"Durbe Bookingtons.. you stand accused of having stolen over nine hundred library books and beating the librarian with the books when she tried to call the cops and confiscate them from you, where do you stand on this?" The judge asked him and the journey was about to make their verdict on if he should be guilty or be free. "How do you plead?" and the people waited for the young boy's answer. "I really just like books." Durbe repeated and the jury then made their decision, they all voted guilty.
"Durbe you will be sentenced to life in prison for having no decency about taking these books, how do you feel on this?" and when the judge asked the question the boy just walked out the door and was ready to be taken in. Well not really, he yelled at the crown of his lung. He had donated his lungs to good people in need for books. He really loved books; he would go to barns and nobles all the time. "I am sorry that you do not share my love of books." And with that the guards escorted him out and into this truck to take him to the maximum-security prison where all the bad men were.
That's when he was told he had a right to remain silent and be quiet and he was shoved against the wall as they tied the handcuffs to him and threw him back in the truck. They didn't talk to him, they said nothing and he was bored, he knew that there would be books in the prison or he expected there to be because he just can't live without books.
He saw a colorful jail in the distance it was silver and it looked well cleaned for the reputation he had read about jails, he was a little scared about going but if there was books he was going to be ok. He hoped to make some friends in his time here, he didn't mind if he doesn't though because he just would rather read a book.
That's when a light shined down on him and Durbe whispered out "Jesus…?" and that's when a warden with long flowing hair stepped up and said, "I am Nante Koto." And the book loving man knew that name meant Jesus because he had read so many books.
"Are there books here?" Durbe asked and then Nante Koto just kept talking and was ignoring his question, he didn't care about anything in this jail he just wanted to know if there were books. That is all he wanted and cared about and finally he heard something about books and he stepped out of the truck and ran towards the jail. "Wait we need to take your handcuffs off!" Nante Koto yelled out, it was to late Durbe was trying to break down the door for the books. Nante Koto then opened the gate and Durbe ran inside. He was surprised to see so many inmates around the prison already. "What is this?"
"This is the prison yard and this is where you go to exercise or hang out and…" but Durbe did not care because all he wanted to do was read, he didn't care about anything else just reading. He didn't want to hang out with anyone.. he just wanted to read. "Is there a library?" and Nante Koto looked at him funny, if there was not a library he was going to kill everyone. "No there is no library but…" and that's when Durbe broke his handcuffs and he was able to break them from the extreme reading he had done over the years. "Durbe Bookingtons if that is your real name.. we can provide you with books.. if you do me a favor." And Durbe doesn't care what the favor is he just wants books.
"If you do not give me books, I will be having to do extreme results." And Nante Koto didn't want any more fights at the jail; he knew that there were many gangs and grass wars in the jail yard. "You must get the gangs to get along, if you can stop any riots, for every riot you stop, I will give you one book." And Durbe didn't want to do any of that but he needed books. "I will do what I can, I want one book right now or I will make the wars worse." And Nante Koto liked this guy, he knew what he wanted and so he gave him a book. "What is this weak stuff?" Durbe asked and looked at the title.
The title was "The Little Engine That Could." And he can't believe he has to have this to read the whole entire time until he gets another book. This would not even keep him busy, this book was only ten pages long and he liked re-reading books but he was to smart for this one. "Are you sure that this is the only book?" and Nante Koto didn't answer and walked away, Durbe was annoyed because he wanted a better book.
He opened the first page and saw pictures, it was a picture book and this made him even more upset, he liked novels and long stories, he liked picture books but this would not keep him busy at all. He kept reading it and sat down on a bench, he didn't want to talk to anyone. "Hey you must be new here?" it was a male's voice and he didn't want to look up. He knew this book sucked but he didn't want to talk to anybody, he just wanted to read. "Hey can you hear me?" and when he didn't answer a pancake was shoved in his mouth. That's when Durbe looked up from his book. "What?"
"How did you get put in here amigo?" Ryoga was asking and put another pancake down but this time on Durbe's lap. This only made the book reading man more annoyed, he did not like to be touched by anyone, he hated being touched it was one of his biggest fears.
"Get that pancake off of me, I am not your amigo. Books are my only friend, books are all I will ever need." And Ryoga was a little appalled that anyone could not want pancakes, he only wanted to be this new guys pancake buddy. "Come on, you have to eat, I have tons of pancakes just eat it." And Durbe just wants to read; he doesn't want pancakes or anything from anyone unless they are books. "I only need books." And he went back to reading, normally he would eat the book to gain its knowledge but this was the only book he had right now. He could not do that; he took one of Ryoga's pancakes.
"You are going to eat my pancake? Rad mega cool…" that's when Durbe drew a picture of a book on the pancake and then cut it out with the sharp end of the book he had, he ate the picture cut out pancake of the book symbol he made. "Thank you for many books."
Durbe went back to reading his book that sucked because it was the only one, he had met one person for today, and he didn't want to meet anyone else. That's when the guards called everyone from the yard.
Durbe did not move because he was to focused on the book, one of the guards put a hand on his shoulder and he did not like it. He did this without looking up and hit the guard hard with the book and then picked it up off ground.
He walked inside all on his own, he did not want anyone to touch him, he would like to be outside still but he knew that, that would not happen. That's when he walked into a cell without realizing it. "Hey you in the right cell, I don't remember my cellmate having gray hair." And so Durbe looked up from his crappy book, he saw a man smoking, he had a scar on his eye and he had red and yellow velvet hair. "No I am Durbe, who are you?"
"I don't remember my cellmate having a name like that, he had some exotic name, Miz.. Mizty? Miztilda..? Miza.. oh it was Mizael!" and Durbe does not care because he sits down and starts reading, this did not go over well with the the fire-haired dude. He picked up his lighter and set the book reading man's pants on fire. "Do you want to leave or do you want to burn?" and Durbe did not know that there were dangerous criminals in here.
Durbe ran out of the cell room, he quickly found a cell room with a toilet and splashed his pants with the disgusting toilet water, he then saw a sink and was sad that he had used the toilet water instead of the sink. That's when he heard Nante Koto's voice, "So you found your room? You won't be sharing with anyone since you are special, I can tell you do not like touching, right?" and Durbe did not it was true, he didn't want to be touched if he could avoid it.
"Enjoy your stay at Ultra Prison!" Nante Koto the warden closed the cell gate; it was time for all the prisoners to sleep and the warden hoped that this newcomer would help settle the grass wars; he would hold books over this man. He thought this new criminal was kind of cute to. He knows as a warden he is not supposed to fall in love with his prisoners, he just can't help but feel like this new prisoner is going to be energetic.
Durbe was thankful for having his own cell, he could finally finish this crappy book, he opened to the last page and was angry that he had finished it.. he wanted more books. He just would have to do what Nante Koto asked for now he would go to sleep, he would think of books in his head until he had another book. Imagination would help keep him sane. He slept on his pillow; he could not help but think that he was sleeping on a book.
It gave him a good feel; he just wants to own all the books in the world is that too much to ask for?
A/N: I DON'T OWN BARNS AND NOBLES! I DON'T OWN LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD.