Midnight blue and diamond stars[Raseri]

There was something about the ocean tonight that was very calming to Stirling. Maybe it was the way the waves crept softly along the shoreline, bathing and twinkling in the light of the quarter moon. Perhaps it could have been the sound of the seagulls slowly returning to their nests, or the way the riptide slowly buried her toes in the sand. Or maybe if was the cool feel of the salty ocean spray against her face as the waves crashed against the rocks. Any way you wanted to put it, the ocean was perfect tonight, and it made Stirling momentarily forget about the worries of the day.

Every night, Stirling would come down to the beach to look out at the ocean. It was fascinating how it could be so calm, like it was now, and then change so quickly into something extremely dangerous and untamable, throwing fisherman out of their boats and drowning swimmers with a single wave. It was probably the only thing in all of Panem that was actually free. It had been here before the Capitol, and before the Hunger Games, probably even before humans. The government had never controlled it or changed it in any way, it was still there, and still alive. That thought cheered Stirling up for some reason.

As she was walking along the shore, she came across a girl about her age. She looked familiar… Ashley, maybe? No, that wasn’t it. She had never really spoken to this girl very much, but that could change. Ashby or whoever was looking up at the stars and the light was reflected in her blue eyes.

The stars were really pretty tonight; the sky was clear, with no clouds to obscure the view of the twinkling lights in the heavens. It was nice that there weren't very many streetlights around the beach; the darkness made it easier to make out the constellations. In fact, the beach was Stirling's favorite place to go stargazing. She had always been the kind of person to let her mind wander, and it often strayed to the question, "Is there anything else out there?" Sometimes it was nice to pretend that there was- that some better world was out there.

”It’s really pretty tonight, isn’t it?” she asked the girl, looking up at the sky.

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