"So…. We are back to square one, aren't we?" asked Maddie as she sighed and she looked at Annie.
"Yes… sadly" said Annie as she sighed and she shook her head, she looked at Maddie, she just felt so disappointed right now, she had read that entire book just to try and find out a way to get her powers back, and now they had reached a dead end, and all they knew was that her case was hopeless.
"*Sigh* here Matt, I am sure Professor Sapiens will need this back" said Annie as she sighed and she gave Matt back the book.
"Annie…" said Matt as he did not know what to say, he could see the sadness and hopelessness in her eyes.
"Don't Matt… I'm fine" said Annie as she shook her head, she knew that Matt wanted to say that everything would be alright or be okay, but that was not the case now, Annie did not want to hear that at all.
"Are you sure?" asked Matt as he had concern written all over his face.
"Yes… I am" said Annie as she forced a smile.
"Well okay then" said Matt as he did not want to make Annie any more upset than she already was.
"Oh Annie… I know this must sound annoying but… everything will be alright" said Maddie as she looked at Annie, she did not know what else to say except for that, even though she was not sure if that was the truth, but they had to remain positive.
"Thank you Maddie… thank you" said Annie as she smiled.
"But you know, right now, I don't want to talk about this anymore… I am just tired" said Annie as she sighed and she smiled.
"Okay then, so we can change the subject" said Maddie as she smiled, she only wanted Annie to feel better, to feel like herself again, her usual cheery self.
"Yes please" said Annie as she smiled.
"Annie if you don't mind me asking, I found it a bit weird that you refused for Ollie to cast any spells" said Matt as Annie and Maddie turned to look at him, that had been bothering him, Annie did not refuse to have spells casted, it was more like she rejected it, and he found it weird.
"Oh yes right, I also found that weird" Maddie as she seemed to be thinking.
"Ahh well, now that you both are here, I can tell you" said Annie.
"Tell us what?" asked Maddie as she and Matt looked at each other.
"Well the thing is, Aunt Stella and Curtis noticed that magic isn't working on me" said Annie.
"Okay, wait what??" asked Maddie as she was surprised, just how bad were things getting?? It was just one bad news to another.
"What do you mean magic isn't working on you?" asked Matt.
"I mean magic doesn't work on me, spells don't work on me… I am completely magic proof" said Annie.
"Okay, then isn't that a good thing?" asked Maddie as she looked at Annie.
"Yes?? Right?? Shouldn't that be a good thing?" asked Matt as he looked at Annie, because well that should mean that nothing magic could hurt her right??
"Well not exactly" said Annie as both Maddie and Matt looked very confused.
"The thing is, we are not sure if it's only good spells that don't work on me, or just all spells in general" said Annie.
"And Aunt Stella says that it's too risky to try if harmful spells work on me, which means that we are left to conclude that magic doesn't work on me" said Annie as she smiled sadly.
"Aunt Stella told me to be very careful, until she and Curtis can find a way to find out what exactly is wrong" said Annie as she explained.
"Ahhh, I get it now" said Maddie.
"Was that why you didn't want me to cast a hair growing spell" said Maddie.
"Yes, because I don't know if the spell would stop or not, or overreact" said Annie.
"Gosh… just what is this??" asked Maddie as she had never heard of anything like this before… Annie was a first.
"I have the exact same question Maddie" said Annie.
"This is all just so confusing, I don't get it, not only am I powerless, but now I may be a threat to myself as well and everyone else around me" said Annie.
"Don't say that Annie, it's not true, you are not a threat to anyone" said Matt.
"Matt is right Annie…you are not a threat to anyone… this will pass… I am sure of it" said Maddie as she smiled.
"Thank you Maddie" said Annie as she smiled, she needed to hear that, it felt good, because right now… she was blaming herself, even though she was blaming herself for something that was not her fault, she did not know that what she did would end up brining along all these consequences.
"And you too Matt" said Annie as she smiled at Matt and he smiled back at her.
"Anytime Annie, you know you can count on us both" said Maddie as she smiled.
"Yes, Yes I know I can, thank you guys" said Annie as she smiled, she could not have asked for better friends that would always be there for her, no matter what, she loved them so much.
…
"So, what do you both have for me?" asked Stella as she smiled as she was sitting in her office.
"Well nothing much" replied Sapiens as he and Captious were sitting across Stella as she was sitting at her desk.
"But Matt did ask to borrow the revive spell book from me" said Sapiens as he still had a feeling that was not just out of pure curiosity.
"You are yet to tell him?" asked Captious as he looked at Stella.
"I was too busy to" replied Stella as she sighed.
"Tell me what??" asked Sapiens as he looked at Captious and then at Stella.
"Annie lost her powers" said Stella as she sighed.
"What?? How??" asked Sapiens as he was shocked.
"She used the revive spell to bring back Curtis and well…" said Captious as he trailed off.
"*Sigh*, Oh my" said Sapiens as he sighed, now it made sense why Matt would ask for a book on the revive spell.
"But the revive spell has never been recorded to take away a Witch's powers" said Sapiens as this baffled him.
"Well Annie is not just any Witch" said Stella as she sighed.
"But for now, that is the least of our problems" said Stella.
"So Captious, do you have any news for me? Preferably good news" said Stella.
"Sorry Stella, I doubt that I would be able to give you the good news you desire so" said Captious.
"It's alright Captious go ahead, I can only wish for so much" said Stella as she sighed and she smiled sadly, she would be wrong if she thought that she would get good news at all time, such was life.
"Well there is no sign of Azazel, it is as if he had disappeared into the shadows" said Captious.
"Ha, like Azazel is ever somewhere to be found" said Sapiens as he scoffed.
"Well this spells bad news for us, because if we cannot find Azazel, It probably means that he is lurking in the shadows waiting for when to strike" said Stella as her face went serious.
"I have requested that the Palace security be very, very tight, no one goes in or goes out without being checked" said Captious.
"And I have asked the Cauldron to check the entire realm, if Azazel is still in our realm then we shall find him" said Sapiens.
"If at this point we still have not found him, then I doubt he is in the Realm" said Stella as she sighed.
"Do you think he could have escaped to another Realm?" asked Captious.
"Well not exactly" said Stella.
"If he has escaped to another realm, it cannot be the Vampire Realm since we are allies, it cannot be the human realm, since the Witch gate has been heavily guarded, which only leaves the Werewolf realm" said Stella.
"Do you think…" said Sapiens.
"No… it cannot be possible, the Werewolves won't dare harbour a tyrant like Azazel in their realm, you know how they are" said Stella.
"But they are also very secretive" said Captious.
"So we cannot rule out the possibility" said Captious.
"I agree with Captious… Azazel is… well he falls and rises countless times, and we only need to be ready" said Sapiens as he sighed.
"I agree with you both… carefulness is what we need now…." said Stella as she seemed to be thinking, there were just so many things for her to take into consideration, and they were just too much that she felt like her head could explode any moment now… so many problems.