"So, Penny… where exactly did you find this book?"

"If I am correct, it is located at… 638, along with the books about insect culture."

Ruby quirked an eyebrow. "And why do you want us to see it?"

"You'll see." Penny turned back to the shelves and started browsing. "635, 636, 637… ah-ha!" She picked out a book. The cover was black, and a red bookmark stuck out of it. Most notably, however, it was completely unmarked. The robot hoisted her prize in the air. "Found it!"

Blake was unmoved. "And you brought all of Teams RWBY and JNPR here so you could… have storytime? I love books as much as the next guy, but this seems a little silly."

"No," Penny said. "The reason I wanted to show this to you…" She opened the tome to a random page in the middle and showed it to the group. "...is that there's nothing in it."

The assembled eight people stared at the blank pages. Weiss tilted her head. "Okay, that is peculiar."

Yang put a hand to her chin. "But why is it like that?"

"Ooh! Ohh!" Nora waved her arms in the air. "Maybe it's a super secret codebook and it's written in invisible ink! And maybe we've stumbled upon a secret conspiracy! And maybe-"

"Or," Jaune interrupted, "maybe it's just one of those blank books. So we can write our own story."

"Yes, but you wouldn't find one of those in a library," Pyrrha said.

"So what is it?" said Ruby.

Ren cleared his throat, getting everyone's attention. "If I may… we've only seen two pages. Maybe we should start reading from the beginning?"

Everyone in the room blinked. "That might be a good idea, yes," Penny said. She opened the book up to the first page - sure enough, there was a story to be told after all. "Alright, gather round everyone," she said, before clearing her throat - she technically didn't need to, but it helped keep up the illusion of humanity - and sitting down on a nearby chair. "Today I'm going to tell the story of Star Spirits and Good Wishes," she narrated.

Everyone did, in fact, gather around the chair - sitting on the floor, legs crossed, they all looked like a group of teenage toddlers. Weiss rolled her eyes before she sat down. "Are we seriously doing the whole storytime thing?"

Penny didn't seem to notice the snark - or if she did, she didn't care. Either way, she continued. "Far, far, away, beyond the sky, way above the clouds, it's been said that there's a haven where the Stars live."

Yang snorted. "Wow, not even fifty words in and it's already the cheesiest thing I've ever heard."

Ruby shushed her, then gestured towards Penny. "Continue, please."

"Thank you, Friend Ruby. As I was saying… In the sanctuary of Star Haven, there rests a fabled treasure called the Star Rod, which has the power to grant all wishes."

"Using this wondrous Star Rod, the seven revered Star Spirits watched over our peaceful world."

Penny turned the book around towards her audience. There was a picture of seven creatures - basically stars with faces - circled around some sort of star-tipped wand.

"And then…"

Penny turned the page, and was interrupted by a maniacal cackling coming from nowhere. Everyone jumped and placed a hand on their weapons. "Who's there? Show yourselves!" said Pyrrha.

"Uh… friends?" Penny said nervously. "You may want to look here."

Everyone did so, and gasped. The book was now glowing a brilliant white, and the bookmark a bright gold.

Of course, more important than that was that was occurring was that Penny's arm was being sucked into the picture.

Yang was the first to act. "Hold on, Penny! I'm coming to help!" She grabbed hold of the robot's free arm and began to pull as hard as she could. "A little help here?"

"I'm here!" Nora grabbed Yang.

"So am I!" Jaune grabbed Nora.

Pyrrha grabbed Jaune.

Blake grabbed Pyrrha.

Ren grabbed Blake.

Weiss grabbed Ren.

And Ruby grabbed Weiss.

After what felt like an eternity of pulling, Penny gave a shout as she fell into the book in her entirety. This caused Yang to fall in, which caused Nora to fall in, which caused Jaune to fall in, until the entire chain had been sucked inside the book.

Ruby's world went white, and then it went black.

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