The Strange Street to the Wrinkled Memories

Librarian's library

"I don't know why the librarian is closing the library by noon. It's from today and I assume it's to arrange inside the library in the better way."
Shravya nodded, hearing Fida.

Shravya looked at the school which appeared on their right. At a glance she saw the school as she was walking faster. She saw through the gate, big furnished good buildings, administrative blocks, stages, playgrounds and it had all the facilities a student would need. Shravya saw many of the students in the ground, few in the restroom, some in the canteen and others were going to the library. Fida confirmed, "It's the food break for them. Breakfast time! Then after three classes, they get back to their houses by lunch time. Very less students opt for walking and cycling because it takes them much time to reach their houses in the other side of the village. Mostly every student takes the school train, so that they reach home quick and safe."
Shravya nodded.

Within few seconds, Fida called out, "And here you are, the Librarian's library, twenty minutes before noon. The amazing world of books, the Natya Rajya library. The scholars from every village comes here to gather books. Get in! So I will take a leave, I want to go to the farm."
Shravya shook hands with her and hugged her, "Thank you."
Fida waved a bye, "Take care. Don't you get another injuries. Above all, never come across cyclists." Fida laughed and walked back.

The library door was open. Near the library was a ranch style house, but before going to the house she wanted to meet the librarian, so she walked into the library with excitement and hope filled in her. Her heart pranced with happiness as she finally reached her destination. There were white steps than ran from one pillar in the right to the other pillar in the left. The two pillars were in the sides of the giant rectangular door. The door had a heavy lock as if it had been a haunted building, so very ancient rustic carving all over the library and it's stuffs. The library was beautifully constructed, by sculpting designs that told stories. The history of Natya Rajya. Shravya had never known the Natya Rajya village's history, but from the carvings she observed, she had some idea like the pieces of a broken puzzle in her mind. An issue in the palace, the queen's sibling and family's detachment for some reason Shravya couldn't get it clear, another war and the king lost someone, other war and Natya Rajyans lost their king, a prince, a greedy sibling and a son, the prince left the palace and the queen was having the complete power, a scroll and some promises, a book and finally a shadow which fell all over Natya Rajya to keep the village protected and happy. Shravya murmured, "This shadow man is believed to be the prince of Natya Rajya." She had went round the library to know the history. The building fully was beautifully made of bricks, grit, wood, mud and sand, cement, rocks and more of natural materials, though it stayed strongly for more than a decade of decades. Since it was built before many years, the library traced the ancestry of Natya Rajya.

Shravya entered in through the door and she called out, "Librarian! Hello!" Her sound echoed and so she asked, "Is anyone here?" There came no reply but atop of all the worries, an ardent book lover cannot exit a library so soon. Alike! Shravya walked in through the straight carpet, on its sides were the seats, chairs, couches, tables, stools and all kinds of seating facilities for office workers and students to scholars for working with the help of the books in the library. She then walked through the racks filled with different genres of book. The library was given a rainbow feel, so colourful, as the book covers brought in all colours. All the stories, journals, magazines, guides, text books, study materials, project books, encyclopedia, novels and all other forms of writing from a student to a scholar was available in there. There were a lot of built-in bookshelves as well as many other made up racks for storing books. She was fascinated in the bookish world and stood there like a child who was being pampered by someone whom she so much loved. For a moment the thought of her parents came in, where were her parents, why haven't they come in search of her, who were her parents. The library was surmounted by a glass dome that let in sun light during the day time. When the night arrives, the light hanging from dome is switched on and to add up more brightness there were lanterns at every side.

The books in some shelves were covered with dust, some furniture were broken, there were spider webs at some top corners. Apart from all of the points, the librarian's library was so much stranger than the ordinary. The librarian's library was extraordinary. Suddenly a staircase was noticed by Shravya. She climbed up the flight of curved stairs, and there was an arch and in it was a metal door painted gold.
'The guardian is not in the palace. Our prince is not in the palace,' Meena had said during their dinner conversation.
Shravya for once thought, was that golden door leading to the prince's hide-out. Was it the Natya Rajya shadow man's hidden stay?
Shravya tried peeping in through the key hole but she could see nothing. She tried laying on the floor to check if there was a gap below the door, but there wasn't. She then saw through the circle window, that a girl got into the house near the library. She decided to ask them about the librarian. Eight more minutes to be noon.

She walked down the stairs, her eyeballs than took a round back from the door way. So incredibly enormous was the bookish world. Shravya then walked down the steps and went to the nearby house. The house was typically one storey and featured a low-pitched roof. She saw that wooden door was closed, so she just went around the house to know if she gets any clue of who is living in there, it was likely to be the librarian and her daughter. The house had large panoramic windows covered with bright rainbow colours gradient stripe window curtains, with white glowing net curtain above the rainbow one. The windows had that double layer curtains. Sliding glass doors were built for the rooms and it was covered by bead curtains and crystal curtains. The ranch style house had a  large backyard with a beautiful gazebo for a coffee time, the backyard encouraged outdoor living. It had open living spaces and attached garages where the garages where turned into store-rooms. The house was painted a slight shade of Vibgyor on certain areas and the other sides were coloured like wooden brown or metal shade to make it look like historical.

The Vibgyor historical house was near the librarian's library and so Shravya walked up the door step and rubbed her shoes on the door mat. Then Shravya rang the bell. She looked into her watch as she heard no voices from the house. There were five more minutes for the librarian's library to be closed from today. She immediately saw someone's eyes look in to see her through the side window of the main door. Shravya heard the key get in the door lock and turn. The door was opened and there stood a girl surprised, shocked, astonished and at the same time happy.

But why? Shravya's had no idea why those emotions came over the girl's face. Shravya looked at her eyes.
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