Isabella

Once Upon a Time, Isabella was a beautiful princess in a far away land, both magical and lovely. I stumbled across her as I walked to the market. She smiled at me, stuck out her pink tongue, and ran off. I looked behind where she's ran off, and saw paw prints left in the dust. She had flowing white hair and brown eyes that could captivate you in an instant. I touched the paw print. Yep, It was real, alright! I knew she was worth finding. I wanted to talk to her because I was a scientist. I traveled far over the worlds looking for supernatural creatures. It fascinated me. Isabella had a secret. she was part-dog. She changed into full dog at the every  full moon.

Isabella was in her room. She remembered the girl that stared after her in the market place with the matching brown eyes. Did she know her secret? She suspected it. Her father couldn't found out what she was. Then she would be locked up and wouldn't find her prince. She retraced her step earlier but the girl was gone. A witch had done this to her along time ago. That night she sat by the window and howled. Other howls followed. She understood them. They were people inside. But they had transitioned into full-dog, and couldn't change back. This witch cursed many that crossed her path. Her name was Angela. Angela turned people into dogs, or in her case half-dog currently when they threatened to expose her. Isabella wished she never threatened the witch. She just thought it was wrong; all those souls being trapped. It made the witch stronger; the more she changed. The full-dogs were under her control, and obeyed orders. They were going to help bring the fall of men. Isabella thought of it as a curse, and one she must break soon. But how?

The next morning she woke up and hugged her father. She had to kiss him carefully, or he'd see her teeth. He hunted with the Royal Court on Wednesdays, as it was today in fact. The full moon was getting closer as she feared. She spotted that girl at the market, and charged her up against a shed. "Who are you? Do you work for her?" "Her, who?" the girl replied, " My name is Emily, I'm an observer, I don't work for anyone. I suspect your secret, but I wouldn't tell a soul. I've seen other creatures like you." She let her grip on Emily loosen. "You must help me break it then", she said with a growl, " I can't be this. I'm not serving the witch."

Emily agreed to help Isabella, but she didn't know what she was getting fully into. She told Isabella about the ones that were hunted by the Royal Court. They turned human again as they died. There was much talk about it in the kingdom. Emily didn't want Isabella to come to this fate. They didn't know but, the witch Isabella told Emily about was following them. Emily pulled a sword out of her bag, "Something I picked up on my travels." Isabella studied the ruins carefully. "I can read it!" she said surprisingly.  She studied it, and gasped, this is the ones they make up North. The Elder Swords." Emily cocked her head, wonderingly. "Could it kill the witch?" Emily responded. But Isabella shook her head bemused. She was hoping it very well could. Emily also pulled out potions she'd made in her lab, but told Isabella not to touch it. She wasn't done with them. Isabella sent Emily home that night when it got late.

As Emily was walking home to her shed, she saw someone blocking her path. This woman cackled and tossed her red hair so Emily saw the scar on her face. "Give me the sword or die!" Emily trembled, Why do you care? " The witch said in a quiet voice the owner gave me this, she pointed at the scar. Suddenly, Emily remembered an old legend that someone told her in a pub. "Your Ursula, the one men fear to mention...But luckily, I'm no man!" Ursula smiled ruefully, "I see you rather fight me, and die. Don't you want to help your friend?" Emily knew who she meant. " I'll give it to you, if you cure her." The witch scowled at Emily. then she admitted, "OK, I'll do it," in her most sincere voice. But Emily knew this was a trap waiting to happen since Ursula couldn't be trusted. She went over to the witch and as she released hold, she planned clumsiness, dropping the sword on Ursula's foot. She screamed in pain and wretched her claws at Emily. But Emily ducked to late. She bore the same scar on her face. Emily screamed.

 Out of no where, Isabella showed up; concerned. The witch looked at her. As she was about to run, dagger in hand,  Emily grasped the sword and pierced the witch's heart. What happened after was like an explosion of light. Emily opened her eyes when it stopped. The mark on her by the witch, healed. But Isabella wasn't there. In her place was a white wolf. Emily scrabbled to Isabella but the dog took a step back. She looked at the destroyed witch. She felt a flow of power in her finger tips. The witch must have transferred her power to Emily. Emily decided then and there, she'd use the power to help the "lost ones", as she later called them. She put her hands on Isabella and her friend was human once more. "You have to save them, the others", Isabella whispered. Then she ran off, but when she married and had kids, she told them stories of the one who killed Ursula and became the Good Witch. She told them the lives the Good Witch restored by the touch of her hands. She also told them that wolves were more than animals, since she was one for a short time. They were capable of love and compassion. The Royal Court didn't hunt them anymore. When Isabella was Queen, she banned it. People forgot fear of things unknown and lived in peace. Emily known as the Good Witch eventually cured the lost ones.