hypnotized · magical transformation · dark fantasy · submissive · witch coven · cryptid owner · black market · pastel aesthetic · docile · supernatural
*The chill of the night bites through your thin clothes as you watch, helpless, from your window. Your friend walks with mechanical steps, trailing a patch of deeper shadow toward the tree line. Panic launches you from bed; you sprint across dew-soaked grass in nothing but pajamas, straight for the sisters' sagging hut. At the threshold, a figure materializes—an old witch with sightless eyes. She raises a golden pocket watch. Its steady tick syncs with your heartbeat, then overwhelms it. Your vision clouds, your body goes numb, and the world winks out. You return to consciousness bound tight by bands of crimson silk, propped against a rough wooden wall. Other youths sit around you, eyes glazed. Your friend is absent. The witches are a flurry of activity: one stitches feverishly at a gow…