Chapter Three: Just Starting To Click

Kim's POV (In her room)

OK. So it's just a coincidence I happened to "discover" a crystal on my front lawn. How normal. Either way, time for history. Who the heck invented the idea of learning history? What's so special about the darn subject, anyways? But then again that's what I've said about every other class except Home Ec. and Music.

Question #1

What were' miners' jobs?

You have got to be kidding me. That is such an easy question even Rebecca can find the answer without the internet or dictionary. It's one thing to know the answers but it's another thing to hate the class.

Their jobs were to dig underground for minerals, rocks gems, and crystals.

So maybe learning history isn't a total waste of time. How's my crystal doing, anyways? Wait, something's not right. Why is it...

Milton's POV (in his room)

"Glowing!?" I screamed and threw my hands in the air. I've only looked at that crystal for five minutes and this is what happens? I expected something more spectacular than this so this may just be one of those glow in the dark toys. Five minutes ago I was ready to discover something fascinating. How disappointing.

"Milton! Are you okay?" My mom yelled from downstairs.

"Yeah, I'm fine! I'll be down for dinner soon okay?" I answered. I looked back at the crystal one last time before going down for dinner. When I came from dinner I saw a message on the wall that said...

Donna's POV (also in room)

"Go to Los Altos Hills afterschool tomorrow. And yes, I know you guys are still in school. Most of you are, anyway. Don't Tell ANYONE! Or else :) ;)" I read aloud.

Are you serious? After sending a random threat you put a smily face and wink? And to me? I wonder about this generation a bit. While trying to find the source of the threat. I twirled in circles and thought about Cinderella-way off topic. Back to the source. OMG I found it! It's the...

Jack's POV (in study)

"Crystal? But how could that be possible? I mean, it's just a random crystal I picked up from my front lawn. Wait, what is wrong with me? A random crystal on my front lawn? That is not normal. The message clearly stated not to tell anybody or else. Then it ended with a smiley face and a wink. I'm not going to question about that though it may give a hint that this crystal's background was CRAZY. This just proves even more that this thing is not normal. Great, now I feel like I'm doing a commercial.

The commercial

Hey there, folks. Have you heard about "The Crystal" It's a red ruby that glows at the most random times. It comes with random threats that end with a smile(Jack Smiles) and a wink(He winks). That's just two great reasons to buy it!It also makes you feel nervous, cowardly, the chills. It also makes you have a feeling to pee in your pants, someone is watching you, and that you're going to move to Sweden pretty soon! Call now and get one for free at 1-800-ICUP. Must be ten and older to buy.

The commercial

"That product wouldn't be a best seller." I muttered to myself. I turned around to get a pencil from the desk when I noticed that the crystal had...

Jerry's POV (walking to his living room)

Moved by itself. The rock moved by itself. I just went into tha kitchen to taste the meat that would br in out tacos. I get very picky when it comes to what meat goes into my food. especially after tha sardine incident.(A.N. I heard that Jerry is afraid of sardines but I don't know the story. Would someone please tell me why he is afraid of them?) When I came back to the living room it was on a shelf. definitely not where it was. Our shelves have book on them. I haven't been there in years. If I go too close I might get zapped by their book addict laser and turn into a *shudder* A MILTON! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

"Jerry! Deja esas tonterías! ¿Qué eres? Una chica?" (Jerry! Stop that nonsense! What are you? A girl?)

"Mami!" I reply. It's bad enough I have to go to that mon-ah bookcase so why do I have to be called a girl? Either way I'm getting closer. I can't do this! But I have to try. After seeing that message I knew this was not a joke. And it was more than three sentences! Why am I counting? Why am I panicking? This is so confusing.

So I reached out to the shelf and promised I wasn't going to touch those things this century call a book. Just then, Annemarie ran down the stairs. Because out stairs were wooden it made a loud sound. I lost concentration almost immediately. Wow, I actually sounded smart. So this is how it feels like. Wait, my concentration! My precious concentr- oomph!

Turns out I bumped into the shelf causing some pictures and my jewel to fall. The jewel landed on a pillow, luckily. The pictures went crashing to the floor. Oh, there's Annemarie's three-year old picture. There goes me at age five setting my cousin Alesia's wedding dress on fire. And there is our aunt Theresa strangling uncle Tito at our family reunion. I wonder how jail is for her. And no she is in there for attempted murder, which she denies to this day. She still has three years left. Now I don't sound so smart. Or look smart either. How can intelligence leave suddenly? I needed to say goodbye first!

Annemarie was trying to stifle a laugh. Mami stared at me angrily while holding a rolling bat. I quickly grabbed that blue stone before they could see it.

After a speech in Spanish from my mami(I didn't listen, of course. These are the consequences of giving a hungry boy a speech in a kitchen filled with the smell of tacos, mami) out tacos were ready and we ate like nothing happened. though the rock scared me a lot. That ain't swag, y'all! To make my life easier I named the rock Bob based on that monster in Monster vs Aliens. We are either going to have a good time or one heck of a ride.

Ok so that was chapter three! I worked really hard on this one since this seemed a little more important to me than the other chapters. I would like to note a few things, though. If you are mad that there are bad words in the story(that I will say are going to be featured throughout the series) I'm sorry but this is a more matured story and teenagers this century tend to say a lot of bad words. I also won't update that quickly because I am still in school so I have t get to the hang of the system first. OK have a great day and keep your eyes open for chapter four!

-Dovewoman 951