The Witch Doesn't Want to Accept It

At midnight, the city lay silent beneath the darkness, eerily still, as if time itself had stopped.

"Boom!" An explosion lit up the entire city. Billowing smoke shrouded the brilliant stars as shattered steel and concrete burst apart. Towering buildings collapsed one after another like dominoes. Faintly, it seemed a girl's furious roar could be heard…

By morning, street vendors were once again hawking breakfast, and busy commuters hurried to squeeze onto the subway, as if nothing had ever happened.