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From infancy, children of the Earth are taught to fear those infused with the Spark. The Spark, thought to originate from the Realm, came to Earth in the earliest years of recorded history. Those touched by the Spark became, as many said, “infected with an incurable disease.”
What parents kept from their children was exactly what this “disease” was. What happened when you held the Spark.
Magic. You held Magic, and it held you.
Traditionalists dominated the Earth, keeping generation after generation terrified of the abilities of Spark-carriers. Among those of the Earth (the Earthens), those of the Spark were called Diseased, Corrupted. Carriers, if you were in polite company.
Among friends of Magic, they were the Magical.
Among those with the Spark, they were the Enchanted, the Elementalists, the Spark-carriers.
Yuuri Katsuki was no different than his friends in that his parents were of the Earth. His school omitted any mention of Magic from their history lessons. No lessons were given on Magical science. Earthen children and Magical children were kept separate at all times.
However, as Yuuri grew older and began to notice Earthen prejudices, his parents took an unconventional, by Earthen standards, approach to the matter.
“Yuuri,” his mother said. “Most of your friends are going to speak badly about the Magical. Most of your teachers, too, and so will most of the strangers you meet.”
“So we understand if you have to do that as well,” said his father. “To keep out of trouble.”
And both of his parents told him the same thing: “There’s no reason to hate those with the Spark. They are no different than us. They're human, too.”
Tender-aged Yuuri accepted their words. He disliked the hatred inherent in the world around him, and was happy his parents, at least, affirmed his thoughts. Despite those thoughts, Yuuri always kept quiet in general… sometimes it wasn't easy, but he held in his true thoughts at school.
However, the time came when Yuuri couldn’t keep quiet any longer.
In the September of the sophomore year of his high school education, Yuuri was involved in what would be called for years later “the freak accident,” labeling the Katsukis as Diseased and alienating them from the Earthen community forever.