I am just sitting down in the coziest chair in the library with a book that I found, called The Star Shard, when I look up and see a boy who was sitting at the other end of the library vanish into thin air. I sneak quickly over and to the chair he was sitting on and look around. There is nothing there but the book he dropped. I lean over and read the title. It says,"The Magic Book for Children". I pick it up and drop down into the boy's chair. In a few moments I am captivated. I open it up to the middle and it opens up to a chapter on elves. Ever since I read The Lord of the Rings I have been in love with elves. I mouth the first few sentences. "Elves have always been known to have a very long life span, presumably they live up to be a thousand. They have also been known to be very beautlful and immortal. They live in forests and mostly live by themselves. Just then time seems to freeze. I look up then down, thinking my eyes were playing tricks on me. When I look down at the book again I see a sentence starting to come out of the book and swirl around me. Then another and another. Very soon I am being circled by hundreds of words. Then one sentence comes ot of the book and hovers in front of my face. It reads: "They live in forests". Then everything becomes black. When I wake up I hear birds twittering. I look up at a green canopy of leaves above my head. I hear a voice singing and then I see a woman dressed in green and brown with a bow and arrows slung over her shoulder and a dagger on her belt. She was very beautlful. Then I black out.

This sounds interesting. May I join?

Name: Heather Lean

Age: 9

Appearence: Very short for her age, short black hair, brown eyes, always wears her black vest.

Personlty: Very stubborn and rude. Always wants to have her way. (Read MBS? She's kind of like Constance.)

Backstory: ?????

Related to: The Dwarves. 

Mellie~

I watch Aster with an open mouth as she disappears into thin air. I glance at the book, and pick it up.

I open it up to the first pages. It's about fairies. And then I gasp as I'm flung into the forest. 

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Sorry for short post. 

Name: Corina Tirnel

Age: 15

Gender: Female

Appearance: Looks like her mom in every way- short, straight hair, hazel eyes, small and compact stature- except where her mom's hair is brown, Corina's is so blonde it's almost white. She tends to wear loose, dark-colored clothing, and has a favorite black zippered hoodie that she wears almost all the time.

Personality: Generally quiet and studious, but watch out for her temper if you get her angry! When she's doing things she loves (hang-gliding, stargazing, fencing, camping), her bold side comes out. Her charisma is such that she wields considerable social power.

Related to: the dragons (if this is okay with Savvy)

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Koda says eave. Wow, Koda! Almost a real word! But wait a sec, are you telling me there's something in the…OW!!! Wyvern! Let go of me, you overgrown foul-smelling viper! Brookeira, a little help here?! I can't do much more than whack it with my staff at such close range!  

Mellie~

I look around, eyeing my surroundings carefully. My eyes widen as I watch something glittery fly toward me…. Is it… A fairy?!

"'Ello, madam! What brings you here?" she asks, giggling at the confused look in my face.

"…A book, it seems," I grumble mostly to me.

"A book, you say? My my, the prophecy has indeed become true!" The fairy smiles. She raises her hands up and twirls them around. I feel myself growing smaller and I yelp.

"Never fear, my dear! I got this all covered!" she squeaks. Something is on my back, but by this time I'm pretty sure what she is doing. 

I fall onto the ground with a soft plop. I race to the water, eager to see what I look like.

I'm a fairy. I admire myself and squeal with delight.

"See, my darling? Isn't it lovely?" The fairy laughs. "Look, I gotta tell you somethin'. The only reason I was able to turn you into a fairy is because you are… Well, related to fairies." I turn around.

"Wha?"

"Yes yes, surprise surprise. Anyway, there is some kind of tellin' that these kids who are related to elves, dwarves, faires, or dragons will find a book about our land, Soyrema, and will be transported to any place in Soyrema. And it looks like it's true. I better go tell our fairy king." The fairy eyes me carefully. "You know how to fly?"

"er… Sure?" And the next thing I know, I'm flyin'. Now this is amazing! I twirl around, laughing.

"Gee, you are havin' some fun," the fairy says. "And by the way, my name is Relina." I nod my head carefully. He smirks and flies off into the trees.

I race toward her, laughing and giggling. And I say it again: This. Is. Amazing!

We soon reach the fairy home. It's a large tree, twirling around and around and around. Relina frowns suddenly.

"The elves are here. What do they want?" She races toward the king, who is already outside.

"What is it?" Relina asks. I already see the answer.

"It's true. The telling is true. You have already found the fairy relative, and here is the elves relative." I look at Aster and smile. 

Is it too late to join? I hope not, this looks really fun. Anywho, here goes…

Name: Jennifer Emerson

Age: 13

Appearence: Blondish-brownish hair that she wears in a side braid, blue-grey eyes, normally wears jeans and a t-shirt for some charity or other

Personality: Compassionate, loves animals, always ends up babysitting her little brother Alex

Relation: Great-grandpa trained magical animals 

P.S. Clyde says kefc. No Clyde, no KFC for you. 

.:Evette:.

My eyes flutter open in a daze as I emerge from the darkness.

I gaze upwards and am face to face with a glowing yellow sun in a baby-blue sky. "Oh, how nice," I murmur sleepily, only to scramble up in a haste as soon as my brain registers that I'm not in the library. 

My eyes widen in shock. 

Saoirse~~

I walk into the library, my boots clicking on the floor.

Click. Click. Click. Click. 

They click their last click as I walk up to the librarian's desk. She looks up from the book she was stamping, an old green book with no name on the cover.

She pushes her glasses up and smiles. I smile back as she says, "Good morning Saoirse! How have you been?" She's so humble and warm; she reminds me of my grandmother.

"Good! Drama club has been going great as well!"

She smiles, and mentions something about a book-shelving meeting and I just nod my head, eager to devour another book.

She rambles on and on before she notices she was rambling. When she finally notices, she looks up at me and I smile as she smiles back. As she goes back to stamping books, I slip away to one of my favorite corners of the library.

There is one beanbag chair in the corner, one that I always sit at. Not many people go to this corner, so I'm normally alone. But, I notice a beanbag chair not far away. A book lies in front of it.

Intrigued, I pick up the book. It's green and has the title written in gold. I've never seen it before, so I open it, since it seems to be about fantasy: one thing I have and will always love.

I flip to a page. It's about mermaids and the magical world they live in. I sigh, thinking about how wonderful it would be to be one. Swimming all day, not a care in the world.

Suddenly, one word jumps off the page. Then another. Then another. Finally, the page is blank, except now the words surround me, circling me like whirlpool.

The next thing I know, I'm in a rowbot that is about to be flipped over, two other people in it with me.

Sorry it took long for me to to this! I hope it's good so far! I think Saoirse will just be a mermaid. Hmm… Maybe.  

~Corina~

Huh. A book on the floor. Definitely a new low for the librarian. I've visited this section often enough, but wouldn't you think I'd have noticed a big green leather-bound book with a sparkly golden title? Maybe it's on loan from another library. But if that's true, then why did the person who requested it leave it here? In any case, it's intriguing. I pick it up for a closer look. 

The book looks like it was made in the Middle Ages, and yet it's good as new. The title, The Magic Book for Children, is too shimmery to be real gold, and the emerald green of the cover is too vivid to be real leather…isn't it? This book just gets stranger and stranger. I plop myself down in a beanbag chair and let the book fall open at random. The left page is filled with a color image of a silvery dragon swooping down after prey. The right page is the beginning of a chapter: Dragons and Other Magical Animals. 

But then I can read no further, as the words come alive.

They rear up off the page like a snake's head, regarding me coolly. An old, musty smell fills my nostrils, like a forgotten attic with some not-altogether-normal things packed away. There's a rush like a waterfall at the edges of my hearing, together with a roar I could swear was the dragon from the picture. Then the words begin to coil around me, first like a boa constrictor and then like a whirlwind. Everything rises – the sound, the words, my fear – and then I'm falling backward into darkness.

HELP! I'm so confused! Does Nelllithiel fall for Zack or is there a character named Jack whom I overlooked? I just wanted to know where I should go with the story. Nellithiel's an awesome character by the way! keep up the good work!