“Fight all you want child,” the hag whispered. “You are mine.”
The children around them stared in wonder at the woman fighting the mean lady. She was trying to help them and each one was very frightened. One brave little boy took off his shoe and threw it at the witch’s head. It was soon followed by another shoe, then a heavy plastic pumpkin basket full of candy. Kyoko knew she would have smiled if the situation weren’t so dire.
The witch hissed at them but they’d started yelling, now as they gained courage from each other, throwing whatever they could at her. Some of the children began shouting to leave the nice lady alone, while others screamed for their parents. Just as Kyoko’s vision was starting to fade, something screamed past her and the hands around her neck vanished.
Everything
