The Keeper Of The Vanishing Glass Part III

I looked through the stacks of books on "Vanishing Glass". There was so much to know, that it overwhelmed me. When it was night time I put all the books back on their shelves where I had pulled them earlier in desperate need. I thought I'd returned all of them when I saw a lone book sitting where I'd just left. It didn't look like a book I'd read. Odd, I thought! I brought it closer to me and studied the title. It was a strange title: The Keeper of the Vanishing Glass. As soon as I touched it, I felt a heart beat inside, as if the book was alive. But it couldn't be in the logical sense of the world. I opened it to the authors note, table of contents, and finally, Chapter I: The Power of Glass. This was no ordinary book, I learned. I read on. Glass has magical properties mortals know not. To harness this power you have to reach into the heart of universe. The heart lies in the sea, where it all began. I wondered what this meant, and how it was tied to me. As I turned the next page, my fingers tingled. I got a chill that ran down my spine, but I continued on. For as long as the beginning of time , a keeper makes sure this power doesn't leave the world called Below, a world as ancient as any that has ever exists. Below lies in the realm of the Mermaids. To be a keeper is a great responsibility passed down from a lineage half Mortals, and half Mermaids. The first keeper was Katrina, but she went bad, so the power left her. Ever since she'd been trying to gain access to the mermaids knowledge. Many keepers came into this world and went out. To protect and serve was their purpose. Katrina fell in love with a Mortal but another was destined to hold his heart. He let her go, and she killed him and the Mortal. She still walks the shores even today, but in disguise. Be warned, for she will strike you if she thinks you know a way into Below. Take his book and keep it hidden. You are the keeper, if your reading this. I sucked in air once I read this. How could I be a keeper?! But part of me, I realized, had always knew their was something I didn't quite know about myself. I hoped I never had to face Katrina. I skipped the book in my purse, and headed home. I locked the door, and stuff the book into a locked chest in the attic. For the next days I wore the key around my neck, hiding it from being seen by anyone. I'd read more and more at night, wanting to know a Keeper's duties. There were spells of protection, and others, as well, that served different purposes. I took out the green sea glass that started these changes in me. It glowed bright, and just then, I heard a knock at the door. I put it away, safely. As I opened the door, I saw a woman with red hair and blue eyes. She bit her lip, and then blurted, "I'm your mother; your real mother, and your in danger. Invite me in, and quick."

The Keeper of the Vanishing Glass II

I woke up that morning, wondering while all my dreams were, literally,blue. I looked at my hand, and it hadn't changed back, except now it was traveling up my arm. As I walked the beach, again, I found more sea glass. I piled them in my bucket, and headed back as the tide came back in. When I looked in the mirror, at my always-brown eyes, I was shocked beyond belief. They were BLUE?! How can this happen. I had to see a doctor, no matter what. As I was sitting in the waiting room reading a magazine on the latest breakups, my skin began to itch. Then, I realized people were looking at me. when the nurse called my name I ran towards the door, desperate to rid myself of the stares. As the doctor came in he did a double take; adjusting his glasses. "What's wrong with me, Doc?" I asked. After a number of tests, I was released. "I don't know, Emily. It may seem odd, but all your major organs are working just fine,"He said. As I went home, I was stumped. At lunch time I made myself a sandwich and a glass of water. The sandwich was baloney, and cheddar on rye. As I drank my water, slowly, I thought of the dolphins, and how I hadn't heard them today. I missed their voices. "Hello, anyone there? Yoo hoo?", my own voiced replied. All I heard were echoes of myself in my head. I wondered where they were. Strange things happening, and I didn't know why. I pulled a shoe box from under my bed; a collection of sea glass I'd collected in the past. I even  had red, the rarest. As I touch each one, my fingers turned different colors, besides blue. They glowed like never before. They were cool to the touch. Suddenly another song filled my being. "The girl with the rainbow hands, will travel throughout the land,  she'll bring back the glass from our distant  past, magic someday again will last". Strange, she knew she needed to understand this, so she wrote it down in her journal. As she replayed the words again, she knew what had changed her. It was time to go to the library.