HELLO, ONCE AGAIN, AUDIENCE!
Wait… That's not my line?
Well… Nevermind that then. So, rewrote this entire chapter after the computer crash, so it may seem a bit rushed. Plus, this is only a small section, to fill in some gaps. Sorry that the length may be a little… Lacking. And by the way, over 3,500 reads?! Thank you all SO MUCH!
June 21st, 2014.
So, today was the day Evan finally found a way to go to this alternate world that Aster was presumably sent to. Nobody can be one hundred percent sure. He left me here though, saying, "Alexis, I can't have you go with me. This is a prototype device, and the dangers are completely unknown. Plus… I may not come back."
Sadness was evident in his eyes as he looked down and continued. "I have no way of knowing where I'll actually be sent, and I have no sure way to get back. Maybe the portal will remain open, maybe not. But I can't pass up this chance." He looked back up and grasped my hands, looking into my wet eyes. "I love you," he said, the corners of his eyes wrinkling as he turned his lips up in a smile, "But I have to go… If in the occasion that I don't return soon, please wait for me. I have no idea how long I'll be gone." He pulled my close for a hug, then released me and walked into the portal that he had constructed in his basement.
To my horror, the magical disc of energy snapped shut the second he walked through. The device seems intact, but…
I'll only use it in an emergency.
Alexis shut the diary and threw her pen at the wall in frustration. She had lost both of her best friends… No, her best friend and her boyfriend, in a little over a year. She stood up from the desk and walked to her bed, throwing herself down on it, shoving her face in her pillow and screaming. She turned over to her back and recalled the events of the day of Aster's death.
After she had done what he had asked, and Evan said that he had been sent to Equestria, she decided to return to his bed and look at him one last time. Upon opening the door, she was greeted with a shocking and jarring sight to say the least.
Aster's body had disappeared, leaving nothing but a rumpled sheet and a tangle of cords and tubes. The staff and her friends were completely baffled, having been right outside his door the entire time. Nobody else had entered or exited his room, and all the windows were latched tightly. She walked home with tears in her eyes, and then…
Evan's seclusion began. His grades slipped, his face was weary during the school year, lacking the energy and fullness she had known and loved. He spent hours every night of every week doing research and study on proposed and slightly insane methods of inter-dimensional travel. Alexis began to worry about his health, both physical and mental.
He never stopped, and come summer, he had completed his task and built a prototype.
As far as she knew, the result was uncertain. She could do nothing but wait.
I REALLY hope this cleared some things up. I know it's short, but forgive me. It's here to tide you guys over until I can crank out something bigger and better.
