Fiction: Mrs. MacDowell (La señora MacDowell) [EN/ES]

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Mrs. MacDowell

It was the night of Halloween, and the full moon was walking through the firmament accompanying the boys in their journey for candy. Thomas was the most extroverted of the 'Ferrets' gang, named after themselves.

Thomas walked in front of the boys with his haughty attitude and invited them to make mischief in complicity with the night and the disguises that covered their identities. Thomas had dressed up as 'Jason' his favorite horror character, he waved his plastic sword and with his pre-teen voice, he told his friends. "Right boys, tonight we must do it, we have to go to old MacDowell's house and fill her house with rotten eggs, today we will become men, today there are no wimps. Haha." He laughed and brandished his plastic sword, cutting through the soft autumn breeze.

He would pull the three dozen rotten eggs from his tree house and hand them out to his friends. He would turn his brown eyes toward the old wooden house with its gothic style, weathered paint, and a bent rooster weather vane with rust showing all over the metal.

At that instant, Thomas' mind went back in time and remembered the ball incident. It was a beautiful summer, the sun was shining brightly and the heat seemed to melt everything it touched, Thomas and his band of 'Ferrets' were playing baseball in front of Mrs. MacDowell's house. The turn at bat was Thomas', he was getting into position as he ran his hand through his dark brown hair.

One of the friends threw the ball with a curving effect towards Thomas, who with feline reflexes connected with the bat a hit and it went up in the air, with such bad luck that it reached Mrs. MacDowell's house, making a terrible roar and breaking the glass of the window and then landing softly inside the dark house.

From inside, a raspy voice could be heard, spewing out insults and curses. It was Mrs. MacDowell leaning out of the broken window and pointing her hook-like finger at the children, threatening and scolding them. "Horrible children, get out of here or I'll give you the evil eye and this ball stays here, so you learn to respect. Fuchi, Fuchi, get off my property!"

"Earth calling Thomas, Earth calling Thomas." One of his friends would bring him back from the memories that possessed him.

Thomas shook his head and came back to reality. "Haha... Sorry guys, I was just remembering the time old MacDowell took my favorite ball away from me."

"The one that Jensen Aniston 'The Kid' signed to you?" one of his friends asked, opening his eyes expectantly towards Thomas.

"That very one, my favorite major leaguer, and I've decided I'm going to get that ball back today while you guys distract old MacDowell." Thomas pulled down his mask and pointed his plastic machete at the gloomy house.

The boys shouted excitedly. "Go, Thomas, go!" They were set course for Mrs. MacDowell's house in military gear.

"May victory or death await us at the front, my 'Ferrets'."

Thomas and 'the Ferrets' were on their way to the house, butterflies were flying around in their stomachs and their senses were on alert. Thomas told his friends the plan. "This will be very simple, while you guys throw the rotten eggs, Mrs. MacDowell will go out to see, and I will go into the house and look for the ball, everything must be quick and well calculated."

Already in position, the boys awaited Thomas' command, the time came and the boy gave the signal to 'the Ferrets', who began to bombard the house with rotten eggs.

The commotion made Mrs. MacDowell come out like lightning, and furious she began to shout at the boys who, in their disguises, felt safe from being recognized. Rotten eggs were crashing against the old wood leaving a foul smell.

Mrs. MacDowell kept yelling at the boys. "Get the hell out of here you naughty brats, I'll tell your parents to give you a well-deserved spanking."

After a few minutes of insults and threats, Mrs. MacDowell was leaving the house to catch the boys, at that moment Thomas took advantage and entered the place, he quickly searched through the living room, went to the kitchen, and then went lightning up to the second floor, entered two rooms and finally the attic.

He went down the retractable stairs and went upstairs, as he entered the place he looked at an altar: black candles, a table with a purple mantle, some wilted flowers, a large open book with unintelligible writing, an old, yellowed photo of a man. Thomas felt a chill run through all his muscles and his skin crawled like goosebumps.

Thomas clicked his teeth against some missing ones, he felt a twist in his stomach, and he thought he should get out of that place soon. At that instant a powerful light came out of the book and caught the boy's attention, the pages turned, and Thomas fell into a spell, he turned to the book and began to read.

Mrs. MacDowell entered the attic and saw the set of lights and Thomas uttering the spell. She shouted at him "Don't do it, you brat!". The woman quickly ran to Thomas to stop him from reading any further.

As she finished the spell a great black mist began to invade the house, lightning and lightning bolts spewed out of the smoke, the whole neighborhood began to see the scary spectacle. In a matter of seconds the whole area was covered with that black mist and demons began to come out to terrorize the people, who ran screaming and praying all over the place.

Thomas was waking up from the spell and together with Mrs. MacDowell looked at the unleashed apocalypse, "Mrs. MacDowell, how can we fix all this." Thomas' pleading eyes rested on the emaciated woman.

"We must find the closing spell, you must do it since you were the one who released the demons, we must do it in haste before the most powerful demon comes out and wipes out everything on earth."

The woman looked in the book for the spell and then asked Thomas to recite the spell. The boy began to read and at that moment the most powerful demon was present. The woman tried to stop him, with some spells, but he was too strong.

She kept shouting to Thomas to finish the spell, but the demon defeated the woman and went after Thomas who was about to finish the last sentence, the demon approached violently and expelled the boy from the house, while Thomas pronounced the last sentence and then...

Thomas' friends were waking him up and everything had returned to normal, at that instant Mrs. MacDowell came out. "I was a fool, for giving myself to sorcery for love, I almost caused the apocalypse to be unleashed on the world, and now I will burn this horrible book. Thomas, you are a brave man and a fool too, but you set things right, thank you."

Mrs. MacDowell would enter the house and the boys would look at her stunned, then a white smoke would come out of the chimney and start to spread all over the place, making them forget everything that had happened.

"You brats, get off my property!" shouted Mrs. MacDowell, Thomas and 'the Ferrets' ran off in terror. "Thomas, wait a minute, take this, and now get out of here I don't want to see you around here again." The woman would throw him the ball she had taken from him sometime before. Then she disappeared into the house and a high-pitched, shrill laugh could be heard as Thomas ran away in terror.

"Hihihi..."

The end


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La señora MacDowell

Era la noche de Halloween, la luna llena se paseaba por el firmamento acompañando a los chicos en su travesía por los dulces. Thomas era el más extrovertido de la banda "los Hurones", llamada así por ellos mismos.

Thomas caminaba frente a los chicos con su actitud altanera, y los invitaba a hacer travesuras en complicidad con la noche y los disfraces que cubrían sus identidades. Thomas se había disfrazado de "Jason" su personaje favorito de terror, agitaba su machete de plástico y con su voz de preadolescente, les decía a sus amigos, «Muy bien muchachos, esta noche debemos hacerlo, tenemos que ir a la casa de la vieja MacDowell y llenarle la casa de huevos podridos, hoy nos convertiremos en hombres, hoy no hay cobardes. Jajaja». Reía y blandeaba su machete de plástico, cortando la suave brisa otoñal.

Sacaba las tres docenas de huevos podridos de su casa del árbol y se los repartía a sus amigos. Dirigía sus ojos castaños hacia la vieja casa de madera de estilo gótico, pintura roída por el tiempo y una veleta de gallo doblada con muestras de óxido por toda la parte metálica.

En ese instante, la mente de Thomas se iba hacia un tiempo atrás y recordaba el incidente de la pelota. Era un verano esplendido, el sol se alzaba imponente y el calor parecía derretir todo lo que tocaba, Thomas y su banda de "Hurones" jugaban béisbol frente a la casa de la señora MacDowell. El turno al bate era de Thomas, se ponía en posición mientras pasaba su mano por el cabello castaño oscuro.

Uno de los amigos tiraba la pelota con un efecto de curva hacia Thomas, quien con reflejos felinos conectaba con el bate un hit y esta salía despedía por los aires, con tan mala suerte que llegó hasta la casa de la señora MacDowell, haciendo un estruendo terrible y pariendo el vidrio de la ventana para después aterrizar suavemente dentro de la casa oscura.

Desde dentro se oía una voz rasposa, que expelía insultos y maldiciones. Era la señora MacDowell quien se asomaba por la ventana rota y apuntaba a los niños con su dedo como garfio, los amenazaba y regañaba. «Niños horribles, lárguense de aquí o les echare mal de ojo y está pelota se queda aquí, para que aprendan a respetar. Fuchi, Fuchi, !Fuera de mi propiedad!».

«Tierra llamando a Thomas, Tierra llamando a Thomas». Uno de sus amigos le hacía volver de los recuerdos que lo poseían.

Thomas movía la cabeza y volvía a la realidad. «Jaja... Perdonen, chicos, estaba recordando la vez que la vieja MacDowell me quitó mi pelota favorita».

«¿La que te firmó Jensen Aniston "El niño"?» preguntaba uno de sus amigos abriendo los ojos expectantes hacia Thomas.

«Ese mismo, mi jugador favorito de las grandes ligas y he decidido que hoy recuperare esa pelota mientras ustedes distraen a la vieja MacDowell». Thomas se bajaba la máscara y apuntaba con su machete de plástico la casa tétrica.

Los chicos gritaban emocionados. «¡Vamos, Thomas, vamos!». Se ponían en curso a la casa de la señora MacDowell en marcha militar.

«Que la victoria o la muerte nos esperen al frente, mis "Hurones"».

Thomas y "los Hurones" se encaminaban hacia la casa, las mariposas volaban por los estómagos y los sentidos se ponían en alerta. Thomas les dijo el plan a sus amigos, «esto será muy sencillo, mientras ustedes tiran los huevos podridos, la señora MacDowell saldrá a ver, yo me meteré a la casa y buscaré la pelota, todo debe ser rápido y bien calculado».

Ya en posición los chicos esperaban la orden de Thomas, llegó el momento y el chico daba la señal a "los Hurones", quienes empezaron a bombardear la casa con los huevos podridos.

El alboroto hacia que la señora MacDowell saliera como un rayo, y furiosa empezaba a gritar a los chicos que quienes con sus disfraces se sentían seguros de no ser reconocidos. Los huevos podridos se estrellaban contra la madera vieja dejando un olor nauseabundo.

La señora MacDowell seguía gritando a los chicos. «Lárguense de aquí, mocosos traviesos, ya les diré a sus padres para que les den una paliza bien merecida».

Luego de unos minutos de insultos y amenazas, la señora MacDowell salía de la casa para atrapar a los chicos, en ese momento Thomas aprovechaba y entraba al lugar, rápidamente busco por la sala, fue a la cocina, luego subió como rayo al segundo piso, entró a dos habitaciones y por último el ático.

Bajaba las escaleras retráctiles y subió, al entrar al lugar miró un altar: velones negros, una mesa con un manto morado, unas flores marchitas, un gran libro abierto con una escritura inentendible, una foto antigua y amarillenta de un hombre. Thomas sintió un frío recorriendo todos sus músculos y la piel se le ponía como gallina.

Thomas chasqueaba los dientes contra algunos que le faltaban, sintió un retorcijón en el estómago, pensó que debía salir pronto de ese lugar. En ese instante una luz potente salió del libro y llamó la atención del chico, las páginas cambiaron, y Thomas caía en un hechizo, se dirigió al libro y empezó a leer.
La señora MacDowell entró al ático, vio el juego de luces y a Thomas pronunciando el hechizo. Le gritó «¡No lo hagas, mocoso!». La mujer corría rápidamente hacia Thomas para evitar que siguiera leyendo.

Al terminar el conjuro una gran neblina negra empezó a invadir la casa, rayos y centellas salían expulsados del humo, todo el vecindario empezó a ver el espectáculo tenebroso. En cuestión de segundos toda la zona estaba cubierta de esa neblina negra y empezaron a salir demonios para aterrizar a la gente, quienes corrían gritando y rezando por todo el lugar.

Thomas despertaba del hechizo y junto con la señora MacDowell miraban el apocalipsis desatado, «Señora MacDowell, como podemos arreglar todo esto». Los ojos suplicantes de Thomas se posaban sobre la demacrada mujer.

«Debemos buscar el hechizo de cierre, debes hacerlo tú, ya que fuiste quien liberó a los demonios, debemos hacerlo de prisa antes que salga el demonio más poderoso y acabe con todo en la tierra».

La mujer buscaba en el libro el hechizo y luego le pedía a Thomas que recitara el hechizo. El chico empezó a leer y en ese momento el demonio más poderoso se hacía presente. La mujer intentaba detenerlo, con algunos hechizos, pero era demasiado fuerte.

Ella seguía gritando a Thomas que terminará el hechizo, el demonio vencía a la mujer e iba tras Thomas que estaba por terminar la última frase, el demonio se acercó violentamente y expulsó al chico fuera de la casa, mientras Thomas caía pronunciaba la última frase y luego...

Los amigos de Thomas lo despertaban y todo había vuelto a la normalidad, en ese instante salió la señora MacDowell. «Fui una tonta, por entregarme a la hechicería por amor, casi hago desatar el apocalipsis en el mundo, ahora quemaré este horrible libro. Thomas eres un valiente y un tonto también, pero arreglaste las cosas, gracias».

La señora MacDowell entraba en la casa y los chicos la miraban atónitos, luego un humo blanco salía de la chimenea y empezaba a esparcirse por todo el lugar, haciéndolos olvidar todo lo sucedido.

«¡Mocosos, lárguense de mi propiedad!», gritaba la señora MacDowell, Thomas y "los Hurones" salían corriendo despavoridos. «Thomas, espera un momento, toma y ahora lárgate no te quiero volver a ver por aquí». La mujer le tiraba la pelota que le había quitado tiempo atrás. Después desaparecía dentro de la casa, y una risa aguda y chirriante se escuchó mientras Thomas salía corriendo despavorido.

«Jijiji...».

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Lol! All that Thomas wanted was his ball, but his search of a ball took him to discovering a spell book. It was a good thing he was able to cast a spell on the strong demon. And thank God Mrs. MacDowell finally gave him the ball, I hope he never returns to the house again.

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Thank you for stopping by and leaving your kind comment. Thomas will surely not appear around the place again. Hehe.

Happy halloween.🎃

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I see Thomas saw more than he bargained for. He unleashed demons in one night while looking for his ball.

I am glad everything got back to normal.

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A very active night for Thomas and his friends. Hehe...

Thank you for stopping by and leaving your kind comment.

Happy halloween.🎃

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Thomas was a brave boy, sacrificing his life for his ball.
It was a fun read. I enjoyed this story.

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Thanks for stopping by and your time to read the story. I'm glad you enjoyed the adventure of Thomas and his friends.

Happy halloween.🎃

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Wonderful story, @rinconpoetico7. You packed it full of action, drama, suspense and great dialogue. The ending is wonderful with the old woman making them forget all that happened, and that she is actually kind. Thank you for joining the Halloween prompt, and for reading and commenting on the work of other community members.

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Thank you for your beautiful comment, your appreciation is always welcome and I am honored.

The whole disaster had to be forgotten so I remembered the movie "men in black", hehe...

Always a pleasure to be in this beautiful group with so many talented authors and wonderful stories. We will support in whatever way we can.

Happy halloween @theinkwell! 🎃

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Greetings, @rinconpoetico7!
Your story has been selected to be part of The Ink Well's 130rd Magazine. Thank you for your presence in the community.
https://peakd.com/@theinkwell/the-ink-well-highlights-magazine-130

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