A/N: I am away this weekend so no update tomorrow!

Chapter Seventeen

Magic

Josephine was distraught after what her granddaughter had told her about the curse burn, she stared at her granddaughter letting tears fall down her face when out of nowhere the Great Wizard appeared form thin air, making both Esmie and her gran clutch their chests in shock from the sudden appearance.

"I am sorry to startle you" he told the Hallows as he walked over to them "I just thought you should know we have found Triton and Ursula Hallow" he told them and Esmie and her gran looked at each other in shock.

"Where were they hiding?" Josephine asked as she started to get over her shock

"Ireland, they were hiding with some friends there, luckily we have them in our custody" he explained before pausing and looking at Esmerelda.

"I heard about the curse they used on you, it is a forbidden curse so I will have to take action" he told the girl not wanting her or be in shock when she found out they were punished.

Esmerelda though was not upset. Far from it. She knew now they were dangerous and hurt everyone they came into contact with and her sisters needed to be safe.

"Good, I don't want them to be near my sisters again" Esmerelda said and the man nodded before walking over to a nurse and saying something. She greeted him politely, nodded, and then left.

"I need the medical records, we need proof that they used a curse on you, I will be back pronto, we want to start the procedure as soon as possible" he said as he disappeared and Esmerelda looked at her grandmother in shock.

"I can't believe they found them" Sybil said later when her and Ethel were visiting and were told what had happened with the Great Wizard.

"Yes well they have being searching everywhere so it was bound to happen" Josephine said as she smiled at the girls.

"What is going to happen to them?" Ethel asked curiously as she held Esmerelda's hand and Sybil held the other.

"Ethie, you know the punishment for using forbidden curses as well as I do" Esmerelda replied as she stroked her hand.

The punishment for using a forbidden curse and then being caught was having powers removed, only a few circumstances meant this didn't happen, for example if some crazy person like Agatha Cackle used a forbidden curse on you and you used one back to defend yourself you wouldn't get punished, the law was strict but there was exceptions too.

"I know but do you really think he will remove their magic?" Ethel asked wondering if the punishment would be that bad. She knew that was what was written in the code but the Great Wizard had the power to change it anytime he wanted.

"Hopefully, they are dangerous with powers" Josephine replied. Feeling a little sad it might get to this point with her son but he brought it on himself by acting untouchable because he is a Hallow.

In that moment, for the second time that day, the wizard appeared out of nowhere, once again causing everyone present to jump from shock at how suddenly he appeared.

"Sorry, sorry" he said as he saw the family all jump as he appeared. It was true that everyone transferred but the Great Wizard never annoyed his visits and just crept up on people so it always scared people.

"We have looked through everything and we have decided we have to go through with the punishment, removing their magic" the Great Wizard informed them.

Everyone looked a little sad. They knew it was for the best but it was upsetting for them it had come to this stage.

"Thank you for telling us Great Wizard" the woman said gratefully.

"I actually came here to tell you something else, Esmerelda has no magic and because her parents powers are being removed we thought we would give them to her" he told the family who now all looked at each other, surprised. That didn't usually happen.

"We won't be doing anything with the magic anyway, it will just go to waste, we must as well give them to someone who needs them and deserves them, I am partially to blame for what happened, I was the one who locked Agatha up without removing her magic in the first place, I am sorry about that" he said and Esmerelda looked at her sisters and gran shocked, none of them had expected this.

"Oh your Greatness, thank you, thank you" Josephine said as she touched her hand to her forehead in way of thanks.

Esmerelda didn't say anything she was to shocked. He seemed to understand and smiled slightly before he kept talking.

"We are ready to do it now if you are up to it" the man told the girl and Esmerelda looked at her Gran who nodded.

"Yes, thank you so much your Greatness, I really appreciate it" she told him finally getting her words out and smiling. He nodded and walked over to the family before transforming them all away. They landed in what looked like a detention centre and were told to wait.

"I can't believe this, it is great" Ethel said smiling as she was so happy her sister was getting her magic back.

"A way for you yo get your powers back which isn't dangerous!" Sybil said very happily.

Esmerelda smiled but felt nervous. She didn't want to look at her parents when they transferred their magic. She had nothing to feel guilty about but they had a way of making her feeling guilty. She was so scared of them after they had cursed her.

"Don't worry darling, it will be fine" Josephine told her sensing she was nervous.

The family waited for the remaining ten minutes in silence until a man dressed in uniform walked in looking stressed, anyone would be if you were in charge of Triton and Ursula Hallow. Esmerelda noticed that he was holding something and smiled as she realised what it was.

She didn't have to see her parents. The item the man was holding was a transfer stone, it was similar in looks to a founding stone but smaller;. A transfer stone was what police used to store magic of someone if there was a need to store it, for example, sometimes someone will be reinstated with their powers, depending on the crime so they don't want to get rid of the magic completely. It was an easy solution to their problems. Previously magic had being lost and then someone would be let out who was not deemed a threat and they could have magic again, only it would be gone.

"Ready to proceed?" the man asked looking very stressed, clearly the Hallow parents had put up a fight for their magic and he was still trying to calm down about it, but Esmerelda nodded and listened to what she had to do.

"My powers have gone, my powers have flown, give to me your powers oh transfer stone" Esmerelda said as she put her hands either side of the stone and waited, she looked at her grandmother as nothing happened and she was just wondering if it was going to work when suddenly….

An orangey pinkish ray of light started to surround her and it stayed like that for about a minute until it stopped. Esmerelda looked at the stone and saw it was not lit up anymore because the magic was gone from it.

She lifted her hand then, not daring to get her hopes up as she pointed her fingers to the cupboard across the room. The door of it opened, just like she had wanted it to. She had just done magic for the first time in months.

Ethel and Sybil saw the spell work and leapt on their sister hugging her close. They were both teary, so happy and relieved the girl had her magic back. Esmie hugged them back, teary herself and Josephine beamed, wrapping her arms around all three of them.

"Thank you" Josephine said again as the Great Wizard appeared to check how things were going.

"You are welcome" he told the family as Josephine transferred them back to the hospital. Esmerelda still had to recover, even if she had magic again.

"How do you feel?" Sybil asked her and Esmerelda smiled. She looked at her sisters, her grandmother and then her hands which were still glowing before she looked back at her family.

"Never better" Esmerelda told them for the first time thinking it was possible to recover.