When the full moon happens, you turn into a person who’s the opposite of who you normally are. Describe this new you.
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“Ready Mrs. Human?”
“For what Nera?”
“It’s full moon, the night when you take a ride on your broomstick and I come with you as your familiar.”
“Of course Nera, I almost forgot. I have been too busy sweeping dead mice together that you and your two feline colleagues leave outside the window after a night out in the fields. Have you oiled your broomstick?”
“All ready Mrs. Human, so let’s go.”
It has become quite a routine with Nera and I. Every full moon night I feel the urge to put on my pointed hat and join the bats for a nocturnal flight. With age I noticed even my nose becomes more crooked. I had to buy a new broom last week, as the old one was losing the bristles. I think I lost some having a fight with a bat on my last flight. It was one of those vampire bats, you find more and more these days. I think it has something to do with the new department at the local hospital, the blood bank. They gather around the windows every full moon hoping for a few breakages.
“Quite right Mrs. Human” said Nera my chief cat. “If you ask me it has to do with all that radioactivity in the air. It never used to be that way when people used coal and gas for their energy. Since those nuclear power plants exist, you get all sorts of strange things happening.”
“Ok Nera, where shall we go tonight? I thought we could pay a visit to Old Nick down at the graveyard. I heard there is a ghoul party going on: lots of spirits and fun with some dry bones.”
“OK, let’s go” and Nera and I gave a start kick on the broom and flew off.
“Mrs. Human, not so fast, I can hardly keep up with you. Since you bought that new broom with the automatic gear change you leave me behind. I only have an average
three gear execution and have to slow down every time I fly a corner.”
“Sorry Nera, I will buy you a new broom for your birthday and then we can wizz around together.”
“Mrs. Human, put your foot on the breaks, I can see the graveyard below.”
I breaked, but not soon enough and flew into the marble statue of an angel.”
“Hey, be careful, you nearly broke off the tip of my wing” said an annoyed angel. “All the same with you witches, the faster you travel the more damage you cause.”
“Mrs. Human, I think I will stay with my normal broom, those automatic broomsticks seem to have their problems.”
And I landed eventually with a bump at the graveyard. I could see candle light illuminating a few graves and there was singing to the rhythm of the bones.”
“Hello Old Nick, quite a party you have here.”
“We are having fun: nothing like a full moon night to wake things up. Some of the departed can’t wait for a nice full round moon illuminating the night sky. Even a corpse can get bored from time to time. We have a few new residents and they are still getting used to things. When they see what a nice friendly bunch we are, they soon get acclimatised. Where’s Nera?”
“I am here Old Nick. I cannot let Mrs. Human travel on her own, you never know what could happen, especially with that new broom.”
“Yes, I noticed she almost decapitated one of the angels. We cannot have that in a well organised graveyard: all those new-fangled developments with the brooms. Things are just not like they used to be. I have even seen some witches wearing pink hats and they have small straight noses. Where will it end?”
Actually I was thinking about a pink hat myself and having my nose straightened, but I suppose I will leave that idea on the side for now.
“Did you say something Mrs. Human?” asked Nick.
“No, no, just thinking out loud. Nera I think we must be going. I cannot drink too much of those spirits, I might fall off the broom and a witch swaying from side to side on the full moon highway is not exactly ideal.”
“Yes, Mrs. Human I am with you, although those bones were quite tasty. Where did you get them Nick?”
“To be quite honest, I think a dog buried them in the field next to the graveyard, but we will keep that to ourselves. It might reduce the reputation of the graveyard. “
So I saddled my broom, Nera jumped onto her broom and we waved goodbye to Old Nick and some other colleagues and flew home, arriving nice and safe in the early morning hours. After putting our cloaks and hats away in the cupboard under the stairs, we crawled into our beds and slept soundly with the noise of the festivities in the graveyard still ringing in our ears.
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Haha..you got a talking cat riding on a broomstick..mind if I have the model no. of the new broomstick..i myself need a new one 😛
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Hi, Mrs. Human, I LOVED your story. You were the first to ping on my story or poem, I don’t remember which, thanks so much for visiting. And thanks so much for sharing that delightful story! I have all these pings and have no idea what to do with them, I am new. So I will leave comments with everyone and hope they understand. Stubbs
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I only started the Pingback thing myself this week. I always saw them and so I tried it out. I always try to read the contributions in the daily prompt, but I do not always have the time. Keep going and I hope you have as much fun as I do.
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Well… very nicely written… i must say…. that the full moon also does carry some significant tales of love and romance.
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Reblogueó esto en micagaleano14.
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