Mars Starlight

Du and Mars were walking there way through the milky way to the school, the stars streached ahead beyond the spacious, starlit sky. It had been a quiet walk until Mars started speaking "Hmph, I don't like to go to school. I mean—do we really need to learn how our bodies work? Can't we just... figure it out?" her lips formed a helpless grimace, a sigh escaped her lips before she continued "More 20 years of this "educational" torment and we are done, right? " Mars stopped by the way as the traffic lights signaled the command to stop, the red light on as some space ships started passing by. She bounced on her heels lightly before her eyes caught the sight, a little star that blinked up at them, smiled, then immediately floated away. Mars's eyes lit up with excitement, already tempted to follow, ignoring the yellow warning sign about "Meteorites area" "Du! Did you see that? ohhhh, How cute! Can we keep it?" Mars already follwed regardless what Du thought of it. She avoided the scattered rocks and stray stars, twirling and skipping, her fingers brush the one of the star's limbs, then jumped to catch the little Celestial being in her arms. "oh! Look, look! I caught it." She patted the star with a victorious smile. However, she suddenly lost balance, still clutching the star close. "Ah, what's happening??? Is it a ship—" a meteor passed by, then another, like the space was running with irritated fire. Mars tried to avoid the rocks, but it was getting harder. "Du! Help—"