9GossamerGossamer opened the door slowly as a loud bang echoed through the room, filling the air with a cloud of lavender smoke. Professor Tut appeared from the cloud, coughing and waving the smoke away from his face as he removed blue goggles from his head. I should’ve known he would be doing another experiment. Gossamer smirked as he pulled the leaf from his pocket. He’d been searching for Tut all afternoon, to no avail. Finally, some Guards had seen him heading back to his office during dinner. “Ah, hello, Gossamer.” Tut walked briskly to the other side of the room, toward a long table filled with odd-shaped glass containers. Large lids pressed tightly over containers that housed long furry worm-like creatures in bright shades of oranges, yellows, and pinks. He opened one containing

