This is a Wattpad-only special, an alternate ending to my story. This short alternative was recently written so that I can tie it up with the end of the Wattpad edition of New Beginnings. Once again, thanks for the overwhelming support!

Everything starts from the beginning of Thirty.

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I should return to where I came from, shouldn't I? I mean, I don't belong in this land of the lustrous, do I?

At the same time, everyone that I've met are valuable to me. Phos, Jane, Katsumi, all the other gems, Sensei, even the Lunarians.

Agh, what do I choose?!

I sat down.

I...

I really don't know...

"Follow your heart."

Katsumi's words months ago came back to me.

And where does my heart lie at?

I looked up at the two doors.

I thought about the life I've left behind.

That wasn't actually full of pain and sadness, but all that I've went through...

I then thought about my new life.

Surely I'll pick that, it's so much better. But... am I running away from reality?

Everything in this new world's good... but...

Reluctantly, I stood up, making a difficult decision.

... I'm going back. It's wrong to keep running away.

I reached the left door, opening it.

I stopped and looked at the other door, thinking about everything one last time.

Mustering up the courage, I looked down the white corridor ahead of me, stepping in.

As I walked forward, everything began to glow brighter around me

"... Farewell, everyone..."

The light was now blinding as it completely enveloped me.

"... Everything I've gone through... everything about this land and its inhabitants..."

I couldn't see anything but blinding white.

I closed my eyes, feeling tears welling up.

"... will not be forgotten."

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I opened my eyes, staring at the left wall of my room. Quickly getting up, I looked around.

This is my room.

I quickly checked myself, looking at my hands.

They're soft, made of flesh.

I'm human again.

Checking around again, I noticed nothing out of the ordinary. It didn't even feel like anything extraordinary has passed.

Has everything been simply an elaborate dream? Is everything really only a figment of my imagination?

It felt so real, though...

As I looked around, something shone in the dark, reflecting light off from the sources of light from the opposite building.

Getting up, I headed over to my desk.

"T-this is..."

I picked up the white piece of twinned gemstone placed right on my table.

I know what this is. This is me.

Suddenly overwhelmed by my feelings, I burst into tears, clutching the piece of danburite close to my chest.

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A few days had passed. I strolled on the walkway in the nearby park, the evening sun shining down on me.

Nothing's really changed. I was still suspended over school over something I had not done. My body was still sore over the beatings I had taken from the principal and my parents.

Over something I had not done.

I sat down on the bench, depressed.

But...

I reached into my pocket, taking out the piece of danburite, feeling myself brighten up.

I'm not going to mope about it.

I have decided to take it up with the police. Blindly ignoring the wrongs I have suffered from my classmates, an abusive principal like him shouldn't be allowed to lead a school in the first place. As for the bullying, I have decided to fight back instead.

That is, if I'll ever get back.

The last few days were tiring as I was busy trying to convince my parents. After their initial anger died down, they still came to check on me the next morning after I returned. Over the next few days, I had explained to them that it really wasn't my fault, as well as voicing out my pains to them for the very first time. They listened to everything, and after I was done we finally reconciled, and my father suggested changing schools as he felt that the bullying situation at school was unsalvageable. And I agreed.

It's still being thought up, I thought as I played with the danburite piece. But I'm counting on switching schools. But no matter what, I cannot give up. I have to keep going...

... for the sake of everyone. Phos, Jane, Sensei, Antarc, everyone I met.

I caressed the gemstone. Even if I never see them again, I'll never forget them. I hope they'll never forget me, too.

I felt someone sit beside me.

"Hey, you look kinda gloomy there! Cheer up, gal!"

That voice!

Jolted out of my thoughts, I looked up at the rather-familiar stranger sitting beside me in surprise.

She looks different, black hair instead of peppermint and all...

Wait. W-what the hell?!

The girl grinned. "Heheh, weren't expecting to talk to a stranger, were ya? So..." she she began cheerfully, pointing a finger at me, allowing me to see her peppermint-polished nails.

"What's your name?"

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