Wizard City, the all to exclusive haven for wizards. Items and spells that hold the potential of freakish power, or just another thing to put in the trash. With that being said, many wizards will gladly take the chance to deceive a fellow acquaintance. Once Magic Man caught wind of these exploits, he felt it was only natural for him to get involved. After all, it was moments like these that Magic Man lived for.
Transformation spells were still Magic Man's favorite source of entertainment. When he first arrived to the city he would perform small changes in a persons appearance, like giving a person some worm hair. However, it wasn't long before Magic Man grew restless and moved on to more elaborate schemes. Insomnia potions, spells that turn the user into feet and other wacky things. None of these things could compare to those boomerang arrows he had given a archer, who wanted to make the perfect shot every time.
Just remembering the look of terror on the archers face when Magic Man saw her running towards him, flying arrows right behind her in hot pursuit, made him laugh out in a hysterical fit. She threatened to kill him after she demanded he stop the arrows. Magic Man told her she would have to repay him for his services, which she answered with an defiant no. After an hour of watching her run in a circle to avoid being impaled, and getting a growing crowd to pay him for the 'show', Magic Man had turned the arrows perusing the girl into balloon animals.
The only negative from that whole experience was the public growing more aware of Magic Man's idea of a good time. A proper disguise was all he needed to continue to avoid suspicion. Nonetheless, this didn't stop the public from being even more cautious of the items they bought.
Today was a surprisingly slow day in Wizard City for Magic Man. With a quick glance at the goods he was selling, he noticed with some annoyance that the mirror was still sitting nicely on a shelf close by. No matter how business savvy he tried to be, when it came down to it, closing the deal for it could never be done. At first glance, the mirror was simply elegant with its jewel encrusted gold frame, however, that was only half the story.
An experienced magical being was aware of the resident within the mirror, so they avoided it like the plaque. Naturally, this left a fool hardy scrub wizard for Magic Man to con. In fact there was only one occasion were the mirror had been successfully sold, only to return with a very distressed witch in tow. Apparently she had given the mirror to her sister as a wedding gift. When she took it with her to the honeymoon, that's where the problems started. The beast within the mirror mocked the newly wed relentlessly whenever she walked into its view.
Much to Magic Man's annoyance, the mirror was returned to be a thorn in his side. On frequent occasions did the beast speak up from its prison to harass a customer from its shelf. At first Magic Man didn't mind the antics of the beast in the mirror, but now he just wanted it gone from his life.
"Hey, ugly green Martian, amuse me." A voice ordered.
Frankly, it was much to early to deal with him right now. "Maybe another time."
"Oh I'm sorry, that wasn't a request." The voice that responded just oozed with hostility.
"Well boohoo, cry me a river why don't ya? While you do that make yourself useful by shutting up, you scare customers enough as it is." Magic Man unleashed what felt like a good months supply of pent up anger.
"Am I interrupting something?" Great, a customer snuck in unoticed while Magic Man let loose.
While Magic Man did his best to recompose himself, the beast threw some salt in the already bleeding wound. "Forgive us, Magic Fart here has been going a bit poo brain lately."
"Don't mind him, he gets cranky when I take his pacifier away." Magic Man shot back.
"I just want something that'll get me some princess action." The creepy old wizard gave Magic Man a knowing wink, which only sent a shiver down his spine.
"You old fart, a princess would have to be pretty desperate to go out with you." The beast mocked. Magic Man had to agree with him on this, the customer could be mistaken for a grand-father.
"Oh please, age is just a number." It sounded like the customer was trying to lie to himself rather then the others in the room and Magic Man felt some pity for him.
"Just a number you say? Good thing you don't count all the wrinkles on your body then." A suffocating silence filled the room after the vicious remark the beast had made.
"Just give me a love potion or something and I'll be on my way." The old wizard looked like he was using all his will power to stop himself from crying. No wonder that mirror could never find a home.
"Old man, or whatever your name is, a love potion is a short term solution to your desire for love. You've been going at this the wrong way for a long time." The beast advised with as much kindness as he could muster, perhaps to make up for his rude comment from earlier.
"It's Ice King. Anyway, what do you suggest then?" Ice King looked around the room expectantly for a answer.
"You ever tried forcing a princess to love you?" Magic Man wondered out loud.
"I've kidnapped princesses so many times that I lost track." Ice King replied with a hint of pride in his voice.
"Again, you're going at this the wrong way. What is the best controlling tool in existence?" Magic Man knew the beast was a harsh being, but this was a bit of an eye opener for him.
"A hypnotic ring?" Ice King guessed, a unsure pout crossing his face now.
"No." The beast replied calmly.
"Power?" Magic Man decided to throw in his two cents in now.
"I don't have time for 21 Questions!" The beast yelled out in frustration.
"Just tell us then!" Magic Man and Ice King replied in unison.
"Fear. That is all you need, my friend, to help you." The beast answered.
"Fear? What good will that do me if Finn and Jake get involved?" Magic Man's interest in Ice King just skyrocketed now. Go figure, they share the same nemesis.
"Even the strongest of warriors will bend to your will if you can find there weakness and use it against them! Once that happens, everyone else falls into line." Ice King looked positively giddy with all these promises of conquest from the beast.
"Just to go over things, will your plan eventually lead to princess action for me?" Ice King sounded skeptical, but his face said otherwise.
"If things go my way, you could be the ruler of Ooo itself." A sudden shadow jumped from the mirror and landed in front of Ice King. A little boy took form and held out his hand. "Do we have a deal?"
Magic Man took notice of the boy the beast took the form of. This was the same little boy who stole the mirror from him not long ago. Thing was, the mirror reappeared in its usual resting spot on the shelf near Magic Man's counter the next day. No note of apology or anything of that sort. The boy was never to be seen again, but Magic Man can never manage to shake the feeling that a little boys scream would erupt from the mirror ever now and then...
When Ice King shook the child's hand, Magic Man placed his own hands over theirs. The child shot Magic Man a look if pure spite, which he paid no mind to."With so many plans of revenge floating around, why wouldn't I want to pay a visit to my dear pals Finn and Jake?"
This explanation seemed sufficient enough to satisfy Ice King, but not the boy. Magic Man couldn't blame the beast much for being cautious around him. Besides, it was clear that the beast had a bigger plan set up and Magic Man was not only curious, but worried, to see it unfold.
A.N
Hope you enjoyed this and maybe, just maybe, if people are even remotely interested in this story, I'll continue. Again, thank you for your time.