Mysteries of the Ancient Library {Discontinued}

Chap. 2

I spin in slow circles in awe of the books around me, what mysteries hide on those ancient pages? What tales are written in ink? All for me to read, to know! I am so....elated to get started. I walk deeper into the library and discover a small cozy area where i can sit comfortably as i read, nodding to myself i set to work, grabbing some books and beginning my reading

I stare at the new-comer, they read, and read, and read. Minutes, hours, and soon days pass, they do not appear to be taking care of their health, but then again i only know my own health not...this new-comer's health. I step closer to peer over their shoulder, ah they're reading a book i collected from another alien race years back.

I tense up sensing another presence and i look up and behind me, nothing. How peculiar, I shake my head resuming reading.

I blink, they sense me, that's...that's a first, well so is someone seeking my books over my history but none have ever sensed me before. My face forms a grin, one i'm sure Lo-....HE would have said meant i'm plotting something, which i am but not anything bad. I walk around the table and pull out a chair across from the stranger.

My head shoots up hearing noise, i look at the now moved chair and the stories my mother told me return to my mind "ah...the supposed last human, a ghost i presume? As there is no logical way for you to be alive"

I blink, holy shit he sounds just like HIM! I clear my throat "no i am very much alive, i just...am not your normal human"

I stare in shock not expecting a reply, before slowly gulping "how unnatural are you?" i question which makes the human laugh "To the point i can control this entire library with a single thought, you want to try again nerd?" I frown hearing the deep voice, a male perhaps? I shake my head "no matter how unnatural you are, i came to read so if you truly are real, which do you truly expect me to believe that a ghost haunts this ancient human Library?" they chuckle and move a book from my pile into what i assume is their hands before flipping through a few pages "being stuck alive for so long? It can do some crazy shit to you, makes you do things you normally wouldn't do...but i will tell you this, these books? I have them all memorized and I know what exactly happens in my library, every whisper, every creak, every shadow, I know it all. You want to read my books, fine i propose a little game and /or bet" i hum intrigued.'' Oh?" they chuckle once more "there's to much in this library to read all in one lifetime, but read an entire wing, and entire section of any choosing, take this room per example, this wing is full of all the alien books I collected over the years, read all of them, and in turn i'll lead you to the real magic of this place" i blink "magic is not real" my automatic response, they cackle, only for a flicker of light to appear and small creature sits in thin air, eight tentacles and a small circular dome for a body, "this is Tessa" i sit there in shock.

I smirk putting Tessa on the table "she's an octopus, her natural habitat is water, deep beneath the oceans, but here she sits calmly, tell me how would she do this?" the stranger purses his lips "technology" i hum "does this place appear to have technology anywhere in its walls?" the stranger frowns upon realizing this was true, i chuckle "exactly, magic IS real and you are gonna see it, if you finish reading this section" they frown "there must be more than just this wing i can read?" i laugh "alright fine, make it more challenging, each wing you finish will open the next wing, read 5 wings and then i'll show you the main place of magic" he nods "i can do that, i'll be seeing this ^magic^ soon then Ghost" i shake my head "Call me Duke"

I blink hearing the title "alright then, Duke, i am KilenXeen" the invisible Duke hums "i'll call you Xe" i blink but sigh "i concede to that title" Duke cackles and the chair moves, i would believe he's gone except, i can sense he's not, i don't know how but i sense him, and for once, maybe i'm not upset about the company.