The Lost Star, by Katy Y5

It was a stormy night when a twinkling shadow fell from the sky. The shadow fell swiftly into a fast flowing river waiting for someone to find it.

Eight years later a small girl was born.  Her thoughtful mother named her Emmalisa. She had long golden hair that glimmered in any weather. When Emmalisa was only nine she was surprisingly the most beautiful girl in her home town named the Golden City which was named after the sparkling stars in the night sky.

Because Emmalisa was so small she never got to see the stars. So one night Emmalisa secretly slipped out of her room to see the stars .She crept down the creaky stairs and went into the kitchen. Emmalisa (who was still in her spotty pyjamas) slowly reached into the cupboard and grabbed the metal keys that opened the front door. Emmalisa crept outside and locked the door behind her and left the keys in the lock.

After Emmalisa had walked for a couple of minutes she stopped in front of a vast, flowing river there was no way of getting to the over side so she turned around and headed for home. Then Emmalisa looked up at the night sky to see that there were no stars at. All Emmalisa could see was total darkness. But then out of the corner of her eye she saw a light shining at the bottom of the endless river. Emmalisa closed her eye thinking it was all a dream.  Then she opened them.  It wasn’t…

Without thinking Emmalisa jumped into the river! What she didn’t know was that the giant river was so cold but it was too late. Emmalisa was already in. Emmalisa plunged into the racing rapids, closing her eyes as she slowly drifted to the bottom! A few seconds later she opened her eyes to see that she was still under the water. Emmalisa reached out and grabbed the glowing light. Emmalisa suddenly panicked as she saw a dark shadow moving towards her.  She quickly swam to the surface gasping wildly for air.  Her hands were still clutched together. Emmalisa gradually made her way to the edge of the river as she shivered. Then she leaned over the side trying not to fall in.  Then Emmalisa saw the dark shadow was only a small fish.

As Emmalisa walked home she felt something moving in her hand.  She tried to ignore it but it was so hard not to so she opened her hand and saw the  light that she had found in the river. Before she could say a word the light shot up into the sky like a bullet. Emmalisa looked up in surprise to see all the stars were back shining as normal. Emmalisa didn’t know what to say so she just ran back to her house to see her mum and dad waiting there.

The next morning Emmalisa woke up still trying to figure out what had happened that night.