Wings.

The beginning

I believe it all happened fifty years ago, it's a bit foggy but I'll try to remember as much as I can.

It all started when my father received a mysterious letter from an anonymous sender. In the letter were a pair of shimmering beautifully intricate wings the size of a penny. At first we were confused as to why we received them in the first place, but the note inside explained more than enough.

~note~
Please you have to believe me ... someone has to, I'm not crazy. I've been seeing these small creatures everywhere and I can't understand what they want from me, no one else around me can see them. This is proof they exist, one of them gave me their wings to show someone that will be able to understand them, to know what they want. Please believe me I don't know if you'll get this at all but it was worth a try. I have to go I hear them coming.

We read it over a few times but still we didn't know what the 'creatures' are. My father started to work on something, at the time I didn't know what it was, but I just guessed he knew what the letter was about. Before I left to go back to my library, my father told me to take in my surroundings extra carefully. I walked away a little confused but thought I'd better do as he said.

In my library I have many different types of books, so I decided to read an ancient looking book that belonged to my great great grandfather, he loved adventures and he would write them all down in this book with small illustrations or pictures of all his special finds, he would also make up stories to go with what he found, like how it got to the place he found it in or why it looked the way it did.

I was flicking through the pages when I found a familiar looking pair of wings drawn to the full size of the page with great detail. I had forgotten about the wings in the letter for a moment but then it clicked and I shot up from my seat and rushed to show my father.

When I got there he looked very concentrated, but I had to show him the drawing, maybe it would explain what the wings belonged too. He looked up to see who came in, when he saw it was only me he gave me a soft smile. " What is it Lucy?As you can see I'm very busy right now." He said. "Well father I found a picture in grandfather's book that looks very much like the wings that came in the letter today and I just wanted to show you in case it would give us a clue as to who the wings belonged too." I stated in a matter of fact tone. He walked over to were I stood and brought his hand out to except the book. He looked at the page very intently and went over to the desk to compare the drawing to the wings, that were now placed on a small glass slate under the microcopes strongest lens.

After what seemed like hours he stood up straight and was looking more confused than ever. " So did you find anything." I asked hopefully. "Yes. I have found something but that something doesn't make any sense, and now i'm wondering as to why we were the ones to receive this. Maybe this person knew of grandfather and thought he was still alive or that at least he would have given us information about these creatures, but all we have is his book with brief explanations." He said looking back down at the book. "Well grandfather did have a room in the house and it's still here untouched and I always wanted to go through all his books in there, but they're under lock and key. If we can find the key maybe there could be more information about these creatures in his books, since there is a small amount about them in this book there has to be more somewhere." I exclaimed enthusiastically, while looking at my father. He looked at me for a while then nodded in approval.

The same day we searched the house high and low for the key but we could not find it. Every time we get a feeling that we found it, it would vanish as if the key was taunting us, or maybe it isn't the key taunting us but the creatures testing us to see if we really want to help them and not to just know about them. It was getting late afternoon and we were about to give up our search, when we hear a rattling noise coming from upstairs. The closer we got to the noise it seemed to be coming from grandfather's room. Of course we should have checked in his room in the first place, that would be the obvious thing to do. We reached his rooms door and turned the glass nob and pushed forward. As we enter the rattling stops, the only place it could be is in the desk drawer since its the only place it could be in this room.

My father opens the drawer and finds a ring of keys inside with different designs on each key. I wondered why grandfather would need all these, but soon brushed it off and looked over to the cabinet full with books that were perfectly placed in their own significant order. It took us a little bit to get the correct key in the lock but we managed. Taking out some of the books, we placed them on the desk and started to go through them one by one looking for any information about these creatures.