Emerald's Story

"Can someone be dead and alive at the same time," I asked my older sister as we walked down the street. She was taking me to the park.

"Apparently, I mean just look at Gold," she responded half-heartedly.

I guess she was right. Gold looked pretty alive to me, even though he was dead. As I looked at my sister, I couldn't help but notice the sad look on her face. She looked like she was about to cry.

I kept watching her and I saw a tear slide down her cheek. I hated seeing my sister cry. She'd cried earlier when Gold told her he was dead and it all of my power not to cry in front of Gold. The only person I let see me cry is Crystal.

Now, there wasn't anybody but me and her so I started crying. She looked at me kinda like she was confused. "What's wrong, Emerald?"

"You're cryin' an' I don't like to see you cry."

She kneeled down to me and hugged me. "I'm sorry Rald, it's just…"She stopped talking.

I wiped my eyes with my hands and tried to smile. "I get it," I said, "now let's go to the park!"

She smile and we got goin'. When we got to the park, my friends Sapphire and Ruby were there.

"Come on Ruby, ya caint jus' sit there all day," Sapphire yelled.

"Yes I can, and you can't make me get up," Ruby yelled back.

Sapphire was about to yell at Ruby again when she saw me. "Emerald, Crystal, hi!"

"Hi Sapphire," I yelled back and ran over to her.

She was standin' on the monkey bars and jumped down when I got close. "Watcha up ta?" she said smiling. Her rough brown hair was real messy and stickin' up all over the place.

"Nothin'," I said, "Hey, ya wanna play hide 'n' seek?"

"Yeah, but it won't be any fun with just the two of us."

"I'll play with you," Crystal said.

"Alright," I yelled, "Whatta bout you Ruby?"

He adjusted the white hat he always wore "Alright, I guess."

"Alright," I yelled again.

"1-2-3, NOT IT," Sapphire yelled.

"Not it!" Crys and I yelled in unison.

Ruby hadn't been payin' attention, so he didn't say 'not it' in time. He sighed when he found out he was it.

"Okay," he said leanin' on the swing set and coverin' his eyes, "1-2-3-4…"

Sapphire ran and climbed up a tree and Crys hid under the slide. I crawled under a bench.

I made myself look very small but my green shirt really stood out on the ground, so at the last minute, I ran and hid behind a bush.

"…18-19-20! READY OR NOT, HERE I COME," Ruby yelled.

And that was the last thing I heard before everything went dark.

When I opened my eyes, I didn't see anything. It was really cold. I sat up and sat there for a while. Crystal told me if I sit in the dark long enough I could see, but it wasn't workin'. It felt like I'd been sittin' there for an hour and it was still dark. Maybe if I did that thing?

No. I can't. I don't even know if I still can. Last time I did it, I hurt Crystal. But still…

Then I heard some really loud, scary screams and covered my ears. It made me think about the bad dreams I used to have when I was 3. The monsters in it would scream like this.

I started crying. I wanted it to stop. I wanted my sister. Crystal, she was probably worried about me. She was probably cryin'. It made me mad to think about that. I tightly gripped my straight blonde hair, which for some reason wasn't up in its usual style. The screamin' got louder. Man, it sounded like someone took a baby and mixed it with an airplane!

The screamin' was making me angrier and I yelled, really loud. Like an airplane. I like airplanes.

I screamed really loud and turned toward the sound. My insides felt all hot. My hand lit up red, then orange, then yellow. Then, the fire started and the room glowed.

The screamin' stopped and I stopped screamin'. I held my still on fire hand in front of me and saw the door. It kinda looked like it was made of ice. I walked to it and pressed my hand on it. It melted and I ran out and didn't stop runnin' till I got to Saggitario.

When I got in town, I ran down the street shoutin' my sister's name.

"Crys! Crystal! Crystal, where are you?" I shouted.

I turned the corner and saw my sister on her knees crying. Yellow and Gold where tryin' to get her to stop.

"C-Crystal," I said, but my voice was crackin'.

She looked up. Her eyes were real puffy and red. "E-Emerald," she said, "Emerald!" She got up and ran to me. I did the same but she was over halfway to me by the time I started.

She grabbed me and hugged me tight. I was holdin' on to her arms because I couldn't move them around her neck 'cuz she was holdin' me real tight.

"Are you alright; where ya been; I missed you; you scared me." She was talkin' so fast, I could hardly understand her.

The more she talked, the angrier I got 'cuz someone kidnapped me and made my sister cry and worry 'bout me. I squeezed my sister tight and closed my eyes. My insides felt like they was getting hot and my hand lit up.

Then I heard my sister scream. I opened my eyes in time to see my sister hold her arms. She slipped her hands down and on her arms were two burns in the shape of hands, my hands.

She looked up at me with tears in her eyes. I looked down at my hands that were on fire. My eyes got big and I stared at Krysta. "C-Crystal I…," but I couldn't talk. I fell to the ground and landed on my butt and the fire stopped. What have I done, I asked myself. But I knew what I had done. Somethin' I've been tryin' not to do for two years.

I burned Crystal.

Chapter 2 complete. As you can see, this chapter is told from Emerald's POV. There are a total of six main characters in this and the chapters will be told from their point of view. Well, thanks for reading and please leave a review if you'd like. This is SilvChi signing out, again ^^