"Secret!" The old woman smiled wickedly. "And tell me your decision now! Do you want me to turn you into a frog or lizard?" she asked wickedly.
"I prefer to be turn into an old woman!" Mende answered immediately. She feared that the evil witch will turn her into a frog or lizard if it takes her a long time to decide. She won't be able to live a normal life if the witch will turn her into an animal. She was sure she will never survive in the wild if she will become a small animal.
The old woman smiled broadly. She envied the youth and beauty of the stupid girl. It would be nice to turn her into an old woman just like her. "Wise decision, little girl!" she smiled in amusement.
She immediately waved her hand all over Mende's body, activating the curse. Her mouth moves rapidly, chanting a powerful black spell. Her chanting took almost five minutes. Slowly... Mende was turning into an old woman, sporting wrinkled hands and sagging skin. She looks like a 70 years old woman now. Her transformation was complete!
Mende can already see the changes in her skin, as she stared in horror at her wrinkled skin, which used to be flawless a while ago, her heart sank. She gasped in pain and despair after witnessing her shocking transformation.
Satisfied with the result of her creation, the old woman smiled in amusement. "I'm done with you! Do you want to see your face?" she asked, her evil laughter rang in the air.
Mende shook her head. What is the use of seeing her face when she knows just by looking at her sagging skin that she was already turned into an old woman? She looked at the old witch angrily. "How long the curse will stay in my body?" she asked.
The wicked woman erupted into peals of laughter. "You're such a stupid girl! What kind of question is that?" she sneered at her. "Did you compare yourself to sleeping beauty that once the handsome prince appear and kissed her lips the curse will vanish and she will finally open her eyes after a long time and live happily with her prince charming? Is that what you mean?"
Mende's tears shimmered in her eyes. "I don't want to live with this curse!" she said vehemently.
The wicked witch guffawed. "Then go kill yourself!" she said evilly.
Mende bit her lip in anger and frustration. "Please, undo this curse now!" she finally swallowed her pride and begged the old woman to reverse the curse. She's getting hopeless and desperate. She getting scared to live an old woman's life. She's still young.
The old witch noticed the desperation on the girl's face and the fresh tears flowing on her face. "Alright, I'm not really heartless contrary to what you already think about me. I actually pity your depressing condition. You're such a pretty girl before and now you're already an old woman just like me. Horrible isn't it? Let me think of a solution for you..."
Suddenly, Mende feels hopeful.
"If you want me to undo the curse, bring your friend Evelyn back to my place! And don't come back and plan to take revenge in your current state unless you brought your friend with you. I won't be merciful next time!" the old woman warned her. She throws the girl a death glare and waved her hand at her.
The witch vanished from the house a moment later.
Mende was surprised that the old woman restored her power!
She needs to go back to the cave before her sister finds out that she's gone! Ebony might head to the abandoned manor and demand to see her. Those terrifying Naga people might harm her sister!
No, she can't allow her sister to go through the same fate as her!
She quickly teleported back to the stream.
A few moments later, she appeared in the stream. She walked towards the shade of the tree to retrieve the jar and filled it with drinking water in the stream.
"Sister, where are you!?" Ebony's voice rang in the air.
Mende took a deep breath and answered, "I'm here!" she replied.
Ebony rushed to her side, eyes widened in surprise after seeing an old woman in the stream instead of her sister. "W-who are you?" she asked.
Fresh tears fell from Mende's eyes. Even her sister failed to recognize her. She's an old woman now, even her voice is no longer recognizable.
"Grandma, did you see a girl around here?" Ebony asked. She noticed that the old woman's eyes were flooded with tears. "What's wrong? Why are you crying? Did I say something that offended you?" she asked in a worried tone.
Mende put the jar down on the ground and began crying uncontrollably, her body was trembling along with her heart-wrenching sobbing. "Sister, it's me, Menedelia!"
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