Crystal Relations

Chapter 1 - Strange Things

There a lot of things in life that a girl wants. To be famous, to be loved, to have a caring best friend, and a loyal boyfriend but things can never go your way. They go absolutely perfect for the girl sitting next to you in class, the one who got 5 points higher than you on a test earlier that week. They go absolutely perfect for the girl you seen in the mall, the one with the shirt you waited all week to buy, the shirt that was the last one in your size. They even go absolutely perfect for the girl on your soccer team who tripped in the first quarter of the game thus letting her leave early because the coach thought she was having a bad day, leaving the rest of us to be completely showered by the skies being angry with us. That’s just life right? Or maybe it’s because your not as lucky as others? What was the point in this? I forgot, oh well. I tended to do that a lot now.

My Best friend Pixie, (No that’s not her real name, I know what you’re thinking.) Thinks aliens are controlling my brain, thus causing me to forget things they don’t want me to remember. She’s totally wacky right? I know, but she’s my best friend so be nice to her. At least till she starts eye balling you asking are you from Venus, then you can call her weird.

I’m Valleriee, the girl who gets decent grades, the girl who loves sports ... And the girl who found a portal to another world through her closet.

Completely nuts, right? I bet you re-read that last line. Well it’s true I, Valleriee Nickleson found a portal in my closet. It was weird, I actually decided to clean out my closet when it happened. When I seen the glowing crystal on the floor, naturally I wanted to see what it was so I looked a it. Then this weird computer generated female voice said, “Password please.”

It happened yesterday, 4 p.m, after school on a Tuesday.

“Valleriee, your room is still a complete and hideous mess” said my mom, voice greeting as I walked into the house.

“I know, I know but you have to understand” I placed my hand over my heart. “I wanted to clean my room, honestly but practice just ran so late last night and there was such an educational show on that I simply had to watch it to boost my already high IQ”

I grabbed a ham and cheese sandwich my mom had just finished making and took a medium sized bite out of it and began chewing.

“I didn’t know six was a late time Val and I’m sure ‘106 & Park’ is very educational, as educational as Gossip Girl?”

“Exactly, glad we had this talk mom, I don’t get why Alex thinks your so unreasonable and strict” I swung my bag over my shoulder and headed up the stairs eating my sandwich made with love.

“Homework, now Valleriee!”

“Yes ma’am!”

Alexandra, my first younger sister of three walked into my

room.

“No practice?”

“Nope, not today”

“Good, you can help me do my homework, and by help I mean all of it, I have math and science”

“In your dreams” I took off my jacket and let my hair down. “If you don’t recall, there was no school yesterday, SO I won the bet and I believe the be was? …”

“ If you win I’m on my own, doing my homework” she made an annoyed face at me.

“Do tell me how that goes for ya”

“Ooo Alex marched off, mad at that point.

“No homework, yes! Remember to thank Pixie for the heads up on the no school thing” I sat on my bean bag chair, I just loved how I sank into it, it made me feel so relaxed.

Then mom walked into my room.

“ Yes, oh loved mother of mine

“ Homework?

“ None

“ Oh, that’s just perfect you can do your room now

“I just remembered, ... There was a math problem I didn’t finish”

“Valleriee”

“Ok, ok I’m on it”

“Now”

“Ok already”

I got up and started picking up my clothes and junk off the floor. My mom walked on down the hall and i put my clothes back on the floor out of boredom.

“Can’t we just higher a maid? Besides, I like my room messy, I know where everything is” my room wasn’t dirty, dirty, just your simple pile of clothes here, scatter of papers there, stuffed animals sprawled out across the bed. I tried to keep my room colors along the line of pink and orange.

Just then my twin three year old sisters came running in the room all over the place, playing tag.

”Glitter! Glamour! Out! You two settle down, now!” they tended to get frustrating.

The two of them sat down on the floor immediately.

“Did you eat all the lucky charms again?” I asked, knowing I shouldn’t have even asked, it was self explanatory.

Glitter shook her head while Glamour nodded yes.

“Did the pre-school like your pop star nicknames?”

Again, Glitter shook her head while glamour nodded.

“You two aren’t stopping anytime soon are you?”

Once again, Glitter shook her head and Glamour nodded.

“ Where’s Tori?” I was done trying to get through to them. This was a normal routine, they always found something to annoy us with each week, and I guess doing the opposite of each other was this week’s feature.

Anyways, they both shrugged.

“Oh, now you stop, stay there”

I walked out her room and into the narrow hallway.

“TORIANTE!”

Torianté walked out his room and into the hall, he was my only younger brother. He was also, half dressed. He tried to mimic our older brother, Devonté. It got annoying as well. Tori did the sports thing, too.

“Wassup?

“Your practice was cancelled too?

“No, mom said I got a doctor’s appointment so I can get my physical, I’m getting ready now.

“Where’s Devonté?”

”He went to the store”

“He could have asked if I needed something”

“No one cares”

“Shut up!”

I walked back into my room, my brothers got on my nerves, my very last nerves. They always bothered me for no reason at all, I truly believe tat’s what they were put on this earth for, to drive me crazy.

“Bye, go bug Tori he has candy”

The twins shot out of my room so fast it seemed like they disappeared. I simply blinked. Then you could hear Tori yelling and screaming things like, “Don’t touch that!” and, “Mom, get your daughters!”

This caused me to laugh, then I finally started to clean up my room. For real this time.

Time passed. Seconds turned into minutes, minutes turned into hours ... You get the point. My mom was then found standing in my doorway, sometime I thought of her as a stalker.

“Look who’s room’s all clean, I can actually see the floor”

“I had the time”

“Dinner’s ready”

“Okay”

My mom walked down the hallway and back downstairs as i went back to cleaning my room and went over to the closet.

“I can’t even remember the last time I cleaned this closet”

She continued to clean the closet when she pricked her finger on something.

“Ow …”

I said silently as i put my finger in my mouth to suck away the blood.

“What was that?”

I moved my jacket to the side to reveal the clearest, reddish crystal, which had pricked my finger.

“Wow, how’d this get in here, it’s so pretty”

I looked and studied it some more, I’ve never seen anything like it before, it was so weird.

“Password, please”

“I don’t have a password, this is my closet!”

“Then state your name”

“Valleriee Marie Nickleson, wait! You’re a closet, how are you talking!?”

“What??”

Then a black hole opened up and I dropped right in, like a rock dropping through water, screaming for dear life.