"I think I'll go with Elizabeth," the newly christened Elizabeth said to herself admiring
her new voice. She was so excited that she almost didn't notice that she had to pee.
Laughing she sat down on the toilet and marveled at the feel of peeing from between
her legs. She remembered to wipe when she was done and as she was washing her
hands she heard a low growl from the apartment above her. This confused her since
she hadn't heard anything like that from that apartment before. She had her hand on
the doorknob before remembering that all she was wearing was a pajama top. She
heard a crash above her like a door was broken down. Then came the screams and
the sound of running and more crashing. There was another scream which ended
suddenly and was proceeded by a low, menacing bark.
Elizabeth drew back from her door afraid of what she might find out in the hall. She
could still hear what she thought of as a very big dog and it sounded like it was on the
first floor now. She grabbed her car keys and bolted out the patio door when she
heard the creature right outside her apartment door.
Elizabeth ran around to the front of the apartments to get to her car only to stop at the
corner. There standing in the parking lot and smashing cars was a dragon. It was
easily as tall as the two story apartment buildings and about as wide as one of the
apartments. It's scales were jet black and it's eyes were blood red. It had two large
ivory horns on top of it's head and a row of ridges down it's back to the tip of it's tail.
It's face was long and pointed with a small beak like protuberance at the end of it's
mouth. It's claws were ivory and looked like they could tear someone in half with one
swipe. It would periodically flex it's wings and reveal the tough leathery skin covering
them. As she watched it lunged at Debra and swallowed her whole.
Elizabeth swallowed hard and carefully made her way to the back of the apartment
building. Checking around the corner and not seeing another creature she headed to
the woods behind the apartments. She hadn't seen many people and she wanted to
help them but she knew she couldn't do anything with no weapons. The only thing she
could do was to escape and alert the authorities about what was happening. Hopefully
they would believe her and there weren't more surprises in store for her.
Elizabeth walked along a path in the dark woods looking all around her sure that
something was going to jump out and devour her at any moment. Her feet were cut
and bleeding though she kept walking not daring to stop until she came to a house.
After walking for about an hour she came upon a clearing with a little cottage in the
middle. She breathed a sigh of relief and ran up and knocked on the door.
"Hello dearie," a creaky voice said behind Elizabeth.
Elizabeth whirled around to see an old woman wearing a black robe, black cape, black
pointed hat, and black shoes. Given what she had seen so far she made the
assumption that this old lady was a with. The witch also had a five year old boy
clutched in her hand who was struggling to get away. "What are you doing with that
boy?" she asked trying to sound braver than she felt.
"I'll tell you once you put these bracelets on dearie," the witch said producing a couple
of bracelets from somewhere.
"And what makes you think I'll put them one?" Elizabeth asked backing up into the
door.
The witch sighed and said, "I had hoped you would put them on yourself." She raised
the bracelets and said, "Befestigen Sie das Mädchen an den Handgelenken."
The bracelets glowed then flew at Elizabeth and put themselves around her wrists.
"What is this?" she asked trying to get the bracelets off without any success.
"You're now my apprentice," the witch said cackling. "Now take this boy into our
cottage."
"What are you going do with him, eat him?" Elizabeth asked. The last part was said in
jest.
The witch smiled and said, "That is what I'm going to do."
"No!" the boy cried and doubled his efforts to get away.
"I won't help you," Elizabeth said and charged at the witch meaning to tackle her.
"Zur Höhe von achtzig Zentimeter," the witch said waving her hand.
Elizabeth's lunge stopped as her arms were pulled above her head and she was lifted
off the ground a bit. "What's going on?" she asked kicking her feet trying to get down.
"I just levitated you a bit to stop you're attack," the witch said with a wicked smile. "You
see those bracelets are now attached to your wrists. When I tell them to be at a
specific height they'll pull your arms up and then the rest of your body will follow if they
haven't reached the correct height. I could suspend you above the trees if I so desire.
Now to get inside. Folgen Sie mir."
At the witch's words The bracelets pulled Elizabeth behind her and she followed her
into the cottage. Once inside she asked, "What are you going to do to me?"
"I already told you that you're my apprentice now," the witch said looking over her
shoulder. "You're in the right spot now. Ende letzten Zauber." The witch went over to a
wall and raising the boy's hands up to a pair of shackles said, "Binden Sie diesen
Jungen." The shackles came to life and clamped shut on the boy's wrists. The witch
picked up a wicked looking knife and started to cut the boy's clothes off while he
begged for his life.
Elizabeth kept struggling to free herself and said, "You harm that boy and I'll kill you."
"Don't make threats you can't keep dearie," the witch said then cackled. She finished
cutting off the boy's clothes then applied some sort of oil all over his body not missing
a single inch. Once that was done she said, "Lassen Sie den Jungen gehen," and the
shackles released the boy. The witch put her hands on either side of his head and
said, "Ich jetzt essen Sie ganz absorbieren und Ihr Leben." She then opened her
mouth impossibly wide and stuffed the boy's head into it. Elizabeth could only watch in
horror as the witch swallowed the boy kicking and screaming. Once the boy's feet
were in the witch's mouth she turned to Elizabeth and said, "You'll like eating little kids
like this even if you don't take half of their remaining life force."
"What?" Elizabeth asked too stunned to say anything else.
"That's how we witches live so long," the witch said. "We eat children whole and
absorb half of their remaining life force. This boy was going to live till he was eighty-
five but now he'll be dead in an hour and mush in two hours. After that I'll gain forty
years of his life force making me twenty-three again."
"That's just plain evil," Elizabeth said outraged.
"You'll change your mind soon enough," the witch said and cackled. "I'll shape you up
into a proper witch."
"I'm not a witch," Elizabeth said giving the witch a look that would kill if it could.
The witch cackled and said, "I can sense the magic within you."
"I was transformed into this by something," Elizabeth said.
"That would have been the light I bet," the witch said smiling. "Fortunately the
darkness interrupted you're transformation and made you a witch. Now I have the
opportunity to teach you and mold you into a proper witch like me."
"You're crazy," Elizabeth said not believing a word the witch was saying.
"I thought you might say that dearie," the witch said. She picked up the boy's shirt and
said, "Concentrate on this shirt and say Gehen Sie auf die Decke. This will cause it to
rise up to the ceiling." She then threw it down in front of Elizabeth.
Elizabeth rolled her eyes but thought that if she played along she could maybe escape.
She looked at the shirt concentrating on it and said, "Gehen Sie auf die Decke." To her
surprise the shirt rose into the air and hit the ceiling.
"As you can see you can use magic," the witch said. "Now all you have to do to get
the shirt down is say Ende letzten Zauber which will end the last spell you cast."
Elizabeth sighed and said, "Ende letzten Zauber," at which point the shirt fell to the
floor.
"Now to end the spell holding you up," the witch said with a grin. "Since my last spell
was the one for eating and taking the boy's life force I need to use a different spell."
She waved her hand and said, "Zurück zur Freizügigkeit," upon which Elizabeth
dropped to the floor. "Now for some rules," the witch said. "You will listen to me from
now on and do what I say. You will answer my questions to the best of your ability.
You will not attack me. You will address me as Mistress and show me some respect.
Failure to comply with these rules will result in a transformation for you. What type of
transformation depends on my mood. I could make you younger and then eat you." As
she said this last part she grabbed Elizabeth's head and pressed it against her
stomach where Elizabeth could here the boy screaming in pain as he was digested.
"Now tell me your name," the witch commanded releasing Elizabeth's head.
"It's Elizabeth," Elizabeth said backing up a bit and looking down.
"Well let's go get you some clothes Elizabeth," the witch said with a smile.