Castra Magicae

Prologue

It was in third grade I realized that I wasn't normal. I was playing on the playground near my father's house when I heard someone crying. I went to look for the source of the sound, and it didn't take much searching. A boy on the playground had scraped their knee and I ran over to help. I knelt down to look at the cut but I accidentally touched him, when there was a faint glow around the cut, and a split second later, it looked like he didn't fall at all. He stared back at me like I was crazy. I ran and hid under one of the picnic benches. I thought I had been pushed out of reality, or I must be dreaming. I decided to see if I could use this newfound power again. Well, I accidentally cut myself yesterday and today, when I touched the scab it disappeared. I was freaking out inside my head, wondering why I had this healing power. I ran through all the possibilities in my head. I was scared of myself. After I calmed down enough to get out from under the picnic table, I went to the only place that would be as close as it possibly could be, to home, the forest. When I arrived, it calmed me down instantly. Just feeling a cool breeze on my face, and hearing the birds calling all around me. The pine trees climbing out of the dirt like skyscrapers; just feeling pure nature all around me. I decided to reflect on what happened at the park. I had no one to talk to about this, I couldn't go to my father, he would just call me crazy, and take me to a mental hospital, and my mother... She abandoned me with my father. I should probably head back to my Father's house, or he will get mad at me for staying out so late. I went to go but once I was at the edge of the forest I felt something, like someone was watching me. I turned around to look but saw no one there.