By Julie

“Luna the witch… Luna of Coven Mulberry… it has a nice ring to it,” Eve said, smiling her approval. At the same time, Misty yelled, “That’s preposterous! Not possible, no way.” Then, Midnight said, “Well, it is a possibility, Basil,” as his twin Dawn whispered, “Sorry, dear, but I think our coven is too proud to do that.” Luna said, in a small voice, “Me? A witch?” as Mallory grunted, “No way, no how. Sorry, Basil.”
Luna was very surprised. You could just make a witch? Witches could transform regular people into witches? It was a strange thought. “You can do that?” she asked Basil quietly, and Basil nodded to her.
Then Basil finally spoke up again. “I say we take a vote. It’s only fair for all of the Mulberry witches and warlocks to have equal power. All in favor of Luna being a witch, raise hands.” Basil, Eve, and Midnight’s hands were raised. “All in favor of the Mulberry witches and warlocks staying the same, raise hands.” Misty, Mallory, and Dawn’s hands shot up. “A tie…” Midnight puzzled. “Well,” Eve said in her somewhat musical voice, “We should probably let the person we’re voting over be the tiebreaker. Luna, would you like to be a member of Coven Mulberry?” Luna turned over the possibilities in her head. If she was a witch, they would never let her out of their sight, and she would never escape. She would be under the power of Misty and Mallory. Also, it would probably be dangerous and she might be expected to cast spells. But then again, they wouldn’t hurt her if she was a witch. It would be exciting. She would get to have a shadow cat, and she admitted they were sort of cute. But most importantly: who wanted to go back to that grimy orphanage anyway?
The word Luna was dying to say and was reluctant to say fell from her lips: “Yes.”