"S-STAY AWAY, MONSTER!"
"Fh...fha...th...dh...dha...di..."
"Viola, stand back!"
Daddy, no! It's me, Viola!
I heard the shot before I felt it.
I couldn't do anything.
He shot me in the head.
My own father.
Ellen...please...give it back...
"Gh...i...vi..."
Then everything went black.
Blacker than it was before.
But I heard a voice.
It was the cat.
"Nice one, Viola. You let her borrow your body, and this is what happens."
Shut up.
"I could bring you back to life...if you wanted me to, of course."
"P...p...lea...se..."
Please.
"Please? Well, since you said the magic word..."
A blinding white light flashed through my vision.
She's going to die today...
I opened my eyes...
And saw a room.
I could see.
I can see!
"Ahh...you're awake."
The cat was sitting at the end of the bed.
"What...happened..."
The cat snorted. "You really don't remember? Ellen switched bodies with you, I brought you back to life in her body."
"O...oh. You mean...it worked?"
Then I remembered I could see him.
"It did! Thank you, black cat, thank you!" I leaped out of the bed and grabbed the demon-cat, hugging him.
"Whaf-" His voice was muffled.
I released him, grinning like I'd never smiled before in my life.
Then I caught sight of myself in the mirror.
I gasped.
I had never seen Ellen without her illness, so it was a big shock for me.
My hair was now waist-length and light purple and it had a red bow in it, my eyes were as bright yellow as the moon.
"Wow! Look, I'm really in Ellen's body!"
For some reason, I didn't really mind that Ellen had my body.
I liked this one much more, because now, I was the witch of the forest.
I could control anything and everything contained within it.
And, best of all, I was alive.
I'm alive!
The cat showed me around the house.
After I'd tried to trap Ellen in it, the house had been covered in blood. But now it seemed it had gone back to normal.
When we got to the front door, the cat suddenly stopped.
"Why can't we go outside?" I asked.
"Because you'll go back to being legless, eyeless Ellen. The house's magic will only stay with you if you're inside the house. Outside of it, you're pretty much dead. Wait, let me correct myself; you are dead."
"But...but I love going outside! And I have to get my body back! Isn't there any spell for it?" I was devastated.
"Nothing that I know of right now. I could have a look for you, but I doubt it. And even if you could go outside, you wouldn't just go charging down to your old house. What would your father think then?"
"True..."
Father would be so surprised if I, in Ellen's old body, came knocking on the door, claiming to be his daughter.
I giggled think about Ellen's reaction.
"And imagine what Ellen would think!"
The cat twitched his whiskers, as if he were amused.
"Well, I'd better be going now. Y'know, cat things to do and such. See ya later...Ellen,"
I smiled.
"my dear witch."
