[ WP ] Tell the story of an adventure in a fantasy world has advanced to become an interstellar civilization , using magic , not technology .

`` Drew, if you do n't stop it, you'll be spending the week in detention.'' I snapped, waving a hand in my students direction. The paper airplane that had been spiraling in a circle above his head crumpled, and the current of air he had been weaving dispelled in a sudden gust. The paper ball bounced off his head and the girl behind him giggled as his face flashed red behind his `` History of Man'' textbook. 
 
 `` As I was saying, major advances and discoveries drive civilizations to conquer and flourish. Can anyone name one that changed the world? Annie?'' 
 
 Annie started awake, and voiced a guess. 
 
 `` Uh, Science?'' 
 
 `` Earlier.'' 
 
 `` Weapons?'' 
 
 `` Weapons, there we go!'' I shouted, and the rest of the class stirred. The magical energies in the room sometimes left a quite literal hypnotic effect. 
 
 `` Weapons changed the world as the ancients knew it,'' I continued, `` but before the spear, who could have imagined anything beyond hand to hand contact? How could one comprehend something such as the sword, or the gun? Next came writing- ideas could be shared, advancements recorded, information abound. Who could hold that idea in their mind? To anyone before their time, these ideas seemed ridiculous. Laughable. And what come next, Annie?'' 
 
 `` Uh, Science?'' She guessed again. I felt a small pricking at the back of my head, and knew she was trying to guess my thoughts. Literally. 
 
 `` Correct! Science was but a hobby before it became useful. Most considered it a waste of time and money, or a rich man's game. Then look what it did!'' I flicked my hands, and chalk began dancing across the board, `` Television, airplanes, medical advances, robotics, all these benefits- then near extinction as the Earths resources faltered and technology grew stronger than man himself. And the only thing that saved mankind from technology was something few actually believed existed, and most thought was folley. What was that, Annie?'' 
 
 She did n't need to pick my brain to know the answer of this one. 
 
 `` Magic.'' 
 
 `` Yes, magic. The insignificant, imaginary hobby left only to those society discarded, let man travel through the stars. It was something we could n't sense, could never guess, and could n't grasp. But look at us now.'' 
 
 The bell rang, and the students began trickling out of the class, levitating stacks if books in front of them. As they reached the door, I called out one last thought. 
 
 `` So think to yourselves- What is yet to be discovered? What will be obvious a millennia from now that we are blind to today?'' 
 
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 By Leo
