Restroom

The restroom is unoccupied. You take a few deep breaths. You are not sure what is going on, but you need to find out. You decide to try a new spell. Something easy with a very clear effect. Like a magic light. You open the book and look through the spells. Very quickly you find what you look for. A spell to freeze liquid. If you manage to freeze a bottle of water here in the restroom you have proven that magic exists.

Quickly you fill an empty bottle from the trash with water from the sink. Carefully you put the bottle on the sink and read the spell. Nothing happens. You try again and focus on the bottle this time. Still nothing. You hesitate. Could all this just be imagination? You try a last time. This time you try to remember everything from the math lesson. The syllables, the strange feeling and even the headache. You speak the spell loud, not caring if anybody hears you, and suddenly there is the strange feeling from before.

From one moment to another the water in the bottle turns to ice. The bottle itself is ripped apart by the sudden expanse and the ice block falls in the sink. You gasp for air and carefully touch the ice. It is cold, just like ice should be. You can’t believe it. Magic is real.