Crystal woke up, and looked to the bed next to hers, as usual, Junjie was already up. She sat up and yawned, she stood up and changed into her casual Slugterra clothes. She went to the living room, it'd been a couple weeks since she got back. She remembered what day it was, and let out a sad sigh. 'It's Lucy's birthday.' She thought, if she'd only had a normal day 17 years ago, a tear rolled down her cheek, she was quick to wipe it off. "You okay Crystal?" She heard Kord ask. "Yeah I'm… fine." She said, "You sure? You look pretty bummed out." He said, Crystal sighed. "It's Lucy's birthday." She said, "Well isn't that a good thing?" He asked, Crystal nodded. "Yeah, just… not for me, something happened to me a few hours after she was born." She said, Kord gave a slightly worried look. "What happened?" He asked, Crystal crossed her arms. "Some questions are better left unanswered." She said she went to the kitchen and started taking out some ingredients. "What are you making?" Trixie asked, walking into the room. "I'm going to make a cake for Lucy. Just because I don't like her birthday as much as I should, doesn't mean I won't participate even if it's just a little." She said,
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It was evening and everyone was inside celebrating Lucy's birthday, everyone except Crystal, Crystal sat outside and looked up at the bioluminescent mushroom trees. She looked at her feet and sighed, she heard the door open, she turned her head slightly. "Hey Junjie." She said he walked over to her, and sat down next to her. "Why are you not celebrating your sister's birthday?" He asked, Crystal sighed and laid down. "I'd rather not talk about it." She said, there was silence for a moment. "When you got here a couple weeks ago,you had bruises on your neck, why?" He asked, Crystal looked up and sighed. "I believe my sister told you what happened when you were controlled by the Goon Doc?" She asked, Junjie nodded. "Well before you threw me off a cliff, you grabbed me by the neck and… choked me. So I passed up before being thrown off the cliff…" She said, Junjie sighed, he felt guilty, even if it was the Goon who did it. "I am sorry. Crystal." He said, Crystal smiled. "It's fine… wouldn't be the first time." She said, Junjie looked at her slightly concerned. "What?" He asked, Crystal sighed. "Promise you won't tell anyone?" Crystal asked, Junjie slowly nodded. "Well it happened at my school, a few hours after Lucy was born. It was lunch period, and…" Crystal sat up and wiped a tear. "What happened?" Junjie asked, Crystal hugged herself and mumbled. "What?" Junjie asked, Crystal looked at him, more tears fell. "I tried… to end my life." She said, she looked down, and let the tears fall, she started to shake. "If Anne hadn't been there… I wouldn't… I would be six feet under…" She said, Junjie gave her a confused look then quickly realized what she meant. He wrapped and arm around her, in a comforting way, Crystal scooted closer and leaned into him, Junjie froze for a moment. Then he gently caressed her shoulder trying to comfort her, eventually Crystal started to get tired, she yawned and shook her head. "I should probably get some sleep." She said, Junjie took his arm off her and nodded, he stood up and Crystal got up too, they went inside and Crystal went straight to their bedroom. She took off her shoes, and laid down, and pulled the covers over her, she curled up in a ball and closed her eyes, she remembered something she begrudgingly got up and grabbed a box. "Het Junjie." She called, he entered the room. "Yes?" Crystal held out the box. "Could you give this to Lucy for me?" She said, Junjie shrugged. "I see nothing wrong with it." He said he took the box and left the room. Crystal stretched and yawned she got back into her bed, she grabbed her bunny plush and got comfortable. She closed her eyes and went to sleep.
