witch hunt

It was 10-13-1195 when my life changed. I had thought that I would live a slow and peaceful life until that wench came and ruined it, but let’s start from the week before. There had been rumors going around about a witch living in the village, but no one knew who the witch was. The witch with no one to counter her started to take people never to be seen again. No one knew where to start when we thought we found something the next day it was gone or it was gone within an hour of being found. We figured the witch was toying with us so we gave up and let the witch have their way, until they started to take children of the village. Everyone became more aware of their surroundings. Each day for the next six days there were at least five to seven people standing guard while others slept. Each night they rotated. It was on the seventh day since the guards were stationed, tonight was my night to stand guard. I was woken up by the previous guard to start my shift, but before I started I checked on Isabelle and Binx. They were both still asleep so I left checking in on them every ten minutes. The sixth time I checked up on them I noticed someone was snooping around my house. I follow what looked like a woman. Who ever it was got inside my house I stayed outside of the house waiting for something to happen, then I saw both of my siblings walking beside of the woman. I realized then and there she was the witch. I followed behind them as quietly as possible until they reached the woods I knew that if I followed them at the distance I was, I would be found out. so, I decided to walk slower than before, hoping I won’t get caught. They made it to a cabin in the woods. I stayed behind waiting to see if they go inside, which they did almost immediately. I crept up to the cabin window to see what she was doing to them. It appeared as though they were chatting about something, before I knew it my siblings were asleep. I decided to go to the village for help. I made it back to the village with no time to spare, I yelled for help multiple times. Everyone who heard the cry for help came running to see what had happened. I tried to explain what happened, but it all that came out was “follow me before she does something to them.” Everybody had a confused look on their face, but they still followed behind me. I followed the path I had made in the forest by brushing the leaves away so I could find my way back to the cabin. When we finally made it to the cabin, I told the other villagers not to be loud for what the witch might do to them had she been found out and cornered. I crept up to the same window I had looked through before. I saw the witch and my siblings were still fast asleep, or so I hoped. The witch looked to be cooking? or brewing something in the cauldron above the fire place. I motioned toward a few of the villagers to come over so we can move in. While the villagers I had motioned over came to my aid, I noticed the witch began giving something to my siblings. I had not known what came over me, but I burst into a rage or frenzy that did not seize to end. I burst into the witch’s cabin, ran over to the witch before she could fully give my younger brother the concoction she had made, and I knocked it out of her hand spilling it on the floor. The witch became flustered with what I had done, she started cursing me. The villagers I had brought along with me tied the witch’s arms behind her back. I tried to wake up my siblings, Binx had awoken, but Isabelle hadn’t yet awoken. We became worried about what had been in the concoction. We didn’t know if it was a deadly concoction or a sedative. We began to look on the bad side of what it meant if Isabelle didn’t wake, but that’s for another time. We took them both home for now. The day after we got them back and the witch locked up, I checked on both of my siblings. Binx was up playing, but Isabelle was still asleep. I decided to check if she was still breathing, and thankfully she was.

It’s been a week since we caught the witch, everything was almost back to normal aside from my sister still being asleep. My brother has had no side effects of that concoction the witch made. The witch was sentenced to be burned at the stake, to hopefully lift the sleeping curse that Isabelle is under. The witch’s execution was tomorrow and everyone was praying for the curse to be lifted during the execution.

Its the day of the execution, I told my little brother to stay behind to watch our sister, then I left. When I got to the execution site the witch was already tied to the stake. The execution was about to begin and the pastor stepped towards the witch to ask her for her final words. What the witch said will haunt me for the rest of my life. She said, “The curse shall lift on the day I die, but the cursed ones shall not know their true selves”. The pastor told the executioner to start the fire. I ended up heading home to be there when Isabelle awoke. When I got there, I heard screaming I rushed to see what has happened. When I got to the room my sister was in I saw something I didn’t know. I assume that what the witch had said came true. Isabelle was gone, but someone? else was in her place. I told Binx  to get behind me quick and he did. Our sister finally stop screaming. I spoke to her to see if she could understand. She looked confused, then she tried to say something I could barely make it out. What I made out was “ where—I—are—” I figured that she was saying where am I, who are you. I responded with “you’re our sister, and you’re at our house. We’ve been worried about you. You’ve been asleep for over a week. Do you remember anything?’ I asked her. She fell back to sleep before she could answer. Sometime through the night she passed away I assume it was part of the curse. We buried her at the grave yard. It was just me and Binx left, but what I didn’t know was that Binx would live much longer than the average man. It’s been 10 years since the incident, and the last thing I knew was I fell asleep peacefully. As I look over my sleeping body I finally realize I died and now Binx is all alone