The Witches Famine

3. Its spreading

By the time I got home it was dark. I ran into the house and hurried to make dinner for everyone. It took forever but I finally finished. It would be so much easier if I could just use my powers to grow some food and then put it on everyone's plates. If only my powers were more advanced.

That night, after church, I sat in the room and fed my new familiar all of the left overs I could scramble up.
I set up some herbs crushing them slowly and precisely in a mortar. Casting a circle around me and my fuzzy new friend. I invoked the spirit and called upon Goddess to enlighten me with a name for my familiar.
All witches have to do this when they find their familiar or else the bond wont be as strong as it should.

Goddess please
Goddess strong
Give me a name
If my feelings are not wrong
This is my familiar
Please hear me loud
What is her name
So I can say it proud

I said these words times three while my eyes were closed.
I heard a soft whisper in my ear and saw the words clear as day in my minds eye.
She shall be named Willow.

Willow meowed and rubbed up against me.
"Willow." I whispered as she climbed into my lap.
I picked her up and brought her to my bed where she was now going to sleep.
I layed down with her while I started to drift off.
"Goodnight Willow."

The next morning was hectic.
I got everyone up and made breakfast doing all my chores as fast as I could.
Grandma Rosetta got word that the sickness is spreading fast.
I hurried to work and saw Johnathan.
"Hey did you hear about all the sickness?" I asked as I grabbed a brush.
He looked down, tears formed in his eyes.
"My mother has fallen ill."
"Oh my johnathon I'm so sorry. Is bloodletting taking place?"
He nodded and I just put my head down.
This is bad. I need to do something before this advances. There has to be an elixir or something my mother left behind in her book of shadows. I'll have to look tonight.
After work we had to go straight home. Johnathon needed to tend to his mother and he said that I probably shouldnt be out while all this chaos is happening.
As soon as I got home I made dinner then hurried down to the basement to look through my mothers books. I found two healing elixirs that I wanted to make. I started to gather ingredients when Terran came down. "Grandma wants you upstairs to get ready for church."
I sighed. I guess this will have to wait.

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Sorry for such a short chapter. I have a lot more coming soon.
What do u guys think? Do you think ferns powers are strong enough to save johnothons mom?