weren’t very happy when they saw you shoot Gabe with that dart. And when they saw your dad hauling him away, they really got upset. Apparently, there’s some bad blood between those bears and your dad.”
The professor interceded, “Please, just help us shift. It’s our only way to survive.”
“Okay! Relax.” Gertie opened the bag and poured a small amount of pink powder in the palm of her hand. “Now, concentrate. Try to shift.” Candy and her father doubled their earlier efforts. Gertie drew in a deep breath and blew the powder in their faces.
Once the two prisoners stopped coughing and gagging, they fell to the floor of the cage. “What? What was that stuff?” Candy’s voice was uncharacteristically meek.
The professor crawled close to the bars. “How long will it take?”
“Just relax. It’ll make it much easier to shift. Candy, did you know those circus bears are really werebears that can’t shift back? Those poor creatures told me they were cursed by your mother. It takes a lot to upset me. Isn’t that true, Kelly?”
“Oh, that’s certainly true. The only thing that makes you mad is cruelty to animals… and paranormals.”
The cage shook violently from the inhabitants convulsions. It only took minutes for the professor and his daughter to change into grizzly bears.
Our conversation was interrupted by a crack of thunder. A cloud of green smoke appeared and out of it stepped Randy with a witch I had never seen. She was a tall, thin, dark haired woman. She was dressed in black from head to toe. In one hand she held a wand and a bullwhip in the other.
Randy loved to act a part. “Hello everyone! Say hello to the legendary Ursula. She put a BOLOB out for missing paranormal circus bears, so I contacted her and told her a couple may have been captured.”
Morgan, Gertie, and I greeted her in harmony. “Hello, Ursula!”
“What’s a BOLOB?” Gertie asked.
“Be on the lookout for bears,” Randy replied.
“Great. More cheerful witches. This one, who calls himself Randy, tells me you’ve captured two of my missing bears.”
“Yep! Got two of ‘em right here in this cage.” I slapped my hand on the cage door.
“Hmm. You sure they’re mine? How would you really know?” Ursula seemed skeptical.
“Most definitely. Gertie can communicate with bears and she swears they shifted.”
“Is that right, Gertie?”
“Yes, ma’am. A bit disoriented, but they definitely were shifters, and now stuck in bear form.”
“Good. Thank you. I suppose you expect some type of reward now,” Ursula grumbled.
“No. No reward expected,” I answered.
“Hold on. There is one thing.” Randy whispered something in Ursula’s ear.
“Fair enough. Consider it done.” Ursula raised the whip and brought it down expertly. The long whip straightened out and made a distinctive sound of a gunshot. The green cloud returned and when it drifted away, Ursula, Candy, and the professor were gone.
I smiled at how well my last minute plan worked out. “You know, it really makes me feel good to reunite a family.”
Chapter Eleven
R andy turned the corkscrew and gave it a tug until the cork popped free. He filled our glasses and looked up at the night sky. “It sure is nice up here. This old millhouse is the perfect retreat for us. We always end up on this stone patio.”
“So, how long will it be before Ursula figures out who her new werebears are?” Morgan asked.
“It’s just a temporary magic transformation, I’d say a few days, then it’ll hit them hard. They won’t remember anything about tonight. It will be like none of this ever happened.”
The porch lit up like it was hit by lightning. “Ezzy! How’d it go?”
“I’d say it was a success. The bears hopped into the spring and the magic of it dissolved Ursula’s spell. After all their years in captivity, they were finally able to shift back into humans. They started chatting right away, but we have no idea what the hell
The professor interceded, “Please, just help us shift. It’s our only way to survive.”
“Okay! Relax.” Gertie opened the bag and poured a small amount of pink powder in the palm of her hand. “Now, concentrate. Try to shift.” Candy and her father doubled their earlier efforts. Gertie drew in a deep breath and blew the powder in their faces.
Once the two prisoners stopped coughing and gagging, they fell to the floor of the cage. “What? What was that stuff?” Candy’s voice was uncharacteristically meek.
The professor crawled close to the bars. “How long will it take?”
“Just relax. It’ll make it much easier to shift. Candy, did you know those circus bears are really werebears that can’t shift back? Those poor creatures told me they were cursed by your mother. It takes a lot to upset me. Isn’t that true, Kelly?”
“Oh, that’s certainly true. The only thing that makes you mad is cruelty to animals… and paranormals.”
The cage shook violently from the inhabitants convulsions. It only took minutes for the professor and his daughter to change into grizzly bears.
Our conversation was interrupted by a crack of thunder. A cloud of green smoke appeared and out of it stepped Randy with a witch I had never seen. She was a tall, thin, dark haired woman. She was dressed in black from head to toe. In one hand she held a wand and a bullwhip in the other.
Randy loved to act a part. “Hello everyone! Say hello to the legendary Ursula. She put a BOLOB out for missing paranormal circus bears, so I contacted her and told her a couple may have been captured.”
Morgan, Gertie, and I greeted her in harmony. “Hello, Ursula!”
“What’s a BOLOB?” Gertie asked.
“Be on the lookout for bears,” Randy replied.
“Great. More cheerful witches. This one, who calls himself Randy, tells me you’ve captured two of my missing bears.”
“Yep! Got two of ‘em right here in this cage.” I slapped my hand on the cage door.
“Hmm. You sure they’re mine? How would you really know?” Ursula seemed skeptical.
“Most definitely. Gertie can communicate with bears and she swears they shifted.”
“Is that right, Gertie?”
“Yes, ma’am. A bit disoriented, but they definitely were shifters, and now stuck in bear form.”
“Good. Thank you. I suppose you expect some type of reward now,” Ursula grumbled.
“No. No reward expected,” I answered.
“Hold on. There is one thing.” Randy whispered something in Ursula’s ear.
“Fair enough. Consider it done.” Ursula raised the whip and brought it down expertly. The long whip straightened out and made a distinctive sound of a gunshot. The green cloud returned and when it drifted away, Ursula, Candy, and the professor were gone.
I smiled at how well my last minute plan worked out. “You know, it really makes me feel good to reunite a family.”
Chapter Eleven
R andy turned the corkscrew and gave it a tug until the cork popped free. He filled our glasses and looked up at the night sky. “It sure is nice up here. This old millhouse is the perfect retreat for us. We always end up on this stone patio.”
“So, how long will it be before Ursula figures out who her new werebears are?” Morgan asked.
“It’s just a temporary magic transformation, I’d say a few days, then it’ll hit them hard. They won’t remember anything about tonight. It will be like none of this ever happened.”
The porch lit up like it was hit by lightning. “Ezzy! How’d it go?”
“I’d say it was a success. The bears hopped into the spring and the magic of it dissolved Ursula’s spell. After all their years in captivity, they were finally able to shift back into humans. They started chatting right away, but we have no idea what the hell
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