The Science of Magic Universe - The Saint

CHAPTER FIVE

Chapter five

<You did , little sister, you did.>

I was baffled by what he had just told me, it didn't make any sense. What did he mean I made myself exist?

He seemed to sense my confusion and continued, <Let me clarify, in your world there are a set of natural laws, things that can and can not happen. One of these laws dictated that your mother and your father were not compatible. What this means is that when you were conceived the wheel of life decided that you should not exist and refused to grant you a soul, this meant that the conception should have failed, if that didn't happen a miscarriage should have occurred, or you should have been a still born. But something very rare happened, something that rarely happens from the beginning of all that is, a spark caused a soul to percolate into the newly conceived child. The source of these sparks are unknown but they create creatures like me. I am a sentient thought , the very manifestation of 'I think therefore I am' . You are also similar to me in that way, you are not part of your world's natural cycle or the wheel of life , you are independent but unlike me you have a physical shell. Actually that could sum up most of our differences, you are limited by a physical form and I am not.>

< Wait, if I am like you why am I not as powerful as you are?>

<Because you are limiting yourself little sister, you could abandon your physical shell and be free from the material realm but you keep yourself there. You have exactly the same amount of power that I do but you have to use most of your power to keep yourself contained . Remember how you healed that leg? Remember how it affected you? The power of your soul is too much for your body, the capacity of your body should grow as it matures and gets more used to your soul. Before you go a final warning, eventually you are going to be able to use enough of your powers to do whatever you want, but beware of using your power too much. The more you change the physical world the more powers that even we have to listen to will notice. You will eventually be expelled from the material realm so if you want to stay in the physical realm limit your power usage to a minimum. Goodbye little sister, we will meet again so see you later. Now if you will excuse me I'm going back to my nap.>

I suddenly woke up from my dream. Now that I knew that I had powers and how they worked I started to think about the monster that I saw, I no longer thought that it was a figment of my imagination. Whatever it was it looked scary and mean so I had to do everything I could do to stop my adoption. First I went to Veronica and tried to tell her everything I saw but she just thought I was making it all up because I didn't want to leave the orphanage. The same thing happened with Alexandra and even Ms Blatova, they all thought that I wanted to stay at the orphanage so badly I was willing to say anything to stop the adoption. They all insisted that they loved me and also wished that I could stay but the adoption was the best thing that could happen to me. Mr Andrei was a respected doctor who came from a very rich family and Ms Marina was an executive in an international company . According to them , they were one of the best adoption candidates that they have ever seen and they would do everything in their power to make sure the adoption was as successful and swift as possible.

So despite my many complaints two weeks later I stood in the orphanage driveway having a tearful goodbye with my friends especially Anna while Andrei loaded all my meager belongings that actually all fit into one small bag into the back of an expensive looking black Mercedes. Thankfully Marina hadn't come with Andrei because she was too busy, but it wouldn't have been too bad anyway because I had prepared for that eventuality. Still it was a relief that I didn't have to deal with her at the same time I was saying goodbye to the people I loved.

I was finishing up my farewells with Anna who made me promise that I would call every night when Andrei came from behind me and picked me up, "Come on , it's time to see your new home and don't be so glum. I bet you are going to love it there, plus I have a surprise for you on the way there!"

I couldn't help but smile at the man who was holding me. It was like he was a giant child himself. Even though he had the expensive car and serious suit , I could tell from the bright smile he always wore and his slightly goofy hairstyle that he was more of a whacky character than a serious man. I really liked Andrei, I was sure he was a really good person and would be a really good father, but I wonder why the monster chose him to marry? I decided then and there ,as he twirled me around and put me in the front seat of the car, to keep an eye on him and protect him anyway I could.

The car turned around and drove away from the orphanage and for the first time in my life I was leaving the place I had called home for six years. As the ugly green building started to shrink away and fade into the distance I felt sad that that chapter of my life was coming to an end, I had many happy memories in that orphanage and even though I was leaving I promised myself I would cherish all the memories for the rest of my life.

The orphanage finally vanished from view and I turned to face forward with a smile on my face. It might be a little scary but as Anna always says, it's time for a new adventure.