Author's Note: I don't own any right's to Star Trek or Angel of the Opera, though the Phantom himself is now public domain.
I was sitting in my usual chair in the library at school. It was a nice hot summer day outside and I preferred the cool interior of the library. I had sixth period off and I often used it to do homework, read or sometimes take a nap. Today I chose to do a little of each. Having just finished some English homework I dug a book out of my backpack. I was reading Susan Kay's Phantom for the umpteenth time. I have to admit to being an avid Phantom of the Opera fan. I read anything about it that I can get my hands on, and ever since I discovered the Internet I spent hours online perusing Phantom based web pages.
I should probably describe our library. It's a circular building on the outside. Inside about half of the room is circular and shares a wall with the outside. The rest of the building is partitioned off in to smaller back rooms and storage. In the center of the literary there is a sky light with a circular shaped sunken concrete floor, where they have placed armchairs, tables and lamps for students to use for study or reading. And yes someone did turn it into a duck pond as a Senior Prank. Fortunately who ever did thought things through first and taped off the electrical outlets before filling it with water. Normally the library is relatively deserted during class time, but this close to the end of the year man classes were returning their books, others come in to work on final projects, so it wasn't always as quiet as today.
Well I settled down to red on of my most favorite stories, but it must have been warmer in the library than I thought because I caught myself nodding off several times, something I almost never do while reading. I put the book down to take a nap, but as is usually the case, I wasn't tired anymore, so I picked up the book again. For some reason I always like to sit sideways in my chair, especially armchairs. I had my legs over one arm and my head resting against the back of the chair now in my favorite position. This particular position makes it easier to sleep if I'm so inclined. I must have dozed off finally because that is the only way I can describe what happened next.