Claire's P.O.V.

I awoke to see my other me looking at me.

"Finally, you're awake," she said. But then she frowned.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"Open your fist." I looked at my hands and saw my left was in a fist. But I wasn't even trying! "Open it."

I did as I was told, and I saw pieces of something on my palm. I instantly recognized it.

"My brooch," I began. "It's... broken...". The me in my mind lowered her head.

"Yes... it is," she replied.

"C-can you fix it?" I asked her.

"I can, but it won't be the same as it was before, for its power was weakened. You still have the crystal, correct?" I nodded and handed her the crystal. She touched the two items together and said some stuff I couldn't understand. The pieces and the crystal glowed. When the glow faded, the brooch was fixed! But it WAS in a different shape... but...

"It's beautiful," I told her. She smiled.

"Open it," she replied. I opened it and saw the crystal. That's a really safe place for it.

"Thank you! Thank you so much!!!" Suddenly, I felt really cold.

"Looks like your friends are trying to wake you now. Time for you to go." Everything went black for a few seconds and then I awoke in reality.

"Claire!" Jersey exclaimed, hugging me.

"Aera did it!" Serenity shouted, pointing at Aera, who was holding a bucket that was half-full. I'm pretty sure that the water in it is what I felt.

"Hey!" Aera yelled back. "It was YOUR idea to try and wake her up!!!" Not today, girls...

"GIRLS!" I began, getting their attention. It worked. "We need to figure out their strategy. Our new foe is Chrysta, and she used X's strategy at Mugen, so we need to figure out hers now." I noticed Aera rolling her eyes. "I know what some of you are thinking: Not this again! But I have a plan... except THEY need to make THEIR move first."

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What's Claire's plan? Will they succeed? Will they be able to keep their secret hidden? Find out by reading more!