???'s P.O.V.
I have been following This Sorano girl to a dig site for the past three days. At least there's something I can do here while I try to figure out my life...
And I'm certainly better off here than I was before, right?
Then why... WHY DO I STILL FEEL SO ALONE?
Oh! I gotta hide!
...
Why is she taking a different route today?
Little to no places to hide this route... it's a risk...
But I'm willing to-
"I knew you've been following me!" she exclaimed, turning and pointing at me.
"Uh... hi?"
"Are you also a fan of otherworldly gem projects? I've been trying to keep the fact I'm digging up a rare gem from some other planet that is the size of a car a secret, but you seemed pretty knowledgeable."
"Uh... yes! I do like otherworldly gemstones!"
"Great! Now we're co-workers! What's your name anyway, stranger?"
"Uh... it's..." Think, think, think! "Chuura. Chuura Najwa."
WHY DID YOU MIX LANGUAGES?!?! I KNOW YOU KNOW A LOT, GIRL, BUT YOU SHOULDN'T DO THAT! IT RISES SUSPICION!
Why am I talking to myself like I'm not me? Whatever...
"Chuura, huh?" she confirmed. "Well, welcome to my top secret 'Uncovering Mysterious Gems and Geodes' club!"
"Heh heh... yeah..."
She then dragged me the rest of the way to the dig site.
And I finally got a good look at it.
She was uncovering a large glowing purple electricity-conducting gem.
"I want you to run the analysis for the gem as I dig, since you look pretty smart, Miss Short Hair and No Glasses."
"Are you asking me to wear glasses?" I don't even know what those are.
"Of course not! I was just kidding around with you!"
I rolled my eyes and went to work on the data graphs.
A couple hours later, I heard a loud noise.
"I finished uncovering it, but I can't get it out!" she called to me.
"I'm coming over there!"
I went over and observed the large gemstone. It crackled with electricity and shone almost... familiar...
"It looks... Neolian...?"
"Neolian? Huh? What's that?"
"It's this other planet that doesn't orbit around the sun but still comes by this solar system. I've been... researching it."
"That's nice. Very otherworldly too!"
I felt something inside me... almost as if it was... calling to me...
"Chuura, what are you doing?"
I was reaching my hand out to touch the gem, probably one of the stupidest things I could do.
And then, the moment my fingers brushed it, a powerful force knocked everything back... everything except me. It feels like it was... pulling me further towards it...
"CHUURA!"
A white light overtook my vision. I can't see!
I felt the electricity surging through me. I wanted to scream because of the pain in the shocking process, but I felt paralyzed. I just couldn't move...
When the light cleared, I still felt the shocks, but the gemstone was nowhere to be seen... and I was in the crater...
"Chuura!" Felicia slid down the side of the crater and ran over. "Y-your hair..."
"I... can't see it..." I coughed. "What's wrong?"
"It... grew... and the tips are changing colors."
"...oh..."
"What happened anyway?"
"I guess... I might've absorbed... the gem's power...?"
"Aw man!"
She then got up and left. I waited a while to be able to move and feel my legs again.
And that was when I noticed a tiny geode, about the size of my thumb, right under my new hair.
Why is this happening? Why did this priceless Neolian energy fall down to Earth?
I need answers... answers someone like me cannot get. At least, not like this.
I need to get help.
Picking up the gemstone and carving a place for it on my new crystal brooch, designed and invented by myself (it's actually a work in progress), I climbed out of the crater. I then began to walk away off to the horizon, but my walking was really faster than normal and there was pain with every step...
I HAVE TO FIND OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING TO ME!
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Don't make any assumptions yet, 'kay?
There WILL BE A REVEAL in the next few chapters... I think.
Until then, stay tuned and wonder why this 'Chuura Najwa' is significant.
Bye!
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Timelines Are Not Meant To Be Joined Together (SAMTBK Vol. 5)
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