Mina stumbled into the liabrary room, still bitter from the stranger pulling her in. She turned back to where Osiris has been standing.

“What were you trying to accomplish by dragging me into this dusty old-“ Her words faded away as she noticed that the stranger was no longer there. The door was closed yet she hadn’t even heard him walk out.

Letting out a sigh Mina turned to the bookshelves. She held out her hand and dragged her fingers across their dust-ridden spines. “I guess since I’m here....”

Mina scanned the large bookshelves for anything that seemed like it would make an interesting read. To her frustration half of the books littered on the shelves weren’t in a writing language she understood. After what seemed like ages of searching through countless dusty leather books, she finally found something that seemed interesting.

Mina plopped down on the regal carpet that stretched along the liabrary floor. She blew the layer of dust off of the book, revealing an image of a dragon she didn’t recognize. The colors of the book cover gave her a hint to how ancient the large textbook was.

“Man... I haven’t read a book in forever. I guess I can just skim to see if there’s anything interesting in here.” She pulled away a large chunk of pages, coming across a page that caught her eye. Between a large chunk of small print was a large drawn picture of another dragon. But this time she recognized the dragon.

“Oh... Is that- Zitan? That’s Hiiro’s key, right? Wow, it’s weird that the first book I pick up deals with the key owners. Or at least Zitan.”

She moved to the wall of text, but she was suddenly distracted by a small movement in the corner of her eye. Bewildered, she stared at the little picture of the noble green king. “No...” She whispered to herself with a nervous laugh. “I’m going crazy! I could’ve sworn that picture just moved. Hmm...” Mina stared at the picture for a little longer but it did what a picture does and didn’t budge one bit. Shrugging, she turned back to the text that accompanied the picture of Zitan. But just as she looked away the image began to warp, the brave face of Zitan melted away as the picture swirled and shifted. Mina threw the book to the ground and jumped back, pinned against the bookshelves.

To her horror, a clawed hand burst from the page where the picture was, taking form of a monster crawling out from where king Zitan once smiled.

The shadowy beast lunged towards Mina who jumped away with a yelp. Her body slammed into one of the bookshelves, sending a cascade of books to scatter across the library floor. She bolted towards the library doors, however a second of yanking on the handles showed her that they were locked. She tried to run again but the monster had already caught up to her. Desperately trying to fight back, Mina let out one last cry for help.

“Hiiro! Dreamcatcher! Fiona! A-anyone!” She cried. “Please, help me! P-please...”

Her pleas for help went unnoticed. The shadowy monster violently yanked Mina away from the door handle and into its grasp.

“Let go of me! Stop!” She screamed.

And with that Mina was gone, the only evidence to show that she was ever there was the large book opened to Zitan’s page.

Once the library room went quiet again the image of Zitan began to warp once more. But this time the creature that crawled out from the distorted picture was not a monster, but the same blue Venatavis that had disappeared not minutes earlier. She scooped up the large textbook, her eyes lingering on the mess of books scattered across the floor.

“Hmm...” The new Mina said in a chillingly distant voice. “I’ve made a mess...”

oh my... O3O

I agree with what Kat said

Oh my ewe

OOOOOOOOOO

WOAH!!! 0-0

those eyes ... those eyes ... I would hug the little one ...