Just a story i did for my English assignment. Hope you enjoy
Long ago, witches were seen as heretics. They were thought to be vicious practitioners of the dark arts, known to do anything as long as they could get results for their experiments. This was a belief that had changed two hundred years ago when the witch named Nova Dustlight ended the war between humans and the demons. With a single spell, she had chased every demon on the continent back to their home. With that single feat, she had truly ignited the age of magic. Being a witch had become something that was highly esteemed. If you had the qualifications, you would never have to worry about money. Over the next two hundred years, magic would become a part of everyday life. Special academies had been built to hone the potential of those who wished to learn magic, so they could go on to complete great feats like Nova. This, however, is a story for another time. Today, I wish to tell the story of Nova Dustlight and how a girl barely in her twenties had managed to save the world.
214 years ago, 14 years before the end of the war
“Master, why do people always treat the witches so badly? You’re a really, really, really, great person!”
“Well, Nova,” her master replied. “To put it simply, they’re afraid of us and our power. They don’t wish to take the time to try to understand it or us, so they decided to label us as heretics. For them, it was the easiest solution.” After Nova stared at her with a confused expression, her master said, “I don’t expect you to understand right now, Nova. When you’re older, you’ll understand what I mean. Now, why don’t we go outside and practice dispersing mana into the air?” I followed my master outside and started practicing what she had taught me. I made a ball of mana in the palm of my hand and tried to scatter each particle of mana into the air. Even after I concentrated really hard, the ball of mana exploded in my hand and knocked me back. After laughing for a bit, my master said “Try to picture the ball of mana as a tree. Each mana particle is a leaf and each time you pull a leaf from the tree, a mana particle comes away from the ball. If that doesn’t work, try picturing something else that is a large quantity.” Taking my master’s advice, I closed my eyes and pictured a tree. After a few minutes of taking leaves off the tree, I opened my eyes. Mana particles hovered all around me. Having a sense of attainment, I tried doing it with my eyes opened. It was a little harder, but I was able to do it. While I was spinning around, my master said, “Good job! Now, here comes the hard part. I want you to converge the particles back together into a separate ball. For this, imagine that you’re taking all the leaves and putting them into a basket.” Closing my eyes, I pictured a basket and many leaves around it. As I put the leaves in the basket, I could feel the mana coming together. My master said I had officially completed the first part of my training.
7 years before the end of the war
“Today will be your final test. You will need to make a panacea and give it to someone who seems to have an incurable disease. If they are cured when taking it, you will pass this test. I will not give you any help during this test. If you run into any difficulties, you will have to ascertain the answer to them yourself. Use what I’ve taught you and you’ll do fine. “After talking to my master for a bit longer, I headed towards the mountains. The first ingredient I needed to get was the Moon Flower, which was only created once a flower had basked in the moon for a hundred years.
As I made my way to the top of the mountain, I had an uncanny felling that something was watching me from behind the trees. I couldn’t quite figure out what it was, but it didn’t feel like it had any malevolent intentions towards me, so I decided to just leave it alone and continue up the mountain. When I reached the top of the mountain, I saw the flower. What caught my attention, however, was the girl standing next to it. Her hair was as white as snow and her eyes were a clear blue. She sported a black dress with a rose design. Before I could say anything, she turned her head to me and said, “It’s a fine night, isn’t it?” I thought for a moment and replied, “It is indeed a fine night. What’s your name and what are you doing here? ”
