Honestly, I didn't ever expect my life to change so drastically from a school field trip to the beach. I don't think anybody would. My life was normal; it was another normal day. The moment I found that green crystal washed up on the shore, everything changed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi! My name is Kaida. I'm 15 years old and I live in the outskirts of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. I have one younger brother named Kaiser, and a pitbull puppy. My life is pretty normal. At least, to me it is. My life went from normal to not-so-normal real quick. From what I thought was a normal school field trip turned into a trip to an alternate world... That I couldn't escape.

My name is Addison Jones. I am 15 years old. I had long black hair that went down to my bottom and gray eyes. I was pale as a ghost, at least thats what my mom would always say. I had just moved to a small town in Pennsylvania where I went to my first year of public school. Being taught by my mother at home my entire life, sophomore year was a huge reality check for me. I didn’t really fit in. Most of the girls here were blonde and had lots of friends, and I was…alone. I always was alone. For as long as I could remember, everybody didn't pay much attention to me. I've never had a "friend", and I can't recall the last time anyone other than my mom payed much attention to me.. at all, for the most part. Even my teachers payed me little to no attention. I didn’t like school, but because of my fathers death, my mom could no longer teach me as she had to work. I was only a week into school and everything was normal… until it happened.