9/11 Short Stories

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“Say no more! Let's begin,” she says. She bids us to stand up and shuffles us past a few curtains and into a tiny room with a dingy table and three chairs. She draws the curtains shut and mutters something under her breath. Glowing streams of sparkles burst from her hands, encircling the curtains. The sheets of fabric transform into a single dark green wall. I scream and back away from the woman, pulling Will with me. “Oh, my gosh! What did you do?” “Relax,” the woman says. “I needed to ensure we have a safe space for the reading.” “But-- you just-- Magic!” I spit. “Finley, it's them,” he says. “You’re the people who put the curse on us.” “Not me, my aunt,” the woman says. “She wants to keep our powers secret. As for me, I've opened up a store and made a living for us. As a result, I have to fix the destinies she creates.” …show more content…

The woman isn't nearly as scary as her aunt. Somehow I get the feeling that she's here to help us. “My aunt doesn't want anyone to know about our magic,” the woman says. “When she spotted Will with the frogs at the pond, she cursed him to become a frog, at least a societal frog, until he finds someone who loves him purely. In the meantime, he's been forced to adorn green colors at all time, and he disgusts the people he contacts as if he were a real

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