Tupsy
Legacy Name: Tupsy

That's me, Kyo. The first one was before I knew I was a witch. The second one is me now. My companion, Tupsy, is the daughter of the tortie I had when I was little, Mooch. We go everywhere together. She's got the best nose for sniffing out exactly what I need for my potions. Between you and me I think she's got a little magic in her. Anyway, I better start from the beginning...

I'm adopted. Known that as far back as I can remember. Don't get me wrong I loved my parents, but I wondered what my biological parents were like and where they were and why they didn't want me. A lot of it I think had to do with the fact I always knew there was something strange about me. I'd had strange dreams since I was little. The same dream over and over again about an empty stretch of land. Barren. But I reached out my hands and the ground trembled and the sky grew dark and rain showered the land. Suddenly the land was turned green as far as the eye could see and trees, flowers, animals, birds appeared from nowhere. The world in colour! I was bursting with joy....until I awoke. It wasn't the same. The dream felt like home. Reality....not. I could never tell my parents this. It would upset them too much.

However on my 13th birthday it all changed. I found out I could do magic. We had been waiting for my cat Mooch to give birth for two days. I was just eating my breakfast when I heard a frantic mewing from the cupboard she had turned into her home. I went to check, worried something bad may have happened. I saw straight away. Mooch was licking a lifeless ball of wet fur. As gently as I could I took the small thing from Mooch. It wasn't breathing or moving. I was so upset. I sank to my knees and started to sob. Suddenly a saw a glow from my hand. I held it up in front of me. My hand was glowing! Actually glowing!! I don't know if it was instinct but i started to stroke the kitten i was holding. The glow from my hand lingered on the wet fur, getting brighter with each stroke. After a minute the whole kitten was glowing too. I put the kitten next to Mooch who began licking it, not bothered by the strange light. As she licked the light got dimmer until i could see the kitten....it was breathing. I was exhausted and to be honest completely freaked out but seeing the kitten move lifted my heart. I realized I had felt this way before...in my dreams. Could it be... am I...a witch?? I had to find out.

When I told my parents what had happened they were as shocked as I was! It was clear I was going to get no answers from them. They said however that they would talk to people in our village and listen out for any news, and when I reached my 16th birthday I was allowed to use the information they had gathered to go and find the answers I so sorely needed. They were the longest 3 years of my life but it gave me a chance to test out my powers. Something must have been unlocked in me when I reached 13 as I found myself being able to do all sorts! From making flowers bloom, to making random objects move (yes I perfected the art of washing up without the hard work, not that I let my parents find out about that one). Tupsy (the miracle kitten) grew up to be my ever faithful companion. She followed me everywhere I went. I still swear sometimes out the corner of my eye I can see a glow about her.

My 16th birthday finally arrived and I set off on what happened to be the first of my adventures. With Tupsy by my side and a map my parents gave me, I travelled for so many miles, talking to so many people. Until one day, just as I was giving up the hope of finding out anything, I found an old man sitting at a campfire. Normally I'd just detour around him (stranger danger right?) but his camp fire was like no other I'd ever seen. The flames were moving into shapes. Like a story was being told. I moved closer and could see the man had a staff he was pointing at the fire. Magic. I had to talk to him! He bade me sit down and ask him what I obviously was dying to ask. I couldn't help it, all the questions that had been racing through my mind just tumbled out one after the other. "Are you magic? How does it work? Am I really witch? Where does magic come from?......Where do I come from??". After a long pause, he said "Yes I am and yes you are. The rest is complicated but I will try and explain as much as I can." And explain he did. We spent the whole evening talking. Well, I spent it asking and he spent it answering. When it came to my parents however he did not know. "In some areas of Subeta, magic isn't looked on too kindly. Some people think magic is evil. And those that practice it must be stopped, by any means. I do not know who your biological parents are my dear but I think they gave you away to save you. Maybe they were being hunted. Maybe they thought you would not discover your powers. I do not know. But I don't think they gave you up because they didn't love you." I stared into the fire. It seemed plausible but I knew I wouldn't know for certain unless I'd find my parents. The chances looked slim but I would never give up looking.

The old man looked at me. "I know you'll never want to stop looking for your parents, but in the meantime you have a lot to learn that I can teach you. I bet you've never tried making a potion yet have you?" I looked at him stunned...."Potions?"..."That's what I thought." He replied. "I have a house in Saherimos. Sorry, Sacred Lands in your tongue. If you want to learn, visit me there and I will teach you all I know. Now, though, it is late and this old man needs his rest." I nodded and lay down on the other side of the fire. Watching the flames roll back and forth like the sea, I fell asleep. When I woke up the old man had gone. I sat there for a while and pondered my next move. I took out the map I had and found Sacred Lands on there. "Phew, its a bit of a trek". Or a great adventure, my mind responded. So be it. I was itching to know more magic. Potions! How handy they would be....

So yup you guessed it. I made my way to the old man's house. They call him the Old Wizard there. To me he became a tutor, a friend, family. He taught me for many years. I was a quick learner but there was so much to know. Even more still to learn. But one day with a chuckle he told me it was time to go out and do some more adventuring. With a knowing wink he said "Riverside is the place to start I think". Puzzled (but used to it), I did as he wished and packed everything I thought I'd need. Calling Tupsy, who was playing with Luna, I said my goodbyes and stepped forward into my future.

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