" Son, your mother and I have decided to numb your magic," Roland said. " What do you mean? Are you taking it away? I can't allow that," Alexander said." But son, we have seen you struggling day and night trying to control it and plus there many people out there who are willing to hurt you just to get that magic,"Elizabeth said. "No! It's my magic! I was blessed with it not you! So I have the right of making my own decision! I can protect myself from anything! That's final!" Alexander shouted angrily.
" You are numbing that magic no matter what! That's an order, end of discussion!" The king shouted angrily and stormed out. Elizabeth looked at her son with worried eyes and before she could speak, Alexander said," Just leave, I don't want to hear what you have to say,"Elizabeth stood up from her seat and before she left she said, " We are doing this for your own sake,"
The next morning,the royals started their journey to the kingdom of Rodecia, where the greatest witch (Ramona) lived. When they arrived, they walked in Ramona's cave. " Greetings, your majesty, and what do I owe this visit?"Ramona asked." Am sure you have heard about our son's magic. He can barely it and it's putting him in a lot of danger. so am requesting you to numb the magic." Roland answered. " You do know by numbing it, we are just putting the magic to sleep, it's not gone forever and only a really strong emotion can unleash it but just warn you, once unleashed, it may cause lots of damage, hard to control and it may also hurt your son so are you sure?" Ramona asked.
The king and the queen looked at their son with desperate eyes and answered yes. After doing some preparations, Alexander was instructed to lay on the table and close his eyes. " This may hurt but not for long," Ramona assured him. Ramona closed her eyes and started reciting strange words. Alexander started feeling lots of pain and tried calling his parents for help but his parents looked away with tears filled in their eyes.
"Help!Help! Please stop this! Stop this! I'II follow all your instructions, please stop!help!" He kept on shouting but his parents looked away. Suddenly the magic caused a big blow, causing everyone but Alexander to be blown away." It is done," Ramona said. It took time for Alexander to regain consciousness.
When the royals arrived at their castle, the king ordered to have a public meeting to make a public announcement about his son. After everyone had gathered, the king stood up from his throne and said, " Greetings everyone, apologies for gathering you all here abruptly but I'II be brief. Well am aware of the rumors that have been spreading about my son. Am here to inform you all that those are false rumors. My son is just an ordinary child. My son is not magical,". Murmurs filled the air. "
"With all due respect your majesty, why lie to us? I mean most of us have witnessed your son do extraordinary things or rather magical things so why call us here to lie to us?" A man from the crowd asked. The crowd backed him up by shouting and demanding for answers. The king sat on his throne not knowing what to do.
Knowing his father had no way out of this, Alexander stood up and said," I know you all deserve the truth so let me explain. Yes, I was born with magic and what some witnessed was real but from now am just like you. There's no magic in me anymore. I , as your prince, am begging you all to stop these rumors. These rumors have actually cost me my security, so stop,". After hearing this, the crowd calmed down and was later dismissed. Just before Roland would thank Alex for saving him from the crowd, Alexander walked away.
"Alex!Alex! Alex!,"Roland kept on calling him but Alex ignored him and went on.