The Princess in Forest Green

Chapter 4-Mutual feelings?

"Uhm well, I just want to know how to get home..." I tell her. "Oh well, I knew you were coming, you weren't supposed to leave though." She says opening her book again and looking through, spells. "Well, my dad will be worried, and I don't want to be rude but, I don't know you," I say looking in the mirror. I admire my dress, I love this shade. 

"I told you, I am Madrid, and I'm a witch. I'm just trying to protect you. Now shall we start with the transformation spell?" Well, I don't have another choice. "Ok fine, but only till dusk."

"Amazing, now I'm going to show you how to wave your hand." She says. She flicks her hand, right, then left, up and down, then up again. She mutters some words and a piece of paper is turned into a pencil. I stepped back in awe. "Woah," I gasp. 

She smiles, "Now you try. Mutter these words. Uma Okla nips lar." I stare at her. "Go ahead dearie, try it." I wave my hand right, left, up, down, and up again. Uma Okla nips lar. I whisper under my breath. I was looking at the paper, but nothing happened. That's when something fell. I look over, the broom had turned into a mop. 

"Good job dearie! Just focus harder and you got it." She says smiling. I stare hard at the paper, how do I focus more? I wave my hand and whisper the words. Almost seconds later, the pen turns into a pencil. Ugh! 

"You're so close, think about what you want it to turn into." She says waving her hand, I wave my hand and whisper, and the pencil finally turns into a piece of paper. Oh my god, I DID IT! I shriek in happiness. I look over to see Madrid cracking a small smile. 

"Good job dearie. Very proud, now keep practicing." She tells me. 

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About an hour later, Madrid tells me we should call it a night. The sun began setting. She waves her hand and a path through the wood appears. "Take that and it will lead you back to the village." She says as she remembers something, she waves her hand again, and Jackson's clothes appear in a bag around my waist. "Thank you, Madrid. Goodbye, see you tomorrow." I start walking through the wood, practicing my magic on some ferns and turning them into flowers. I think I'm getting the hang of it!

As I walk back into the village, I see people dancing on the streets. People are clapping as music is playing. I smile at the sight, I walk over and join them in clapping. Young men grab young women from the audience and dance with them. I smile, I am truly happy at this moment. A young boy, at the age of seven, walks over to me and grabs my arm, and brings me to the circle.

He bows, and I lean down to dance with him. We dance until the sky turns orange from the sunset, that's when the music stops. I lean down and kiss the boy on the cheek. He blushes and runs over to his mom. I laugh and look up at my palace. I start the journey through the gates leading to the castle.

I walk through behind the castle to the secret back door when I see Jackson, he's not wearing any shirt. I was about to ask him why, when I remembered about my bag. I reach in and give it to him. "Here." I say, "Thanks, where did you go?" He asks throwing his shirt and tunic back on. "And where did you get those clothes?" I laugh and tell him about the hut. He gives me a strange look but just agrees. "It's almost dinner, Don't let your dad see you in that color." 

I walk back up to my room and change back into my yellow dress. I hide my green dress and boots and pull my hair out of the green tie. I walk down to the dining room and sit down. "Sorry, Father, I was studying in the library all day," I tell him putting my napkin on the neck of my dress. "That's ok, we were planning on having a ball." He replies eating a huge chicken leg. 

I'm so excited! "Can I be excused?" I say, I barely even touched my food. "Yes," I hear someone say. I run up the stairs into my room and close the door. I practice the spell, and I learned. When the door unlocked. I yelled as my plant turned into a watering can. 

"HOLY-" Jackson yells, I jump up and put my hand to his mouth. "You're a witch? You weren't kidding?" He says staring at the watering can. "Please don't say anything! They will kill me!" I plead, "I won't, I promise." He says closing the door. 

"How did you do that?" He asks, "Magic." I say twirling my hands. I sit down on the ground and he does the same. I move my hands, right, left, up, down, and up. Uma Okla nips lar, BOOM! The watering can turned into a plant. He moves back, surprised. I hold back a laugh, just 3 hours ago, I was doing the same as him. 

"I honestly thought you were kidding." He says holding the plant, making sure it's real. "Well, I'm not," I say getting up. I grab my nightgown and go to the bathroom to change. I close the door and draw a bath. This is so stressful. "I'LL BE OUT IN A HALF HOUR!" I call out to him. "Got it." I can tell he is still looking at the plant. I stip and dip my toe in the scolding water. I don't care, I get all the way in and put my head underwater. 

I hold my breath and come back up for air. I close my eyes and relax. I think I drifted off because I hear a loud knock. "Did you die?" I hear from outside the door. I sigh and start draining the tub, I get out and wrap a towel around me and crack the door open a tiny bit. "Privacy please?" I say sarcastically. His face went bright red, and his eyes flew open wide. "S-Sorry." He backed up and I closed my door, He's so weird. 

I change into my nightgown. And walk out, he's laying on my bed and reading a book. I run and jump on his back. "OW!" He yells, I laugh at him and flop over next to him. He put down his book. "What," I ask him. "Nothing." I get up and open my window. "What are you doing." He asks me. I motion for him to follow me. I climb out the window and onto the roof. I lay down, and the tiles scratch my arms. It's a perfect night, the stars are showing and there is a small breeze but it's warm. He follows up on the roof with me, He tries to hold on but loses his balance, I grab his arm and pull him to balance. 

"Saved ya," I say. He nods and lays down next to me. "So, what are you learning the magic for?" He asks me, and I sigh, "Apparently our kingdom is in danger, some evil witch is trying to take our village down." I tell him, "Oh? I'll protect you." He says putting his arms around me. I laugh, "Technically, I'll be saving you." I say in a sarcastic tone. 

I stare at him, his brown eyes are staring back. I get nervous, and I could feel my face heating up. No, not now. I see him lean in, he closes his eyes and I sit up. "Sorry," He says putting his arm behind his head. I stare at him, was he trying to kiss me? I didn't know he felt like that. I remember when I had the biggest crush on him when I was 10.