Power of Solitude

Image credits - Rahul Pandit, Book Page Folding

Daily Prompt:

You woke up in a new world! The magic system is based on your greatest fear and their way of life is being threatened somehow by your favorite thing.

(Pantsing this - Practice makes perfect lol)

Loneliness, Solitude, Pain…. These were the 3 pillars of power within this world. Each person seeking this knew what it meant. Dedication to one's craft could only be achieved through isolation. The darker the space, the more alone one was, the more power could be generated.

From this fundamental function of this world, it encouraged dictatorships, clear cut-throat existences that would amplify the burning ambisions of power.

Such a force lead the world for years… Till the one thing came to turn the world on its head.

It started small, a child's smile - One that touched the heart of their mother who herself had before only known her children to be used to further her status.

Next, a kiss from that mother to her partner, not out of a her own sense of control, but one born of some new power previously unknown to the world.

Next the partner, with their heart stirred not by the bitter contempt of dominance that once fueled their magic, but instead a warm sweet succor… Something that caused their once stone heart to flutter….

One by one, this world began to feel change.

Not through some grand gesture or sophisticated spell. But rather one slight touch at a time, one kind word in a phrase…

As this world faced a threat it had yet to know… For Love, True Love can conquer all