24 Hours Later...
"Hello everyone, and welcome to the first book club meeting of the year. I'm going to start off with handing out one of my favorite classics that I think you’ll all enjoy. Tales of the Labyrinth." Behind her chair sits a worn box full of medium sized books. She pulls one out for everyone passing them around the circle. When it finally comes to me I grip the warm leather in my hands, and a familiar spark surges through my brain.
"Hmm? I can tell by your faces that this book seems oddly familiar, wouldn’t you say? If you all look around the room right now you’ll quickly see that all of you are quite different. And clearly, not all of you are here because you want to be." I'll have to Mrs. Whitaker. We are an odd bunch to be sitting around in a circle for book club. Across from me a girl removes one arm from their crossed position to raise a hand.
"No questions or comments need to be asked or made right now. All you need to know is that all of you have read this book. Some once, and some many times." The minute Mrs. Whitaker looks to me I quickly put my head down to avoid the inevitable eye-contact. All of a sudden a wave of half-heartened gasps and raised eyebrows fall to Mrs. Whitaker and the trick she has performed.
"A simple card trick. As seen on every street corner by every kind of street magician. A dumbfounded illusion easily cracked by the quick search of the internet and a loose sleeve. You see, this card has nothing special about it...except, it has one thing in common to all of you. It has your names on it." Now she has our attention.
"Everyone remembers that time in their childhood when they wished for a miracle. Or rather, they wished for the existence of magic to fix the problems that haunted them. Some of those hauntings have disappeared the older you’ve become, but there are still the few that remain. They are the unanswered questions that itch the back of your brain. Now, magic seems like nothing more than a fairytale only seen in Harry Potter, or Disney movies. But, what if I told you that the world was wrong?"
"Much can be said about what magic is, and what it is not. It is no longer an idea granted to children to hide themselves from the real world. But instead, it is real, and it is not for everyone. It is one thing to know of magic, and it is another thing to be a magic wielder.
Magic was born from the notion that our world is limited, or incomplete. All of you are chosen because you believe in that notion. I chose you, or rather the book chose you to teach you to transform that notion into something tangible. Hopefully, without blowing yourselves up.
Magic is not to be messed around with. If you study with me and with each other, you will learn a lot. And through many series of lessons you will become magic wielders. I can promise that.
You dont believe me? Honestly, it's sometimes hard to believe myself. Now, open your books, and take a look for yourself. Because the interesting thing about reading a book more than once, is you always notice there something between the lines.
Not the same story you've read right? I know, this is a lot to take in and some of you may feel obliged to be scared or outspoken. Look, you don’t wish to participate feel free to leave the room now and you won’t remember any of this, and your normal boring life will be restored. Or, you can stay and wield magic. Well then, shall we get started?"
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