For the is one: You must get a young witch-in-training to stop tormenting you.
COLD MAGIC (any gender, early to late teens)
[sneeze]
[pause]
[sneeze-sneeze]
Okay! Okay! You’ve made your point-
[sneeze]
I know this can go on and on. You have the power to make people-
[sneeze]
Stop, please, we only have 5 minutes until Math and my nose is going to be redder than a grape tomato. Let me apologize. Yes, apologize. You’ve just got to understand that Terry was planning to break up with you even before-
[sneeze! sneeze! sneeze!]
Okay, what about the coven, huh? The coven!
[pause]
I know about the coven, yes. Terry told me. They’re the ones who taught you the magic, right? But they wouldn’t approve of how your using it, would they? I don’t think so. Could I find them? I bet I could. Am I too scared to tell on you? I bet I’m not. Would you be in big trouble? I bet you would be. Big, big, big trouble and if you think I’m bluffing then just go ahead and keep on-
[get ready for the biggest sneeze but end the performance here]
Copyright 2016 by Matt Haynes
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