magic

I know I play with danger every time I swim, but I need this. I__ Mer and the ocean is mine.

he waves settled to soft ripples, and he still hadn__ surfaced. __saac?_ she swept her arms through the dark water, calling him, but encountered nothing but slimy weeds. Another few seconds and she was in panic mode.She ducked her head beneath the surface and swam down as deep as she could, reaching out in front of her blindly. Suddenly, a strong hand clamped around her ankle. She instinctively kicked and fought her way up for air, gasping as she reached the surface, but he didn__ let go, only shifted his grip to her thighs as he pulled her close and guided her legs around his waist.__hat was mean,_ she gasped, very aware of every inch of him in physical contact with her.His gaze dipped down to the tops of her breasts showing through the thin fabric of her bra, and his arms tightened around her. __ can__ seem to form thoughts at the moment,_ he groaned, pressing a kiss to her mouth before scraping down the side of her neck. __ut I__ fairly certain you would take the title for meanness if we were keeping score,_ he murmured against her skin.She broke out in goose bumps all the way down to her toes, and it had nothing to do with the chill in the water.

What are you doing?" Alain asked."Starting a fire, of course." Mari held up the thing in her hand. "It's a fire-starter. A really simple device. Haven't you ever seen one?"Alain shook his head. "Never. That thing seems very complicated. I do not understand how it can work." "How do you start fires?"That was a Guild secret. Or was it? The elders had told him that no Mechanic could understand how it worked. What would this Mechanic say if he told her? "I use my mind to channel power to create a place where it is hot, altering the nature of the illusion there," Alain explained, "and then use my mind to put that heat on what I want to burn.""Oh," Mechanic Mari said. "Is that actually how you visualize the process?""That is how it is done," Alain said."That's...interesting." She grinned. "So, instead of making fire by doing something complicated or hard to understand like striking a flint, you just alter the nature of reality. That is a lot simpler.

Imagine if we were all magical leprechauns, and every wish ever made on a four-leaf clover obliged us to help others obtain their wishes. Now imagine if people simply lived like this were true.

Healing Magic I instill,Far Greater this,Than any pill!

My cooking spoon,My magic wand, Of this dish,You will be fond.

The magic of everyday life is the sacred moment.

Everyone's immortal until they're not.

Before the day there was only endless night. When the stars rained down from the skies, and giants and other unfathomable creatures roamed the land, there was a goddess who ruled over them all because she had been clever enough to figure out the secret of time and how to walk between worlds.

Remember your magic.

Because you tred upon my dreams, the world is made of magic things.

He understood her affinity to the water, inspiring as it was beautiful, and soothing to the soul. Standing there that morning, he realized he would never be able to look at the ocean again without thinking of her, and somehow he was still comforted by that thought.

What good is magic, if you can't use it to help people?

There once were four sistersWho were exceptionally ordinary,But desired more than a maiden should desireRavaged by their shameful wantsTheir loving hearts never bloomedInstead four wicked bramblesGrew in their placeEach taintedWith poisonous magic

A dark night, lightened up by thousands of glowing fireflies... It's magical...

Broken things can be fixed and healed. Nothing is too difficult or too dirty to clean.

When you know that illusion and transformation are no different from birth and death, then you may learn magic.

Follow your bliss and let the magic of life happen.