The Witch's Mistake CH 2
"What took you so long?" Medusa asked when Tsubaki got home.
"Your sister nearly perished from thirst, you lazybones." Their mother said.
"I gave a drink to…" Something was in Maka's mouth again. It was between her lip and front teeth this time. "I gave a drink to an old lady." An emerald and another diamond fell out of her mouth. They landed on the dirt floor of the cottage.
"It was more important- What's that?" Medusa said.
"What's that?" the widow asked. They both dove for the jewels, but Medusa got there first.
"Tsubaki darling," the widow said, "sit down. Make yourself comfortable. Now tell us all about it. Don't leave anything out."
There wasn't much to tell, only enough to cover the bottom of Medusa's teacup with gems.
"Which way did the old lady go?" Medusa asked.
Tsubaki was puzzled. "She didn't go anywhere." An amethyst dropped into the teacup.
Medusa grabbed the bucket and ran
When she saw Medusa in the distance, Blair thought Tsubaki had come back. Only this time she wasn't tripping lightly down the path, smelling the flowers and humming a tune. She was hurtling along, head down arms swinging, bucket flying. And then Blair's magic told her that this was Maka's twin sister. Blair got ready by turning herself into a knight.
"Where did the old lady go?" Medusa asked when she reached the well.
"I haven't seen anyone. I've been alone, hoping some kind maiden would come by and give me a drink. I can't do it myself with all this armor."
"What's in it for me?"
The Witch tilted her head. Her armor clanked. "The happiness of helping someone in need."
"Well, in that case, get your page to do it." Medusa stomped off.
Blair turned herself back into a witch. "Your rudeness merits a punishment." She said but Medusa was too far away to hear.
Medusa went through the whole village, searching for the old lady. The villagers knew it was Medusa and not Tsubaki by her scowl and by the way she acted. Medusa marched into shops and right into people's houses. She opened doors to rooms and even closets. Whenever anyone yelled at her, her only answer was to slam the door on her way out.
While Medusa was in the village, Tsubaki went out to her garden to pick peas for dinner. As she worked, as sang.
"Oh, May is the lovely month.
Sing hey nonny May-o!
Oh, June is the flower month.
Sing hey nonny June-o!
Oh, July is the hot month.
Sing hey nonny July-o!"
And so on. While she sang, gems dropped from her mouth. It still felt funny, but she was getting used to it. Except once; when she popped a pea in her mouth as she sang, and almost broke a tooth on a ruby.
Tsubaki had a sweet voice, but Prince Black*Star, who happened to be riding by, wasn't musical. He wouldn't have stopped, except he spotted a sapphire trembling on Maka's lip. He watched it tumble into the vegetables. He tied his horse to the widow Gordon's picket fence.
Tsubaki didn't notice him and went on singing.
"Oh November is the harvest mouth.
Sing hey nonny November-o!
Oh December in the last mouth.
Sing hey…"
Prince Black*Star went into the garden. "Maiden…"
Tsubaki looked up from her peas. A man! A nobleman! She blushed prettily.
'She wasn't bad-looking.' Prince Black*Star thought. "Pardon me" he said "You've dropped some jewels. Allow me."
"Oh! Don't trouble yourself, Sir." Another sapphire and a moonstone fell out of Maka's mouth.
Black*Star had a terrible thought. Maybe they were just glass. He picked up a stone. "May I examine this?"
Tsubaki nodded.
It didn't look like glass. It looked like a perfect diamond, five carats at least. But if the gems were real, why was she leaving them on the ground? He held up a jewel. "Maiden is this really a diamond?"
"I don't know, Sir. It might be."
A topaz hit Prince Black*Star in the forehead. He caught it as it bounced off his chin. "Maiden, have jewels always come out of your mouth?"
Tsubaki laughed a lovely tinkling sound. "Oh no, Sir, it only began this afternoon when an old lady—I think she may have been a witch-"
They were real then! Black*Star knelt before her. "Maiden, I am Prince Black*Star. I love you madly. Will you marry me?"
BLACK*STAR HAS ARRIVED BOW TO YOUR PRINCELY GOD! S+o here's chapter two hope you like it if not well tell me.
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