Prologue

            The world we live in is very similar to the world described in this novel. Perhaps it is even the same world, and we are but mere normal people living our day to day lives in absolute ignorance of the wonders that go on around us.

            But magic exists, much to the disregard of the general public, and it flows around us in every fashion. It may be the simple spark in life as something new is created, or it could be a giant ball of flame soaring through the sky, incinerating everything it touches. Magic comes in many shapes and sizes.

            This is probably a good point in which I should mention that there are in fact many different worlds, some of which are similar to ours, some of which are as different as say, a bee and a bowling ball. In all of these worlds exists a form of magic, if you will. It is completely untamed, and untapped in most, and in others it is used for either great works of good or evil, depending on whoever is doing the tapping and wielding.

            The allure of power has often times been very strong to humans in general, or anyone for that matter. Power is well, powerful. Because of that, people and things have always sought it out, tried to control it, and tried to use it to their own gains.

            Most of the time people never find it, and don’t bother themselves with it because it doesn’t exist to them, in their version of reality, and therefore they don’t worry themselves about it because it doesn’t therefore exist. But it does, even if no one knows about it.

            To those very few who can harness said incredible power, they usually get their fill and are content to know that they are the strongest there is, and thus dominate those around them with either benevolence or malice.

            However, to those very few, there are even fewer who are not content being the most powerful there is; and instead go questing for more, even when there might not be any. So after consuming an entire planet’s worth of magic and resources, they move onto another, and another, until they feel they are the most powerful there ever was or ever will be, as they control all of it, and there is nothing left.

            One such being is doing just that, somewhere in a world not really touched by the story that follows in the next couple hundred pages. This story is about a girl who comes into contact with that magical force by the use of a little black book filled with magical spells. She then uses these spells to her own ends, and many say she abused them. Monster, some called her. But whatever she is, she is nothing compared to the coming evil that will soon arrive.