And So The Story Goes

In the old ages of our world, witches existed alongside humanity. However, when the world began to reject them, they fled into Mirror -a parallel world nearly identical to Earth. When the witches left, the magic of Earth went with them.

Flash forward nearly 1,000 years and we have the tale of an old hag who practices astral magic and a small earthen child who seems to be able to bring magic back to the human realm.

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"What are you doing?" Astra pushed the end of her staff into Orchid's chest, "Do you even want to learn!"

Orchid stood, frozen with fear, she couldn't tell if that was even a real question.

"Well, girl? D'you?" Astra lowered her voice and leaned toward Orchid, who was small even by Earthen standards, maybe a meter and a half -max. Orchid lowered her face and clenched her fists, nails digging into her palms.

Astra was inching closer, about to begin lecturing Orchid on magic once again, before Orchid's head popped up so fast Astra staggered back trying to avoid getting hit. Orchid's knuckles were white, and her body was shaking violently. Astra could see the tears welling up in Orchid's eyes and, for a moment, began to think maybe she had been too hard on this child. And then Orchids brows furrowed and her eyes grew hard, and her mouth opened wide and the little Earthen girl surprised the witch with what she said next:

"I want to learn magic infinitely more than you want to teach me. I want to learn magic more than birds want to fly. I want to learn magic more than you want me to leave. I want to learn magic more than I want to breath, or eat, or sleep, or drink!"