The astrals before Blox Watch

Chapter 1: The Crystal

Cherise( Matt and Molly's daughter) had a very close relationship with Charlotte. Since both her parents were in the army she would find herself most of the time at the place where Daisy and Charlotte lived in. She got along well with both of them , but she seemed to have a better relationship with Charlie as the two usually spent more time together, and got along well.

One day, Cherise was looking though Charlotte's stuff. They were able to set a boundary that the young girl always respected. She came across a crystal.  

"Hey Charlie, what's with this crystal?" Charlotte , who was still doing her homework looked at the crystal and she remembered the first time she got it.

"Oh, there it is. Man , it sure feels like a long time ago" she said as memories began flooding her. She then explained to Cherise how she got it.

"Mind if I.........y'know.......keep it?" asked the very curious Cherise.

"Not at all" said Charlie "Only when you visit us though"

Cherise agreed to the terms and went along to mess around with the Crystal. Charlotte went back to minding her own business , but she then felt a light but weird headache.

That night , everyone was sleeping. Charlotte and Cherise shared the same room as mentioned previously , Cherise was closer to Charlotte than Daisy. It's around 2:AM. Charlotte wakes up with a fright. She looks around. She sees Cherise resting on the bed with the crystal near her head. She locates the window as her only source of light. She shakes her head a bit, grabs her phone to use as a flashlight then goes to the kitchen to pour herself a glass of water so she could attempt to go back to sleep. After doing so , she checks her alarm is still on , then proceeds to get in bed. Despite all her best efforts , she couldn't fall asleep for a full hour. 

*Beep beep beep* the alarm goes off. It's 7AM. Cherise wakes up feeling bright and cheerful. She looks to her side and sees Charlotte still sleeping. She tries waking her up , but fails. All she got were groans. She then went to the kitchen. 

"Morning Cherise" called Daisy. "Where is Charlotte?"

"In bed. She says she didn't get enough sleep and refuses to wake up".

"Alright, give me a couple of minutes" said Daisy as he headed to her daughter's room to wake her up. 

"Wakey wakey"

"Mom , I don't wanna wake up" said a very sleepy Charlotte.

"Come on, it's Friday. One more day of school and then weekend"

"Fine, but you will let me rest after school" 

"Deal"

At school , Charlotte was feeling veeeery sleepy. Thankfully, one of her friends , Rebecca would be able to cover up for her. Well, for most of the day. During Physics , the boy sitting in the desk in front of Charlotte noticed how she was struggling to keep herself awake. And he began taunting her. 

"Shut up......"said Charlie though her teeth.

"And why would I do that? Sleepy Charlie?'

"Shut up Gabriel"  demanded Rebecca. 

"Not my fault Charlie stood up until 12AM on her phone"

Charlotte clenched her fist in anger, but she stood quiet. The boy kept on taunting her, but one sentence pulled the trigger.....

"She's been going out with someone behind her mom's back.........."

"That's it", she said as she threw the rubber in the bully's direction. The boy ducked down , avoiding it. The rubber flew over his head and hit the teacher's back. Charlotte froze, as the teacher turned around.  He looked over to see Charlotte with a look on her face that gave her away.

"Well fri-"

Charlotte found herself in detention. Thankfully justice exited as Rebecca gave the bully away. 

"So...... why were you feeling sleepy today?"

No response. Charlotte began doing her homework as she didn't want half an hour of the day to got to waste. The teacher came in.

"Alright then Charlie , you can go home."

"Thanks miss. Sorry for my misbehavior today."

"It's all ok. Just don't let it happen again."

When Charlotte arrived at home , she saw a slightly upset Daisy  waiting for her. 

"How did you get to detention?"

"I was sleepy in classes and someone played with my nerves."

"Aaaand?"

"I threw a rubber at him but it hit the teacher.........."

"Oh I see"

"Mind if I....... y'know, go to bed? I really feel tired"

"OK then , go have a rest"

"Thanks mom"

Cherise watched Charlotte go into her room. She then thought she saw the crystal glow. She didn't think much of it. She went into the bathroom to wash her hands , but she could have swore that, for a moment , she saw her eyes glow a pink-magenta like color................