12/04/13

This story was originally known as: "The Magic in the Wind".

She was running for her life, and not ever had she felt so useless. Had she been told earlier the events of today, she would have laughed at the idea, burned it to ashes and let it blow out the windows. But now, it was happening, and she was running for dear life. Where could she go? The entire town was against her, maybe to that boy Kasey's farm? No, he would be useless, that is, if he wasn't also part of the mob hunting her down. She didn't have the ability to teleport, nor could she fly away. At a time like this, she felt like such a terrible witch, without some of the most basic abilities. Where could she go?

She was tiring out; she'd have to hide somewhere. The mob's sounds were distant, and she hoped that they'd just give up the search. But of course, she couldn't let her guard down, leaning against a tree. She tried to catch her breath, holding the wound on her shoulder, where she had been hit by one of the many things thrown at her, and unfortunately for her, the knife landed the hit. She couldn't turn invisible either; she'd need a potion for that. Ugh, I'm a witch princess! Why do all my abilities rely on potions and luck? She sighed and started to turn around, when a silver bullet went straight through her stomach, another through her chest and she coughed up blood. She was immortal, but definitely not invincible. Sure, a human would probably have died from that, but she wasn't doing too much better. She held her stomach in pain, and ran opposite of the direction of the bullet, hearing the man who shot her call: "I shot her! We can follow her blood trail!"

She ran, holding onto the bullet wound in her stomach. She looked up, seeing that she was headed towards Harmonica Town. Wizard! She suddenly remembered of the wizard, disguised as a fortune-teller to the public. Why couldn't she disguise herself as magician? Oh, right, your magic sucks… She ran to the wizard's home, hoping Wizard would let her in. She pulled on the door, it was locked.

"Wizard, open up, please! Please help me!" She screamed, sensing that the Wizard was inside.
The angry mob was getting a bit close for comfort, and she desperately knocked on the door. Then, the door finally opened, with the Wizard, standing there reading, and half-heartedly questioned her.

"Why has there been so much noise to..." the Wizard stopped talking as he looked up, and quickly pulled her inside the house.
He quickly locked the door, and created an energy field around the building.
"It hurts…" Witch said, hardly holding on from fainting.
"It's OK, just… don't move." He said, as he read a spell from a book and Witch slowly stared to heal, though the process was just as painful as getting shot in the first place. A loud knock on the door sounded.
"Fortune-teller, let us in! That girl is a witch! Don't go close to her! She'll turn you into a frog! We must kill her, dig out her heart, and burn the body in any order!" Various voices outside yelled as they tried to knock down the door.
"Vivi, What have you done out there?" the Wizard ask, completely out of character to his usual calm, emotionless and slow movements and voice.
"I went into town carelessly and they… recognized me as a witch" Vivi said, sitting through the pain of the healing spell, which might not even work.
"Burn it! Burn down the house! He's probably dead already!" various other chants came from outside, and he dared to peer outside the window, which the villagers could not see through, and saw that they were gathering up torches and other flammable objects.

Maybe he could pretend to have killed Vivi, so that the villagers might leave? Maybe that could work… but how would that work? They would want a body… Maybe he could make a fake one and leave it at that. So, he as quickly conjured up a look-alike of the wounded witch beside him, and bolted to the door. He opened the door, and right before they could burn the house, he burst out the door, trying to act like one would after killing a witch.

"Stop, there is… no need. I have killed the witch…" Wizard muttered, hoping that the villagers would believe his charades, and leave the matter as it is.
"What? How did you kill the witch? She bolted in your house! Certainly you wouldn't have time to react!" Wizard stared at Gill, who had questioned the Wizard.
"It is so; I had… foreseen her coming here after the events earlier, so I prepared… a trap for the witch." He said, as calmly as he could.
"I won't believe she's dead until there's a body burned!" Luna had said it, and dashed into his house.
The fake of Vivi was lying cold on the ground, with the bullet wounds and a gash in her neck. Wizard cringed from simply seeing the image of his… rival dead, even if it was a fake he conjured himself. Luna examined the body, as well as Jin, and Jin concluded that she was dead.
"Then burn the body, first thing! Move her outside and we'll be done with this nonsense!" Toby said, as the villagers spread, some to make a fire and some to carry the body. Wizard looked up, past his ceiling, checking on the real Vivi. He panicked a bit; she was still bleeding out, and was unconscious. He didn't show it, however, and was greeted by Gill.
"To kill a witch is impressive, even for a profit. I think our town would kindly like to award you with a prize." Gill said, inviting him to the town hall.
"I am… sorry to say, that I am busy with various… other tasks and that I cannot come." Wizard said, hoping that Gill would not push it.
"If you say so, I say goodbye then, fortune-teller." Gill said, as he left. Wizard closed the door, and went upstairs. He sighed. To think that the villagers were celebrating that he had supposedly killed a witch was disappointing to him, and he was angry. He quickly went to Vivi, and checked on her. The bullets had magically disappeared, but a small wound still existed, and Vivi was unconscious after bleeding out. He sighed, the wounds would have to heal naturally, as he created medical equipment in front of him, and bandaged her and replaced her clothes with magic, and hoped that Vivi would reawaken soon.

12/04/13

A story I thought up a few nights back. Already have chapter 3 planned.