"Don't get me wrong Mrs Marleigh, but if it wasn't you, who stole it?" I asked in a hesitating way. My face started sweating as I was very nervous.
"It's true that I was there when the book was stolen but I can assure you that I was there to help you find your friend, not to steal the book." She shouted at me with a croaking voice.
"Then why don't you help us to find where the book is?" I questioned in a very puzzled way.
She laughed at me in a croaking voice, she smiled as she looked directly in my eyes with her widened eyes; "Because I am trying to show you that nobody cares when you need help unless they have something to get."
"What does that even mean?" I asked her but she turned her back at me, and she began climbing up the staircase.
"Let's go, Karu! She is not helping." Bomyu held my arm as his eyebrows got closer.
I turned my face to Paikek and Seanyung, and they seemed like they wanted to leave as well. We walked behind the tall wooden shelves till we found the back door.
"Mrs Marleigh let us down." Seanyung commented as he pulled the handle, opening the back door as we got out of the library. Nobody seemed to be around, not even a car was there.
"I don't understand why she acted so weird. If she didn't steal the book she wouldn't act strange." I thought out loud, while we were stepping through the narrow street on the back of the library building, where there were apple trees beside the sidewalk..
"You might be right. She acted very suspiciously." Seanyung agreed with me, while we walked beside a car park with no cars in it.
It became rainy as we walked and walked on the road surrounded by apple trees. The wind was not very strong but it could carry the autumn leaves across the street. However, I started shivering a little, by effect of the cold breeze.
"I am tired. Where do we go now?" Bomyu asked in a low tone.
"I don't know. Our apartment is destroyed and we have no money." I sighed as I felt hopeless.
"I wanna go back home." Paikek picked up his dolphin toy, Tootmuyu, from his bag and hugged him.
Bomyu stopped walking and hugged Paikek in the middle of the sidewalk.
"Don't worry we will find a way." Seanyung comforted him and cuddled him as well, as he shed tears, closing his eyes.
"I know so many bad things happened lately, but we will stay strong and we will find somewhere to stay." I consoled, hugging him tightly too.
We stood together in the rain, as Seanyung, Bomyu and I cuddled Paikek to relieve him. However, we were scared too; scared of being left outside.
"We can go to Mrs Kimiko if you want. She always helped us. I am sure she can help us with this as well." Seanyung suggested.
"That's a great idea. She helped me with finding you guys, so I trust her!" I agreed with Seanyung. He was really smart.
Unexpectedly, the colour of the magnificent sky turned from light blue into black, in less than a second. And everywhere became darker as darkness fell. Four of us looked upon the dark sky, seeing the remaining star on the middle of it.
"How- How did it become dark? What is happening?" I questioned after it became night in a short amount of time.
"Time magic!" Paikek concluded as his eyes widened, lifting his eyebrows.
"Time Magic? I don't understand. Who can be strong enough to use time magic?" I puzzled, dropping my jaw.
"Someone who has the star book." Seanyung put in, as he gazed upon the dark night sky.