Entry 004 - Liam’s Journal

Written By Liam Russo

Entry 004

Just wrapped up MTG night. Adam is still sulking because Tommy dropped a Blightsteel on him for the third time and I countered literally everything he tried to do. Mrs. T brought down espresso at 1 a.m. like it was Christmas morning. 


Life is stupidly good right now.

But every time the room gets quiet I feel it humming under my ribs: two months until I’m gone.

Jordan sent me a 3 a.m. voice note (Toronto time) absolutely vibrating because he’s now convinced our very first shapeshifting lesson will be something lame like a goldfish or a snail.

He spent twenty minutes ranking every animal he refuses to become and swore that if they start with “anything without legs” he’s faking a glucose crash and hiding in the infirmary.

I couldn’t stop laughing.

Then I couldn’t fall back asleep because… yeah, what if he’s right?

I keep staring at the black hearthcard on my desk. It’s just matte plastic right now, but I swear it feels warm.

I’m living the best summer of my life and counting the days until I leave it behind.

Weirdest feeling in the world.

—Liam

Liam Russo

I’m Liam Russo.

A few weeks ago I was just another pre-med student who thought magic belonged in stories.

Then a professor found me, and everything I thought I knew turned out to be the smallest piece of a much larger world.

I never expected to be chosen for Dawnspire Academy.

I’m still not sure I deserve it, but I’m grateful, every single day, for the chance to learn what real healing can look like when it’s woven from both science and wonder.

These pages are my attempt to keep up with everything I’m seeing, feeling, and discovering.

If you’re here, you’re part of the journey now.

Thank you for walking it with me.

— Liam

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