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Why Cute Witches Should Deal With Outsiders (And Their Lairs)
Chapter 20: True Forms
Beta: AllForFire
It was a cool winter night, and most young children would be in bed trying, with varying degrees of success, to both keep warm and enjoy a good night's sleep.
Despite this however nine year old Ellen Beauclerk was in contrast to most of her peers, sitting in front of a mirror in the darkness of her family manor's cellar and admiring her reflection.
Then again, this was understandable. After all Ellen was no ordinary girl.
A fact attested to by what was reflected back by the looking glass. Instead of a little girl, the mirror instead showed the form of a monster.
A monster with golden eyes and a gaseous purple body that only held the vague shape of a human girl.
"Is this what I really look like?" Ellen asked her trusted mentor, Black Cat, as she examined her reflection.
"For now, yes." The magical cat replied. "As you age and come further into your power however, it will likely change."
Still entranced by her inhuman reflection, Ellen pondered what she would look like when she was grown up.
"Will I be an awesome looking dragon? Oh! Maybe a many tentacled creature? Or, Primals forbid, some amorphous blob?" Ellen asked rattling off the possibilities that came to mind.
"There really is no limit to what form you could end up taking," Cat replied.
"You're no help, you know that?" Ellen said with a pout.
Cat just chuckled.
"I'm being as helpful as can be," he said in between laughs. "It's not my fault that our forms are so very variable."
"Yeah, yeah," Ellen said waving his explanation away dismissively. "You're just saying that because you're being absolutely no help at all."
"Apologies, sweetling." Cat said mockingly.
Ellen sighed.
There was no getting the better of him was there? No matter, maybe I can get him something out of him yet.
"You know, if you're really sorry then you could make it up to me by doing me a favor?" Ellen said as she finally turned away from the mirror to give her full attention to Black Cat.
"Oh? And what favor would that be?"
"Nothing earth shattering," Ellen assured him. "I just want to see your true form is all."
At her request, Black Cat tilted his head and hummed in consideration for a moment.
"I suppose there's no harm to it," the creature masquerading as a cat said finally.
Ellen cheered. Finally! After years of knowing her mentor, she was at last going to see him for what he truly was!
"Be prepared though, sweet Ellen, for my form will shock you!"
"I'm sure it will, Cat." Ellen said, playing along. "Now please hurry up! I want to see it."
Cat chuckled at her enthusiasm even as the edges of his shape begin to fray and become gaseous...
And that's it folks.
Hope you guys liked it.
Before I go though, I have a question for you readers. Namely whether you think Ellen would be able to piece together just who Black Cat is to her by seeing his true form? Let me know your opinion in a review.
Till next time, peace.