Hey guys, AoC here, I came up with this some weeks ago; forgive me if it's confusing and if it sucks.

Disclaimer: I don't own The Witch's House/Majo No Ie

Ch. 1-The Girl Who Stares Out the Window

Waking up at 7 in the morning on a week day, how long it took me to get used to it, probably longer than getting used to waking up at 9 on Saturdays, week days are school days, how I get annoyed by it, it's not the school, it's all the girls that are flirting with me, I swear, don't they have anything else to do.

I'm getting off topic, I'm Victor, an orphaned 13 year old who lives with his uncle and cousin, my parents died in a hunting accident 6 years ago. So now I live with my uncle Travis, and my cousin Viola, when I transferred, most people at school thought I was Viola's long lost twin, it's probably because of the gold hair and Emerald green eyes, it's probably because we were born on the same day, I'm older than her by seven minutes, you can say we're twins, but we're not siblings, unless Uncle Travis chooses to adopt me, but even though Viola's my cousin, I do see her as my sister. Anyways, today is Saturday, and I was going to plant lilacs in the forest, why, because someone told me to, well, luckily Uncle Travis approved, he just told me to be careful, because there are vines on the ground that has thorns, I said okay, and I left, with lilac seeds, soil, a canteen with water for me, a gallon of water for the seeds, and a few garden tools, I went in one of my 20 black t-shirts, denim jeans, gardener gloves, running shoes, and a silver bandanna wrapped around my head, and headed out at 3:30.

I timed it; it takes an hour to get there, I found a mansion, it looked nice, but it also looked abandoned.

"Is this the place that I'm supposed to plant them?" I thought.

So I went to the front of the house, dug up six holes in the soft ground, and planted one seed in each hole, put fertilizer, most of the soil back, watered them, and whatnot, and I decided to look up and on the balcony, and I saw a girl on the third story balcony, she had lilac purple hair, I can't really see the eyes, but anyways, she was wearing a red dress over a white long sleeve shirt, with what I'm guessing is a big red bow that was tied to the back of her hair, was barefoot, and she had pale skin, I looked down for a bit, thinking of that harsh memory when my mother got killed by that bear, how pale Mom's skin was, how red her neck and part of her shirt was from the blood that was spilling, it sickened me with sadness, but when I looked up again after the flashback, she was gone, I figured that I was probably imagining, so I continued working, then I was done, I took off my bandanna and used it to wipe my face, I took a drink from my canteen, and I just sat there, I pushed back the gold strands of hair that was poking my forehead, and tied the bandanna back on.

Then I heard someone say, "And may I ask what you're doing?"

I jumped to my feet, "Forgive me; I thought this house was abandoned."

There in front of me was a man, who had lilac purple hair like the girl I was imagining, he had blue eyes, he was wearing a tux with a blue tie, he looked serious, but he also looked pitiful and concerned.

"You look tired, would you like to come inside?" asked the man.

I was surprised, I thought he was going to yell at me or something, but he didn't.

"Sorry, but I'll have to decline, I should be heading home by now, but I'll have to dig up the seeds-"

"You could keep them where they are, under one condition; you come back tomorrow to take care of the seeds, okay."

"Yes Sir." I said.

"Quick question," said the man.

"Yes Sir?" I asked.

"What kind of …flower seeds are they?" asked the man.

"Lilacs, why do you ask?"

"My daughter loves lilacs, so now you really have to take care of those seeds, for my daughter's sake."

I looked up at the third story balcony, could it be that I wasn't imagining, after that I left for home.

When I made it back home, Uncle Travis was sitting at the dinner table with Viola, they were eating leftovers from last night's hunt, it was Viola's first kill, Uncle Travis and I couldn't be more proud of her, I'll bet that, no, I know Viola will be a great hunter one day, my parents were hunters, my uncle's a hunter, I'm a hunter, it's practically a family business, but I'm planning on making antidotes for various poisons, I've been studying poisons, mostly on how they look and smell.

"Hey Vic, just in time for dinner, come sit down and eat," said Uncle Travis.

I sat down and served myself, nothing could be better than venison, I went to get a glass of water, and sat back down, after I finished eating, I went to take a shower, after that I went to bed, that night, I had a nightmare of a 6 year old memory that I still wanted to forget, I should remember, my parents died trying to protect me and Viola, I quietly wept for a few minutes, and then drifted back to sleep, and the dream changed to something that wasn't bad at all, then my curiosity of the man's daughter got the best of me. Was she sick? Is that why she's pale? I'll ask tomorrow.

The next day, I left the same time as last time, I put on another black T-shirt, but I wore black capris, and my only pair of shoes. When I got there, I looked up at the third story balcony, and sure enough, the man's daughter was there again, I waved at her, and surprisingly, she waved back, then I saw her turn to around, and head back inside.

"Strange." I thought, then I shrugged and went to water where I planted them, did all the necessary things there are, and rested a bit, then I got a headache again, and I reached in my pocket to get an aspirin, I popped one in my mouth, and chugged most of the water from my canteen, and started holding my head and rubbing my temples, it feels like someone was squeezing my brain, after a few minutes of suffering, the pain went away, I sighed in relief, and stood up, at least it wasn't as bad as last time, last time was so bad I had a nosebleed. Ever since Mom and Dad died, I've been getting really bad headaches, what's strange is that it happens once a week, it could happen any day of the week, without warning, so by the time I was 12, I keep a pill or two, just in case if I lose the first one.

"Are you all right?" asked a kind female voice.

I looked to see who asked me a question; it was a woman with brown hair, and golden cat eyes, which I found really weird, she was wearing a blue dress, and had a kind expression.

"Yes Lady, I took an aspirin, so I'll be fine."

"Are you the boy my husband saw yesterday planting seeds?"

"Yes, I'm the one who came yesterday."

"I think it's very nice of you to plant them for my daughter."

"What the heck, I planted them there because some weird guy gave them to me and told me to plant them there." I thought.

"You're welcome." I said.

"I'm Eloise, my husband's name Alistair."

"I'm Victor, but my family calls me Vic."

"Nice to meet you Victor," said Eloise.

"Nice to meet you too, Eloise," I said.

"Would you like to come inside, we're making pot roast."

"I'm good."

"Would you like to meet my daughter?"

"Sure I guess." Though I am really confused as to why she asked.

She clamped her hands together and said, "Ok, I'll go bring her down," and went inside.

What I wonder is why she didn't insist for me to come inside? I shrugged; she's probably respecting my word of not coming inside. While I was waiting, I checked the canteen to see if it got dirty, it was clean, which was a relief, while I was checking, I was thinking that Eloise and Alistair were nice, a little too nice.

"I have returned!" said Eloise.

I looked to see Eloise with her daughter, it was the girl I see at the balcony, she was about my age, I can now see that she did have a red bow, she was still barefoot, she has her mother's eyes, and she looked sick, which I still believe explained why she has pale skin.

"Hello," I said in a friendly and gentle tone.

She stared for a few seconds, coughed a bit, and said, "H- hello."

"Ellen, this is Victor, the boy that is planting the lilacs," said Eloise, as if talking to a five year old.

Ellen smiled weakly; it hurts me emotionally to see her like this. Which I'm wondering why; did I fall for her? She coughed harder than before, and collapsed.

"ELLEN!" I shouted.

I picked up the girl, she was lighter than she's supposed to be, and I asked Eloise, where her room is.

"Third story, second door to the left!" said Eloise in a quick tone. (A/N: I know that's not where her room is, but in my fanfic, it is.)

Then I went inside, and start running up two flights of stairs, I held on to the girl, and I kept repeating that she's going to be okay, the moment I got there, I took off my shoe with my other foot, scooted the blanket with my shoeless foot, placed Ellen in her bed, and put the blanket on her.

"You're going to be okay."

I stared at the girl, her face was turning red, so I placed one hand on her forehead, and the other on mine, she's burning hot, I took off my bandanna, went to the bathroom, drowned it in cold water, came back, and placed it on her forehead, hopefully it'll help, she sighed, after that, I grabbed a chair and placed it where I can face her, I drank the last of the water from my canteen, and refilled it in the bathroom. After a few minutes, she finally woke up.

"Are you okay?" I asked the bedridden girl.

She placed a hand where I put the soaked bandanna, sat up, grabbed it and looked to see what it was.

"Sorry, you have a high fever, and I thought it would at least cool down your temperature a little," I said.

She placed the bandanna on my lap, it was slightly moist, much to my surprise, and she started holding her head, I went to the bathroom to wring out whatever water was left over, and when I came back she was still holding her head.

"Headache?" I asked.

She nodded, and I took out the other aspirin I had and took off my canteen strap.

"Here, it'll reduce the pain," I said in an assuring tone.

She stuck out her hands, I placed the pill in one hand, and the canteen in the other, and she placed the pill in her mouth and started drinking.

"It'll take a few minutes, for it to kick in."

After a few minutes, Ellen placed a hand on my hand.

"Thank you," she said in a whisper.

"I'll come back tomorrow, but I'll be late since I have school tomorrow, bye."

"Bye."

And I left for home, and I've learn to realize that I did in fact take an interest in Ellen.

And it's finished, review if you like, or to file a complaint of how much it sucks, I wouldn't care any less. This is AoC, Signing Off!