The Unusal Librarian

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2 weeks later
Cyrus walks by my side through the museum again. The past few weeks Autumn has made room in my schedule to come to the museum every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. It has been a great few weeks and Cyrus is always here. We walk around everyday talking about Greek Mythology. I've never had someone talk to me about it like this. No one has understood my love for it until now. Cyrus opens a door and I walk through. Autumn is right behind me. "Wait Autumn. This is for Estelle alone." Cyrus says. I turn shocked. "Wait what?" I ask. He nods. "It is something only someone with a Doctorate degree should see." He says. I look at Autumn and she looks worried. I push aside my worry and nod. "I'll be okay. I'll be back soon." I say. She jods and he shuts the door. We walk up some stairs and into another room. He shuts the door and I look around. "Where is what you wanted to show me?" I ask. I turn only to see he has a smirk on his face. "Oh I have nothing to show you. I just got you back here so I could tell you just how it is going to be." He says. I back up not liking this. He comes closer. "You are going to do as I say and not fight me. You are gonna let your friend know you will be moving in with me and you won't ever see another person in your life." He says. I gulp and keep backing up. My breathing is rough and unsteady as I try to stay away from him. "Y. You can't do this. You can't keep me from people or Autumn." I say. He smirks and reaches to grab me. His hand tightly grabs hold of my wrist and holds it. I try to pull free but can't. I start freaking out and panicking as he pulls me towards him. "P. Please let me go!" I beg. He ignores me and doesn't listen. "I am in control here. Not you." He says. He lifts my arm up and pulls me against him. I bite down on his hand and he yells as he let's me go. I run from him and to the door. I jerk it open and run out. I try to go to the other door but it is locked. I run further down the stairs and find a door a few flights down. It is unlocked so I run through. I can hear Cyrus running behind me and following. He sounds a good bit away which is good. As I run down the hall I try t think of a plan on how to get away from here. I can't allow him to do what he wishes to do. I can't live without Autumn or my appointments. Even if I do hate the appointments. I find a door and run through. A light surrounds me and when I make it through I'm in what looks like a library. The door shuts behind me and i no longer hear Cyrus following me. A guy looks at me and seems confused. He starts this way which scares me. "Who are you? How did you get here?" He asks. I back up terrified. I turn to open the door but it won't. I gulp and turn back towards him. He keeps coming towards me as he closes a book. "Aren't you going to answer me?" He asks. I am shaking as I stand here. "Wh. Where am I? What is this place?" I ask. He seems confused. "It is called the Library. It is a place that will change your life. Give you the adventure you have always wanted but couldn't have." A new voice says. I look to see an older man walking down some stairs. I am confused as I look at him. "Who are you?" I ask. "I am Jenkins. I am the caretaker of the Library." He says. He stops a few feet away from me. "How did I get here? What is going on? Where is Autumn?" I ask. "Easy there. The Library brought you here. As to your friend. She is still at the Museum I believe." He says. "I must get back to her." I say. He sighs. "You can't go back. The Library has chosen you to live here and be a Librarian like Mr. Carsen here." He says. I tilt my head. "Librarian? Why would I want to take care of books all day? I am a Mythologist not a Librarian." I say. He sighs. "Come with me. I'll explain everything to you." He says. I shake my head. "No. The last person I followed like that tried to take me and keep me locked away." I say. He raises an eyebrow. The door opens and there is nothing but light. Suddenly two women and two men come stumbling through. The door closes and they seem confused. "Jenkins what is going on? Who is she?" One asks. "Ah just in time. Cassandra, Mr. Jones, Mr. Stone, and Colonel this is the newest member of our team. The Library brought her here just moments ago from a small museum in her home town." He says. I stand here trying to stay calm and not freak out. The one comes forward. "You are scared of us." She says. I back away from her only to be closer to the Jenkins guy. I stand here terrified. "Please you must take me back to Autumn. I have to go back." I plead turning to him. "I understand you are scared but you have nothing to fear." He says. My breathing becomes worse and I am unable to get it under control. "Jenkins!" The ones says. Her voice shows worry and confusion. I am barely able to breathe as I stand here. "Colonel take Mr. Stone and go get her friend. The Library will open a door for you." Jenkins says. The two leave through the door and I stand here trying to calm myself. The other woman comes towards me. She is about my age and hight. "It is okay. You won't be harmed. Just calm down and listen to us. We will not hurt you but help you." She says. Her voice is calm but shows worry as well. Before she gets to close the door opens and the two return bringing Autumn with them. She looks confused and worried at the same time. She sees me and rushes over. "Estelle what's wrong?" She asks. I look at her scared. "C. Can't br. Br. Breathe." I manage to say. She digs through her bag and grabs my inhaler. "Here." She says. She has me take it and my breathing calms. She makes me look at her. "What happened? I though you went with Cyrus?" She asks. I nod. "He tricked us. He was a terrible guy. He was going to force me to stay with him and make me never leave." I say. Her eyes grow wide. "What?" She asks. I look down and grab my arm. "They won't let me go home. That guy said I can't go home that the Library chose me and that I'm a Librarian now." I say. She sighs and rubs my arm. "I'll get this handled okay." She says. I nod and she walks to the older guy. "What is going on here? Are you people so low you kidnap an innocent woman and tell her some made up story?" She asks. "Ma'am it is not made up. Mr. Carsen will you please?" He asks. "Ah yes!" He says pointing up like he has an idea. He runs to a desk and grabs something. He then tosses dust or something in the air. "The Library is a place that houses magical artifacts. Jenkins has always been the caretaker of this place. He is immortal and can't die. Anyway there are people chosen by the Library to be what is called Librarians. They retrieve the magical artifacts and bring them here where they are protected and kept out of the wrong hands. They also help people who have been caught up in magic. The Librarians do everything they can to insure the world is not consumed by pure evil." He says. I stand here in shock. Then it hits me. "Wait a minute so you are saying magic exists and you collect magical idems and keep the world from turning to evil?" I ask. "Correct." He says. "You are nuts! There is no such thing as magic. You are just all idiots who believe in make belief stuff." Autumn says. I grab her arm and she looks at me. "What if they are right? I mean there is always a possibility of it being true. Just like with my beliefs and yours." I say. She looks at me angry. "You need to stop believing everything you hear or see. There is only one truth and that is what me as well as others believe. That is that one God created the world and everything upon it." She says. I narrow my eyes. "Are you blind Autumn? I may have issues but I'm not crazy. You may not believe in everything but you can't see past what you wanna see." I say. She looks angry and looks at the ones around us. "Take us back home and leave us be." She orders. The one comes towards me. "Is that what you want? To go back to your life as it was and miss on the opportunity to go on great journeys?" She asks. I think about it and look at Autumn. The only one how was stayed by my side for five years. Well she has had to but still. She has anger in her eyes and looks at me. "Estelle come on. If we don't leave now we may end up missing your appointment with Dillard." She says. Her saying that helps me make my mind up. I shake my head. "No Autumn. I'm not going back. I'm tired of the same schedule every month. I want to be an to live my life." I say. She seems angry at that. I hold my hand out. "Let me have what I need and go on home. It has been five years of nothing but the same thing over and over. I'm not going to live my life that way anymore." I say. She huffs but grabs a blue print bag from her purse. She hands it to me and narrows her eyes. "Fine. See how long it takes before you change your mind. You know that you can't go without yiur schedule. You will see soon enough." She says. Jenkins goss to a globe thing and does something. The door opens and Autumn walks over. "Goodbye Autumn." I say. She doesn't say anything and steps through. It shuts and I stand here holding the blue bag. Jenkins comes over and holds a hand out. "Welcome to the Library." He says. I hesitate but shake his hand. "What is your name Librarian?" He asks. "Estelle Sutton." I say. He smiles. "Estelle this is Cassandra Cillian, Ezekiel Jones, Jocab Stone, Flynn Carsen, and Eve Baird. Cassandra, Mr. Jones, Mr. Stone, and Mr. Carsen are Librarians like you. Eve is your guardian." He says. I am confused by that. "I don't quite understand everything." I say. He nods and puts his arm on my shoulders. "I will everything everything. Come with me and I'll show you around with telling you." He says. I nod feeling as if I can trust him. He holds his arm out for me to take so I do and he leads me around. Unlike when Cyrus did this at the museum it feels okay. I don't feel like I'm going to be hurt or anything.