"Eternal Radiance" --the book lay on a pedestal, almost inviting all those who could find that hidden corner of the library to touch it...but little did they know that once they touched it, their soul would be trapped inside the book...trapped in a Radiant Novel...

"Ouch...that's no way to treat your friends..." said Trey, as he fell down, after his friend had pushed him and ran like a stupid idiot. "Sheesh what an As...wait...why haven't I noticed this part of the library before?" he said, as he looked around

"Come closer"

"What...hello?...Oh...i'ts just a book..." he said, as he grabbed it, and passed out, immediately placed in a coma. "Just..."

"Another Soul has been gathered..."

--Book World, AKA Eternal Radiance--

"Ugh...what...happened...WHAT THE HELL?!?!" said Trey as he looked around, everything looking like an anime. "I must be dreaming..." he said, as he fell, looking at his reflection in a lake "Im...an anime character?!?!"

---Real World---

Trey's body was immediately found by a librarian, the book hiding itself to prevent from being found from Adults. He was sent to the hospital, and has been interned since.

--Eternal Radiance--

"I have to get out of here..." he said as he looked around. "Hello?!? Is anyone there?!?"

Having been absorbed by a book in the Science-fiction section of the library, Ciar hadn't a clue what had happened a short moment ago, much less was he bothered by it. Just finishing up the book, Ciar closed the book, stood, brushed himself off, and walked to return the book to its rightful location. As he placed it back on its proper alphabetical order on its designated shelf, he turned to notice a pedestal. Upon this pedestal lay a book, and Ciar thought to himself, That is no place to put a book. It should at least be on a rack if nothing more. He walked towards the pedestal, and looked around. Nobody in sight, and the book wasn't even opened. He read the title on the cover, which said, 'Eternal Radiance.' He was intrigued, so he reached down to grab the book so he could read it, but as he laid his hand on it, he felt weakened, and fainted on the spot.

--Eternal Radiance--

Ciar felt himself falling, the wind rushing past his face, so he opened his eyes. He saw the ground quickly approaching, so he acted quickly and leveled his feet with the ground, and landed gracefully. He dusted himself off for a moment, and looked around. Where am I? Ciar thought to himself, taking in his surroundings. These colors... they're so.. vibrant, and bright. Am I dreaming? Ciar looked down at himself, and saw that he, too, was vibrantly colored, as though he were a character from an anime. Have I died? If not, what is this place? He thought to himself. His thoughts were quickly interrupted by a voice shouting. Ciar quickly turned to the voice, and saw what seemed to be another anime character. Being the person that he was, he walked in the person's direction, and when he was closer, he said, "Hello? Are you alright? I heard you yelling a moment ago, and felt the need to investigate."

Lilith felt strange as soon as she touched the book. Her vision had started to go blurry and she finally went limp and hit the floor.

--Eternal Radiance--

When she opened her eyes she freaked out and quickly stood, "what the heck is going on!?" She spun stepped to take a look around and she looked at her hands she she was...an anime character? She suddenly realized everything looked like an anime. "What happened? This is a dream right?" she looked around, "Hello?" She noticed two males and looked at them and they looked to be anime characters too, now she knew she had to be dreaming. She walked over to the two males, "hey," she said to them, curious as to find out who exactly they were.

"AHH!...oh, it's just a girl" said Trey, as he looked at Lillith, and then at Ciar. "I'm Trey...I'm guessing you both also got stuck in this world, huh?...Any idea where we are?" he said, still looking at his surroundings, thankful that at least some giant beast wasn't chasing them.

Ciar turned his head as he heard another voice behind him, this time female. It seemed another person had joined them. Ciar turned back to the other male, who said his name was Trey. "My name is Ciar. Nice to meet you, Trey." He looked around for a minute, before saying, "Well, since none of us have any clue to where we are, no point in staying here." Ciar started to walk away, and then he turned and said, "You can follow me if you wish." he then turned back to the direction he was walking, and continued onward, curious as to where he could get to in this strange world.

"I gue..." Trey stopped as he heard loud stomping noises, gulping as they kept getting louder, and louder. Slowly he turned his head until he saw what appeared to be a prehistoric monster of some sorts, with hideous claws and fangs, charging towards the group. "This doesn't look good..." he said as he began to run a bit, the others following.

Ciar stopped when he felt a rumbling, like an earthquake, except it didn't sound like one. It sounded like footsteps, most likely of something very large. Ciar reached into his pocket and pulled out his Balisong (butterfly knife), performed the Helix to get it open, and spun around, only to see the huge beast with claws and fangs drawing near. Flipping his Balisong closed by doing the Behind the 8Ball move in reverse, then he pocketed his Balisong and started running away from the beast.

(The Balisong Helix: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLcVEVHkGhE, The Balisong Behind the 8Ball: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1kPzMe9xaY)

After Aimee opened the book, she found herself on the ground near a guy's running feet. Everything look different....animeish. "What the ...?" she them saw a beast , or sort of a monster."Oh my"was all she said before getting up and started running with 2 boys and a girl. "Darn heels!"

"Whatever that thing is, it looks hungry!><" he tripped on a rock, falling face-forward onto the ground. "Oww...wait...oh crap..." was all he could say as he saw the beast drawing near with every second, then realizing he had a sword attached to his belt. "Hey wait I have a sword...how'd that..." he said, as he drew it, and extended his palm out. Without warning, a dark beam shot out of his hand and paralyzed the beast, almost as if darkness itself had hindered the beast's movements. "That was...weird..."

Lilith looked at the two males, "I'm Lilith," she said right as they started walking and some kind of Beast appeared and she freaked a little. Out of nowhere another female appeared and she became greatly confused and once the dark beam shot out of the guys had she stopped and looked at him like what the hell?

"Ok this is beyond awkward...I'm Aimee by the way..any of you guys have any ideea where we are?" said Aimee slightly confused looking at them.

Ciar stopped as Trey fell, and was about to go to help him up, when he saw Trey shoot a beam of darkness from his hand. Ciar stopped and thought, What in the world? and then he noticed the beast was paralyzed. He noticed someone was talking, who happened to be the new female who had appeared, so he turned to her and said, "Nice to meet you, Aimee. I have no idea where we are, but we should be able to find out if we keep moving. Now, if you'll excuse me for a second..." Ciar suddenly turned and ran at the beast, jumped up at it and pulled his balisong from his pocket, performed the Balisong Suicide Drop in midair, and stabbed the beast on the head. Ciar leapt off the head and pulled his knife out, causing blood to spurt from the beast's head, and a speck of it got on Ciar's suit. Landing gracefully, Ciar flipped his Balisong closed and put it back in his pocket, and walked back over to the group, wiping the small spot of blood from his suit. "It's also nice to meet you, Lilith." Ciar said, just as calmly as before, as if he hadn't just stabbed a huge creature. "Now, as I was saying before, we ought to get moving, so we can find out where we are." With that, Ciar turned to leave. "You may follow if you wish."

(The Balisong Suicide Drop: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhAUwYA5fFI&feature=related)

Lilith raised an eyebrow at him but just shook her head and began to follow him, looking at the others to see if they were doing the same.

" What else can I do" said Aimee following Ciar and Lilith. " So....I guess we're kind of stuck in this book. I don't know about you but I plan on getting out. Has anyone of you actually managed to read the book? Maybe there's an answer in it."

"Yea, let's just see where this road takes us..." said Trey, as he followed the others, continuing his journey. "Oh and by the way, I'm Trey, Aimee" he said with a smile.

"Follow the dead leaves..."

Trey froze for a minute. "Did everyone just hear that?..."

"Never got the chance to read the book." Ciar said in response to Aimee, while he walked. Ciar did an aerial opener with his Balisong, and he began to freestyle a bit, looking forward and never at the Balisong, all while walking forward in an unbroken pace. Ciar heard a voice that seemed to emanate from everywhere, as though it were a narrator to their weird experience. Trey asked a question, and without breaking his combo or his pace, Ciar replied, "Yes, I heard it, but with the kind of things I've seen, it doesn't surprise me."

"Nice to meet you" she noded at Trey. " You heard that too? Thank God I thought my mind was playing tricks on me. " Aimee looked arround. "I guess we should just follow the voice"

She took a look around trying to figure where the strange voice came from. "But what if the voice is just random and not leading us anywhere. But of course, it's the best thing we've got at the moment. I just want to get out."

"I think we all do...over there...those leaves are black...i guess that makes them the Dead Leaves..." he said as he walked with the others.

"Then what are we waiting for?" Ciar asked, before turning from the road to follow the black leaves, doing several aerials with his Balisong, all while still maintaining his pace and looking straight forward. It seemed nothing could break his concentration.

Aime followed Ciar, getting one of her small Katana's out from her thigh-holster. "Where did those come from?"she asked herself playing with the katana.

"That mysterious voice must have made them appear...I just hope it' on our side...wouldn't want to be walking straight into a trap, ya know?" said Trey, as the group walked along the black leaves, himself a bit fascinated by the odd beauty of this world.