She pulled the digger to a stop when the radar said she reached her destination. It took a half an hour to reach this spot but she thought it was worth it. She heard stories of this and didn't allow herself to believe the stories weren't true. She was glad that she stayed determined. She used the end of the digger to carefully crack the outside of the rock just enough so she could climb inside. She carefully climbed out of the digger and squeezed into the crack.

Inside, she found a huge geode full of crystals ranging the whole color spectrum. Carefully avoiding the sharp edges, she chipped a small chunk off of a red one. Figuring she might as well, she chipped off another chunk about the same size and got to fragments off of the other colors, apologizing for taking her specimens but at the same time thanking the rocks for giving of themselves without killing her.

Jaqulin put the crystals in the special case she designed for this excursion and carefully climbed out of the geode. She paused at the entrance and uttered one word.

"Kō."

What she saw amazed her beyond belief and once again, she thanked the spirits of the earth for giving of themselves to show her their secret garden.

She climbed into the digger and headed back to the Chop Shop. She hoped that she could get the gift done in time for the big one-eight next week. Doing what she needed to without him seeing was going to be difficult. Little did she know that her cousin was traveling to see a Heylin Dragon...


Woot, two in one day, lookie that! Hope you enjoyed!