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The Neopian Times Week 134 > Short Stories > Midnight at Edna's

Midnight at Edna's

by chipster33

If you happened to look up at the sky in the Haunted Woods on the 14 of the month of Hunting you would have seen a very peculiar sight. A broom was floating in the sky. However, it was not the broom that was so peculiar. No, it is a common fact that brooms are always seen in the sky of the Haunted Woods since over two hundred witches and wizards take residence there. The thing that actually was peculiar about the broom was that a neither a witch nor wizard were riding it. The only thing on the broom was a furry, very discontented, black Kadoatie.

     It was a pitiful thing, the Kadoatie. Its fur stuck out at odd angles, and its whiskers were bent. It was covered in Mootixes but the thing did not care. No, it was focused on one thing and only one thing. Fulfilling the potion so that she might become a witch again.

     You see, if you have not already caught on, that the Kadoatie had not always been a Kadoatie. In fact, only a week ago she had been a very cheerful pink Zafara. She remembered how she had blissfully concocted potions, cast spells, and had taken advantaged of being over a foot tall. Oh, the good old days.

     But now those times were over thanks to her ex-best friend Mera, an extremely foolish starry Aisha.

***

She had invited a few of her friends (Mera included) over for Spooky Shakes and Cauldron Soup. All had gone well, until she had gotten the brilliant idea of, "Hey, why don't I do some tricks to impress my friends?" Worst idea, EVER.

     The Zafara had then performed a few simple tricks with her wand; flowers from thin air, a Snotbunny out of a hat, a banana into a zeenana... simple, ordinary tricks. Then came the suggestion that changed her life.

     "Hey Midnight, why don't you brew a potion? I don't know... to turn a Spyder into a Kadoatie or something. Please Midnight?" Mera begged.

     Midnight had been only too happy to oblige. In less than five minutes, she had whipped up the potion.

     The former Zafara regretted even now her carelessness. One of the first rules of witchery is to NEVER make more of a potion than necessary. It's even printed in big, black, bold letters and is underlined twice on the first page of the book titled The Rules of Witchery. However, Midnight had done just the opposite. She had made two doses, instead of the necessary one. Then she thought it wouldn't matter, but how she regretted it later.

     Midnight had dug under her cabinets to find a Spyder. When she finally had, she poured two drops on it, and then set put the open vial that stored the potion next to her cauldron soup.

     They waited.

     After ten seconds the Spyder started to glow, and then it morphed into a black Kadoatie.

     Midnight's friends clapped with enthusiasm as the Zafara had taken her bows.

     "Let's eat now!" a Halloween Usul that she had also had over suggested.

     "Ooh goodie!" Mera agreed. She had clapped her hands very excitedly, and then accidentally tipped the entire open vial into Midnight's soup without anyone's notice.

     They had all sat down and dug into their soup. They were chatting excitedly when Midnight realized something was going on. Her stomach buzzed and her throat tickled, and all over her body she felt as if she were being poked with millions upon millions of pins.

     "Is something wrong?" asked one of Midnight's friends, a shadow Kougra with heavy make-up.

     But before poor Midnight could answer she had been turned into a black Kadoatie.

     In the shock, her friends had shrieked and left without even a goodbye; probably afraid that their soup had been poisoned too. However, Midnight could not blame them.

     She could only blame Mera. Stupid, stupid Mera, Midnight muttered in her thoughts constantly during her first day as a Kadoatie. The Brainless and Most Vile Mera. The Annoying and Silly Mera. Why was I friends with her in the first place? She's a twit, a nitwit, a moron! She's certainly not coming over again...

     During the next day, however, she became a bit more reasonable. Midnight had jumped up onto her desk where she kept her book of potions (which also had the words "never make more of a potion than necessary" in big, black, bold letters, underlined twice on the first page) and flipped through it until she had discovered the antidote. She read the first few ingredients:

1. A Tooth from the Snowager

2. 1/2 a cup of Grounded Scorchstone

3. An Ultranova

4. 3 Strands of Hair from a Dark Faerie

     Midnight sighed. This was not an easy potion, not at all. But, of course, it couldn't get any worse right?

     Dead Wrong.

     Midnight looked at the end of the list and screamed, for the last ingredient was by far the worse.

5. A Drop of Blood from a Relative

     Now to most Neopets, this wouldn't have been so bad. After all, relatives are caring, nice Neopets who are supposed to look out for you. However, for Midnight, this was not the case. You see, Midnight only had one relative, the rest had been obliterated due to a wrong spell or potion or another, and it was her sister, her evil, vile sister that loathe her and that Midnight loathed back. She was a green Zafara, and her name was Edna.

***

Midnight checked her compass, right on track. Though she had almost never visited her sister, she knew very well where she lived. Edna was the most feared witch in the Haunted Woods after all.

     Finally, the Kadoatie arrived over the black, iron house. She landed in a little tuft of trees behind it, so as not to be seen. Unless it was absolutely necessary, she really didn't want for Edna to know who she really was.

     Silently Midnight crept towards her dreaded sister's house. She leaped through the open window, and peered around the house.

     It hadn't changed much from the last time she visited, and that was saying something since the last time she visited was in 28BN for the house warming party that her parents forced her to come to. There was still a huge, bubbling cauldron in the middle of the room, a rough-looking bed with moldy covers, and an old, stone cabinet in the corner.

     Disgusting, Midnight thought to herself. She personally preferred her own stone cottage with it's little chintz chairs, cheerful, pink tea pots, her fluffy, fuchsia bed, and her eggshell-colored, ornate cabinet.

     The Kadoatie then slunk over to under the cabinet so that she may surprise her sister with her presence when she arrived. If all went well she could just jump on her, bite her, and then run off.

     Suddenly, there was a creak at the door. Midnight's back hair stiffened and she suppressed a hiss as her elder sister walked into the room.

     Edna was carrying a bunch of herbs that she carelessly tossed into a pot. She then grabbed a large, wooden spoon and began to stir the potion.

     "Midnight, please get out from under the cabinet. You'll scare the Spyders," she remarked without even looking up from her potion.

     Shocked, the Kadoatie did as she was told. How'd she know it was me? she thought.

     Edna gestured her thumb over to a crystal ball in the corner.

     Ah, Midnight thought to herself, slightly embarrassed. Any good witch or wizard glanced at their crystal balls before entering a house. It would informed them of anything that might have happened while they were away, in this case a sister in the form of a Kadoatie sneaking into her house.

     "You were always an awful witch. Never remembered even the simplest rules of witchery," Edna clucked.

     Midnight hissed. At least I'm not a hag!

     Edna pulled out her wand. "Another comment like that and I'll put you in an even worse situation than you are now! 'Course, that'd almost be rather hard. Let me guess, someone accidentally spilled a little bit of a potion that you were using to entertain in your food and now you need for me to give you a drop of blood so that you can undo the spell. You're such a moron for having those brainless, non-magical friends over," Edna sneered.

     At least I have friends, quipped Midnight.

     Sparks flew from Edna's wand. "Don't tempt me," she snarled.

     Midnight sat very stately looking at her disgusting sister. The silence was very creepy.

     So will you do it? Midnight finally asked.

     "Maybe," replied Edna, with a smile lingering along her green lips. Her long ears perked up, which meant she was very happy, which also meant someone else was about to be very sad. "If..."

     If?

     "If you donate something to my potion," Edna said.

     Midnight stared at her uncertainly. The deal didn't sound all that bad. That all? she checked.

     "Yup."

     Deal then. Get a dagger and a vial, Midnight responded happily in her mind.

     "I have something better than a dagger, it's called a Blood Grub and it will suck some blood without all of the dramatic effect," Edna mumbled dully as she searched her cabinets and pulled out a jar with a nasty little worm inside and a very small vial. She opened the jar, pulled out the Blood Grub, and placed it on her skin. The Zafara didn't even wince as her own blood was sucked out, and didn't even cringe when she squeezed the little worm over the vial, draining it of the red liquid inside. "There!" Edna muttered as she set in on the table next to her.

     Great! Midnight smiled. Now will you give it to me?

     "No, no, you have to do something for me first, remember?"

     Oh yeah, what do you want me to fetch for you?

     Edna smiled, a vicious, malignant smile. "Oh, you don't have to get me anything, what I want you have right here..." she said slyly.

     Midnight could feel her whiskers stiffen, a bad sign. Her sister was up to something.

    What do you mean? I have nothing with me, she thought slowly.

     "Oh yes you do, the final ingredient to my spell. One, whole Kadoatie!"

     Edna leaped at her sister, claws bared. Luckily, she managed to duck away.

     Y-you're nuts! Midnight screamed in her mind. I'm taking my blood and getting out of here! She made a run for the vial, but the Edna blocked her.

     "No Kadoatie, no deal!" she hissed. The Zafara then smashed the small vial on the ground. The blood flew everywhere, splattering Midnight. Edna then made one more grab for her sister, but she missed and Midnight raced out.

     It was later that night, after Midnight had just gotten back to her cottage in the corner of the Haunted Woods when she realized something. The blood from the vial had gotten on her! She had the final ingredient, her relatives blood!

     Quickly, Midnight ran over to the cauldron in the corner of the room that she had been brewing the potion in, jumped on the edge, and shook herself off, scattering small drops of blood from her sister off herself and into the space around her.

     As soon as the potion caught the drops it turned a vivid blue. Midnight smiled when she saw it, it was the right color for the potion! It was complete! The Kadoatie then bent her head and lapped up a few drops.

     She waited.

     Suddenly, she felt the same sensation of when she had first turned into the Kadoatie, but except it almost seemed inside out. She gritted her teeth, then found out that they weren't small and pointy, but large and sort of dull. She could feel her fur growing a bit longer, and her feet stretching out. Finally it was done, or at least she thought it was. Quietly she ran towards her bedroom and glanced in the mirror.

     "YES!" she screamed aloud. "YES! I'M A ZAFARA AGAIN!"

     She did a little dance, but then she heard the door open from the other room.

     "Here kitty, kitty, kitty..." Midnight heard Edna call.

     Midnight smiled, then grabbed her wand off her bedside table. She quietly crept back into her living room, then shouted, "Hey sis, you still want that Kadoatie?"

     Then, with a flick of her wand, Edna turned into a small, black Kadoatie.

The End

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