Crystal Ballerina

by BlueSkyHeadLeft010

Prologue

It was just a routine stop to the local gas station to top off my SUV for the road...

Nothing was out of the norm as I inserted the nozzle into the slot and started pumping the ethanol liquid into my ride...

My stomach grumbled a bit as I paid with my debit card and put up the nozzle, so I decided to reward myself with a bit of a treat for the road...

I checked my watch to make sure I had enough time... It wouldn't be another hour until I had to go to all women's baseball game. I should be able to grab a kit-kat for the road and maybe go by a fast food joint for some actual grub later...

I locked the car with my keys and headed over to the store.

The doors slid open and chimed a familiar greeting to the employees to let them know I was here as I walked in...

The aroma of half burnt coffee and day old donuts greeted me as I went over to the candy bar section and found what I was looking for...

I reached over and grabbed a kit-kat bar when I noticed this old guy coming towards me with dirt ripped up jeans and a t-shirt that said "will work for pie". I rolled my eyes as the guy passed me and looked over at the butterfingers before eyeing the kit-kat bars towards me...

"Hey would you be willing to trade that last kit-kat bar you have there?" The guy asked me, a certain hunger in his eyes...

I shrugged, "depends... What you got?" I grinned, hoping for some cash or something so maybe I could buy a drink too...

What he had wasn't cash, it was a rock. A shiny rock the size of my fist, but never the less a rock... "I found this beauty today." The man said grinning, "I was thinking of selling it, but hey girls like jewelry right?" He chuckled as he held the rock out towards me..

I realized now that he was holding a Pearl in his hands, (I was never good at geology, ok?), and I nearly shoved the bar at him as I grasped onto the Pearl eagerly...

"Thannnnnnnnkkkkkkkkkksssssssssssssssssss kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii-" His sentence got cut off as I blinked around and noticed that time was slowing down around me.

I panicked of course, but it didn't help much as I too started to slow and fade out. The last thing I did was scream, but it came out more as an un-completed yell as darkness overtook me.

Author's Note:

Hey everyone! This is my first story on here so plz be kind! ^^;
I'll try to update whenever I can... ;3

*edit* 5/24/14 ~ Changed the words 'dug up' to 'found'.

Comments

[xXAsteriskXx]

One thing - Pearls are made by clams and stuff, not dug up. Opals can be dug up though :). Other than that, really interesting start.

[Hoppa_21]

It was just a routine stop to the local gas station to top off my SUV for the road...

SUV? Those large cars? Is it yellow?! It has to be yellow! Just don't say black or another boring color!

Also, nice short prologue. I prefer those, since I lose interest in things pretty fast, if they don't get to the interesting part fast.

[Ephedianroyalty]

Is there a reason that the paragraphs end in ellipses?