I was raised by a very poor family. We barely scrambled one meal a day as there were 11 of us. They had found me abandoned in the sewer and had rescued me. They shared what little they had with me and took care of me. They were my heroes. But times were tough for all of us.
Growing up, I always looked up at the big buildings as palaces people live in. I lived in a very different world where bleak reality was staring right at us everyday. But because of that I was a very vivid dreamer. I thoroughly enjoyed escaping to my fantasy lands. I had built castles, kingdoms, whole universes in the sky. My imagination knew no bounds. I could be swimming in the chocolate river of my Zokan kingdom on the moon or I could use the rainbow as the slide in my Tektum planet in a different galaxy. I could eat as many cookies, chocolates and every other treat in my worlds. I was the happiest when I was lost in my thoughts. And as I grew older, my worlds also evolved with me.
One day, in one of my dreams, I met a strange woman. I had never met anyone else in my worlds before. She was staring at me and somehow looking through me at the same time. She was wearing a gown made of a shiny fluid material I had never seen before. I did not feel threatened by her presence and since she was a part of my imagination I was confident to have a conversation with her.
"Who are you and what are you doing in the kingdom of Ukwepek?", I said. She kept looking at me with no change in her expression. I decided to go up to her and touch her to see if she would react. I did that, and she disappeared. I was very confused. I waited for her to come back but she did not. I felt a big thud in my head and I woke up and it was my step brother sitting on me. I was awake but I knew I had to go back and find her.
That night, I was back in Ukwepek again and there she was looking through me again. This time I was better prepared to handle the situation. "Can I help you with something? Look, I mean no harm but you are in my kingdom and I will need your purpose for visiting here. And if help is what you need, I am willing to hear you out", I yelled. She started to glide towards me and she was in front of me in seconds. She was very fast. "I am here to grant you a wish. My lord wants to do something to help your situation in the other world and I am here to grant you ONE wish.", she whispered. I was not expecting that. I mean even though she was the voice of my imagination, for that moment she did not feel like she was conjured by me. But then again, if someone offers you one wish you do not blow that chance now.
"I want to be a real magician who can will himself anything he wants. I do not mean a trick magician who will take a bunny out of his hat, but a magician like you, who can grant people their wishes." She still had no change in her expression. She continued to place a stick on my head and the last thing I remember is a big flash of light and I was awake in my house. "Wow, that was one intense dream",I thought to myself. I decided to get something to eat. I was craving bacon, but we couldn't get that. I took my plate and served myself a small portion of the porridge Ma had left on the stove. When I began to eat, the porridge tasted different. It wasn't porridge at all. I looked at the plate and released I had conjured up bacon. I couldn't believe it was real. She was real. I was ready to give back to my family and I knew life was going to be a fantastical adventure thereon.
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