My name is Alice

I live with my Uncle and Aunt. (Well if u r wondering about my parents so they died in an accident.

when i was little my uncle took me in and treated me as his own daughter except my aunt. Our days were going well cause my uncle was a well known businessman. My Aunt who was against my adoption and telling my uncle to kick her out and dont waste money on her she is not worth it even if she is your brother’s daughter idont give a damn so my Uncle and Aunt have fights over it.

My Aunt always tries to make trouble for me and trying to get me scolded by my Uncle but my Uncle knew so he tries to stop Aunt from getting me in trouble.

After few years my uncle health was not good and he was bedridden by the doctor and my Aunt who always hated me send me to work in a bar to earn some money for Uncle (i have always wondered what happend to the money which Uncle gives Aunt for safekeeping)

Few days later my uncle passed away.

my Aunt took control and turned our house into a gambling area.It felt she was waiting for Uncle to die.

At first it was not bad but few days later my aunt old friends came and started to gamble .That was normal at first but they started harassing me day after day they starred to touch me and I try to get away from them. One day i slaped my Aunt guest just because he was harassing me and i told aunt what happened and she still didn’t believe me and locked me up in the base ment for few days.After i got out she asked me to go and ask for forgiveness for bad behaviour i did what my aunt told me to do the next day my Aunt guest came and i served them drinks and ask them to forgive me for what i have done one guest came closer to me and said if u satisfied me tonight i will forgive you and give you more money for your work I couldn’t stand it and ran away from the house.

It was night i was running in the forest idont know where i was going nor did i have any flashlight with me after several hour of running i saw some light coming from the left side I slowly begin to move towards the light when i came closer and closer i saw an old building.

I moved towards the door and knocked several time still no response [thinking to myslef \~ i never heard there was an old building in this forest i guess no one really went deep in this forest huh]

After some time the door opened and saw an old guy holding lamp....... The old guy asked me to come in.

After few minutes the old guy introduced himself

His name was (Tom Oden). He asked me why are u in thr middle of the forest alone at night. I started crying and told him every thing .

When he heard my story i felt sad and told me to stay here as much as u want this is ur home now . When i heard these words coming from his mouth I couldn’t control my tears 😭.

He asked me to be his daughter and i agreed. The old guy was so kind.

The old man who was my guardian now asked me to sleep on the sofa for the night.

After the long night i woke up and saw library cabinet all around me i was a little scared 😧

But i saw old man tom walking towards me

Suddenly i said morning uncle Tom ( the old man Tom stopped with shocker look on his face ) he said can u repeat that. It felt this poor guy has spend all of his life alone and he adopted me to live his remaining life happy.

Still i said morning uncle Tom he smiled at me and ask me come for breakfast. After breakfast i asked Uncle Tom what is this place?.... Uncle Tom replied its an old library and iam its guardian and librarian.

Uncle Tom what do u mean by old library and how come no one knows about this?... and what do u mean by guardian...... Unlce smiles and says my child u sure have alot of question . Ok I’ll tell all about it. But idont know u will believe me or not.

The thing is this library is not just a regular library . What do u mean uncle tom?🧐 This library is a gate way between two realms Demons and Humans.

This library was built when demons and humans were fighting.

Uncle what do u mean by demons arent they fictional.

No my child they are and they live among us humans .

But normal humans cant see them because they had lost there powers. The True Sight, which can distinguish a demon and human by a glance.

Okay now its time for me to take you to ur room 🙂

I followed uncle Tom but i was worried about the things that he just told me know. Even tough i don’t believe a single word but still looking at this library gives me a vibe like its haunted 😳

Stop it what am i thinking after walking for few minutes We arrived to my room that uncle arranged for me it was quite spacious and big i have never seen a room this big in my entire life but the room was dusty so uncle Tom told me to clean the room and settle in here.

After few hours of hardwork I finally cleaned the whole room . I came downstairs in the library saw uncle Tom looking at the dark side of thr library it feels like he was looking at something.

But came closer to uncle Tom and ask where are looking it’s completely dark Uncle Tom .....he didn’t even look at me maybe he is old and he cant so I yelled 😏Uncle Tom are you Ok. He got shocked and look at me and i was laughing 😂 ... you naughty girl you dont have to yell at me i winked 😉 at uncle. (Uncle Tom) kids these days ufff... so Alice did u clean your room i replied yes uncle... its getting late you should go back to your room and dont roam in library at night there are some things that u should not see. Ok go and sleep 🙂 good night alice . Night uncle but the thing uncle just said to me dont roam at night what does he mean are there any ghost 😖 no no who am i kidding uncle have been here longer than me its my second day for f sake come alice get ur self together but if 😫 there is a ghost i am screwed 😣 i ran as fast as i can to my room and jumped in my bed and put my pillows left and right just to be safe 😇 still though ghost can move from walls what am i going to do now scared all night i dont when did i sleep 💤. Uncle Tom came in my room and open the window after few minutes i woke up (Uncle Tom) morning Alice (Alice) morning uncle how are u. Iam fine my child i came to check up on you after that uncle left and asked me to get fresh and have breakfast.

Alice did you liked the breakfast said the uncle. Yes! Definitely I liked it, though deep down i knew i never had such delicious breakfast before. Deep down i was thankful to uncle tom for keeping me company, as harsh weather was coming. he was my saviour. My hero. The only one i had for now. Though i didnt have any blood relation with him. But i felt quite safe around him.

It was November and everything was covered with white blanket. The thick trees covered with snow, cold wind was blowing and fog swirled around. Dark clouds covered the sky and an icy wind made me shiver and i felt sad that why my life is like this. I felt terrible i wanted to cry out my heart, i wanted to share my pain with someone. How does it feel to be all alone. That day i was missing my parents. I wanted to cry why i am like this? why my parents died? Why my uncle died? Why my aunt is like this? Why i am so helpless..

It was 4 pm and i was sitting on a bench outside the library cursing my life. I looked up the sky and my eye were dry just like i have no more tear left. A snow flake fell on my forehead and ran like a tear through my cheeks i took a deep breath, closed my eyes and wraped my blue coat around and went inside.

Uncle, Uncle Tom where are you? Papa Tom are you in the kitchen? I asked but no one answered. I went inside and sat right next to the fire and placed my head on sofe and i didnot remember when i felt asleep.

It was 7pm when i woke up because of a sharp sound. It was like something has broken. I got up slowly holding my breath as if a thief has rushed in the library. Then i realized why a theif will come to such an old place with dust and vintage stuff around. The second thought got me on nerves Oh No! Wild Bear, Leopard broke in. I looked around to get something (A Stick!! Anything!! i mumbled) i found an iron rod with lot of web and dust on it. I slowly tried to move holding my breath and was terrified. I went inside and my voice tremble but i tried (Uncle Tom is that you? Hey lea...peard shhhuuu, no Bearr please go to your home. Mr robber its an old library you cant find any valuable thing here) Please Go. I dont know what was that but slowly and gradually i was moving toward that place.

Papa Tom!! What happened to you?? Who was on dusty floor. I rushed towards him. He was in pain, probably his left leg on which a bookshelf had fallen.I tried to lift the book shelf so that Papa Tom could get himself out from there. Then i helped Papa Tom to walk towards the couch so that he could sit on it.