A young male witch wanting more power makes a bargain with a demon to gain what he wants. But at what cost?
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Maize knew she had to somehow get the corrupted tiara off her sister's head, but how? Would the healing magic of the amethyst necklace turn the tiara back? She had so many questions and not a soul to answer them. She wondered exactly how far they truly were from the entrance to the forest. The path seemed short, but that could have been an illusion, just like the darkness.
Malaya looked lifeless. She was a zombie trapped in her own mind. Maize knew she was fighting it. She had to be. Malaya was all good. She was all about the animals and the pretty things in nature. She had a pure heart, full of light and life.
"I don't understand what you want with the two of us. There has to be a reason for keeping us trapped here. I think that you, too, are under the control of someone else. Just like you have my sister right now," Maize accused
The hag spun on her, "I answer to know one little girl," she spat.
Maize was slowly inching closer to Malaya. "No, there is some reason besides our souls that you would keep toying with us, Nina. I don't believe you work alone," she snapped back.
The hag leered at her, totally ignoring Malaya now. She didn't notice how close together the sisters were. One sweep of her arm and Maize could knock the tiara from Malaya's head.
"How dare you, a child, accuse me of anything," the hag began lecturing her. "You have not been where I have been, nor seen the sights I have seen. I've been alive 112 years. Do you have a clue how rare that is for a WITCH? No, you don't. You know sunshine and butterflies and access to other plains. You never suffered through the burning of your mother and sister. You were never raped by the town inquisitioner to stay alive only to become pregnant. You didnt have to keep his secret or die because he was a powerful witch, moreso than you could ever be. You never had to hide in the woods to give birth to a child that would surely be killed. I never wanted to give up my son. I didn't choose this life. It was offered to me and I accepted."
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Maize was shocked. She had never known the hag had a sister, nor that she'd watched her family be burned at the stake. To find out their father was the result of rape by the master of the witch trials shocked her completely. The hag was actually showing humanity.
The hag continued on before Maize could speak. "I thought I was seeing an angel in the sky. For days, while your father was a young boy barely a year old. I thought my mother was watching over us from the great beyond," she stretched her arms to the sky. "I felt protected, like we were safe to move back to town. It had been nearly four years, living here in this rubble, and I was ready to leave. The ininquisitor had moved on. I changed my name from Harriet Turret to Nina Turret, a distant cousin of myself. Durham was now five years old. I felt we would be safe. As soon as I tried to purchase a home in town, my family name came into question. I should have changed it as well. The elders of the town had to know if I had the witch blood like my aunt and cousin. Of course I did! They wanted to run tests on your father as well, and I would not allow it," the last part was firm.
