Chapter Eight: The Witch
“Well hello there,” she said very nicely and kindly to all of them, “Who are you?”
“Well I’m Twilight Sparkle and this is Axel,” she said very politely now.
“Yes, I know, the boy I cursed to be a dragon, and I’m very sorry about that but I do like to experiment,” she
said smiling, “But please do come on in.”
And with that said Twilight looked at Axel very oddly and weirdly and then entered the house and she sat
down on a chair while Axel started to growl.
“Now then, I know that you must be very upset and angry at me,” she said, “But you must not hold a grudge, and also don’t worry, I can undo the curse, but it will require certain ingredients that I am just too old to get now.”
“What kind of ingredients?” Twilight Sparkle said wishing she had a list now.
“Eye of newt, tongue of a fish, the fire flower and heart’s desire too,” she said.
“Is that all or is there anymore?” Twilight said surprised at the short list.
“That’s all, or so I think, I can’t quite remember everything these days darling.”
“You look and seem very familiar,” Twilight said, “But I don’t know why…”
“Well I certainly don’t know you since you come from an alternate universe, but you could know me from
your world I guess,” she said smiling very lightly as she handed Twilight a cup of tea, “Here, have something
hot on me darling.”
And with that said Twilight pretended to sip the tea and then sat it down.
“You seem much nicer and kinder than I thought you would be,” she said.
“Not all witches are as cliché as the books and stories want you to believe, we don’t all have warts and cats as myth and legend say, we just can all perform magic and that’s about it, there’s nothing unusual or strange about us at all.”
“Well that is unusual if you think about it since you’re thought of to be strange and therefore being weird is normal and not being that way is different.”
“Well you have a fair use of logic there honey, but I would like to point out one more thing before you go, even if you did get the ingredients I don’t know if I can do magic anymore since it’s getting very weak and I’m very old, I mean I can always try darling, but it just might be too much for me, perhaps maybe a young wizard or witch could do something this, but not me, not anymore at least, but I do wish you the best of luck anyways, but don’t worry, I did put in a very easy way to break the spell just as every good witch and wizard does.”
“Well then, what’s the way to break his curse?” she said very curiously now.
“Well he has to either marry royally, find an act of true love, or perform a very brave act of great sacrifice,
but of course I know what you’re thinking, these aren’t easy, but for a witch or wizard they would be, but not for you I guess.”
“Well that’s just great,” Twilight said, “How is he going to a brave act?”
“Well from what I can tell from his mind he has already saved you once, but it wasn’t quite enough since you could have also easily defeated him with your friends, no, the act needs to be much stronger, something that really truly puts his bravery and life on the line, to the point where he is close to the edge of death, or actually on it depending upon the event, and I wish there was another way, but there isn’t, or at least none that I know of. But perhaps maybe a friend in another world can help you. Probably not Celestia or Luna, but maybe someone else, perhaps maybe a very great wizard instead.”
Twilight started to understand, “Surely you do not mean him?”
“I do, and no matter what he always seems to be a wizard on any world, and I know for a fact that he is one here, the only problem is that I don’t know where he is exactly, but then again no witch or wizard does, but there are always rumors of him, you can try to look for him, but soon enough he’ll know that you’re both here and he’ll be the one that comes looking for you eventually, he always does, I mean he did it for me and every other witch and wizard.”
“Wait,” Twilight said, “You actually met him here on this world?”
“Well of course, we talked, had a nice lunch, and then he left.”
“But did he teach you anything important at all?” she said.
“Well of course, he gave me the words I needed to hear, but I can’t tell you them since they were only for
me as his words and acts will be for you.”
“Well thank you very much for the talk,” Twilight said standing up and pushing her chair in, “But we must leave now if we are to find him, thanks a lot.”
“You’re welcome my dear, and should you ever need me just say my name which is Rosaline and then I’ll try to be there very soon for you both.”
And with that said she smiled as she waved them goodbye and they left.
“Oh those poor unfortunate souls,” she said, “They have no idea of their fate.”
And with that said Twilight and Axel went far away from the witch’s cottage.
“Well that was completely pointless,” Axel said, “And it just proves the point that there is no possible
reasonable way to ever undo the curse that I have.”
“Don’t think like that, we will find a way to undo it even if it kills us.”
“Hey, that just might be what it takes to undo it then, death,” he said.
“Hey, don’t worry, curses are just temporary, but love and joy are forever.”
“Oh great, another piece of wisdom,” he said prowling around her now.
“Yes, and don’t try to mock me, I know all your silly little games.”
“And yet I do not try to mock you, I only try to stay away now.”
“I know, and that’s exactly why I am worried for you Axel.”
And with that said she leaned in and hugged him very tightly.
“Hugging isn’t exactly a Viking or warrior thing,” he said trying to escape in vain. “I know,” she said, “But it is always what we ponies try to do exactly.”
And with that said they went on trying to explore this world and others.
But they could never find him, but what they did find was even greater, much more so, for eventually they did finally figure a way out for him to be human now, but as the witch said, it would require the greatest sacrifice indeed.