CHAPTER 1: The Light Stone

“Hikari-san… Hikari… wake up… we’re here-…” My younger sister, Haruka said to me while I was sleeping through the road trip.

Summer has come, so me and my family went on a vacation… In the woods… Yep, that’s right… The forest woods. Strange isn’t it? It’s Summer, we should be hanging around the beach, am I right? But no, instead we went to a place where a lots of trees are standing. It’s not that I hate the woods, it’s just not fit for the season.

Arriving at the house my parents rented, my siblings and I picked up the baggages and sent it inside of the house.

“Hikari, here’s your suitcase” My younger brother said to me as he gives me my suitcase.

“Thanks, Tenya!”

After my lil bro gave me my baggage, I went to see what’s upstairs and decided to pick a room.

As I got to the second floor, I already see someone at the room on the left. It was Haruka.

“Hmm? You have already chosen a room, huh?”

I asked her.

“Well, there’s only 2 rooms, one is a master bedroom, assuming it’s size, that would of course be mother’s and father’s room. Automatically, this would be our room, wouldn’t it?”

She replied.

“You really are smart, Ruka”

I said as I smiled at her.

“Would you quit calling me that-…”

“Oh, come on! It’s cute, right?”

She just ignored me and continued to pack up her things.

I just did the same thing, anyways.

(1 Hour later)

“Good Grief… That was a lot of work, huh…” Getting a little tired, I went outside the house to get some fresh air.

“Wow, the sun is really bright today… oh well, that gave me a ton of energy.”

“Hey, mom! I’ll just be strolling around, okay?” I asked, shouting.

“Alright! Make sure to come back before dinner, ok?” My mom shouted back.

“Yeah!” I said as I started walking.

I just wandered around the woods, searching if something might get my interest.

As I walk, I saw a sign interpreting a danger part of the forest; and of course, that caught my attention. I continued to walk through that direction.

Minutes later, I didn’t saw or felt anything dangerous in this portion of the forest. It seemed like that sign was a prank, to be honest. Nothing happened to me, even bugs aren’t even at my sight. “Wait- a minute..” I gasped. The fact that bugs aren’t even around is already mysterious. Getting my suspicions higher, I still continued to walk and might’ve already forgotten how to come back… Until I saw a cave…

“A cave?.. this is unsettling..”

I entered the cave and felt a little more uneasy.

I kept on looking around as I walk, figuring something might happen. I wasn’t scared but I wasn’t happy or that excited either-… I like this kind of stuff, but then again, this is reality… I might die, to conclude.

Minutes have passed again, and it’s getting a little darker to the point where the light I came from is slowly out of my sight. I kind of wanna go back at the moment, not until… I saw someone… on the ground… laying…

I quickly went to him and checked if he’s dead, okay or still breathing. He was still breathing but unconscious. As I checked him further, I saw he was holding a bag. I took and looked at it. There was a yellow gem inside… shining so brightly as I hold onto it.

While still amused by the gem, someone came from behind and as I turn around… I was completely knocked out.

The next thing I knew… I was laying in my bed. As I woke up, I felt hazy and dizziness. I slowly opened my eyes, still unable to remember anything… until something shined from my neck. I couldn’t see what it is, so I looked in the mirror and remembered everything.

“This is-…” I said as my eyes widened, shocked by the gem in my neck.

Still speechless, I just looked myself in the mirror wearing the gem as a necklace. Although there wasn’t a piece of string, cloth or anything that could hold the gem as a neckline when I first saw it in the bag. That fact alone made me confused… but there’s more to it. Why do I have the gem..? I don’t remember placing it nor making it as a necklace… The last thing I knew was when I got knocked out…

“Wait-… that boy-…” I said as I realized something.

My guess was that the one who knocked me out… was the boy laying in the cave… gave me the gem and brought me here…

I quickly ran downstairs and asked my family…

“Hey everyone! How did I end up in the house? Wasn’t I traveling in the woods?” I asked them.

“Well-… you were brought here by-…” My mom said until…

“By a guy with a purple-ish black hair..” Haruka said, cutting my mom’s response.

“Hey, didn’t the man said not to tell her that-?” Tenya, my little brother said.

“*Sighs* I guess there’s no point in hiding it from her…” My dad says disappointingly.

I knew it… but-… why? That questioned me the whole summer break…

— END OF CHAPTER —

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