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Even In Fairytales:

Chapter I:

A single light from the ceiling dimly lit the room. What light there was bounced off the many books that were against the wall. In the center of the room was a table and at the table sat a young man. He was hunched over a bunch of books and papers that covered the dark finish of the table.

"Still hard at work I see. Hmm Yuugi?" Came female voice from the doorway behind him.

Sitting up Yuugi turned his attention to the librarian standing in the doorway. She was a middle-aged woman whose brown hair was slowly turning gray. She wore black-rimmed reading glasses, a yellow long sleeve sweater, and a brown skirt. He gave her a smile as he stood up. "Yep, I really want to do well on this project."

The librarian returned the smile to the tri-colored haired young man as she held out a book to him. "Here's the book of Russian fairytales that you asked for."

Yuugi took the book from her and flipped through it. "Thanks Ms. Mason. I'm sure it'll help a lot."

"I'll let you get back to work. If you need to help finding another book, just ask. Good luck on your project." With that Ms. Mason left him alone so that he could get back to work.

Yuugi sat down with the book in hand. Sighing, he turned back to the many papers and books. He tucked the book Ms. Mason had just given him under the Hans Christian Anderson Fairytale book. "This is going to take forever." He muttered as he opened the Brothers Grimm Fairytale book he had placed in front of him before Ms. Mason had came.

It seemed that he had been working endlessly on this project for his literature class. For his project he was comparing classical fairytales to their modern day adaptations. He already had the modern day adaptations done and had just recently moved on to their classical counterparts.

He yawned as he rubbed his eyes. Yuugi glanced up at the grandfather clock and saw that it read five o'clock. 'I've been working for two hours straight.' His amethyst eyes grew heavy as he folded his arms laid his head down on the mess. "Maybe I'll just rest for a few minutes." As soon as his head hit the books he had fallen asleep.

Around five-thirty Ms. Mason came back to check on him. Upon finding him lying on the many books and papers she shook him gently. "Yuugi?"

He groaned as he shut his eyes tighter. Ms. Mason shook her head as she smiled to herself. For the past week he had been coming here everyday to work on this project, staying as long as he could. He deserved a chance to rest. Her eyes slipped up to the grandfather clock and she decided that she would back in an hour to wake him up if he wasn't already awake.

As silently as she came Ms. Mason left the back room. When she was gone a soft voice could be heard echoing throughout the room. "Yuugi…" It whispered.

Said young man let out another groan as he sat up and rubbed his eyes. "Huh?" He asked as he looked around.

"Yuugi…" There it was again.

"Ms. Mason?" He got up from his seat and looked for the librarian. Only to find that no one but himself occupied the room.

"Yuugi…" For a third time it called. No, it was too high pitched to be the librarian anyways.

Cautiously he began to move towards the sound of the voice. "Hello?" He called, hoping for an answer. "Is anyone there?"

"Yuugi, follow the sound of my voice."

Either he must've been getting closer or the voice had heard him and answered. As Yuugi walked he found himself in an older part of the library that was filled with books that looked like they came from as late as the eighteen hundreds and as early as the fifteen hundreds.

Soon the bookshelves ended and he found a dark cherry wood table, much like the one he had been working at. Sitting on the table was a leather bound book. "Looks like Ms. Mason forgot one. I'll bring it to her and she can put it up later." He said to himself as he picked it up and looked at it.

"Tales of Alore?" He ran his fingers over the elegant gilded letters on the cover.

Curious now Yuugi opened the book up and saw writing in it. "Once upon a time…" He read, the four words familiar on his lips. As soon as those words were spoken aloud the book in hand began to glow. "W…what's going on?" Books weren't supposed to glow like that. The light emerging from the book got brighter and brighter and he had no choice but to close his eyes.

When he opened his eyes again Yuugi found himself not in the library, but standing at the edge of a forest. The book that he had found back in the library was gone. "Where am I?"

AN: Oh dear lord, I really should be working on my paper for my English class, but alas I'm not. Instead I'm too busy working on this. Well, it is more fun. I know it's not a lot right now, but it's only the first chapter. I'll shut up now and let you guys review.

Princess Cornelia