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I wanted to laugh but at the same time, fear slowly ate away at my soul. What if we really are getting hunted by demons? "Emma, slow down. We don't know that, plus, that's pretty random. Demons? For all we know, it could just be Mama trying to get us scared and make us study harder." I shrugged. Emma nodded slowly but her pupils still dilated with fear. 

      "Look, guys, can we just go to the library first? Discussion time later." Ray stopped us in our tracks with his growl. He then stormed in front, banging our shoulders as he went. What's up with him? Emma and I both looked at each other with shock but then shrugged and decided it wouldn't be wise to talk back to Ray. 

      A minute of awkward silence and we were at the library. Something about the whispery sense, as if time stood still. The scent of ancient textbooks and the luminescence of dust floating around. I took a deep breath in. The library had always been my calm space, full of limitless imagination and possibilities we could only dream of. "Hey, maybe we should split up and find what we need?" I called out, silence was my answer. But I knew they understand.

      Slowly, I walked down the aisles, brushing my fingers against the dust gathering on the spines of the books. I hadn't been in the library forever. Dimly lit torches lined the walls, illuminating the room with warmth as if it was hugging you. "Norman! Ray! Come here!" Emma called. Instinctively, I ran to her, guided by the echoing of her voice. 

     Ray got there first, crowded around a book with a leather cover. I jogged up to meet them as I squinted at the book. Morse Code. "I think it's Morse Code... It says... P-R-O-M-I-S... Promise." Ray and Emma looked at me with intrigued expressions. 

      "He's right. Who's the author? We should gather up more books like that." Ray directed us. Emma flipped the cover over and looked at the author's name. 

      "William Minerva..." She whispered, brushing dust off the surface, "It looks like no one has touched these books in a while." Dust blanketed every open space available. Ray came to us with a stack of books, all with the name W. Minerva engraved on the side. We flipped them open, reading the code out loud. "Run... Doubt... Danger... Truth... Harvest..." We stared at each other, our eyes widened with horror. 

      "M-O-N-S-T-E-R... Monster..." Emma stared at us, collapsing to the ground. My heart pounded in my chest and my vision blurred. Ray stared too, but he didn't look too surprised. "Monsters, eh? Probably the demons you were talking about, Emma." He whispered. Tears flooded Emma's eyes but she managed to stand up again. 

      "Yeah... but what do they mean about the rest of the words? Run? Doubt? Danger? Truth? Harvest? Well, run and danger and truth make sense... but... what about harvest and doubt? I just don't get it- why- why would she lie to us? Pretend she loves us... and all she does is- is- is get us hunted by demons! SO WE GET EATEN!?"  Tears streamed down her face as she leaned into me, hugging me vigorously. 

      Eaten... "WAIT!! I THINK- I THINK... I think I know what harvest is supposed to mean." I looked at Ray. Emma stopped crying for a bit. Ray nodded. 

      "This is a Farm."

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IHSKJDHSKJHDKSJHWIUEHDIUEW LOLOL, IF YOU'VE READ/WATCHED TPN THEN THIS SHOULD COME AS NO SURPRISE BUT TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVENT WATCHED IT, SORRY FOR SPOILING THIS HEHE BUT BEFORE U CONTINUE, READ THE MANGA OR WATCH THE SERIES RN!!!! USDHIUWEHDIUWEHDWIEU ANYWAYS, HOPE YOU LIKED THIS CHAPTER :) I MADE IT A LIL BIT LONGER THAN USUAL CUZ I ACTUALLY GOT TO THE GOOD PART HEHE

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