Cake House in the Middle of the Forest

"Huh?!HUUUUUHHHHHH?!" Erella was confused about what was happening. All of a sudden she was in the middle of the forest holding her long broom. She was pretty sure she was in their home cleaning their backyard.

'Maybe this is just a dream.' She thought then took a deep breath and closed her eyes. She counted to three before she opened her eyes again. After that, she looked around. She was still surrounded by tall trees.

"What the heck happened? Why I am here in this isolated place?" She mumbled with her eyes wide and mouth wide open. She was magically transported in the middle of the forest from her house. She unconsciously crouched down and think.

'I'm sure in the story Cinderella, no magic was mentioned. But........ WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT?! Is it some kind of a machine that can transport me right away somewhere?' She thought but after a few seconds, she shook her head.

'Nah uh, that would be impossible. There's no way a machine can do that.' She thought then her eyes went to see the broom that she was holding. She tilted her head cutely,

"Am I a witch and I unconsciously used this broom to fly me here?" She mumbled but then she shook her head again.

"Nah uh, this is not a magical broom. This is just an ordinary broom. For sure someone used MAGIC!" She said with a certain answer.

"But I didn't see any magic circle before I was magically transported here." She mumbled again while her eyebrows knitted together. She knew about the magic circles because she saw them in every anime before. When someone wants to travel somewhere, they are preparing a magic circle to serve that as a portal to the place they wanted to go. If not magic circle, the other way is just thinking about the place they wanted to go and they will be there as long as they have the right amount of mana to do the magical transportation. Suddenly she remembered something. Before she was transported in the middle of the forest, she thought of going somewhere quiet that her stepsisters couldn't reach her. Then she felt a gust of wind surrounding her and after that, she was already in the middle of the forest.

"Yeah this place is really quiet and my stepsisters can't reach me but..... DARN IT! THIS IS NOT THE QUIET PLACE I WAS THINKING ABOUT!"She shouted frustratingly while biting the hem of her dress. She wanted to throw more tantrums but then she realized something.

"Did I transport myself here?! I have magic?!WOAH, AMAZING! Is this another Cinderella in another world?" She was astonished. Her heart and mind were excited to think she had magic.

"So I can go home, no problemo!" She said happily then excitedly closed her eyes. She tried to do what she did back at home. She focused her mind on the place of her home then waited for her magic to perform. But a minute passed, nothing happened. She still trying to do what she did earlier. But five minutes passed, still nothing happened.

"My gosh! Did I use all of my power just to transport here? Or it is just my imagination that I have power?" She said worriedly. Erella still wanted to ponder if she has power or not but she stopped. She heard something rustling behind her. Her hair on her neck suddenly stood up. All of a sudden, she ran as quickly as lightning. She didn't give a chance for that creature to show up. She just stopped running when she felt tired and looked behind her. No one was behind her so she sighed a relief.  Then she sat on the sand to rest. Suddenly, her grumbling stomach echoed in the forest. She was hungry at the same time thirsty. She remembered she didn't eat her lunch earlier. She sighed.

"Where can I find food in this place?" She asked herself frustratingly. The smell of baked cake traveled into her nose.  She quickly stood up and excitedly followed the smell. She looked like a zombie following the delicious smell of a delicious meal. Erella stopped when she saw tall bushes. Slowly she walked into them and cleared them to peek at the other side. Her eyes and mouth went wide. Saliva went out from her mouth. In front of her was a house of cake.

"Is this Hansel and Gretel's story?" She said in a low voice. Hansel and Gretel's story was the story of the two children who got lost in the woods and found the witch's cake house. They ate it and were invited by the witch in her house. But they didn't know that the witch purposely did the cake house to bait the hungry children like them and later on eat them.

"JEEZ LOUISE! How unlucky I am. First, I was transported to the middle of the forest. Then I'm not sure if I really have power or it's just my imagination. And now I'm very hungry and thirsty. What luck is this?!" She said slumping on the ground. Erella decided to walk away from that place but she stopped walking when her stomach grumbled again.

"ARGGHHHHH! I don't care anymore! It's better to die with a full stomach than an empty stomach!"She exclaimed then ran towards the cake house. She hungrily wolfed down the wall of cake and took a sip from the soda fountain. When she was already full, she happily lied down on the soft grass. Then all of a sudden, dark shadows covered her small face.

"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!" She screamed.