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Black Magic
by
Lana Star
Chapter 1
The world is full of magic. Amazing things happen everyday that we
just take for granted. No one believes in dragons, fairies, spells, or the ever
lasting fight between good and evil anymore.
My story is full of the unbelievable. It is for those who still believe in the
unthinkable, those few are known as Seers. We protect the natural balance of
light and dark. We keep the order between our mythical world and the mortal one.
We are in danger of exposure. We are being hunted down and the keys to our world
are being used against us. We must turn to the mortal world for help or all is
lost. There are only a hand full of us left and our power is fading.
Samantha Star walked quickly up the front steps of her high school. If she was
late one more time her mom was going to go mental on her and she couldn’t afford
that. She couldn’t reschedule her date with her boyfriend anymore, he was
already at the end of his rope with her.
The tardy bell rang just as she sat down. She breathed a sigh of relief as she looked around for Greg. They had been dating for most of the year, but Greg Walker was one of the best looking guys in their grade. So it was a wonder that he had picked Sam over all the other, more pretty girls.
She spotted him in his seat a few rows back. His gold, blond hair hung loosely in his deep blue eyes. He saw her looking at him and waved, she returned it as she turned back around to start her day.
It seemed she had just gotten there when the bell rang and class was
over. Sam packed up her stuff as quickly as she could and headed out the door.
Greg was waiting just outside for her.
She smiled as she twirled a strand of her strawberry blond hair around one of
her fingers while her blue-green eyes glittered. He placed his arm around her
waist as he walked her to her next class. He kissed her on the cheek and then
continued on to his.
The rest of the day went smoothly for Sam. Greg had walked her home until they
reached the turn in the road that lead to his house. They said their good-byes
and Sam walked the rest of the way to her house.
A dog from a near by house barked, an ally cat knocked over a garbage can
in-between two houses, and a crow cawed above her in a tree. As she came closer
to her house, Sam had the strangest feeling she was being watched.
She shrugged it off and walked inside her front door. Her mother was in the
kitchen singing along with the radio as she entered. She couldn’t help but laugh
when she saw her mom acting so silly.
"Mom, what are you doing?" she said above the old music.
"Sam, hi, I didn’t think you’d be home yet," she answered turning down the
radio.
Sam shook her head as she went to her room to do her homework. As she opened her
backpack, she found a rectangle box in her bag.
She smiled to herself thinking Greg had slipped it into her bag or had one of
his friends do it. He liked to be surprising like that.
Inside the box was a metal dragon charm with it’s tail wrapped around a blood
red marble on a leather strap that was tied in a knot. It was the most beautiful
thing Sam had ever laid eyes on. She tied it around her neck. Her eyes widened
with curiosity and fear as the marble glowed briefly then faded.
She felt powerful.
She stood and glanced out her bedroom window. Beside her garage she saw a white
horse. She rubbed her eyes and looked again, but the horse was gone.
She couldn’t believe what she had just seen. The white horse looked like it had
a horn sticking out of it’s forehead.
But that would mean it was a unicorn and that couldn’t be, could it? She
thought.
"There’s no way there would be a horse in the middle of Vancouver, Washington,"
her mom said when she tried to explain to her what she had seen.
"I know mom, but that’s what I saw, a unicorn by the garage, I wouldn’t believe
it if I hadn’t seen it myself," Sam tried.
"Sam, you’ve been watching to many fantasy shows, now go do your homework and no
more talk of unicorns in the driveway," her mom said finishing the argument.
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