A normal life

Life without magic

“As you have heard by now, your soul is split in three, but the bond between you two is stronger than you can possibly imagine. After we had you our third child, your father had forbidden magic in the kingdom. As a precautionary measure to prevent the inevitable. If there was no magic, then maybe there would be no magical bond between a dragon and an elf. I think this might have worked, but music also carries a bit of magic as you know. You have always needed it. A song to put you to sleep at night. I never thought that that was all it would take. Ever since you were a baby a song was the only thing that would calm you.”

“Now I fear that that might have been my biggest mistake. Sending into you the tiniest of magic opened up a door to what you now know. For this, I apologize. No one knew this could happen or how much magic it took. I was uneducated and maybe a bit naive.”

I had fallen asleep to the sound of her voice and dreaming not hearing a word she was saying.

Mom: “My child, if only I could protect you from this. I have caused so much danger in your life. As long as Pieterre stays here and his father never finds his way back to his son we should be safe but for now, rest. I love you kids so much. Your dad and I will do whatever we can to keep you safe. We will protect you no matter what.”

I woke up the following morning, still confused by everything that had happened previously, but I knew two things; I needed to see Leonard and I definitely had to see Anthonieos!

The festival of stars will be in a few days. I really hope Anthony invited me as his date just so I can brag with him on my arm in front of Nessy.

I probably must continue the conversation with mom and dad sometime today, but I really don’t need that kind of drama right now. I mean I feel fine. I think this curse thing is just a melodramatic act by ancient elves who were afraid of dragons, but I am not. 

Whatever. I am so over this I need to go see those little pests of mine. I miss them. Should I invite Nessy? Probably, but am I going to? I don’t think so, and afterward, I will ask Anthony to take me to Leonard.

I make my way down to my pets and they all stare at me, this is strange. I do not remember them ever doing this before. Wolfy storms at me almost jumping me over. 

“Okay, my boy, I am happy to see you too, but I think this might be a bit excessive, don’t you?”

He climbs down from me and starts rubbing against me as if hugging my legs. He licks my hand. 

“Gross, you know I hate being licked. What is going on with you?”

Every one of them showed me more love than ever. It was so strange. Nice, but strange, especially when the baby phoenix landed on my shoulder. She used to be my dad’s and he already got her at such an old age, she was bound to ash sooner or later. It happened about eight months ago, and she just started losing the last of her baby fluff. Her colors have been getting brighter as well. I wonder if what happened to me had something to do with this display of affection.

Another thing that has been bugging me is if what happened was magical, then that must mean that magic did not die and that maybe someday it could return to the people of Elvendale. Can you possibly imagine how wonderful that would be?

I have read in my history books how different things were back then. Simple stuff that is now so difficult. Each elves magic was different; There were growers with the magic of the earth that could increase the harvest of fruit and vegetables to less than a day. That in itself could change life as we know it. With the rate of growth now and having to wait months before picking, so many elves are starving. Not just elves, but all creatures on our land.

And all of this just to stop my curse, does this not make me guilty of their loss? It certainly feels that way. Like a boulder had been placed on my shoulders covered in guilt and stuffed with despair. The only thing I can do is try and rectify this somehow.

We cannot keep up with the demand and from what I understand, some creatures have actually died from starvation. Elves do not eat a lot though we do eat small portions on a daily basis. Our metabolisms are quite slow so a little goes a long way. Other creatures, however, are not as lucky as us. Dwarves and humans eat about three times a day. From what I have heard some even more and then they still snack in between. That puts an exceedingly high demand on our farmers. 

I can’t even imagine being so hungry that you die from it. Granted, if I haven’t eaten at all in a day my stomach does start growling and I do feel uncomfortable, but it is not like I could die. I have heard of elves surviving more than a week with no food supplement some even up to a month, barely but still.

If we could at least get the magic back on the farmlands, then we would be able to save hundreds if not thousands of lives. 

I still do not understand why this curse is so bad that they had to stop all magic. Why did so many have to suffer for one girl not to fuse with her soulmate? 

Honestly, I think I have spent enough time with my pets. There are just too many questions. I need to go see Leonard.

He is the only one that might understand, the only one that could answer them.