The Mirror of Magic, Prologue and Chapter 1!!!

Prologue

I used to think that life held no mystery and everything

was boring and well-planned out ; You go to school, graduate, marry, then die. But my experiences over the last few weeks proved me so wrong, the world holds lots of mysteries and unknown magic. Even now, with my connections, I still have no clear idea on how many wonders the world holds, magical or natural. It all began on Sunday, September 14, my birthday…..

Chapter 1: The Dream

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step- Lao Tzu

Blinking my eyes, I awoke on a hard floor I think it was made of limestone. The place was dark, not dark like when you go outside at night kind of dark, but an evil and creepy type. It seemed to be endless. When I got up, I briskly looked around, trying to figure out where in the world I s. Finally, when my eyes adjusted to the darkness, I saw a faint shimmer against the pitch-black ocean of darkness. Though my eyes had adjusted, the darkness didn’t completely clear as normal darkness does, instead, it cleared the tiniest bit, only allowing me to see fuzzy outlines of my own hand.Strangely enough, when the mirror glowed, the dark mist seemed to lift, almost as if wanted me to see it.

I felt like it was drawing me , it’s energy attracting me. I couldn't stop, but I didn’t want to. The glow pulsed more rapidly every step I took entrancing me more and more. When I finally stood directly in front of it, I saw that it was a long and wide hanging mirror. It was framed by a thick layer of pure gold, it was studded with several precious jewels,diamonds, rubies, and emeralds. Sitting at the top, center was a large swirl of diamonds, sapphires, rubies, moonstones, and every gemstone there was in the world. To outline this beauty, was a fancy platinum boarder. There were pictures carved into it too, at first, I didn’t understand what they were meant to portray, but then like a light bulb, I realized that they were fairy tales. One showed Cinderella and her glass slipper, another with Little Red Riding Hood, they were so detailed and beautiful, it was as is God himself had blessed this mirror.  It was fit for a queen.

I reached out my hand to feel the carvings, but the moment my hand made contact with the mirror, I bright, blinding flash of light seared across the room in seconds. I opened my eyes and propped myself up. I realized, after looking around, that the darkness was gone replaced with daylight and I was sitting in my bed, where I had fallen asleep yesterday. It was all a dream.

Letting myself fall back onto the bed, I let my mind wander, trying to think of anything but the disappointment that the beautiful mirror was all a dream, all made up and never real.

But somehow, that was all I could think of, the carvings, the wonderfully crafted frame, and the jewels.

But the last thing I saw before the blinding light was not the magnificent mirror, but rather a evil-looking mirror in it’s place. With it’s dark purple and black spikes it was the complete opposite mirror from the one that stood there seconds ago. It's beautiful carvings of the fairy tale world were replaced with ones that were equally as detailed and magnificent, but it’s pictures now showed evil enchantresses turning into dragons, and the poisoning of Snow White, terrible scenes of terrible deeds. It’s gold and platinum frame were replaced with a dark, smooth-looking obsidian. And the stunning swirl of gemstones were replaced with a red jasper drenched in blood , it looked like real blood of some unlucky victims. I swear you can hear their screams.

The most disturbing change, was what the mirror’s crystal-clear glass was now fogged up. It also had the words written on the mirror in thick red blood, The Prophecy Has Begun.

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