Confessions
Chapter 34
Nope, not here
"I'm back Jamie!" Pitch's voice came through the speakers on Sophie's tablet.
"Sophie!" Sammie hissed, looking at her friend.
"I heard. Let's go get Jack!" Sophie said, standing from her chair. Sophie and Sammie ran from the small sitting room they had been waiting in. "He's back!" Sophie exclaimed, bursting into the room the Guardians were waiting in.
The next thing Sophie remembered was sitting in the chair Aster had recently vaceted, a soft hand on her forehead.
"I think the excitment just got to her," a soft female voice said, the words directed, not at Sophie, but at Sammie.
There were a few moments of quiet before the woman's voice came again, "I think she's coming too."
Sophie slowly her eyes and saw Sammie looking at her worriedly.
"What happened?" Sophie asked, putting a hand to her head.
"You fainted. Are you okay?" Sammie asked, hovering over Sophie.
"I'm fine Sam. I just got too excited," Sophie said, "Did I miss anything?"
"No, they've only been gone for 5 minutes," Sammie said, handing Sophie a glass of water.
Then Sophie saw the woman. "Who are you?" she asked, eyeing the woman.
"I'm Katherine," the woman said.
"Oh, you look like Jack," Sophie said, taking a drink of water.
Katherine laughed, "Well, that's good, seeing as he's my son."
Sophie smiled, "You sound like him too. When did you wake up?"
"Half an hour ago. I want to show you girls something. Come with me," she said, beckoning the girls to follow.
Sophie looked at Sammie, who nodded and followed Katherine out of the room.
She led the girls through the maze of the Workshop, greeting every yeti they saw by name. They stopped in front a set of huge double doors.
Katherine pushed the doors open, showing the largest library either girl had ever seen.
"Mr. Querty!" Katherine called out into the library.
There was a fluttering noise, like a large moth, and a huge book flew up to the trio. "Katherine!" the book exclaimed, landing in the woman's outstreached hands. "Katherine, my pages have felt so empty in your absence," he, for the book was clearly a he, moaned, fluttering his paper wings.
"Not to worry Mr. Qwerty, I have plenty of tales for you," she answered him. "Now, I have some friends I want you to meet," she said, turning to face the girls, "This is Sophie and Sammie."
"Pleasure to make your aqutance ladies," Mr. Qwerty said, "If you need help with anything, anything at all while in my library, all you need to do is ask."
"Thank you Mr. Qwerty. I didn't even know Santoff Claussen had a library, let alone one so huge!" Sammie said.
"And what about you young lady? What do you think of my library?" Mr. Qwerty asked, turning to Sophie.
"It...it's wonderful," Sophie said, whipping the tears from her eyes, "Jamie would love it." Sophie's eyes fell on a large volume on one of the tables. "What is this one?" she asked, stroking the gray cloth binding.
"Ah, this is the pride of my library. One of a kind. The only complete history of the Pookan culture," the book said proudly, fluttering to sit above the book. "And in pristind condition, I might add."
"Really? It has everything?" Sophie asked, her eyes growing wide.
"Everything up to the Pookan Genoside," the book replied.
"Wow," Sophie breathed, "Can I read it? I promise I'll be careful."
The book thought for a moment, "Alright, as long as you promise to be very careful," he conceded.
"Thank you Mr. Qwerty!" Sophie said, opening the book.
"You won her over quickly," Sammie commented when Mr. Qwerty came back over. "What did you show her? The Complete Ilistureted History of Easter Eggs?"
"The Complete History of the Pooan Culture," Mr. Qwerty said, smiling fondly at the girl, "Not even the Easter Bunny himself has been that eager to read it."
"Makes sense, Sophie spends every spare minute at the Warren," Sammie snorted.
"Can I help you find anything?" Mr. Qwerty asked Sammie.
Sammie thought for a moment. "What do you have on Fearlings?"