Acatalepsy [Hiatus]

Prologue

(PS: I began writing this LONG before Dragonwatch became a thing.  Due to conflicting interests in my storyline, I will be excluding the Dragonwatch books and their contents.  The only canon that exists for this book is the original five Fablehaven books.  Thanks!)

It seemed like so long ago that I was a little girl, barely age ten.  Back then, Seth was less of a lovable annoyance and more of a shy prankster.  

But, as I look back on my life, I remind myself that the life I had before was rather tame to now.  Honestly, I never thought I would say that as a sixteen-year-old girl.  Had I been normal, I would be socializing with my friends in school and maybe would be fawning over boys.  Maybe I would have had my first official date and, or could have even been teasing Seth about his crush.

To even think that I would become the handmaiden of The Fairy Queen, becoming an honorary fae, and even started dating the Fairy Queen's son; it is an insane idea that I previously would have treated as a joke.

How times change.

Even now, as I write, I can only think of how things would have been different.  But, there is one thing that never changes when I think back to that day, my tenth birthday in fact.

The day had started off miserably.  All my close friends had other things to do, as they struggled with their chores and their own families.  Of course, as a preteen, I held the egotistic view and thought it was unfair, so unfair.  To make things worse for my younger self, I was stuck with Seth as my only company for my party.  All the adults just talked, visiting, while totally ignoring my own turmoil.  A turmoil that I now recognize as entitlement and narcissism.

I remember storming off for a bit, finding the library near the house.  I always found it when I was upset.  And as usual, the library was mostly empty.  The only people I could see was a girl, maybe a year older than me, and her father.  Her father frantically searched for something amongst the shelves, I don't even remember what they told me they were looking for.

For all of an hour, I sat and spoke to the girl...well, it was more of my ranting, considering the bad day I was having.  And yet, she listened to me, interjecting when she could.  And, eventually, we sort-of settled into this fast friendship between us.  And it lasted much longer than I could have ever thought.  Even after my birthday, where I got a lecture for running off, we held a fast friendship.  Well, that is until Meggie left town.

The day she left, I was in tears.  I don't know why it affected me so much, especially since I had only known her for a month.  Seth even seemed upset; he clearly liked her more than he let on.  Meggie reasoned with us, telling us how her father had been endlessly been searching for something for as long as she could remember.  

Again, I don't even remember what it is.

But...I never did see her again.  I never even got her phone number.  However, something about her makes her unforgettable.  

As for why I'm writing this, well, I found out her and her father went missing when she was at least 13.  A year before I even came to Fablehaven.  And...I have a suspicion that whatever her father was so desperately searching for was the cause of it.  And, that somehow, the magic of an unknown variety played some part in it.

How do I know?

Because her Great Aunt's home, where she had been reported to be living in the news report, was found vacant.  And a strange book, a book nobody else has ever heard of, has been found there.  Everything else was trashed but this book.  And I plan on telling Grandpa Sorenson about it.  And Bracken.  And everyone else, too.

They need to know that there is a magic artifact that may have made two innocent people disappear.  And, they may even be in danger.

That's all I really have to say.  I...just hope this isn't just a lost cause.  And that this record may useful to the person who reads this notepad document.

-Kendra Sorenson