NaZooverse - Book 1: The Risen Curtain

Chapter 19: Changing World

Things are always changing.

That is a reality of the world, and there is no denying it.

When things change, it is extremely hard for them to go back the way they used to be, if such thing is even possible at all. At most, we will all be expect to adapt and form a "new normal" from the changed situation.

The revelation of the existence of the supernatural to the world surely was a big change. One that caught everyone by surprise, and provoked all kinds of reactions all around the planet. Some had been thrilled. Some had been angry. Some were in denial. However, a great number of them were scared for things changing in such a radical way.

In the face of such a change, it seemed that the world was walking straight into problem. However, this all changed when a ferret decided to go to television and speak to others.

The interview was televise by the ZNN to everyone. It mostly focused on Zootopia, but it reached everywhere thanks to the communication means of the modern age. The interview was made available for everyone via internet and the ZNN's website, as it reached not only the entirety of the UZA, and of Animerica in general, but even reached overseas for everyone to see.

You lost it when it aired? No problem, for the whole interview was made available in the ZNN website for you to watch again and again at any moment you wanted and anywhere you were. The news of the interview were circulating everywhere, and it had already been cover by other news channels and newspapers in the course of the following week. It gained space in the national and international media, until practically everyone in the whole world had seen at least part of the interview, and they knew at least a little bit of what the world of mages truly was...

Now, this did not changed the fact that everything was changing, and that there was no way for things to go back the way that they were before it all. However, everyone now had to adapt. They had to keep moving forward, accept the new reality, and find a way to live in the new form of normal.

This applied to everyone...

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The Mage Council's Gathering Room, England

"It seems that everything is somewhat falling into place now." Calves said, as he continue to tip into his computer. The reindeer was standing by his side. He was taller than the goat, and this was obvious, as he stood on 8'2'' feet tall. The fur of his body was of a light-brown coloration, and his snout was black in coloration and his eyes were blue and beady. There was a good mass of fur on the top of his head and on his chest, which was of a cream coloration. His head was also decorate with big reindeer antlers. He was wearing a clothing that looked like some short of school uniform, with a white shirt, with a crimson vest over it and a blue tie, with a black jacket with a curious logo on the long sleeves, and a pair of black pants. He was looking over the shoulder of the goat as he waited there in silence.

"Yeah, it sure is..." Someone else said. It was Mustang. "But... what is your assistant doing in here? This room is only for members of the council."

The reindeer shrunk a little bit at it, and at the hostile look that the horse was giving him.

"Harvey is very loyal to me, and for the amount of times he has been here, I'd say that he would even deserve an extra seat just for him." The goat said, causing the horse to shift his hostile gaze from the reindeer to him, but the goat didn't even noticed or, if he did he did, didn't gave it any attention. "Besides... he knows a lot of more technology than I do, and he will be able to help me with this computer if I have any problem. I mean, since most of us chose not to deal with technology, we tend to have someone to deal with it for us... you have someone to deal with technology for you, right?" The goat asked, a sly smile on his face as he looked up at the horse, who looked like he wanted to bore a hole through the body of the goat with his gaze.