James fell to his knees in pain and Jane released him. She ran to Mary wrapping her bloody hands around her waist in a hug.
"Jane, you know that that is no way for a young lady to act." Mary scolded the girl as a tear fell from her eye and on to the young girl's hair. Mary kissed her head and reluctantly pulled away from the embrace.
Walking over to James she bent down and looked at him. "My she did a number on you didn't she?" Mary said with a smile. "Ah well, I have to do what I have to do." Mary waved her right hand over his face and the wounds were gone. James blinked a few times and stood.
"You know James, you almost made a bloody mess of things." Mary reprimanded "Your lucky I forgive easily" She said with a smile.
James looked into her eyes. "You know, we really could have been great together." He said
"James, the only thing you want from me is my magic. I would have been miserable and you would have just thrown me away when you were finished exploiting me." She said with a sigh and turned on her heels back to her rightful place beside Bert.
James tried futilely to harm her with his magic but he got no response from his powers.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you. You're a mortal now. I have stripped you of your powers." Mary explained.
"You can't do that!" he said angrily
"Oh really? Well it looks like I have. Goodbye James" She said and took the hands of Bert and Jane. The three of them vanished leaving James in the black of night never to be heard from again.
Later that night after cleaning the kids up and putting them to bed Mary lay in Bert's arms in their bedroom. Bert was filling in Mary with what she missed.
"I nearly lost it when I almost lost you." Bert said kissing her lips.
"You did loose me" Mary said grimly "I died Bert, Just after you left. The amulet brought me back." Mary said, a tear slipping from her eye.
Bert hugged her and said a silent prayer of thanks. They sat in silence until Mary spoke again.
"Bert, do you want to remember what has happened the past few days?" Mary asked. "Because tomorrow we will go back two days and the children won't remember, and if you don't want to I can wipe your memory too."
Bert thought for a moment then said, "Leave it, it will remind me to appreciate every single moment I have with you." Bert paused. "We will go back two days? You mean before you lost the baby?"
Mary nodded "I will be just as pregnant as I was then." She beamed.
Bert squeezed her tightly everything was falling right back into place. His girl was back, his baby was going to be born and he was going to have a wonderful family. Life was going to be good.
"Bert?" Mary said, "Now that I have the amulet, I have the power to make you immortal. We could be together for the rest of eternity. I know that's a long time but I love you so much. I don't think I could ever be happy with out you." Mary rambled
"I couldn't rest in peace knowing you were unhappy my love" Bert said, "What do we have to do?"
Mary smiled and closed her eyes. She held the amulet in her hand, and suddenly the room filled with light. Bert had never seen so many colors in his life. Just as soon as it began though, it ended. Bert looked at Mary.
"Was that it?" He asked Mary nodded. Bert smiled and pulled Mary closer to him. Yes, this was going to be a good life indeed.
The next morning Bert and Mary joined the children in the drawing room.
"So where would you like to go today?" Bert asked
"How about the beach?" Michael said
"NO!" Bert and Mary both cried out in unison. They looked at each other and laughed.
"How about a nice camping trip" Bert suggested