RING!
RING!
RING!
Jerry Washington woke up with a start, startled by the sudden ring of the alarm clock. It was 6:34, and it was the start of his routine. Getting out of bed, he saw that the sun was just coming up over the horizon. Yawning as he was walking over to the door, he went to brush his teeth.
As you can see, Jerry wasn't one to deviate from his routine, and it showed in his schedule. First, he would brush his teeth, then he would eat breakfast. During the noon hours, he would go outside and take a walk through the city of Sheltered Shrubs, then he would go into the pharmacy store and buy whatever he needed. Then, during the afternoon, he would visit his mother. And through the evening and the night, he would either eat whatever he bought, or eat what was already in the fridge. And finally, he would go to bed.
So Jerry brushed his teeth, and then ate a bowl of Kapnek Crunch, and he then went outside.
As Jerry walked through the city, he said "Hi" to many people he met on the way, but just as he reached the pharmacy store, someone approached him.
Upon closer examination, he saw that that someone was a woman, and she held a purse in her arms.
"Who are you?" Jerry asked, confused by what just happened.
"Hello, young man," the woman said, articulating her words carefully. "would you be interested in a look into your future?"
Jerry stood and sighed. "Not another one of those fortune-tellers", Jerry thought as he rolled his eyes. People like her always had something to pester him about, and frankly, he was getting sick of it.
"No thanks, I'm good", Jerry said.
But the woman pushed further on to him.
"C'mon, try it!" the woman pestered, "Don't you want to see your future?"
"No!" Jerry yelled. Because of this, many people's eyes and bodies turned to face him.
"If you don't try it", the woman said, obviously looking irritated. "your family will be cursed tenfold!"
Jerry really didn't want to believe this woman, but he felt like he had no choice.
"Fine." said Jerry. The woman gave an excited smile as soon as he said it. "But make it quick, I have to visit my mother soon, and you already wasted time that could be well-spent on buying something at the pharmacy." said Jerry.
"Don't worry, I'll be quick", said the lady.
She then reached into her purse and pulled out a crystal ball. Jerry then watched as she rubbed a hand around the ball. However, Jerry noticed a blue glow that the ball was emitting.
"Hey, what's that glow?" Jerry asked, growing worried.
Before he could ask more out of the woman, she then crackled.
"Hehehehehehe!" the woman laughed. "You fool! You've been tricked..."
The woman's entire appearance then changed. She now looked like a traditional witch, with the hat and everything, and her purse turned into a sack with some glowing balls inside.
".....by a witch!"
Shocked at this development, Jerry tried to run away, but before long, the ball's glow reached out and engulfed Jerry, and eventually, in a blast of light, he vanished.