Mrs Brownie woke up to another boring day. She looked around her deserted and old house, nothing seemed to have changed. She always wished to wake up with a smile. She always wished to have someone to care for, someone to cook for, someone to talk to but she had nobody. Everyone had deserted her saying she was bad, children were scared of her due to stories they heard about her. Because of this, Mrs Brownie's house was separated from the houses of other people.
Mrs Brownies husband had died of black magic and she had no child. Mrs Brownie had warned her husband never to go close to her magic portions but he never listened to her. One fateful day when Mrs Brownie had left to pick wildflowers, her husband had walked into her magic room to mix portions just like his wife did. He had always wanted to be a magician but his heart was full of evil which brought about his death. The moment her husband mixed the different wrong portions together something hit her and she knew what hit her. She dropped the flowers, running as fast as she could to get to the house just so she would stop him in time but on her arrival her husband had died. She couldn't help him, she wept because she loved him. He had always asked her to teach him magic but she refused due to the laws of magics she was abiding to.
When Mrs Brownie's portion was mishandled by her husband, the clouds turned dark and it rained heavily for two days. The people in the neighborhood were scared that they would die and moved far away from where Mrs Brownie lived. When everything became okay, it stopped raining, the clouds got back to normal and Mrs Brownie stepped outside. She went to seek help from neighbours but found none. The whole place was empty, she wept uncontrollably once again. She had to accept her fate. She took her husband's body and buried him in the forest. She had never used her magic to do evil except to those who seemed like a threat to her life. She used her magic to protect herself from harm but now everyone had deserted her saying she was a wicked witch.
Mrs Brownie got out of bed, she was getting older and in the three days time, she would be turning fifty but she had no successor. She thought about it and the more she did the more her heart bled. She was becoming too weak because she hadn't eaten for days. Grass had grown all over her house and it terrified people the more. Two days to her fiftieth birthday she couldn't watch herself die without a successor. She poured out some magic portions into a bowl, said some magic words and the whole room turned blue. She was about to drink the poisonous portion when a little voice called out her name.
"Hello Mrs Brownie" said Winnie
The portion dropped from Mrs Brownies hands and poured on the floor almost touching Winnie's skin but as smart as Winnie was, she dodged immediately and a little touched her long hair turning that part of her hair blue.
Who are you? asked Mrs Brownie who was surprised to see such a cute little girl in her house.
How did you get here?
You aren't supposed to be here!!
"Leave now! Else I kill you" Mrs Brownie shouted on the top of her voice without letting Winnie answer any of those questions.
Winnie was too brave and had watched this woman for quite a long time now and knew she couldn't do harm to anyone. I am Winnie and I'm here to stay with you! You're welcome Winnie said and pulled out a chair to sit on. Mrs Brownie just watched the little girl with awe. Would you just sit there staring at me the whole time? Let's get to work before it's late you are running out of time! Winnie said to Mrs Brownie. Yes we should Mrs Brownie responded back out of shock! First I am gonna teach you about magic spells Mrs Brownie started. I know that already I read your book of magics and guess what I understand.
Winnie took a few bottles containing different portions and mixed them all up together chanting spells to the awe of Mrs Brownie. These spells cleared the bushes around and once again Winnie grinned and told Mrs Brownie "you're welcome". The place looked neat in a blink of an eye. Winnie was just about sixteen years old. Mrs Brownie was beginning to experience joy and she wondered where this little girl came from.
Winnie had followed Mrs Brownie home on the day her husband died. Winnie had seen and heard all that happened but hid herself from Mrs Brownie. She was a little scared but on the day Mrs Brownie was about to commit suicide, Winnie decided to show up and tables were turned around. Winnie had read the whole book of magic line by line and she was so good at magic. When it was time for Mrs Brownie to finally die, Winnie wasn't happy at all and wanted Mrs Brownie to stay with her. She had a home now, she had someone to talk to now and she didn't want that to go away. She wept and all of a sudden she remembered a part in the book which said;
Make her live forever by breaking the blue atomic portion.
Winnie asked Mrs Brownie where she kept the blue atomic portion but Mrs Brownie was unable to speak and was running out of time. Winnie hurried to the magic room, she searched for the portion but couldn't find it, she looked everywhere but couldn't find it and she ran out to meet Mrs Brownie who was almost not breathing. Winnie cried, she lost hope, Magic is stupid! Winnie said sobbing. There was no blue atomic portion. She looked up for a while and there was a mirror in front of her which reflected Mrs Brownie's face. Winnie looked deep at Mrs Brownie and found a tiny bottle tied to Mrs Brownie's neck. She crept closer, untied the bottle and broke it. Just as she broke it, Mrs Brownie gave her last breath.
Winnie cried, scattering all the things in the house. Stupid magic, stupid magic she yelled at the top of her voice.
