Love Spell

Chapter 1: Never Scorn a Witch

It was a crisp fall night in Salem. Theresa Donovan smiled as she put the finishing touches on her costume. She planned on wearing it to the Halloween party. It was an annual outdoor bash that was held every year on Halloween. There were hayrides, state fair type food and candy, and of course lots and lots of dancing. The band was just a local band that performed there every year, but they were fantastic. They played and sang any Halloween themed song you could think of.

Theresa sighed as she looked at her costume which rested on the female mannequin. The male mannequin next to it was clad in the costume she had made for Brady. She had finished Brady's costume last week. She planned on them going to the party together dressed as Morticia and Gomez from The Adam's Family. She had decided to design her own costumes. She not only wanted better quality than a store-bought costume, but she also wanted something sexier as well. After all, if she were going to seduce Brady, she needed her sex appeal the most!

Suddenly, she heard the front door open and close. "I'm Home!"

Theresa knew the sound of her friend and housemate Nicole Walker's voice without having to turn around. "You're home early."

Nicole came up beside her. "My boss was acting like a real toad, so I turned him in to one."

Theresa smirked. "Did you change him back before you left?"

Nicole shook her head. "Nope! Let him stay a toad overnight and think about what he did."

"What did he do?" Theresa asked, an eyebrow raised.

Nicole held her head high. He wanted to do a piece on the mock Salem Witch trial they are having at the square on Halloween. I told him I didn't think it was right for someone to be burned just because they were a witch, and that I thought it was wrong for everyone to want to see witches get burned at the stake."

Theresa raised an eyebrow. "You do realize they aren't actually witches, and they won't really be burned at the stake, don't you?"

Nicole rolled her eyes. "Of course! Duh! I'm not stupid. It's just the principle of the thing. Then my boss told me that my opinion was stupid. He said that anyone who was a witch should be burned at the stake because there is no room for that kind of evil in this world. I'm tired of every one just assuming that all witches are bad."

"I don't think turning him into a frog will make him see any differently," Theresa joked.

"Relax! I'll put the memory loss spell on him before changing him back. It was really more for my enjoyment than anything." Nicole then spotted Theresa's costumes. She nodded at them. "So, Brady agreed to go with you to the party?"

Theresa blushed. "Well, I didn't exactly ask him yet. But I'm going to tonight!"

Nicole shook her head. "He's going to stay no, you know. How many times has he rejected spending any time with you lately?"

Theresa stared at the costumes. "I just have to be persistent. That's all. He'll fall for me soon enough."

"Why don't you save yourself the heartache and time and just cast a love spell on him?" Nicole asked.

"What fun would a love spell be?" Theresa asked.

Nicole raised an eyebrow at her.

Theresa rolled her eyes. "All right, it might be a little fun, I'll admit. But I want Brady to fall in love with me—like actually fall in love with me. I don't want him to only love me because his brain has been manipulated by a potion."

"Well, good luck on that one," Nicole said.

"I don't know why he hates me so much," Theresa muttered. She wiggled her fingers at the mannequins, and suddenly they turned in to living mannequins that looked exactly like her and Brady. The mannequins began dancing together. She snapped her fingers and the theme song to The Adam's Family played quietly from out of nowhere. She sighed. "See how perfect we'd look together?"

Nicole smirked. "Correct me if I'm wrong, but maybe he hates you because you tried to off his dad with a fireplace poker, and then led him to believe it was him who did it?"

Theresa hit the air with her hand, dismissing Nicole's words. "Oh, please! It was all a big misunderstanding. It was an accident, really. I didn't hit him with the intention of killing him. Anyway, he didn't end up dying. No harm, no foul. Anyway, I knew John would forgive Brady for doing that to him. Me, well, the old coot still hasn't forgiven me."

Nicole watched the Brady and Theresa mannequins dancing gracefully. "Well, without that love potion, take a good look at those mannequins, Honey, because that will be the only time you'll get to experience you and Brady madly in love."

Theresa clapped her hands, and the Brady and Theresa mannequins kissed. She put her hand over her heart and sighed happily. "We'll see," she said.

Nicole rolled her eyes.

Suddenly, the door slammed. Their third and final house mate, Kate Roberts, was home. And from the sound of the door slamming, she wasn't happy.

Theresa and Nicole looked at each other with alarm in their eyes. An unhappy Kate was never a good thing. They knew that firsthand.

Theresa snapped her fingers, and the music stopped. Then she wiggled her fingers and the Brady and Theresa mannequins stood back in their place and turned back into plain old mannequins.

Theresa and Nicole both sighed.

"It's your turn to go first!" Nicole said.

Theresa sighed again, then headed out first to see what was wrong with Kate this time. Nicole traveled a safe distance behind her.

"Hey Kate. What's wrong?" Theresa asked cautiously.

Kate slammed her purse down and glared at her. "Clyde Weston. That's what's wrong."

"What did he do this time?" Nicole asked.

"I was sitting at TBD, minding my own business when the hottest guy I've ever seen came over and offered to buy me a drink. So of course I agreed. We got to taking and I realized we had a lot in common. His name was John-Luc. We were joking, laughing, and having a grand old time. "

Nicole raised an eyebrow. "'Having a grand old time?'" she asked in a mocking manner.

Theresa snickered.

Kate glared at them both. "Mock me again and I will give you both an irreversible old hag curse that won't wear off for a month!"

That shut both Nicole and Theresa up. Neither one of them knew how to pull off that curse. Kate was a much more experienced witch than either of them were. An old hag curse made the cursed person's face wrinkle up like a 90-year-old woman's face.

"I'm sorry. Please continue," Nicole said.

Kate continued. "Right when John-Luc was about to give me his number, Clyde came over and told the guy that I was already spoken for. I tried to tell John-Luc that Clyde and I were over, but Clyde told John-Luc things were far from over, and that it would be best for John-Luc's own well-being if he were to exit stage left. John-Luc politely excused himself then, telling me that I could call him if I ever cleared things up with Clyde. Clyde called after him that clearing things up wasn't going to happen. John-Luc looked back at him, and then left the club without a second glance at me. I was absolutely mortified."

"Why didn't you just tell Clyde to back the hell off?" Theresa asked.

"Because Clyde is a sociopath. He never listens. He just does whatever he pleases. He won't take no for an answer, and frankly he is wearing my patience. He is demanding, possessive, and jealous. He has to be dealt with." Kate wound the strand of blue strand she had in her brown hair around her finger.

"What do you mean by 'dealt with'? Nicole asked.

"How?" Theresa asked. "He never listens, so…"

"I don't know yet," Kate said. "But I'll think of something. And when I do, Clyde Weston will wish he had never crossed my path."

Theresa and Nicole looked at each other, their eyes speaking without words. When Kate Roberts had beef with you, watch out! Things never ended nicely for the person she extracted her revenge on. Clyde Weston didn't stand a chance.

That night, Kate had locked herself in their 'lair', as she liked to call it, though it was actually just their basement where they mixed all their potions and cast their more complicated spells. She was no doubt mixing up the perfect revenge for Clyde Weston.

Theresa was out trying to woo Brady. She had used the "Show Me" spell in the mirror which had showed her where Brady currently was. He was at the Brady Pub eating dinner by himself, so Theresa had headed over there to "accidentally" run into him. She would then proceed to persuade Brady into going to the Halloween party with her. At least, that was her plan.

"As if that's ever gonna happen," Nicole muttered to herself. She was so bored. She really needed a drink, and some food in her stomach. Theresa would probably eat at the pub, and who knew when Kate would come out of the "lair." Nicole knew better than to interrupt Kate when she was in the middle of plotting something. So, she headed out to The Edge to get a drink and some dinner. She wished Daniel was there. He was out of town at a medical convention. She missed her fiancé.

As she was walking through the park, she saw a couple kissing. Actually, it was more like full on making out. Nicole stopped and stared. She wanted to tell them to get a room, but she was distracted by the guy. He looked a lot like Daniel. He was even wearing an outfit that Daniel had worn many times before.

She turned and walked the other way, then sneaked into the wooded area so that she could see the couple from a different angle. This time, she was able to see them from the other side therefore allowing her to see the guy's face. She almost gasped out loud. She covered her mouth with her hand, her eyes tearing up. It was Daniel! Who the heck was the woman he was with?

She wanted to go give him a piece of her mind right then and there, but she was too distraught to. The man she loved, who was supposedly away at a medical convention, was cheating on her with God knew who. She couldn't believe it! Daniel Jonas was the very last person she would ever think would be a cheater. Well, besides Eric anyway. Then again, Daniel had cheated with Chloe when Chloe was married to Lucas. Nicole had wanted to believe that he wouldn't cheat if he himself was involved with someone already, but she guessed she should have known that if he was willing to cheat with a taken woman, he was willing to cheat as a taken man.

Nicole stormed off to The Edge. She needed that drink now more than ever. Then, once Daniel "came back" from the so called medical convention he was at, she would have a plan for payback. After all, Kate Roberts wasn't the only one who was good at serving up a big dish of revenge.