THE GIRL WITH MAGIC

"HE FOUND YOU LOST AND GUIDED YOU" [The Qur'an, 93:07]

Once there was a girl who lived in a high-tech castle of a kingdom favoured with intelligence and superpowers of all types. She was a blessed little princess as she had inherited both of her parents' superpowers: fire and water. Such a miracle was very rare, perhaps she was the only one at the time to be in control of two major nature forces.

Since childhood, she had worked really hard to manage both her superpowers, she would practice day and night, and after many failures, she finally succeeded in her dream: displaying artistic images. As she grew up to be a fine lady, she was known for her extraordinary ability to exhibit stories with water and fire that would amaze the audience for witnessing such beauty. Soon word of her talent reached faraway worlds, and so many more were attracted to her artistic mastery, one of a kind.

Finally, the big day had come: she worked so hard for the event of the century, where every master could perform their abilities. She was anxious and excited at the same time. She was about to achieve her ultimate goal when a misfortune touched her all of a sudden: she felt a severe pinching pain in her hands and collapsed. When she woke up, all she remembered of that day was just the pain. Such tragedy took away her powers. Her water evaporated, and of the fire was left nothing but smoke: they disappeared just like her dream.

She fell from the clouds to the grass, she was left with nothing but sorrow.

When she became old enough to inherit the crown, she was criticised for not having the main ingredient: supernatural power. No matter how hard she tried, they never came back. She had no choice but to give up on the succession, and the reign fell into the hands of her aunt. She never got along with her aunt's family: her cousins would make fun of her in many ways since they were little, but now she had grown up, now she could understand people's nature. So she decided to turn away from the luxurious life of the castle, which was no more hers.

She went through so much trouble and afflictions that she had lost all hope and the pain caused by the loss of the powers kept increasing each day. The desire of returning to what she was capable of, the magical images her hands could create, the joy felt from the satisfaction of the audience, she missed every bit of her happiness. She searched all the means of information providers to find the reason behind her deprivation.

One day, while she was looking for answers through an abandoned library, she found a book with no dust on it while the other books were ruined, this was the only one that was still shining as if it was just made. She opened a random page and started to read the first line her eyes captured the attention of: “Allah does not burden a soul beyond that it can bear...”. Her eyes sparkled with curiosity. Who was Allah, she thought as her eyes looked for another line: “Do not lose hope, nor be sad. You will surely be victorious if you are true believers.” who are true believers, she questioned herself as she closed the book and re-read the title she overlooked: “The Holy Qur'an”.

For the next few months, all she did was to read that book and do all the researches necessary for understanding this treasure better that she found lost in time.

She had learnt so many things and became stronger than before, she wouldn't cry over her loss anymore, as she realized that everything happens for a reason and was always grateful for all the good and patient for all the bad moments in life. She started to be more positive towards her current state, she would make the most out of her life by helping those in need: more and more people of all kinds would come and share their issues with her by never getting disappointed from the piece of advice that she enlightened them with. 

Perhaps this was her new magic.

And then the day came when the royal family lost their people's trust by not being efficient enough in their duties. The attention was focused on the lost princess who was bringing the light back into the dark world of the time. Many complained that the king and queen, who were the same aunt and uncle that took her place, were not thinking about the kingdom's welfare and were only blind to all the benefits they had from being at the top of everyone. 

People of all social classes manifested against them and wanted the lost princess as their queen, as she was recognised for being wise and kind, they saw all the qualities in her of the leader they needed.She became the queen she was meant to be, but was humble and asked people of her kingdom to fill in the titles and rule aside her.

Those who heard her story would come to visit and question her: “What happened to you?” and she would reply to them with a smile: “He found me lost and guided me.”