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Magic, mermaids, unicorns, dragons, werewolves, fairies, centaurs, time turners; it is all a fantasy. A very happy satisfying fantasy isn't it? Such a wonderful world it would be if we were living with all these by our side. Well you are wrong.
It is all an illusion. An illusion that you have been buried so deep in that you question your reality. An illusion that makes you think fantasy is a synonym for a happy peaceful smiley world.
As you travel deep in your fantasy, it seems the easy thing to do. You start imagining things. You start dreaming. You start living for the fantasies. With time you forget reality and live in the little fantasy world you seem to have built of what ifs. But have you ever looked closely inside your dome of fantasy?
You will see a fantasy is just that, a fantasy. Every world whether the world of magic or the world of mermaids or the world of humans, it is filled with cruelty that seems to rub of everywhere.
I would know. I have been there.
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