Winnie’s day started out so well. She had gotten her test back and got the highest mark in the class, then she went to lunch with friends. It wasn’t until she was back, alone, on campus. She felt weird. Like someone had been following her. Once she was back in her dorm, she told her roommate who simply just brushed it off as a ghost. Winnie nodded slowly and went to her room. The moment she closed her door and turned around, a shadow apparition materialised at her desk. Winnie jumped and squealed softly before clamping her hands over her mouth.
“Hello little moon elf.”
“H… hello?”
“I’ve come to take you away to a place that has a library that you could spend days in.”
Winnie perked up slightly but shook her head, “The campus library is just as big…” she said hesitantly.
“This one is a mile long, little elf.”
“A mile long library… that sounds amazing!” Where is it?”
“It’s in another plane of existence. If you want to visit it, you must take the bookkeepers pill.” The figure said and has held out a small red pill.
Winnie hesitantly took the pill and rolled it around in her fingers. She was wondering why her roommate hadn’t checked on her, it was obvious she was having a conversation with someone, “I'll… I’ll think about it. I have a study session I need to get to.”
“You have 3 days.”
The figure dissipated, leaving Winnie in her room by herself. She shook her head and collected her bag and went to the library. She continued muddling over the pill that she left on her desk and whether she should take it. She shook her head and walked into the library. She found Edgar sitting and a desks along the wall. Winnie smiled and sat across from him.
“Hey, ready for this,” She asked with a warm smile.
Edgar nodded and grinned, “I’m always ready for studying.”
Winnie laughed and laid out her notebooks, “I think… we can just go over flashcards, since you scored only a few marks under me.”
Edgar nodded, “That sounds like a great plan, to me.”
While the pair was studying, Winnie couldn’t help but think about the conversation she had with the shadow person. Was it worth it to go to that library? Was this just a hoax or a prank? She didn’t know what to do.
“If I had the opportunity to go to a huge library… should I go?” She asked Edgar who looked up with a raised eyebrow.
“With you love of books, I think you should.”
Winnie nodded and smiled, “Alright!” She said warmly. She came to the decision to take the little pill. After all, it couldn’t hurt. Right?
After the had finished with the flashcards, Winnie looked down at her phone, “Its part curfew!” She said loudly and stood up.
Edgar laughed, “Let’s head back to or dorms then.”
Winnie nodded and started putting her notebook and flashcards back in her bag and skiing it over her shoulder. She patiently waited as Edgar did the same. Once he finished they walked out of the building together.
“It’s a beautiful night,” Winnie said warmly.
“It sure is,” Edgar said with a smile.
They had made the rest of the wall in comfortable silence. Winnie stared up at the stars as the walked. She always had a fascination with them. To go to a library that probably has thousands of books on them, she couldn’t contain her excitement. Before she knew it they were back at her dorm building.
Winnie smiled and hugged Edgar, “Goodnight, Edgar.”
“Goodnight, m'lady.”
Winnie laughed sweetly and kissed Edgar’s cheek. She turned and went up to her dorm room to find her roommate standing in the doorway.
“Had fun with your babe?” She said with a grin.
Winnie blushed lightly and smacked her friends arm, “You know we aren’t together.”
“You sure act like it.”
Winnie smiled and shook her head before pushing into the dorm, “Don’t you have an early class tomorrow? Go to bed.”
“Yes, mom,” she said and laughed, walking to her own room.
Winnie smiled and went to get a cup of water from the bathroom and went to her room. She grabbed the little pill and took it quickly. What happened next is something that she didn’t expect. The shape figure returned just as the pill took its effects. Winnie stumbled a little, tripping onto her bed. She looked up in time to be see the apparition had a wicked grin spread across it’s face. The Winnie’s world went black.
The young woman woke up slowly in a bright room. She blinked, hoping it would help her soft green eyes to adjust to the light. She sat up and looked around. There was a long mirror on one side. Winnie carefully stood up and looked at herself in the mirror. Her mind hadn’t registered that she had a pair of soft green wings on her back that had short tails on them and four dots on the top and bottom parts. The inside of the wings was lined in a soft brown that ended at the wing tips. After a moment a woman’s voice came over the intercom.
“When the door opens, a nurse will come in to restrain your wings and will take you to the cafeteria, you must be hungry.”
Winnie nodded slowly and jumped at the door swing open. A man walked in with a leather restrain and started placing it on Winnie’s wings. Her mind was so scrambled that she wasn’t registering what was happening, out that having her wings restrained sent pain through her body. Once the nurse was done he stepped back.
“Follow me to the cafeteria.”
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