IN THE LAND OF FANTASIA, CHAPTER 7 C 2011 JoJo

CHAPTER 7

The minute some of Ellvistra’s precious love potion splashed onto his feet, an enormous change came over Stinky. He no longer struggled to get the bottle out of Elvistra’s hands, as a huge, infatuated smile came across his face, and his eyes seemed to go around in circles and bulge out of his head in a most alarming fashion. His face turned a bright red as his excitement grew. He clasped his hands around his large tummy, and started doing a little dance.

Knowing what was happening, Elvistra let out a howl of anguish. “OH NOOOOO!”

“Elvistwa, I finks I wuvs you,” he cried. “You are… sooo …. bootiful! I want to …. mawwy you, WIGHT NOW!”

“GET AWAY FROM ME YOU SLIMY TOAD” Elvistra shrieked. Stinky tried to grab her, but Elvistra yanked her arm away, turned around and ran back the path towards Bugan’s hut.

“Bugan had better do something about this,” she said in between gritted teeth. “Bugan had better … unspell him, or whatever it is witches do! I’ll throttle her scrawny neck if she doesn’t.”

Stinky lumbered along behind her. “Wait for me Elvistwa!” he cried, panting heavily. “I can’t wun as fast as you can – wait up!”

“GO AWAY,” Elvistra yelled over her shoulder. “LEAVE… ME… ALONE!”

“NO… NEVA … I WILL WUV YOU ALWAYS AND FOLLOW YOU… WHEREVA YOU GO,” Stinky shouted.

Half way up the hill, Stinky ran out of breath, and had to stop, his chest heaving with effort as he tried to catch his breath.

Elvistra looked back and seeing him stop, increased her pace and charged up the hill to Bugan’s hut. Bugan was still busily stirring her huge cauldron when Elvistra ran into the hut and grabbed her in a tackle which brought both of them down onto the ground.

Elvistra hopped on top of Bugan and grabbed her by the throat. “I spilled… some of this …love potion of yours … onto Stinky’s feet … and now he’s in love with me.” she said panting heavily.

“Ha ha ha ha!” roared Bugan. “That’s priceless! Serves you right – not my fault, you asked for the love potion and you knew what would happen if it spilled on any elf’s feet.’

Elvistra tightened her grip on Bugan’s throat. “So you think it’s funny do you? Well you’d better break this spell on Stinky or … I’ll break your neck.” She shook Bugan vigorously.

“Stop it Elvistra! It’s no good threatening me – I can’t undo this spell – there is absolutely nothing I can do to break it.”

“NOTHING?” Elvistra shrieked.

“No, nothing,” Bugan said.

Elvistra sat back on her heels and thought about it for a moment. Then she got up and yanked Bugan back onto her feet.

“Alright, you stand right here in front of me and don’t move a muscle,” Elvistra growled.

Bugan stood bent over, coughing and rubbing her sore neck. “You didn’t have to throttle me you know, I could’ve told you there is nothing I can do about this spell. I warned you beforehand that it was foolproof.”

At that moment, panting heavily, Stinky lumbered into the hut. “Elvistwa my wuv, where are you?” he cried, and began looking around the hut wildly.

Quick as a flash, Elvistra leaned over from behind Bugan, and tossed some of her potion onto Slinky’s feet, and darted behind Bugan.

Startled, Stinky stopped, looked up at Bugan and once again, his face became red, eyes swivelled and bugged out of his head, and he bared his teeth in a huge, infatuated grin.

“Why Bugan, you are … sooo bootiful … I wuvs you…”

“OH NOOOO!” Bugan the Witch howled. “OH NOOOOOOO!”