Rainbow Quartz 2.0 Novels & Stories

Celeste: “Tempting, but the quarry already has dibs on tonight for Atlantean 101. No room for a shoe funeral.” Seras leans between the seats. Seras: “New rule: the new pair has to be even louder than the old ones.” Kayo holds up her phone. Kayo: “I found a customizer online who’ll dye them any color and embroider whatever you want. My vote: black with tiny glowing tridents that only show up underwater.” I grin. Celeste: “Sold.” We spend an hour picking the exact shade (deep storm-cloud purple with a faint shimmer that shifts to ocean teal when the light hits it).

"You have nothing to fear from us. How about we go inside, have some tea? We can talk." Kaida followed the women around the side of the house and through the garden. A walking path with crushed shells and stepping stones led the way. Benches were strategically placed on trails, interwoven like a maze, inviting visitors to stay. Relax. Explore. Crystals in varying shades and tones dripped from twine hanging from trellises. Purple amethyst. Rose quartz. Yellow citrine. Blue apatite. Black agate. Aquamarine fuchsite. Red jasper. And those were the ones she recognized. Through a lattice arch above, lavender blooms from beach pea vines crept through the openings.

The gemstones, carefully designed into exquisite cuts and shapes, glimmered like captured fragments of nature's most vibrant hues. At the center of the necklace, a large emerald pendant adorned with intricate engravings caught her attention. The stone, shaped like a big wolfberry, possessed a mesmerizing depth that seemed to draw in the surrounding light. Its rich green hues, ranging from the vibrant shades of new growth to the deep tones of ancient forests, held within them the promise of growth, renewal, and the enduring strength of love.

I recognized a bright blue one as my birthstone, Tanzanite, but I looked to Dez to hopefully identify the rest. “Moonstone, to help bring you clarity,” he said as I faced the opal, white-coloured one his way before turning it to the reddish-brown coloured one with stripes running through it, “red tiger’s eye, to help ground you and offer calming energy,” I turned to the last one, which was a deep green colour with red marks on it, “and bloodstone, to help you stay true to yourself, and draw from your own personal strength.” “It’s… it’s… it’s perfect,” I stuttered out, “I don’t know what I’d do without you Dez, don’t leave me, ok?” The tears were streaming down my face as he brought me into h

"Thank you, Slone. I cannot say I have anything like this." I smile. "The stones next to it are carnelian, jade, and clear quartz. Carnelian awakens power and creativity, jade brings self-love, and quartz is a natural focus for power and manifestation. I know," I pause, "I know you don't believe in this stuff, but I believe in it and I think my belief will be strong enough for us both. I love you, Rosie." She smiles at me as she places the necklace around her neck. "I love you too, Slone. You really are my best friend."

So familiar, but exotic in a way I couldn't even begin to explain. I just stood, staring out the door like an absolute idiot, taking in the God at my doorstep. I couldn't take my eyes off his own. A deep-set swirling violet tinted with the darkest ebony black was confined to the irises of his eyes. It almost trapped me, like hands made from the illusory magic that seemed to pull me in.

Just as he was he about to plug it in, it vibrated again. SEBASTIAN KEATES: Save it NOW!

Daiji continued, introducing the pair of Kitsune flanking them with a jerk of his head in each of their directions. “Tsk, tsk, tsk, girl. Get any angrier and you’ll be as crimson as my nails,” Navin spoke…and wiggled her fucking fingers in my face. “I got them done just before we left to come here. I wanted yellow, but I figured Soaré would be wearing the color.”

“Let her stay close until she’s ready for school again.” Now, watching her hum softly under her breath, I knew I’d made the right choice. The sparkle in her eyes was faint but alive again. I turned back to my workbench, where the Paraiba tourmaline lay under the light, that impossible blue-green, like a drop of the ocean frozen in crystal. Beautiful, yes. But fractured. The internal inclusions caught the light unevenly, scattering it like broken glass. I exhaled, leaning back. “It’s fighting me again.”

Closing my eyes, I try to ground myself as something rushes past me. Opening my eyes, I find the cave mouth illuminated in the dim light of night. There in my hand, which I believed was holding Taran’s, is a wand. At the base sits a dark green serpentine crystal, then the dark wood appears black, and right above my hand, three gems are set. The first is a green jade, the second is a purple amethyst, and the third is a sunstone crystal. On top sits a large piece of quartz. The stone glows pink for a moment, then turns clear, like glass. I slowly walk out of the cave, wand in hand. I lay on the ground just outside the mouth of the cave and look up into the sky, as the meteor shower starts. Onc