ARAIA'S P.O.V.
I was getting excited and nervous at the same time.
I have never imagined that we would find this crystal this early and easily.
I thought that we would have to go to different places and face many challenges before we find this crystal.
Is the universe helping me? Is this the universe's way to tell me that I deserve to go back to Earth and see my friends and family?
We've been doing our best to search for this crystal but who would have thought that we would just pick it up from our son's night table?
We were told that this crystal is hard to find and since no one knew about its location we accepted the fact that it would take us a few years to search for it.
It was magical enough that this crystal suddenly popped out when my life's in danger, and now that I'm searching for it, it showed up again in the most impossible place.
So it's here now! In my hands!
I know that this is the crystal that we've been looking for all this time, even though I'm not very familiar with it and I only saw it before in my subconscious, I'm sure that this is the crystal as I can feel a strange energy coming from this.
Now, we're just waiting to ask our son about where he found this.
It's already past midnight but Alejandro and I are still awake. Neither of us can even think of getting a sleep right now.
My eyes are all awake and my mind is full of thoughts about what I should do when I manage to go back to Earth. Some of my thoughts are about whether I will go back to Earth alive or if I ever manage to go there, will I be able to go back here?
What if the trip is one way?
What would happen to me and my family if I couldn't come back here anymore?
I closed my eyes tightly. I felt Alejandro's hand carefully caressing my hands.
"I'm scared…" I confess.
"I am scared too… but we should strengthen ourselves. I'm just here beside you for whatever decision you make."
"Alejandro…what would happen if we wouldn't make it?"
I cannot help myself from overthinking, now that Alejandro insisted that he would come to the portal with me.
He told me that he would rather join me than let me enter alone. Although I was against it at first, I couldn't think of entering the portal alone.
"Don't think about it…Nothing bad will happen to us." Even his voice isn't stable, it's making me cry…
"Hon…"
I hugged him tightly.
we stayed in that position until we heard our son calling for us.
"Mom, dad, good morning!"
Zion climbs onto the bed and gives us a peck on our cheeks.
"Good morning sweetie."
"Let's have breakfast?"
"Yey! Breakfast!"
Alejandro and I decided to ask him after breakfast. While eating we watched Zion because we are scared that the crystal may have affected our son as we are still not knowledgeable about its effects on others, but we were relieved when we didn't see any harm it did to our son.
After breakfast, we called our son and decided to ask him about the crystal.
"Sweetie, may we know where you got this crystal?"
I showed him the crystal, he didn't show any shocked reaction or what, he just placed his finger on his head like he's remembering where he found it.
"Oh, I think I picked up that crystal on the pond nearby."
"A pond?"
"Yup!"
"Was there something strange in that pond when you found this crystal?" Alejandro asks.
Zion shook his head.
Thank goodness.
Alejandro and I didn't ask anymore, we let him play with his friends so we could discuss what we should do.
"I should let the elder know about this…" I told Alejandro who's been holding my cold hand all this time.
"Okay…"
We prepared everything and once all was settled we called the elder and told him the news.
As soon as he learned about the crystal, he told me that he would come over as soon as he could.
And it only took him a couple of hours to get here.
"I'm glad that you found it." He hugged me.
"Zion was the one who found it."
Elder seems shocked. I know, we're shocked too.
"How did he find it?" He's drawing something on a piece of cloth that Alejandro provided.
"You know, he's just playing, he found it accidentally and took it home." I explained. I helped him stretch the cloth so he could draw better.
"That's awesomely unbelievable." He commented.
"I know…"
We're still shocked about that fact, but why would our son lie to us? And if he's not the one who found it, why would someone put this crystal inside our son's room?
It's just amazing that the thing we're desperately searching for came to us by itself.
Although confused on how our son picked up the crystal, the elder is now helping us to find out a way to use the crystal.
"I am not sure if this would work." He said.
"It's okay elder." No one has a clue on how to use this crystal but with the help of a little knowledge from the elder we have managed to open it afterwards.
We were shocked when the crystal emits a blinding light and a few seconds later, there was a big and round light that formed out of nowhere.
"This is it…"
I sigh heavily.
We talked about the things that I should do when I enter the portal.
"I'll never forget everything."
"Are you not going to talk to your son first?"
Alejandro and I looked at each other. I shook my head.
We've talked about this earlier, I told him that I don't want to say goodbye to our son because I'm afraid that we'd never come back.
"Alright." He said.

Although Alejandro and I are going to enter together, he made sure to tell me one last time about everything that I should remember.
One last time we talked with the elder and we decided to enter the portal.
"Are you ready?" Alejandro asks me.
There's uncertainty in my feelings right now but I know that this is my very first goal and the last goal that I want to achieve before settling in this place for good.
This is the last thing that I want to do to have peace of mind. I want to meet my friends and my mother for the last time. I want to see everyone.
"I am." I hold his hand tightly, and together we enter the portal.
"Blurgh!" I feel like vomiting!
My stomach's turning upside down!
I felt Alejandro's hand, he's gripping my hand tightly. I did the same. I don't want to be separated from Alejandro.
"..."
Although I'm trying to say something, I couldn't say a word, words aren't coming out of my mouth.
I can't even see Alejandro properly…
We were like in an empty space that we couldn't do anything but to float in cycle.
I can't see anything other than the white light that's covering the whole place.
I'm starting to feel dizzy…My head's aching! What is happening to me!
Even my body's starting to ache. I feel like it's being torn apart! Every part of my body's aching! I don't think I can handle this anymore!
Argh!
***
"Rai?"
Huh? That's familiar…
"Are you awake, Rai?"
I know that voice!
Even though it hurts, I opened my eyes. My sight was blurry at first but it became clear afterwards.
"Rai?"
I looked at where the voice was coming from.
A familiar face welcomed me.
"Bea…"
"Rai! Araia's awake!" She screamed on top of her lungs and ran outside.
I roamed my eyes and felt like crying when I saw the familiar place that I've been before. This is the exact place that I stayed before I was transported by the crystal.
I moved my hand and looked at it.
I'm alive…I made it out alive…
Tears are starting to flow like a river. I can't believe that I managed to get back alive.
But where's Alejandr-
I flinched when something under the bed moved.
It was like someone's doing something under the bed.
I can't see what it is because I can't move my body as I wish. All I can do is to listen to the sound it's making.
A few seconds later, I gasped when I saw Alejandro, coming out of the bed.
"Alejandro…" What is he doing there?
He massaged his head before he noticed me.
"Araia!" He hugged me tightly.
"We made it." I said.
"Yes…"
"WHO ARE YOU?!" We were interrupted when we heard a scream.
"How did you get here?!" When I looked at who it was, I saw Bea and the others.
"Bea…" Alejandro helped me get up.
"Don't touch our friend!" She screamed again.
I raised my hand to stop her.
"I know him, he's my husband."
Alejandro nodded his head, while Bea and the others' jaws dropped.
"What did you just say?"
I didn't answer her, I know that she's not believing me right now. I opened my arms to hug them.
They hugged me while still glaring at Alejandro.
After a while, they all calmed down when they realized that Alejandro's not harmful.
"So, what are you talking about earlier?"
"The truth is…"
I told them everything. At first, they didn't believe me but they believed me after I told them that I already have a son.
"Wait, you're telling us that you're originally a werewolf?!"
"Yes…"
"And you have your own family now?!"
"Yes…"
"And it's been eight years already since you left Earth?!"
"Yes…"
"Oh my gosh." Sky shook his head.
"I can't believe it! It's just eight hours since we found you on the cliff!"
"I know it's hard to believe it, but I'm telling the truth." I smiled at them.
"Oh my…" It showed on their faces that they're having a hard time believing me, nevertheless, I smiled and spread my arms to hug them.
"I miss you guys!"