Between Words discussion

Hello,

This is a game I saw elsewhere. Each person posts a sentence, forming a story. So, here's the starter...

There once was this book.

This book was enchanted long ago, for inside of its pages was someone trapped in its bindings, cursed to live the story over and over again.

The story goes that a wizard, living alone in the woods, would tell stories from this book to the young children, but only he could touch the book.

But one day, when the wizard put down the book, a little girl took it from the table where the wizard set it down, for she wished her older brother to read to her the stories that were held within those enchanting pages.

However, when the young girl opened the book, carefully and timidly, the stiff pages began trembling in her small hands.

As they lay scattered across the floor, they started to rearrange in order to create a message.

The message was spelled in an ancient tongue known as Sarewit.

"Bonnie," her brother called her as he came in, "what are you-"

In place of the light appeared a woman in a long, sleek, white dress.

"I am awoken," she said in a low, silky voice.

The young girl trembled and her brother stumbled as the woman asked, "who shall take my place?"

Raising one elegant arm, she began to chant in a low voice, as the children watched in stunned silence.

"I will not leave until someone has taken my place; you know the rules."