The warm air greeted Skye as she walked into Barnes &Nobles the smell of fresh books greeted her. when she was done causally browsing the first floor, she faced her childhood fear and went on the escalator

Once on the top floor she began looking in the fantasy section, she found the book she read when she was twelve “Crenshaw.”

༆ ༄༆༄༆

𝖲𝗈𝗋𝗋𝖾𝗅 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝖡𝖺𝗋𝗇𝗌&𝖭𝗈𝖻𝗅𝖾𝗌 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗍 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗌 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗂𝗋𝗌𝗍 𝖿𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗎𝗉 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽 𝖿𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗋 𝗎𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖾𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗅𝖺𝗍𝗈𝗋 𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖲𝗂-𝖿𝗂 𝗌𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖬𝗒𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗉𝖺𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗌𝗒 𝗌𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇

𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗒 𝗉𝗈𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝖽𝖾 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖾𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗅𝖺𝗍𝗈𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖾𝗒𝖾

𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖽𝖺𝖽 𝗎𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝗀𝗈 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗌𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝖻 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅𝖾𝖽 "𝖢𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗐." 𝖺𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖻𝗋𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗈 𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖻𝗈𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁 𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋.

"𝖲𝗈𝗋𝗋𝗒." 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖻𝗈𝗍𝗁 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗎𝗇𝗂𝗌𝗈𝗇

"𝖴𝗆-𝖨 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗀𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈."

"𝖺𝗁 𝗆𝗒 𝖻𝖺𝖽 𝗌𝗈𝗋𝗋𝗒 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍."

"𝗂𝗍𝗌 𝗈𝗄 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗂𝗍 " 𝖲𝗈𝗋𝗋𝖾𝗅 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌

"𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗂𝗍." 𝖲𝗄𝗒𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝗅𝗎𝖾 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌

"𝗇𝗈 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝖨 𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗂𝗌𝗍." 𝖲𝗈𝗋𝗋𝖾𝗅 𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗂𝗌𝗍𝖾𝖽

𝖩𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖺𝗌 𝖲𝗄𝗒𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝖺 𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗍𝗅𝖾 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅 𝗋𝖺𝗇 𝗎𝗉 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗇𝖺𝗍𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗍

𝖲𝗈𝗋𝗋𝖾𝗅 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝖲𝗄𝗒𝖾

"𝖲𝗈𝗋𝗋𝗒" 𝖧𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽

𝖲𝗄𝗒𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝗋𝗎𝗀𝗀𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗍 𝗈𝖿𝖿 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾𝖽

"𝖨𝗍𝗌 𝗈𝗄 𝗂𝗍 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗆𝖾𝖺𝗇𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗄𝗂𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝖺 𝗀𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍 𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗄." 𝖲𝗄𝗒𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗂𝗅𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗌𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗅𝗒 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖽

"𝗆𝗒 𝗇𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝖲𝗈𝗋𝗋𝖾𝗅." 𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝖿𝖿𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽

"𝗆𝗒 𝗇𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝖲𝗄𝗒𝖾." 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝖾𝗉𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗄𝖾

"𝗌𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗂𝗆𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎?" 𝖲𝗈𝗋𝗋𝖾𝗅 𝖺𝗌𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖾𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗅𝖺𝗍𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗈𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋.

"𝖴𝗆.. 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗁, 𝖨 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝖨 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗐𝖾𝗅𝗏𝖾 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝖨 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗆𝗒 𝗌𝗂𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝖻𝗎𝗌𝗒 𝗌𝗂𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇." 𝖲𝗄𝗒𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗉𝗈𝗇𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗈𝖿𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖾𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗅𝖺𝗍𝗈𝗋

"𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎?." 𝖲𝗄𝗒𝖾 𝖺𝗌𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾

"𝗆𝗒 𝖽𝖺𝖽 𝗎𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗂𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝖨 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗋𝗍𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗉𝖺𝗌𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝖺𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋." 𝖲𝗈𝗋𝗋𝖾𝗅 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗉𝗈𝗇𝖽𝖾𝖽

"𝖮𝗁 𝗆𝗒 𝗀𝗈𝗌𝗁 𝗂𝗆 𝗌𝗈 𝗌𝗈𝗋𝗋𝗒." 𝖲𝗄𝗒𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝖾𝖺𝗅 𝖻𝗅𝗎𝖾 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌

"𝗂𝗍𝗌 𝗈𝗄 𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝖾𝖽 𝖺 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗒 𝗆𝖺𝗇." 𝗌𝗈𝗋𝗋𝖾𝗅 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗄𝗒 𝖺𝗌 𝗂𝖿 𝗍𝗋𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝖾𝗆𝗈𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗌

𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝖺𝗍 𝖲𝗄𝗒𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗐𝖺𝗋𝗆𝗍𝗁 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍

"𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝖼𝗈𝖿𝖿𝖾𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗆𝖾?" 𝖲𝗈𝗋𝗋𝖾𝗅 𝖺𝗌𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖽𝖺𝗋𝗄 𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌

"𝖸𝖾𝖺𝗁, 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝖻𝖾 𝗀𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍." 𝖲𝗄𝗒𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗎𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝗂𝗋 𝖻𝖾𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖾𝖺𝗋.

𝖠𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗈 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗅𝖾𝖿𝗍 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗒 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍. 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝖺 𝗇𝖾𝗐 𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉