(MC and I are tied together, hanging above a brewing cauldron that a cackling witch is stirring up)
MC: Some fine mess you got us into Nellie.
What? My fault? You're the one with the map!
MC: But you were the one that spotted the Witch's house and decided to ask for directions.
How was I suppose to know this would happen? Ugh, nevermind, everyone's here. Hi everyone.
MC: Hello folks. Apparently since Nellie got us into a jam here. We're about to be witch stew.
(I kick MC in the leg)
But, since MC here practically led us here, we're gonna have to make this author's note short. But anyways, this chapter, it's time for Sofia to tell her story.
MC: And of course, we only own our OCs, nothing more. Blah, blah, blah!
Witch: Quiet! I'm trying to add salt to my Writer's soup. My family members are waiting for it.
Chapter 6: Curse of the Amulet
"It's called... the Curse of the Amulet." Sofia spoke.
The lightning flashes brightly from outside yet again, along with an even bigger boom of thunder. But she ignored it as she continued, "Once upon a night, there was a young little girl. She was in a garden at night, looking at all the flowers..."
In the story world, a young little princess (Played by Sofia) was picking out some flowers in the flower garden. Since it was night time, the flowers glowed in the moonlight.
"As she picked the flowers in the garden, she couldn't help but smell them all."
She takes a quick sniff at the flowers in her hands, and smiled, "These flowers smell so good." As she continued to pick more flowers, and placed them in a basket, she couldn't help but notice something shiny in the bushes... thus sparking her curiosity. She looked more closely, and picked up the glowing item.
It... was an amulet.
It was coated with a beautiful purple coloring
"Wow..." Sofia spoke, "It's so beautiful."
She takes the necklace and then puts it around her neck. She began to wonder if it belonged to anybody. Why else would it be lying around in a bush? Just then, she noticed how dark it was, so she decided to take the amulet with her.
"The little girl decided to take the amulet with her, assuming that it didn't belong to anybody. But little did she know, was that this amulet... was magical..."
She entered the castle, and made her way back to her room. After getting ready for bed, she looked at the amulet one last time, before falling asleep. But what she didn't see, was the amulet glowing an ominous red color.
The next day...
"After the girl got a good nights sleep, she prepared for a brand new day."
It was a bright and sunny day, perfect for some fun outside with her friends. Sofia got out of her bed and yawned, before walking to her closet. Upon opening it, a huge monster popped out of the closet, roaring at her. She screamed, and fell backwards, but as she looked back at her closet, the monster was gone. Was she starting to see things that weren't there or something?
"That... was weird.." She whispered as she got up, and continued to get ready.
Later on, after getting dressed and washed up for today, Sofia walked down the halls of the castle, when suddenly, a ghostly figure appeared in front of her, howling. She got startled because of it, as it disappeared with an unholy laugh.
This was getting very creepy. Why was this happening? Well, whatever it was, Sofia didn't want to let that get in the way of her day, especially today. Since she was spending time with her friends.
Outside the castle, in the gardens, Sofia and her friends were in the middle of a game of Hide and Seek, in which Sofia was the seeker, as she counted, her friends began to find a place to hide, "fifteen... sixteen... seventeen... eighteen... nineteen... twenty! Alright, ready or not, here I come!"
"The girl began to search for her friends. As she did, she was unaware that she would get a very unexpected surprise."
She approached a tree, and looked around it. No one there. She then looked in between some plants. No one there either. She then approached the bushes, but as she pulled them back, a scary bear like creature leaped out at her, causing her to gasp and fall down. Next thing she knew, the bear was then gone.
That's the third time today something like this happened. Just what in the world was happening today. Sofia tried to shake it off, and continued to look for her friends. Later on, it was lunch time for the royal family. On the menu was spaghetti and meatballs, some of Sofia's favorite meals. As a plate was set on the table for her, she gasped at what she saw.
The meatballs... were staring back at her, with sharp teeth and narrow eyes.
"We will get you..." They said.
The princess started to breathe heavily, until her mother noticed, "Sofia, honey, is everything okay?" She asked.
"Uh yes. I'm fine. After I eat, can I be excused, Mom?" She asked.
"But of course. Are you sure everything's okay? You look a little paranoid."
"It's nothing, Mom. Really."
"The girl didn't want to worry her mom much about what had been happening, so after she ate the alive looking meatballs, she retreated back to her room."
Back in her bedroom, Sofia thought about all the strange and scary things she had been seeing lately. Why was she having these visions? What was causing this? As she thought, she looked down at the amulet she found the day before, "Is this the cause of it?"
She took off the jewelry and stared at it closely. It looked so harmless. Too harmless to actually cause trouble. Although... she had heard of jewels that could place a curse on people. So is it possible that the amulet she had right now could have put a curse on her to see scary visions? Impossible. It's not like she had done anything wrong.
Sofia put the amulet back on as she lied down on her bed, thinking she deserved a nice rest after today. Suddenly, she heard a noise... a very sinister noise at that.
But where was it coming from?
Curious, Sofia decided to investigate. It was obviously in her room, but where in her room? She looked towards her closet, and carefully and cautiously walked towards it. Upon opening, a skeleton lunged at her as she screamed, then it disappeared.
"Ugh! Why does this keep happening?" She asked outloud, more annoyed than surprised.
Suddenly, dark purple wisps started circling around her, what is going on now? Sofia wasn't so scared of these at all. In fact, they seemed sort of cute, especially since they made little squeaky noises.
The wisps then entered the closet, as Sofia began to follow them, once inside, the wisps began to talk to her, "Sofia, your amulet is cursed. It is an evil amulet that gives whoever wears it evil visions."
This made her gasp.
"So the amulet was cursed after all. How is she just finding this out now?"
Now what was she suppose to do?
"How am I suppose to stop them?" She asked.
"That is something you have to figure out yourself, princess."
With that, the wisps disappeared. Sofia sighed, they certainly weren't any help at all, no matter how cute they were. And now she had to find a way to break this vision curse before it gets worse. But just how...?
Suddenly, a pair of boney hands wrapped their arms around the princess, and pulled her straight into the closet, as it became dark and ominous. What was going on?
She started to get very scared as the hand to pull her further into the closet, as she started to hear very menacing voices.
"Princess Sofia... Princess Sofia... this is it... this it is... ghouls are gonna get ya... ghouls are gonna get ya... tricks and treats fa la la... ya!"
That's when the pulling stop, and Sofia was left in complete darkness... until multicolored ghouls and ghosts started to float around her. This was seriously freaking her out big time. Was this part of the curse? It had to be, since her amulet started glowing red again.
But all she really wished for was this curse to stop.
"What can I do to fix this problem...?" She asked herself, "What can I do to break this curse...?"
Suddenly, something appears that may have the solution to her problem. It's... a wand of some sorts. But could that really do the trick? There was only one way to find out. She carefully took hold of the wand, and began to wave it slightly, as it slowly began to glow. As it did, a vision popped up in front of Sofia...
It showed... her giving the amulet to a helpless looking girl... who looked like she had recently been going through some bad times.
That's when it finally clicked to Sofia, "That's it! In order to break the curse, I have to do a good deed!"
She now knew what to do.
But first, she had to find a way to get out of the closet before anything bad happens.
"Princess Sofia... Princess Sofia... this is it... this is this..."
The ghouls continued to chant, and Sofia tried to ignore them as she ran all different ways, in an attempt to drown them out, and get away from here. But no matter what route she took, the ghosts, ghouls, and monsters continued to pop up on front of her.
What was she to do now?
It was so dark, she could barely see a light. However, just when all seemed hopeless for her... a holy light started to flash in front of her. Could this be her chance of escape?
Taking this one possible chance, Sofia ran towards the light, as she heard the ghouls and ghosts screaming and running away. Apparently they seemed to have been startled by that light. This was her chance as she jumped into the light. Ans in a blinding flash, she finds herself back in her bedroom.
"She was free... well, almost. All she had to do now, was do that good deed, and the curse would be broken."
But first she had to find that little girl. From the looks of that vision, she seemed to be in village. And that's where she decided to look first. Luckily it wasn't too far from here, as she made it just in time. She happened to notice a young girl... sitting alone... looking sad.
Carefully, she walked up to the girl, "Hi..." She greeted.
The girl looked up and saw her, "Hi, Princess Sofia. Uh, what are you doing here?"
"Well, I've decided that I wanted to do a good deed for a villager here. You see, I've been cursed... and the only way to break it, was to do a good deed. I want to give you something really special..."
With that, Sofia presented the amulet to the little girl, who was in complete awe, and speechless. "Wow..." She said. "That's so pretty... but, you should keep it. It's more presentable with a princess."
"No, I insist. It's all yours. Just because you're not royalty, it doesn't mean that you can't have certain things." Sofia replied, around the amulet around her neck, "It goes well with your dress..."
"Aw... thank you, Princess Sofia." The girl said as it glowed light purple, "I can't wait to show my Mom!"
Sofia smiled as the girl hugged her, "Well, I better get back to the castle, it's getting late."
"Okay..."
With that, the girls parted ways, both very happy. That's when we go back into the real world, as Sofia concluded her story, "And so, the princess was free. The curse was broken, and she made someone very happy. Sorry if it seemed short."
Jake spoke up, "It doesn't matter how long it is, Sof. It was a great story. Nice way to give your amulet some spotlight."
"Indeed." Shawn added.
"That was a marvelous story, Sofia." Willow commented, "And it gives me an idea for a story I'd like to tell."
Though everyone was enjoying this, the only one that wasn't was Cubby. But Willow noticed as she patted him on the lead lightly, before walking to the fire place, "My story, is not only going to be scary, but also magical in it's own little way."
(MC and I are now running away from the witch's house, with our clothes turned, and drenched in soup)
MC: Keep running Nellie!
We're lucky enough to have melted the witch's with water, I don't know why we're running. We're not being chased.
MC: Forget the witches, I just want to get out of this forest before something else happens!
(Suddenly we hear wolves howling)
Okay, I'm still running. Anyways, we hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. Sorry, it was short. Next chapter, it's time for the lovely sorceress princess to tell her story!
MC: And hopefully for us we will be out of danger next chapter!
Yeah, so we'll see you guys later. And as always, don't forget to review, please. Thank you!
