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A terrifying shriek sounded as darkness swirled around me, I felt tentacles reaching out and grabbing my arms and legs. I looked around trying to see who was holding me but all I saw was pitch - black. I tried to wriggle free but their grasp was too strong. Suddenly, thousands of googly eyes appeared all around me, now I could see them more clearly. Their tentacles were lined with sharp objects and their faces were pale. Then I screamed in agony as one of them poked me with their tools. Boy they are really sharp I thought to myself once the pain had eased. A strong gust of wind almost knocked me over from behind. A rumbling voice came from behind, startled I turned around and there he was looming over me like a giant shadow. This monster was not like the others his skin was a pale green and he wore some sort of uniform with badges all over it. He also had strong muscular wings that glowed in the dark. "Wh . . Wh . . Who are you?" I stammered quivering with fright. "I am Rumpy the leader of the Night State Library" he growled glowering at me. Before I could say anything else he continued talking "My wife is the leader of the Day State Library" he said beaming proudly. "Now, you are a traitor here, you are a human, humans go to the Day State Library!" he shouted as loud as thunder in my ear. I staggered backwards and confused "Wait" I said " To the dungeon!" Rumpy screamed at his cronies. "Oh, no no no no no! Wait! Please!". Suddenly something was hurtling towards me and the next moment I was knocked out into pitch - blackness. When I woke up I found myself on hard earth and then there I saw it was Rumpy carrying a big pile of books and throwing them on to the dark damp soil and burning them till they're ashes. I turned my head and ducked I couldn't watch this it was too scary, seeing Rumpy burning all those precious books that people would love to read. Just the thought of that made me angry.