The Witch's House: The Diary of Ellen

The Diary of Ellen
Cover page of the novella.
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English	The Witch's House: The Diary of Ellen
Japanese	魔女の家: エレンの日記
Romaji	Majo no Ie: Eren no Nikki
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Genre	Horror Autobiography Memoir Fantasy
Release Date	November 2nd, 2013

The Diary of Ellen  is an anecdote released on November 2nd, 2013 written by Fummy, detailing the life of Ellen prior to the original game's setting. The novella covers the context of her home and the history behind her witch powers leading up to her encounter with Viola.

Prologue

A frail (and possibly self-mutilated) Ellen lies upon the cold floor of her dark bedroom, familiarizing herself with her surroundings. She hears a powerful wind blow in through her window, and the sound of pages of a diary on her desk flipping. Ellen recognizes the latter being her own diary, in which everything about her was written. She states that although she has never written anything in it herself, she knew every word that was said in that diary.

With the contents of the red-bound book still fresh in her mind, Ellen begins to tell her tale to the reader. 

Chapter 1: Back Alley Meeting

Ellen and the Black Cat

Episode 1

The chapter begins with a sickly, bandaged up Ellen looking out her bedroom window and watching a black cat catch a mouse before vanishing into the dark back alley. She is entranced by its beauty, graceful movements and, above all, its freedom. Her mother comes in the midst of her daydream to clean her wounds and change her bandages. Her mother then proceeds to comb her hair and apologizes for not letting her play outside. This prompts Ellen to reminisce on her present situation.

She reveals to the reader that she was born sickly, with the skin on her face and legs being inflamed. The inflammation also affected her joints, which made it difficult for her to move. No one knew the cause of this illness, much less how to cure it. There were also no decent doctors around, nor could her family afford one. She recalls the words of a fortune teller telling her mother: "This girl’s sickness is to be blamed on the wrongdoing of her ancestors. She will suffer for eternity."  For most of Ellen's childhood, her mother had assisted Ellen in changing her bandages and giving her medicine. Despite this, in Ellen's eyes, her mother saw her daughter as a problematic child. Fearing the possibility of being abandoned, Ellen attempted to resolve this by confining herself inside her bedroom and having good behavior. As a result, her mother displayed a kinder behavior. 

Ellen breaks away from her train of thoughts as her mother cradles her in her arms. Their moment of togetherness, however, does not last very long as Ellen's alcoholic father comes home looking infuriated. He and his wife discuss his poor working conditions and how he would be forced to take another loan. Without even casting a single glance at his daughter, he takes his wife by the hand and brings her into another room. Meanwhile, Ellen plays with the purple doll her mother bought her as a gift when all of a sudden, in her innocent eyes, it begins speaking to her. The doll taunts Ellen by telling her that she herself is a mere doll, allowing her parents to do as they like to her. While Ellen denies it at first, the doll proceeds to mock her further. Overcome with unease, she throws the doll and hides under her covers, eventually drifting into sleep.

Ellen awakes in the middle of the night with her mother sitting at her bedside. As she brings her medicine, Ellen cannot help but take notice of her mother's beautiful and healthy features. In spite of her efforts to push any bitter thoughts away, she subconsciously begins to develop feelings of jealousy and hatred towards the lovable woman.

Episode 5

In the end, Viola who is a healthy young girl that visits Ellen who is a witch now and just wants to stay alive forever.Ellen decides to lie to Viola about having no one that loves her and makes Viola pity her.Then Ellen decides to ask Viola if she can borrow her body,But Viola says "Only for a day ,Okay?".Then Ellen smiles and trades bodies with her,but instead steals Viola's body to get the love and affection she never had when she was in her previous body.That is all stated in the game.This whole game is based upon you to find out what is going on ,Who the witch is , and What is with the cat? The cat is actually a demonic cat that granted the witch the power cats are believed to be in the olden time Witch's Familars which is based in the olden times of medieval times. This is so the readers know what they have based on this logic and why a black cat .~Random Writer.

Chapter 2: Awakening

Ellen having tea

Chapter 3: Cute Little Bottle

Ellen's illness at an earlier stage.

Chapter 4: A Girl Who Was Loved

Chapter 5: Ellen

"Viola". This image is a GIF. Click on it to see a short animation.

External Links

Online English Fan Translation