The Upside of Down

By Albert Oon

Many children rebel against their parents. Irene wants more freedom from her life and runs away from her parents. She falls down a hole that transforms her body into crystal and transports her to a crystal world called Caldaia. A world where everything is unusual and the young have all the freedom they want. Is this the paradise that she was looking for or something else unexpected?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Albert Oon
• Release date: May 15, 2018
• ISBN: 9780463720226

Albert Oon

A Catholic, self-published writer who writes for fun and to help others out. I write in the genres of horror, fantasy, romance, and sci-fi. I hope to be a successful writer who will be successful by helping you through life and possibly even help save your soul by leading you to God.

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The Upside of Down

Copyright 2018 Albert Oon

Published by Albert Oon at Smashwords

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Cover made by @An_dres_art (on Twitter).

The original cover for this story by Albert Oon.

Chapter 1 – The Ordinary Cadence of the Unordinary

Children will usually rebel against their parents. Irene is a young woman who doesn’t like the options her parents presented her for her life. She wants more and wants to be more than just another woman in the crowd, so she ran away from home. While running through a forest, she tripped and fell down a hole that’s filled with different kinds of crystals. As she falls, the crystals affect Irene with their power. They make her grow pink crystals on her body. Her torso and limbs separate as crystal replaces her body, but her body floats together so she’s still alive as her soul keeps it together. These crystals also clothe Irene in a green and pink crystal dress with a neck choker. A green flower blooms in her right eye while her left eye is now pink with a red heart as a pupil. Her skin is now snow white, and her ears are pointy. The only thing that hasn’t changed is her black hair.

Once the crystallization is complete, Irene falls down into the sky beneath until she lands on a cloud. A young woman similar to her lands on the cloud. She has blond curly hair with a red and orange crystal dress. Her right eye has an orange flower in it and her left eye is orange with a red spade as a pupil.

The lady bows her head and says, My name is Lacey. You must be new here.

"I am. My name is