe that the world and humanity can have a better world for all. We also believe that peace is indeed possible and we will not stop fighting until the world is where it should be.”, he explained to the crowd. The people standing among began to clap as they listened to his words.

            “It’s important that although there is violence and danger, we will not stop fighting for what’s right. So what is the right thing to do? We all come from number of different backgrounds and we all have our own beliefs of what Is right. I’m sure we can agree that the universal right thing to do would be to understand. In listening and understanding other people, we in turn have empathy for other people. If we open up our ears and really try to understand where other people are coming from and not shut them out with the first word someone else says, we will be much better off. This is only one of the various number of lessons that we as humanity and individually have to learn. Nobody is going to get out of this alive and we must know this in order to really get down to the nitty gritty and the truth. What is the truth? People are scared. Fear creates ignorance which in turn breeds hatred. Many people do not want to see other people happy so they use violence in order to keep them down. I can tell you that this will not work anymore. We’re at a turning point, I believe, in humanity where we will either step up in our true power as soldiers of justice, or let evil and hatred to take over. While we’re protesting today I want you all to know that there is someone out there who is hurting and needs a shining light in their lives. If that person is you then we hear your pain, I hear your pain. As a creator who has written a countless number of times about peace, truth, and love, I want you all to know that my ears and my heart are open to listen to you. If this is being recorded and people are watching at home then I want those people to know I’m there for them as well. We will not step down nor will we give up. We will continue fighting the battle until the very end.”

            The Star finished speaking and everybody cheered and clapped for him as many people were crying. The people who were lost in the world who did not know where to turn, now had The Star as a representative of them: a representative of light. The Star decided to give the megaphone to another person that was standing nearby as he got off of the pedestal and held up a sign among the various people. Men and women both hugged The Star as many said, “Thank you.”, and it was as if he could understand and feel what they were going through. He had thought how beautiful these people were and he decided that he would incorporate them into his writing in the future.

            Although The Star had made everybody feel good with his beautiful words, it was seemingly dashed away as a group of police officers had made their way on the scene. “Alright pack it up, kids.”, one police officer said as another began to scream at the people. “LET’S GO!”, he screamed after the people didn’t listen the first time. The Star could see that there were police cars about a street down.

            “Hello officer, I’m \_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_. I’m a published author and this is a protest I’ve organized. Is there a problem?”, The Star asked as the angry police officer asked, “So this is your protest?”, as The Star nodded, “Yes. Is there something wrong?”, as the angry police officer told The Star to turn around and to put his hands behind his back. “Huh?”, The Star asked as the police officer grabbed The Star’s hand and turned him around forcefully. “Hey, you can’t do that! This is perfectly legal!”, a girl that The Star was talking with screamed as the other police officer told her to turn around and that she was being arrested. The Star, now practically being manhandled by the angry police officer tried to calm the situation down but it was only escalating from there.

            A few moments later about five more police officers came on the scene and began to spray pepper spray at the protestors as people began to run away. The Star and the girl that was being arrested were forced against the side of a building as there were too many people to get through. “This is ridiculous, officers. Please let us go. I know and you know this is perfectly legal.”, The Star said but the officers wouldn’t listen. After the situation began to clear somewhat, the officers said for them to walk with them in a violent manner. “We will use excessive force, if need be. I think you know that now, right bud?”, the angry officer asked as The Star said, “Yes, okay.”. The Star and the girl that were being arrested were put into the back of the police car as people watched the injustice that was going on right in front of their various eyes. Another girl that was waiting on the sidewalk was crying as she asked The Star and the girl if they were alright.

            “I am. It’s not like we can do anything about this. We can only wait.”, The Star said as the woman cried more and after the car was turned on, the officers rolled the windows up and told them to shut up. They drove the entire way to the police station and once they got there, they were put into a holding cell until further notice. It was not until that the group of protestors had finally organized again and combined funds to bail The Star and the girl out that they were late out late that night. A nice couple offered both The Star and the girl a free ride home as they both accepted and once The Star finally got home, he greeted Cosma and said sorry he hadn’t gotten home in time. Cosma looked at him with soft eyes and began to purr and he was glad that he had someone in his life who could be there for him in times of trouble.

1.     Physical

“Local man goes viral after organizing and speaking at a protest he organized. More details below.”, The Star read on his phone as he woke up early in the morning for some odd reason. He saw that all over social media his inspirational video was making waves. Instantly, he picked up and called his assistant’s number.

            “Hello?”, he asked into the phone impatiently as the assistant said, “Hey.”, as she gave a laugh. “Did you see this? I’m all over the news!”, The Star asked as the assistant said, “Uh yeah who hasn’t.”, as she gave another laugh. “Um, what’s going on? You sound down and out?”, he asked as she said, “Celebrating. You’re a star, kid.”, as The Star hung up. He immediately went to the number of his assistant on his phone and blocked her. The Star then messaged a few of his connections and asked if they knew an assistant that was looking for a job that was not unprofessional. The Star then went back to social media as he saw that he was trending faster and faster.

            He read various comments about him, comments that both loved and hated him. The Star was happy that he was finally getting the recognition he deserves and as he became bigger and bigger, people began to discover the books that he had created. Many people wondered in awe what The Star had written about in the many books he had published himself and they were glad that he had put in hard work and was not someone wanting to hop on the fame train without a cause.

            Throughout the day as people uncovered who The Star was, he saw that many people had bought every single book he had published so far and praised him left and right. He saw comments saying that he was a revolutionary and an entrepreneur. Many were in awe that a man so young had already accomplished so much by himself. The Star also watched as his social media following grew and grew.

            By the end of the day, he saw as many of his friends emailed him about his presence blowing up and also gave some recommendations about assistants that he could hire. Before he went to sleep, he said whoever was watching over him out there in the stars and skies that he was thankful and grateful that he was given an opportunity like this to shine.

            During the night, The Star had encountered a series of strange dreams which were the complete opposite of what he saw during the day. In one of the dreams, he was walking the streets of Los Angeles as they were almost completely desolate. It was as if he was the only person left on Earth but as he kept walking, he had encountered a crowd of people holding weapons and surrounding something. As he made it to the scene, he looked through what the crowd of people were looking at and saw his bloodied, mangled body resting on the sidewalk.

            The Star awoke in a flash as he was scared of his mind and had no idea why he had just dreamed about something so horrific. He made for the kitchen and drank a cup of water and milk and decided to sit down. He saw that the time as 6:00 AM and was completely exhausted and looked outside as the streets below were filled with cars. “Strange…”, he thought to himself as he drank more of his milk. Although he only slept for a while, he did not want to go back to sleep as he was horrified of the dream he had had. The Star decided to open his laptop and continued to get notifications of people talking about him and that’s when he closed the laptop and put all of his devices on silent.

            As The Star sat in silent, he looked at the darkness of his living room and saw that Cosma was resting peacefully on the couch. He decided that he would take a few moments for silence in order to get his head together as he was feeling somewhat strange after receiving all the attention. The Star went silent and closed his eyes as he decided to feel with his body and heart what was going on.

            In a somewhat dream-like state, The Star began to straddle the line between reality and dream-world and as he was taken back to the image of his bloody body, he was given more context about the dream. Not wanting to look at his body, he instead looked at the people surrounding him. They were all saddened, furious, even angry as they looked down at his dead body. He listened to what they had to say and it had made more sense.

            “Those bastards. Those pieces of trash. Killing an innocent soul like this. They’re going to pay for this.”, a woman said as another man held up one of The Star’s books that did not look familiar to The Star. “It’s just what The Star said, we need to have love and compassion in our hearts and vibrate with our hearts. Screw everything else.”, the man said as he wiped tears away. “We can’t just not do anything. The public is obviously going to be told something else but we know the truth.”, another person said which The Star did not see who. “Hey, you guys. I’m right here!”, The Star called out as the people ignored him. They continued to wipe tears and cried in silence. “So what are we going to do?”, a man asked as the group thought over what they were going to do about the horrible crime. “There’s only one thing to do.”, a woman said as she cocked the gun that she was holding. “Let’s go.”, she said as the people stood up and decided to follow her. “I’m right here guys! WAIT!”, The Star screamed as everything had gone white and then black again.

            The Star awoke in his living room to find that his cat, Cosma, was looking straight at him with wide eyes. “Hey baby.”, he said as he tried to pet her but she looked like she was almost in shock. “What’s wrong?”, he asked as she only looked at him and quickly blinked. “Why are you acting all weird?”, he asked as he heard the knock of someone at his door. He made his way to the door and saw that it was his assistant that he un-officially fired and she was holding a bottle of wine as she looked completely gone.

            “Who the hell do you think you are? I made you a star and this is how you repay me?”, she mumbled as she stumbled into his place. “Get the hell out of my house.”, The Star said as he blocked her way inside. “Assault! He assaulted me! Lock his ass up.”, she said as she began to scream that he was a criminal. “Shut up and get out of my house. I’m going to call the police.”, The Star said as he made his way to get his phone. The assistant stumbled into his kitchen where she broke a number of glass plates and silverware. “Hello. This is \_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_ and I’d like to report a crime. My past assistant that I just fired showed up at my house and is now breaking things in my kitchen. Can you please send an officer?”, The Star asked as the operator said, “Okay.”, as she put him on hold. “Freaking really?”, The Star asked as he made his way back into the kitchen.

            “WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING? GO AWAY!”, The Star screamed as the assistant had knocked a very expensive sculpture down that was now shattered at the assistant’s feet. She gave one look at him and flipped him off as The Star said, “You’re done. You’re going to jail.”, as the assistant did not seem to care. Since the police were obviously not coming to the apartment, The Star decided to press the emergency button in his condo which would signal the body guards to come to the condo immediately. As he pressed it a loud alarm went off and it was not long until a large bodyguard came and saw what the matter was.

            “She’s not allowed to be in here. I recently fired her and she pushed her way into my property.”, The Star said as the bodyguard saw the mess. There was no way to get over to the assistant without stepping on pieces of glass sculpture and the bodyguard told The Star he had to wait. About 30 minutes later the police finally arrived and had settled everything out with The Star. “Thank you so much, officers.”, The Star said as the officers said she would be going to jail. The Star knew that he would have to deal with her in court and he would do anything so that she could leave him alone and never bother him again.

            Later that day in the afternoon after everything had gotten cleaned up, The Star decided to make a meal and decided to watch his favorite shows, something he hadn’t done in a bit. He remembered and loved everything that he put on to watch and as Cosma sat peacefully in the living room with him, The Star remembered that Cosma was staring at him while he was dreaming. “Tell me baby. Why did you stare at me this morning?”, The Star asked as he pet and gave her a few treats. “I wish I could know what goes on inside that kitty brain of yours.”, The Star said as Cosma purred continuously. He checked in once again and saw that his star was still shining bright and even getting bigger. The Star saw that people were calling on him to follow up with his speaking and he knew that he would have to do something in order to keep his name out there. He racked his brains and thought of various different things of what to do and he had came up with the perfect idea.

“The power of one single individual can change the world” – Garrett Ochoa

2.     Consciousness

“Alright everybody thank you for coming today. I’d like to first start off with an informative message. The topics today that I’ll be discussing may be a little out of this world for you and if you find that any of these topics upset you then you are free to leave. Now then let’s begin.”, The Star began as he spoke out to a large audience in an auditorium.

            “It is in my belief that we each live a spiritual existence as well as a physical one. As spiritual beings, we are all connected in more ways than one. What I mean by this is that we may be miles apart in our physical bodies in the physical world but in the spiritual world, we may be in the metaphorical house down the street from each other. It is also in my belief in the spiritual world that we each live in houses and we are all neighbors with each other. So who lives in our houses in the spiritual world? Our families that have passed on or will be coming to this Earth, our soul family that share the same blueprint, and spirit guides like pets or other beings of light. They are all there watching the decisions that we make and guiding us on our journey to become better people and learn the lessons.

            So as we establish that we are all infinite beings who can never die, let’s get into what the Universe really is. The stars, the planets, the comets, I believe these are all living beings and that the stars hold the secrets. Why is it all black in space but there are these huge objects which are light and birth and die? They could easily be spotlights which are shining upon us of our family who are back home and waiting and watching. There’s a common belief that our lives are movies or books. There are different chapters, scenes, and a beginning, middle, and end. In order to film a movie you need, what? Spotlights.

            The thing about stars is they could easily be these metaphorical neighborhoods that we come from and go back to when we’re done here. The stars are where our soul families and the other things I mentioned reside. I know I’m jumping to all different types of topics but bare with me. Let’s talk about the Earth now.

            So, we can assume that the Earth was created from rock and gases and all of that by examining the rock make up of the planet itself. This is the physical side as we know. But what if there was an underlying spiritual component to truly understanding the Earth? Let’s just say there is a force that is guiding us all: a Universal force. This force wants us to grow, learn lessons, and to truly evolve into higher beings of consciousness both as humans and spiritual beings. Many attribute this to God but let’s just say it’s a spiritual force.

            Now if we add a spiritual force to the equation which is inherently good, we can see the Earth as a type of classroom. As humans, we grow through many life phases and cycles, people come in and out of our lives, but what is all this for? If we remember that we’re spiritual beings, we can see that the people that we meet along the way help us in both good and bad ways to become better versions of ourselves. These people are teachers as well as we are teachers as well. If two people can be teachers to each other, think about 8 billion people.

            There are 8 billion people on the Earth that the force of the Universe is using in order to help all of us together to grow. Where there are large groups of people, the large group can make many mistakes. Many people can also get lost down here on their journey. These lost souls do not know why this is and instead think this is all one huge accident that came together just out of the blue. These lost souls can turn from their spiritual existence to one of a physical existence. Money, and the love of it is what corrupts many of these lost souls. I’m going to tell you this, the people who know that there is more to life than just the world hold the true power, more than the so-called power holders ever will.

 The Law of Conservation states that energy can neither be created or destroyed. With this simple scientific law, we can apply it to our Universe at hand. Energy in a closed system remains constant. Does this make everything in the Universe energy? I strongly believe that as spiritual beings we are also energy which would mean that we cannot be destroyed.

Let’s talk about humanity and people. As humans, we make up many different cultural make ups and heritages. Where do all these cultures and races come from? If the Earth was made from rock and gases, there would be no such thing as any races or even humans. This is where different spiritual races come into play. I believe that the races and cultures that make up the planet are different types of beings from different places in the Universe. You could essentially say that we are all aliens, here on Earth in order to learn and grow like the Universal force wants to. This may seem far-fetched, but how did living beings come to be on this planet? There are many different beliefs and I’m not saying mine is correct, it just makes the most sense for me. I know a lot of people will turn their backs on me and that’s okay. What truly matters is the people that this message is getting to because if it is and it resonates with you and your inner being, then I’ve done my job here.

            Where does the concept of good and evil come from? Well, the Universal force is inherently good, correct? The Universal force wants us all to learn and grow as I’ve stated before, so where does the evil come in. The evil, I believe, are those who wish to corrupt the soul and to stay in a period of stagnation. This is where evil comes from. It is corrupting one of the Universal’s force’s children (which are all of us) so that we can’t leave the planet and move on. These lost souls that I’ve been talking about, they are the true evil that is described in the whole concept of good and evil. I believe once we all acknowledge the spiritual world and accomplish what we set to accomplish here, that is when we can move on.

            To close out this talk, let us say that the force of the Universe is what people are talking about when they are talking about God, if we go one step further and say that the Universe is God, then that would make all of us and everything inside of Universe, God. This could be why it is said that “God” is inside of us as and we all are of “God”. Thank you.”

            The Star said as he finished speaking to the public. They were all looking at him at a loss for words and then began a standing ovation. “Thank you, thank you.”, The Star said as they continued to applause him. The people at home and watching him speak were both equally stunned and this event was the first they had the chance to see who The Star really was. He left a good impression on most people even if many people thought he was a little strange with his elaborate, grandeur topics about the Universe. It was safe to say that The Star had made a nice first impression as an educated, spiritual speaker.

3.     Infinity

“Hey, are you sure you want to speak today?”, The Star’s new assistant asked him as they were on their way to another speaking event of his, this time in Burbank, California, in the evening. “Yes, of course.”, The Star answered as his assistant replied, “It’s about to thunder and rain and the event is outside. They may go ahead and cancel it.”, the assisted notified him but The Star replied, “We’re not calling it off. I made a promise to the public and my fans and I’m sticking to it.”, he said as the assistant answered, “Okay.”, and messaged the event promoter that The Star was still going to speak. “I’ve got a book to promote as well. I mean today is its release date.”, The Star continued as the assistant said, “You could very easily promote it on social media but I’ll respect your decisions.”, as The Star answered, “Thank you.”.

      When they had arrived at the outside event, the winds of the weather began to pick up but The Star insisted that he was going to speak. They went backstage and The Star began to prepare what he had to say. “So we’ll start off talking about the book and then we’ll delve into the themes.”, The Star explained as the assistant okay’d him. After preparing, the stadium began to fill as the weather began to get more intense. “10 minutes till showtime.”, one of the workers at the event said as The Star prepared his notes and topics he would go over.

      The Star finally walked to the stage after 10 minutes and was greeted by a roar of applause as it began to rain lightly. He walked to the podium and wanted to get to the speaking as soon as possible.

      “Welcome everybody. Thank you for coming out here, I’m glad you all could safely make it. As you know, I just released a book called Joy and today I’m going to talk about the book and then we’re going to go further into its themes and the spiritual aspects of it. To begin, let’s-“, The Star began to speak but as people noticed that the rain began to get harder and harder and there was now visible lightning in the distance and the sounds of thunder, people began to exit the stadium. It wasn’t until the event promoter came out and took over the microphone as he said he had to cancel it. The public asked, “What? Really?”, in an annoyed tone as the event promoter told them to seek shelter immediately because the thunder and lightning were coming in fast. They had no choice but to leave and as the promoter tried to bring The Star back stage, The Star refused as he wanted to continue speaking.

      “You need to come to the back. It’s not safe out here.”, the promoter said as he tried to pull The Star as The Star answered, “Don’t touch me.”, as he pulled away. Once the event had cleared and it was only The Star and the promoter on stage, the promoter finally gave up and decided to leave The Star on stage.

      As the people left in cars and vehicles and The Star remained on stage, they could see that lightning was attacking the event but something odd was happening. It was as if The Star was immune to the lightning strikes and as news broke out about the strange occurrence, the people of the world began to theorize why he was not being struck dead. A few minutes after this, the skies then began to clear up and that’s when the people could make out a very clear meteor shower flying across the sky. The Star watched the sky in amazement as the meteors flew across the sky and finally his assistant had enough and brought him to the back whether he liked it or not.

      “Are you insane?”, the assistant asked as The Star answered, “There was a meteor shower. And no I most definitely am not stupid.”, he said as she showed him statistics of how easy it is to get struck by lightning when you’re practically surrounded by it. “I’m protected.”, The Star said but the assistant still didn’t believe him. Although this was a small bit of disbelief, it would set a chain reaction for the remainder of The Star’s time in the spotlight.

4.     Cyclical

“I mean it’s got to be mental illness. What sane person would talk about aliens like they’re our everyday friends. He needs to seek help.”, a commentator on a talk show said as they were talking about The Star. “You know as a spiritualist and a psychic myself, I believe he is making perfectly valid points in his books and his speeches. I mean he’s giving a lot of people hope and if we can raise the vibrations of the people on this planet with his books and his beliefs then so be it.”, a psychic guest on the talk show also said. “Well the thing is, there are very clear boundaries when it comes to beliefs. There is a fine line between fairy tales and reality is what I’m getting at.”, the commentator further said as the psychic replied, “He makes the point but he says they are both intertwined. Nothing is really divided because we are all of the same spiritual essence.”, which the commentator and the studio audience of the talk show thought was crazy. “I mean he’s amassed a fortune over telling people about fairy tales. Kudos to him.”, the commentator said as The Star turned his TV off.

“Idiots.”, The Star said as he decided to put some music on to cleanse his mind of what he just saw on TV. After The Star had spent a few months off creating stories and preparing his next few public events, he decided to turn on the TV one day (which he rarely ever did) in order to see what was going on with the public. It had been a few months since he had contact with the outside world and what contact he did have was through the internet. He had finally reached a point where he was coming out of creative mode and he was not happy to see that the public were talking about him in such a way. Is that what the public really thinks about me? He asked himself as he went on his social medias and saw what people were saying about him.

      The comments were a mix of positive and negative still but it seemed like the negative far outnumbered the positive. The Star thought this was strange as his whole message was that love is the highest power of all and that if people didn’t like him they were free to just ignore him. Although this is what he spread, he knew the public all too well. As The Star read these comments, he noticed many of the people that viewed him negatively would only write comments about him. “Do these people do anything other than sit on their computers and spread disgusting messages?”, The Star asked himself as he decided to just turn it all off.

            Just then, his phone rang and it turned out to be his assistant. “Did you see this article? \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_ : A Fraud? They’re making it seem like you’re making up everything that you say and that it’s all a lie.”, The Star’s assistant told him as he instantly searched up the article. “I’m reading it right now.”, he said to his assistant as he read through it. The Star laughed out at loud at many of the parts of the article and in some of the sentences he went, “Wow. They really are grasping at straws.”, as The Star’s assistant asked if he would like to take legal action. “Honestly is it even worth it? They’re trying to make it seem like the public hates me but I really don’t believe it.”, The Star told his assistant as she asked if he was okay. “Yes, of course I am. You don’t believe those things they’re saying, right?”, The Star asked suspiciously as his assistant answered, “Of course not. All of these hits on you seem really out of the blue.”, as The Star agreed. “Anyways, I gotta go I’m really busy right now.”, The Star also said as his assistant said she needed some books to edit. “They’re on their way.”, he assured her as they exchanged their goodbyes and hung up the phone.

            As The Star checked his email, he noticed a letter from a charity organization which said, “Dear \_\_\_\_\_, Charity’s Story”, and as he read it he began to tear up. The letter talked about a young girl who was currently dying from brain cancer and that listening to The Star’s audiobooks had helped her to find the magic in life again after being diagnosed with the horrible disease. Charity had wanted to meet The Star before she died to say thank you for being himself and creating such creative stories. As soon The Star finished the letter he immediately sent it to his assistant and said that he wanted to meet her.

            The very next day, The Star and his assistant made their way to the hospital nearest The Star’s condo in downtown Los Angeles as they made their way into the hospital and finally into the room Charity was in, they saw that Charity had broken down in tears of happiness. “\_\_\_\_! I’m so glad you’re here!”, she screamed with joy as she gave The Star and his assistant a hug. “I decided to stop by and meet you. Your Mom helped organize all of this.”, The Star said sweetly as Charity said, “Thank you, Mom! I love you so much.” as Charity’s Mother told The Star that she was a super fan. “Really?”, he asked as Charity pulled out a book bag that was filled with every single book The Star had released so far. “Wow, I’m shocked!”, The Star exclaimed a Charity asked if he could sign them. “Of course. Do you guys have a pen?”, The Star asked as Charity’s Mother gave him a pen. “Alright. Dear Charity…You’re a shining star.”, The Star wrote in the first book as Charity laughed. “I love every single book you’ve released. You really are a great writer.”, she said as The Star thanked her again.

            After The Star signed every book, he and Charity took pictures together and then had to say their goodbyes. “Never stop being yourself.”, Charity told The Star which both shocked and warmed his heart. He gave Charity a hug as they said their goodbyes and in the car The Star broke down crying. “Wow, it’s hard to believe that I’ve touched someone’s soul like that.”, he said as assistant said, “You’re doing the right thing. As The Star went on his phone and checked his social media, he shuttered after seeing the latest news: his books were now banned from elementary schools and high schools nationwide.

5.     Why Am I Even Writing This?

It’s not easy being a public figure. When you put yourself out to the world, you give the people of the world full rights to critique, praise, basically whatever it is they want to do to your image. Now there are boundaries but most people are not going to get in legal trouble for criticizing or even spreading hate.

Before I wrote my books I knew that one day I would be huge popularity-wise. Whether that popularity is good or bad remains to be foreseen, but what I do know is that through my experiences as a public figure, I can comfortably say that the world is simply an illusion and everything in it. The only thing I know that is real is the power and force of love and the fact that there are other souls incarnating this plane.

      Now then, I’d like to address some things to the public which I really shouldn’t but I feel it’s my duty to. To the ones who are jealous or spreading negativity about my success, I’d like to let you know that you don’t affect me nor will you ever affect me. You see, I know there is more to life than just the physical world and the evil. There is a world beyond this all that I know I am going to.

      You can tear me apart both literally and figuratively, but you will never harm who I truly am: my soul. I’d like to say I will no longer be addressing the negativity and hatred because it is only feeding it and instead I’m going to let it wallow in itself because I know that it will lose in the end and I will win.

To move on to a further note, I’d like to let the public know I am doing well and that there is so much love around me. My cat, Cosma, and I are living a peaceful life filled with love and blessings. I thank each of the fans and the people that truly love me from the bottom of my heart and my very soul that you are continuously supporting the things that I do. The love that we share and hold in our hearts is unstoppable. I continue to be a beacon of light for the people filled with love and also the people that need that love. This is for you.

As I continue in my career and as we continue as humanity, things may get chaotic and it may be overwhelming and you know what, that’s okay. As warriors and soldiers of justice, nothing will stand in our way; we are an army of lights after all. I hope everybody spends their holidays with peace, joy, and happiness and I will be releasing my next book very soon. Thank you and I love you.

Sincerely,

The Star.

6.     Pillars

In the high cliffside of Malibu, California in a small but luxurious house, The Star and his cat, Cosma, awoke for the day. He opened the large patio which overlooked the beautiful, blue Pacific Ocean and said, “Thank you.”, after he sat outside with his cup of green tea. Cosma was eating a few treats that The Star had put out and purring as she always did.

            The Star, watched the sunrise and peacefully sat as he decided today he would work on a new story entitled, “Paradise”. The story would be set in Iceland and it would be about a boy and a girl who would find peace within themselves in order to spread love to the world. He had a very basic plot sorted out and he only had to draft an outline and write the book. As he was about to work on creating for the day, he got a phone number from someone in the entertainment industry.

            “Hey \_\_\_\_\_\_, how’s it going?”, the stranger asked as The Star asked who it was. “I’m a club promoter here in Downtown Los Angeles. I’d like to invite you tonight to come party with us and dance and have a good time. There are going to be A-list celebrities there ranging from musicians to actors and we’d love to have you there.”, the club promoter explained as The Star rolled his eyes and knew exactly what the promoter was getting at. “No thank you . I don’t drink nor do I party.”, The Star said as he hung up.

            The Star was somewhat annoyed as every call he would get would go directly to him. In the last couple of months, he fired his assistant after she was caught leaking details about him to gossip sites and The Star felt like he could really only trust himself. Everything that he did from then on would have to be by his own doing. One thing that was easy was the act of releasing books as he was not tied down to any publishing house or contract so he only had to set the books by himself which he had done in the beginning of his career.

            Although he wasn’t going to tell the public, he was working on Paradise as well as another book that he was going to release that evening. It was all done and ready to go so when the time came he would only have to publish it himself. The book, entitled “The World”, was a somewhat disturbing book detailing the chaotic times that The Star and the world were living in and at the end of the book, he put a letter that would be for the world detailing the hatred and negativity as well as the love that The Star received so far. He read it one more time and decided that it was set to publish along with the book.

            For the rest of the day, The Star had spent it in quiet as he began to formulate further ideas for the Paradise and around 11 o’ clock that night, he went to the website that he published his books and pressed send. What The Star didn’t know is that pressing publish on this shocking book would change the destiny of his career.

“Light cannot exist without darkness.” – Garrett Ochoa

7.     The Way Life Is

“Trash. Filth”, The Star read to himself as he saw comments people were saying on social media about his new book. He was reading their comments and saw many people had been posting reviews and their own two cents about his book that he had just put out. Among these comments were also vulgar comments attacking The Star’s character and calling him every name in the book. These disgusting comments The Star instantly scrolled past.

            Although there were disgusting, hateful comments about The Star and his book there were also comments which praised The Star’s bravery for writing about what he felt like writing about and they praised him for sticking by his art. After a few hours, he could see that people were posting reviews on the website he published his books and many reviews were mixed as to what to think about the polarizing book. Many said they’d love to have a coffee date with The Star in order to discuss the topics The Star discussed which The Star thought was creative. As much as there were mixed reviews, there were also negative reviews which didn’t contribute to any discussion about the book and only criticized The Star as a person. He made to report as much of these reviews and then decided to tune everything out completely.

            Even though he had just released a new book, The Star decided to turn all of his devices he used to get to the outside world and instead went out of his front door and walked down to the sandy beach. Once he got there, he listened to the ocean waves swaying back and forth and remembered how beautiful the ocean was. He completely cleared his mind and listened as the breeze of the ocean made a sweet song in his ears. The Star was so overwhelmed and caught up with the wrong things that he forgot what the joy in life was. He forgot that nature was one of the few things that brought him true happiness and so he stayed outside for a few hours until he got tired and hungry.

            The Star returned to his house and made a light lunch as he decided to play some beautiful music which would get him back in tune with himself. He decided to whip up a turkey sandwich and a bowl of soup and as he waited for the soup to cook after preparing the sandwich, he decided to see what people were saying on social media.

            When he looked at social media, The Star was actually shocked to see that the comments people were saying had begun to get more vulgar and more threatening. He watched as many people even threatened his life and used the book in order to justify their negative comments. As he saw that many people were sticking up for him on social media after people were just being disgusting, he was appreciative and grateful that he had just as much people that loved him than hated him. He put his phone down before he would get too caught up and simply enjoyed himself to his sandwich, soup, and nice music. For the rest of the day he decided to keep it low key.

            For the rest of the weekend, The Star had a nice weekend at home and just kept to himself and on Monday he had realized that he needed milk from the store. Usually he would get his assistants to get him groceries or have them delivered but he decided to go undercover to the grocery store which was close by to where he lived. The Star called for a car to take him and once he had arrived in a hat and normal, everyday clothes, he entered the grocery store and went to the milk aisle knowing that he only had to pick up milk. All of a sudden, he saw many people at the front of the store by the doors making a huge commotion and heard pictures being taken as he snuck by and saw what they were talking about.

            “He came in the store! \_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_ is here!”, a female photographer screamed as she took pictures and was being escorted out by security. “Wait! I’ve gotta get pictures of the kid”, she further said, without any dignity. The workers and the security were trying to get out and that was when The Star looked back and saw people looking at him down one of the aisles with their hands crossed. “Hi.”, The Star said as the people began to speak.

            “You’re a liar, you know that? You never spoke for us, \_\_\_\_\_. You’re up living in your fancy Malibu home while people are starving. Your books are garbage and amateur and you were never a beacon of light for any of us. You should be ashamed that you pedaled the belief of a higher power into your books in order to amass a fortune.”, an older man criticized The Star in front of him. The Star, not caring what the man had to say, ignored him as the older man said, “Hey, I’m talking to you, bud! I’ll fight you right here and now.”, which The Star thought was ridiculous but knew the old man was not joking.

            Luckily, one of the store workers had seen The Star and went by him and told the man that he would have to leave the store. “I’ll leave when that kid stops coming around. I don’t trust him and I never did. He’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing.”, the older man argued with the store workers as one of them said he would have to take personal matters outside. The Star decided to get out of this situation as fast as he could so he went up to the self check out to check out as quickly as possible and made sure to call a car to pick him up so he wouldn’t have to wait.

            When The Star went outside, he saw that a swarm of angry people and protestors were outside the store, almost like an angry mob. “Ban \_\_\_\_\_’s books! Ban him from the country! Get him out of here!”, they screamed as The Star looked at them with a, “Really?”, expression. He knew that whatever he would say that they wouldn’t listen so he decided to continue on as his car drove up. “Boycott him! Burn his books!”, the crowd screamed as The Star in the car that picked him up drove off.

            Once The Star arrived back at home, he closed and locked his house up in case there were any intruders and went into the living room with Cosma. “People have lost their minds, Cosma. They’ve lost their way.”, The Star told his cat, Cosma, as he turned on a movie for them both to watch. The cat purred endlessly as she was content that she was with her owner.

            The next day, The Star went on his books to see that reviews had now gotten nastier and nastier and the comments were just disgusting on social media. After he had seen all of this, he had received a phone call from a strange number. “Hello?”, The Star answered as a somewhat deep, raspy voice spoke into the phone. “Yo \_\_\_\_\_, how does it go? The boy is torn apart in the end? How does that one book of yours go?”, the voice asked as The Star was confused. “Oh yeah, his body is torn limb from limb. You know, bud, I remember that book. Way before you got famous, those were good times. No one had to listen to your crazy mumbo jumbo about aliens and crap. Those were the days weren’t they.”, the voice continued to speak as The Star asked, “Who are you?”. “You don’t need to know that. You know you should watch your back in the streets of L.A. The people aren’t taking too kindly about what you’ve written about their city.”, the voice said as The Star answered, “This Earth is going to be destroyed in the end and every city will be completely demolished. There’s nothing you can do because you’ll be dead.”, as the voice answered, “You know what, kid. I’ve had it. You think you can run around in this industry running your mouth. You’re done. How does two bullets in your skull sound?”, the voice asked as The Star hung up the phone, frightened out of his mind.

            The Star immediately called 911 on his phone and found that he had to wait at least 30 minutes until a call agent picked up the phone. “If it’s an unknown number we can’t help you”, a person on the other line said as The Star hung his phone up and screamed, “Why is nobody helping me?!”, as he stormed out of his house. He had finally had enough and did not felt safe anymore in his house so he decided he would go and rent a hotel somewhere in downtown Los Angeles to get his mind off of things.

8.     End

“It’s all a dream. Just a dream. Stop it dream.”, The Star said as he awoke in a fancy penthouse hotel suite in a fancy hotel in Downtown Los Angeles. He was overwhelmed with all things stardom and even though he wanted it all to be a dream, he picked up his found and found that the books he had released in his entire were all getting negative reviews. The Star put his phone down and he had finally had enough. That was when he made up a plan which would help them to stop being so overwhelmed.

      The Star decided that for the day, he would go driving around town without any technology and he would only use his eyes to see the various sights that he hadn’t seen in so long. Although he wouldn’t go in anywhere, just driving around and by these places would be enough.

      He finally called a car after getting up, brushing his teeth and getting dressed but he found that no car would answer his phone calls. “What the heck?”, he asked as he found that his phone had died completely. “Oh my God are you kidding me?”, he asked as his phone would not turn on at all. All of a sudden, he heard a loud bank on his hotel door and when he opened it, it was a very angry hotel manager and two police officers.

      “Yes?”, The Star asked them as they said, “Get the hell out of here or you will be arrested! Your card is no good!”, they screamed as they infiltrated the room he was staying in and escorted him out whether he wanted to or not. “This is completely illegal but okay.”, The Star said as the police officers were practically carrying him out and dumped him on the sidewalk right outside. The two police officers told him to get lost and that was when people around noticed it was The Star.

      As The Star being outside on the streets became a huge public spectacle, The Star found that he was losing control and his fast. “Oh my God, please stop.”, The Star screamed as he was practically pushing his way through. “Sign my autograph!”, many people asked, only wanting it to resell to others at an astronomical price, as The Star pushed their hands away. Trying to get through the crowd, The Star’s clothing became ripped and torn as The Star gave out a loud scream from inside his soul.

      The people surrounding The Star stopped as The Star began to basically punch them away and that was when people were angry and now screaming as well. “He just punched me!”, many people screamed as the same two police officers came by and put handcuffs on The Star. “They’re crowding me and assaulting me!”, The Star screamed as the officers simply laughed in his face. “Why won’t anybody listen to me?!”, The Star screamed as he struggled and the police officers began to push him to the ground. “Get the hell down, now!”, they screamed in a violent manner as The Star was laying on top of the hard concrete as tears filled his eyes. “Stop it! Please just stop it…”, The Star said, having very little strength left in him. It wasn’t until the police officers took the handcuffs off of him and told him to get out of their sights when The Star finally felt justice was being served.

      “Thank you!”, he said as he ran off as the people chased him. As The Star, he tried to scope out many places he could hide from all of the people and he came across a two story electronics store. “Perfect!”, he said as he looked back to see people chasing him from behind. He made it inside and as many people glared at him inside the store, The Star did not care anymore as he was safe inside an establishment away from the psychotic people.

      As he tried to calm down and go over everything that had just happened, he noticed a large collection of records that they were selling and decided to go check them out. He saw some of his favorite albums and went to go check them out to get his mind off of all of the chaos. While he looked at them, he felt that his breathing and pulse were slowly going back to normal and so he decided to buy an old-fashioned CD as they were very cheap and he wanted something that had recently become vintage.

      The Star asked one of the workers if they had a certain CD pack and they replied, “Yes. Just go up the escalator. It’ll be where the small collection of CDs are.”, a female worker said kindly as she recognized The Star. “Hey, I love your books.”, she told him as he gave her a weird look like he was completely lost and quickly made his way up to where the CDs are.

      As The Star ascended up the elevator he had found the CDs a short bit after and looked through each of the stacks to find the specific CD he was looking for. He looked and looked but it was nowhere to be found. The Star was just about to say, “Really?”, when something more frightening caught his attention. “Get down!”, a man’s voice screamed from the downstairs level and as The Star made full on eye contact with a deranged looking man carrying a gun, The Star quickly dodged as the man shot a few bullets at The Star.

      “Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God.”, The Star kept on repeating as he heard the man call out to him. “Hey, wait a minute it’s that author! Looks like I’m going to have a very fun day!”, he said as he ascended the elevator and made for The Star. In a strange turn of events, an older man who was carrying a gun called The Star over to where he was behind a shelf which held movies and told The Star that he could use it. At a complete loss of words and feeling very strange, The Star unexplainedly took it and made to look at where the man with the gun was.

      After looking for a while but not finding The Star, the man began to shoot innocent men and women as he asked where that damn author was. “I want to go to prison for murdering such a creative person!”, the obviously deranged man called out as he continued to shoot people. “Enough!”, The Star said as he revealed himself. The man with the gun made to ask The Star a few questions before he murdered him but it was too late for the man as The Star pulled the trigger on the man and instantly knocked him dead.

      “I…did it!”, The Star screamed. “Everybody I killed him! The shooter is dead!”, The Star screamed as he made his way around the corner of the upstairs level and descended the stairs. As he made his way downstairs and across the downstairs level to the doors, he made his way outside and came face to face with what looked like an Artificial Intelligence artillery machine. “I did it!”, The Star screamed victoriously and not even a second later, he was impaled more than 50 times with bullets from the Artificial Intelligence machine.

      “W-why?...”, The Star asked as a tear fell from his eyes as he looked up at the skies while he was lying on the ground, dying. He could then make out many armed men surrounding himself as his vision went completely blank.

“Good job.” a being of light said to The Star, now in his full form as an angel. Light surrounded both him and the being. “H-huh?”, The Star asked as the being of light answered, “That’s all. You may rest now.”, as The Star was confused but decided not to ask any further questions. The Star watched as he was now being carried away from the Earth by this being of light and he knew then that he was never going back.

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