Mr. Linden's Library by Acco Flemming (the reading strategies book TXT) 📖

He had warned her about the book. Now it was too late.
Part One : Beginning

Sabrina Sami, had gone to the Academy early at 8 o'clock. The Academy had many, many floors. One, in particular being the Library & Reading floor. But, there were others such as Dining & Food or Rapier & Fencing or Random Items & Inventing. There were countless others.

The Academy had chosen who could come, only if one could find it. You could find it if you had strange dreams about an unnaturally colorful doors to an even more unnaturally colorful building. You would feel a pull from your every waking moment, and sometime later it would become unbearable, So unbearable that you would go in the direction of the Academy. Most likely, you would bring a friend with you, and when you reached the Academy, you would see unnaturally colorful doors. You would try to enter the doors and probably ask your friend if they could see the building,and they would probably say no (most likely) and than you would open the unnaturally colorful doors and go inside of them. (your friend would have seen you disappear)

Sabrina then went to the floor Library & Reading. There, she saw the Librarian, Mr. Linden, a curious person. Sabrina asked him a suggestion on NON-FICTION books. He lead Sabrina down a dark, shadowy, corridor, turned left, then turned left again and again, in a spiral movement, until they reached a bright unnaturally colorful room that brightly contrasted the corridor. “Your on your own now.” Mr. Linden remarked. “ And I warn you, do not, I REPEAT, DO NOT TAKE ANY OF THE BOOKS OFF OF THE UNNATURALLY COLORFUL SHELF.” He warned. Mr. Linden then left. “ I won't” Sabrina called after him.

She then began to pull books off of shelves. Finally, She looked at all of them, but none of them pulled any interest. She looked at the unnaturally colorful shelf, but then pulled herself away saying “Not that Shelf, Sabrina.” Then, Something went into Sabrina's simple mind and possessed her, causing her to look at the shelf and then it became a battle between Sabrina & The possessive thing. Sabrina's simple mind didn't stand a chance. She began to walk towards the shelf, as if she is uncertain about it. A voice in her mind spoke and said “take a colorful book off of the shelf and read it.” she walked until she reached it then she stopped. Another battle began with Sabrina winning until the voice went beyond what it thought was its own limit and said “ I could destroy your family and friends and anything I wanted to.” It didn't know if it could actually do that, but, it still said it. Sabrina paused, and the thing took over. It made Sabrina reach over and then She than began to look off of the books on the unnaturally colorful shelf. The first one she pulled off the shelf was one that rose immediate interest.

The voice spoke “Open the book.” Sabrina did and then she saw the first word of the book and couldn't stop reading. It was about colorful ponies that weren't what they seemed, Humongous rainbows that were made from poison, and a centaur with blue human skin and light green centaur fur that was behind it all. By then, vines were growing out of the book, and it was absorbing her body with out her noticing, odd, because that is what she read in the book. It was absorbing her body, but, not her soul.

Part two: Soul

Sabrina Sami was no more after she read the book. All that was left was her soul. Her name was changed to Ghost after she read the book. The story continues.

Ghost was frightened. She didn't know where to go. Her former name was Sabrina Sami. She walked down a corridor that reminded her of something from her former life. Then something hit her before she could think about what the corridor meant to her. But the thing that hit her went through her instead of bouncing off of her and to the ground. She then got a little confused. She then went after what ever hit her. As she caught up, she saw that it was Thomas Green, a boy who found the Academy. She then said “ Thomas, wait!” Thomas kept flying through the hall. She turned around and said “Oh my...” the rest of her words whisked away by the running of colorful ponies. “Ponies!” She exclaimed. Then in the wake of the ponies, Ghost was whisked away by the quick running of the ponies.

Ghost landed at the foot of another Ghost. “Hello, Sabrina Linden.” he said. “That is your name after all, Right?” He went on his way laughing. My name? Sabrina wondered. I thought my used to be old name was Sabrina Sami. Unless, I got married somehow. She flew in the direction that the ghost that named her. She kept on going farther and farther, until she reached a door that said “LINDEN”. She inched open the door, but not before she saw someone coming to her left.

Sabrina went over to the person and realizing that it was her friend Mallory Hibbit, she went over and reached to her and wrapped her arms around her in a frightened/friendly hug. Mallory looked confused and ran away. “Mallory!” Sabrina screamed. Sabrina went back into the general area of the door that said “LINDEN” but, she couldn't find it. She went down a corridor and came upon unnaturally colorful doors.

Sabrina went out of the doors, and went in a direction that felt strangely familiar. She couldn't quite place it, but.... She flew across the path and came upon a lonely building. The door opened, and, her little sister, Sarah, came out of the door. Sabrina crossed the lawn and wrapped her arms around her and said “ Sarah, you can see me, right?” Sarah looked confused and ran inside of the little lonely house. Just then, she saw somebody creep towards the house. She looked closer, and saw that a fire had sprung up by the house.

“Stop!” Sabrina shouted. The person looked up and dropped the fire in surprise. It landed directly by the house. The person, who Sabrina could describe as a man, had blue skin. Then out of the corner of her eye, she saw bunches of ponies, colorful ponies.

Part 3: Devastating

Sabrina did every thing she could to stop the fire. It was not enough.

The fire kept on raging and raging. Sabrina looked back and the man with blue skin had disappeared. Sabrina tried to get into the house, but, for some reason, she could not get through the door, but, unfortunately she could only see through it. She saw her mother, Sarah, Sarah's rabbit, Salad, and Sabrina's own cat, Snow, being burned alive. Sabrina literally shoved the door down and when she tried to get in the house, something shoved her back. She stood up and looked around, but, not seeing anything, she ran back to the entrance and went through, only to find that she never made it inside. She was flung back into the flowers surrounding the house, crushing many of them.

She got back to the entrance, and looked in to see Sarah screaming. She also saw that Salad and her mother were dead. She stood watching as she saw Snow's fur catch on fire, and within a minute Snow was dead as well. Then she noticed a part of the wood supporter on the ceiling was burned right through the center. She had just enough time to scream “Sarah” before it fell and pierced her heart. Sabrina screamed. “NOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooo.” Her voice choked out.

Sabrina rushed to the Academy and just before she reached the doors, she heard a familiar voice say her name. “Sabrina” it called out. He went into the Academy. Sabrina followed him into the Academy and heard a conversation. “ Sabrinao is not here, Austino. She left with out coming to the doors somehow.” The entrance director said.

Sabrina gasped. “Austin!” Austin looked around in surprise. “What was that?” he asked the director “Is Sabrina playing a trick on me?” Austin went to the magical stairs. (unnaturally colorful stairs). He rode on it until he got to the 39 floor called Meeting Your Love & Tips On Love.

When Austin got there, it was deserted. “SABRINA” he shouted. It echoed around the walls. SABRINa, SABRIna, SABRina, SABrina, SAbrina, Sabrina, sabrina, sabrina, sabrina, sabrina, sabrina, sabrina, sabrina, sabrina. “Sabrina, where are you?” he asked. Sabrina answered “Austin, this may sound weird, but to most people, I am invisible.” Austin then replied “where are you?” Sabrina answered “I am by the tip booth.” Austin looked around, and spotting the booth, he crossed over to it. “Austin, this may feel weird but I am going to wrap my arms around you. Tell me if you feel any thing weird.” Sabrina warned. She then dropped her arms around Austin's shoulders. Austin said “it feels like there is a blanket covering only my shoul... wait now the feeling is gone. It now feels like someone is dragging me...” the rest of his sentence was lost due to a piercing scream. “AUSTIN” Sabrina screamed. Austin was being kidnapped. She followed Austin's kidnapper, who she could of sworn that he had blue skin, and he then dragged Austin down the steps, probably making sure that he knocked him out.

Part 4: Truly Devastating

Sabrina ran after the man with the blue skin, but he was fast, too fast.

Sabrina flew down yet another familiar path, this time it had a street to the side of it. I wonder what they think of, that somebody is dragging somebody else down a cement sidewalk. Then, the man with the blue skin started at a brisk run. He then arrived at …. Austin's house! When the blue man opened the door, Austin regained conscience. “Hey guys” a voice said. “Austin is here!” Inside I heard music and laughing. Austin went in. Then the man with the blue skin threw something that looked strangely like a metal capsule. But, just before he threw it in, he shook it hard. She looked out of the corner of her eye and saw ponies again. Colorful ponies.

Sabrina went to the door of the house, and like last time, she was thrown back went she tried to go through the door. Sabrina screamed “Austin!!!!!” She went to the door and looked through it to see everybody on the floor gasping for air. That is when Sabrina saw a liquid come out of the capsule, and from the liquid, from what she saw was an acid, there was a poisonous cloud of gas, choking everybody in its path. Then she saw Austin right by the capsule, on his knees, his flesh being dissolving by acid, while he was being deprived of air.

Sabrina looked outward to see that everybody in the house was her friend. Then, she remembered something. That voice said that it could kill each and everyone of my friends, Sabrina thought. “Hello, Sabrina.” the man with the blue skin said. “Remember me? I am Mr. Linden.” Sabrina gasped. “You...you... you can see me?” She asked.
“Ahh but I can.” Mr. Linden replied. “ Good-bye Sabrina... Sabrina Linden.” Mr. Linden started to run at a brisk pace. Then, Sabrina heard a cracking