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If anyone were to ask how seven witches had managed to come together under the same entertainment company and land in the same girl group, they would be foolish to expect a simple answer. Magical beings rarely encounter any of their kind during their lifetime, let alone multiple people who share the same gift, bear the same burden. The seven members of Dreamcatcher knew that none of them had cast a spell or charm to make this happen, so they could only settle on a more omnipotent magic drawing them to one another. They settled on the magic of fate as their way of explaining what brought them to each other.
From the moment they are born, witches are bestowed their powers. No one is sure how these powers develop or what causes certain people to be chosen for this life as opposed to others. There is no gene attributed to witchery and it seems to crop up randomly across all borders, regardless of family history or background. It is estimated that there are less than one hundred witches currently living in the world. Anyone that falls under the label of “witch” has magic flowing through her veins and is able to conduct and distort this magic as she learns how it interacts with her body. Magic ages with its vessel in the sense that witches become better at controlling their magic as their fine motor skills develop and they are able to control an increasing amount of magic as they grow older. This is fortuitous because many more witches would certainly have been given over to orphanages or left for dead if their caregivers had been frightened of them right from their birth. They had time to earn the trust of their loved ones before these same loved ones began to fear them and treat them with a lukewarm tolerance. Having a witch in the family was devastating for all involved.
Due to the limited amount of potential mentors, witches are usually left fending for themselves in the world. Once they become aware of their powers, they must teach themselves how to keep them under control in order to not be labeled a freak and ostracized from society. Those with powers will slowly see their loved ones interact with them more as they become better at repressing their magic. Until then, they are usually approached with caution or outright ignored. It is a lonely existence, having to learn to hide aspects of one’s self in order to earn shallow approval from people who would never be able to understand you. This is why Dreamcatcher was so lucky to have found each other. They developed a special bond that was sealed by the magic of fate that brought them together.
Jiu, Sua, Yoohyeon, Siyeon, and Dami were the first to meet as trainees, all of them having individual reasons drawing them to Happyface entertainment. The lure of stardom (or the magic of fate) had brought them all to the same company for the same purpose. As a result of having been taught never to reveal their powers, none of them were aware that the rest were in the same situation until one fateful day. Spending that much time together meant someone was bound to slip up and be caught using magic, whether by choice or on accident. None of them turned out to be shocked or appalled by the discovery of a witch in their midst and were quickly able to confide in each other about their powers which brought them closer than ever. The loneliness each girl had endured for so much of her life, the horrid feeling that no one in the world could possibly ever understand her, had come to an end.
Understandably, the five witches were apprehensive when it was announced that two other trainees would be joining them. Handong and Gahyeon were quite shy when they first arrived. Not only did they feel as if they were intruding on an already established dynamic, they too were witches but had not been revealed yet. They were still leading the solitude of having to hide who they were from prying eyes. It did not take long, however, for young Gahyeon to accidentally reveal her powers, a common occurrence in young witches. To ordinary folk, she probably could have played off her mistake, but witches knew how to spot their kind. Gahyeon was met with an outpour of support from the quintet and Handong was relieved to be able to confess that she too was one of their kind.
If five witches gathered in one place was unbelievable, seven all under the same roof was a downright miracle. The girls could only explain their bond as being woven into fate and thus they vowed to stick together as sisters. They promised to keep their magic a special secret that linked them beyond the shallow perspectives of society. They agreed to focus on lifting Dreamcatcher to new heights so that they may soar above the loneliness, exile, and self hatred they had once faced. They wanted to continue moving forward and chasing their dreams.
This is the story of the seven teenage witches of Dreamcatcher. Read about the magical adventures and mishaps that come with being young witch in a demanding idol lifestyle. Watch these girls cast a spell on your heart as you hear of their love for one another and the shared dream they are chasing together.