"So," Chihiro asked Haku. "Any ideas where the Imperium Seed is?"
"Nope," Haku answered. "Yubaba just told me it was in the Human World."
"Very specific..." Chihiro mumbled.
After a while, Chihiro asked Haku, "Any ideas how we're gonna get to the Imperium Seed?"
"Nope," Haku answered.
Chihiro grumbled. She was freezing in the forest outside her house. It was dawn, and it was really cold. The air was cold and damp after the storm yesterday. Shivers went up and down her spine, chilling the rest of her body. She curled up in a ball to hold the little bit of warmth still within her. Her body vibrated as it struggled to create more warmth from within before the frosty wind ripped it right out of her. How in the world was she supposed to find an Imperium Seed? It probably went by other names in this world. But what...
"The library!" Chihiro exclaimed.
"Huh?" Haku asked because of her sudden outburst.
"Great collections of the knowledge stored throughout history. From mapping the stars to identifying plants, they're all there. Whatever you need to find, whatever you need to know. Millions of people spent their lives studying, finding out things about the world. All knowledge passed down through humankind was collected inside the library," Chihiro said.
"The Imperium Seed must be there!" Haku cheered. "We're not doomed!"
"One problem..." Chihiro responded.
"What is it?" Haku asked.
"You'll see..."
Haku and Chihiro entered the town library. Millions of books lined the shelves, tight and secure in their place. The shelves stretched up high, reaching toward the two-story dome ceiling. The sparkling spines reflected light into the reader's eyes. The library was so vast, it was breathtaking. And terrifying.
"How are we gonna find the Imperium Seed in that?" Haku asked, terrified.
"It would be easy if we just called it an Imperium Seed," Chihiro stated. "But we have no idea what we're looking for!"
"Need any help?" a librarian asked, coming over to Chihiro, obviously ignoring Haku.
"Yes," Chihiro nodded. "I'm trying to find a book that identifies plants. Seeds, in fact."
"Seeds?" the librarian lifted an eyebrow. "From which region?"
"Ummm..." Chihiro hesitated, looking and Haku. "All of them?"
"Sorry, we don't have one book for all of the regions," the librarian answered. "But I can give you some books that will cover all the regions if you want."
Chihiro nodded, "Yes, that will be nice..."
"See?" Haku said happily. "I won't be that bad..."
The librarian slammed down 10 fat books on the table, each at least 1000 pages each. The stack towered above the two friends' heads like a looming tower of doom. Inside one of those was the answer to their question, probably only a sentence long.
"You can first look through these books," the librarian said. "I'll get the rest once you're done."
"There's... more?" Chihiro stuttered.
"At least 15 more books like this," the librarian answered.
"NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Haku screamed (but no one heard him). "WE'RE DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED!"
"Told ya," Chihiro responded. "Now let's get looking!"
Chihiro and Haku both took a book from the tower and painfully lowered it down. They opened it up, looking through the table of contents for the seed. Then after they didn't find it there, they looked through the book, carefully reading each character, making sure they didn't miss anything. They looked at the pictures, seeing if it matched the one in their visions. Chihiro sighed, flipping through another page, but finding nothing.
"Finished," Haku called after 1 hour, closing the book and interrupting Chihiro's reading.
"Did you find anything?" Chihiro asked, looking up from her book. Haku shook his head. Chihiro looked down sadly and continued with her book.
Hours flew by as Chihiro and Haku flipped through the books. They even skipped lunch to continue reading. Now, it was growing dark, and Chihiro flipped through the last book on the pile. She was growing weary, until she spotted this sentence.
"OMG! HAKU LOOK!" Chihiro exclaimed, shoving the book in Haku's face. "It looks exactly like the Imperium Seed from our visions!"
"What?" Haku questioned, but then read the sentence out loud. "'This seed, the Evening Sun Seed (scientific name: Tgisjokhepfdjhasfu Seed) is extremely rare; almost next to extinction. There is little information on this seed and what it grows into. We only know that it grows beside the-'"
"What is it?" Chihiro asked, urging him to continue.
"The Kohaku River," Haku finished.
AN: Hehe, sorry I wasn't updating for a while. A really LONG while. I am extremely sorry... I know I usually blame homework and school (yes, they are partially to blame), but it was also my fault for not taking interest in this story anymore. But now it's winter break and I am extremely bored, so I decided to write another chapter of this story. Once again, I am sorry, but I hope I can continue this story once more!
Happy New Year!