MAGIC INTERTWINED

CHAPTER ONE

We start in the bookish beasts with music playing loud, and people cheering louder.

It had been a week since Ophira had hired the musicians to work at the bookish beast. And boy was it worth it. A lot of new regulars had started popping up, and people were happier than ever. The only downside was that Gale was not the biggest fan, sometimes the band would play too loud and the sound would leak into the library disturbing the silence Gale worked so hard to keep. So, Ophira had to start paying them just a little bit more so they could quiet it down a little.

"HI GALE!!!" Ophira yelled as she saw the blue wizard walk into the bar section of the bookish beasts, his shoes stepping lightly on the oak wood floors. "Hi Ophira. Thanks for making the musicians quiet down a bit. Now everyone in the library can read in piece" as Gale says this a small smile cracks at the music playing. A little bit of country, mixed with a little bit of rock.

*BANG* The sound of two elbows hit the table as a muscular looking wizard gets ready to arm wrestle a large, brutish man with a couple of swords and knives. "You will regret challenging me old man" the brutish figure growled as he readied himself. "Don't underestimate me" the wizard then prepared himself as well. Everyone in the bar starts cheering them on as they start. Each struggling to gain control over the other. "Who do you think is gonna win?" Ophira asks Gale, looking over at him with a slight grin. Gale just looks in Ophiras general direction before pointing to his blindfold with a slightly offended look on his face. Before Ophira can respond a small, skinny man rushes through the door.

*cough cough* "Please help me! I'm thirsty and the water supply in sky's Eden has been poisoned and i have been traveling for a whole week trying to find a place to accept me. That's when I heard about you. Just as my water supplies ran out, someone told me about this place"

A feeling of confusion wafts over the crowd and murmurs spread like water over a sandy beach. "Poison? In skys eden?" "who would have done such a thing?" "that's what they get for letting everyone use magic"

"What's your name sir?" gale askes as he walks up to the skinny man. "Im owen"

Said the man with a slight shiver in his voice. "Let's get you some water" Ophira said as she stepped in. the man looks at her in confusion. "Pardon me, but what did you say?" Ophira just rolls her eyes before writing it down on a notepad from one of her satchels and it reads: let's get you some water. The man nods and sits down at the bar table with a glimmer of hope in his eyes, mixed with fear of whatever he just came out of.

Quikly, Ophira gets a small glass of water and slides it down the table with a note saying: on the house. And with that everyone continues with what they're doing. Unfortunately though the armwrestling competition did not continue.

"Psst, Ophira" Gale whispers, not turning his head. "Yes gale?" Ophira says normally, not worried about someone overhearing her due to her curse. "Im worried about what that man said" Gale announced, edging his head to the left where he presumed the man still was. "If there is something wrong in my hometown..." Gale's words trail off like smoke from a campfire, and Ophira grabs his shoulder before saying "don't worry. I'm sure it's fine. And if you want we can go check ourselves" Ophiras words of encouragement meet gale's ears and he lets out a soft smile. "We'll close up the bookish beasts tonight and leave a note telling everyone that we're gonna be gone for a while" as Gale finishes his sentence and rings the bell on his hat to get the attention of everyone in the bar.

 gale puts his hand up palm forward towards the musicians and they stop the music. "We are sorry to inform you that both the bar and library will be closing early. We need to shut the bookish beasts down. We apologize for this inconvenience" everyone looks around confused with a slight look of disappointment on their faces. After a few minutes Ophira goes to the exit and ushers everyone out. However Ophira stops the last person, owen. "We know your situation is dire, so please take these" and Ophira hands him a large bag filled with food and water, his eyes gleaming with happiness as if his pupils were rays of sunshine. And as Ophira leads him out she turns to gail "ill get some alchemy supplies and you gather your books and water. I gather us some food" and with that they walk in opposite directions to gather the supplies.