A 16 Year Old's Dream Chapter 2

## Story

Her eyes snapped open. She could taste the bean soup burps from the night before.

"Girls shouldn't do that. We have to look pretty," Maya chastised herself.

Just moments ago, her exhaustion had given her a singular desire to embrace her bed, but now she felt completely refreshed. She had already forgotten her dream about the man in the ocean. "It's already so late at night." She thought she had only dozed off for a moment, but quite some time had already passed by. She didn't even get to enjoy herself today.

A corner of her room lit up brightly. Was it moonlight coming in through her window? She looked over at the window. The curtains were still closed. She lay still in her bed taking in the feel of her blankets, only her head bobbing up and down. All of a sudden, the sound of someone murmuring could be heard in her room!

"My arm, it hurts so much," the voice sounded as if it were crying.

"All right, all right. Don't cry," said another voice.

"Let's hurry up and go. We'll find someone who can fix you once we get there," urged on yet a third voice.

All of a sudden, the attic door opened with a bang. The light became brighter. Maya snuck a peek. What in the world? Maya's dolls had come to life! The three dolls retreated back into the attic.

Cry Baby's arm hung at a weird angle. "I should straighten that out." Maya got up and opened the attic door.

Bright light floods out of the attic. It was so bright, she kept her eyes closed. While her eyes were closed, the dolls disappeared. The attic was no longer the same space where she used to look at old photographs. Large stairs now took up that space. A giant moon could be seen above. Its round shape was quite beautiful! There was a door right beneath the moon.

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The moonlight spilled out and became like dust on the ground as it swirled about. The moon dust tickled her bare feet. It felt soft and warm.

Maya began climbing the stairs. No matter how high she climbed, the stairs seemed to continue on forever. Maya begins talking to herself, scared of being alone.

"My legs are going to get pretty buff at this rate."

Her voice echoed. There was no answer. She started to worry. Thankfully, the door got bigger with each step. She gasped for air once she reached the door. She grabbed the doorknob and pulled with all her might.

The universe opened up beyond the door. "Wow, I think I must be dreaming. This is a pretty cool dream," she thought to herself.

The stars off in the distance were shining brightly. Below was an endless transparent blue floor. She took a step forward without bearing down any weight. It was cool to the touch. The transparent floor was what made up the universe. A star cluster seemed to shine its light, pointing her in a specific direction.

Maya walked along the Milky Way. One could see the night scene of a city below the transparent floor. A river flows up between tall buildings. It was like a place she'd seen many times before. It was her city. "My school should be down there. I have to tell Nipples about this dream."

She came to like the sensation of the tiny stars rustling and brushing up against her feet, and the warmth of the starlight's energy enveloping her. The air was clean and pleasant. Despite it being the dead of winter, it wasn't cold at all. She sat atop a brightly glowing rock and began to think.

"This feels like a dream. Oh, wait, it is a dream," she giggled to herself.

"What's so super funny up there?" Someone spoke.

"Oh my god. Who are you?"

"I am a supernova, the super star of this place."

"But, where are you? You know it's only proper to show yourself."

"I'm right here under your super cute booty." The rock she was sitting on began to shake. She sprang up with a shriek.

The glowing rock rose up from the floor.

"It talked. The rock talked. Maybe it has a mouth." At that moment, a crack appeared at the bottom of the rock and turned into a mouth. With a crunch, arms and legs appeared, forming a complete creature.

The rock blinked its eyes and spoke. "Thank you. Now I don't have to stay lying down."

"Why do you keep describing everything as 'super'?"

"I don't know."

"Anyway, Mr. Super, have you seen any dolls around? One's got a really long nose and the other has slanted eyes."

"It's Supernova."

"What?"

"My name is Supernova. You should know this."

"Me? How would I know that? I'm hearing it for the first time right now."

"I'm only getting to see for the first time, so I don't know what dolls are either." The supernova began to glow brighter and brighter.

"I'm going to go. Since I have legs now, I'm going to run around for a bit. I don't know if it's because I just saw a girl, but my heart feels like it's going to explode."

So saying, the giant rock rolled away instead of using its new legs.

"I need to find Cry Baby. Her arm must be in a lot of pain," Maya resumed talking to herself.

It became lonely walking along the Milky Way. She began spreading the stars apart to create the signs of the zodiac. The brightest star among them was Polaris, the North Star. About seven spaces away, she made the Big Dipper. She arranged the stars this way and that in order to form a ladle. Directly opposite to her was the constellation Cassiopeia She gathered five more stars and arranged them in the shape of a W. She didn't know any more beyond that. She regretted not having paid more attention during science period. She began arranging the stars however way she felt.

She took about ten steps and made Capricorn. She didn't actually remember what Capricorn looked like. As long as it somewhat resembled a goat, it was fine. She took another twenty steps and made Pisces. She was going to place Virgo right in front of it, but thought it would take too many stars and created Libra instead. She thought about Leo and Gemini, but couldn't recall either arrangement. She gave up trying to draw the constellations, and hummed a little song about them until she reached the end of the Milky Way.

There were young round stars doing gymnastics and stretching their bodies. Some of these young stars were shooting around recklessly, and disappeared into the vast reaches of space.

She was shocked by this. "Guys, be careful."

Where do the young stars fall to? She went over to the edge and looked over. It was just an endless precipice. She couldn't even see the ground. She grabbed onto a meteor that was zipping by. "Where are you going?"

"Let go of me. I'm busy. Make a wish or something." The star shook Maya off and leaped down.

It left an afterglow in its wake which soon faded away. She began to panic, wondering what would happen if they all leapt down. Then out of nowhere, bam! Something crashed into her. She fell over the edge.

"This is bad."

As a last resort, she clung tight to the meteor that had collided with her. The meteor started to squirm. They held onto each other as they both descended. A pop was heard from far off in the distance along with a flash of bright light. Everything turned white. She thought she heard a muffled male voice saying, "Super!" She opened her eyes and saw the sun through her window.

"It was just the sun. Thank goodness. Mr. Super didn't nova."

The birds whispered to each other as they rested high up in the poplar tree. Maya got up and started her day.

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## See Also

* Story (Complete version)
* A 16 Year Old's Dream