As the girl fell down from the smooth marble balcony, she felt free. As if a burden had been lifted from her shoulders. Those evil men would never hurt her again, and she would get to see Mommy, Daddy, Ashlyn, and Aiden in the afterlife soon. So she smiled and closed her eyes. And waited patiently for her eternal rest.
But, as fate would have it, the glimmering glass shards that had been embedded in her skin made her shine like a shooting star on her way from heaven to earth. She shined so brightly that it caught the notice of an ancient being. It couldn't believe it's eyes when it caught the shining girl in it's claws and gazed upon her. Surely no greater treasure or more perfect creature had ever been created. So the dragon took it. And carried it back to her lair.