The Chocolate Potion / The Ink Well Fiction Prompt #117

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Ana lived in Villa Flor, a picturesque town hidden among distant mountains, away from civilization, all the inhabitants had the same physiognomy, long faces, pointed ears, bulging eyes and a flat nose; Being originally from that place, this had never been a problem for her, until one day rummaging through her grandmother's things, she found a magazine of the outside world, with photographs of girls completely different from them, these had a headline that said "THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMEN IN THE UNIVERSE".

The girl left the magazine where it was and went for a walk, but she could not get the faces of those women out of her mind, her steps took her to the park.

—I wish I was beautiful! —exclaimed Ana, as she saw her face reflected in the pond.

—I can give you something to be as beautiful as they are,— said an old woman who came out of nowhere.

Ana turned around startled, "Who are you? -she asked. - What women are you referring to?

—I am a sorceress,— she said, with a smile on her wrinkled face.

—I can't talk to strangers,— Ana said.

Shaking a small vial, the old woman said:

—With this potion, you can be as beautiful as the girls in the outside world.—

How did this woman know of her longing to be like those women?" She thought she got up abruptly and tried to leave, but the old woman held her tightly by the arm.

—I can even make you visit the outside world,— said the old woman, looking her straight in the eyes.

— How could you do that?— she asked.

— Just by taking a little chocolate bar, this magic chocolate potion will turn you into a beautiful woman,— replied the old woman.

— I don't think I could achieve this effect just by taking a little chocolate, I would have to bathe myself with that chocolate potion to achieve it,— answered Ana.

¬ Just try a little bit! ¬ said the old woman, showing her the small bottle.

Immediately Ana remembered the pictures of those women in the magazine, a whirlpool of thoughts whipped her mind, finally she concluded that it wouldn't do her any harm to take some of that chocolate potion.

—All right, I'll take her potion, —said Ana.

—You won't regret it,— replied the old woman.

The old woman gave the bottle with the potion to the girl and told her to take 5 drops of chocolate, Ana took the indicated dose, that potion really was chocolate, soon after taking it, an inner force made her body turn several times; When she stopped, she felt the same as always, she ran to the pond and there she saw a beautiful face reflected, evidently the chocolate potion had taken effect.

— Do you like what you see?—-asked the old woman.
— Yes! —answered Ana, excited; —Now, tell me how I can visit the outside world. — she said.
Then, the old woman explained the ritual she had to do, the girl agreed and immediately wanted to do it, the old woman took out a magic wand, but before casting the spell, she warned her that to keep the appearance of a beautiful woman, she had to drink the chocolate potion every 2 hours and that the spell would take effect until the sun went down, then she said the magic words and swash, Ana disappeared.

In a crowded square in the outside world, out of nowhere, Ana appeared, everyone saw her and greeted her, she was very excited, she had grown up with the idea that people who lived in the outside world were cold and bad-hearted, apparently the inhabitants of Villa Flor were wrong, because these people seemed very kind.

Ana sat down on a bench, remembered the words of the old woman and took the chocolate potion.
—Hello!_ said a girl who was in front of her.

—Hello, how are you? — answered Ana, very excited.
—I'm Cristal, what's your name? Are you new here?—
—I'm Ana, it's a pleasure to meet you.—

There they continued talking, some things Ana did not understand, soon Cristal invited her new friend to eat an ice cream, she agreed, she was impressed with that beautiful city, the buildings, cars, motorcycles, although she was a little dazed with so much noise, she enjoyed a lot of what she saw; In the ice cream shop Cristal introduced her friends to Ana, they talked for a while and went for a walk around a shopping mall.

The walk took longer than expected and Ana forgot to take the chocolate potion. Suddenly, everyone began to look at her strangely, she became the same as before, people began to shout ugly things about her appearance, her new friends moved away saying things like: "Get away ugly bug! What big ears you have!

Ana left that place terrified, she ran until she could hide in some bushes, for her luck, the sun was already setting and suddenly ... Swash disappeared and in a few seconds, appeared in the park of Villa Flor, where she meditated on what happened and realized that the people of the outside world, if they were bad-hearted, never wanted to be beautiful on the outside, she was satisfied with being beautiful at heart.

This is my Participation in The Ink Well Fiction Prompt #117 , I hope you like my publication.

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There is something magical about chocolate that makes me feel young. I just wish Ana could be beautiful without chocolate!LUV

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He had a beautiful heart and that's the most importante❣️Greetings my friend @mineopoly

Ana learned that physical beauty does not equate to happiness after taking this interesting potion. In the world she entered, she was quick to find friends, and quick to lose them. This was an intriguing tale, however by adding in some additional scene description it would really shine! We hope this feedback helps. Thank you for sharing your story with us, and for your engagement with other members of the community.

This girl learned that external beauty is not as important as internal beauty, I appreciate your advice, I will take it into account for my next participations, greetings🤗

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Gracias por el apoyo🤗

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