Donnie heads over in the direction the librarian had pointed. He's not sure what he's looking for exactly, but he has an idea of what he wants.
To be stronger.
Donnie had been able to use his mystic abilities in the fight with the Shredder and the Krang, but ever since his powers have been weaker.
He reaches the edge of the platform he's been walking on. Looking down, down, down...
Would be a shame if someone fell from here.
A bridge floats over, reaching across the gap between his platform and where he wants to go. He looks both ways, checking for sliding bookcases, then bolts across. "Hey, kid, outta the way!" A yokai yells as he dashes by.
Donnie stops at the other side, looking up at the shelves of books. "Wow."
People on ladders almost 50 feet up slide side to side, scanning the titles. Books fall off the shelves, just to fly back to their spots before hitting the ground. Paper planes zip across the room, unfolding in front of the people who summoned them.
It's so active, but organized.
Donnie loves it.
He scrambles up a ladder and starts reading the titles.
Potion Brewing for Rookies
How to Avoid Blowing up Apprentices
Is it Poisonous?
How to Cast Spells
The turtle is about to give up when a book catches his eye.
It's a black book with a golden title.
Managing Mystic Powers
"Yes!"
"Shhhhhhh."
"I mean- yes," He whispered.
Donnie pulls the book off the shelf and starts flipping through it. None of the pages are ripped out, like they would be at the normal library. He couldn't understand why people would do that to books anyway.
Donnie tucks the book under his arm, and starts sliding down the ladder. He walks over to a table in the back corner, away from everyone else. He needs to focus.
Donnie skims each page. He'd read all of it later, but he's looking for something specific.
Chapter after chapter after chapter, he finally finds it.
Improving Your Powers
"This looks good."
Train with a mentor...
Where is he supposed to find one of those? Surely not Draxum.
He skims through that part, then reaches something interesting.
A list of ingredients is in the book, and he goes back to see what it is.
Sunshine, not to be confused with... blah, blah blah...
He'll read that later.
Used to making mystic abilities more powerful, and easier to control.
"Sweet!"
"Shhhh."
"Right, right."
Donnie scoops the book under his arm and heads back to the yokai to check it out.
He shoots across the bridge, zips up the pedestal, and almost gets thrown off when he reaches the top.
"Geez!" The yokai stops herself before hitting him off.
"Sorry."
The bat inhales, "Alright. Did you find what you were looking for?"
The turtle nods over and over and-
"I get it. Hand it over."
He passes the book over to her.
"Managing Mystic Powers, huh? Would you want to buy it or just keep it for a while?"
Donnie ruffles through his pockets and asks, "How much is it?"
"Five dollars."
"Only five?"
"Apparently I have to give discounts to heroes, and others for a while after the Krang. So that comes out to five dollars."
"You sure?"
"Take it before I change my mind."
Donnie hands over the five dollars, and takes the book.
"Thank you."
He's about to head down the pedestal when a book flies over to him.
It grows to be twice as big as the turtle.
"Jump in."
Donnie hesitates, then hops in.
YOU ARE READING
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Fiksi PenggemarDonnie finds a list of ingredients that will help to amplify his powers. What he doesn't know is that others have tried before, and it doesn't exactly go as planned. (Inspired by Crazy=Genius by Crispy_Panda)
