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hmmmm...well here's a story:

She was browsing through an old, slightly cobwebby and musty book store one day when she first saw it. You could hear the crashing thunder and see faint flickrs of lighting from outside, but she was lost in a story...The Lurid Library, by Severus Snape.

Do go on...

With every flicker of lightning, something kept catching her eye...she wasn't sure at first...but then...THERE...OVER IN THE CORNER...it stood...

Where on earth did it come from? It was a clock, but not any clock, one of those clocks that when the hour chimed little annoying dancers clad in lederhosen came out and rejoiced, in their mechanically cumbersome way, the passing of the hours. But that wasn't what came out this time .....

Her hands shook as she turned the pages, quickly devouring the story. Then, she saw it. At first doubting herself, she thought she was seeing things. But, there it was. There in the center of the page was the etching of a face. Though faint, she could still make out the long, prominent nose. As she stood there, the whisperings of a time long before seemed to beckon her. She lifted her finger to gently trace the outline of the face etched on the dusty page. Suddenly....

The clock began to ring... and then began spewing a black smokey mist that enveloped her. She began to feel ill, and disoriented like she was moving. She closed her eyes for a second and when she opened them the room was so dark she couldn't make out a thing, except for a figure in the corner. The figure moved towards her...

As she carefully turned the musty pages a folded piece of paper flew out. Instead of falling to the floor it hoovered in front of her. As she reached up to take it a large hand came from inside the paper wrapping its fingers around her small wrist and pulled her through what seemed like a tiny golden door. She felt like she was in a dream, but she forced her eyes to open and there before her stood the one who had drawn her to him.

Awwwww, don't tease me like that, Janet! I miss Snapey....