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	Nameless Grey Amaya's story. by sadu_chan
	Turning A Page Yourself Sometimes a boring job can have the greatest joys, no matter how small. by 500knives
	Fall From Grace Her arms were full of books, as usual. "I’ve come to return these and check out more." by cosmicfire918
	Albert the Kacheek's Birthday Sometimes you’re dealt a bad hand, but that doesn’t mean you give up. You find the positive. by butterflybandage
	To Adopt A Mutant Even mutants need love... by newenglandquizzer

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"Fall From Grace" by cosmicfire918
"Good morning, Xandra," said the Library Faerie to the speckled Xweetok who’d just walked through the doors of the royal libraries of Faerieland. The brown-haired, bespectacled Faerie placed one last book on the volumes she was sorting and then smiled over at the young witch. "Good morning, Sybella," Xandra said, returning her smile as the Xweetok adjusted her own spectacles. Her arms were full of books, as usual. "I’ve come to return these and check out more." Sybella’s eyes widened. "More? But you just checked those out last week!" "I read too quickly," Xandra said with a joking sigh as she placed the books on the front desk. The faerie laughed. Turning to Xandra, she placed a hand on the stack of returned books and stared at it for a moment. "Why do you perform that spell every time?" Xandra asked her. "You know I always bring the books back in the same condition they were checked out." "I know, dear," Sybella said, "but it is library policy." Xandra frowned. "Don’t you trust me?" "Of course I trust you, Xandra," Sybella said. "But it’s the rules. Please don’t take it the wrong way." She removed her hand from the books and placed them on an enchanted flying cart to await re-shelving. There were spells that could automatically shelve books, but Sybella said once that she derived greater enjoyment from doing it herself. Xandra couldn’t quite get herself to smile again as she watched. Faeries had so many rules—rules about what you could and couldn’t do with magic, rules about how Magic Academy assignments were to be carried out, rules that restricted certain areas of Faerieland to those with the proper clearance…

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