Drapetomania

Fruit of the Poisoned Tree

It's a new a day and the two Harvest witches were minding their own business, Davina was drawing as usual and Bellamy was playing 'Crazy in Love' on his violin.

"He's taking too long!" Bellamy complained for the umpteenth time that day.

"It's only 10 o'clock, Bell. Give him some time to brace himself for your horrible flirting." Davina teased a playful smirk present on her face.

"That's not true! My flirting has never been better." He argued before adding. "Besides, I know you're not talking about my flirting when a baby could flirt better than you ever can."

"As if." Davina snorted.

Elijah arrived and leaned against the doorway as he knocked on the wall next to him, before Bellamy could say something back. The two witches looked up and smiled when they noticed the Original. He held up some pages he took from Esther's grimoire, like he promised, with a grin on his face.

"I made you two a promise." He grinned at the two.

"Come in." They giddily welcomed him in.

Davina spread the pages, that Elijah gave to them, on the table for her and Bellamy to go through while Elijah mindlessly played with the knot in his hands.

"The spell of unknotting?" Davina read out loud.

"This is a sanguinem knot. The witches use it as representational magic. If you can unknot this rope using this spell, you'll have taken a step towards control. This is one of my mother's later spells. Requires much more power than you realize.  If both of you can perform this, I shall return with another page, maybe even two. Perhaps, A spell of your choosings next time." Elijah offered the two and gave Bellamy one last glance before leaving.

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For the next hours, Bellamy and Davina have been trying to undo the knot, but both have been failing terribly. Davina, with an angry huff, held her hands above the knot, Bellamy following her example.

"Phasmatos omnio ligor coldate sangorium." They chant, Davina pronouncing every word incorrectly and Bellamy not focusing because he didn't want to do it anymore. They both stared at the knot, obviously expecting the knot to unknot itself, but nothing happened. Davina took a deep breath in frustration and ran her hand through her hair before angrily shoving a random object off it's place. Bellamy mindlessly took her hand in his own in hopes to calm her down.

"Hey, we can do this, okay? We just have to focus and believe in ourselves, which we haven't been doing. Let's just take a deep breath and put effort in it." He offered calmly.

Davina nodded and they both took a deep breath. Willing their mind to lose every single one of it's thought and to only focus on the Sanguinem Knot. They closed their eyes and channeled the magic they could feel around them. They focused on that magic and made it their own. They shared a look of determination, after they opened their eyes and locked gazes with each other.

They put their hands on the knot and started chanting the spell. Bellamy's eyes glowed blue for two seconds unbeknownst to the two witches as they were too focused on the knot.

"Phasmatos omnio ligor coldate sangorium... Phasmatos omnio ligata soluto... Phasmatos omnio ligata soluto vingulia cordit." As they finished chanting, the knot began to float into the air and started unknotting itself. The Harvest witches were ecstatic, when the rope laid on the table, and began jumping around in joy at their achievement.

After they calmed down and spoke about what spells they wanted to learn in the future, the two witches went to sleep. 

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