“You’ve got to be kidding!” Mattie laughed.
“Oh, there's no ‘kidding’ here, just pure magic. Come- sit down and I shall begin to tell your futures.” the woman said in hoarse voice, as if she hadn’t used it in forever and a day. She sat us down and held out a box with 12 stones inside on it, all inscribed with a zodiac sign.
“Take the one with your sign on it.”
I took the Aquarius stone and Mattie grabbed the Pisces. As we lifted the stone up, however, we discovered that there were strings attached to each stone. They weren’t just stones, they were necklaces.
“They are yours. Now, please, hold out your dominate hand.”
We both held out our right hands. The woman took Mattie’s hand first and began to read her fortune.
“I see great joy that awaits you, but there is also titanic danger. If you are not careful, you will risk your sanity and lose your head. Your lucky item is a half-full cup, because it depends on how you look at your situation…”
I look over to her, thinking that she would react badly, but it looked like she was forcing herself not to laugh.
“Now, you…” The woman took my hand and started looking at the lines on it, “It 'tis a shame that neither of you have long life lines… Yes, I see… the life you know will suddenly vanish and only you and a select few will know of this. You will see this world and loved ones once again, but through different eyes. Your lucky item is cotton candy, because it’s sweet flavor, like life, is short and will disappear…”
Wait...disappear? Now I knew this woman was insane! Nothing can just disappear.
“Now, since you two are my first customers, I will let you pick one item each from my shop with no change,” The woman opened a curtain to reveal a gift shop.
That’s strange- I hadn't noticed that curtain before.
The shop had hand-carved wooden statues, talismans, “potions”, and miscellanies magical items. We started to look around at the items. I found a gem like necklace, which probably wasn’t real, after searching for a while. It just stood out to me. Mattie and I eventually found each-other, thanked the woman, and left.
“It was weirdly nice of her to not charge us. What did you pick?” I asked her as we walked away from the tent.
“I found this little potion that said something about transformation…dare me to drink it later?”
“No! Who knows what that bottle has in it?! You could die or something!”
“I was just kidding!”
A group of girls walked up to us, “Where did you guys get those zodiac necklaces? They’re super cute!”
“Oh, we got them at the fortune telling tent.” Mattie said for the both of us.
“Where’s that? We’ve walked all over this place and there wasn’t a fortune-teller.” the girl looked at us weirdly.
“It’s right ove-“Mattie stopped midsentence. I looked over my shoulder and sure enough, the tent was no longer there.
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Pinch Me I'm Dreaming
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