At first it was so scary to hear that my best friend managed to upset the local witch enough that she started making threats.
Everyone in town said that she was powerful and terrifying and cruel. I was so worried about what she’d do.
I didn’t need to be! My friend looked so much happier as a pretty doll. All her anxiety and sadness and doubt seemed to have melted away.
I also didn’t know she wanted to be a girl, but I’m so glad the witch could do that for her too. I’ve still got a crush on her either way.
That’s why I asked if her witch would be so kind as to let me join her. It seemed like such a sweet and peaceful existence we could have together, far away from all of the problems in our old lives.
After I asked, her excitement was so infectious, I couldn’t help but wear a huge grin the whole way as she led me to her Miss.
The witch’s smile was a bit scary, it’s true, but I was reassured by my friend that she was kind and loving under the surface.
My friend never told me that the process would be so painful.
It was heat. And needles. And overwhelming pressure. It was a total collapse followed by the feeling of fingers digging through and reshaping the ruin into something that deserved to take up its space.
And then I was nothing more than a doll.
I would not speak unless Miss wanted to hear me. I smiled and curtsied at her pleasure. When she commanded me to examine my reflection in the mirror to see what she did to me, I could not hesitate to do so.
I did not choose to obey; I simply did so. I did not have to choose anything at all.
When she asked me how I felt about how I looked now, the form she chose, I felt my mouth move on its own to tell her how perfect my new body was.
I did not even have to decide how I felt!
I believed my words. After all, what choice did I have? None whatsoever, and that was a greater relief than I ever dreamed it could be. My friend was right.
Miss had me spend all my time with my dear friend, holding hands, enjoying tea and pleasant weather, together always.
Our witch was truly the most wonderful and kind creature there ever could be.
Everything was perfect, just as my friend told me it would be.
We could spend an eternity together, she and I, and every moment would be absolute bliss for the both of us.
May it never end.