"Gift of Magic" By Cindy H.
[Nicolas’s Perspective]
It is just a snowy day in Chatikan City in 1789, there was nothing special happening.
“Mom, what does joy mean?”
“Joy is money and money is joy. Nicolas, do you need more money?”
“No, mom” I replied.
I just turned 14, I have everything I could want, but I always feel emptiness, like something is missing.
One day I was just looking for my cat Jolie but I found an old name card instead. It said:
‘Mr. Ryan (wizard)
Come and find me in North Pole city if you have any questions.’
I thought the wizard Mr. Ryan might be able to help me find the real meaning of joy. I put some clothes and some things that I might need to survive and zipped up my blue backpack. I told my black cat Jolie I’ll be back soon and left immediately with a short letter to my mom.
‘I’ll be back as soon as I find the meaning of joy. I’ll miss you.’
I walked for an hour and faced a fork in the road. It looked the same. It was a road with some green grass at the side. I hesitated for a while but I still couldn’t decide which way to go. Finally, I thought of a way to decide “Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, catch a tiger by the toe. If he hollers, let him go, Eeny, meeny, miny …” At that moment I saw one girl walking down towards me. ‘Maybe I should ask her…she might know which way I should go’ I thought.
“I am going to North Pole city. Do you know which way to go?”
“I am going there too, you can go with me. Nice to meet you, I’m Crystal” the girl answered.
She was not a person who was extremely beautiful, but she had an aura coming out from behind her which was hard to explain. I could guess that she is such a kind hearted girl by her outlook. I felt weird as soon as I saw her, ‘I feel something awkward…what’s happening inside of my heart..? Why is my heart beating faster and faster..? It’s weird…’
“I’m glad that you are going the same way as me. I’m Nicolas, nice to meet you too.” I didn’t lose my smile while I was talking to Crystal. She just made me smile and happy.
We were sitting under the big old tree that seemed like it was there for more than several hundred years.
“I was always curious about those big old trees. How can they stay in one spot for more than hundred years? If those trees can talk, I want to ask them one day.” I shared my old thought with Crystal.
“Maybe they are enjoying the job that they are doing for others. They help us to breathe cleaner air, provide a place for animals to hide, and give us a great place to sit down and get some rest when we are tired. They might find joy while they are doing their job.”
“Did you say joy?”
“Yes, joy.”
“Do you know what it means?”
“Of course I do.”
“Then can you explain it to me?”
She started to dance and sing instead of answering my question. I felt like I was watching a small fairy who’s dancing in front of me. Then I noticed, I was dancing with her. I felt undefinable emotion. My heart beats faster.
About half an hour later we arrived at North Pole city. Crystal and I were both surprised by how empty the state was. It was white, pure white all around like someone spilled a glass of milk on the table, and we could see an old wooden house covered with snow far away.
“That must be the wizards Mr. Ryan’s house,” I whispered.
“Yea…it’s quite small though,” Crystal replied.
“I feel something behind me…” I looked back and I saw a polar bear which was twice as tall as me. It growled at me and I shook in fear and fainted.
I can’t remember what happened next but I was with Mr. Ryan and Crystal when I woke up.
[Crystal’s perspective]
‘Oh my god…what should I do?’ I couldn’t think of anything I could do to save him. My mind was like a piece of empty white paper. I shook him to wake up “Nicolas! Wake up! Nicolas! Can you hear me?” I felt something behind me, I was scared. ‘I hope it’s not another polar bear…’
“Let’s first move him to my house” a man talked. I couldn’t guess his age.
I stared at him for a while. I didn’t mean to but I was just scared and panicked at that moment.
“Oh...sorry, I’m the wizard. You can call me Mr. Ryan.” he said.
By then I answered “Ok, we better hurry!”
We moved Nicolas inside. We waited for hours and hours but he didn’t wake up.I sat beside him and prayed ‘Dear god…please save him…please…’
“Why doesn’t he wake up?” I asked Mr. Ryan.
“I think he doesn’t have any more energy to wake up…he might not be able to wake up for several years” he looked very serious.
Tear flew down on my chick and I started to cry.
“There’s one way, but…” he hesitated to say the next word.
“There is? Can you please do it?Please...” I asked him with tearful eyes.
The wizard continued his words, “If I do that, I might lose all of my magic power. It means I can’t give you the power to become a Queen of the Winter”
I was surprised, totally surprised. Can he read my mind?
“How did you know that I am going to ask you for the power to become a Queen of the Winter?”
“That’s why I am a wizard” he replied.
I seriously thought for a second and I made a hard choice.
“I’m fine if I can’t become a Queen of the Winter, it might be a hard request but can you please save him?”
The wizard stood up quietly and opened up the thick book, the book that Harry Potter might have. He moved Nicolas outside and started mutter charms.
“ghufrdnkmasrfeijwodsmaklfewndjs!” As soon as he finished his sentence, Nicolas’s body rose up high with an aurora in the sky.
“Wow…this is amazing…” I felt like I was watching the creation of the God. It was beautiful. I couldn’t find the way to fully express my amazement.
“I just saw my dead grandfather; I don’t know why…what just happened?” Nicolas asked.
“It’s because I gave all of my power to you. You just refreshed back to the life that you had.” Wizard told him.
[Nicolas’s perspective]
“Oh…Are you the wizard? I came a long way to ask you a question. What’s the real meaning of joy?” I asked.
“I thought you figured it out by yourself. Joy is hard to be defined as a word. Joy is the feeling when your heart feels happy and warm. The feeling that you felt when you were with Crystal was also the feeling called ‘Joy’. I’m out of magic and it means I have to go back to the ‘Wizard World’. I hope you had a valuable lesson.” It was his last sentence. He disappeared in to the thin air with a bright light.
“He’s gone…I didn’t even have a chance to thank him.” I felt sorry for him.
“I finally figured out the real meaning of joy and I want to give this important lesson to more people all around the world. Can you think of any good ways?” I asked Crystal for good ideas.
At that moment Crystal started to get surrounded by the snow storm, it spun and spun, but I could see the bright light that was coming out from the snow storm. After that giant snow storm, I saw a totally different person in front of me.
“Oh! I did it! I finally became a Queen of the Winter!” Crystal shouted with a voice full of joy.
“Wow you are amazing…” I lost my words because of her beauty.
“Anyway let’s get back to your question, I’ll help you with whatever you decide to do,” she smiled at me. Her smile was different than the smile that I saw before. It became elegant and soft.
I suddenly thought of the present that I got when I was young from my grandfather. It was not an expensive present but, it meant a lot to me.
“Maybe I could give out presents to every child once a year.” I suggested.
“I think that’s a perfect way to spread the meaning of joy. I’ll help you find some reindeer to help you with sending those presents out and also some dwarfs to help you with package the presents.”
“I think Mr. Ryan is probably going to be happy with my idea.” I closed my eyes and looked at the sky with a big smile.
This is how the Christmas began. “Ho Ho Ho, Merry Christmas!”
Edited by Mr.Krahn
<Legend>
Nicolas: Blue
Nicolas's mom: Purple
Crystal: Red
Mr.Ryan the wizard: Green
[Nicolas’s Perspective]
It is just a snowy day in Chatikan City in 1789, there was nothing special happening.
“Mom, what does joy mean?”
“Joy is money and money is joy. Nicolas, do you need more money?”
“No, mom” I replied.
I just turned 14, I have everything I could want, but I always feel emptiness, like something is missing.
One day I was just looking for my cat Jolie but I found an old name card instead. It said:
‘Mr. Ryan (wizard)
Come and find me in North Pole city if you have any questions.’
I thought the wizard Mr. Ryan might be able to help me find the real meaning of joy. I put some clothes and some things that I might need to survive and zipped up my blue backpack. I told my black cat Jolie I’ll be back soon and left immediately with a short letter to my mom.
‘I’ll be back as soon as I find the meaning of joy. I’ll miss you.’
I walked for an hour and faced a fork in the road. It looked the same. It was a road with some green grass at the side. I hesitated for a while but I still couldn’t decide which way to go. Finally, I thought of a way to decide “Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, catch a tiger by the toe. If he hollers, let him go, Eeny, meeny, miny …” At that moment I saw one girl walking down towards me. ‘Maybe I should ask her…she might know which way I should go’ I thought.
“I am going to North Pole city. Do you know which way to go?”
“I am going there too, you can go with me. Nice to meet you, I’m Crystal” the girl answered.
She was not a person who was extremely beautiful, but she had an aura coming out from behind her which was hard to explain. I could guess that she is such a kind hearted girl by her outlook. I felt weird as soon as I saw her, ‘I feel something awkward…what’s happening inside of my heart..? Why is my heart beating faster and faster..? It’s weird…’
“I’m glad that you are going the same way as me. I’m Nicolas, nice to meet you too.” I didn’t lose my smile while I was talking to Crystal. She just made me smile and happy.
We were sitting under the big old tree that seemed like it was there for more than several hundred years.
“I was always curious about those big old trees. How can they stay in one spot for more than hundred years? If those trees can talk, I want to ask them one day.” I shared my old thought with Crystal.
“Maybe they are enjoying the job that they are doing for others. They help us to breathe cleaner air, provide a place for animals to hide, and give us a great place to sit down and get some rest when we are tired. They might find joy while they are doing their job.”
“Did you say joy?”
“Yes, joy.”
“Do you know what it means?”
“Of course I do.”
“Then can you explain it to me?”
She started to dance and sing instead of answering my question. I felt like I was watching a small fairy who’s dancing in front of me. Then I noticed, I was dancing with her. I felt undefinable emotion. My heart beats faster.
About half an hour later we arrived at North Pole city. Crystal and I were both surprised by how empty the state was. It was white, pure white all around like someone spilled a glass of milk on the table, and we could see an old wooden house covered with snow far away.
“That must be the wizards Mr. Ryan’s house,” I whispered.
“Yea…it’s quite small though,” Crystal replied.
“I feel something behind me…” I looked back and I saw a polar bear which was twice as tall as me. It growled at me and I shook in fear and fainted.
I can’t remember what happened next but I was with Mr. Ryan and Crystal when I woke up.
[Crystal’s perspective]
‘Oh my god…what should I do?’ I couldn’t think of anything I could do to save him. My mind was like a piece of empty white paper. I shook him to wake up “Nicolas! Wake up! Nicolas! Can you hear me?” I felt something behind me, I was scared. ‘I hope it’s not another polar bear…’
“Let’s first move him to my house” a man talked. I couldn’t guess his age.
I stared at him for a while. I didn’t mean to but I was just scared and panicked at that moment.
“Oh...sorry, I’m the wizard. You can call me Mr. Ryan.” he said.
By then I answered “Ok, we better hurry!”
We moved Nicolas inside. We waited for hours and hours but he didn’t wake up.I sat beside him and prayed ‘Dear god…please save him…please…’
“Why doesn’t he wake up?” I asked Mr. Ryan.
“I think he doesn’t have any more energy to wake up…he might not be able to wake up for several years” he looked very serious.
Tear flew down on my chick and I started to cry.
“There’s one way, but…” he hesitated to say the next word.
“There is? Can you please do it?Please...” I asked him with tearful eyes.
The wizard continued his words, “If I do that, I might lose all of my magic power. It means I can’t give you the power to become a Queen of the Winter”
I was surprised, totally surprised. Can he read my mind?
“How did you know that I am going to ask you for the power to become a Queen of the Winter?”
“That’s why I am a wizard” he replied.
I seriously thought for a second and I made a hard choice.
“I’m fine if I can’t become a Queen of the Winter, it might be a hard request but can you please save him?”
The wizard stood up quietly and opened up the thick book, the book that Harry Potter might have. He moved Nicolas outside and started mutter charms.
“ghufrdnkmasrfeijwodsmaklfewndjs!” As soon as he finished his sentence, Nicolas’s body rose up high with an aurora in the sky.
“Wow…this is amazing…” I felt like I was watching the creation of the God. It was beautiful. I couldn’t find the way to fully express my amazement.
“I just saw my dead grandfather; I don’t know why…what just happened?” Nicolas asked.
“It’s because I gave all of my power to you. You just refreshed back to the life that you had.” Wizard told him.
[Nicolas’s perspective]
“Oh…Are you the wizard? I came a long way to ask you a question. What’s the real meaning of joy?” I asked.
“I thought you figured it out by yourself. Joy is hard to be defined as a word. Joy is the feeling when your heart feels happy and warm. The feeling that you felt when you were with Crystal was also the feeling called ‘Joy’. I’m out of magic and it means I have to go back to the ‘Wizard World’. I hope you had a valuable lesson.” It was his last sentence. He disappeared in to the thin air with a bright light.
“He’s gone…I didn’t even have a chance to thank him.” I felt sorry for him.
“I finally figured out the real meaning of joy and I want to give this important lesson to more people all around the world. Can you think of any good ways?” I asked Crystal for good ideas.
At that moment Crystal started to get surrounded by the snow storm, it spun and spun, but I could see the bright light that was coming out from the snow storm. After that giant snow storm, I saw a totally different person in front of me.
“Oh! I did it! I finally became a Queen of the Winter!” Crystal shouted with a voice full of joy.
“Wow you are amazing…” I lost my words because of her beauty.
“Anyway let’s get back to your question, I’ll help you with whatever you decide to do,” she smiled at me. Her smile was different than the smile that I saw before. It became elegant and soft.
I suddenly thought of the present that I got when I was young from my grandfather. It was not an expensive present but, it meant a lot to me.
“Maybe I could give out presents to every child once a year.” I suggested.
“I think that’s a perfect way to spread the meaning of joy. I’ll help you find some reindeer to help you with sending those presents out and also some dwarfs to help you with package the presents.”
“I think Mr. Ryan is probably going to be happy with my idea.” I closed my eyes and looked at the sky with a big smile.
This is how the Christmas began. “Ho Ho Ho, Merry Christmas!”
Edited by Mr.Krahn
<Legend>
Nicolas: Blue
Nicolas's mom: Purple
Crystal: Red
Mr.Ryan the wizard: Green