Dark Foreboding II
Witch of Dishonour: Friend
„Iduna Ingrun Yolanda! We have a guest, come in for a moment" Mother calls me. I stop watching the river and go into the house. „Hello, Iduna" I hear Lisa greet friendly. /I don't understand my parents... Inviting people is dangerous/ I greet Lisa back and ask her to sit down. „Thank you, but I only wanted to ask if I could have some of the herbs from your garden. They don't grow elsewhere after all" Lisa looks at me.
„I'm sure you can have some. You are this villages doctor and keep us healthy... if we can help you we would be honoured" I bow a little. „Thank you, Iduna. But there is no need to bow. Every person is the same. I have my duties as a doctor and you yours as backer. We both keep the people alive, with medicine and food respectivly" Lisa explains with a peaceful expression. I help her search for the right herbs and see her off.
/I wish I could be a little more like Lisa... Everyone loves her and she can openly talk to every person. If only I had someone to talk to, someone I could tell my deepest secrets and they me theirs. Someone I could trust with my live... but such is impossible. I must never tell anyone. That or I and my family face Death/ I sigh sadly and go back to the river. /How free they are. They can swim to whereever they want and nothing stops them. Between fish, there surely are no secrets they must keep/ I stare into the flowing water, not noticing night fall until my father comes up to me and brings me home.
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„Here" I give my costumer the loaf of bread and take the payment. „Thank you, please come again" I shout after him. That was the last costumer and so I close the shop. I return home to be greeted by emptyness, I sigh „And tomorrow will be another lonly birthday... Why are mother and father always away when I get older?" I go upstaired and fall onto my bed. My elbow- long, black hair sprawls across the bed. I curl up and sleep.
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Knock! Knock! I hear someone knocking on the door Knock! Knock! Knock!
It doesn't stop and I walk to the door and open it. „Good Day, Iduna!" I'm greeted by Lisas smile „Happy 16th Birthday!" she exclaims and I look at her shocked. Lisa seems to regognize this and simles warmly „I heard your parents talk about it three days ago. Here" she holds out some salve „It is not much but all I could prepare on such a short notice. It helps when have open wounds." I stare at her disbelieving „Tha- thank you, Lisa!" I hug her and start crying, nobody ever gave me a present before. I stop aprubtly, remove myself from her and rub my eyes „I'm sorry! Please come in" I invite her. Lisa walks in and I close the door.
/To talk with Lisa is really nice/ I note, we have met more often since my birthday /I think we could even be friends. I may not be able to tell her my secret but that is fine, as long as I can be her friend../ I close the shop for today and head to Lisas house. I knock and her father opens me the door „Iduna! How good to see you again! Please come in, Lisa is in her room" he lets me in. „Thank you" I bow and go to Lisas room. I knock and enter. „Hello, Iduna. How fares you?" She questions. „Good. May I assume the same for you?" I ask back. She laughs „Yes, you may. Even if I were not at best health, I would know how to take care of myself. I'm a doctor after all".
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A year passes and I am 17 years old now. I currently help Lisa pick some herbs in my garden, we engage into a conversation from time to time, not seeing the wolf that sneaks up to us. I only notice it as it jumps to attack. Out of panik, I forget Lisa beside me and bind the wolf with a spell, I release the wolf when I see that it gives up. I sigh in relief as I see Lisa staring at me from the corner of my eye. Panik grips me again, I try to think of something.
„What was that light? Iduna, you... are you a... witch?" Lisa wonders uncertain. My chest tightens and I forget to breathe, Lisa sees this and grabs me by the shoulders, shaking me back to realtity. I start crying „Lisa... I- I... That was... It is true I AM a witch... Please! Keep this to yourself!" I beg her, but Lisa only hugs me „It's okay, Iduna" She calms me down „I know that you mean no harm to the people. You never attacked anyone, even those you don't like and only bound the wolf instead of killing it.
You have a kind heart and are not evil, no witches are, the belive that they are evil is just one of mankinds faults. I know that you're a person just like me, you only have a few special powers" she reassures me kindly. I hug her back and cry even harder „Thank you Lisa..." I manage to say through my sobbing „Thank you so much...".
