Everybody’s heard of Magical Girls: Ordinary young women who are called upon by a higher power to fight ancient forces, and look absolutely adorable while doing it. But what happens when fate decides to call upon someone a bit....older?(Alright, fine, maybe a few decades older). Well one Miss Madeline Crawford was about to find out.
“Ugh!” The 40-something mother cried, lugging the old heavy dusty chest out of its secluded corner of the attic. “The hell is in this thing? Bricks?” The Crawfords had been doing some spring cleaning, and Madeline had drawn the short straw, climbing up into the dark and musty attic to pull down long forgotten trinkets. As Madeline pulled this particular chest into the light of the attic window, she realized that she did not recognize this chest.
At first glance the chest seemed to be nothing more than simple oak. Upon closer inspection however, one would see that the chest was intricately carved with inlaid fantastical golden spirals and swirls. “Huh, must be one of the kid’s old toy chests.” Madeline mused. She undid the ornate lock and peered inside. Inside was what looked like a toy wand. Madeline lifted it up into the light, and saw that, much like the chest, it too was intricately patterned. To be more specific, it was...