Chapter 2 - The room of books
Alison's POV
I ran home, waving to my friends before opening the door to my house. Hugging my parents, I rushed to my room and closed the door. I looked at my prize, the book falling limply on my hand. I sat on my bed opening the book. 'Huh, there's nothing to it. Maybe Nadine was exaggerating again.' My hands careful looked through page by page. 'Huh, this isn't a story, it's a encyclopedia. Tamers? Keepers? Monsters?'
My ming raced through as I was immediately absorbed into the book. I read every single page. Careful flipping each page. I read everything. Suddenly I glanced at the clock. Two in the morning. 'Thank god it's the summer holidays.' I muttered under my breath and turned to the next page, my eyes widening at the picture of a gruesome looking monster.
'Gorkas,
One of the most deadly creatures to walk our lands. Their leader the merciless Mangacat. Their powers of persuasion are deadly. Their shapeshifting powers are also very hard to make out but the best way to make them show their true face is to make them show their true face. The Tamers are at war with these deadly creatures and all we can hope is that they win.'
I placed the book on the table, laying on the bed and closed my eyes. Reading always seems to make me tired.
Suddenly I heard a voice. Someone's here. A burglar. I reached for my torch and the mace I keep under my bed. I crept out of my bed. There was nobody downstairs. I crept back up to my room. I saw a shape in the darkness running through my drawers. I screamed. The figure looked at and grabbed the handbook. "Hey, stop. I paid good money for that." I dropped my mace and ran after him into the darkness.
I ran into the fields nearby, following the man. He jumped of a nearby bank, I followed suit. But he wasn't there.
I sat down under a tree and tried to get some sleep. I was too tired to walk back home. The sun roses. I grumbled under my breath. Then I saw him again! That man. He was creeping up to a sleeping boy, holding a rock. He was about to throw the rock at the boy. "Watch out!" I screamed. The boy woke up and grinned at the man, shooting energy from his finger at him. I gasped. The man fell to the ground , revealing a hideous monster, a gorka. My mouth would not close. This is exactly like the handbook. More people showed up, shooting energy from their fingers. The gorka saw me and came up to me. "You, you ruined everything." He smiled. I felt weak. The Gorka's persuasion. I was about to faint. The gorka lifted his arm and hit me painfully in my left arm. I sworn I heard a crack. I tried not to break down on the incredible pain when somebody shot the gorka, releasing his grip on me. I looked up to see a blonde boy, with steam coming up from his fingers, a grin on his face. "Don't you know how to treat a lady?" the boy taunted , shooting the monster before shoving him in a can. He laid his eyes on me. I tensed. He came up to me. "Are you alright?" I nodded, before glancing at my bleeding arm. "Let's get you somewhere safe. By the way, I'm Tadduja Thaur. Teddy for short." I smiled. "I'm Alison. Nice to meet you."