Love Potion

Belinda look at her house for one last time, her parents are still asleep and she just snuck out of the house for her agenda today.

She grip the strap of her shoulder bag and sighed.

They will be worried when they found me gone. Belinda thought

She doesn't know if she will come back alive from her trip at the forest.

All the people in their town believes that there is an old witch living there.

At night they will see different colors of light in the sky coming from the forest. All the villagers would rush into their homes. They will close the doors and windows of their house with fear.

There were rumors that this old witch can make you any potions that you want. Few people dared to go to the forest but no one came back alive.

And like all the people who went to the forest, she wants, no she needs a potion, a love potion.

With one last glance at their house, Belinda turned around and made her way to the forest.

• • • •
The forest wasn't surprisingly dark and dull as she imagined.

The forest maybe dark and dull when you looked at it from afar. But when you entered the forest, it's like you stepped in to another world, a magical world.

There were tall trees with leaves with the color of red, orange, and green. You can hear the chirping of the birds and the waterfalls.
There were also beautiful butterflies flying all around the forest.
The sun rays made the forest more magical.

Belinda can't help but to admire the beauty of the forest but she keeps in mind that there's a witch living here. And this might all be an illusion to trick her, to let her guard down.

So she continued to march down the path and continued her journey

• • • •

She stopped.

She thought it will take her days to find the witch but it only took her hours.

There was a one story wooden house at center of the forest. Belinda knew it's the witch's house for there was a wooden signage outside that says "Potions for sale!!"

So, this is it. Belinda thought. She felt a wrenching feeling in her stomach, her knees suddenly felt weak. She's now starting to realize how dangerous the situation is. She is no match to a witch.

But she can't quit now, she needs the love potion badly.

Mustering all the strength that's left in her she walk towards the door and knocked three times.

The door opened by itself.

She brave herself as she enters the witch's house.

• • • •

It wasn't a house, it was a shop. It is full of shelves that contains different shapes of bottles with different colors with different sizes.
There was a counter at the end, behind it there were thousand of thick black books.

She squinted her eyes to read the words in the spine of the book written in a red ink "Black Magic Volume 1"

Belinda was shocked when a lady with purple eyes emerged from below the counter.

"I'm so sorry to keep you waiting, I'm just finding the blood of a white cat for this potion" said the lady holding a tiny bottle that contains a bloody red liquid.

She opened the bottle and pour its contents in a black pot at the top of the counter.

Belinda willed herself not to look at the black pot's content.

"Where is the owner of the shop?" She asked.

The young lady stop stirring the contents of the black pot and smile at her sweetly.

"Dear, I'm the owner if this shop"

Belinda frowned.

"As far as I know the owner is an Old witch "

It was too late, Belinda realized what she had said. She thought that the lady will cast her a spell or she will chop her body as an ingredient for potions.

She was shocked when the lady laughed.

"Darling, what's the use of being a witch if you can't make yourself look 500 years old young."

The young lady grab the mirror in the counter and touch her delicate face.

Understanding dawn on Belinda's face.

The lady continued stirring the contents of the black pot.

"Anyway, what potion do you need?"

" A love potion" Belinda answered quickly.

The lady sighed. "Off course the most best selling potion of all time"

She stopped stirring the contents of the black pot and leaves the counter. She walks through the wall at the right where there's a black cabinet with a lock, she opened it with a key.
There was a bottle with a blue liquid.

"How many love potions do you need?" the lady asked.

"Just one" Belinda answered.

The lady went back to the counter with the love potion.

"So, how are you gonna pay me?" The witch asked.

Belinda opened her shoulder bag and showed to her the gold jewelries.

"Very well."

She transfered the contents of the bottle in a smaller one.

"You just need that man to drink this potion, then you should be the first woman he must see. "

Belinda frowned.

"In order for it to work, he must see me first?" She asked

"Yup, the potion will make the person who drink it, fell in love with the first woman he would laid his eyes on"

Belinda was in deep thought.

"Here you go! " she handed the smaller bottle to Belinda.

"Will I come back alive?" Belinda asked the question that's bugging her.

The lady seemed shocked but she quickly recovered.

"Yes, darling. You will come back alive, those people who went to this forest before you, they aren't​ dead. They just went to the our world because that's what they want, power and magic" said the young lady with a smile.

But Belinda still looked hesitant.

The lady rolled her eyes "Don't worry you'll come back safe and sound to your home town and the boy you love will love you back in no time. Let me just get you a box so this love potion will be safe in your journey back home".

The lady went down to the counter to get Belinda a box.

"There's no need for that" Belinda said.

The lady frowned, she got up she was shocked at what she saw.

Belinda grabbed the mirror on the counter, she drank the potion with her eyes closed. When she emptied the bottle, she raised the mirror in her hands to her face.

Slowly she opened her eyes.