The night was cool. Stars speckled the sky in various formations, giving shape to things known—a dipper, a dog, a flower or leaf—and things unknown—strange, unearthly shapes.  The unknown stood out. The unknown is what circled the sky, seeming to seek a place to land.  No one saw this strange circular thing that stood on the air like a magician’s floating ball, no string to be seen, nothing to indicate that it was a trick of the eye. No one saw it, but Kira.
Kira sat on the bank of the river, fishing by moonlight as the strange object hovered far above her–out of reach but within sight. She shook the fishing line, hoping something would bite. One eye was on the moonlit waters while the other observed the object floating about as though trying to make a decision. She lay down the fishing rod on the grass and followed the now descending object. It went down behind the trees, slowly disappearing as it came closer to land.
There was a thud. Quietly she moved through the brush, crouching low and tiptoeing so as not to be seen or heard. Through the trees bright lights beamed, drowning out the darkness save for the thick spot of bushes and leaves that concealed her thin frame.  A fog floated around the area from where the light shown. A soft hiss rose above the low hum of what sounded like high tech engines, like a well-made Cadillac that barely gave clue to the fact that it was running. The hiss was followed by another strange hum. Through the fog it seemed as though something was opening, moving from top to bottom, down toward the ground. Other unfamiliar noises climbed the night air, walking toward Kira as though sound were omniscient and could see everything around it and knew someone was there. The sound found her, and threatened to give away her presence. But it didn’t. The sounds kept her secret and didn’t tell that she was there; they didn’t disclose that she was invading what was meant to be a secret moment.
They were humanoid, but not human.
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