Clear orbs sparkled as they rocketed towards earth, flickering, glittering and tempting. Two celestial teams soared and swerved with lightning speed across the galaxy, attempting to "win as many points" for their team as possible. As each opponent would make contact with an orb, the sphere would swirl with either pearlescent ether or an ebony goo. The longer each team would have one of the precious balls in their possession, the more their team colors would taint or purify the object.
At times, the team of light would manage to capture an orb from the moment it was ejected from the heavens above. Protecting and guarding from its inception, they would fill each blank space with as much of their goodness until it reached capacity. This little soul wouldn't necessarily remain good throughout life; most rarely did. The earth was filled with all kinds of temptations, toxins and transgressions. Each era that passed exponentially increased the negative influence over the souls that were its inhabitants, but the team of light would never give up - could never give up. At the very least, the souls in their grip would start off with the greatest opportunities to bless and shine and glow with purity.
Dark chargers were just as hungry for their own stain to dye these pre-birth beings. Stalking after the light warriors, they reached and grasped towards the orbs, attempting interceptions and often temporarily succeeding. As they confiscated the objects, they infused darkness, creating vacuums and black holes, absorbing light in gulps, devouring the opal luminescence with insatiable ferocity.
Each side warred for victory; every individual being- a trophy that proclaimed adept skill, unwavering focus, and an aggressive drive to procure more "soldiers".
There were no time-outs, breaks, or halftime periods. The eternal game would be played out as long as souls were being born into this world. Exhaustion had no part in these eons. The opponents had one job: to fill the orbs with as much of their influence before each was allowed to take up residence in the bodies being formed in vitro on earth.
"Blank bulb burning!" sounded a heavenly voice across space, clear with warning.
Every so often, one of the orbs would evade any capture, heading straight for the body on earth that would be its host. If it fused with its human, without any kind of imprint from either side, it would be terminal for the recipient.
All eyes looked toward the tiny clear globe hurtling towards the southern hemisphere. The two opponents closest in proximity eyed one another's intent for a split second before tearing off after their prize. Both knew that if they could reach it first, they would be able to fill it completely- either fully dark or completely light. It would be a massive win for the corresponding team. Light and dark adversaries fought to push their energy to max capacity.
In a death spiral, the two chargers looked like comets orbiting one another, twisting and coiling like two strands of DNA. Approaching at this speed, they might not be able to pull back in time before impact. In this cosmic display of "chicken" they continued to assess their enemy- would they be willing to win, at any cost? Heat crackled and electricity sparked in arcs from their overheating bodies. The sight of land fast approaching caused both to consider heavily. In seconds, they would pass the point of no return. The dark charger looked to the orb, to his enemy, back to the orb, and quickly jerked his head back to the light charger.
"Have it and die, then!" he spat out at the final moment, turning his horned head back towards space, looking for any other consolation prize in his vicinity - perhaps some lighter globe that needed just a touch more darkness before entering Earth's orbit.
The light charger had won the orb, but knew it was too late for himself. He would give up his life now for this little being. He pointed his body sharply towards the blank crystal sphere. Reaching out from his free fall, his fingertips grazed the sides of the ball.
"One more. Just a tiny....bit...more," he grunted as his fingers pulled the sphere into his grasp. As soon as he connected, he poured all of his light into the object, knowing that it would be his final act of existence.
Right before impact, he rolled his shoulder and pulled the tiny ball of light into his protective embrace, shielding it completely from the explosion.
From a hillside, two children walked home in the early evening
"Wow! Look!"
The younger child turned, a little too late. "What?"
"Oh, you missed it."
The little one peered into the sky, "Missed what, Jowly? Missed what!?"
"Nothing big. Just a shooting star. Come on! Let's get home."
And that's all anyone would see that day. Just another shooting star. The mysteries of light, dark, sacrifice and battles for souls would continue to be lost on the humans who only had eyes for what they wanted to see.
This post was an entry for The Inkwell Challenge for the prompt: LIGHT, and also an entry for the DREEM-WOTW challenge with the prompt: BLANK.
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Shooting stars, huh? 💗 I was racing towards the earth with both teams, holding my breath!!! I was like geez!!! Somebody, please get there for that little soul... and by somebody, I mean a member of TEAM LIGHT ❣️And when he sacrificed himself to save that little baby soul... aw... that was both beautiful, heartwarming, and sad all at once. Next time I see shooting star... I'll be saying a prayer for the little ones. I love your writing, Ms. Dreems... your heart is always laid wide open on the page !LUV !ALIVE !LADY
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hehehehe go go team light!!! :)
and next time i see one - i'll be wondering what it is too
just like the jellyfish hahahahahahaha
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Jellyfish - a conundrum indeed - maybe the ones with bio-luminescence are in some way connected to the stars hehehe
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Maybe some of what we see in the sky isn't just rocks, hest, ice, etc, but sentient life forms :) ... I hope the little one that the being of light sacrificed for becomes a force for good!
Excellent story, it left me wanting more 🙌
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that's right ... what do we truly KNOW?? right????
hehehe. when God formed light from the void.. how do we know that the "light" wasn't more than just light hehehe
I let.my imagination soar with these kinds of thoughts .. I imagine lots of things beyond what we can see.i believe what is unseen is much more real than the illusions we can see! hehehe
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We know some particles are affected by us watching them. To me, that indicates some sort of intelligence :) ... There is more out there than we understand!
What we can see is very real, but it's only a thin slice of reality?
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yep ...I agree...a VERY thin slice! hehehe
I can't wait for the WHOLE cake and icing too heheheh
That will be fun 🙌 I just wonder what it'll look like???
no eye has seen.... and can even imagine.
and I can imagine a LOT....so it's going to be more than anything we ever dreeeeemed hehehe
Maybe we can't imagine it because it's all of the very best things we can all imagine, plus even more :) ...
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While we admire the beauty of a shooting star, there’s actually a battle going on for earth’s very soul. Your imagination soars! 🤗💕❤️💕🤗🤗🥰
"blank" really did draw a blank for so long! LOL but today, I kicked my imagination in the butt to get writing haahahahahahahaha
thank you for the love! and i hope that every time you see a shooting star now... you wonder!!! :)
love you!
This is touching and reminds us that the world is dark and the absence of light on it hurts because of what it has put in it.
To get to the light, one has to defeat the darkness which isn't an easy war.
thank you for coming to visit this story :) i really enjoyed writing it and showcasing how beautiful that light is - every time!!! it's not an easy war - you're right! but it's a worthy one :)
❤❤ sure it is..
She bends her knees, aims and fires. Boom! A perfect shot to reach for the stars.
I was in the spectator stands, holding my breath, edging ever so slightly out of my seat and then jumping in a cheer that any cheerleader would...well, let's be honest, they'd probably laugh, but the energy of everyone around me would be electric and so I wouldn't care. Nothing could wipe the grin off my face as Dreemie scores again!!!
hahahaha just seeing this now and loving this comment!!!! hehehe
i've been getting all ready for my podcast - and i finally finally finally uploaded my trailer - eeeeek.
so since i've been focused on that - i've been wearing that hat and havent seen all my comments!! lol
but this whole month of November i have... very... high... goals to achieve LOL
and that is not to simply focus on podcasting - but to juggle multiple balls in the air so that i can reconnect on MANY LEVELS. (including commengts and reading hahahah)
oh my gosh - and this comment pulled me right back into the excitement of connecting! LOL thank you for leaving such a energetic and appreciative comment for me!!! hehehe now i'm the one with the huge smile across my face LOL
Glad to hear my cheerleading skills are a little better than I thought! Lol!
This was a beautiful story. The light was so kind, he chose to give up his life for the small life.
Brings mental tears to my eyes. This was a good one!
thank you so much!!! I love that it moved you :)
Magnificent 🤩 The imagery you create is robust and awe inspiring. The heat of the battle of light vs. dark, filling in the blanks for what will become part of the earth. You are an absolute star! I loved every word of this read, thank you for sharing this FANTASTIC story with us 😁❤️ !PIZZA
thank you @grindan!!! I was also inspired by the sacrifice of that light charger. You know it just makes you think about the little sacrifices that we see all through life - right? i mean - sometimes its not giving up your life, but giving up your freedom, your choices, your preference - for another! and each of those acts are inspiring in themselves.
but when we get to see the big bold acts - that gives me chills - even when its written in a fictional tale heheheheh
thanks for your visit!!! :)
What an amazing imagination of both light and blank matters. Perhaps for as long as life remains, mysteries continue to embrace us through lightness and darkness, as well as all the struggles that would continually get lost on humans in a blink. And all that would be left are stories and memories. Have a nice time.
yes - the mysteries are what keep us searching and intrigued.. hehehe there are always things to make us wonder in awe!!!
i so appreciate you coming to visit @pinkchic! hehehe thank you for your lovely comment!!
You are most welcome my dear friend. The pleasure is mine and as always I truly love your brilliant thoughts. Have a nice time and take care.
Wow, who knew celestial activity could be so suspenseful? I love the descriptive language you used in this story, @dreemsteem. Well done!
hi sweet friend!! :) hehehe we never know what happens out in space ;)
we only think we know! hehehehe
thanks for the visit!
Life is so full of mystery beyond our imaginations. We see only with our physical eyes, perhaps if we really look we would see things as they truly are. What a selfless act the lighter charger made, sacrificing its life for another. I hope we humans can learn to be more like the light charger but unfortunately the world if full of the dark charger.
This is absolutely stunning, I want to know what happen to the orb.
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hi there geelocks!! :)
yes, i agree - the world has way too many dark chargers, and not enough of the light ones burning bright!!
that orb? hehe
because of the sacrifice of the light charger - that orb found its way into a brand new baby soul!
and what happened as that baby grew??? it spread joy and peace and love all around!!! hehehe
Wow, what a beautiful ending. I hope it keeps spreading joy, love and peace everyday. The world need it
The Earth really is filled with all evil but as you said the team of Light would never give up, giving up in not an option despite all.
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hi there sommy!! aren't you so glad that the team of light is on our side?? hehhe thanks for teh visit!!
Glad 😊
Yay! 🤗
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Is this even allowed 😭😂😂♥️
You've pretty much broken the bar for ranking or whatever the admins use. What a great story @dreemsteem, I could pretty much imagine the full battle going on in my head😭.
I did kind of see it in a biblical way 👀 and I loved it♥️.
@belema2,see this great story😍
hehehe good morning @seki1!!! I'm glad you liked it.. it took me a while to come up with something for the prompt this time!!! hehehe. "blank" was really a good word to use to get our minds working!!! lolol
my posts are never officially ranked in DreemPort...hahaha I only put them in to join in the fun 🥰
I wrote this last night and then fell right to sleep . .and now woke up again and re-read it. (I saw a few spelling mistakes and repeated words that I just corrected. hahaha) but I'm glad that I woke up to read it with fresh eyes! it was like I could see it as a reader this morning instead of writer...and I so enjoyed the scene unfolding!! I could feel that light charger teaching for the orb at the end...stretching his whole body, knowing he only had moments before his sacrifice....
wow! hehehe I got caught up in it....so glad he reached it in time hehehe
funny that we can do whatever we want as writers, but sometimes we forget that! know what I mean??? hahaha
we limit ourselves to the possible or plausible...instead of letting ourselves become ultimate creators of our own multiverses hahahaha
I'm trying to channel that energy back again so that I can use it to my advantage!!!! lol
thanks for coming to visit me!!
I'll visit anytime @dreemsteem, indeed i did love the story.
Sometimes to write the best stories all you need is a new perspective and I can see that's what you experienced although unwillingly. It's a real nice one ☺️
This is certainly an outstanding example of writing to a prompt! Light and dark. The duality of nature, the duality of the human soul. You represent these concepts with captivating symbolism. So many ideas are represented symbolically here: predestination, duality, free will.
This is a lovely way of explaining a natural phenomenon: shooting stars.
Thank you for sharing this story with us, @dreemsteem. We appreciate your engagement with other members of the community!
This was really good.
I have some steps to take before I can approach my goal next month, but this is motivational. Thanks.
what's your goal for next month? :)
I am going to write a novel!
For National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo fer short. Third formal attempt in a row, so it's the charm.
hehehe yes!!!! never give up!!! always take the opportunity to start again!
For our DreemPort challenge this month, we are actually supporting the Podcasting community with @epodcaster for their NaPodPoMo heheh
it's just like the writing challenge but they do it for podcasts.
All the dreemers who want to join in are going to really have a super special opportunity because @epodcaster is the founder of this!!! and we get her for the month!!!! hahahahaha. so so cool
but!!!! I have been trying to finish my trilogy for the last few years. the first book I wrote in a few months ..second book I wrote in about 6 months (2 years later) but this third book has taken me so long to complete because I want to get it PERFECT.
but ..... your passion to try again is really getting me excited to consider.....do I want to actually try to do the Podcasting month ...AND the writing month simultaneously?!?? HAHAHAHA
I'm pretty sure that @jfuji mentioned that #scholarandscribe community are having some fun with that this month hehehe
so you should check that out if you're gonna be doing the NaNoWriMo!!!
and if you're feeling energetic...hahahahahaha. you can join the podcast one too 😂
I'm not sure if I'll be able to do both....BUT... I will commit to getting FARTHER in my third book so that I'm closer to completing hehehe
funny ...I was thinking...why should I stress myself out with the thought of actually completing it for the third book.?? maybe it goes into a fourth book and then I can take my time to fulfill their destinies hehehehe
it's all about continuing to grow and love what you do ..right???
either way!!! thanks for the encouragement this morning!!!! you got me waking up to some nice energy and reminding me about the gift we have as writers. sending love and hugs to you!!!
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Yeah. There are many energies, (terrestrial and extra terrestrial) flowing around us. We are humans, so our scope is limited. There are things beyond our comprehension.
so very beyond!!!!
and I love that!
it makes this world SO much more intriguing to know that there is more than meets the eye!!!!
good morning Sir Michael!!! hehehe
Good afternoon ma'am. It's afternoon over here. Hehe
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STOPI love this take on the theme. Sort of personifying light.
I nice imagining on shooting stars.