Everyone in the Master World had jobs... many of them were important, but hers was easily the most important. She was the guardian of the Books, channels to other worlds in the vast universe. She was the only one able to travel freely throughout the worlds, and she had the ability to project herself into any form. However, her powers were more tools for her duties than gifts. She used them to keep balance throughout the worlds so that none were hurt or destroyed. She was granted immortality, but only on the condition that she managed her task properly. That was why the one mistake she ever made was so important to her.
She arrived in the dusty old library that morning with a feeling of foreboding. As she opened the many small windows that lined the w
alls and lit the dark room, she knew that today something was horrible was going to happen. She cleaned and dusted and replaced books in their proper places. Sometimes customers would enter, show her their Travel Permits, and then disappear into their Book of choice. Everything went normally until she forgot her worries and fell into routine.
She made her way toward some empty shelves with books in her arms, where a pile of worlds was already waiting to be refiled. She worked until two books were left, and as she picked up an old, worn red book a blue one at her feet began to glow. All of a sudden the blue book burst open, and the pages fluttered in a fierce wind as it attempted to pull something in. She tried to close it, but not even her powers could compare with that of such a world as that book contained. The red book flew out of her hands, and just before it melted into the pages of the blue book she saw its title: The Universe of the Four Gods. For some reason she never forgot this name.
With the disappearance of the red book the wind subsided and the blue book closed. She picked it up and felt along the thick binding of the book, one that she had never noticed before. It was titled "Earth." Its cool color and worn simplicity didn't at all reflect the fury it had just emitted. Why had it done that? And why had it sucked the other book in? That was when she realized the graveness of the situation. One book was not allowed to reside inside another... if a normal person who was not qualified got a hold of it, then the results would be disastrous. One if not both worlds would surely be destroyed, and the effects might even reach the Master World. She knew what she had to do. She opened the book cautiously, and as words rapidly appeared on the paper she searched frantically, flipping back a page, then two pages... she gasped. Seventy years had already passed since the book entered! Time passed incredibly fast in this world!!
She had no time to waste. She quickly jumped up and shut all the windows, then sealed the door and locked it. Then she rushed back to where the book rested on the floor and opened it. Again the wind escaped from it, and she felt herself being sucked in. So, this is what that feeling I had today was about, she thought as she felt herself traveling between the worlds. But why do I feel so strange? I travel between worlds all the time. Why should this one be different?
She found herself looking at a strange world the likes of which she had never seen. Large, man-made structures towered over people, machines, and occasional trees and grass. It was the ugliest place she had ever seen. Now... in order to find the lost book before anybody else did she had to disguise herself so she could blend in among them. She
found a small patch of trees and sand and odd metal sculptures that small children climbed all over, and transformed herself into a little girl. She sat down in the sand and began to pat randomly at it until someone found her. In all her travels she had discovered that friendship was incredibly powerful, and the only guarantee to fitting in wherever she was. So she waited for someone worthy of her friendship to come along.
The sand crunced beside her and she looked up to see another little girl about her size, with short brown hair and sparkling eyes. The other girl smiled. "Why are you all alone? Where are all your friends? If you'd like I'll be your friend. My name is Miaka," she held out her hand.
She smiled... somehow this girl spread cheerfulness around her, and she felt herself being filled with a warm feeling. "My name is Yui," she said.
She arrived in the dusty old library that morning with a feeling of foreboding. As she opened the many small windows that lined the w
alls and lit the dark room, she knew that today something was horrible was going to happen. She cleaned and dusted and replaced books in their proper places. Sometimes customers would enter, show her their Travel Permits, and then disappear into their Book of choice. Everything went normally until she forgot her worries and fell into routine.
She made her way toward some empty shelves with books in her arms, where a pile of worlds was already waiting to be refiled. She worked until two books were left, and as she picked up an old, worn red book a blue one at her feet began to glow. All of a sudden the blue book burst open, and the pages fluttered in a fierce wind as it attempted to pull something in. She tried to close it, but not even her powers could compare with that of such a world as that book contained. The red book flew out of her hands, and just before it melted into the pages of the blue book she saw its title: The Universe of the Four Gods. For some reason she never forgot this name.
With the disappearance of the red book the wind subsided and the blue book closed. She picked it up and felt along the thick binding of the book, one that she had never noticed before. It was titled "Earth." Its cool color and worn simplicity didn't at all reflect the fury it had just emitted. Why had it done that? And why had it sucked the other book in? That was when she realized the graveness of the situation. One book was not allowed to reside inside another... if a normal person who was not qualified got a hold of it, then the results would be disastrous. One if not both worlds would surely be destroyed, and the effects might even reach the Master World. She knew what she had to do. She opened the book cautiously, and as words rapidly appeared on the paper she searched frantically, flipping back a page, then two pages... she gasped. Seventy years had already passed since the book entered! Time passed incredibly fast in this world!!
She had no time to waste. She quickly jumped up and shut all the windows, then sealed the door and locked it. Then she rushed back to where the book rested on the floor and opened it. Again the wind escaped from it, and she felt herself being sucked in. So, this is what that feeling I had today was about, she thought as she felt herself traveling between the worlds. But why do I feel so strange? I travel between worlds all the time. Why should this one be different?
She found herself looking at a strange world the likes of which she had never seen. Large, man-made structures towered over people, machines, and occasional trees and grass. It was the ugliest place she had ever seen. Now... in order to find the lost book before anybody else did she had to disguise herself so she could blend in among them. She
found a small patch of trees and sand and odd metal sculptures that small children climbed all over, and transformed herself into a little girl. She sat down in the sand and began to pat randomly at it until someone found her. In all her travels she had discovered that friendship was incredibly powerful, and the only guarantee to fitting in wherever she was. So she waited for someone worthy of her friendship to come along.
The sand crunced beside her and she looked up to see another little girl about her size, with short brown hair and sparkling eyes. The other girl smiled. "Why are you all alone? Where are all your friends? If you'd like I'll be your friend. My name is Miaka," she held out her hand.
She smiled... somehow this girl spread cheerfulness around her, and she felt herself being filled with a warm feeling. "My name is Yui," she said.