The Light that Never Stopped Shining

## **Plot**

Rosalina sits in her library at the Observatory, still pondering on what Mario told her about the lights he and Luigi saw. She suddenly enters a trance and enters into a reminiscence state.

Back in 1123 AD, Rosalina was a young girl born into a poor home where her mother and father struggled to provide enough food on the table just to survive. They resorted to finding whatever they could in the outer lands of their safe home. She had a six-year old brother named Noah. At the time, Rosalina was only 8 years old. She asks her mother if she and Noah could play outside. Her mother says they can but to be back when supper is ready. They both cheer and frolic in the golden flower fields. They both lie in the fields and begin doing "flower-angels". While Rosalina looks up in the sky, she sees a bright light that seems to be getting brighter until it mysteriously disappears. She doesn't think much of it, not mentioning it once Noah asks her what is wrong.

That night, Rosalina tosses and turns in bed, unable to sleep after witnessing the light. She then hears a eerie voice call her name, she follows the voice which leads her outside. She walks outside and sees the light once more. Once she comes in contact with it, she begins to float and the light comes towards her and she goes into it. Inside, she sees her mother turned away from her, saying how much she loves her, but something will soon happen to her that will leave their family more broken than it already is. Rosalina begins to cry and say that she doesn't want this bad thing to happen but her mother calms her, saying no matter what happens, she will always be with her, she will never leave her as long as she remembers her. She hugs her tightly but before she leaves the light, her mother tells her that she was destined to be something more which Rosalina asks what that is but the light shoots back into space, leaving her behind. Rosalina, still weeping, darts back to her house and checks up on her mother who is seemingly fine. Rosalina climbs into her bad and falls asleep.

Unfortunately, the next morning her father tells Rosalina and Noah her mother is deeply ill and there is no cure around to help her. Rosalina realizes this was the "bad thing" the light was talking about and further tries to deny the truth. Her mother tells her to stay away as the sickness is contagious proven by a bird who came in contact with her also falling ill. Rosalina refuses to believe this and says she will rather die with her than live without her. Her mother tells her the exact same thing the mirage of her said in the light, that she will always be with her, letting the stars shine down on her. Her father tearfully pulls her away and they both embrace along with Noah, all three sobbing.

One Week Later...

Flowers sit atop a buried ill-fated mother, with the father telling Rosalina and Noah, that he will do his best to take care of them both and that they both in turn need to take care of each other. Rosalina promises to do so and tells her buried mother that she will see her soon. One late night, Noah spots Rosalina sitting on the roof of the house. He talks to her about their mother, which Rosalina reveals it's been a month ever since she passed. Noah asks her if she will ever leave him behind to which Rosalina answers she never will, she will always protect her little brother and that their father will always protect them. They hug and Noah heads to bed with Rosalina staying out. She then spots a shooting star, only that it is heading into Earth's atmosphere. She heads toward the impact site and instead sees a Luma, who sprouts alive. She and Luma interact more after realizing the odd creature could talk. The Luma speaks its own language but Rosalina becomes able to understand through the Luma's ability given to her. It explains that it is looking for its mother who it lost on the way throughout the galaxies, saying it must've taken a wrong turn. It begins to cry but Rosalina tells it not to, saying she knows how it feels to lose someone important to them. She further adds that she will help the luma find its mother. Luma jumps for joy and tells Rosalina to hop on the comet, giving her the ability to breathe outer space. Rosalina looks back at the house, citing it shouldn't be too long to just look.

After searching for what felt like only hours to Rosalina, she begins to feel that there is no hope for Luma who also feels the same, saying it will never find its mother before once again crying. It is revealed that the comet grew as well with more lumas joining along and the comet size adjusting to every new member, which about 150 new lumas have joined. Rosalina hugs it dearly and tells it they have done all they could do. Desperate to cheer it up, she tells it that it along with the other lumas could stay with her and her family for the time being. Luma happily agrees with her suggestion and they all head back with Rosalina towards Earth. However, when Rosalina lands near her house, she is shocked to see that it has been torn down and that there is now a local town nearby. Rosalina walks over to the torn down cottage and sees a note written by her father, telling her that he and Noah had searched for her for over 30 years, but they never could, saying that one day he and Noah hoped she would find the letter and remind herself that they loved her as much as she loved them. The horrifying reality sets in that the comet she had been traveling on was surrounded in a time belt, one that moved much slower than the one on earth, every hour was equal to a decade on Earth. Rosalina drops to her knees and sobs uncontrollably, realizing she had broken her promise to not only her brother, but her father and mother as well. She becomes overwhelmed with emotion, crying with endless tears. She slowly walks back onto the comet and begins to cry more, which back on Earth, she cried equivalent to 100 years. The lumas gather around her and tell her that she must listen to her own advice on what she told them, that they couldn't find their mother, so that's why they now want her to be theirs. They collectively together tell her they love her, and they always will. Rosalina chuckles and tells them she will start a new promise, to be a new mother to them, and never abandon them.

Overtime, they gained equipment to build what eventually became the Comet Observatory, and made it home for her and the lumas. Rosalina becomes a woman and now returns to Earth every 100 years to see how much has changed. The timeline of events eventually lead to the moment where she envisioned Fawful and Dimentio's presence leading to her awakening back in real time. Rosalina says to herself that she needs to tell the bros about the truth behind the light.