The sun started turning a blood red as the heat grew hotter and hotter late that evening, Something was in the Air most certainly that late afternoon. Everyone that was out and about trying to do some last minute shopping before the Gypsies left town even though no one knew if they would in fact leave or not. Sweat seemed to be streaming down their bodies like a brook that had lost its way. Everyone that is except a small frail woman who was shroud in what looked like some sort of cloak. She walked with a cane and a slight limp not many had noticed her enter town. One person did notice her and that was the Gypsy woman who seemingly was frightened by her presence. Word started to spread and questions were raised "who was she and what did she want? was she the one who had brought the curse all those years ago? or was she something else?" Not many knew and more were very skeptical of her. What was her name? At a closer look the right side of her cloak had a letter that was sewn quite raggedy, the letter was E! but what did it stand for? no one wanted to ask her, and in fact no one seemed to want to even approach her at all. for all around her as she gimped her way across the grasses a foul odor was present and the air was very very stale. But why? what was going to happen now? As she approached the young Gypsy woman whose face was a perfect as any woman would die to look like, something had changed. For the young Gypsy seemed to bow down as if bowing to royalty. But why? The frail woman slipped her hand under the chin of the gypsy and smiled at her lifting her head up to look in her eyes. Without saying a word, more was said by that look than anyone can possibly imagine. They walked slowly toward the brook in the center of town arm in arm as the towns people stood by staring.
When the frail woman and the young Gypsy walked to the brook they stopped and whispered something in a strange language to each other. Both of them chuckled after which they hugged once more before the frail elderly woman walked away slowly towards the edge of town. After reaching the last house which was now behind her she turned and waved and with a swirl of wind she disappeared into the now setting sun. The young woman turned toward the towns people whom had all gathered around to witness what had just happened she spoke ever so softly but with a tone in which no one could or would dare interrupt. She spoke with a firmness in which some called soft but deafening. she spoke of past happenings and future events that would leave the hair on the back of your necks standing on edge. She spoke of things to come that would indeed change all lives as they knew it. When she finished she motioned to the other Gypsies that had circled around to listen in, all of them with not so much as a word seemed to know what she was going to say. She spoke one last time letting all know she was the matriarch of the Gypsies and the frail woman was her mother who in fact had did the black magic deeds that had been done oh so long ago. everything from Timmy the tree, the Ogre, even the floating jellyfish were of her mothers doings. She spoke how the town had treated her years before calling her names and chasing her out of town, setting fire to her wagon and all the other things the locals had done to passer byes. She said with a firmness now that scared so many, "If I hear of anymore such nonsense coming from these lands I will return with a vengeance unlike you have ever seen before. I will unleash something so evil nothing will be standing when i finish." With that final word the others turned and gathered up their pots and pans, their ware for sale and even their other belongings, without saying a word all of them formed a line of wagons as the young woman walked over to the lead wagon and spectacularly jumped into the seat without a struggle. With a soft whistle the horses started to pull cart and wagon after wagon to the edge of town. Just like when they arrived they were now gone. BUT, something was different. Something had changed, the air seemed quite stale and smelled of something unfamiliar to anyone left standing. What was this strange odor? What could possibly be coming now? What was in store for them next?? Only time will tell, or will it even let the secret out....