Magic Story Abridged: Fire Logic

(Episode 1; Kaladesh Episode 0: Full story HERE)





Art by Chase Stone







GHIRAPUR, KALADESH

Kiran Nalaar: Chandra, I know you’re a failure at painting (because you keep punching the canvas,) and at inventing (because you keep punching the inventions,) and school (because you keep punching the students, teachers, textbooks, and desks,) but I’ve got a new job for you that I’m sure you’ll be great at: smuggling HIGHLY DANGEROUS EXPLOSIVE CONTRABAND to Grandmother’s house!

(Chandra, age 11, takes the HIGHLY DANGEROUS EXPLOSIVE CONTRABAND and runs through the street. She runs directly into the cops, including Captain Baral)

Baral: This is a restricted area. What are you doing?

Chandra: Gotta get to school before first bell!

Baral: That was three hours ago. I’m going to need to inspect your bag. May I have it?

Chandra: SUREYOUCAN! (Chandra delivers a fiery uppercut) OH MY GOD I’M ON FIRE! WHY AM I ON FIRE?!

Baral: I can fix it!

Chandra: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

(Chandra runs. Baral, other cops, and robots chase)

Art by Magali Villeneuve



Grandmother: Hide in here! In the droid factory!

(Chandra runs into the factory. It is full of robots. This isn’t much better.)

Chandra: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

(Chandra sets fire to robots. There are more robots)

Chandra: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAwait, I have HIGHLY DANGEROUS EXPLOSIVE CONTRABAND. I know what to do!

(Everything explodes. Millions of Kaladollars in property damages occur. Neighboring buildings are bathed in shrapnel. The explosion is visible from space. Nobody dies because Chandra is a Hero.)

(Chandra goes home)

Chandra: Mom, dad, I can punch people with fire now! Also, I exploded a factory. Am I a monster?

Pia Nalaar: No, you’re a mutant. You have a gift that makes you special and will cause the world to hate and fear you and we should leave and never come back.

(Chandra, Pia, and Kiran leave and never come back)

POLICE HEADQUARTERS

Police Chief: Baral, it’s been three months, and you’ve spent eleventy billion dollars chasing a small child. She’s in the wind now. I’m taking you off the case.

Nameless Soldier: Baral, we’ve just got new sightings of Chandra!

Baral: Great, let’s go!

Police Chief: What did I just say?

Baral: I’m sorry, I can’t hear you, I’m too busy expending resources to kill a child!

SMALL TOWN IN MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, NOT LONG AFTER

Baral, with an army: Hey, Chandra! Remember me?!

Chandra: How did you find me?

Baral: The people of this town gave you up, on account of the people you murdered.

Chandra: What people I murdered?!?

(Baral kills three people, sets things on fire)

Baral: Those people.

Kiran: Halt, villain! If you want to get to my daughter, you’ll have to go through-

(Baral kills Kiran, captures Chandra)

GHIRAPUR, AGAIN





Art by Lius Lasahido



Baral: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! Who wants to see me murder a small child?

Crowd: Uhhhh….

Baral: TOO LATE, DOING IT!

Chandra: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Grandmother: USE THE FORCE!

Chandra: AAAAAAAAAAA What?

Grandmother: PUNCH HIM!

Chandra: SUPER MEGA ULTRA FIRE PUNCH!

(Chandra vanishes in an explosion. Baral gets badly burned.)

Baral: Uhhhh… I meant to do that?





Art by Eric Deschamps



REGATHA, WHEREVER THE HELL THAT IS



(Chandra appears at a building. Outside is an old man)

Chandra: Where am I? Who are you? I’m going to punch you.

Monk: Hello. My name is Charles Xavier. Welcome to my school for gifted youngsters.