"Where is the little bugger?" Poe frantically searched the manor for Huey, who had somehow managed to escape his restraints, trying to find him before he did anymore damage. CRASH! "Oh, drat!" "He's in here- AAHH!" Dewey's scream came from the dining room. Poe quickly made his way into the dining room to see what kind of destruction was happening.
Huey was chasing Dewey with a candlestick around the table and Dewey was having trouble keeping distance between himself and his brother. "Make him stop!" Dewey cried, just as he slid under the table as Huey swung the candlestick at his head, barely avoiding the rather heavy, solid silver object as it crashed into the table. "Make me stop please!" Huey cried as he lifted the candlestick again.
Poe grabbed hold of the candlestick and yanked it away with one hand and picked up Huey by the collar of his red shirt with the other. "It will not be you in the dining room with the candlestick!" He said as Huey squirmed relentlessly, then kicked him in the shin. "OUCH!" Poe yelped in pain, losing his grip on Huey as he bent over to clutch his throbbing shin. Huey then ran out of the room, shouting his apologies as he fled.
Scrooge and Magica entered the mansion just as Huey ran past the foyer. "Uncle Scrooge help!" Huey cried desperately after catching sight of his uncle. "Abra Duckabra, Bulla!" Magica recited her magic words and a bubble enveloped Huey.
"Huh? What's this?" Huey questioned as his feet and fists futilely tried to break free of his new prison. "It's a magical bubble barrier. You can't leave it until I dispel it so you shouldn't be able to cause any chaos for now." Magica explained and she and Scrooge walked over to the bubble-bound duckling. "Oh, thank you!" he said, huffing a bit as his body continued to fight the bubble. Just then Poe limped in with Dewey helping him.
"Poe! What happened? Why are you limping?" Magica asked, alarmed at her seeing her brother unable to walk on his own power. "That little… child," Poe started, trying to keep his temper despite his leg throbbing like mad. "Kicked me in the shin." Another stream of apologies flowed from Huey's little beak as well as a few tears from his eyes. "Oh, don't cry; I'm fine see?" Poe said, attempting to stand without Dewey's assistance only to have intense pain shoot up his leg beneath his weight and send him to the floor. "Ow! Son of a biscuit!" Poe hissed as he gripped his leg again. "Poe!" Magica knelt down beside her brother and gently rubbed his leg; It was pretty swollen. "Poe that needs to be looked at!" She said and looked up at Scrooge, who said exactly what she was about to ask. "I'll call a doctor immediately." and walked into the nearest room with a phone.
Several hours later x-rays confirmed that Poe's leg had been broken by Huey's kick and he hobbled out of the hospital on crutches with a cast on the broken leg. Upon returning to Scrooge's mansion Magica helped Poe to get comfortable on a sofa before going to find Huey.
As they walked Magica made Scrooge aware of something that had been bothering her since she'd seen her brother's leg. "Scrooge, I think this curse is progressing in another way," She said, a look of unease on her face. "What do you mean?" He asked. "The force with which he kicked my brother, how badly he broke his leg… I think that things could get much worse if that ring doesn't come off." Scrooge's brow furrowed with worry at her words. "Well then, please get that ring off of him quickly." He said quietly.
The worry on Scrooge's face and tone of his voice was almost reminiscent of that night months ago, when he had been so worried about his family after Haguk had taken them all. Although, now that she wasn't so exhausted and worried about her own family, she noticed it; the far-off look in his eyes, like the current situation made him remember something equally terrible, something he didn't want to repeat. She decided not ask though, she was here to help Huey and then leave before she did anything she might regret and talking to Scrooge about anything other than Huey's situation could lead to just that.
They entered the boys' room where Huey had been restrained once more, still in the magical bubble and tied down to his bed. Magica created a small opening in the bubble so she could reach in to grab his right hand and examine the ring more closely.
"Hmm… this is exquisite craftsmanship, I've never seen anything like it before." She said as she turned his wriggling hand to study the ring. "Can you get it off?" Huey asked. "Well there's no question it needs to come off but I don't think it's coming off tonight. I need to study it more to figure out how to remove it. Come on." Magica released Huey's hand, sealed the bubble and with a flick of her wrist the ropes fell away and the bubble began to float. "Where can I go to study this ring?" She asked Scrooge, who was now trying to hide just how concerned he was for his nephew. "You can use the library." He said, motioning for Magica to follow him which she did with the bubbled Huey floating behind them.
Magica set out all of the books and equipment she had brought with her and spent the next several hours studying the ring as best she could with Huey constantly trying to slap her and then constantly apologizing.
"Hmm… Well this won't get the ring off or dispel the curse but it should help until I do get it off." Magica released Huey from the bubble, waived her wand and chanted some words. Huey had started to lurch forward but as soon as Magica cast her spell he regained control of himself again. "Hey! I'm not attacking you or breaking things!" He cried in relief. "Well that was the point. I put a spell on you that will negate the ring's curse but it's only temporary." Magica explained. Huey sprang forward with a loud "Thank you!" and surprised Magica by giving her a big hug.
Magica just stood there for a moment, not really sure how to react; one of Scrooge's nephews was hugging her and that was just not something that normally happens. Once the shock passed, she gently patted the boy on the head. "…Your welcome…" She said slowly. Huey let go after a moment and carefully took a few steps, testing that he did indeed have control again. "Remember, it's just temporary; you still need to be careful and when you start losing control again you need to come to me immediately." Magica warned. "Okay," Huey nodded. "How much longer before this thing comes off?" Magica shrugged. "I couldn't say, I need to do more research; including talking to your Uncle some more about the ruins that ring came from."