WritingCamp -The Adventures of Coral and her reluctant Human

Flora lives in the town of EdgeRose which is located precisely in that one place over there, and can most definitely be found in that one country that's up that-a-way. You know the one I mean? I'm sure you do. I mean, everyone does, and you're a part of everyone, aren't you? Flora's cottage is on the far outskirts of town and very close to the woods. She stays out of town for the most part. Folks don't seem to like her much, they think she's weird and are always calling her a witch. She doesn't understand what is so terrible about witches, some of the nicest frogs she's ever known were witches, and even a few humans too. Whatever the reason the town folk always refer to her as Auntie Witch, or Witchy Flora, and sometimes just Witch and avoid her at all costs. Unless of course they can make a few coin off of her or need her assistance. They never invite her to parties or weddings.They turn away and whisper as she approaches. So she spends most of her time in her cottage or the woods instead. Coral is Flora's roommate and is a large, fat, super fluffy, orange cat. Coral is without a doubt a very spoiled brat and is at least fifty percent responsible for the towns people thinking Flora to be an oddling and a witch. Coral is constantly voicing her opinions and complaints loudly and obnoxiously. Sometimes when the cat is feeling especially bratty she would shriek as they walked through the town and get louder as people approached or turn and hiss in their faces with her teeth bared. Because of this Flora was often seen walking through town arguing loudly with Coral to be nice to the citizens of EdgeRose. Coral would never hurt anyone of course but she had the towns people convinced that Lucifer himself had sent the cat from the gates of hell to be Flora's supernatural companion.  Flora did not approve of this behavior and was constantly trying to reform Coral. Her newest method to convert the cat towards kinder ways was to parade her through town with an adorable bonnet on her head and brightly painted nails on her paws. Sometimes when Coral was especially naughty she would also strap her into a baby stroller. This did seem to have quite the calming effect on the cat and the townspeople were beginning to walk by them again instead of turning to run as they approached.  Coral is also responsible for a lot of strange events that were very difficult to explain. Flora has a box labeled "All the weird the Cat drags in" and inside are numerous objects that she has never seen before. They don't seem to be things anyone Here has ever seen and they don't seem to be from Here either. Then there are other objects that are similar to objects found Here but don't seem to be made from materials found Here. Then there are the things that are from Here but have no business being inside her cottage. Coral never stops bringing things either so she has a never ending collection of things that are from foreign lands, long past times, or just from some place Else, some place not Here.  Then there were the times that she would be holding Coral and Here would seem to shimmer and shake as if it was about to melt away. Some of these times are when items that were from someplace Else would arrive. A few times she had brief conversations with people on the other side of the shimmer. Conversations with details she could never remember and faces that appeared blurry or distorted in her memory.  Flora thought she had become accustomed to all of the quirks that came with Coral. She was proud of the fact that she didn't freak out or faint when Coral shimmered anymore. She no longer spent days, weeks, or even months trying to figure out the origin of all of the objects that Coral dragged into her home. She would just add them to the box and go about her day. But she had no idea that very soon Coral would turn her entire world upside down and her life would never ever be the same.