Hansel and Gretel: First Impressions

Chapter 5: Gretel

I only remember wobbling into bed on a very full stomach that night. What can I say, I was hungry! I was in the middle of a very nice dream about, um, cookies, when Gretel decided she needed to wake me up.She ripped off all the covers and yelled, "Wake up, sleepyhead!" I groaned, "Hey you better get up Hansel, we're going to the castle!" I sighed, why must she actually decide to go somewhere interesting today? Why couldn't she have let me sleep? Suddenly Kiki walked into the room, "I have chocolate chip waffles!" Now THAT, woke me up. Kiki and chocolate chip waffles, what more could one ask for? I leaped out of bed realizing I had slept in my clothes, oh well. I rushed down the steps, plopped down the chair, and grabbed my fork and knife.knife. Kiki and Gretel casually followed me down and sat. Kiki snapped her fingers and the food began to appear across the table. First the sugar, then the syrup, then pancakes, bacon, sausage, waffles, and of course orange juice. It was heaven, i munched and gobbled. Gretel looked at me weirdly, Kiki just laughed. Once we, but mostly I, had finished eating, Kiki snapped her fingers, the food disappeared, and Gretel and I were all fixed up. We were presentable to a king. We started down the golden cobble road, the other main road through the forests and kingdom. Gretel flew ahead, singing to herself, "We're off to see the Prince, the wonderful Prince of the Kingdom.""I think she might have a crush on this prince, and she hasn't even met him yet!""You couldn't tell?" Kiki laughed, "I have been the Royal Witch/Royal Witch in Training since he was a baby, he's nice."My heart dropped, how could I possibly compete with a prince, and a friend since birth. "Oh so why is is that she wants to see him so urgently?""He is basically getting married." Kiki replied I sighed, that was so like my sister to try to get in the way of fate, "So I have something I wanted to ask you," Kiki nodded as a signal to go on, "You see recently I had this vision, I have had them before but not that clear, I blacked out, had a wisp explode in my face, and then I saw it.""Saw what, may I ask?""A warning, I think. It had showed the the gingerbread house of Candor, and then the oven, It told me to beware the witch.""Oh so you are a seer," Kiki said bluntly."A what?""A seer, put simply you and your sister both have magic, I can tell, but in different ways. Don't tell your sister, I don't know her gift yet, and her knowing before controlling can be, well, dangerous.""Um okay?""A witch is just one of the many workers of magic, you have seers, sorcerers, conjurers, and many more. A seer specifically has visions of the future, not usually clear ones. They turn more like riddles. Once one is trained the can control when they have them, but for now they will only come when you truly need them."As if it was the speak of the devil. My vision started to get fuzzy. Kiki looked at me weirdly, "Are you okay?" I only remember falling to the ground and seeing Kiki standing over me.

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I found myself once again in the endless black this time it was a pure white wisp, probably the purest color of them all. It again exploded immersing me in a wedding chapel Kiki was next to me. I looked up to the pedestal it was Gretel in a long white dress, standing across from a man I couldn't quite make out the only thing I heard came out of that mans mouth, "I do."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I woke up to see Kiki over me again, I felt the cookie crumbs on my cheeks, "Oh so that's his trigger, cookies," Kiki sounded disappointed."What were you hoping it was true love's kiss?" teased Gretel, "What is a trigger anyway?""Oh, um, what wakes him up," Kiki responded.I groaned, "Well lets get going, no need to delay on my account.""Oh good, glad we are all on the same page," Gretel said cheerfully, "Look I can see the castle already!" I looked over the many small houses, it was magnificent, better than anything I had seen in the movies. Multiple domes of royal red with golden embroidery. Gretel seemed more excited than ever, "Let's go,"We finally arrived at the castle, the royal courier was standing outside the the drawbridge. "Oh Mrs. Kiki welcome, I see you have brought guests, oh and a young lady, is she here for the betrothal?"Oh no Andin, the young man is," Kiki replied. He looked at Kiki confused, "Of course the young lady is here for the betrothal." when the royal courter continued to look confused, "The man is not, obviously.""Ooh good, come right in."We walked through the main entrance hall. It was decorated in a deep green with more gold embellishments. "Welcome to the Castle!" Kiki exclaimed."Yes, welcome," an ornately dressed young man came into view from the far end of the hall."Oh Prince Benji, these are my guests; Hansel," I bowed, "and this is Gretel" I glanced over, Gretel looked star-struck. I gave her a little nudge hinting to her to bow. Instead she had apparently fainted on her feet, she fell to the ground."Well this is sure a reversal of roles, normally I am the one fainting."