Unordinary Girls: Crystal Hearts
Chapter 1: Opening up Pandoraâs Box
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 I lost control of everything my mind, my body, my spirit, everything I once would call mine was gone or there was no control of it. I just kept running. I couldnât stop or that I wouldnât stop. I knew it was a dream but it felt so real. I kept on running, the voices were becoming louder and the muffled faded of distant voices that used to haunt my mind. Then the flames would start to emerge, my entire world turned into flames. I watched them dance as I felt my body freeze. My whole world became cold. Everything was this dull silence in my mind. I could still hear the voices almost like they were crying out for help. Everything hurt the pain became too much, then from all the chaos I could see all of them. Everything was gone this world I took that away from me then the word hit me so hard I felt myself starting to fall into the dark abyss that Iâve become so accustomed to. The words.
âItâs all your fault.â
âWe needed you and you werenât there.â
 âYou could have prevented this from happening.â
âYou failed once again.â
 âYou were supposed to be our leader and you abandoned us.â
 âYou were supposed to be my sister.â
 Everything was crashing. I was crashing and I couldnât stop this. Iâm sorry I didnât know it was going to end like this. You are right it my fault I was supposed to protect all of you. I left you all and you needed me. I was selfish. What am I saying? I never understood why I would have this dream and yet it is so vivid. I felt some solace with this darkness I landed in; it felt like I belonged to it. Then I felt something rip through my body. It was...my spirit and I saw the light and I saw her holding her hand out towards to grab it and take it. I come so close every time I end up falling into my own destruction.
âIt alright my little flowerâ MOM!
âMAMA!â I woke to myself drenched in my own sweat and gasping for air. It was like life was taken out of me and stuck back in.
 âNeon! Are you alright?â
âIâm fine. Fujiokaâ
 âIt didnât sound like you were.â Kira and I stared at each other for a few seconds. âFujioko Iâll stay with Neon for the night, you go back to bed.â Fujioka signed and returned to her room. I couldnât get over what happened. I've been having these dreams since I was a little kid. I still donât know the meaning behind any of them.
 âCome on, let's get some sleep you need it.â Kira, she my s- my best friend I live here with her stepmom and dad ever since that day. She has always been so caring of me no matter what she is like an older sibling you could say. I just wish she wouldnât worry so much.
âI shouldnât go back to sleep, I'll just go back to that place again.â I looked at her, her eyes were filled with worry. âIt's that bad again huh.â Pretty much we didnât need to talk to know what the other one is thinking, we just knew. âYou know you could tell me every once and while.â I sighed. âThe dream doesnât concern you so it shouldnât matter at all.â Kira groaned. âCold as always sis. Someone has to look after you. It does concern me. I'm your sister and I always will be.â I turned my back to her. I closed my eyes and tried to fall asleep.
Iâm here again. It is so beautiful it feels like I could breathe freely now. Everything was so beautiful here. I saw all of them in all of the spirits. I let my feet carry me. â Welcome back miss Neon.â It was Kuzu who was the spirit guardian of the spirit world. âYou seem like a troubled little one.â
 âItâs my dreams or my powers again. Iâve been old, they are just dreams.â He took my hand. âI see my little maiden. Itâs both sometimes hard to tell. I also could see those humans arenât helping much. I will make an exception for the one who is so attracted to you.â Kuzu has always kept me company here since I could remember coming here.
 âYou can despise humans all you want, it's not going to make them go away anytime soon. Iâm also human. There are some spirits you mustn't like. Also for you information her name is Kira and she really cares about me. I know for a fact she wouldn't let anything bad happen to me.â I looked at Kuzu, Iâve always wondered if he gets lonely.
âIâm quite alright with my child. I donât get lonely here, if I do I have you for company. For your information I do digress some spirits that come hereâ I didnât say anything more. Kuzu and I continued our walk together. I did enjoy this time.
âThey are worse from before.â He figured it out he certainly did.
âIn a way yes they have, I canât figure out the voices in my head in my dreams sometimes itâs screaming and crying for help. I just keep running and I canât stop myself. Itâs like I lost control of everything in my possession.â I could feel my chest tighten up from talking about it. I felt Kuzu put his hand on my shoulder. âEverything will work out my little maiden I believe so. One thing I wish for you is that I donât want to see you here as a spirit anytime soon.â I knew what he was talking about. Kuzu had the ability to read minds. Iâve always wondered what would happen if I died. It wasnât like Iâm afraid of dying, I just wouldnât want to come back. Being here is so peaceful. It was that cloak again I know who it belongs to. Before I could even stop myself I started running toward there. âMama. Please.â It was her it only could be her. She vanished. I almost had her.
 âNeon!â I felt Kuzu grab me and my whole world was back to normal. âLittle maiden, thank the gods for helping me save you. Donât ever do that again, we talked about this before. There are spirits that will hurt worse they will kill you. I know the internal pain your parents have caused you with their deaths. There will be one day I wonât be able to save you.â I was being selfish again. I really am a heartless creature doomed to this Earth.
âIâm sorry Kuzu.â He tapped my head. I opened my eyes and the stiffness came back to haunt my body. I got up out of bed, I got dressed and went downstairs. Fujioka was down there, it was like she was waiting for me. I wanted to be alone right now.
 âGood Morning Neon.â
âYeah.â I went to go put on my shoes and grab my bag to head out for the day.
 âWe need to talk.â I sighed of course she wouldnât want Kira around to hear us. Keeping secrets again it's become everybodyâs secret talent these days. âAbout what?â
 âYou become a Mage. I donât think itâs the best path for you to follow.â She really was going there. Weâve had a conversation before and it didnât end well. âBecause of my weak body, Iâm fragile, I could die from using too much magic, you need to stop going to the spirit world, it's going to kill you. Thatâs all I hear from everyone that I canât do it. Iâm tired of Fujioka. Iâm going to be Mage even if it kills me.â
âNeon that necklace wonât keep you alive forever, youâre not your parents youâre not invincible. Your mother thought she was looking where it got her!â Of course she went, I gripped on the door handle even tighter. âDONâT YOU EVER TALK ABOUT MY MOTHER LIKE THAT AGAIN!â I ran out of that house and I couldnât breathe. I kept on running. I had to get away from here as far as possible. Everybody in my entire life has tried to tell me what to do since they died. They told me to be what I desire to be. I want to be Mage to help people so they donât end up like me or my parents.
I was here at their grave, I hope you guys are doing okay up there. Sometimes I didnât even understand why I see the things I do. I donât understand my powers half of the time. Kira is getting stronger. That's good for her. I wish you guys were still here to teach me.â
 âHow cute, the little spirit maiden is talking to her dead parents. I wonder if you can see them with powers like yours.â Who in the hell is this guy? I back away from him. Something wasnât right I could sense it. âGo ahead and run like a helpless child like you couldn't save your parents.â
âYouâre messing with me so you can get me angry not going to happen.â I had to figure out what he is really planning here. âWell arenât you smart little things, and here I thought this was going to be an easy one. You Saki have very good insight so they say.â This guy was really looking for a fight and he was about to get one.
 âIâm curious what my new powers can be. Iâm really looking forward to using them on you.â A blast of fire came towards me. I was able to dodge it in time. Maybe running wasnât a bad idea after all Iâm such a coward. I ran towards an alleyway. I had to get out of here with him following me. It's that or use my powers.
âYou canât hide forever.â Think Neon there has to be a way to get out of this mess. Just think of something you want to blow up. Okay that works that I blew up a trash can. I made a break for it. I climb up the building in the alleyway. I started running as fast I could.
âYou think you could outrun me. These useless tricks on someone who knows so much.â I rolled my eyes. My necklace glowed and my magic shield went up. âYouâre such an idiot.â He threw a dark magic ball towards me. My shield reflected it back. I start to run, maybe I can burn him out if he keeps using his magic. Everybody has a breaking point. âYouâre a fast little one.â At that moment my magic shield broke. He pinned me down on the ground. Well Neon look what you got yourself into. âWell you like to play hard to get, I always can get down for that.â Pervert, disgusting. I kneed him into his crotch. I got up and made my escape. âWhy you li-â I didnât hear the rest of his sentence or didn't want to know. I took a breather. I probably shouldnât tell anybody about this, anybody would believe me. I was still on top of the building. I had to get down before this guy got his strength back. Then I saw there was a trapped door to somewhere I went down it and got out of the building from there.
I started walking not really wanting to go back home. I decided to walk some more trying to get my mind off what just happened. I look at my watch, Kira must be up by now and worrying about me and where I am. Iâll have to admit that stiffness I feel when Iâm here, itâs also nice out today. At that moment, I felt a cold breeze hit. It didnât feel right at all. A gust of wind hit me and knocked me over. Really this dude he wonât leave alone. âYou thought you had the last of me.â I tried to get up and he knocked me over again.
 âUsing those silly little tricks of yours that wonât save you. Just use your magic that you were born with.â If I did I wouldnât stop. Everything started to hurt. I hated being weak. I tried to get up and I kept getting tossed around. I closed my eyes and let everything flow through me. I opened my eyes and I felt a burst of magical energy out. I closed my eyes and opened them, they were back to normal. Everything hurt. I couldnât get up.
âShit that hurt kid. Youâve got some real power stored up inside of you.â I could hear his footsteps come closer towards me. I flash something in the corner of my eye. âThatâs not how you treat a lady.â
âYou look like you need a little help there.â He held his hand out for me to grab. I took his hand to help me up. I nearly fell over, he grabbed me. âYouâre safe now. Iâm Kori. Kori Kazumi by the way.â
âIâm Neon. Neon Saki for your information.â Who was he? âThanks.â
âNo problem. Neon if I may ask you how did he end up fighting you in the first place..â
âI was just here and walking around and he came up to me and started fighting me.â Kori looked at me. âDid you say anything strange to you at all?â
âHe started saying stuff about my powers and random supervillain stuff.â Kori chuckled.
âWell Neon you did a real number on him before I got here. You know Iâve heard the rumor about spiritual users that their bodies tend to be more fragile and they donât live long lives. Everyone different Neon doesnât mean you are going to be destined with the same fate.â How did he know? âDonât worry I didnât read your mind or anything. I just could tell from the look in your eyes.â
 âNeon!â Crap Iâm in trouble now. âThere you are what happened? Whoâs the boy?â Kori dropped me out of fear of Kira. âOw!â
âWho did this to you?â Whatâs with everybody and the questions today. âThe knocked out dude over there and I had a little help. His name is Kori.â Kira pulled me into a hug. âI'm glad that nothing bad happened to you.â
âSo Kori is your name right? Thanks for helping my sister. She can pack a punch.â âUmm. Actually I just got here to finish the job, Iâve been looking for Neon and by any chance Kira Fujimoto.â
âHey Kori you need to learn not to go running off like that. Oh man you stop the guy before I got here.â There was a guy with white hair and green eyes that showed up. Something telling me things are about to get really complicated.
âThis is my friend Yuki Tachibanna and to answer your question Kira. We know each other and you two arenât going to become Mages overnight.â Yep, things got more complicated. âHow do you know us?â
 âOur parents knew each other Neon and Kira..â What!? Things are really getting confusing. I had no idea who this kid was. âHow do you know that you arenât lying to me?â
âYou are just going to have to trust me.â He reached out his hand for me to grab. I look at him, with his brilliantly beautiful amethyst colored eyes. I canât take his hand, something is not right. There is something about him so intriguing, I can trust with everything in me for some reason. I tried to get up on my own, he grabbed my arm. âEasy there.â
âKira and I should go.â Â
âLeaving us already Miss Neon.â Kori let go of my arm. âYou donât need to, you arenât safe here. You or Kira.â Kori was trying to convince us to stay.
âDonât come looking for me again.â I started walking away.
âNeon, Iâm asking you to come with us Iâm asking you to trust me.â
 âI canât.â I continued to walk away from them, Kira grabbed me arm. âNeon, I donât know what it is but I think we can trust these guys. We may not know them, there is something just about them, and you know that Iâm not a good judge of character.â I looked at her, I stared at those big hazel oribs of hers. I sighed she wasnât wrong.
 âI know how you feel.â
âDo you remember what your dad used to say about strangers they are friends that you haven't met yet.â I turned to face Kori and Yuki. Hopefully Iâm not going to regret my decision.
âKori, Yuki, Iâve decided that I can trust you.The both of us can.â Kori looked at me and smiled.
âI knew you would.â I knew from that moment my life would change forever it would never be the same again.Â