Happily Ever After? Chapter 2 - part 4
The continuing story of my White Cat sequel
Back at the Castle
A few days later, the Wizard and Willie arrived at Kassia and Adrian's castle....
...and Lucy, the maid, ushered them in...
"Do you have the Transformation potion?"
"Yes, we do..."
"It's right here in my bag."
"We are all going to be human again!"
"Yes, that's what we're hoping."
"The potion needs to be taken before bed, with food, preferably something sweet."
Adrian turned to the maid...
"Lucy, would you tell Cook that we will need all manner of desserts for this evening...."
"...enough for everyone."
"We're going to have a party!"
Dinner
The four of them sat down to dinner...
"So, you said in your letter that we weren't the only ones affected by whatever is going on."
"Yes, all kinds of people who had previously been affected by some evil curse..."
"suddenly found themselves transformed again..."
Lucy and the Cook were eavesdropping, eager to hear what they were talking about...
"Some more wine, sir?"
"Yes, thank you."
"Some more wine, Ma'am?"
"Yes, please."
"Where was I??"
"Oh yes...the others affected. Several of them came to see us..."
"The Princess whose husband was suddenly a frog again..."
"Another Princess whose brothers were transformed into Ravens again.."
"And the Prince whose wife and everyone else in their castle suddenly fell unconscious, in a deep sleep again."
"The problem is very wide-spread, affecting almost everyone who was ever a victim of some evil curse."
"So we aren't the only ones!"
A Vindictive Curse
"So, did you ever find out what happened and caused all this?"
"Yes, we did."
"It was set in motion by a dying fairy queen...."
"As you know, fairies live a very long time, but they are not immortal. They are also pretty easy going for the most part, letting everyone do whatever they like. But there are some rules."
"Any evil spells must come with some kind of escape clause, otherwise there would be dire consequences. Over the years sorceresses became more and more creative with trying to come up with almost impossible ways to reverse their spells, but the humans involved still always managed to break them."
"Well, this one very powerful, old, Fairy Queen really resented having all hers, and everyone else's, evil spells overcome, so she decided to have the last word, and create an even stronger curse to bring back everyone's evil spells. It would all be set in motion at the moment of her death...."
"....using up every last fibre of her remaining life force...."
" when it would be impossible for the Fairy Court to punish her. "
"So at the very moment of her death..."
"....every evil spell was suddenly reinstated. And with no escape clause this time."
"Well, that explains why my entire court and I transformed into cats again, but what about Adrian here?"
"That's right! I wasn't affected by the original curse."
"Who is to say? Prince Phillip and his daughters weren't affected this time, even though you were. Magic can be a funny thing."
"Hopefully the potion we administer this evening will set things straight."
Getting Ready
With dinner over, the table had been cleared, and was being set up for the distribution of the potion. The Cook had been very busy all afternoon and evening making everyone's favourite desserts.
"This looks very impressive!"
"They say 'a spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down', and everyone is going to enjoy this. You've certainly outdone yourself with all the sweet treats."
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"Everyone can line up at this end of the table, take a plate, and help themselves to whatever they want..."
"Then they'll take a goblet with wine, and make their way to the other end...."
"Where Willie will administer the correct dose of the potion into their drinks."
"I think we are all ready to start..."
Lining Up
As Lord of the castle Adrian went first. He chose his dessert and was first to receive a dose of the potion....
...followed by Kassia...
..as a line started to form at the other end of the table...
"This stuff doesn't even taste half bad."
"This seems to be going quite smoothly."
Then finally, it was the Cook and Maid's turn....
"There you go."
Joyful Anticipation
Everyone had received their dose of the Transformation potion...
....and the only thing left to do was to wait for it to work...
The room took on a party atmosphere...
Everyone was excited and happy that their days as a cat would soon be over.
"We really appreciate all your, and Willie's, efforts..."
"....to turn us all back to our human selves again."
"You're welcome..."
"We just hope it works..."
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"Well, it's getting late, and I'm rather tired...."
"Yes, time to call it a night, and head off to bed."
"Good night everyone! And hopefully we'll all be back to normal in the morning."
"Yes, here's hoping."
*Continued in Chapter 2 - part 5
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