☸ Kandie Mountain ☸
Long ago, there was a wood cutter, his wife, and his two children. The boys name was Hansel, and the girls name was Gretel. One day a shortage hit the land and food became harder and harder to get. The Wood Cutter's wife came to him and told him that, if they did not get rid of their children, they would starve. The Wood Cutter became distraught, for how was he to abandon his children? "We'll take them into the woods with us, light a fire, and leave them there. They will not find their way back." Said his wife and the Wood Cutter relented to her pushing. The children, however, had heard the whole plan and began to fear for their lives. Hansel sneaked out of the house that night and filled his pockets with white pebbles from the ground that shone like silver in the moon light. "We will be okay." He told his sister before laying down and going to sleep.
The next day, their mother came and got them just before dawn. They were each given a piece of bread for their dinner and were taken into the wood. As they walked, Hansel would stop and throw a pebble down. A fire was lit and the two were seated in front of it while their parents went to work. Hours passed and the children ate their bread and drifted to sleep. By the time the two awoke, night had already fallen. Waiting until the moon was high in the night sky, the two set out, following the trail of pebbles until they reached home. They knocked on the door and their father, who hadn't been keen on the idea in the first place, was delighted to see them.
Months passed and the shortage grew worse. The plan was made once more to take the children into the forest and leave them there. The children, awake from hunger, heard their mothers plot and began to worry once more. Hansel, once again, crept to the door to go out and gather more white pebbles as before, but their mother had locked the door this time. Sorrow and fear filled his soul as he returned to bed to wait for the next day. Just before dawn, their mother came to get the two. They were each given a piece of bread, even smaller than the last, and set out into the woods. Hansel took his bread and crumbled it in his pocket, stopping and throwing a crumb on the ground as they walked. They were taken even further into the woods this time, to a place they had never been before. A fire was built and their parents left them to cut wood. Gretel shared her bread with her brother and both fell asleep until late into the night. Waiting until the moon was high, they set back out to find their way, but found that all of the crumbs had been eaten by the many birds in the forest.
The two walked all night long and the whole next day, but did not find their way back. With only a few berries from the forest to eat, the two laid down under a tree and fell asleep. When they awoke they began to walk once more, moving deeper into the forest and up the mountain. When three days had passed, they knew that if help did not come soon, they would die of hunger and weariness. When the sun hung highest in the sky, they saw a beautiful snow white bird which sang so delightfully that they stopped to listen to it. When it had finished its song, it took flight and the two children chased after it. The bird landed on the roof of a little house. Upon inspection, the children found that the house was made of bread and cover with cakes, the windows made of clear sugar. "We can eat that!" Said Hansel and they set to work on the house, tearing pieces off and eating them greedily. Soon, and elderly woman came out from the house and, so shocked by her appearance, the children dropped what they had been eating.
The next day, their mother came and got them just before dawn. They were each given a piece of bread for their dinner and were taken into the wood. As they walked, Hansel would stop and throw a pebble down. A fire was lit and the two were seated in front of it while their parents went to work. Hours passed and the children ate their bread and drifted to sleep. By the time the two awoke, night had already fallen. Waiting until the moon was high in the night sky, the two set out, following the trail of pebbles until they reached home. They knocked on the door and their father, who hadn't been keen on the idea in the first place, was delighted to see them.
Months passed and the shortage grew worse. The plan was made once more to take the children into the forest and leave them there. The children, awake from hunger, heard their mothers plot and began to worry once more. Hansel, once again, crept to the door to go out and gather more white pebbles as before, but their mother had locked the door this time. Sorrow and fear filled his soul as he returned to bed to wait for the next day. Just before dawn, their mother came to get the two. They were each given a piece of bread, even smaller than the last, and set out into the woods. Hansel took his bread and crumbled it in his pocket, stopping and throwing a crumb on the ground as they walked. They were taken even further into the woods this time, to a place they had never been before. A fire was built and their parents left them to cut wood. Gretel shared her bread with her brother and both fell asleep until late into the night. Waiting until the moon was high, they set back out to find their way, but found that all of the crumbs had been eaten by the many birds in the forest.
The two walked all night long and the whole next day, but did not find their way back. With only a few berries from the forest to eat, the two laid down under a tree and fell asleep. When they awoke they began to walk once more, moving deeper into the forest and up the mountain. When three days had passed, they knew that if help did not come soon, they would die of hunger and weariness. When the sun hung highest in the sky, they saw a beautiful snow white bird which sang so delightfully that they stopped to listen to it. When it had finished its song, it took flight and the two children chased after it. The bird landed on the roof of a little house. Upon inspection, the children found that the house was made of bread and cover with cakes, the windows made of clear sugar. "We can eat that!" Said Hansel and they set to work on the house, tearing pieces off and eating them greedily. Soon, and elderly woman came out from the house and, so shocked by her appearance, the children dropped what they had been eating.
The forest covers the majority of the mountain and is usually drenched in low hanging clouds and thick rolls of fog. There were rumors that this mountain has became even more dangerous after Hansel and Gretel's day; that anyone who went up would go missing. Though, there were also been reports of men and women going up the mountain and returning, but none of these people would talk about how they got back or what they found. The theorists insisted that there were more witches up on the mountain, but nobody could pinpoint exactly where they were, until recently. Ten years ago, a group of people came down from the mountain as one and marched to the center of Konfecshun City while it was still small. They announced that they were a Coven and that the mountain belonged to them, anyone to trespass would be killed. Without any more word, the group disappeared, proving to the world that the forest was indeed a Witches Territory.
