Some Ideas...

Thought I'd throw this out there before Monday so you guys can brew on it.

I decided to change the setting in my version to a boy's room where he has glow in the dark stars plastered all over his ceiling. The starfish believes this is the sky and it is where the starfish gets the motivation to become a "real" star (sticking with the original premise, but it's a comical twist). He builds a contraption using stuff in the boy's room (similar to vlad's story) and launches himself into the ceiling, plastering himself over a glowing star. Soon he dries up and dies because he's been out of water for too long. The boy comes back home/wakes up (depends when you want this to occur -day/night) and finds his room a total mess and his pet starfish gone.

I know you guys think we've been changing the story far too many times already, but I'm just changing the location, since it would make a little more sense vs. starfish in a kitchen waiting to be eaten (already there is a bit of believability lost because the concept of eating starfish isnt widespread).

Here's a relevant picture from KH visual collection: Sora's Room

~Bon