My Mind went blank. I sat there trying to learn about Chemical Reactions, but every few seconds I would glance back at the red book.
"Why is it blank?" I asked myself.
"Because you broke the spell." Said a boys voice.
I immediately flew backwards landing on the floor.
"who's there!?" I said as I rustled up in embarrassment from my fall.
"I'm here." Said the boys voice. He was in front of my face, smiling. I looked at him and grabbed my book, defending myself.
"Who are you? No, what are you?" I sputtered out.
"I'm Lance, and I'm a fairy." He said a bit annoyed.
"Why are you here?"
"Because someone stupid had to break the spell on the book of Forgotten Tales." He said as he stared into my eyes.
"Well, I'm sorry, I didn't know really." I said apologetic.
"Well now that you broke it, you have to put the spell back on the book." He said as he grinned.
"How?" Plus, what is this Forgotten Tales book anyways?" I said as I slowly sat back down on my chair, but still had the book in my hands.
"Well." he said as he sat on the table, closing his eyes. I had to get real close to see him, he was a tiny boy, looked the same age as me. He had black shaggy hair, and wore a silk shirt with leather pants. His wings glowed and glittered, as he opened his eyes, I saw that they were unique. On of his eyes was blue and one was green. They were beautiful. I got closer to look at them.
"What are you staring at?" He said. I backed up and blushed.
"Y-Your..." I started but he cut me off.
"Never the mind." He said and looked me in the eyes seriously.
"You want to know what the book of forgotten tales is right?" He stared at me and I nodded my head.
"The book of Forgotten Tales is a very special book. All the magical stories are held in the book. If the spell is broken, things begin to happen, bad things."
"What do you mean 'bad things' will happen?" I said as Lance lifted his hand to quiet me. I stopped and paid attention.
"Before I tell you, I'm going to give you a history lesson about this book." He said quietly and than took a deep breath.
"Long, long ago, probably back into the 1970's I suppose. Your very great uncle's had a lead onto something very big. They were known as the Strawford brothers. They discovered something very strange, in the woods of Fraira. They were your average town scientists, but they discovered us, the fairies. They thought we were just small humming birds, like a small breed. But they saw through us. The found out that we have a key, to travel from earth to the 'other side' they would call it. We called it Alfraira. It was a place full of fairy tale characters, where we lived and roamed freely. Some of the fairy tale characters would mess with the humans, cause destruction. So the Strawford brothers went over to Alfraira or the 'other side' and met with the queen. They demanded they stop going to and from earth as they pleased, cause they caused to much harm to the humans. They queen than told them 'if you can pass my challenge, I shall obey your request, and band all fairy creatures to travel to and from earth as they please.'" They queen made the Strawford brothers survive 50 of her fairy tale stories that she gives them. The tales will randomly pop up and fight them. If it was little red riding hood, they would deal with the big bad wolf, but see they have to play by the story. If they defeat it and capture the fairy tale, they put it in the book of Forgotten tales. As you can see, they didn't survive or the other generations before you. The Strawford brothers made it to 49 fairy tales. Some didn't even make it through 2. Now since your part of the Strawford blood line, its your duty to survive and defeat all the 50 tales. The book of Forgotten tales, has chosen you, after all."
I sat there looking at him. I was scared, I wasn't strong, and I didn't know what was after me. I quivered and than spoke.
"So I have to do this all on my own?"
"No, you have me, I'm here to protect you." He said with a side grin.
"But aren't you with the rest of the fairy creatures? Aren't you under the rule of the queen and want to travel to and from earth freely?" I said confused.
"I'm a good fairy, and plus I pretty much don't care much for earth. So I'm trying to help you. Plus the queen has nothing on me." He said in a odd way.
I looked at his face, it was depressing. I didn't want to bother him with any more pictures. But my eyes wondered the library as I thought. Is this all really true?