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A group of stars came to this world unexpectedly. They each fell never really meant to be here. Each had their own opinions about the place they landed. Some wanted to leave, others wanted to stay and conquer the land. Out of the group, there was one that fell in love with everything they saw around them. They found everything they saw as new and fantastic. They tried learning everything they could.
Their name was Nenikboz.
After being on this planet for a while the group fell into a rhythm. They made farms, homes, and even a library. While things were going smoothly Nenikboz started noticing a few things changing. Their color and brightness were changing. While it wasn't very noticeable when they first realized, it didn't take long before the others noticed. Nenikboz tried convincing everyone that they were fine and that it was okay but everyone knew what was happening. They were dying and becoming a supernova.
No one wanted this to happen. They all thought it was "too soon", "unfair", and "cruel". Nenikboz was the only one among them who cared about this place and all the things on it. How was it fair that they would have the shortest time on the planet after they cared for it so much?
While Nenikboz was accepting their outcome the others tried to figure out ways to stop it or slow it down. While many came to a point where they had no other ideas and accepted that they couldn't do anything, one of them refused to stop. Bzhêké didn't stop trying to figure out how to stop it.
Bzhêké went through every book they could find hoping for anything. They searched everywhere. Thinking they finally ran out of options they gave up. Until they found a page that they somehow overlooked.
" The material in a white dwarf no longer undergoes fusion reactions, so the star has no source of energy. "
While it might have not been the same thing that was happening to Nenikboz they thought maybe it could help. The only question Bzhêké had now was how could we get Nenikboz more energy? What energy could a star take? That's when I came up with probably the worst idea I ever had.
Stars! Other stars! I could make the other stars give Nenikboz their energy. I don't care what happens to the others as long as Nenikboz will be okay.
I was blinded by my emotions and did the worst thing imaginable. I had everyone come to a specific place for a "meeting" and then I did everything in my power to give Nenikboz all the other star's energies. Nenikboz stood in front of me in complete horror at what I had just done. They ran and disappeared. That's when I realized exactly what I just did. I had killed all my friends for something I didn't even know would work.
I tried searching for Nenikboz for weeks. They had left nothing behind. There was no trace of them anywhere. Till one day when I found a patch of their favorite flowers. Daffodils. They were everywhere all I could see was yellow. I started walking through them trying to figure out what was going on. Then I saw them. Nenikboz. I was too late.
They had died.
Nenikboz died and I wasn't there for them.
They had to die alone.
The things I did had no effect if anything the actions I did sped up their death. They could have lived for weeks, months even without my "help"
I was stupid to think that could work. I lost the one person I truly cared about and every friend I had here. I'm completely alone due to my naive actions.