Aspen yawned as golden sunlight hit her bed, she started rubbing her eyes.

Her cat stretched out on her blue blanket and yawned with her.

The smell of coffee tickled her nose, she moved lethargically down her stairs to the kitchen were John stood slurping his coffee, staring out the window above the perfectly white and clean sink.

Aspen grabbed a coffee cup with only one eye open and poured.

“Do you have academy today?” John asked while raising his eyebrows.

“No, it’s Saturday, Jesus” she answered in an annoyed manner

“Oh, that’s right, I remember why I don’t talk to you before your coffee... that I made for you” John told her.

The only reason John was her roommate was because he was a regular Human. Making it harder for evil spirits sniff her out.

Usually this would be unheard of most humans hated witches. But John loved aspen and couldn’t say no to her when she asked him to roommate with her. Aspen was clueless to this fact she assumed that he was a part of those humans that fan girl witches. Most humans hated them but not all.

“You didn’t have to. I didn’t ask you to. I literally could’ve snapped my fingers and a cup of coffee would appear at my bedside” she spoke to him in a very matter of fact tone

“Wow” John said in a very elongated and loud way. “Then why do you always drink mine every morning?” He asked

“Because it’s good, Noone else makes coffee like you” aspen replied with a smile

John softly smiled back.

John knew aspen since they were kids and had been there for her as long as she could remember.

Their world was mostly a mirroring dimension, the human government casted all witches out, but not before creating the dimension. Humans could come and go as the pleased but usually didn’t because they had to have some magical ability to get in. They made expectations for government officials, although this was rare. When aspen brought John to her world, she had to hold his hand and they had all but a five-minute window to enter.

The humans gave this new world its name

The Void & Vivid

The laws although were made by factions 1 & 2 which was their government and their president, they are as follows

1. No murder or spells that involve murder

2. No resurrection spells

3. No dimension spells

4. no underground dimension spells

5. No riding brooms faster than 80 miles per hour

6. No turning people in to animals

7. No contacting spirits

8. No immortality spells or potions

9. No time spells.

10. No turning anyone into slaves using ANY type of magic

There were less important rules that do not requiring covering but breaking these top rules and it’s punishable by death.

In front of everyone on live television through beheading the criminal/criminals, unfortunately it didn't much evidence to prosecute someone and sometimes it didn't require any evidence at all. usually, Self-defense was not an excuse that could get you out of murder in court.

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“John, would you still be my friend... if I did something awful. so awful that I could get beheaded” aspen said so softly she almost whispered it.

John's eyes started slightly started watering and his face turning red.

“I do not wish to think of something like that.

And whatever it is, it won’t bring them back aspen. I’m sure those laws are in place for a reason” John answered

“Did the neighborhood have a reason for spray painting murder on my house? Did the cops have a valid reason for taking me to blood labs to test me for magic for four days straight? Did my Ex-boyfriend’s parents have a reason for telling me I’m a disgrace to God when my test results came back?” Aspen went on with tears in her eyes.

John wrapped her in arms.

"I'm so sorry, I know everything is different now and that can be terrifying, but you will always have me" he whispered.

"Thanks John." aspen said while wiping her tears. And softly smiling.

"Don't start your morning so sad and gloomy. would it make you feel better to practice you're magic on me?" he told her with a chuckle. "No, that's okay John thanks though. I think I'll go to the potion supply store and pick up some things that are required to have for school." Aspen snapped her fingers, a weak tornado surrounded her and the only thing visible were the top of her hair that was messily in bun. after 5 seconds went by, she was fully dressed out of her pajamas.

She grabbed the paper with the list of the required items and a satchel. she held out her hand and let a yell out "Ay-o" her broom flew swiftly to her hand. She then walked out the door. She put her items in her bag and flew off.

After around 30 minutes she began to land in the busy and loud streets of downtown. she searched among the roof tops until she reached a sign that read

Not your grandmother's ingredient shop

she slowly directed her broom to the sidewalk her. Her boots scraping tiny bits of the concrete. she brushed her hair behind her ear and pulled out the list of ingredients.

2 jarred preserved baby pigs.

level 1 magical notebook amount; 2

3 variety bags of common witch herbs.

3 mountain loin teeth, 3 bare claws, 5 alligator tounges.

1 bag of alligator scales

2 jarred preserved poison dart frogs

2 sets of tube kits containing 30 tubes and tops.

3 tubes of bottled emotions WARNING DO NOT OPEN WITHOUT SUPERVISION IF YOU ARE A LEVEL 3 WITCH OR LOWER

3 tubes of bottled hope WARNING DO NOT OPEN WITHOUT SUPERVISION IF YOU ARE A LEVEL 3 WITCH OR LOWER

1 jar of butterfly wings (must contain 50 wings)

1 bottle of human tears

3 variety sets of common animal bones

2 variety jars of animal eyeballs

Aspen scrunched her face with disgust. Bell dinged as she opened the door. the store was extremely dim and the lighting that was there soft and cozy they were string lights hanging of the ceiling. Its walls filled with shelves of odd things she never expected to see in her life, much like some of the items on the list. in spaces apart ivy vines filled the walls and cover the entrie ceiling some people browsing the walls and shelves, some sitting on couches drinking coffee and conversating. Right as she entered a sign said

Students with list's please see clerk

Aspen made her way to the back of the store approaching the desk where the register. a smiling perky clerk walked out. "Hi, are you a student?" the clerk asked Aspen gentle smiled and nodded and handed over the list. "Great! if you take a seat on one of our couches and wait or feel free to browse. We will have theses ready for you shortly. We have prepared prepackaged ingredients for each school list, I will just have to find this one." the clerk assured Aspen. Aspen took a seat on the only empty couch left, and looked around taking everything in. As creepy as the odd items for sale the stores ambience was cozy and relaxing. after about 15 minutes the clerk can with a bag

That is not a very large bag, that does not look like everything I need

"All students a credited for first bag. For easier traveling we shrink the items. In one hour, the items will go back to their original size we suggest laying all the items on a large empty space of your floor until they go back to their original size."

Aspen was happy she didn't have to pay. she put the bag in her satchel. When she returned home, she went straight to her room and put layed the tiny items on her floor, she stood up and starred them while whispering to herself my life is so fucking weird now.