The Black Crystal

"I am sick of this flash-disappear act. Looks like Master Aragdo has some good magic tricks. But me as a savior?" Eayan said to himself. He put his hand in the pocket. The Black Crystal was still there.

"So does it really work? Lets see what it does! But how it works?" Eayan thought.



When he was thinking, he heared Mom’s voice, "Eayan, what are you doing?"

"What’s the time?" Saying this, he turned towards the clock. It was 5:30. "I was out for 30 minutes. Cool!"

Mom said again, "Eayan, are you sleeping?"

"No, just studying."



At 8:30, Eayan was going to school. Sam and Picky were with him.

Sam, "Why did you not come to play Saturday evening?"

Picky, "Yes, you were not here. You had promised to come!"

Eayan, "I was busy. I had some important work."

Sam, "Was it regarding Mia?"

Eayan did not say anything. Instead he stared at Sam.

Sam, "Do not take it seriously!"



Mia was a classmate of Eayan. Eayan liked her but never had courage to tell her. Sam and Picky were only people who knew this. Eayan was naturally very possessive about anything he liked or possessed. Same was case with Mia. he did not like to hear a word about Mia.



Sam, "Anyway, will you come today."

Eayan, "Surely."



After reaching school, everything went as usual till lunch. In lunch, as Eayan was getting out of the class, he felt small vibrations in his pocket. "What is this? He put his hand in his pocket and got the vibrating thing. It was the black crystal. "Why is it vibrating? I can’t do anything, I will have to meet Master Aragdo to know more about it."



As he was going out of the class, at the other end of corridor, he saw Helms coming. Helms, once his friend, was now his arch rival. But today, he had no time to think about him, he was more worried about the crystal. He did not give any attention to him. Helms was born black, not by color, but by heart. He always used to find ways to scold Eayan. That day was not different. As Eayan was near Helms, Helms knowingly struck his soldier with Eayans.



"Don’t you know how to walk?" Helms said loudly.

"It was you who struck, not me." Eayan said as calm as he normally was.

"Are you going to tell me? You! Looks like you want to fight me. Come on."

"I do not. I never fight dogs!"

"What? You are calling me dog! Now I will...... " saying this Helms held Eayan’s hand strongly and hit a punch on his face. Eayan normally avoided him but this time it got physical. He tried to hit Helms but he evaded his blow and hit him back on face. This time Eayan felt blood coming out of his mouth and nose.

"I need to do something." Eayan thought.

"Ooh! Looks like baby has started bleeding." Saying this, Helms hit him again on face. This hit was very powerful. Eayan found himself down on his knees. "I can not loose. Not to someone like him."



Helms was about to hit another blow when he noticed that Eayan’s eyes had started glowing red. "What? Blood in eyes? He will surely die today." But when he saw closely, it was not blood, instead it was a strange red light coming out of Eayan’s eyes.