Right in front of me he just... vanished. I was still confused about what just happened. I went back to the cave and I finished my food. I decided to go back home. I got home and snuck back through my window and tried to go to sleep but couldn't after what just happened. I woke up and first thing in the morning I go to the Library in our house. That was the only other room I was allowed in besides the bathroom. I head to the Library and when I open the doors I see Ichika. Ichika was 1 year older than me and hated me the most after my brother. I quickly walked towards the back of the library while avoiding her, she hasn't noticed me yet. I try to sneak past but she notices me, she says "HEY! you little brat, I know you've been sneaking out at night, Where are you going!?". I froze then retorted "It's none of your business, leave me alone!" She squeezed my wrist even harder, that's when my self-defense kicked in, but I stopped becasue who knew what would happen if I had hurt my older sister. Then she punched me and I fell to the ground and told me to buzz off. I was pissed, but I let it go... for now.
We had a fairly big library and had a whole section dedicated to certain things/objects/or people. I went into the section meant for stones and gems. I looked for over 3 hours I couldn't find anything until I saw this one book, all the way in the top corner, over 3 feet above me. I wasn't strong but I was fast, so I jumped from one shelf then jumped to the one across from it, then jumped from it and grabbed the book before I fell down. I landed perfectly on my feet and didn't hurt myself. I had the book in my hand and I opened it, It was relatively thin about 1.5 inches thick. "HEY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT BOOK! PUT IT BACK". I jolted as fast as I could. I ran... as fast as I could, I knew this book had something important they didn't want me to know about. I see her mercury trailing behind me as I ran, I made it out the door. She is right behind me, I knew this was serious, I sprinted down the hall but her mercury was to fast. I was sprinting at full speed but I couldn't keep up for much longer. I felt her mercury start to wrap around my leg as we were running. She was at least 5 meters behind me. I was just about at my limit my legs were at there limit, her mercury grabbed my leg and pulled me towards her. I went flying towards her at a high speed, that's when I stuck my leg out in a flying kick motion. I kicked her in the face and landed on my hands and did a safety roll. I look back and she was out cold.
I slowly walk back to my room with the book tucked under my shirt. I walk in, close the door, and lock it. I sit down, and my legs feel so much better after that running. I pull the book out from under my shirt and look at it, It's dusty... like really dusty. I dusted it off as much as I could, but then I realized that I didn't even have a reason for picking this specific book, it just kind of... called to me. I can barely make out any words from the title, I could only read the words: Curse, stone, Takahashi. Some words were missing, I couldn't read all of the words. But the work 'Takahashi'... I think I've heard the word before, no not word it's a name. I remember hearing this name in a book before. I opened the book and on the first page a detailed picture of a purple gem, the same one as earlier. What stone is this, I was desperate to know what this stone does. I turned the page but all the text was... burned, the whole page was burnt, I checked all the pages and they were also all burned. I was devastated, I wanted to know what that stone was and what it did. Then I look at the inside of the back cover and I saw a name in the corner. A very familiar name.