The Rare Albino Pygmy Walrus Of Potawango Island

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My Wand Is Quick: Interlude #1

Excerpts from the book “Running Deer Woman Speaks: The Story of Magic In Native America”

“Once, the magic was not as real as it is now. Back then, only the shamans could make magic and sometimes it was hard for regular people to see. All they could do was believe the shamans.”

“Magical creatures were harder to find then, too. Many people said they saw them, but sometimes it was just a normal animal. The magical creatures never appeared before whole tribes back then, in the Old Magic time.”

“One day, many lifetimes before the White People came, the people saw giant seashells in the sky. These seashells floated in the sky above some villages, but not all of them. Then, clouds came out of the seashells and came down onto the villages like fog. It stayed like that for many minutes and the people were afraid and hid inside their homes. When the fog lifted, the seashells were not in the sky.”

“The next day, many people were sick. Their heads hurts and some of them went crazy and then died. The shamans were the sickest of all, but they did not die.”

“After another day, nobody was sick and they went back to their lives. Everyone was afraid though, that the seashell gods would return.”

“As time passed, people began to see many magical creatures. Some of these creatures were good and some were very evil. Sometimes the shamans would send them away, and when they did, they would use strong magic that everyone could see. The shamans became more powerful and started to act evil. The people feared them.”

“While the shamans became powerful, some of the women were dreaming at night. The dreams were always about many women standing together and using magic to defeat the evil shaman. After a while, women would talk about these dreams with each other. The more they talked about them, the more they dreamed and soon, they were all having the same dream.”

“One day, the shamans were doing evil things and acting crazy. The women who dreamed confronted the shamans and told them to leave. The shamans tried to kill the women with magic, but it did not work. Then, one woman came forward and she used the magic that all the women shared. With it, she killed the shaman and chased off the bad magical creatures.. The people were happy and after that, when a man would start acting like a shaman or when magical creatures would cause trouble, the magical women would send out their warrior woman to battle them.”

“And that is why, even in the White Man’s world, witchy women protect the people from magical creatures and the magic that drives men crazy.”