"Dad?"
"I'm
working. Go outside and play," says Alexander to the young boy
looking up at him with sadness written across his face.
"Okay,"
Jimmy replies sulking out to the backyard, sitting on top of a tree
stump. As he sits, a black rabbit bonces his way. Jimmy, so
desperately wanting a friend, grabs his bucket and places it on top
of the bunny.
"Let
me out of here!"
screams the bunny as he transforms into a beautiful tall dark skin
male with flowing gold dreadlocks.
Jimmy
stares at the towering man smiling down at him as he takes the bucket
off his head. "I thought that magic was fake."
"It
is, in your world. In my world, I am a weather witch," replies
Rowan sitting upon the stump crossing his leg.
"I
thought dudes were warlock?" asks Jimmy sitting with his legs
crossed Indian style.
"No,
warlocks are traitors, and they use their powers for evil," replies
Rowan. "
"Rowan,
can you make it snow? The last time I saw him smile was in the
snow," says Jimmy looking up doe eyed.
"You
got it," Rowan raises his hands, causing clouds to form, and it
begins to snow.
Alexander
looks up from his computer out into the snowstorm. He walks to the
back of the house and notices Jimmy twirling in the backyard. Then
he sees him, as he pushes through the door, they lock eyes.
"Rowan?"
"How
are you Alexander?"
"I
can't believe this," Alexander exclaims walking into the backyard
filling up quickly with snow smiling.
"Alexander,
I did the same thing for you. Your son needs you, and I must go,"
replies Rowan as an artic breeze blows and he disappears.
"Thank
you," says Jimmy waving.
Alexander
continues to smile, as he is hit by a snowball.
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