The Rascal Manor {Toh Swap au}

Episode 2: Witches before wizards

As Amity woke up suddenly jolting from her slumber trying to catch her breath from the nightmare she had that night. Her breath calmed down as she began to walk to a bathroom where she held her hair combing it and looked at the mirror and declared, "This is a new start, make dad proud and not cause any trouble, and what better way of doing that than being a witch apprentice?!"

She squealed in excitement. She saw the closet. Putting on a black robe and what she assumed was a witch hat and a label saying, "Hello my name is Amity".

She fell down the stairs to see, a very sleep-deprived Hunter, "Who are you again?" he questioned as Amity face fell.

"Remember me? Amity? We freed the oppressed and defeated the evil coven leader together?" she sounded quite hopeful and desperate.

Hunter replied as the same cardinal bird from the other day popped up from his hair, "Jess! relax kid. I haven't even had my cup of apple blood yet or grape blood, I'll decide when I reach the kitchen." He walked over to the kitchen and pulled out a wine glass in a golden glow.

Amity questioned "You mean apple juice and grape juice?"

Hunter said blankly as apple blood/juice poured into the glass, "No, but what is even apple juice?" "The juice of an apple?" Amity answered or more like questioned.

Amity then said excitedly, "Teach me some spells. When do I get a magic staff? Was I supposed to bring my own runes? Do you have a dangerous magical quest for me?"

Hunter looked kind of bored, "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, slow down, kid. Being a witch doesn't happen overnight. Also, you're wrapped in a bathrobe and wearing the dirtiest traffic cone I've ever seen."

Ember burst out laughing clutching his stomach, "Hunter! Why did you tell her?! She probably would've gone outside with that on, that would've been so funny."

Amity then takes the traffic cone of her head, blows of the dirt and looks annoyed at Ember. Ember laughs as the wine glass disappeared from Hunter's hand. "But a magic staff, you want, huh?"

Amity stopped glaring at Ember and looked at Hunter with wonder and awe in her eyes, "More than anything!"

Hunter look grew serious, as the red cardinal from his head flew down to his hand and transformed into a staff in a golden glow, "Now, witches are awarded their staffs from school but with me as your teacher, you'll be taking a different approach." He drops a bag with potions in it. "You'll have to work for it. I run a few businesses. On weekends, I offer rare human treasures that Flapjack drags over from your side of the realm." He then grabs a toy sword and presses the button on it.

'I shall smite my enemies! Ages 6 to 11.'

Hunter then continued, "But most days I sell only the finest homemade elixirs and potions. Though its more potions"

Amity then grabbed a potion from the bag and reads it, "Snake oil."

Ember curled around Hunter's neck, saying, "No one wants an un-oiled snake."

Hunter rolled his eyes and pushed Ember of, "Yes, that is totally what that means." Hunter said clearly annoyed.

Hunter sighed, "Follow me." As they walked on the balcony. "Today you'll deliver packages and sell potions to that town over there, Bonesborough. You'll have to be careful. I have rivals everywhere who'd love to take my business down and you along with it. You want a dangerous magical quest? Well sister, you've got one. Amity, Ember will go with you because he knows his way around."

Amity nodded her head, "I won't let you down, Mr. Hunter."
And then proceeds to drop the bag.

Hunter's eyes narrow down, "I'm sure."