With Shelby and Katherine
As Katherine was carrying her through the kingdom, she couldn't help but feel anxious about the whole situation, but happy knowing that Katherine has her back and stood up for her even though she knew nothing about the situation.
Which brought the though of telling Katherine what actually happened.
On the other side Katherine was confused to say the least; Worried about Shelby's well being, "After that spell she's clearly not doing alright" Katherine thought to herself, but she knew that Shelby would tell her when she's ready to and didn't want to pressure her, that would only make it worse.
Katherine's thoughts were interrupted by Shelby "Soooo.... The whole situation back there"
"Yeah I've been meaning to ask; What was that all about?" Katherine said in a sympathetic but still confused tone.
"Well you see, when I was building my shop... I kinda messed up while making a potion... and delited a part of world so I took that part from a parallel universe" She said the last part really fast and with a serious expression.
"Oh.... That's kinda impressive" said Katherine a bit stunned to speak, she trusted Shelby's skills but she didn't know she could do such a thing as yeeting part of the world out of existence.
"Heh, maybe, but it's against the council's rules. And as you might have realised it; The punishment for that is banning a witch from doing magic ever again... legally"
"Is that what you wanted to tell me but got interrupted that one time? That you just got banned from doing magic?" asked the princess
"Welllll..... More or less" said the witch with embarrassed smile in kinda high pitched tone
"Huh? What's that supposed to mean?" Katherine asked clearly confused
"It has kinda been about a month since I got the letter"
"A month! Shelby how long have you been on the run" as Katherine yelled her voice got a little bit more high pitched
"I just wanted to prove them I can be a great witch and I just started my empire. I wanted to prove it to myself that I'm a great witch and not just fake it for everyone else to believe in it" by now she had a frown on her face and couldn't look Katherine in the eyes
"And you clearly are a great witch; I mean have you seen that spell? And girl, the way you kept up with other council witches. You may have a different and creative way of doing things that not everyone can understand; But trust me when I say, Shelby you are a great witch and small mistake mean nothing to people who can see the real you." as Katherine said that she could swear she saw sparkles in Shelby's eyes
"Thank you so much Katherine, you always know how to cheer me up" said Shelby as she tried to hug Katherine with her other, not hurt arm while she was still being carried to the castle of Glimmer Grove
" I'm glad I made you feel better "said Katherine with a big smile as they arrived at the castle"
End of part 5