Another rumble quaked beneath her feet. She stood between three volcanoes, one volcano as young as 200,000 years old. The ground had shaken frequently during the dig, but this time it grew in intensity. The rock began to slide beneath her feet. Lightning struck a short distance away.
A mountain about 100,000 meters away began to crack. Rocks tumbled, and thunder crashed. In a short while, the earth once again became still.
Mary looked around for a shelter to seek safety if the earthquakes should begin again. She noticed a sparkling substance scattered on the ground around the nearby mountain. A large crack had appeared behind some boulders in the hill.
Curiosity got the best of her forgetting about all danger. She walked toward the sparkling substance on the ground seemingly coming from the new fracture — the land scattered with crystals of all colors, brilliant colors.
Mary was quite close to the fractured mountain. She thought she heard a hum. The crystals on the ground began changing colors. A prism of colors came from the cave causing the stones to change colors.
She made her way to the cave. There was just enough room to squeeze inside. She found herself in a small hollow space. The walls were full of crystals. She also noticed the brilliant green and red crystals suggesting they were rare gems.
Again she noticed a prism of color across from the opening where she stood. There was a small space just big enough to crawl through. She slung her backpack in front of her and pulled out a flashlight. She crawled through the hole dragging the pack behind her. She crawled for quite a distance before coming to another opening. This room much larger than the last. It was magnificent. The beauty mesmerized her for a short while. The crystals were huge.
She found the source of the humming and the prism of light. She certainly didn't need her flashlight. She had no idea what the light source was, but the room was brilliant. In the back of the room was a grand crystal rock. The rock was semi-clear. She moved closer. The prism and hum came from within this crystal rock.
She ran her hand over the rock; it was smooth but quite warm to the touch. She thought she saw something out the corner of her eye. She climbed up on the rock to get a closer look.
The persistent humming she'd been hearing grew more distinct. There were holes in the crystal. She counted five holes with small fractures. She gazed into the rock and knew her eyes were playing tricks on her. Something seemed to be staring back.
Mary was more fascinated than frightened. She noticed the prism of colors repeated a sequence. The humming transfixes her thoughts to the five holes. She looked around the cave and realized there was a crystal for every color in the prism. The first hole shined deep blue. She looked around for a blue gem. She found one in the cave wall, she pulled it, and the crystal broke away from the wall a lot easier than she had expected. She placed the blue gem in the first hole. The second hole was glowing red; again she found a red gem to place in the hole.
With each gem, she placed the humming became more intense. Finally, the last gem was in place. The rock she was kneeling on began to vibrate. A large squared area began to rise from the rock. It looked like a crystal container. This box held the blurry figure. She thought she saw things when she saw two little eyes staring back at her. Inside the rock was an oval crystal with something alive inside.
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She felt the profound clash of lightning outside the cave with the thunder following immediately. The crystal egg began to shatter. A thick liquid crystal splashed all over her chest. It was almost hot enough to burn her, but not entirely. She held a small animal, what kind of animal she wasn't sure. It looked somewhat like a newly hatched bird. It seems to have feathers, but they didn't look like feathers. The animal was wet; it was hard to tell what she was seeing.
She sat with the newly-hatched animal for quite some time. The youngster quietly hummed and watched Mary intently. As the feather-like objects dried, they felt extremely delicate - but firm. She ran her hand over one, it felt like crystal. The young animal stepped back out of her arms and stood on its hind legs. Great wings unfolded; the young animal flapped its wings to help dry them.
The shape of the animal's leg was comparable to the bone she had discovered a short distance from the cave so many months ago. It was a beautiful creature; it looked both bird and reptilian. The feathers a multitude of colors forever changing. What was this beautiful creature an angel or a dragon?
It jumped off the high rock they had been sitting on and pounced on a large quartz rock. She or he began chewing the rock. "A crystalline baby dragon that ate crystals," whispered Mary.
She started her venture so many months ago for recognition, but she knew she was being trusted with the most significant and most important confidence of all time. She could never let anyone know of the existence of this magnificent creature until the dragon told her the time was right. For it was apparent, this dragon was born for a reason.
Occasionally we need a vacation from reality. This story is my short trip to fantasyland.
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