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Believe It!
By Jason Morelli

Minnie finished drawing the magic circle on the floor of her bedroom. It looked like a real magic circle with runes and special shapes that gave it a mystical feel.

“Okay step inside.” Minnie said.

“Will this really work?” Janelle, Minnie’s sister asked as she stepped into the middle of the purple chalk drawn design.

“Jan, belief is everything. Just believe it. If you have any shred of doubt then it won’t work at all.” Minnie turned off the lamp. Some of the orange and gold light from the setting sun still shown through the closed blinds. There wasn’t much she could do about it. Controlling the cosmos was beyond her abilities. She dawned her pointed witches hat.

“Are you ready to be turned into a rabbit?” Minnie asked.

“I guess. We’ll see if it even works. Where did you get the dress from?”

“It’s not a dress, it’s a robe. Witches wear them to gather energy from all around.”

“Is it gathering energy now? It doesn’t look like it’s doing anything.”

“Quiet. Don’t move. I’m going to do the spell now.” She demanded with a vigorous shake of her wand.

Janelle shut her eyes and took a deep breath. It felt silly though. How could her normal little sister have any powers? The wand was plastic with a generic transparent teal tinted star on the end.

“Fezzy fuzzy wuzzy rabababa shim sham!” Minnie called out with enthusiastic  waves of her wand.

Wind flew through the room from the slightly open window. Loose papers swirled all about and the cat ran under the bed. At least it was something, or maybe just coincidence. Janelle opened her eyes.

“Did it work? Am I a rabbit?”

Minnie’s face sunk into a disappointed expression. “You didn’t believe enough.”

“It’s just for fun though, Minnie. It can’t be real magic.”

“But you don’t understand! Real magic needs belief in the impossible to truly work. If you don’t believe at all then it doesn’t work…” She said and sighed.

“I’m sorry. Do you want to try again?”

“It will be the same. You don’t have enough faith.”

Janelle stepped out of the magic circle and the lights went out. The sun went out.  The warm September wind became a chill breeze. Janelle shivered.

“Minnie? Turn on the lights. What did you do?”

No answer, but not only that, she also didn’t hear anything else but herself.

“Hello? Minnie?” Janelle stepped forward or at least she attempted to but nothing touched her feet for traction. She realized she was floating in a very large space. She expected to see her breath frost in front of her but she could see nothing. It was the darkest dark she’d ever been in. Darker than the basement closet, darker than a night without stars, darker than black ink on black paper.

“Help! Someone help!” She called out but unsure who would answer.

In a moment something bright appeared like a bubble popping in reverse. The light orb had wings and it fluttered around her quickly, looking her over.

“You there! You with no faith! Look what you’ve done! Because of your lack of faith you made your very world disappear. And if you’re not careful you could do away with your own existence like snuffing out a candle.”

She squinted at the bright tiny person who hovered near her face. “What are you?” She tried to touch it but it flew out of reach.

“If I told you then you would not believe me and then I would also be gone. So I will not tell you.”

“Am I dreaming?”

“Would you believe that?”

“I’ve had weird dreams but none like this.”

“You are lost. That is all I can say. But start now and your world may return.”

“Start what?”

“Start believing.” The light vanished. Most likely at will and Janelle was alone again.

“But what am I supposed to believe!” She cried out and tumbled backward onto something hard. She felt cold stone against her bare legs. Some light returned but from where she wasn’t sure. The dim light was only bright enough to illuminate a placid lake of solid black. She imagined it was shiny and it became shiny. It seemed as though fish should be in it and a fish jumped up and splashed, disturbing the incandescent vagueness that shined on it. She had noticed the fish looked as if it had been drawn with chalk but still three dimensional.

“I want more! Don’t let me be alone!”

Clouds formed, dark and grey at first, a moon appeared and land rose from the water so now the lake was much smaller. Her eyes widened at the unfolding world before her. As each thought came so did more things to populate the world. The sun came, the sky became bright and blue. The chalk drawn magic circle was beneath her bare feet. It glowed purple, Minnie’s favorite  color chalk. She stepped into it expecting something to happen. She vanished and reappeared back in her  bedroom. She knew right away she’d become different but she knew it even more when she looked down at herself. She was the same size but covered in white fluffy fur. She reached up and felt her long ears and hopped.

“It worked it really worked!” Janelle shouted.

Minnie should have been standing there after casting the spell but she wasn’t there. When Janelle was about to call for her sister, Minnie came through the door.

“Jan! Come down stairs mom made carrot cake!” Minnie said. She was also a bunny person.

“Aren’t you coming?”

Carrot cake sounded delicious. “You better believe it!” Janelle said and went to go have carrot cake with her sister.