Star Eaters

They came from everywhere.
Ravenous maddening beasts chasing me across the city.
Like zombies, they needed my flesh...thirsted for my heart's blood.

They had already eaten the stars.
Looking up into the night sky as I ran for my life seeing nothing but darkness.
The void of space.

They wanted everything to be as empty as they were.
To consume countless worlds.
Yet always hungry, forever.

I ran on.
What could I do?
The horde was nearly upon me.

I was at my physical limits.
Breathing with no breath.
I could run no more.

They began to chuckle.
Laughing because they knew the hunt was over.
The curtain of despair was lowering.


Suddenly, a thought sprang into mind.
I took my bracelet and necklace, given to me by the ones I loved, made of pure white gold.
Swallowing them.

They melted inside me.
So cold, absolute zero burning through my throat and I needed to get it out.
I spat out the stars.


A trillion trillion stars shot out.
Blazed across the night and stuck onto space.
The void was filled.

The Eaters faded with the void.
Despair became hope.
The stars had returned.