A Week Later...

"You know.... Pearl misses you...."

I heard Dubster said thought my headphone.

"She would always try to go into your room, even though we had already locked the door. But... as usual, she will always find a way to get into the room..." He said with a small chuckle.

"I know you needed more time, but.... we miss you.... we all do.... so, try to visit us once in a while okay? I have to go now, the pigs will get restless if I don't feed them now. Haha..." Dubster let out a small laugh before he ended the call.

I sigh as I took off my headphone and place it on the table.

As usual, Dubster was the only one who would try to talk to me ever since I decided to take a break from all this team stuff. My teamates understood my decision and wished me luck to get better. Which it did not work....

Okay but only a little bit...

"Diamond, sweetie?" I heard my mom called out to me as she entered my room. "Could you be so kind and help me send this to McFree for me?" She asked as she motion towards the small box in her hands.

I noded in response and stood up from my bed before taking the box from her hand.

"Thank you Diamond. I would have send him this myself, but I already have my hands full with helping your father cleaning and sorting out the shop" She thanked me as we both exited my room and headed down the stairs towards the front door.

"See you at dinner sweetie!" She said with a wave before heading towards the opposite direction where I was going.

I noded and walked towards my destination with the box held under my armpit.

As I was walking, I passed by a few kids casing after a tabby cat that I would assume belongs to our local librarian, Mrs.Manchester.

"Oh,Hi Di! Get back here Tom!" One of the kids greeted me before shouting at the runaway cat.

I waved at them before continuing on my journey.

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"Thank you for sending me this package Diamond!" McFree thanked me as he took the small box from my hands.

I noded and turned to head back when suddenly, I saw Mr.Jestet, our local fisherman, running towards me before stoping in front of me.

"Diamond.... *gasp*.... found.... *gasp*....boy....*gasp*.... gem!" He gasp out as he tried to catch his breath from running.

My eyes widen in realisation. "where?" I aksed him. I got my answer when he pointed towards the river. I gave him a quick "thanks" before running towards the direction he gave me.

When I got there, I saw was an unconscious young boy with black hair and pale skin laying next to the river. He wore a brown robe that almost seems to be burned.

As I got closer to him, my eyes widen in shock when I saw something that I didn't want to believe to happened.

Around the boys neck, was a choker like necklace with a red gem on it. But not just any gem that I have seen....

...it was a corrupted gem...

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I leaned against the wall with my arms crossed as I watched our local alchemist, Mason, looking over the boy to see if he had any wounds. Said boy was currently laying on a bed, while the top half of his robe was taken off.

"Well.... other than a few small burn marks, the lad seems quite fine and healthy" Mason told me as he started to bandage the burn marks before covering him with a green blanket.

"I'll leave you two alone. Call me if you need anything or if something happens." He said before exiting the room.

I stood there in silence as I watched the boy slept. I pushed off from the wall and made my way towards the boy until I was standing right next to the bed.

My eyes linger on his (very feminine pretty) face for a minute before moving towards the glowing red gem around his neck. My eyes squinted in curiosity.

"What power are you hiding from us kid...." I mumbled to myself as my hand moved closer to the gem. My fingers were barely touching the gem, when suddenly I heard a small groan coming from the boy and I quickly pulled back my hand.

I watched as the boy slowly opened his eyes, which from what I noticed, was a bright red.

He slowly got up before slightly wincing in pain while trying to do so. When he finally manage to get into a sitting position, he turn to look at me with confusion.

"Who... are you?... and... where am... I...?" He slowly asked in a (suprisingly) soft voice that reminds me of the soft breeze of the wind in a medow full of flowers.

"My name is DJ, right now you're at a village and currently in the house of our local alchemist." I tried not to give him to much information about our where abouts. Who knows if he turned out to be a criminal or something.He noded at the information and continued to looked around the room in curiosity.

"Do you... remember what happened? Before we found you unconscious and hurt near the river?" I asked.

He turned to look at me for a moment, before dropping his gaze towards his hands which was resting on his lap. He also seemed to have a troubled look on his (very pretty) face.

"I... I don't...remember..." he mumbled,

And my eyes widen in shock with that information.

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Time skip~

"So you're saying that he doesn't remember anything?" My dad asked as we both sat at the dining table together while mom was making dinner in the kitchen. I noded in response at dad's question.

"Well... did you asked if he remembered his own name?" He asked.

"I did. Apparently he told me that he only remembers that his name started with the letters 'e' and 'x'. Nothing else." I replied as I watched the boy walking down the stairs.

We agreed to let him stay with me and my family for now and recently I have let him borrowed my clothes for the night. Currently he was wearing a red T-shirt (which I noticed was a few sized bigger than him) and a pair of blue shorts.

"Oh! take a seat. You're just in time for dinner." Mom said with a kind smile as she walk out of the kitchen with four plates with bread and cooked potatoes on each plate.

"Diamond sweetie, can you help me get the bowls from the kitchen?" She asked as she set the plates on the table.

I noded in response before standing up from my seat. I headed towards the kitchen and saw four bowls of mushroom soup on the wooden counter. I took the two bowls in my hand while the other two I balanced on my wrist.

As I walked out of the kitchen, I noticed that the boy had taken a seat right next to mine. I placed the bowls onto the table before sitting back at my seat.

As we were eating, Mom decided to have a small chat with the boy.

"So... have you decided on what name to call yourself?" She asked the boy who was slightly startled by the question.

He was quite for a moment, "um.... I decided... on Exa for now..." the boy, for now known as Exa, replied shyly as he looked down at his bowl.

The four of us continued to eat our dinnet quietly, with small conversations every few minutes or so.

An hour or two later, I now stood in front of Hayden's old room with Exa beside me while mom was cleaning the dishes in the kitchen and dad doing some paper work in the master bedroom.

"This is going to be where you will be sleeping while you are staying here" I explained as I opened the door.

The room hadn't change much for the past 2 years other than the fact that most of his stuff was now kept in the attic. It still... pains me that this once bright and cheerful bedroom was now dull and empty.

"Thank you DJ, for letting me stay here" Exa thanked me with a shy smile.

I noded back in response before turning towards the door that was facing the opposite way from Hayden's and opened it. "This is my bedroom. If you need anything just knock on it, I'm not much of a heavy sleeper."

"Goodnight Exa" I said over my shoulder before entering the room.

I could here Exa's soft voice saying "goodnight..." as I closed the door.

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A/N: oh my god... this is longest chapter that I had ever done in my life °□°

Also if you caught any grammar/spelling mistakes just let me know in the comments ^_^