Write a story about a dreadful sorceress who flies on a magic carpet
Once upon a time, there was a young sorceress, named Delilah, who was just learning how to use magic. She really wanted to help people with her magic, just like her mother and grandmother, but she was hasty and clumsy, and a little dyslexic, so she would always mess up her spells and potions.
When she tried to help two people have a child, the man laid an egg. When she tried to repair a roof, she made a cloud that only rained through the hole in the roof. Because of all her dreadful mistakes, all the townspeople started calling her Dreadful Delilah.
"There goes Dreadful Delilah. I wonder what new havoc she will cause today," they would say as they passed her.
Delilah was so sick of being called Dreadful, that she wanted to create a wonderful potion that would make everyone love her. But what could she possibly do that would be so great that everyone would forget how dreadful she was?
She remembered that there was tension between their kingdom and the neighboring kingdom, and new that it would result in a war. Delilah decided she would mix a potion of good luck and courage for the knights, so they would win the war. Surely that would make her be loved by all.
She studied her book of magic, carefully mixing in all the correct ingredients, boiling it for just the right amount of time, and adding just a pinch of pixie dust.
When she presented the potion to the king, he was skeptical, but times were desperate and he did not want to lose the war. He convinced the knights that it would be fine, and they needed all the help they could get to win the war.
The knights hesitated, but drank the potion as the king had ordered. One by one the knights ran out of the palace to throw up. When Delilah and the king followed the knights outside, instead of his 9 best knights, they saw 9 huge dragons. Now Delilah thought she would throw up. What had she done this time? She glanced over at the king, waiting for her death sentence.
He was smiling. "This is an excellent idea!" he shouted. "They will never expect dragons! We shall most assuredly win this war."
Delilah hadn't thought about that. "I suppose you're right, your majesty," she said, amazed that by doing the wrong thing, she had the respect of her king.
"You will lead them into battle," the king commanded. As one of the dragons ate a sheep.
Delilah wasn't too excited about leading nine huge dragons into battle. But she had an idea. She grabbed an old tapestry from the palace, and poured the last of her potion on it. Sure enough, it turned into a magic, flying carpet. She hopped on, and lead the dragons away before they could eat more sheep (or people!).
She lead them to the neighboring kingdom, who were already marching their ranks of knights and other fighters toward her kingdom. But at one glance of the dragons, they scattered in all directions.
"They will never try to wage war with us, now that they know we have dragons," the king exclaimed as he put a medal around Delilah's neck.
"And thanks for not making it a permanent potion," whispered one of the knights.
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