Chapter 1: The Lack of a Quality Education

I had never thought to write down my history before but as things have changed and become so very different in the past few years, I feel it is my duty to record a history of my life and my legacy to share with our world. I would have never thought that my life would have mattered so much to anyone but I see now that it has been of great importance and so my story must be told. It is in these pages that I will tell of the history of my magical life and the life that lead to the prosperity of many of my kind. This is to be my last testament to what I have done and what I have failed to do and if there is anything that I could have done to change it I must apologies now for I could not have know how the end would have been. And so I leave it to you, dear reader, to judge for yourself if the actions of my colleagues and I were right and just, for if it has done anything, it has save lives and made the lives of our kind worth living.
In the beginning when confusion reigned in the world and fear was a governing powers many felt lost and desperate for answers but the answers were not easy to find. We lived in a very dark and trouble time. A time which is now behind us, but that we would like most to forget, and yet it is to be the beginning of the end.
At one time we were held in high esteem by kings and queens. Placed in advisory positions and openly seen in a positive light. We worked to heal the sick and protect the kingdom, giving advice and helping to make the lives of the non-magical easier. We worked very much in unity and in equality with non-magical folks trying to integrate both of our ways and trying to learn from each other. If you were lucky enough o hold a position with a high noble family then it was safe for you to practice your arts, and keep your family in good and proper conditions.
Unfortunately the actions of a few painted us all as negative and we were hunted like beasts. We were forced to hide and to act like them. There began to be much resentment among the magical community. The violence that had grown against us resulted in extensive hunts and many deaths, mainly young witches and wizards that did not know how to use their powers. It was a shame and we saw many of our families, our friends and even our traditions fall pray to the witch hunts.
It was at this time that my life becomes interesting. I had lived a long life up to this point. I had held a position with a wealthy family, not a nobility but members in good standing and of high rank. I worked with their families and protected their children and as such mine grew up with theirs and there was friendship and understanding among us. We lived simply and in a way that many non-magical folk lived, the only difference was that magic made our lives just a little easier and to help our friends we used our magic to make their lives easy.
But the day came when the darkness had fallen. Stay wizards that believed themselves better then the non-magical became power thirsty and attacked and killed for the sake of land, lust and power. It was a sad time and many of us, who lived peacefully with the non-magical folk tried to help to bring the dark wizards and witches under control but it was impossible to stop them and soon anyone with magical abilities were seen as dark and evil. I was forced to flee with my family. My children were young and unable to control their powers as the children do now and so they were easy targets.
I watched as my children and the children of my friends were rounded up and killed. We cannot stop death, nor can we reverse it and so the thing that ties us, and makes us like the non-magic, is that we will all die. If the heart stops beating then the brain dies and so does the body. Many a time I had to watch as children died and I wished with all my heart that I could have died with them but I also knew that I had to fight for them and their rights as living beings to make it right for the future and so that is what I vowed to do. One day I knew that I would be a part of something great. I would stand up with my fellow magical beings and prove that we could live and be productive but at that time it was hard to be optimistic about anything. There was a lot of hate against the non-magical community that had done this too us.
With the wide spread hunt and mass murder of many of the young and uneducated witches and wizards there came a need for a safe place. Small settlement were set up all across the British Isles and the elders and most advanced witches and wizards began to cast protective spells to keep the magic from being seen. It was in one of these places that I took refuge and with my advanced abilities I became one of the few that were able to protect and teach the few young that had survives. It was in this time that I realized what would really make a difference was education and I vowed to live out the rest of my days as a teacher of witchcraft and wizardry. Little did I know that, that dedication to children would become my life and my passion; that I would become one of the most well known Witches in history and that children for years to come would honor me by take my name as there own.