oneedwardelric:

“Wanna know where we are? It’s my dad’s church. He was an honest man and way too nice. He’s the kind of guy who’d read the papers and start tearing up ‘cause he couldn’t figure out how to make things better. He thought religion hadn’t adapted enough. He wanted something new, something that made sense in today’s world. So one day, he started preaching stuff to the congregation that wasn’t in the Bible. People got upset, stopped coming to his sermons. The church kicked him out, and after that, well, nobody cared about what he had to say. Heh, go figure, right? I mean, from the outside, I bet he looked like he was trying to start a cult. Didn’t matter if what he said was right or even if it made any sense. Everyone treated him like he was a psycho. It got so bad for my family that there were lots of times where we didn’t have any food. I couldn’t understand it. My dad wasn’t doing or saying anything wrong. It was just different from what everyone was used to hearing is all. If people would’ve just calm down, gave him five minutes and really listen to what he had to say, they would’ve seen he was right. Yeah but, in the end, nobody did. I got mad, like really pissed off. I hated that nobody gave my dad a chance, and tried to understand what he was talking about. Then, Kyubey showed up, and I made my wish. I wanted everyone to listen to my dad and take the stuff he was saying seriously. The next morning, they came back. The church was packed with so many people. Everyday, there was more and more people coming to hear my dad preach. And me, I started doing the whole magical girl thing. I figured, no matter how awesome my dad’s sermons were, they weren’t gonna take care of the witches any time soon. It was my job, so like an idiot, I threw myself at hunting witches full time. We were gonna save the world together, him doing it out in the open and me in the shadows. Then one day, my dad found out about what was really going on. Man, I’ll never forget him. When he realized everyone was there not because of what he was preaching, but because of my magic, he totally lost it. And then he called me, his own daughter, an evil witch who corrupted his flock. Heh, isn’t that hilarious? I’m the one out every night hunting real witches and he calls me a witch! After that, my dad had a breakdown. He got really depressed. He was drinking a lot and then he went crazy. He killed my family and then he committed suicide, leaving me behind, alone. The thing I wished for destroyed my whole family. I brought all this suffering down on my family ‘cause I made a wish for my dad without knowing what he really wanted. So right then and there, I promised myself I’d never use magic to help anyone else ever again. This power is mine, and I’ll use it for me and me alone. Miracles aren’t free, you know? If you wished for something good to happen, a whole lot of bad stuff’s gonna happen, too. I guess that’s how the world stays in balance. Good, bad, everything zeroes out.”