Finding the Next Head of the Witches Council

chapter 12

In the Netherworld Forest...

"Okay, the ingredients say we need a unicorn horn, pond scum, dragon drool, egg shells, and a tooth." Atticus said to Akito.

"What kind of tooth?" Akito asked.

Atticus squinted his eyes to the print. "It doesn't say..."

"Hm... Well, I hope whatever tooth we find works..." Akito said.

"I hope so too." Atticus nodded.

They then saw they were closer to a bubbling and toxic looking pond.

"Would this be the second ingredient?" Akito asked.

"It's closer to us." Atticus suggested. "We better get it out of the way."

Akito shrugged, then came over to the pond. "Yuck!"

"Well, no one said this was going to be easy." Atticus said.

"Yeah..." Akito pinched his nose.

Atticus squirmed slightly as he reached over then collected the pond scum into a goblet.

"BOO!" a voice yelled.

"Whoa!" Atticus yelped as he nearly stumbled.

"DAD!" Akito cried.

"I'm okay, Akito." Atticus said before looking to his son.

"Oh, thank Cadence..." Akito smiled.

Atticus came back over, then walked with Akito as they collected the glowing pond scum.

"Darn..." Cassandra growled as she was disguised as an owl with Portia on a branch.

"Mother, can't we just leave them alone?" Portia frowned to her mother.

"Are you kidding?! No way! Those losers must not win!" Cassandra told her daughter.

"Mom, you're acting like a child..." Portia frowned.

Cassandra glared. "I can't do this without you..."

"Mother, I thought you became friends with Sabrina Spellman and the others after you guys graduated high school together..." Portia pouted.

"That was only a ploy," Cassandra glared. "Sabrina still must pay for winning that Golden Wand Award at the Witch Academy and shared it with that other half-witch, Nicole Candler... We're both related to Enchantra and that is why we must WIN!"

"But Mother..." Portia tried to decline.

"Silence," Cassandra hissed, narrowing her eyes at her daughter. "Remember what I taught you: Eyes on the prize."

Portia frowned and gave in.

"Now come on, we have to stop those wannabes!" Cassandra said as she started to fly off.

Portia watched her mother, then sighed sadly, and flew after her.

"One ingredient down, four ingredients to go." Akito said.

"This is so gross..." Atticus winced at the ingredient of dragon drool.

"You can say that again." Akito said.

Atticus and Akito looked up to see they were about to go into a cave. They poked their heads in and then saw a massive dragon that was fast asleep. There were burned scorches all around with piles of bones.

"I wonder who these bones used to belong to." Atticus whispered.

Akito gave a small gulp. "Well, Dad... Go get the drool..." he said, very weakly and frightened.