Witches Returning;
Your reasons you turned your back on magic are entirely your own, you do not owe others that information, however you do owe it (and an apology) to the wind, the trees, the water, the fire, the birds, the rocks, the spirits, and the bees, to those you've shut out and want to be friends with again you must make things right, ask forgiveness, explain your misgivings, earn back the trust, and show going forth that you can be a loyal friend.
Imagine magic as a childhood playmate; did you drift apart? did you stop talking to them with no explanation, did you deny knowing them? what would it take to make this right and restore the friendship if someone had done this to you? would you accept them back if they were just trying to use you instead of truly wanting to know and be friends with you? Would you want a friend who denies your friendship to others in order to fit in with them, or a friend that stands up for you and makes it known (when it is not an active threat to safety of course) that they are proud to love you? Would you trust someone who was once a friend who hurt you and shut you out and maybe even made fun of you or made fun of themselves for once liking you and then expects forgiveness instantaneously or would you trust a former friend who keeps trying and accepts that trust will be rebuilt on your terms not theirs?
It's not too late to become friends again, but it will take work, magic needs to know you're not just interested when you want something. Magic is a conscious force, forgiveness is possible if you truly want it to restore your relationship with it, but rebuilding and proving yourself worthy of another chance, even when at first you can't see much to show for it, that part is up to you.
