Prologue

Instructions

A young cookie with light brown dough- except for a purple patch around her right eye played alone in the forest, the crisp autumn air blowing colorful leaves onto the ground. The young cookie joyously played around, enjoying the still warm part of the season. That is, until she saw an odd purple flower. Being a curious kid, she reached out to grab it, but was interrupted by s voice behind her. "Enjoying the season, little one?" A cookie with pale green dough and purple eyes stood behind her, having a similar flower in her hair. "I bet you're wondering who I am, my name is Thorn Cookie. And I've heard wonderful things about you, Dark Vanilla Cookie." The little cookie, Dark Vanilla Cookie looked up, confused. "Huh? What have you heard about me?" "Your little gift, my dear. How many cookies have you seen with such a striking red eye and beautiful purple dough, hmm~?" Thorn Cookie replied leaning down to be at Dark Vanilla Cookie's eye level. "Gift? Mom always seems a bit scared whenever she looks at it.." Dark Vanilla Cookie said, adjusting her hair to better hide the side of her face she had grown to resent due to the nervousness her parents always seemed to feel whenever seeing it. "Oh dear, it's just a mark of power~ Your dough is much more special than you realize, it means you have power, but there is an obstacle to using it~" "What is it..?" Dark Vanilla Cookie's eyes were wide with curiosity now, almost excited at the way Thorn Cookie was talking, like it was something special, like she was special for more reasons than just her parents. "Your parents, they're just holding you back~ They're afraid of it, because they know it's much more powerful than they could ever hope to be~" Before Dark Vanilla Cookie could reply, Thorn Cookie spoke up again. "Tell me little one, have you heard of Dark Enchantress Cookie~?" "No." Dark Vanilla Cookie had never heard of Dark Enchantress Cookie other than her parents mentioning the other cookie sometimes, yet had never heard the name to her face. "Well, dear~ She's a powerful cookie who can make you her apprentice and help cookiekind~ And she'll help you use powers far beyond what you can think of~" Thorn Cookie muttered something else, yet Dark Vanilla Cookie couldn't hear it. Some fuzzy feeling in Dark Vanilla Cookie's head made her want to say yes, and she couldn't even think of any cons she didn't quickly rule out. "Really?" "Yes, really~" "Yeah! I want to learn magic! I want to be special!" Thorn Cookie smirked. "Then follow me, dear. I've got a friend who's going to help me escort you. She's a bit intimidating looking, but she's all back and no bite~"