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How It Began September 18th, 2017 and the time was round 6-ish. My alarm went off, and it was eerily silent. I mean, it was usually quiet. Theres only me, my parents, and my yellow lab I call Stalk because he follows me everywhere. My parents were asleep, and Stalk isnt much of a barker. (At least not anymore though he has his moments.) I felt like something was diffrent, you know what I mean? Something was missing. On the edge of my bed, Stalk was sleeping. Assuming my parents were still asleep, I quickly got up to get dressed. Here is how my room is set up: There is a small closet over to the east, my bed to the west, my desk is to the south, and the door coming into my room would be north. The closet has†¦show more content†¦When I opened it up, I saw a BEAUTIFUL old room filled with books! Lots of them actually. Our house is very old, and once belonged to a really rich old dude with like two wives and 8 children. There was like two other hidden rooms we found earlier tha t year. On to that later. Right now were focused on my room. (We dont live in a mansion, but its pretty close to one.) I didnt tell my parents cause they wouldve just gotten rid of the books and turned the room into another apocalypse room. (They are extremely paranoid about that.) It was a secret room just for me. There was all kinds of classics like: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Pride and Predjuice by Jane Austen,The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, all 198 plays and poems of William Shakespeare, The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, and The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupà ©ry. Two books of all Edgar Allan Poes Poems, To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Little Women by Lousia May Alcott, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, The Pearl by John Steinbeck, and Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. Then, theres the few books I borrowed from school or got from family for Christmas and bithdays such as: All 7 books of J.K. 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