It was a month after nurse Preston arrived; Katrina was in the Western Woods she had been playing with her friends and decided to hide behind a really thick tree. Below the tree there was a cave that looked oddly like a little house but it couldn't be. Nobody lived out here Brom must still be counting she thought as she sat on the ground to wait. Then something strange happened a white horse came cantering past her a cloaked figure upon it. The figure came off the horse and uncloaked herself, it was nurse Preston. It was strange because for the life of her Katrina Crane could not remember this. This was the day Brom had crashed out of a tree and landed on her, was it not? Katrina watched as the witch entered the cave, she wanted to go closer to hear what was going on and her younger self agreed.

Child Katrina crouched outside the door listening intently to the conversation going on behind it.

'She grows more beautiful each day Mary, but a child needs its mother, its proper mother.'

'What I am doing is ensuring she lives the life she is entitled to I am being a better mother by making sure she doesn't grow up the way we did than-'

'You are mistaken sister she is growing up exactly as we did. Without a mother, she has me but I am not enough. I can see it in the child's eyes already a look of longing, longing for you.'

'She will have me soon enough just as soon as I have reclaimed what was stolen from us!' Mary hissed quietly to her sister who sighed.

'I must prepare the other is coming cherish holding your daughter at least for now. If you do not you shall regret it later.'

'Daughter!' Katrina screamed loudly in her head. Mary Van Tassel had a daughter? That was impossible she had never known of the witch to have any relatives except her dead, sister, mother, and father. 'What an unlucky child to have the dark one as her mother.' Katrina thought.

There was a bang and a child started crying. Eager to know what was going on child Katrina opened the door a crack. A hissing voice spoke.

'Be warned! The end is front of two of you, revenge will be granted but a soul for a soul will be taken. The Van Tassel line will lose more than once to the Prestons.'

Katrina watched in terror as a chained beast spoke, but that didn't scare her well not as much as seeing the witch holding the child and hushing her she looked exceptionally genuine. It wasn't a mask with greed behind it so could it be Mary Archer had loved someone else. Had she loved her daughter?

Katrina watched as the witch kissed her baby girl's head then with another bang Katrina looked at the collapsed monster having missed the rest of what it said. Before she could move the door swung open and young Katrina met the cold gaze of nurse Preston.

'This isn't a place for little girl's Katrina.' The witch hissed. Child Katrina took a step back against adult Katrina's will.

'I didn't- I was just.'

Before she could finish Mary pulled her inside with her free hand and closed the door.

Ok I've seen Sleepy Hollow, I hope this update is better than my first go. As for Ichabod well he wasn't in this but I can make the hunting thing work for him so that it doesn't drift from his character.