Author: Sarah

Disclaimer: Tamora Pierce owns Kel, Neal, Faleron, Joren, Merric, Owen. We don't own anything else apart from the plot.

Author's note: Thanks to all who reviewed, muchly! And yes, the library IS about eleven stories tall, including the basement.

Chapter 4

Thank goodness I was one of the lucky ones who had a convenient schedule, I just hung about in school for fun, literally since I had already done my homework and projects.

And ah yes, where was I?

Dragging Neal by the hand while Cleon and Faleron followed me to the library.

"This here is the library!" I proclaimed in front of the entrance, getting a few stares thrown at my direction from the passerby students.

"Quite fascinating did you know that lib…" said Neal.

"Let's get in!" I interrupted, shoving them towards the door.

"Dreams of my…" Cleon started to ramble before I shhed him.

"Library. Quiet. Just follow me…" I muttered and prodded them to the direction of the stairs and opened the door.

"Now, I want you guys to meet me at the tenth floor… I got to get some thing first ok?"

"But… isn't that the lif…" Faleron whispered.

"No, that's just a… box thingy… wouldn't want to be stuck in that would we?" I mumbled,

"It's very obvious really once you get to the tenth floor, just get a seat anywhere there…and off you go!"

It was one of my theories, if they could run up to the tenth floor, then maybe they'd be muddle headed enough to tell me all about Tortall and why they came, that and the fact that I knew Wyldon had trained them running up and down the stairs of the border of the something building.

Ugh, can't even remember my facts straight.

Making sure they had already went up a floor, I went inside the lift and pressed the button for the fifth floor.

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I strode in at the tenth floor from the lift carrying Alanna's, Daine's and Kel's quartet, minus Lady Knight (the stupid library hadn't got it yet). Neal, Cleon and Faleron were sitting on the sofas, a bit out of breath. Well, so much for my theory on Wyldon.

"Hey didn't you say that was a box thingy?" Faleron gasped as I approached and dumped the books on the table.

"Er, yeah… but I'm experienced with the box thingy…erm whatever… now guess what guys!" I grinned.

"What?" they all asked, as expected of them.

"I'm going to show you a bunch of my favourite books… here… have this..this.. and this…" I said and shoved the Alanna quartet to Neal, Daine's to Cleon and Kel's to Faleron while keeping a hold on Kel's third book.

"You know… isn't it a coincidence that you guys have the same names as the guys in this series?" I innocently (yeah, right) pointed out as I sat and prodded Neal on the chest with the book.

"Maybe you shouldn't really talk so much… this is a library after all…" Neal whispered harshly, looking quite a bit frightened.

"Pearl of my oyster…maybe you should really sit down properly…like as in next to him?" Cleon suggested.

What?..Oh right… I was practically sitting on Neal's lap, with him still holding onto Alanna's books and still prodding on his chest with a hardcover copy of Kel's book. Well, Neal did look particularly cute when terrified.

I sat next to him, pushing Faleron a bit to get some space and opened the book.

"Now, let's see… I'll tell you a bit of the story here… there's a nice paragraph about Joren going out with Keladry and proclaiming his love here…" I said.

"Now hold on, Joren was dead at that time and I was the one who loved Kel…" Cleon protested.

I grinned at him.

"Now, tell me what happened in Lady Knight!" I demanded while bouncing over to Cleon's side of the sofa.

I thought I heard Neal sigh in relief or something. Hmm…must do something about that.

"Erk…well um…" Cleon started to say before…