The Enchanted Hair Brush Part 22

I thought that after we had discovered that odd magical cottage in the forest, that things from then on out would be different… However, here were once again running through the forest, this I believe is becoming a reoccurring theme for our group. And this time we were with the brave responsible adult who was trying to help us get to the Superior Realm, turns out that you don’t stop being afraid when you get older. You especially don’t stop being afraid of giant Demon Bunnies from the Underworld. Sir Champagne and the Giant Demon Rabbit were following close behind us. Sir Champagne was riding on the back of the giant beastly creature.

“Where did that thing come from?!” Chris shrieked.

“It’s a renowned Demon Rabbit from the Superior Realm! How could I have been so foolish,” Yaga chided herself. “I should have known that, that was how Lord El Stinko was getting the cheese out of the Underworld. He’s using the rabbit to run errands for him on the other side! It’s brilliant really, for an insane clown. El Stinko must have summoned him somehow.”

We continued to run but as we did I knew that it was hopeless, the rabbit was going to catch us for sure. “We’re done for,” I said in despair looking over my shoulder. The rabbit didn’t even seem to be trying anymore, it was so fast on its hug fuzzy feet, and we were so small compared to it that it wasn’t even a fair contest really.

“I have a few tricks up my sleeve yet!” Yaga cried. Even as she spoke she had one hand inside another pouch in her backpack, she was fishing around for something. I hoped it was a giant bear trap that we could throw behind us and hope that it would take down the rabbit. Of course we would probably need something a little more potent than a bear trap—probably more like an elephant gun.

Finally, Yaga found exactly what it was that she was looking for. “Ah ha!” She cried in triumph. I looked over to where she was running by my side. She had a wooden hair brush in her hand.

“Ah, no offense, but now isn’t exactly the time to be brushing our hair!” I shouted. “I don’t think that the Demon Rabbit will appreciate it much if we brush its fur either.”

“Silly boy, this is no ordinary hair brush.”

I waited for a further explanation but as we ran she simply threw the brush over her shoulder. Nothing happened at first, but then I heard Sir Champagne give a shriek of rage like a little girl having a tantrum. I looked over my shoulder to see the rabbit suddenly increase its speed as if its victims were going to escape. But, it was too late, the brush suddenly erupted! Each of the tiny bristles in the head of the brush began shooting upward toward the heavens, and suddenly widening and sprouting bark.

 “Trees?” I asked. The trees grew so rapidly that the pink rabbit didn’t have time to jump over them before they were too tall. And they were so thick that he wouldn’t be able to gnaw his way through either with his yellow fangs. The line of trees was so long that they extended for as far as I could see in either direction behind us, as well.

“Amazing!” I said.

“Isn’t though.” Yaga replied. “I’ve been saving up the energy from trees for so long inside of that brush, I never thought that I would have to use it so soon though, she said. Magic really is quite incredible.” Yaga smiled mischievously.

To Be Continued…

Retrieving the Golden Wand Part 19

“What’s that?” Chris said suddenly waking up from out of her deep crystal ball gazing.

“Yaga has agreed to help us.” I said cheerfully she’s going to take us to The Curds of Wrath so that we can destroy that cheese once and for all.

“Oh!” Chris said. “That’s great! I guess I missed out on more than I thought.”

“What did you see in the crystal ball?” I asked curiously.

“I can’t remember,” Chris said sadly gazing off into space. “You just made me forget with that exciting news…”

I rolled my eyes. “Alright then,” I said turning back to Yaga. “How do we start, and when do we get out of this forest.”

“We can begin as soon as I have my most powerful golden wand,” Yaga said grimly.

“Let me guess,” I said. “Mr. Thumb has your most powerful wand?”

“Yes,” she replied blatantly.

Of course, I thought. It just so happens that the one time when Mr. Thumb can actually be useful to us we ‘vanish’ him to some unknown location on the globe.

“We don’t know where he is.” I said sadly.

“Well then we best get looking for him then.” Yaga said. She walked over to a small closet and pulled out a small leather backpack. “This has everything that we are likely to need on our journey,” she said. “And I suppose that I can finish your training on the way. I might be a magic user but I do know a thing or two about talents. More than that idiot Mr. thumb at least.”

“How did you learn so many things?” I asked her.

“Well, over the millennia you pick up on some things,” She said. “Talents are a particular fascination for me, because they are so rare and most of them are new originating somewhere around the 1990’s. I have an obsession, you see, for things that I don’t know nearly enough about.”

The sun had already risen, we hadn’t slept at all that night but for some reason we didn’t feel at all tired. It must have been that strange blue rose petal tea, I thought. I also felt more optimistic about life in general. I didn’t know what was going to happen to us on our journey but it just felt as if we were now on the right track.

We stepped out of the doorway and into the sunlight and began to walk toward the trees. But as we did, I noticed a figure leaning against a tree stub filing his already perfect gleaming nails.

“It’s about time you egressed from your shanty,” Sir Champagne said in his lilting voice.

To Be Continued…

How to Use Magic a Scientific Introduction

The concept behind magic is that you take something and transform it into something else, or give that item a property that it didn’t have before. It’s a fine art, many people think that you can solve all of your problems by just using magic, but seasoned witches can tell you that there is a price to pay. In order to get something great and powerful, something great and powerful must be sacrificed. Magic is more or less just taking energy from somewhere and putting it into something else. In the case of transformation you simply use the energy that the item has to change it into another form. However, it must be noted that some energy during all transformations or energy transfers is lost. That is why you can only transform big things into smaller things. If you wanted to create a sword that is great and powerful and you got the energy from a dragon, some of the power from the dragon would be lost in the transfer.

Mr. Thumb transforms criminals into gnomes. Naturally the gnomes are much smaller than their human counterparts. It is important that extreme caution is used while working with magic, for once the spell or incantation is cast, it is usually impossible to change something back to the way it was before. In order to transform a gnome back into a human, one would first need to find someone who had the exact same amount of mass that the gnome had before his or her transformation. Then one would need to somehow calculate the amount of energy lost in the original transfer and then find a second item with exactly the mass equivalent to the energy lost.

Albert Einstein was the first to recognize the principles of magic and studied them. With the help of his Giant Squid friend the two of them calculated the famous equation: E=mc^2.

The equation for calculating the amount of energy lost over a distance is:

-(dE/dx)=4π/mₑc^2 . nz^2/β^2 . (e^2/4πεₒ)^2 . [ln(2mₑc^2β^2/I . (1-β^2))-β^2]

You never knew that magic could be so difficult, did you? A negative transformation is the easiest transformation because you are not concerned with the amount of energy you will lose, in other words you just do it. Most on-the-spot transformations, or emergency spells, are done in the negative form because the witch doesn’t have time to calculate the energy that will be lost. A positive transformation is where the item that is being transformed ends up with equal to, or even more energy by calculating and compensating for the lost energy. All reverse spells are in the positive form. Because it is so difficult to transform something back to exactly how it was before, most magic users must settle for very close approximations of the needed mass. The end result is that minor changes in the item will most likely be noticeable, such as smaller limbs or nose etc…

Some items can be used to minimize energy loss in the first place. Pure gold is an excellent conductor for energy which is why some magic users choose to utilize wands made of gold. Poorer witches may resort to wands of silver, copper, or iron. But the energy loss will be greater in these less conductive metals.

 Closer proximity can also reduce energy loss when casting spells because greater energy is lost over greater distances.

Energy expelled in the form of light and heat when mass is accelerated

Magic is a purely mental effort. In the equation E=mc^2, m represents matter while c is equal to the speed of light. In other words in order to transfer matter into E, or energy, one needs to accelerate the matter 34,700,983,524 miles per hour. Though this is physically impossible to accomplish using mechanical means, it is not impossible by using one’s mind. A witch is born with the ability to accelerate matter to this incredible speed in a matter of seconds by only using her mind. However the effort is very draining on the body of the witch. That is why she can’t transform all of her enemies into energy whenever she pleases.

The art of witchcraft is continually progressing and the Secret Society of Sorcery is constantly publishing new discovers and findings in the magical universe. Keep reading to find out more on this scientific art.