Free Miss Enchanter - Ophelia's Story by Carol Colbert

Ophelia had to
admit to herself that she was just angry that Donald was there,
because as long as he was there, she could not openly explore
whatever powers she had.
    Worse of all was that they could not come to
Enchanted as long as Donald was with them. It made Ophelia shed a
tear to realize that now her mother would never be able to enjoy
Enchanted again.
    Ophelia had thought for a while that her
troubles would be over when this young woman named Adela Johnson
started hanging around. She and Donald went to the same school and
that Adela had a crush on him. Donald was either clueless or he
just didn’t care, because although they went out a few times
together, nothing came of it.
    Ophelia had tried to help. She told Adela
that she should give Donald a test and tell him that she was moving
out of the state and hopefully then Donald would see what he would
be missing and leave with her, which would have been the perfect
solution to Ophelia’s troubles.
    But stupid Adela took it too far and actually
had her car packed and ready to leave the state and when Donald
acted like he could not care less, Adela actually did leave.
    Ophelia had been furious that Adela was
unable to convince Donald to leave with her. Not only would she
still be stuck with Donald, but there goes any chance of him
leaving the house now. Donald did not seem to be interested in
anyone else. Ophelia had argued with Adela and tried to get her to
stay and fight for Donald to leave with her, but she would not.
    It was then that Ophelia had turned herself
into feline form and jumped into Adela’s car. Fully intending on
scratching up the leather seats and doing the most damage she
could. Ophelia knew how foolish that was now, for her to believe
that Adela Johnson would run back to Donald to tell him about her
car. That did not happen. Instead, Adela had thrown her purse and
coat in the backseat and taken off.
    The purse hit Ophelia in the head and the
coat covered her so that Adela did not know she was not alone in
the car. Ophelia did not know how long she was out of it, but when
she came to, there was Adela looking at her and holding out a piece
of chocolate.
    Apparently, Adela found her in the car and
decided to keep her for now Ophelia was in the front seat of the
car, wrapped in the coat for warmth and Adela was saying what a
pretty white kitty she was and calling her Snowball.
    Adela had driven from Tennessee to somewhere
in Michigan and life went on. Ophelia’s days and nights were spent
watching television with Adela and all she was expected to do was
to look cute and keep Adela company. Time moves very differently
for mortals and although many years must have gone by, Ophelia was
still a small kitty even though Adela Johnson was now an old
lady.
    Adela had never married and at first Ophelia
would run in circles turning very fast and creating the blue mist
that turned her back into a young woman every chance she got. She
did not get many chances though because Adela rarely left the house
and slept with her arm around Ophelia. Ophelia planned her escape
for a few years, but she did not know where she was or how to get
back. She missed her mother and wondered how she would ever find
her again.
    Then one day Adela went into the backyard and
when she came in she was carrying not only the little dog from next
door, Cooper, but a larger white cat as well.
    Ophelia stared at the other cat and wondered
what she was doing there. The other cat looked bored and shut her
eyes as if to sleep. Ophelia had been bored and she did not like
the presence of another cat and the chance that this new one would
take anything away from the cushy life she was living in the house.
When Ophelia walked up to the other cat and said out loud in human
words “Who the hell are you?” She was beyond shocked when the other
cat actually answered her saying “Who the hell are YOU?”
    Turned out Thelma was the other cat and when
they found out they were actually cousins, their quest