Magician - Short Story

My story

Magician

Once upon a time, a boy lived in a town called Axiom. Where many people lives according to their own normal days. The boy, namely Lucas, always sits on a terrace where he watches people smiling to one another because they got the thing they wanted. Lucas wanted to be a magician, something like bewitched. He wanted to create a powerful sorcery, like a blue aura that shoots in the air. He is somehow dismayed and hopeless, since he wouldn't be able to do such. He is a normal boy who don't poses any magical abilities, neither every people around the town. But the boy pursue and persevered, even though realistically, he can't.

One night, at his dad's little library, he stumbled across the right corner of the room. The boy turned on the lights, but it won't open. Then a pale-dim light suddenly appeared on the top shelf. He was curious. His curiosity brought him towards reaching the shining light. He then finally reached towards the top shelf. He is a clumsy boy, he right then fell off along with the scattered compiled books. As he was on the ground, he was moaning about his agonizing pain. He opens his eyes from his continuous watery droplets, he saw a book that stands out among the other books. "A little blue diamond", the boy said. He was surprisingly amazed by the peculiarity of the book. He began to speculate what could be its content before he began to open the book. He wondered that it could be about the combination of stones by his father, since his father was an illegal scientist, an Alchemist. He slowly opened the book with a little blue diamond at the center, he saw stone runes and magical incantations that produces magical stuffs. The boy was entirely shocked by amazement that made close the book and ran towards his room, hiding the little blue diamond book.

On the next day, Lucas goes to the bakery, holding a big book in his hand. The three bullies approached his way after he bought a bread for himself. The bullies forcefully snatched his book. But the one bully who took the little diamond book, did not easily let go off the book. The two other bullies pushed him away. Then they mocked him with sharp words. The three bullies threw his book on the ground away from him.
As the three bullies left, the boy cried a lot. No one was there for him. A unknown man was starring at him then left.

Lucas walked on the street with a redness in his eyes. Then he arrived to his school.

At the classroom, the clock was ticking, time passes. The teacher was currently discussing. The teacher prompted an ice breaker discussion for the students about their dreams they wanted to achieve. Many students told that they wanted to be a governor, a soldier chief, and a scientist. And so, it was the Lucas' turn. He was asked by the teacher, he was speachless. But a sudden chatter reaches the ears of every students, said "He wanted to be a magician". The atmosphere of the four-sided classroom was full of teasing laugh. Lucas turned his head down. Gets the little blue diamond book from his bag and then abruptly dropping it at his desk. It was a loud sudden sound. The class became quiet at that moment. The teacher asked him, "What's that for Lucas?", Lucas replied "It's a book about magic". Then again the atmosphere of the classroom was filled with a teasing laugh. With so much futile and inhumane reaction of his classmates, Lucas left along with his book, leaving his school bag behind. As he run towards the hallway, the teacher catched up to him. As he approached Lucas, he told him: "Lucas why did you left? You know it's okay". Lucas replied "It's not okay that they mocked me, they didn't believed at me". The teacher replied: "They do have a point on laughing, nothing will happen to your future on being a magician. It isn't even possible". Lucas replied "You too?! You didn't even believed on me teacher. I thought you were on my side, catching up on me was just a false alarm of sense of protection". Lucas cried and run away from the teacher.

A white dove suddenly appeared and landed at the birdbath then left.

[optimism, perseverance, commitment]