Chapter I: One Week Later

"Christian, what about this way?" Zak says as he points to a trail in the distance. "No, it looks too creepy." Christian responds.

"Come on, you're not thinking about chickening out now, are you?" Zak asks as he begins to feel disappointed.

"Of course not," Christian begins to say. "It's just-" he pauses.

"Just what?" Zak asks Christian.

"Nothing, we might as well follow through with this since we walked all the way here," Christian says in an unprepared tone.

"Exactly," Zak starts to exclaim. "Make sure to record too, if anything happens, we wanna make sure it goes viral." Zak finishes, while getting excited.

"Fine," Christian responds while rolling his eyes. They both look into the dark woods and then look at each other.

"Ready?" Zak asks his brother.

"Yeah," Christian replies while nodding awkwardly, hitting record on their video camera. Both boys head toward the trail, walking into the woods.

"Zak, I don't like the sound of this," Christian says in a nervous tone.

"You need to relax," Zak informs his brother. "We still got some daylight on us, we'll be fine." The boys continue to walk through the woods, nighttime is approaching as they explore its depths.

"Zak, it's been hours; I'm tired, and I think you got us lost." Christian says.

"We're not lost," Zak says.

"Yes we are!" Christian says, annoyed with Zak. "Christian, calm down, I'm going to find us a way out of here." Zak says, feeling hopeful.

"Sure," Christian replies, still annoyed. Moments later, as the boys continue looking for a way out, they see colorful, gleaming lights coming from the ground.

"Zak, look!" Christian says as he points toward the gleaming lights. As Zak notices, his eyes widen.

"Come on!" Zak says as he runs toward the lights. Christian followed his brother. In front of them lay the source of gleaming light. "What are they?" Zak asks himself.

"They're gems!" Christian says.

"How would you know?" Zak says with a slight attitude. "You obviously don't pay attention in science class." Christian responds, rolling his eyes. Zak rolls his eyes back.

"What do you wanna do with them?" Christian asks his brother.

"I say we take them for ourselves." Zak responds.

"Why not share them?" Christian suggests.

"With Charlie and Dexter?" Zak suggests.

"Exactly, we can tell them about the gems tomorrow," Christian confirms. Zak nods. They gather the gems and relocate the trail home. Once the boys find their way out of the woods, they begin to fantasize about what tomorrow will bring.