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Madison and Mason: The Witch Hunters

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Chapter 1 - Act 1: The Beginning

Once upon a time there was a family living on the outskirts of the well-known village called Coda, there was a farmer, a maiden and their two children.

The farmer's name, Leonard was well-known in their village by his hardships in life, he also earned the nickname called "Father of the Farms". And there many trade marketeers from the other three villages try to make trade with the village and because of it, the Coda Village is now growing prosperous.

After a few days, when Leonard delivers a box of goods to the vendor, she saw a lady standing in front of the Tavern wearing an old robe. It may seem suspicious, but he has no choice but to approach the lady in the robe. And there, when he attempted to ask her, the girl was surprised and ran away.

He may be wanted to chase her but instead he let her be because he doesn't want to cause misunderstandings. And so, he went back to the stall to get the payment for the goods and deliver the others.

It's almost late when Leonard walks all the way home just after the tax collection from the marketing stalls.

While walking, he noticed that the path he's walking in is strange, and the houses were a little bit different and this place doesn't seem familiar to him. He realized that he already lost his way home and suddenly, he saw a house that is made of sweets. He went there to see if there's someone who can help him show the way out of this place.

When he was closing in, he also didn't notice that there's a willow tree nearby and he took a step forward, that the Willow tree's vines are full of rotten parts of corpses.

He saw a dismembered corpse that's been hanging on one of the willow tree's vines. The head of the corpse is also hanging on one of the vines and unfortunately, the corpse's face is familiar to him.

There, he suddenly recognized the corpse and that corpse hanging on the willow tree is his childhood friend that went missing 10 years ago. He was shocked and disgusted on what he saw, to the point where he almost lost control of himself, and then suddenly someone called his name and it's coming from the house.

A sweet and calming voice goes into his mind, making Leonard to follow the sound without even realizing that he was being manipulated by it, until he was at the front door of the house was made of candy.

He wondered, "How is this made?" He noticed that since it was made of candy, he'd think that if any children will saw this, they will sure swarm around to eat the candy house.

The door suddenly opens, and Leonard still hears the sweet voice coming from the inside and followed it., with a sound of a finger snap, he finally wakes up and saw that he was in some like an underground lair, more like a witch's lair.

But there's nobody in the house so he walked slowly and looked around the house and it's giving him chills and creepiness because it's full of stuffs that use for torturing people.

He went downstairs, and saw a furnace, he noticed that something's different, so he carefully approached it and looked up closely to see what it is.

While staring at the furnace, he was shocked in the moment that he saw something because suddenly, it was a hand of an 11-year old child trap in there, screaming and suffering to death. Leonard immediately tries to find a way to open the metal furnace but slowly by slowly, the scream starts to fade away.

Before he realized, that kid was already dead. Leonard, with a regretting heart, did everything he could to save the child, but it was already too late. Tears dropping from his eyes thinking that if he should've known it, the kid can be saved.

Until there's someone who just giggled behind him saying, "My, my... Isn't it fun that screams of the children were a beautiful melody in the ears."? Startled by it, he can't turn his face around as he was afraid of supernatural beings especially witches.

"Turn around dear." she softly said.

Leonard didn't give a reaction.

The witch shouted, "Turn around! Now!"

Fearing that his life might be taken, so he forcefully turned himself around to the witch, as the witch said, "You're such a good man. Hmm, you sure are a fine one, what is your name?"

Leonard replied, "L-Leonard ma'am"

"What a nice name you have there, darling, it makes me want kill you." The witch said.

The scared Leonard can't shout outside because he already realized that no one will come to help him as he knew that the place was already deserted a long time ago.

But suddenly, there was someone knocking the door. The witch was a bit surprised that there's someone noticed the house despite the barrier protecting it.

Out of curiosity, the witch swiftly went to the door to open it, and Leonard immediately shouts, "Don't open the door! It's a witch's house! Don't —", the witch casted a spell to mute Leonard's voice.

And so, when the witch opened the door, she was surprised that it was a young lady in a robe. The witch attempted to greet her, but the woman suddenly blurted out a surprising line.

"Good Night b*tch!"

Bang! She shot the witch in head with a gun, giving a full hole at the witch's head, killing her instantly.

"W-who are you!? What happened!? Hello!!!" Leonard dumbfoundedly shouted.

"It's okay, I'm here Leonard", the lady replied, as she went downstairs where Leonard is held captive.

"W-wait, t-that voice... Is that you Sorena?" Leonard surprisingly asked.

Sorena replied and apologized, "Yes, I'm sorry, I took so long."

Leonard replied, "No, it's okay. What's important is that you came."

Sorena again apologized, "I'm really sorry Leonard, but I can't let you know who I really am."

Leonard wondered and asked, "Why? What is the meaning of this?"

Sorena using her magic puts Leonard to sleep and altered her husband's memories. Then, the dramatic reunion continues but their story doesn't stop here.

3 days after the incident, Leonard can't remember what happened after the time he collected the taxes in the market. He felt that something supernatural happened, but he can't remember what happened. He suddenly felt some chills by thinking it.

Suddenly, Sorena hugged him and saying, "No matter how you try to remember it, you will never remember it, so don't bother about it anymore because it will ruin your handsome face that I've been earning."

Hearing those sweet words, Leonard suddenly blushed and his face became beet red, and he said, "Jeez! Stop that Sorena. You're really gonna ruin my face today." As they laughed together. One of their best moments they had in their life.

"I hope that every single day, it would be like this." Sorena told Leonard as she kissed him.

After that moment, the kids came out from the tree house they built and with their face looking so scared about something. Leonard noticed it and immediately asked Madison what's happened to them and she told Leonard that the village was on fire.

"W-what is happening?" Leonard anxiously asked.

"The villagers!" Sorena said in a loud voice.

"Get the kids back in the house, I'll go to the village." Leonard said to her.

Sorena disagreed and replied, "No, I'm coming with you, no one knows what's happening out there, we need to bring the kids to your mother first."

"What do you know? Do you know what's up there? Protecting you and the kids is my top priority here, I can't lose you and our kids." He said.

Sorena was left speechless and has no choice, but to nod. Before they set apart ways, Sorena tightly hugged and kisses Leonard and said, "Come home my love... I will be waiting for you." As Leonard immediately ran to the meadows and into the forest while Sorena went back to her house and took the kids.

"Madison, you watch over your brother and Mason protect your twin sister. No matter what happens you must protect each other." She said to the kids.

From a distant place, a gunshot was heard from afar. Sorena realized that it was the witches who raze the village and set fire on the houses, so she enchanted a spell that protects Madison and Mason from the magic of witches and took them in the shed.

In the shed, there was a hidden passage that leads way to the outskirts of Village of Bèlen. There, before she closes the door she said "I love you, Madison and Mason. Thank you", as she closed it and sealed it where it can never be opened by anyone.

She stepped out of the shed and went back to the house to confront the witches. When she reached the house, she realized that the house was something different and suddenly, she sensed something and before she realized it, the house was surrounded by witches from above.

The witches casted attack spells to the house and Sorena quickly cast a protective barrier, but the attack was too much to handle by her own.

Even with her powers, she didn't last long to the attack and the barrier broke, leaving her open to the attack.

At last, the witches gathered and prepared another wave and shot it down to Sorena causing her to get incinerated by magic and blowing the whole place up. When the place blew up, Leonard was badly injured and went back to their house in the meadows, but he saw that the whole place was already blown up and he was too late to save Sorena.

Despite the pain that he is physically enduring, he had no choice but to flee to another village to tend his wounds in the near village of Dakhota and will came back to hunt down witches to avenge his love ones.