Miss Enchanter - Ophelia's Story by Carol Colbert

cousins, but I have come to look at you
as a mother figure in a way, Luna too.”
    “Oh my! We are all so vastly different when
it comes to our personalities. Your mother is a total spitfire.
Sexy, adventurous, fun loving, rather demanding and always gets her
way. Not to mention she is so totally gorgeous. Luna is more the
logical, kind, loving, and everybody’s favorite Granny type. She
always knows what to do exactly when it needs to be done. I would
say that Luna has the best memory out of all of us, almost total
recall. That is one reason why I want all of us to be together when
we speak of the old country.”
    “And you? How would you describe your
personality?”
    “Grumpy old bitch I supposed, yes, I rather
like that description.” Thelma laughed. Now let’s get busy on these
recipes and tonight we can have some cookies for our desert after
we have our roast beef, mashed potatoes and whatever else we decide
to have.”
    “I’m going to gain a ton of weight being
here! Thankfully, I now own a Spa.” Ophelia laughed as she ate the
rest of her toast.

Chapter 11

    When Ophelia woke up the next morning she
felt relaxed and happy. She looked out the big bay windows of her
bedroom to find that the strong wind had finally stopped.
Everything had a thick blanket of snow on it and the ice in the
trees sparkled in the sunlight.
    She dressed and walked into the kitchen,
fully intending on making breakfast for herself and Thelma. When
she smelled the coffee and noticed a note on the pot she was
disappointed. The note was from Thelma and it said that she would
be gone most of the day and for Ophelia to not worry about her and
that she would see her tonight.
    Ophelia wondered where Thelma would have gone
so early in the morning and in such deep snow. There was a fire in
the fireplace and a plate of muffins on the table. Ophelia poured
her coffee and walked to the front door. There were no wagon tracks
indicating that Thelma had gone to the Village, but then the snow
might have blown over them. She realized with a start that she
missed seeing Thelma this morning.
    I thought Thelma and I were going to take
the baked goods we made yesterday to the Chocolate Shop today. Oh
well, she must have forgotten. Ophelia drank two cups of
chocolate coffee and got dressed. She wanted to go back to The Spa
and get back to making plans for it, at least décor wise. When she
was ready to leave she went out onto the porch and rang the large
bell.
    Within a minute a small sleigh appeared.
Ophelia had thought that she would recognize which miniature pony
was pulling it. Zippy, Ace, or Caramel, but she couldn’t decide
which one it was this morning. They were all so beautiful and well
trained. She climbed into the sleigh and took the reins and was
pleasantly surprised how quickly the sleigh moved through the snow.
The air was not very cold this morning and Ophelia looked around at
the woods, lake and bridge in awe. Every time I see it, it just
becomes more magical.
    They arrived at the hill and Ophelia walked
towards the Village. She could see the snowball forts that the kids
had set up the other day in back of the Recreation Center. She
walked onto Main Street where she went into the restaurant and sat
in the same booth that she and Thelma had sat in on her first visit
there. Jill walked up and said “Hi Ophelia, just you today?” And
handed her a menu.
    “Hi, Jill, yes, just me this morning. I am
starving too. Thelma and I baked a lot yesterday, but we were too
tired to sample what we made and then this morning Thelma had
already left by the time I got up.”
    “Well you are in luck then, because Thelma
dropped off some goodies this morning so you probably know better
than I do what we have to offer today.” Jill smiled.
    “Start me off with a big orange juice, then
two eggs over easy, one of the English muffins we made and hash
browns. Oh, and of course a big mug of coffee, surprise me as to
the flavor, and for desert I would just love