It was a foggy winter day in Brooklyn, New York, Marcel was getting ready for work. It was a usual day for him, but his usual wasn’t the usual for everybody. While getting out of his house with a swing of his finger he tied his shoes and started walking to the Blessed Bean where he would always get coffee before work. When he got out of the coffee shop it was snowing and kids were playing around, building snowmans and doing snowball fights. A kid who was building a snowman catched his eye, he was struggling to put his head on. Marcel went up to him and lifted him up, so he could put his head on. Then with his magic he showed some tricks to the kid which brightened his smile. While having fun with the kid, he felt a snowball on his back, one of the kids accidentally hit him. He saw the kid with an ashamed, afraid face when he turned his back. All of the kids thought he would be angry, instead Marcel grabbed an amount of snow, made a snowball and threw it slowly to the kid. Eventually a snowball fight started that also included Marcel. Later, he left the kids when he realized he was running late to work.
Later on, he got home and started preparing dinner. Whilst he was preparing dinner the kids and their joy came to his mind. This tought lead him to check the attic where the old photo albums and some of his old stuff were. With the help of his powers he brought the stairs down and went up to the attic. He went through many dusty boxes to find the one he’s looking for. Then at the back he found the dustiest box of all. He swiped away the dust with his hand which ended up with him sneezing. He took the box and went down to his living room. He sat down on the floor like child and started digging through the box. He spent hours looking at pictures, toys and other random stuff from his childhood, until he found an old box. When he saw the watermark on the box, it didn’t take him a second to realize it was the watch. He had an instant flashback. It was a week before christmas, his grandfather was sick, because of this there was a gloomy atmosphere in the house that help the spot of the christmas spirit. Close to the week’s ending the thing they had feared was happening, it was grandfather’s time. Everyone was gathered around his bed to say their goodbyes.Then it was Marcel’s time, he had tears in his eyes looking at his grandfather. After he said his goodbyes his grandfather held his hands and put a box into them. Then told him to open it on his 13th birthday. That night his grandfather passed away. Years later, it was time to open the box, he had waited so long for this day. He opened the box with such excitement, but there was nothing left from that excitement when saw that it was an old watch with an old book looking thing. He couldn’t understand anything from what’s in the box and neither his parents. When he checked the litle book, he realized that it was written in different symbols. Being the curious child he is, he decided to search and find out the writing and meanings of these symbols. After hours of research and digging through hundreds of different languages he finally found it. It was an old wizardry language, he translated everything on the book which took days. After that he realized the book was about the watch and some spells that he couldn’t understand but, it was clearly a guide book. When he read it, it was saying to use the watch you should empty your mind, find yourself, find your space and believe in your self which he thought were ridiculous. However, after some time he wanted to learn how to use the watch, so he started training himself. And after years of disappointment, despair, frustration and sometimes hope he finally was learning. Then the only thing left for him to do was to want the magic, even though he thought he wanted it, it seems the watch didn’t feel the same. He tried many times but it didn’t work, but one day the contrary happened he was tired and thinking out loud when he said “I wish I could do magic.”. Then the watch shined on his hand and his whole body tingled. When it stopped to shine he felt like he was reborn. He opened the book, tried one of the spells and surprisingly it worked, he was so happy and proud. Finally, he turned back to reality with the watch in his hands.
When he checked the time he realized it has been hours. This whole process of nostalgia took longer than he had anticipated. He was happy and glad that he remembered his grandfather. Then he got up put everything together –except for the watch- and put them back up to the attich with his powers. He held the watch in his hands again while looking at the unique snowflakes out the window. He had a look at his life, embraced his mistakes, remebered his loved ones and the people who helped him get where he is today and of course the children in children in the morning. With the thought of his grandfather he said out loud, “I will never use my powers for bad.”.