They say you could hear the crack around the world the night the veil cracked.

As costumed children raced house to house shouting their trick or treats, and parents watched on indulgently wondering how many candies they should allow to be eaten and whether it was acceptable to just sit the kids in front of the TV later. When even the silent recluse at the end of the crowded street pulled back their curtains to look for the lightening that could be the only reasonable explanation for such a sound.

In China scientists gathered around blinking screens and started at equipment that surely must have missed the seismic activity. In Africa an old man looked to the sky and prayed to some invisible God for salvation from the evil he sensed. All round the world they spoke of the snap that shook people from sleep and set dogs barking.

The globe over witches and warlocks alike heard the sound, felt the shift and knew the time had come once more for the light to face the black and the scales to be balanced once more.