Red Crystal Background Novels & Stories

ILANA. The Blood Moon Festival came five days too early. On the third evening, the moon bathed its eerie, crimson glow over the Nightshade Pack. This was an event rarely experienced and considered by the pack to be a sign from the Moon Goddess, hastening the fate of two destined mates. The pack was in an uproar of joyful frenzy. The whole of the pack square hummed with excitement, as though even the air vibrated in anticipation. I faltered at the door to Rana's small cabin and brushed off invisible lint from the pale blue dress that Rana had lent me for tonight. "Rana, are you sure about this?" I asked, trying to keep the nerves from edging my voice.

The pendant of the necklace was a blue crystal that looked ordinary from afar, but on closer notice, it didn't seem so ordinary anymore. The coldness alone was enough to make me wince, knowing the necklace was anything but ordinary. Alpha Raviel also had the same. But it was a golden crystal instead, while King Jared's was a violet crystal. I rubbed my thumb on the crystal, but my thumb seemed to be freezing, and I had to remove it. I felt like I had stayed a bit longer. My thumb might have really frozen. It was strange. The seemingly ordinary crystal seemed to hold something seemingly unique to the Alphas. What it was, I felt like I might never know in this lifetime.

"Not really spying." "So, you're peeking at me?" "No. Not that either. I was just watching you." "Watching me without me knowing?" "Yeah. Something like that," said Eric, scratching his head. Ruby frowned at him and said, "Go on.” “I was also born with five spiritual powers. One is the original blue dragon, for water. Green dragon for earth. Red Dragon for fire. Purple dragon for mystical powers, which is also my Dark Crystal Dragon. It’s more of a darker power, but I only used it for good, I promise.”

She starts chanting and the crystal leaves her palms and starts floating towards us. The closer it gets, the more it continues to glow. “ The purple color indicates purity among our kind. The mating crystal glows purple before the ritual. To confirm the awakening of your beast, the crystal must turn orange, like the color of burning fire." I remember my mother's words before the ceremony started. I watch with bated breath as the crystals circled around where my hands are connected with Damian's. Lydia's chants get louder yet with each passing second, nothing seems to change. The crystal continues to glow even brighter, illuminating the room.

Blue for water, white for air, red for fire, green for earth, and purple for spirit. Aurora settles Enzo into a seat in the center of the star, while Haley arranges crystals around him. Dahlia hands her wife, a bracelet with two crystals attached, both encased in gold wire. “Aurora, we will need you to stand over there.” Haley informs her, pointing at the small circle made of salt and black obsidian pebbles. “Matt, join Dahlia and I in the center.” She shows me where she wants me to stand, which is behind Enzo's head. “Take hands.”

All of them were wrong. "Welcome to the real Crimson Moon Academy," Director Frost said, her voice carrying despite the distance. "Or should I say, welcome to the birthplace of the new world." "Let them go," I demanded, indicating the tubes. "Let them go?" She laughed. "Dear child, they're already gone. These are just shells, genetic templates for the next phase. You stabilized the random transformations, yes, but imagine if we could control it completely. Design the perfect hybrid. Create soldiers, workers, breeders—"

*Faraway* A man is sitting inside a dark room, holding a glass with red wine inside. He is looking out through a large bay window, his eyes staring at things beyond the castle wall. Just then, the phone lying on the dark oak table starts vibrating and the screen keeps flashing. The man slowly turns around, revealing his face, half of which is rotten like that of a decayed corpse.

“Then it’s not just showing me what’s happened. It’s showing me what will.” Theo reached beside the table again and pulled out a second item from the leather folder. It was slim, bound in deep red linen, the corners worn with time. He hesitated before handing it to her. Her breath caught the moment she saw the title: The Crimson Letter By Isla Ward She stared at it, her hand hovering. “Where did you get this?” “I found it last year,” Theo said quietly. “Tucked behind the books in the library’s upper shelf. I didn’t know what it was at first. Just that it felt… wrong.”

Kay remembered, Thea had something she adored. A stone bracelet. She said it was memories from someone. Thea just said it was a gift from a very important person. Kay had wanted Thea to have something of him for a long time too. It was just that Kay didn't know what to give her, and yesterday, as he was staring down Flame Street, Kay's eyes caught this red-brown color. The ring on Kay's hand gleamed in the candlelight, reminding her of Thea's gaze.

"Oh, you don't even know if they are true then?" "No, but I do believe that the forest holds great evil." The man walked over to a table of crystals. "Here, for free, take these." He handed me three necklaces, all with a bright red stone in the middle. "What is it?" "They are known as blood crystals. Some believe the darkness feeds off the natural power in them. If you are cursed by the forest or come in contact with it, the darkness will be drawn to the crystal instead of your soul." "Is that true?" I flipped the pendant in my fingers. I didn't feel any power from them, but I don't know if I should.