Piles and piles of books could be seen all stacked up. There sitting down was Nuo, who was surrounded by hundreds of books Chiang came over with books in her mouth and placing them next to Nuo. Nuo is in an old bookstore trying to find out more information about the dragon gem because of what happened to the twin demons when they were using it.
After finding nothing, she got up and started walking as she passed by four fuzzy bookworms carrying stacks of books to reshelve.
Soon she found herself flittering down a long row of shelves crammed with dusty books. Under her breath, she read the titles aloud.
"101 Facts Ancient China. Beauty and the Beast."
She shook her head.
"There's got to be a dragon book here somewhere," she mumbled. "Lore Olympus... Seems interesting. I'll take that. War Horse. No...not that. But I'll take it as well."
Her finger trailed along the row of spines as she scanned each title, looking for the right one while taking some books that interest her to buy.
Suddenly, a tattered-looking book caught her eye. She opened it and found that the pages had been chewed through.
"Hey!" she exclaimed, poking her finger through the hole in the page. "Someone's been eating the books!"
Nearby, a chubby bookworm looked up guiltily. A half-eaten page was sticking out of his mouth. He quickly gulped down the paper and inched away.
"Ugh, bookworms." Nuo said, rolling her eyes.
She kept searching until, finally, she struck gold.
"Water Dragon!" she exclaimed.
Nuo reached for the book. It was shaped like a face of a dragon. But before she could grab it, the book magically took flight! Nuo chased after it, causing a commotion throughout the bookstore. The book slammed into stacks and shelves, knocking other books all over the floor. Finally, Nuo pinned it down on one of the sturdy tables.
"Gotcha!" she cried.
A human wearing thick glasses at the next table cleared his throat. He seemed annoyed.
"Oh, sorry," Nuo apologized.
Quietly, she began to flip through the pages. After a moment, she found just what she was looking for.
"Dragon Gem! I knew it!" she cried.
She raised her hands triumphantly. The book took advantage of her distraction and tried to fly off once more. Nuo slammed it back down.
Again, the human with glasses shot Nuo a warning look.
"Sorry! Found it." she whispered.
Then she turned back to the book's explanation of the dragon gem.
"Oh, no!" she exclaimed.
The page that had the answer to Nuo's question was torn out.
"Someone stole the page...!"
As she ponders what to do, she doesn't realize that someone was watching her from behind hidden in a cloak. The hidden figure had overheard her commotion and approached her from behind and was about to grab her by the shoulder as they reach out until Chiang noticed them and growled loudly and let out a small roar, catching her attention. Nuo instantly turned around, only to see that no one was there. Like they never existed.
"Chiang? What's wrong?" Nuo asked, looking back at her Serlot.
Chiang just growls at where the mysterious stranger had gone. Nuo shrugs and looks back at the book and looks over at the same human that told her to be quiet and taps his shoulder
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Heroes United
FanfictionIn the fantasy world of Kumandra, humans and dragons lived together in harmony after defeating the Druun as everyone had learn to trust one another. But when an unknown portal came, Nuo, Sisu's sister, was taken away, leaving her friends to wonder w...
