Magic Dreamers' Wonderland

Magic Dreamers – from Magic Dreamers’ school

Setting: Magic Dreamers’ school in 2013 ~

Characters: Three Students from Magic Dreamers’ High School (MDHS) and Confucius, the Statue on MDHS campus.

Joe, a boy who is eager for a romantic love likes to selfie on his smartphone listening to music all the time.

Church, a boy who is indecisive and insecure always takes an English pocket book with him.

Jasmine, a girl who is outgoing and boyish likes to fancy and does everything by intuition.

Confucius, the Magic Statue standing inside the inner gate, likes to help dreamers.

Joe, Church, and Jasmine are studying in class 520, Magic Dreamers’ school.  They have become good friends after working together on a geography report.  During the ten-minute breaks, they always get together.  Sometimes they chat in the classroom or on the hallway; sometimes they walk around the campus, go to the tuck shop, or even to the toilet.

One day, after English class, Jasmine shouted loudly at Joe and Church, “Let’s go!”  “Where?” Joe asked without moving his eyes away from his phone.  “Let’s walk around, shooting the breeze, since there are no more quizzes today.”  “O. K. Let’s go, Church.”  Church took his English pocket book, walking behind them.

They passed through the inner gate to walk around the sports field.  While walking, Jasmine looked up at the sky, fancying that she was walking in the sky.  “Wow, look at that cloud, looking like a castle.  How I wish I could live in a castle as a princess does!”  Both Joe and Church raised their heads, looking up and wondering where the castle is!  “Did you watch too many cartoons, or too many Korean TV programs?” Church replied to her while Joe was shaking his head.  “It’s so cold.  I’m a little hungry.  “I would like to buy some snacks in the tuck shop,” Joe said.  Jasmine said she would like to take a longer walk.  Church hesitated whether he should go with Joe or Jasmine.  Jasmine said, “You two go first.  I’m coming soon.”

After a while, Jasmine walked through the inner gate, going toward the classroom.  Suddenly, she felt like there was somebody behind, gazing at her.  She turned back quickly.  But there was none.  “Am I dizzy today? I don’t have any fever today,” she said, feeling her forehead by her right hand.  She walked on.  However, she still felt somebody monitoring her from behind.  “What’s wrong with me today?  It is almost time for Chinese Class.  I have to hurry up.”   She couldn't wait to tell her friends such feelings but she had to wait until the Chinese Class ended.

Finally the bell rang.  She ran to Joe and Church to tell what had happened to her.  At first, they didn’t think there was anybody that got interested in her.  “Don’t worry.  Our school is safe.  We will protect you.”   Jasmine was still wondering why she got that feeling, so she decided to walk again on the same path they walked during last break time.  Church and Joe had no choice but to go with her.  Once again, as soon as they went through the inner gate, going toward the classroom, Jasmine got that feeling again.  All of them turned around, but nobody looked at her.  They walked on again.  After a moment, Jasmine felt piercing eyes gazing at her back again.  However, Joe and Church felt nothing at all.  “Maybe you are too tired.  You stayed up so late last night.” the boys said.  “But I stayed up almost every day from Monday to Friday.  I didn't have such a feeling before,” Jasmine answered.  While they were talking, Jasmine faced the statue Confucius.   All of a sudden, she motioned the two boys to turn back.  There was a sparkle the Confucius’s eyes.  “Let’s go take a look at it.” When they got closer to it, the sparkle in the eyes disappeared.  All of them rubbed their eyes.  The Confucius was still the same –standing straight, looking forward, making a bow with clasped hands held at breast level, with a sword clasped by his waist band.  “Illusions!” Church said.  “No,” Jasmine said, “I want to see what on earth happened to the statue.”  “Let’s walk around the statue to explore it.”  “萬世師表” “學不厭” “教不倦”, these words inscribed respectively on the front, right, and left sides of the base are still the same.  The dormitory behind Confucius Statue has nothing different.”      Church repeated the words again, and  Joe did so, too.