- Ben 10: "what if... the 2nd Body Swap spell worked... sort of? VERSION 1" (Episode A Change of Face) [given by Jokermask8 AO3
Gwen and Ben made their way through the smoke, bumping into each other, Ben asked if Gwen was back and she remarked "Of course doofus" confirming it was her, but then she paled and pointed to his wrist, he looked and spotted it was bare, the watch was gone, that's when they heard laughter and turn to see Charmcaster standings tall, magic crackling around her and on her wrist was the watch, Gwen pulled out Charmcaster's spell book from her pocket and tried to use a spell but nothing happened.
Charmcaster then explained that the spell worked in a way she didn't imagine, instead of just swapping bodies it gave her both the watch and Gwen's magic, boosting her own, they tried to stop her but she just waved her hands and they along with their grandpa where bound by the wood of the ship, she then used the watch to transform, turning into a female version of Heatblast only with the rock skin being black like Obsidian with magenta glowing lines, and the yellow and red flames being replaced with white flames, forming fire orbs in her hands she thrust them down and unlike Ben's flight of a rocket she went flying like a jet with no damages.
Later on, the family got out of their bindings and tracked Charmcaster with the Rustbucket tech and the signal from the watch, travelling many miles and pushing the rockets to the red they were able to reach her just as she passed through the Door to Anywhere, heartbroken at the loss of both the watch and newly discovered magic they ask Max if he knows ANYONE that can help them, he says there is and goes to a locked hidden safe, he pulls out a small device and tells them it was an amplifier, he turns it on and speaks into it, calling out "Verdona, I need you" with deep affection, that is when a flash of light shines and Verdona in her elderly form appears.
Max introduces them and explains who and what she is, the pair are surprised to find they are related to an alien and one that can use magic, Verdona is happy to meet them but knows this isn't the time as she is upset at her family having such important things taken from them, so she opens the doors and guilds them through the realm, where they come across Charmcaster fighting Addwaitya, she was transformed as Diamondhead which now was purple crystal with black rune carvings across the body and what appeared to be a pulsing black energy core inside her body.
Addwaitya summons strong magic that sends the woman flying and crashing away, the family go to her location to find her knocked out and de-transformed, they get her away before the mutant turtle arrived, sometime later when she wakes up Charmcaster tries to leave to keep fighting and they hold her tight with Verdona's mana, when demanded she give back the watch and stolen magic she said no and needed them to beat Addwaitya, when asked who he is she angry explains it all, that he took over her home, destroyed her people and her father, forcing her and her uncle Hex to escape into the human realm, that she would end him, get the Alpha Rune and bring her father back and that none of them would stop her.
Verdona said she was being foolish, that even if she didn't bring her father back he wouldn't want lives exchanged for his own, as that was the only spell able to bring the dead back, an exchange of life, Charmcaster went to argue but Suprise Hex showed up, telling her that what they said was true, that he knew his brother's heart more than anyone and that he would undo the spell should she cast it, as he wasn't one for taking life, she cried angrily and shouting what was she supposed to do then, and he replied "life, live a long and good life, that is what he wanted when he gave his life for us" moments passed with her crying.
It was Ben who made a surprising offer, that she travel with them, he could show her how the watch worked and the alien's skills if she used it for good, Gwen also agreed, that she could help teach her how to use magic like she did before, Max nodded saying there was always room for more, Hex said it was a good idea for her to have time with others for a change, she was surprised by this but agreed, Ben said they needed to beat turtle head first though, and with that they planned.
They made a surprise attack, the 3 magic users attacked while the family got to work with a giant spell circle, they bashed Addwaitya around from all sides and sent him flying, Charmcaster using Wildvine (looks like Gwen 10's version), which now had orange skin with purple curved thorns and pink flowers on places, flung him over and tied him down into the finished spell circle, the 3 magic users got into place and chanted spells that drained Addwaitya of his strength and magic long enough for Ben to nab the Alpha Rune, they then sealed him away inside a thick stone prison and sent him deep into the realm to never be seen again.
Afterwards, Hex took responsibility for Legerdomain and the Alpha Rune, saying he would bring order back to the land in his brother's name, the family left the realm with Charmcaster who was able to return Gwen's magic but the watch was stuck to her, Ben was upset but Max helped him out by teaching him Plumber tech, Verdona stayed a while to help teach the basics and some advance magic to the girls before leaving for a time.
Time passed and they became a hard-hitting team that the universe didn't want to mess with.
