But as the stars began to yawn and the edges of the sky turned a gentle rose, Lumina drifted to her side. “It is almost dawn, dear Tilly. Time to return home so that sunrise kisses the world awake.”
With a twinge of sweet reluctance, Tilly nodded. She waved goodbye to Nebby and the comets, promising to visit again in her dreams. The starship cloud, now carrying its treasured passenger, gently descended through the atmosphere.
Back at the hill in Starhollow, the cloudship lowered Tilly gently onto the dewy grass. Her feet now firmly on the earth, she turned back and whispered her thanks into the soft folds of the cloud. With a silvery shimmer, the starship cloud soared upwards, disappearing into the soft pink blush of the morning sky.
Still wrapped in the warmth of her adventure, Tilly tiptoed back into her room, just as her alarm clock started to chuckle awake. Snuggling into her bed, she hugged her pillow, her heart rich with the night’s starlit treasures.
That day, as Tilly played and laughed with her friends, she carried a secret smile, a smile that said, “I have danced among the stars and touched the dreams of the universe.”