On an early foggy morning in July, a young woman in pain, named Ramona, decides to visit a well-known old fortune-teller looking for a beacon of hope in her miserable life. Having arrived at the odd Gothic house, Ramona sees an ugly woman, dressed in black, mixing some strange substances.
Fortune-teller: (Staring at the girl because of the way she looks) Oh! Finally you’re here! I’ve been waiting for you for days!
Ramona: That’s great! I really need your help. I don’t know what to do with my life anymore.
F: Well, let’s sit down. We can’t waste our time.
(The old woman concentrates and stares at the crystal ball)
F: I see a future full of love in your life! You don’t have anything to worry about, kid.
R: Really?! I thought everything in my life was messed up. Well, tell me more, please. What can you see there?
F: There’s a wealthy gentleman… and you already know him!
R: Oh! Let me think (She thinks for a while) May be he is… No, It can’t be him (The girl murmurs) How is his personality? Is he a good man?
F: Oh! Yes! He is very popular with the local people.
R: Could he be my future husband?
F: Let me see… (Showing off) Yes, yes, I see a beautiful family living in the countryside.
(There is a sparkle of hope in Ramona’s eyes)
R: I can’t believe my ears! That’s everything I’ve ever wanted!
F: You must know who he is. Think Ramona! He asks for your services very frequently.
(Ramona is staggered)
R: Alfredo Manuel! So… my feelings are true! He has always been in love with me. I’ve finally found my significant other!
(The fortune-teller stares at the crystal ball wide-eyed)
F: Wait, wait, wait.
R: What happens? What can you see?
F: (Trying to be sympathetic) Oh dear, I’m sorry to tell you that it’s not as easy as it appears to be.
R: I don’t understand. What do you mean?
F: Well… this gentleman has a family.
(Ramona’s illusions fall apart)
R: B-b but (she stutters) you’ve told me he is the love of my life!
F: I know, I know, dear. Don’t despair! I think I have the solution to this inconvenient. Trust me, everything will be fine.
R: All right (hopeless).
(The fortune-teller moves towards the shelf behind her, takes a little phial and returns to her seat)
F: Now, listen to me. This is a love potion. The only thing you have to do is to give him fifteen drops of it and his family will immediately disappear.
R: But what about Alfredo? Won’t he be worried about his family?
F: Let me finish! (The woman interrupts her) He won’t have memories of his family. Alfredo’s heart and mind will be only yours.
R: Wow!
F: Now go. You should do this as soon as possible.
R: Yes! Thank you lady! You’ve been very helpful; I don’t know how to pay you back.
F: It’s all right dear. But don’t thank me before everything is done.
When Ramona goes back to her precarious house, the old woman approaches the shelf to continue the work she was doing before the girl’s arrival. It is on that precise moment when the fortune-teller realizes that the potion she gave Ramona is not a love one…it is the most dangerous poison that the old woman has ever made.
Fortune-teller: (Staring at the girl because of the way she looks) Oh! Finally you’re here! I’ve been waiting for you for days!
Ramona: That’s great! I really need your help. I don’t know what to do with my life anymore.
F: Well, let’s sit down. We can’t waste our time.
(The old woman concentrates and stares at the crystal ball)
F: I see a future full of love in your life! You don’t have anything to worry about, kid.
R: Really?! I thought everything in my life was messed up. Well, tell me more, please. What can you see there?
F: There’s a wealthy gentleman… and you already know him!
R: Oh! Let me think (She thinks for a while) May be he is… No, It can’t be him (The girl murmurs) How is his personality? Is he a good man?
F: Oh! Yes! He is very popular with the local people.
R: Could he be my future husband?
F: Let me see… (Showing off) Yes, yes, I see a beautiful family living in the countryside.
(There is a sparkle of hope in Ramona’s eyes)
R: I can’t believe my ears! That’s everything I’ve ever wanted!
F: You must know who he is. Think Ramona! He asks for your services very frequently.
(Ramona is staggered)
R: Alfredo Manuel! So… my feelings are true! He has always been in love with me. I’ve finally found my significant other!
(The fortune-teller stares at the crystal ball wide-eyed)
F: Wait, wait, wait.
R: What happens? What can you see?
F: (Trying to be sympathetic) Oh dear, I’m sorry to tell you that it’s not as easy as it appears to be.
R: I don’t understand. What do you mean?
F: Well… this gentleman has a family.
(Ramona’s illusions fall apart)
R: B-b but (she stutters) you’ve told me he is the love of my life!
F: I know, I know, dear. Don’t despair! I think I have the solution to this inconvenient. Trust me, everything will be fine.
R: All right (hopeless).
(The fortune-teller moves towards the shelf behind her, takes a little phial and returns to her seat)
F: Now, listen to me. This is a love potion. The only thing you have to do is to give him fifteen drops of it and his family will immediately disappear.
R: But what about Alfredo? Won’t he be worried about his family?
F: Let me finish! (The woman interrupts her) He won’t have memories of his family. Alfredo’s heart and mind will be only yours.
R: Wow!
F: Now go. You should do this as soon as possible.
R: Yes! Thank you lady! You’ve been very helpful; I don’t know how to pay you back.
F: It’s all right dear. But don’t thank me before everything is done.
When Ramona goes back to her precarious house, the old woman approaches the shelf to continue the work she was doing before the girl’s arrival. It is on that precise moment when the fortune-teller realizes that the potion she gave Ramona is not a love one…it is the most dangerous poison that the old woman has ever made.
By: Melina Marengo and María Florenica Gaitán.
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this is my ending to your story girls..I really liked it! :)
Ramona goes anxiously back to her ramshackle hut, willing to call Alfredo and give him the potion. But once in, she takes the phial out and reads the label aloud with her eyes wide open:
“Baking powder!!?? What the f…”
She dials the fortune teller’s phone number and as soon as she picks up the phone she yells at her:
“You damned deceiver! You gave me a vial full of baking powder not a magic potion!”
“Yes, kid”, she answered calmly.
“Do you think I’m David Copperfield or what? I cannot make people disappear just like that! You have to conquer your man’s heart but you have to start from his stomach. So go and learn how to bake a delicious cake with the baking powder I gave you, kid. And, please, don’t call me unless it’s a matter of life or death”.
When the young woman goes back to her precarious house, the fortune-teller realizes that she herself made a great mistake. The old woman gave Ramona a substance that changes a person`s sex. "But it is too late to do something about it", she murmurs. Ramona feels so exhilarated with that incredible potion, that she decides to drink a bit of it to make some of her problems disappear. As she wants to have a new life with her love, she drinks the whole phial frantically. Thus, Ramona is now a young boy who falls in love with Bertha, Alfredo Manuel´s wife and wants to go to the old fortune-teller to know something about his future.
wow Gisela!!! That was creative! Congrats!
Gosh Sofi!!! I could never have imagined such an end!!! Very original! Congrats!
Ramona is very sure of what she is going to do. Her plan is perfect. The following morning, she gets up early and has a quick breakfast. She leaves home in order to go to Alfredo Manuel´s office and give him the potion. On her way she loses the liquid. In despair, she looks everywhere but she cannot find it. Next day, she sees some news in the newspaper, a wanderer has died after drinking some poisonous drink from a strange little bottle...
Virgi... what an end! So this poor guy died just because he was curious!!
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