One life of Sarro la Cassa

3.2

„…your notebook keeps mute secrets in itself, it keeps them in lattices of even cells…“

    Then I went to my friends to find out what they wrote. Deep down I knew that no matter how they opposed my ideas, they still supported me. It was visible in the eyes, and it cannot be faked.

    The weather was deteriorating before our eyes: a cold breeze blew across the floor.

    As I expected, many took my idea as absurd.

   However, Karme said that yesterday she saw de Qiying rushing headlong through the East Gate of the school. I felt it necessary to write it down.

 -Maybe it seems to you? her friend asked softly, "do you think we'll really find something?"

   “She said:“ Do you think? ”and“ really ... ”, and not“ Are you sure? ”,“ What will it give? ”. And I was very happy about it!

- Shall we go to the library? she suggested.

 „Unbelievable! Why did she change her mind?“

    In our world, nature was very respected, so as not to pollute it, they did not use cars at all - transport, for example, was replaced by horses. Similarly, with computers - there were both them and the Internet, but the majority gave their preference to books.

     We hit the road. Along the way, Karme was often distracted by one thing or another. It turns out that she can be an interesting conversationalist!

     I looked at the columns of the corridors. The gray stone floor merged with the advancing dusk. Somewhere in the distance the crickets began their song.

      A door appeared, heavy black handles and a heavy lock with some kind of precious stones.

-Let's go! I whispered, one foot already crossing the threshold. Karme waited, looking around, and then ran after him with a jerk. “What was she waiting for? I wondered, out of the corner of my eye noticing a golden flash in the distance.

-What was it? Did you see?

   Karme shrugged.

"I told you something was bound to happen!" Here you see!

     Everywhere you looked, there were books. Their gold, scarlet, simply dusty bindings stretched for tens of meters in a bizarre mosaic. At almost every turn there were arrows indicating how many meters to a particular topic. One of the arrows, the most worn and already blackened, pointed to the exit. The corridors were long and dimly lit. There were very few windows, so the moonlight did not penetrate here.

- I always admire, there are so many of them! - Karme could not resist what she saw, - How hard it is to find something here!

   Gloris Castles, Kez's Star, Wavery Forest, and Luava World were the titles of the books here.

“Hmm, “Ghosts of Emade Hall!” whispered Karme and reached for the golden binding, but the book was so high and we didn’t have any stairs.

"I'll try asking for a chair," she began.

- It's no longer necessary, - at the very bottom I found the same book, - Here, look! — scrolling through, I sighed, — Such a tempting title, and such boredom is written! So believe the books ...

     However, then it was different.

     Most of the books were fantasy, telling about elves, fairies, gnomes and other creatures.

-It is written that this is a section of history. More like stories!

-Where are the textbooks? - the friend was surprised, - I was here yesterday and saw them! And now they are gone! No one! Do you see even one? Where did they disappear to?

   The friend shook her head.

-Don't know.

      I turned into a dusty lane. His eyes fell on the spine of a book called Emadee Esai. School forest. I touched it with my hand, opened it at random, and fanned the pages. The book was completely empty.

“Is there really such a thing?” - flashed through my head in fear.

     However, the next one turned out to be the perfect opposite: the black sheets were so old that it seemed that they could crumble right in their hands.

     One of its sheets was stained with blood, which is why Karme almost dropped the book, as she was terrified of it. As if on purpose, some text appeared in small handwriting, now it was much more difficult to read it.

    Cotton - and the light in the library dimmed! And somewhere in the distance flashed a silhouette! There was a noise, Karme trembled, her eyes radiating fear.

-Let's get out of here! she whispered, grabbing my hand. There was no point in arguing - for how to read in the dark?

   But for some unknown reason, I hesitated, turned my head and saw behind a black shadow with burning eyes. It was difficult to distinguish its outlines, but there is no doubt that it is something alive! I shuddered, but said nothing, and it did not make a sound.

    What were the shadow's hands ended in gigantic claws; something long was developing behind him: either hair, or a cloak.

    Knowing no danger, Karme stopped, I followed. She turned around and screamed, but another moment - and there was no one behind! ...

-What was it? ... she whispered.

-That's it! Now are you convinced? My voice trembled with excitement.

-Who was that?

It doesn't matter who, the main thing was!

- Can you joke again? …

    Silence reigned. Moonlight cut through the gloom at the end of the corridor. The heart froze. The silhouette of a door was already visible in the distance. The heavy door was closed. And that meant only one thing…

-We are locked?! Who…

     We walked back in silence. Each was filled with a million of his thoughts ...

 “She again! And again at the same time with me! …“ thought Sarro, heading towards Nicollo and Elrond. Having entered the office, he loudly exclaimed:

- Friends! Let Omederro “gave” us this life, but we can’t live like this anymore! We must overthrow the tyrant! And we are already on the right track - Clio - she is Kerrow from the future! She should not be afraid of us, and we should help her!

   These thoughts visited Sarro a long time ago - even when I was in elementary school, he had heard more than once from the director about a monstrous witch from the future. “So let the legendary Clio do her job!”

   Since then, for several years now, the teacher has been building his cunning plans, calculating everything to the smallest detail. Elrond and Nicollo, geographer and historian, were unanimous with the vampire, mutually helping each other, and were waiting for the victorious day with pleasure!

***

   Deciding to try her luck, Karme could not find the words. She went with me only because she wanted to laugh and once again say that everything in the world is subject to science, but she could not even imagine such a turn. It turned out I was right!

   “And what do you believe now? — wondered the girl, — What to think? For as long as I can remember, school life has never been distinguished by anything, but here it is! “- she was afraid to admit to herself that she was at that moment in extreme confusion.

   She was ashamed to admit to herself that Len, this, as it seemed to her at first, fool, was right. But if not him, then who? And why did he immediately have such an attitude to everything? Perhaps he knows something, but is silent? Or is it just me? Or…”

***

-Kerrow! For misinforming classmates, you are forced to leave school! shouted Lamain-de-Tsyying, bursting into the room.

-What have I done?! She looked at the biologist in amazement.

- You know, fairy tale!

-Why?

- This is not for me, sir - the director's decision. Dot.

     “Len is a fool! Omederro is right! Hee hee!

  But not all "they" are so stupid. It often happens that a genius slumbers in them ... "