Flash Fiction Story

Long time ago, there was a witch in the forest. She always covers her face with a black cloak. Nobody knows how old is she, they only know she’s the daughter of the old witch. Not like many stories, people hate witches. The old witch had saved people in this town, so the people are very grateful for this witch in the forest. Unfortunately, the old witch passed away several years ago, and the little witch became the guardian of the town. She inherited the magic talent of her mother, and learned a variety of magic with the old witch. And now, she is the guardian of the town.

The witch’s favorite thing is to observe the dreams of the people in the town. One day, there’s a stranger came to the town. He was tall and skinny, but he looked young. He wore a worn T-shirt and a pair of washed white jeans. The whole person looked very weak and pale. The little witch had never seen such a person, so that night, she entered his dream.

In his dream, there’s full of bully and humiliate. The young boy was an illegitimate child of a duke. His brothers always bully him, and the duchess hate him. When the Duchess took advantage of the Duke’s outing, the boy was sent to this remote town.

After observing his dream, the little witch was shocked. The life in the town was peaceful, all the residents had nothing to worry about, and their dreams were always well-being and full of happiness. But for this young boy, she couldn’t even imagine what he had experienced. Father’s alienation, adoptive mother’s aversion, brother’s insult, maid’s contempt…

So, she decided, to take care of the boy from then on. She always monitor the boy by her magic mirror, when the boy had nothing to eat, she used magic to transform food. When he had a nightmare, she used magic to appease him. When he was cold, she used magic to make a fire for him. Fortunately, the villagers are also very good to him, they often sharing his food with him, he also slowly started a small business, and his life became rich.

One day, the little witch was hurt by an herb, and she lost her magic temporarily and the young boy took her home. He took care of her. The little witch asked, ”Why do you take care of me these days?”

“Because I have a benefactor who takes care of me when I was the most helpless, and I told myself, if there’s somebody else need my help, I will do my best to help him or her.” said the boy.

The girl asked,” Do you know who’s your benefactor?”

“Many people told me there’s a witch in the deepest part of the forest, and I think my benefactor is she. In our town, she’s the only one who knows how to use magic in this town.” answered the boy. “After you heal, I will go to the deepest part of the forest, and thank her for helping me these years.”

The little witch was happy to hear this, but she didn’t tell the boy that she’s the witch who helped him during those days.

One month later, the little witch was healed, and the boy went to the witch’s house in the forest with his gifts.

“Hello, is anybody here? I want to see the witch and thank her.” The boy knocked the door and said.

“Yes. I’m here.” said the little witch with a smile.

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Yuting Chen is a 9th grader at Marianas High School. Chen’s teacher is Ms. Leila Staffler.