A little girl runs through a field, stopping every few seconds to pick a flower or two. An old man in his early sixties sits near a lone tree, a pile of the flowers in front of him, halfway woven and knotted into a simple crown. "Gramps! Look! I got more, more, more!" She runs toward him, paying no attention to the hole in front of her, then trips. Before she can fall to the ground, the man waves his hand, and the ground shapes into a soft hill for the girl.
"Come now Rei, I've told you to be more careful!" The girl, stands, giggling, as the hill falls gently back to its original place.
"Sorry, Gramps! But I brought you more flowers, so we can both have a crown!" He shakes his head, leaning against the tree to resume his work. Rei dances over to him, paying close attention to the ground, then set the new flowers in a separate pile. "Can you do more magic?" Her eyes spark with the interest normal 5-year-olds only show towards desserts.
"Watch carefully, little one." He continues holding the now mostly complete crown as he reaches toward a leaf above him. He twists the leaf into a circular shape, the closes his fist around it. When he opens it, a marble-sized sphere of green glass sits in place of the leaf.
"Woah!" Rei leans forward, examining the glass. "It's so pretty!"
"Yes," he says, placing the glass in the crown and tying off the stems around it. "Fit for a queen," smiling, the man places the flower crown on Rei's head. "Someday, you'll have the magic, too. Just like my mother and every mother before her."
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Druids of Novinha
FantasyRei is ordinary in almost every way. She's decent at everything, loves being outdoors, and has a best friend. Short brown hair, dull green eyes, 5' 4". What wasn't ordinary about her was the powers straight from a comic book. (Sorry that this is lit...
