Since the burning time magic has lived hidden away from the average person's eyes, secret yet peaceful. Witches and Wizards carved out their existence, either blending in with their non-magical surroundings or making their own settlements out of the way of any prying eye. People were happy and thriving; life was good.

So good that perhaps people were growing slack.

Now there had been instances of magic seen by non-gifted people before but never something of such magnitude that it couldn't be covered up or magically forgotten. This isn't uncommon at all to be honest.

What is uncommon is to be caught vanquishing a human at an internationally televised event.

***

Anthony Hagen was a Secret Service agent recently asked to retire after an incident involving what he thought was going to be an assassination attempt of the British Prime Minister as he visited America. You see, Anthony not only was a wizard but he was a seer as well and had used his gift with great outcomes in his job. This time did not work out for him however. There was going to be an assassination attempt but he was wrong about when.

Anthony's mistake resulted in international embarassment, him being sacked, and a very angry partner who took a dive down the stairs to help Anthony catch the waiter mistaken for an assassian.

Anthony might not be in the service any more but he knew that that assassian was still out there. He knew what he had saw and he would take action.

The next week the Prime Minister and more than a dozen other foreign dignitaries were gathered in the same building that Anthony had made his mistake in. They had moved to that venue from the rain outside; this simply had to be what Anthony had seen now. Using his magic and training Anthony gained entrance and remembering his visions sought out the to-be assassian moments before the suicide bomber was about to go off.

Anthony knew only one way to get rid of the assassian and the explosives in time and he did it. He wasn't counting on the press flooding out of the door as the President strolled out in apparent anger over the talks. Anthony had just vanquished a man on live television without any proof that it was a criminal he had just taken out.

***

This all has taken place three months before. Anthony Hagen has been put to death and panic has taken over the world's good sense. People are suspicious of everyone around them and witchcraft accusations have started to fly and become a world obsession. People, magical and non-magical alike find themselves accused of things that are flimsy fabrications.

The magical world scramble to keep themselves hidden and to save those accused. Most do anyway. There are some in the community that believe it is their time to step out from the shadows. They are those with power, why should it have to remain hidden? If there is going to be a battle they will not only fight for their existence but fight for their open existence or maybe even domination.

But everyone must face the oncoming trials and suffer the consequences.