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One Wizard, One Wand

A magical tale

By Tim NagelPublished 3 years ago 7 min read
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In a time long ago, Oswald O’Conner, wizard of the Lightbringers, a secretive intellectual cult that studied the magic of the ancient world, arrived home. He was a rugged-looking middle aged man, wearing a crimson grin and a sharp nose. His cozy domain was Farnfoss, a sunny city on a lake, containing five roads which crossed in its center point. Oswald was a lone lion who stumbled upon the magic spells of antiquity of the earth by sheer devotion. His collection of accumulated spells were only known to one elite group of druids out of antiquity. A time before history remembers. Oswald dedicated himself to practicing magic of antiquity and alchemy in his early years. When word reached the highest ranks of the counsel of light that Oswald had mastered the magic of invincibility, thought to be unknowable to man, Oswald was awarded new secrets. Early on, Oswald spent a lifetime studying the history of the magic known to man; he also learned the darker secrets. He obtained of the great pinnacles of wisdom leading one into the greater understanding of the universe. In this life, Oswald was destined to gain a spectacular achievement. His level of understanding of the greater forces, potentially good or evil, had increased tenfold. In this quest for unending wisdom, Oswald realized that his magical powers had peaked and as he progressed these pillars of power, sheer confidence was displayed. He risked ridicule and punishments unknown, in obtaining this brand-new fruit. All for the sake of the advancement of the Lightbringer’s power, and a grant of the spell, master of destiny. In this time and age, the master of destiny spell was regarded as highly as the exalted philosopher’s stone.

On the other side of the village near the library courtyard, warlock of the shadow, Tom Crow, most cunning of evil, planned to triumph the Lightbringer. Tom wore an evil grin, and a black trench coat lined with golden beads. The vile and vicious foe Tom Crow was elected to eliminate Oswald. Up to this point, the shadow had suffered mass casualties in this age-old battle between darkness and light. Many Shadow initiates had been sealed inside the seventh dimension of the isolation, by the wizard Oswald, so his banishment from this dimension was a necessary solution. Oswald was the archenemy of Tom. The great wizard Oswald created cosmic magic inside an imaginary magic circle. He could stamp his magic sword on the ground, and banish a fresh initiate to another dimension with ease.

In this day, the evil warlock’s presence was an absolute necessity, for only the most menacing one in all of existence stood a chance at defeating the sons of light. Tom possessed a magic amulet containing a large polished emerald stone, and in its reflection it reveals an image of the future. Today the magic amulet exhibited Oswald making a trek to the library. The stone foretold that Oswald’s excursion to the library would result in the demise of the shadow. Inside the future vision shown by the stone, the Shadow members were disintegrated after the wizard Oswald attained the last secrets.

In the initial days, the counsel of the light had planted the base keys of the mastery of destiny spell, the secret key of the universe, into the mind of Oswald. Once Oswald increased his abilities and gained a grasp of these base ingredients, he could meld the ingredients and final keys into a final concoction, granting him a master key to the universe. The act would create a major advantage for the light and its allies. Oswald meticulously reported the intelligence inside of a small black notebook containing all of the magic spells he had ever known. After the complete mastery of destiny, the world as he knew it, would be transformed. The counsel of light planned to destroy every single evil element or fragment of darkness. Evil would be instantly erased from existence. This obtainment would only occur if Oswald had obtained the whole of all wisdom of the emerald stone, and only a few more fragments needed to be collected from the library to meet this goal.

Tom Crow lingered in the shadows of the blackness of night, grasping the wand of disillusionment. The wand was enchanted with the ability to banish a person into a black prism of darkness for eternity. Of course, the one who wielded it, must possess a heart of the darkest of hate to activate the powers of the wand. Tom Crow feared that Oswald would inherit control of the world’s throne of power if he were to extend his powers out any further. Increasingly, Oswald feasted of the lion’s share of power of the light. So, Tom Crow, the foe, could not forego an account of Oswald’s spells and advancement of the cosmic realms of magic.

Hidden in the shadows, Oswald stepped into the night fearing that he must deliver a deadly blow to the shadow this night. This way he could proceed to the library to collect the last few fragments of the mastery of destiny spell. Once this occurred his powers as the chosen one would be at their highest level, and he could save mankind from a bitter fate. Darkness would be eradicated. Light would be the all. Everything as one, in unity. A wholeness as was in the beginning.

Oswald trotted to his hidden hideout in the tunnels beneath the Farnfoss. Inside, there was a rock fortress and it contained Oswald’s most treasured, small black notebook he called ‘Phantasgamoria.’ In this instant, Oswald was dazed with a vision, he envisioned a black crow encircling him in a trance. Oswald saw in the vision this black crow turn into a man, a well-known member of the shadow, Tom Crow. In the vision Oswald was encircled by a black cloud, and a dark foggy matter, the Crow’s signature. Oswald pictured that his foe, Tom Crow, would approach him in the courtyard, by the library near downtown. Oswald could see in the vision Tom Crow wielding the wand of disillusionment, a powerful force to conquer. This night, death was not certain, but the notion did cross Oswald’s mind. The shadow had caught him off guard before.

The secret book fostered a deep connection to the universe of light for the great wizard, Oswald. It contained the wealth of Oswald’s secret findings. The words added to the book originated in the time-space, and finalized in Oswald’s mind. In his times of need, Oswald would simply close his eyes and channel the secret energy of the universe. Before leaving his hideout, he notated the spell of the sword of righteousness, a spell that would immediately invoke an impenetrable and insurmountable, spell of invincibility. Those who attempted to penetrate the strength of its protection could not pierce it.

Oswald slid into the shadows as he arrived at the courtyard of the library, awaiting this tormentor of evil, Tom Crow, while he gripped tightly the magical sword of righteousness. Immediately at the strike of 12 midnight, Tom Crow appeared out of the darkness. At this very moment Oswald raised his sword to the air, and chanted out, ‘this day, may the father of white light make our stars of the morning bright.’ Once he invoked the magic of the sword of righteousness, a cloak of invincibility was immediately captured. The action dismayed and befuddled his enemy. Light beam versus light beam, both wizards were at war. Oswald overpowered him with the beam of righteousness, and used the force to throw Tom Crow against the wall. As Tom Crow laid on the ground unconsciously, Oswald quickly willed the entrapment into the seventh dimension of isolation spell, forcing Tom Crow into a black prism restraining him for eternity.

In his book,‘Phantasgamoria,’ Oswald concluded with the apex of magic, the mastery of destiny. One clue solving the entire riddle was the fact that the light itself was a metaphor of perception. Once this key factor was attained, solving the riddle was child’s play. Only the purest of pure could obtain this one power over destiny. Oswald now being the brightest light of the bright in solving this ancient riddle. The book allowed one to tap into an unknown strength of strengths that mankind had never known. Oswald’s secrets were secret commands of the universe. The news reached the counsel of the light and Oswald was rewarded with the highest honor any wizard could obtain. He was now a holder of the Honorary Emerald Crystal Award, one of which only legendary wizards acquired. Plus, the end of the great age old war between the dark and light was now at rest, and an advantageous position for the future was contained by the good and ever bright light. After leaving the ceremony, a tall stranger wearing white with a head of white wool secretly handed Oswald $20,000 in cash.

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