The Importance of Magic-NYSM Dylan Rhodes/OC

Chapter 7

"Ladies and gentlemen the Savoy management welcomes you to tonight's special performance. The Five Horsemen, Act Two. Unlike traditional performances, The Five Horsemen encourage you to film, call your friends, upload, stream, and tweet the show freely. Thank you. The show will begin in a few minutes." The announcer announces as we are all behind the curtain waiting for our cue to go on.

"We got this" I say mostly to myself bouncing around trying to calm my nerves down and checking the laptop that I was messing around with for Tressler's money.

"Harmony let's move they are about to announce us on!" Danny yells at me pushing me away from the laptop just as I was able to close it out, or well lock it so no one but myself could get into it.

"All right, all right already...jeez" I mumble as he stops pushing me, and walks over to his spot on stage.

"Arthur Tressler presents...Jack Wilder, Harmony Turner, Henley Reeves, Merritt McKinney, and Daniel Atlas" the announce announces as a light turns on for each of us as our names are said. "The Five Horsemen"

This renders applause from the audience except for the few that weren't here for pleasure * cough * Dylan, Alma, Thaddeus and Thaddeus' assistant * cough *

"Thank you, before we begin we'd like to single out two people in particular." Danny starts.

"A man and a woman to whom we'd like to dedicate tonight's performance" I continue.

"FBI Agent Dylan Rhodes and the lovely, if somewhat inexperienced, Interpol Agent Alma Dray, everyone" Henley finishes as a light is shined down on Dylan and Alma.

"Yeah, Agent Rhodes has personally vowed to quote 'nail us' " Jack says as the audience boos at them

"And we encourage him to do so if he has the brains and the fur" Merritt says jokingly making me to snicker a bit seeing Dylan's face go somewhat of an angry Hulk way but not too much of a Hulk out type thing.

"What is magic? Our argument, nothing but targeted deception." I say going onto what the first trick is.

"So we want you to look. Look as closely as possible. Because the tricks you are about to see may not seem connected. But we assure you, they are. Is what follows 100 different tricks? Or is it one giant illusion" Danny finishes it as the lights dim as we set up the first trick and I go to pick up Fluffy.

"And now for one of the oldest tricks in the book. Danny if you wouldn't mind opening up the box," I say petting Fluffy happily as Danny does so, "and showing everybody that it's completely empty. "I'm gonna take sweet little Fluffy here," I say holding Fluffy up and Eskimo kissing her nose, "and put her inside this mystery box" I tell the audience putting her in the box.

"And now, you will say the magic word" Danny says gesturing to me.

"Abracadabra" I say sassily.

"Yes, and I will wave this magic wand for no reason" Danny says then tosses the wand behind him and opens the 'front and top' of the box. "And Fluffy has magically vanishes before your very eyes"

"And now we are gonna debunk a few magic myths this evening. We all know that Fluffy is, in face, alive and well" I tell the audience as Danny gently pulls down the mirror that was inside the box. "And Fluffy has miraculously appeared" I say picking her up and holding her to my chest.

"As has the mirror" Danny says taking out the mirror and showing it to the audience, "which makes the box only appear as though it's empty."

After the box and Danny went away I walked center stage holding Fluffy who was acting as adorable as ever, "Now, we've all heard of pulling the rabbit out of the hat. But has anyone heard of pulling a hat out of a rabbit?" I ask as I pull off one of my illusion trick making Fluffy turn into a hat and making a 'tada' pose before getting ready for my next trick.