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Summary:

Things will never be the same for 5 students 

from Blue Diamond Academy. Their lives will 

be changed forever, for what is considered a 

far-fetched reality. What began a science field 

trip to the science museum will end up being 

the worst day of their lives.....

  It was a cloudy day in the part of the city 

where Blue Diamond Academy was located at. 

Blue Diamond Academy was still as sunny as 

ever inside.....Or was it? 

 Blue Diamond Academy is the most 

prestigious Private School in the country. A 

place where all the smart kids go, where 

competition runs wild. Eveyone would think 

that everything would go by smoothly in a 

classroom. But, you would be suprised at the 

disorder that one classroom could have. Ms. 

Light's science Classroom to be exact.

It was a normal day in Ms. Light's 8th grade class. 

By normal I mean a loud, noisy, disruptive, and 

incredibly annoying talkative day. Students were 

going onto their own little private conversations 

instead of finishing their assignments. 

Ms. Light was desperately trying to get the 

attention of the students, but it was all in vain. For 

some students this was okay and they joined in, 

but on the other hand.....

Some were not happy at all.....

Zero’s eye twitched, his whole body was tense.

“Guys! do you mind?” exclaimed Zero, his hand 

signaling Ms. Light. Everyone gulped, they all knew 

Zero’s reputation. They nodded nervously, the 

room was so silent that you could hear a pin drop. 

Zero gave Ms. Light a slight nod and sat back 

down. Every sighed in relief and let Ms. Light talk, 

fearing another of Zero’s outbursts. 

“As you all know, today we will be going to the science 

museum, so I want you guys to be on your best 

behavior,” Ms. Light said, she glanced at the clock. 

“Everyone please line up in an orderly manner and walk 

to the bus in a straight line.” she continued. Everyone 

lined up at the front of the class. Skylar, Alex, Jason, 

and Shun were at the back with Zero. Zero was leaning 

on the front counter, and glaring at Shun and Alex. They 

glared back, green and Grey eyes met electric blue 

ones. After a few moments the line began to move, 

heading towards the buses. 

As everyone went to their seats, the small group of 

friends went to sit at the back. However, Shun and 

Alex were a bit wary, Zero was also sitting at the 

back. You see the three of them had a bit of 

conflict between them. All three of them came from 

Japan, to be specific all of them came from a very, 

very rich Japanese family. However, that is 

another story for another time. 

The bus ride was just as noisy as the classroom, that is 

until they reached the museum. All of the class went 

silent, examining the building, deciding if it was worth 

their time or not. The old arches and the design of the 

building did not help, so the decision was almost 

immediate. All of the students went to their usual 

conversations once more.   Since Zero, Alex, Skylar, 

Jason, and Shun were the only ones who were quiet 

they went inside with the teacher and started the tour. 

The rest of the class realized that they were gone and 

followed. 

“They really need to pay more attention,” 

mumbled Jason. 

“They also need to be quiet, for pete’s sake this is 

a museum!” Skylar whisper-screamed. She threw 

her hands in front of her for effect. Alex and Shun 

nodded, they did not say anything. Meanwhile, 

Zero was glaring at them and kept his face 

emotionless. 

   A model of the earth’s layers caught Skylar’s 

eye, she walked over. The boys including Zero saw 

her and followed. 

As Skylar read the description on the side, Zero was 

watching the short video beside Skylar. Skylar turned 

and saw him. Jason, Alex, and Shun watched as well 

and were soon after beside them.

“So, what do you guys think?” replied a voice from 

behind. They all turned and saw a tall man with black 

hair and hazel eyes. There was a nametag that was on 

his shirt, which said “ Dr. Mikaze Nayami.” Skylar was 

the first to react.

“Its interesting, but I wish that their would be more 

details about earthquakes and the tectonic plates,” she 

said. Dr. Nayami chuckled and nodded.

“Yes, its a shame that it is not in the video or the 

description, but their is a special area dedicated to the 

topic.” he said. This caught everyone’s attention.

“But isn’t that area restricted,” stated Zero, suspicion 

was lacing his words.

“Well...it is, however, I can give you clearance to go. I 

am one of the contributors of the display,” Dr. Nayami 

said, cooly not angered by Zero’s reaction. 

“You’re kidding....” Jason said. 

“Far from it, now come it’s right over there,” Dr. Nayami 

motioned to the display that said restricted access. That 

was pretty weird, but then again there might be some 

sensitive technology in there. 

“Wait! Ms. Light will be worried if we don’t tell here,” 

exclaimed Skylar. Alex, Shun, Jason, and even Zero 

nodded. 

Dr. Nayami smiled, “Don’t worry I already did, you see 

we are childhood friends and I asked this as a favor.” 

The five students sighed in relief and followed Dr. 

Nayami into the display room. When they entered the 

room they couldn’t believe their eyes, there were 

detailed models, dioramas, and dozens of videos. They 

all smiled like little children in a candy store, and started 

to view each display. Skylar and Jason both went to the 

earth layers model and absorbed every single detail in 

the video that wasn’t mentioned in the first one they 

had seen. Zero, Shun, and Alex were at the model of an 

earthquake’s origin. 

“The epicenter is the point above the focus, the focus is 

the origin deep beneath the earth of an earthquake. 

There the natural disaster starts, as strong waves start 

to disperse like ripples in a pond....” the video said. 

“I wonder what would happen if an earthquake ever hit 

South Carolina....” Alex said. Dr. Nayami was behind 

him and surprised the three of them again.

“Actually Alex an earthquake did hit South 

Carolina. It happened in Charleston on September 

1, 1886. A magnitude 7.3, on the richter scale, 

earthquake hit Charleston leaving 5 million dollars 

of damage and 60 killed. In those times that was a 

lot of damage, nowadays not so much, but it is still 

a tragedy.” he explained. 

“That must have been a lot of pressure between 

the two tectonic plates,” Shun replied. 

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