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Hydrogen noticed Helium almost immediately. He sat right beside him, glowing softly, calm in a way that felt different from the rest of the Table. While other elements leaned toward their neighbours or shifted restlessly in their squares, Helium remained perfectly still, light and balanced, as if nothing around him required his attention. Hydrogen turned toward him.“You’re very quiet,” he said. “Don’t you ever react?” Helium smiled. “Not really,” he replied. “I don’t need to.

Hydrogen had always been curious. He was small and light, lighter than almost everyone else he had ever met, and he often felt as if he didn’t quite belong anywhere yet. Made of just one tiny centre and nothing extra, Hydrogen was simple—but important. He was an element , one of the basic building pieces of everything in the world. Water, air, stars, and living things were all made when elements came together in different ways, and Hydrogen was one of the very first of them.

Halloween night had fallen on the town of Hollowville, and the air buzzed with excitement. Pumpkins grinned on every doorstep, their flickering candles painting the streets gold. From the clock tower to the candy shop, everyone was ready for the town’s annual Treasure Trail—a night-long hunt for the sweetest stash of candies hidden by the mysterious Moonlight Map. But inside the old library at the edge of town, a young bat named Lumo flapped anxiously in circles. “Professor G