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// 02 
// Story: "Bring Trixie the Blue Pages!" 
// by shortskirtsandexplosions 
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Stars.

Stars against a black expanse.

Suddenly...

A crescent moon.

An eclipse.

And then... … …

… … ...the silhouette of an equine figure grasping a book falls from a momentary crack of atmospheric daylight and plunges into the abyss.



I realized, the moment I fell into the fissure, that the book would not be destroyed as I had planned.



“Uhhhh...”  Starlight manages to speak while in free-fall, surrounded by stars.  “...hello?!?”



It continued falling into that starry expanse of which I had only a fleeting glimpse. I have tried to speculate where it might have landed, but I must admit, however— such conjecture is futile.



“Yeah... uh huh... look, loud booming voice, I get it.  I touched a magical book and now it's whisking me away to an otherworldly dimension.  That's cool and all... but—”



Still, the question of whose hands might someday hold my—



“Really, though, can I skip this?  Please??  I've got a friend to find blue pages for and I'm in no mood for—”

Starlight's body strikes an obsidian black surface below, forming bright white cracks against the nothingness.

THUDDD!

“Ooof!”