Magic in a Lost World || BTS x Reader

Black Magic

Ch.45

It felt warm. Blissfully so. You took in a deep breath from your nose, allowing your body to relax and sink into the earth. Is this what heaven felt like? You kept your eyes shut, enjoying the sounds of nature playing in the background. It had a soft and repetitive melody. One that gave you so much comfort and nearly made you fall into a deep sleep. The rays of the sunlight touching your skin weren't helping either. They added to your sleepiness which wasn't exactly ideal considering you were laying outside. You don't know what came over you. Normally, you would worry about the bugs in the grass yet for some reason you pushed that out of your mind. You laid back to listen to all the animals in your garden. From the ducks, squirrels, frogs, and even the deer. They roamed peacefully after being fed.

All the animals here in your garden were considered your friends. The only friends you really had if you were being honest. You would always play with them and feed them. They let you pet them and would listen to you sing songs as you did laundry outside. It was fun! There was never a dull moment when you had all these critters running around. Sometimes even stepping outside got them to come out from the forest and head towards you. It was especially fun when the ducks would follow you in a line and you tried to waddle just like them. Also when the raccoons would literally snatch crackers right from your hands! Sneaky little things! But you loved them all so much.

Animals were your only comfort. It took some time to gain their trust, but once you had it, the bond was unbreakable. They visited you at the same hour every day to get fed. You would come out of your cottage to toss food at the ground and watch them eat it all up to their heart's content. They were happy to see you every time. A refreshing change from everyone in the village who couldn't hide their expressions. You couldn't understand why they didn't like you. Not when you were younger. Now that you were fourteen though, you've made some questionable choices...particularly taking up magic. Was it a smart decision? No. Were you known for being smart? Not even close. You were just that girl every parent told their kids to stay away from. You feared you would be the next child hung in front of a cheering crowd, but this time you would actually be guilty. Maybe you deserved it.

No. Those were bad thoughts you needed to shake out of your head. You came outside to have a good time and you weren't about to let it get spoiled by thinking of the village. You're trying to relax! Get your mind off the unbearable anxiety and fear you felt every time you stepped into the village! So on.

It truly was difficult for you. Some of it was out of your control and some of it was directly your fault. No one made you learn magic. It was more so your urge to suddenly 'stick it to the man' and the idea of breaking the curse as if you were the chosen one. If anything, your sudden burst of teenage rebellion was a short lived fiasco that you wished to take back at times. It was too late for that though. You've opened up your soul to the creatures. Even performing one spell made you stand out from other humans. With that in mind, you went down the hole and learned all kinds of spells. Not that you were good at it or anything. Again, the idea of you breaking the curse felt silly. You? Of all people? No way. It would never be someone like you with no backbone and who could barely speak up to people her own age. You should just stay quiet and smile.

CAW

"Oh!" You sat up. Your eyes immediately landed on the raven you've been working on befriending. He's taken notice of you feeding the animals around your home.

Ravens were intelligent animals and this young bird was smart alright. At least when it came to food. He was originally wary about joining to eat the bird food, but he's been getting comfortable these days. Just yesterday he even gave you a gift! An old broken pocket watch that you took and put in a box for safe keeping. Now you were taking your chance to approach this raven. He wasn't a fully grown adult yet. He didn't seem to have a mate yet either which you found interesting. Ravens typically fly with their mate everywhere in comparison to crows who fly in groups. You've been studying up on the little guy. Your determination to make him another friend was working. He wasn't flying away as you got closer. He continued to eat just fine until he noticed you were three feet away. Now he was moving away from you, raising his wings slowly.