Where the Shadow Falls and Starlight Blooms

Previously

…"It’s time to go back," Sam said, a note of eagerness in his voice. Leo nodded, clutching the crystal tightly. He looked at Maya and Sam, his heart full. They had been on their own adventure, and he had been on his. And now, they were together again, changed and stronger, ready to face whatever came next. The Crystal Caves had tested him, not with riddles of words, but with a test of his heart, and he had passed. He felt ready to return to the village, not just as Leo, the boy who lost his friends, but as Leo, the boy who found them, and perhaps, a little bit of himself too.