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Drew stepped closer to the crystal, and it seemed to glow brighter the closer he got.

“What is it?” I asked.

“It looks like a crystal, but why is it glowing?”

I stood back and watched as it pulsed with light, but it wasn’t light, it was something else. It seemed to swirl inside the crystal, and the glow of light seemed to intensify with the movement of whatever was inside it.

Drew reached for it as I clenched the shirt on his other arm.

“I’m not sure that’s a good idea.”

“It’s not hot, or cold. But it’s so bright, I should be able to feel some heat from it.”

He reached his hand out closer to it, and as he did, I gripped his shirt even tighter. He pulled all his fingers back but one, and as soon as the tip of his finger made contact, a surge of power ran through us both. He flinched away, and shined the flashlight on his hand.

“Are you okay?” I took his hand and brushed mine over it, looking for any injury but finding none.

“I think so, you felt that right?”

“Yeah, I felt it. What do you think it was?” I whispered to him. This day had gone from magical to intense in a second. And right now . . . I wasn’t sure if it was good or not.

He loosened my grip on his shirt, and wove our fingers together, and before I had time to realize what he was about to do, he picked up the crystal. Like before, I felt a surge of energy run through us both, but this time it didn’t stop. It pulsed through and around us.

Drew turned and met my eyes, just as everything around us changed. The room seemed to speed past, as our feet were still planted in the same space. Images blurred and ran together until everything around us was a rush of sights and sound. We stopped in an instant, as though we hadn’t ever been in motion. But now we were outside, and it didn’t look at all like Amos Ridge.

“What happened?” I didn’t let go of his hand as I looked around.

It was night out, and while we were surrounded by trees, they weren’t the same trees we’d walked through as we’d followed the creek. Drew pulled me along, and not knowing what else to do I followed him.

“Where are we going?” I asked him when I realized he wasn’t going to say anything.

“We need to find the cave again.”

“What? I don’t think we’re in the same place. How could this happen, it should still be light out.”

He turned to face me. “Colby, please. I need you to help me find the cave.”

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