"Daniel" Ingrid screamed as her vision became clearer. She was shocked to find her son on the floor, he was unharmed, but next to him was another boy who looked just like him. "What happened? Mom?" was all she could muster as she approached the book on the coffee table. "Split Personality spell…" Ingrid felt nausea when she realized that Daniel had somehow casted a spell on himself. "How did he do it? He can barely say a few words, let alone read. What are we going to do? Mom, why do we even have this spell to begin with?" Ingrid's voice wavered as she tried to understand what had happened.
Joanna was scared, too, but she held her calm, she knew that staying calm was the best approach she could take on a situation like this, especially with her daughter losing control, "It'll be ok, we'll find a way to fix this. Your aunt Wendy wrote that spell to get a clear image of a problem that she didn't know how to handle… let's just say that she was facing some internal conflicts."
One of the boys started crying, while the other one remained silent, Ingrid got down to her knees to pick up the boy who was crying and then got back up to ask Joanna, "Ok, how did aunt Wendy get back to normal?"
"Well, she used a reversal spell, but…" Joanna paused for a second and took a deep breath. "This spell turned out to be a bit difficult, so we resorted to some outside help from a friend. Also, as you may already know, a spell cast by one witch or warlock cannot be reversed by another, meaning that in order to reverse this spell, Daniel must be the one to cast the reversal spell."
"But Daniel is only one year old! He can't cast anything." Ingrid said.
"I know honey, but there's more than one way to cast a spell," Joanna responded calmly. "I think I've got a way to make this work, since Daniel can't say more than a couple of words, we'll have the forest do it for him, trust me, we just need to make a special kind of magic ink."
"Magic ink?" Ingrid asked, looking a bit confused.
"Yes, the only problem with that, is that we need an ingredient that we can't find here, on this realm." Joanna said. "But don't worry, I know how to get it. We just need to summon a nymph, they can provide us with nirnroot, the ingredient that we need."
Ingrid set Daniel, who had stopped crying, on the floor and grabbed the grimoire to look for a spell to summon a nymph. "Ok, mom, I'll look for the summoning spell, you get the reversal spell ready."
Joanna grabbed her phone out of her purse and started looking for a phone number. "Hello, Piper, this is Joanna. How are you?" Joanna looked for a pen and paper to write down the spell. "Oh, I'm doing well, listen, I was actually calling to ask for a favor, if you don't mind," Joanna said, as she paced around and into the kitchen. "Thank you, I knew I could count on you. I was wondering if I could borrow your reversal spell," Joanna paused for a moment, "No, not Wendy, it's for someone else." Joanna started writing on the piece of paper while holding the phone with her shoulder. "I'll give you a call later to set something up, I know Halloween wasn't enough time to catch up, thank you Piper, you're a life saver," Joanna said goodbye and hung up the phone. She made her way to the living room to see how Ingrid was doing with the summoning spell.
"I found the summoning spell, did you get the reversal spell?" Ingrid asked her mom, who was just walking into the living room.
"Yes, here it is," Joanna showed her daughter the piece of paper containing the spell.
"How come it's not in Latin like our other spells?"
"Not all spells have to be in Latin, there are spells in many different languages."
"Oh… well, remind me later to thank this friend of yours…"
"Piper Halliwell, and don't worry I already thanked her for the both of us."
Just as they were getting ready to summon the nymph, the grimoire Ingrid was holding in her hands started to float up in the air. She grabbed ahold of the grimoire with both hands, only to find that it wasn't just the book floating, it was everything else in the living room. Slowly but surely, the furniture in the living room, small and big, started to make its way up in the air. This frightened Ingrid, she turned to one of the boys, the one who's been quiet all this time was radiating a great amount of energy, she had no idea her son had this much power within him, especially at this age.
"Dormitationem," Joanna intervened before things got out of control. Both boys fell into deep slumber and everything came down back into place. "Don't worry, I just put them to sleep."
Ingrid nodded and gathered her boys and laid them down on the couch. She then grabbed the grimoire once again, and started chanting, "Fortitudo vitae meae invocabo, inducat super me spiritus naturae." There was a warm light that formed in the small area that was in front of them as a beautiful figure appeared before their eyes.
The Nymph had a warm, almost pale, complexion, and her body emanated some sort of calid glow. She was wearing a simple white dress that was flexible enough to move around freely and her long brown hair was accentuated with flowers. "Hello, fellow friends, what is the reason for my summoning?" the nymph said in a friendly manner.
"My name is Ingrid and this is my mom, Joanna," Ingrid said, turning to glance at her mom as she did so. "I summoned you to request your help, you see, we are in need of nirnroot, and I've been told you could help us."
"Ah, yes indeed, that is something I can help you with," the nymph said. "I know witches are powerful beings capable of creating powerful spells and potions. Our forest is being invaded by a malicious vine that keeps spreading throughout our woods and springs, infecting our forest with death. If I help you with your problem, could you help me get rid of mine?"
"Yes, of course, I have just the thing," Joanna stepped forward to intervene. "Ingrid, stay here and keep our guest some company, I'll go and make the potion."
Ingrid nodded in response and saw Joanna walk away into the kitchen.
After about 20 minutes, Joanna emerged from the kitchen holding a small vial on her hand. She approached the nymph and handed her the vial explaining, "I mixed lotus root with some other ingredients to enhance its potency, this should eliminate the poison and get rid of the vine for good."
"Your support is very much appreciated, here," the nymph extended her arms and put her hands together. A light emerged from her hands as a plant bloomed from within. The plant had long spiky leaves and it held a bunch of small roots that were as long as the leaves. It was about 1 foot long overall and it seemed to be glowing ever so slightly. Its most notable characteristic was a chiming sound that appeared to be coming from within the plant. The nymph gave Ingrid the nirnroot and vanished in the same way that she came.
"Alright, mom, let's do this" Ingrid said, heading to the kitchen with the nirnroot at hand.
With the help of her daughter, Joanna got the ingredients ready, among them was nightshade, honey, and the nirnroot. Using the mortar she mixed the ingredients together. The final product was a small pool of glowing baby blue liquid that she put on a small container. She then grabbed a piece of papyrus from one of the kitchen cabinets and using a quill and the magic ink, she wrote down the spell.
"All we have to do now is to get Daniel to put his hands on this paper and release some of his magic," Joanna said hesitantly, knowing how Ingrid felt about her son using magic. "I know how you feel about Daniel's use of magic, but he only needs to release a small amount of his powers."
"I've actually been giving it some thought, you know, why the spell was cast in the first place," Ingrid said, pausing for a moment to take a breath. "I think it was because there is a part of him that feels constrained, his warlock side must feel trapped, and I understand now… I mean, when I learned that I was a witch, I hated it. I didn't want my son to go through that. But Daniel isn't like me, he's eager to learn all about it. I'm scared mom. What if I miss up?"
"You won't," Joanna placed her hand on her daughter's shoulder. "Ingrid you know that you have me, your father, Freya, Fredrick, Wendy, and your cousins here to help you. I'm sorry I didn't let you know about your powers. I'm sorry I made you feel this way. I just wanted to protect you and your sister."
"I know. And I want to do the same for my son."
"Word of advice, don't make the same mistake I did. Teach him magic. I know it will be difficult, but look at him Ingrid. He's only a year old and he can do this already," Joanna pointed to the boys on the ground. "Wouldn't it be wise to help him control it now than when he is older?"
"You're right," Ingrid took a deep breath and was about to take the paper with the spell on it. She stopped and turned to her mother. "You'll be there to help me, right?"
"Always."
Ingrid took the paper and went to the living room to wake up his sons. She gave the piece of paper to one of the boys. The other boy grabbed the other end of the paper and a chiming sound started to flow from the paper, it produced a very distinctive echo that resembled a faint chanting of words. As it dispersed, the words written on the paper started to fade from left to right, letter by letter.
Reverse the spell from the book, and please restore what was took.
Before they knew it, both boys had merged back into one. Ingrid, happy to see Daniel was back to normal, picked him up and gave him a hug. "I'm sorry Daniel, we'll figure out a way so that you can explore and use your powers freely, I promise."
Joanna promised to help Ingrid cast a protection spell inside Daniel's room so that he could practice using his powers like any warlock his age would do. Ingrid promised to take time out of her daily routine to teach his son about the practice and control of magic.
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