My earliest memory was being named.

     I never really knew how I was born. My father used to tell me I was spun out of starlight, each trait handpicked by the gods, and Destiny herself. Woven carefully with only the brightest and purest light, I was created. That was why I was named who I am. Marquiseire, one of the most beautiful and brightest stars in all of our multiverse's Milky Ways.

     I spent most of my life pondering if when I die, will I become one of the bright stars I spend so many hours each night watching? Or will I become something other? Something different?

     My father always told me to not think about death. Because then it gets messy. My emotions will then take control. And it will be hard to fix everything back up. That's what he told me is my life goal.

     To fix everything up, and help those in need.

     He told me not to think about it much. That would be my life goal once I was old enough. He told me then, that I should enjoy life before Destiny plucks me up from here and drops me in to fix everything for everyone. Because he says that some people just can't fix their own problems. Some people have a hard time figuring it out. He says some people aren't as special as me. That not many people deserve me.

     I asked him if he feels like he deserves me. He fell silent. Instead of answering, he taught me about villains and heroes and how to be kind. To not brag, to not bully, just to help. So I shut up. But I wonder, why tell me that I am so special and that some people don't deserve me if he doesn't want me to believe it? And then he taught me about friends.

     Friends who stood by your side. Friends who helped you. Friends who were each special in their own way. And then, ex-friends. The ones who betray you. I asked him why they would betray their own loved one? He says there are so many reasons, he couldn't count. He told me it doesn't really matter, because I won't be affected until I was old enough.

     I was tired of waiting to be old enough.

     But then, my father told me this: "the saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from enemies." He told me to think about that. I pondered it for a while. I asked him why I should ponder that. He did not reply to me.

     My father is quite the strange man. I do not know his name, and for all my life, I just called him father. There are no documents or legal stuff in the tower, and no ipads or electronics or other stuff that I read in the encyclopedia we have at home.

     Have we reached that part already? Ah, yes. I have been raised in the tower all my life, with no clue of my address or what other people are like. Father told me it was to nurture me. To make sure I could control myself before I go and fix everything up, my life goal. And so I have been in the tower for as long as I can remember, still waiting for the day I am old enough. Reading, writing, studying everything about the world. Learning as many languages as I can, as many exercises, as many everything that would help me in my journey towards my life goal.

     I realized that father would not come with me. He told me before he would not leave the tower. He never left the tower. Supplies just strangely appeared in front of our doorstep every time we ran out. And he told me that I would be the same, I wouldn't leave the tower.

     But that changes today.

     I am finally old enough to leave the tower, to pursue my life goal. Father warned me to be careful. I told him not to worry. He told me to not be overconfident, because that is not one of the things that he has taught me in my time in the tower. Of course I nodded and told him I wouldn't be. But I feel excited. Father has always told me to not let my emotions control me, and so I pushed the excitement down. I am determined to make him proud. 

     I reviewed for hours last night, even neglecting my time with the stars. Every single language, every single lesson, everything. Father told me the stars are important too. He took away all my books and notes and just sat there with me, talking about the stars. He told me that even after all this preparation all my life, that I still cannot see my namesake until I reached my full potential. I still cannot see Marquiseire. But that will change when I fufill my life goal.

     That will change right now, when I leave the tower.