Crystal fantasy
Psychical power

Part 3
(3 short chapters)

Someone to help me

,Why,...
... why do you have to steal to get what you want ...?
Isn't it enough for some people what they have?
Why do these people have to harm others in order to get what they want ..?
Are there any reasons for that ..? Tell me, I want to help you!
Is there any reason for that at all? Is there perhaps a similar reason why people lose their souls to the crystals?
Have you lost your faith too? Or have you been wronged? Since you fell from grace ..? Or have you lost all those who are important to you ..? Tell me, I want to help you ... Help you to forget your suffering and your pain.
If you are looking for the meaning of your life, never give up hope! You will find an answer if you search for it ...!
You don't know where to look?
Come with me! I will show you the meaning of your life because you will recognize it when the time comes ... '"Hey! What about you?"
Shina looked at Kana who had fallen asleep in the meantime.
And even when she slept, warm tears ran down her face.
Raiji picked her up and brought her into the hut, while Shina just thought about something and grinned slightly.
She quickly ran to Raiji and said quietly: "Let's see if she has anything valuable in her backpack!"
"I don't know," Raiji began, ".. you said she was telling the truth, didn't you? What if we take something away from her that she needs to save people ..?"
".. but Raiji," Shina replied, ".. do you honestly think she can do it? I don't think people are lost. No matter what this girl tries, she can't do it! She's too small, too weak!"
"Why don't we help her?"
Raiji looked expectantly at Shina and laid Kana on a small bed.
"Maybe," Raiji continued, "... maybe she can help us to find the meaning of our life.At least we haven't found him yet ... "
Shina sat down on a chair and was silent for a while.
"I don't know ... what if ... what if we die in this action ..? Did you forget that we are just simple thieves?", She said without looking at her brother.
Raiji sat down next to her and said: "At some point we will die anyway, because at some point we will also lose our faith."
Shina laughed softly.
"Why are you suddenly looking your fate in the eyes? Weren't you always the cheerful boy, no matter what?"
The addressee sighed softly and was silent. After a while he said softly: "Times have changed. You know that .. if you keep up with the times, you change .. as soon as you have changed .."
Shina's laughter stopped. She leaned back and closed her eyes. Raiji knew if she did that she would reconsider everything.He was happy about that. He looked at the sleeping Kana and had to smile slightly ...

Red Crystal ....

'What does the help of others mean? I tell you: a lot! Making friends is always a happiness in the world like no other, friends are the most important thing in the world.
If you are sick, they will help you.
If you are hurt, they will help you.
If you get hungry, they will help you.
When you are alone, they are there for you.
Friendship...
Friendship is never an opportunity, it's ALWAYS a sweet responsibility in your life ...
As a few people once said: One for all, all for one!
In this way I will also protect my friends, because nothing is dearer and more important to me than them, the important thing that I don't want to lose ..... '

Slowly Kana opened her eyes. She didn't know where she was and first looked around with a sleepy look. She noticed that she was carrying someone piggyback, she felt that she knew this person."You are finally awake," said Shina, who was walking next to Raiji and was the first to notice that she was awake.
"It's about time ..." Raiji said and let Kana down.
"How ...? I don't understand ..." Kana looked at the two confused.
The other two had to laugh softly until Shina said: "We have decided to help you. Because you have to know, we also have a certain goal in mind and we thought that if we help you we will achieve it. Besides, we have fed up with the life of thieves and don't believe that you can dissuade us from following you, because we remain stubborn !! "
Kana looked at the two in astonishment.
, Now I know how I know her: I've heard many times that thieves hang around in the high mountains ... but why didn't Macy warn me again ...? ', she thought.
Shina grabbed her hand and was about to pull her forward when Kana meekly asked: "Why are you stealing?"
For a while the two were silent until Raiji said: "We can't talk about that ..."
Kana felt that she had hit a sensitive point, nodded and then let Shina drag her along the mountain path.
Raiji trotted along slowly and resolved first of all to keep an eye on Kana.
"Tell me," he began after a while, ".. what kind of crystal is this that is attached to your chain?"
The black-haired girl turned to him and said: "It is a special crystal. It shines crystal blue and in the past there were quite a few of them on this continent. But since people were so greedy for it, it is very rare and quite valuable today . I own one because it's a family heirloom. "
When the blond-haired boy got his answer, he briefly let his gaze wander past the beautiful crystal and then looked at the clouds.After a few hours the three of them were pretty exhausted and the sky turned blood red, a rather strange evening glow.
Kana looked around while the other two made camp for the night.
'Funny,' thought Kana, '... Heaven, he's blood red like never before ... what does that mean?'
At the same time Raiji lit dry wood so that the campfire would warm the three of them at night and said: "Tomorrow we will come to the next village, Lilyvillage ..." and Shina started to cook something delicious.
"Where is Kana?", The blond-haired girl asked herself after a while.
Her brother replied: "I think she just wanted to have a look around. I'm going to look for her. I'll be right back .."
"Hurry up ..." Shina looked after her brother ...
Kana looked at her pendant who shimmered just as blood red in the mysterious sunset.
No, it didn't shimmer, it shone just like that."What... ? "
She didn't know exactly what that meant and looked at the moon.
This was just as blood red as her crystal and slowly the kana was frightening.
"What shoud that? "
She didn't like the sight of that color. That reminded her of her sister, who came back once overflowing with blood and half at the end of an assignment. Macy had never told her what happened then and when Kana closed her eyes to not see this color anymore, she saw a small village in her mind.
It burned everywhere and people lay bleeding on the floor.
,What.. ? Why.. ? Help the people in this village! '
She couldn't really endure these pictures either, so she wanted to open her eyes, but it seemed as if she wouldn't succeed.
More and more of these cruel images came through her mind.
She slumped to the ground and did not even notice that she had already opened her eyes, because she still saw the injured people, the destroyed village, and a man who was standing in the middle of the chaos and laughing.Slowly the tears came to her without noticing it and softly she whispered: "Why ..?"
She didn't know what these pictures meant, but she didn't understand why someone laughed when people, living beings made of flesh and blood, were lying next to them and were dying.
Then she felt something warm.
The images disappeared and she felt someone take her in their arms and say soothingly: "No more crying, Kana. I'm here .."
Kana hugged the person, tears continued to run down their cheeks and mumbled .. "Raiji ..."

Lilyvillage

'Aren't flowers beautiful? They are one of the many signs that symbolize life. They are beautiful when you put them in a vase, but can you imagine that it doesn't hurt?
After all, she is also a living being, not of flesh and blood, but they too were created by nature. So don't burn them, don't step on them, don't tear them up, then they will always bloom and never wither ... but tell me .. Can you imagine the same thing in a village ..? 'Raiji slowly picked up Kana and took her in his arms.
Still crying, she clutched him.
He didn't understand exactly why she was crying, but he decided not to ask about it at first.
"I'll bring you back Kana," he said quietly and took a quick step towards the night camp.
Shina was sitting by the campfire and you could tell from the look on her face that she was a little worried.
After all, her brother had promised to come back quickly, but he hadn't expected it to take so long to find Kana either.
Shina heard steps, she knew it was Raiji. Why? She just felt that, you could say she had a strong connection to him.
"Why did it take you so long?", She then asked when her brother sat next to her at the campfire with a sleeping Kana, "... and what about Kana?"
"I'm not sure. The only thing I saw when I saw her was that she was slumped on the floor and crying.""Hmm ..," Shina thought about it, ".. best put her in the tent first.
Said and done. He padded into the tent with Kana, laid her there on a soft blanket and then covered her with two other thin, but still reasonably large, blankets.
Then he crawled out of the tent and sat down next to Shina again.
"Who is on watch tonight?" Began the blonde-haired girl.
"I'll take care of the beginning, so the first 4 hours of 8 night watch! The best thing to do is to wake you up when it's your turn, sister," Raiji replied.
"Well, then I'll beat myself on the ear now ..."
It turned out to be a long night for Raiji and when he was able to go to sleep after the 4 hours he was very happy about it.
Shina meanwhile thought about the whole situation as she sat in front of the campfire.
'Let's hope the blood-red evening wasn't a bad sign ...'The next day everyone packed their things and moved on.
But everyone was silent on the way to the next