Audette: A Narrative Fiction

Audette woke on the wet slab in a sweat. A draft provided by the open doors of the Temple gave her with the motivation to make her way out. Her eyes had to re-adjust to the sunlight coming in through the oak doors. She felt different. For the first time in her life she felt confident, both about life and her future; after all, she was going to become a Dark-Witch. She mused herself and wondered how long it would take to turn a boy into a toad. She remembered the boys at the orphanage. She had found herself getting into a lot of fights with them. A painful memory almost came flooding back; but she had realised her guide was nowhere in sight and begun to search for her in slight panic. Suddenly a pointy-hatted head of shining black hair rose …show more content…
I hope you’re hungry, they only come in two-portion sizes." "How are you going to....." Audette was asking as her guide snapped its neck, “Oh.”
"Pardon me eaves dropping into your thoughts but what did those boys do to you?" the Prioress implored. Audette was dumbstruck for a moment, "I... I just...," her voice was quickly breaking.
"Actually my dear,” Meliza interrupted, “you best tell your tale this whilst I make breakfast,"she was allowing the girl time to collect herself. Behind the Temple of Lilyss there was a small black cauldron placed over a fire-pit. The Prioress had led her ward around to the cauldron and sat her close by upon a rock. The flames had been going a while as the water had already started to bubble and boil. Meliza started skinned the rabbit like a glove, using the sharpness of a blade resting; after a while she began breaking it down with her bare hands for the pot. Audette watched curiously. The sound of the rabbits breaking bones resonated in her mind, “Hmm.” “Go ahead then my darling,” Meliza prompted her question again, “What did the boys do?”