"ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴛᴀʀ ɢɪʀʟ" (ᴘᴀʀᴛ 3) ᴀᴜᴛʜᴏʀ: ᴀꜱʜʟʏ_123 ᴘᴜʙʟɪꜱʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ: ᴏᴄᴛᴏʙᴇʀ 4, 2021 I opened my eyes slowly, Zoe was confused and asked me what happened. I told her what happened. It was like the black dress lady was communicating with me, only, from a dream. We both went back to class. After school, at the orphanage we both discussed why these dreams were happening, and why was the black dress lady communicating with me from the dream. Why was the dreams related to the galaxy and stars? We had the facts–1. The black dress lady was communicating with me, 2. The black dress lady killed my parents, and 3. Something about all this has to be related to the galaxy, but that was it, why and how is it related to the galaxy? We had to figure out how to find this lady and stop her. We decided to play a game similar to "Purple Hearts". Except, I try to communicate with the black dress lady. So basically, I have to go to sleep and Zoe comforts me along the way. I tell Zoe what I see and what I hear, and when we get enough information, Zoe will wake me up. Zoe told me to lay down on the bed, so I did. I slowly closed my eyes and thought about only the black dress lady. Fortunately, soon I fell asleep, well kind of–I can still communicate with Zoe. I saw nothing but a dark, endless room. I started to hear some whispering, someone was whispering my name. I started to panic a little, but Zoe comforted me. The black dress lady started to appear. Had that bloody knife, she killed another person. But she wasn't looking at me, it's like I was seeing a memory of her. It was the scene when my parents died. I hated that scene. Something was off, when my parents died, I saw a glimmering ball of light, two of them. The glimmering balls were my parent's soul, they were going up, to the sky, to the stars. My dream showed me more scenes of the black dress lady killing people. All of their souls were going to the stars. And that was when I realized, the stars in the sky aren't stars, their people's souls glimmering in the sky! I quickly got up and told Zoe everything. Zoe was shook, she got up from my bed and went outside, just to see her parent's souls shining up in the sky. I went outside too, looked up at the sky, I shed a tear. My tear was glittering from the Moon's reflection. We looked at each other, paused for a bit, then leaning in for a kiss but then–Mrs. Algresto called our names to get ready for dinner. We walked back inside in embarrassment. We didn't share any eye-contact during dinner. All the orphans got ready for bed, Zoe wished me goodnight, so did I. And the day was done. The Sun finally arrived, I didn't sleep the whole night, I was just thinking about the stars–I mean the people's souls up in the sky. It was Saturday, a weekend where we can talk about our plan to find the black dress lady. We had the whole day to ourselves. I got ready, ate breakfast and met Zoe outside the orphanage. I asked Zoe if we could do the "Communicating in a Dream" thing again, I wanted to figure out where this murderer lives. Zoe said sure so we went back inside. I layed down and closed my eyes. The orphans were questioning what I was doing, they were really confused. I saw nothing but darkness, until a dark alley showed up. The alley was right next to an abandoned retail shop. I knew where this alley was. I quickly got up and held Zoe's hand, pulling her along with me. Zoe was asking where I was going, I didn't answer until we arrived to the alley. When we arrived I told Zoe that this alley-way was where the black dress lady lives. I was about to go in but Zoe stopped me, she asked me, "If you do find the lady, what are you going to do,". She said, "The lady has weapons, I don't want you getting hurt". She had a good point. We needed weapons just in case, and we needed the police. I pulled out my iPhone and searched up the "nearest gun-shop" on Google Maps. We went to the gun-shop and bought a gun. We went back to the alley and stood there for a good whole minute, then Zoe asked "You ready,". I responded with a yes. We slowly went walked through the alley, no one was there. I was so confused, I said "This is impossible, this is the right alley, why is she not here,". We both heard a bang, Zoe pointed her gun where the sound came from. We both stood there, waiting for something or someone to show up. But, nothing came out. I was devastated. I surely knew that the black dress lady was here, I saw it in my dream, well kind-of dream. I got mad and hit a trash-can in the alley. Zoe felt something was off, she grabbed my hand and took me back to the orphanage. I was so confused and frustrated, I sat down on my bed and looked down. Zoe sat down next to me, she told me "Hey, don't worry, we'll figure it out,". I was honestly genuinely feeling like Zoe was lying at this point. But of course she wasn't.
