( 1 Month to go )

It was a random day really, life went on smoothly, well, apart from the fact the Sophie went back into hiding again, who could blame her, she was to be a bride in about a month. She gets up a bit later than usual too, says she wants to sleep for the rest of the month, it was about 11 in the morning and Sophie had missed breakfast and still wasn't up, Howl understood what she was feeling and knew that she was nervous and would be back to normal by the time they get married. Although the witch didn't think like that and decided to go wake, "I don't think that is a very good idea, you know what she is like round this time" said Calcifer, the witch shook her head,

"nonsense, she just needs some cheering up and to get rid of that nervousness of hers" she said, Calcifer shook his head and gave up. The witch gently knocked in the door and came in to find Sophie still asleep, lazy bum, "come on sleepy head, wake up" she said gently, Sophie's eyes shot open and she started to glow,

"what's happening to me?" she cried, the witch had no idea, she could see that Sophie's body was starting to disappear. The glowing stopped and replaced the girl, who had a full body, with just a head,

"what have you done to me" Sophie yawned, the witch laughed,

"it appears I have just turned you into a 'sleepy head'" said the witch, then she stopped laughing, "I have my magic back, but how?",

"have you seen Madame Suliman recently" Sophie continued to yawn, the witch turned away.

"Maybe, I don't know, oh ok yes, I saw her a few days ago, she wanted to to talk to me about how your wedding plans were going and I think she might have put some power back into me, but only a bit because if I was back to normal I would be young again" Sophie started to become angry,

"I bet she wanted to ruin my wedding, to never let it happen, she didn't care about the wedding plans, she just wanted you to turn either me or Howl into something, and it had to be me turned into a sleepy head" she said. The witch looked down,

"I'm sorry Sophie, this is all my fault" she looked up, "but you're in luck, it turns out that the one curse I can lift off is in fact a sleepy head, it was essential while I was learning how to do magic, didn't know why but now I do. It is a very difficult potion and here comes the bad news...it will at least take a month" Sophie gasped,

"WHAT? So I'll miss my own wedding then?" the witch shook her head,

"not exactly, if I start now and don't get much sleep during the week then I'll get it just in time." Sophie rolled her eyes,

"so you are telling me it will be one of these close shave thinks, this is the real world here, not a fantasy, there is no away you will get it right on the dot, let's just face it, I'll be hoping down the aisle" the witch picked her up,

"come on, I'll take you to Howl and I'll begin making the potion" Sophie gasped,

"no, Howl can't see me like this, oh and here is a pointer, do not call anyone names because they will turn into the actual thing like if you call someone a muppet" the witch nodded.

"Point taken, but you need to see Howl Sophie, he might be able to help" Sophie sighed,

"fine."

They walked up the stair to Howl's door, "who is it?" they heard from inside,

"Sophie and the witch" said the witch, "we have a little problem"

"LITTLE, LITTLE, I'LL SHOW YOU LITTLE" shouted Sophie, the door swung open and Howl looked down in shock at his fiancé, "look what she did to me, now I'm a head, and the worst part of it is that I'm a sleepy head" cried Sophie.

"It was an accident, I think Madame Suliman might of given me some of my magic back last time I went to see her, I'm so sorry Howl" she handed Sophie to him, "but I do know how to cure it, so I'll be off now, no one must disturb me or that will mess with Sophie's ti..."

"JUST GO!" interrupted Sophie, the witch nodded and went of to her own room. Howl looked down at the head,

"well, I guess she tried to wake you up, you're not having very good luck are you?" he said, she just cried,

"please Howl, help me, I bet Madame Suliman did this to me, she thought that the witch would call at least one of us a name to ruin the wedding and it had to be me being a sleepy head" he laughed,

"I'll try" and he brought her into his room and set her down on his bed, "now, let's see, I don't want to change to much because it could mess up the witch's potion" he opened a cupboard of different colour bottles and took one out.

"What's that for?" she yawned, he laughed,

"it's for the drowsiness, it will make you more of a head than a sleepy head" he took a spoon and poured the liquid on to it, the liquid was green, "open wide" she looked at the strange liquid, hesitating, but opened her mouth, he put it in and she swallowed, "there you go, it will take a while to take effect but it will work." The bottle away and turned to see Sophie crying,

"this is a disaster, what if I stay a head forever" she cried, he sat next to her and patted her head,

"it's ok, the witch knows what she is doing and I have faith in her, besides, I don't love you for your body, I love you because you have a strong heart and will, you never give up, but here you still need to not give up, trust me" he said, Sophie nodded and stopped crying, he got off of the bed and knelt down in front of, eye to eye, "I don't care if you are like this, you are mine and I love you" he leaned in to kiss her and she kissed back,

"you know the part when you said I had a strong heart, well now I don't" she said, he laughed. In Sophie's mind she was praying that the witch would be done in time, Madame Suliman was going to pay one way or another, but for now she could do nothing except sit on the side and watch everyone else.

Oh poor Sophie, turned in to a head a month before her wedding, will she get turned back to normal in time or have to hope down the aisle

Oh and many thanks to:

amirine12 (Guest)

For reviewing, it helps, ok the next one is going to be the wedding, so

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