Crystal Heaven... Or Hell

Chapter 1: It Begins.

Today started as all my others normally had, wake up at 5, get out of bed at 6, and eat breakfast. Pretty normal routine right? Well i won’t be having any more mornings like this huh? Nope, that changed when i did. I got up did my routine and started playing one of my favorite multiplayer games till around 11 A.M. with my brother, then i remembered that i had to take my shower. So i went in the bathroom undressed and hopped in the shower, normally i take warm showers, but today i felt like taking an ice shower. As i slowly turned the cold water knob to the left i felt the temperature change almost immediately. I was not used to this temp of water i quickly jerked back from the constant bombardment of the chilly water, but as i did this i lost my footing and staggered back a step. At first i thought that i had regained my footing… instead i fell backwards and smashed the back of my head into the wall.

“God damnit! OOoooww” i whined as i rubbed the back of my head with me left hand, using my right hand to prop myself back up into a sitting position.Holy shit that hurt like hell!

“Oohh, that’s gonna to hurt for a while.” i said as i got back up. I could hear my brother walking down the hallway. ‘hmph, probably heard my fall.’

“Hey, you alright in there dude?” i heard him yell from the other side of the door. Yes i am the younger brother of the two of us… so what.

“Ya ya i’m fine… Son of a bitch that hurt like hell” i said back. ‘i hope he didn’t hear that last part…….Ok he didn’t good. I hope that won’t start a bad streak… fuck i think i just jinxed myself.’ I finished up with my shower and stepped out, toweled off and got dressed in black combat pants (what i like the style cut me some slack) and walked out of the room rubbing my still hurt head.

“You sure yer OK?” My brother asked standing from standing almost directly in front of me. of course this scared the shit out of me and guess what i lost my footing…again...and fell back...again.

“I swear you're trying to kill me.” i said from the ground rubbing my head because it hit the floor...AGAIN!!!

“Sorry ‘bout that dude. c’mon get back up.” he said while extending his towards me. i gladly took his hand and he help me right myself back on my feet.

“Just put some ice on your head and you should be fine.” he said while walking over to the couch sitting back down and picking his 3ds back up.

“Whatchya hunting?” i asked him ‘cause i knew what he was playing. Of course he was playing the best Multiplayer and Single Player franchise EVER...MONSTER HUNTER!!

“Eh somethin’ just for quick cash. Seriously put some ice on your head it should help.” he replied/told me without looking back up at me except for a quick glance. Reluctantly i walked into the kitchen and grabbed an ice pack out of the freezer and put it up against the back of my head and walked out into the living room and sat down next to alex (something i came up with quick). As i sat down i felt something cold bounce off the back of my shoulder. ‘Huh, this bag must have a rip. i should probably go put this back then.’ i thought as i stood back up and started walking. Once i placed the pack back in the freezer i stepped back into the living room looking to where the ice probably landed and went to go pick it up and throw it in the sink. As i got closer to the ice i noticed that it was shiny and looked really smooth.

“Oooh, that’s cool. Hey check this out.” i said to alex while still looking at the peice of ice that fell from the package.

“What the hell is that? I’ve never seen anything like that in my life, except for some rocks i’ve seen at the beach.” he said as he neared me and the ice piece. I picked it up from the floor and stood back up to examine it further with a closer look than i could while it was still on the ground.

The piece was smooth all over and felt cool to the touch, kinda expected though, the weird part about this 'ice' was that towards the center inside of it, it slowly turned darker until it became pitch black.

I sat back on the couch and it began to glow.I waited for something to happen, two seconds later it began to glow brighter by the second. Then i suddenly felt very hot under the already little bit of clothing i was wearing at the time but waved that off as my imagination. But then the ice glowed a brilliant white that i had to look away and shield my eyes from its intensity I’m pretty sure alex had to look away as well.

As soon as i looked away from the shard i felt hotter and colder at the same time, i suddenly heard bones breaking and cracking and felt pain unlike anything i had ever felt (and i’ve been through some things mind you). It started with my hands and traveled all over to the rest of my body. I wanted to yell to say something but i was trapped in a little trance because of the pain going through my body. Though when i gambled to steal a glance at my body i was surprised to see patches of pure white as snow fur. Oh man, this felt like it would last for an eternity, but i was soon greeted with relief from this pain a moment later when the light dissipated and i suddenly felt a sensation of falling and fell face first into...snow?

"Hey are you ok? Hello, oh crap." i heard someone talking but i paid them no mind. I felt like i was being moved buuut, Screw it i’m going to sleep for now… sleep sounds good.’ And with that i fell into what i thought might be unconsciousness. Blank blackness? Does that make sense? Ah screw it i’m just gonna call it a viod......