Chapter Seven: Exploration

"Um…well, that was interesting," Angel remarked.

"Yea…I guess," Naomi mused to herself.

Angel smiled suddenly. "Don't worry about this quest. I've got it under control. Anyways, it is my duty to protect the realms right? It was my destiny. Besides, I'm the heiress to the throne and the ruler of the Realm of Fantasy."

"Maybe this world has some cute guys," Celeste mumbled. "If they don't, I'm outta there."

"Sorry girls, but this journey is for me to fulfill. You can't come with me. It's my turn to help this Galaxy." Angel sighed, than brightened. "Hey, why don't you guys give me a tour around this place? I mean, I've gotta get my bearings around here."

"Wish we could but we can't." Crystal expelled a breath. "We've all got matters to attend to back in our realms."

"But tell us everything that happens okay?" Naomi giggled. "Maybe one of those future rulers is a cute guy!"

"Please try not to fight Angel," Learah pleaded. "Fighting never gets you anywhere good."

"Learah, puhleaze." Celeste rolled her eyes. "Fighting's cool with all the blood and broken bones and defeating the enemy…"

"I will not listen to such gory details." Learah glided away. Using her sceptre, she created a portal and vanished.

"We better start leaving too," Crystal said to Angel. "Ciao girlfriend!" And she also disappeared.

"Humph!" Celeste spun away, cloak swishing, and disappeared into the shadows.

"Must get going myself! See you soon Angel!" Naomi hugged Angel affectionately and left after the others.

Angel turned to Jade. "Looks like it's just you and me. Time for you to show me around this place."

"As you wish Angel." Turning from the throne, she led the way out the room, Angel close behind.

"So what are we gonna see first?" Angel asked, still not looking very happy.

"We will only need to see three places of great importance today. First, we shall proceed to the library." Jade started leading the way.

"The library?" Angel said, looking confused. "Great."

"We must go there to find out the name of summoning your guardian animal. Have you already forgotten?" Jade's eyes widened in surprise.

"Yea…I guess so." Angel looked at her sheepishly.

"We are going to the library," Jade stated sternly. "Because you must find the name of summoning for your mythical beast."

"Right…right." She smiled brightly at her. "I knew that."

They reached two big oak doors. At the top of the door, a sigh read "The Library." Jade pushed open the doors and stepped inside.

'With all these signs,' Angel thought dryly. 'I might not need a tour after all.' She also entered the room and gasped in wonder.

The library was a big but very cozy antechamber. Littered here and there were sofas, tables, armchairs and velvet settees. A long spiral staircase led up to the second floor of books. A soft glow emitted from the fireplace, chandeliers and lamps. Ladders with wheels were dotted around the room so one could scroll over the books on higher shelves.

And then there were the books. Shelf upon shelf of books surrounded the entire room. There were books on international languages, on animals and mythical creatures, on fairy tales, on science and technology. It was like heaven to Angel. Her eyes shone with a childlike glee. Although she still felt a little bummed up about this whole stupid experience, this was something.

"Yay!" Laughing, Angel ran from one bookshelf to another, pulling books off the shelf and peering through them before putting it back and taking another.

"Please Angel, contain yourself." Jade shook her head. "We are here for business only. You may look at these books some other time."

"Aww…" Angel whined. "Do we have to?" Seeing Jade glare at her, she muttered, "Party pooper."

"Now over here are the History books." She gestured to a whole shelf of books. "The family history books are on the top shelf."

"All the way up there?" Angel looked up. "Whoa, it must be on the top, top, top shelf."

"Yes, you must get the red leather-bonded book down." She pointed up.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm on it." Angel closed her eyes and her wings appeared again. She jumped up into the air and flew up. She found the requested book and brought it down carefully for it was very heavy.

Angel dropped the book on a table with a loud thud. She plopped down tiredly in one of the big comfortable armchairs. Jade opened the book and scrolled down the massive table of contents.

"Ah…here it is." She pointed to a title that said 'Guardian Animals.' Angel looked up and walked over, wings disappearing as she went to stand beside her.

"It's on page 9120." Angel looked at the book incredulously. "How many pages does this book have?"

"That doesn't matter right now. Right now, we must find the word of summoning." She started flipping toward the assigned pages.

The chapter was about ten pages long. The only problem with that was…

"The print is puny!" Angel complained, squinting. "How is anybody supposed to read that?!"

"With this." Jade handed her a pair of magnifying glasses. "Start reading." With that, she bent over. Angel rolled her eyes and sat down, taking the other magnifier.

Angel yawned. Five hours had passed since they had started reading. But their readings had turned up nothing.

"Well, that's it." Jade looked up from the last page. "That's the last one."

"Finally!" Angel collapsed into her armchair. "I'm pooped!"

"But that can't be right!" Jade exclaimed. "We haven't found the name of summoning yet!"

"Hmm…" Angel mused. "Maybe it's not in there."

"But it is!" Jade cried. "I know it is!"

Angel flipped through the pages again. Her finger snagged at a loose thread of the book. She smiled and tugged gently on it. Slowly, an extra page revealed itself, hidden in the folds of the book.

"Maybe there was a hidden page?" Angel smiled at Jade's astonishment.

Angel skimmed her eyes through the page. Finally, her eyes concentrated on a spot on the page that seemed to draw her eyes. As if in a trance, Angel stepped back and picked up her sceptre. Going to an empty spot in the middle of the library, she raised it up into the air and closed her eyes.

"I call on you, O Mighty One," she started in a clear voice. "Goldclaw!"

A symbol of summoning appeared on the ground below Angel. Wind swirled around her and a flash of light shot upward. A head appeared beneath Angel and she slowly rose up, the body of a golden dragon appearing.

The dragon unfurled its massive wings and roared, shaking books off the shelves. The wind slowly died down. Angel giggled from the top of the dragon's head, holding onto its horns and her sceptre.

"Hullo down there!" Angel shouted down to Jade. "How's it going?"

"You better get down here this instant!" Jade shouted back. "You must come down here so that you may begin your quest and finish the tour."

Angel pouted down at her. "No fair." She giggled again and hugged Goldclaw. "I want to play with Goldie!"

"Angel!"

"All right, all right," Angel mumbled. Glumly, she said to her dragon, "Lower me down please."

The dragon lowered his head slowly and Angel jumped off. She turned to him.

"Now transform to your chibi form so you can come along with me!" Angel giggled playfully.

The dragon obliged, breathing softly on Angel. He started glowing and shrinking. Before long, he was as small as the red leather history book. Goldclaw chirped up at Angel as she picked him up. He nuzzled her neck affectionately and purred. Angel hugged him.

"Isn't he just kawaii?" Angel watched as Goldclaw curled into her arms. Her sceptre hung around her neck.

"We must go now." Jade shook her head and sighed. "Look at the mess you made!"

"Sorry." Angel looked glumly around at the dishevelled room. "Didn't mean to."

"Follow me now." Jade turned towards the door. Angel, still cradling the dragon, followed her, head held high.

Exams are finally over! Yay! I thought I would finish this chapter in a celebration for the end of school. But wasn't working for me for a while and than my cousins from America came over... I know, I know, I've got a lot of excuses right? You see, I thought I had lost this chapter because I usually save all my stories on a disk but when I looked in it a while back, it was gone! Poof! Disappeared! Thankfully, I already had this chapter uploaded on but it just took me awhile...Anyway…you want some beyblade action? Well, next chappie, you're gonna see some! I know it took me awhile but as I said before, if I didn't write it the way I did, you wouldn't understand a lot of the story. So there! R&R!