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Fic Rec: J2- Jensen Ackles/Jared Padalecki

As you may notice, I like to make fic recs when I can and feel inspired. So, when I saw @iforsammy's post asking for fic recs on J2, I felt like it would be an opportunity. I myself got into reading J2 in this past year, so I may not have too many fics to recommend, but it is something. I hope you'll enjoy it.

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-Hearthstone, by Mollyamory (Molly), 42,996 words

[Podfic Version Availbale: [Podfic of] Hearthstone, by exmanhater, 03:44:40 hours]

Jensen won the lottery when he was young and don't really know what to do with his life. He owns a book store he runs while trying to write a book of his own, co-own a bar and own a big house. When a new guy rolls to town his life changes for the best.

I really liked their interactions and the way she wrote their dynamic.

-The Sinister Nature of Cul-de-Sacs, by goddamnbatman and karabou, 38,000 words

Recently divorced Jensen moves in to the suburbs, where he meets hot neighbor Jeff, but more importantly he meets the mysterious neighbor who never leaves his house Jared.

It is such a easy read, and I really liked the smut scenes in this. I loved the way that they interacted with each other as well.

-[Podfic] Slings and Arrows | written by cherie_morte, by Tipsy_Kitty, 14:25 minutes

[Original Written Work: Slings and Arrows, by cherie_morte, 2,536 words]

This is a cute, fluffy story where Jared is set up by Gen on a blind date on Valentine's Day. His date was suppose to bring his favourite book, he accidentally sits by Jensen's table instead.

-Unlucky Thirteen, by babybrotherdean, 1,474 words [the entire seires contains 40,749 words]

Jensen is the only human in the supernatural town of Deadwood Creek. His job is to be the town's gaurdian. When an overfriendly werewolf returned to the town Jensen life is up for a shake up.

I really liked to read about this world.

-Emotichromism, by dont_hate_me01, 25,673 words

Jared has the rare ability to project his feeling via changing the color of his hair. He is also a promising young architect. However, after the loss of his mother he lacked the inspiration to design. His father, Jeff, construct a deal with Jensen, so his son could work for his company.

-Jack the Cat, by kelios and TammyRenH, 8,930 words

Jared volunteers in a animal shelter while he is in a bad state after a bad breakup. They convinced him to foster the agressive cat who don't let anyone touch him but Jared.

It is a very cute story.

-The Doll and the Dummy, by homo_pink, 11,535 words

It's an interesting story between correctional nurse Jensen and inmate Jared.

-Cowboys and Babies, by kashmir, 13,499 words

Jared's car broke down in the middle of nowhere as he was on his way to his parents after deciding to leave his no good boyfriend Chad, despite being heavily pregnant. Ranch owner Jensen helped him in more than one way.

-Call of the Wolf, by AmyPond45, 7,883 words

Witch Jared befriend a wolf named Ross at the secluded piece of land he moved to. He moved there to get away from the government who controls withces.

Omegavese- Alpha/Beta/O,mega

-The Many Mysteries of Omega Jared, by JAYJEN11, 124,480 words

Jared is a psychic and omega, two things that are not good when your family is following the old werewolf lore. Forced to run from home and join a traveling Gypsy pack he happened to find his mate- Prince Jensen Ackles.

-Worth Having, by GreenBird (lovestryker), 51,483 words

Jared's parents hated Jared for being an Omega. Since he presented he was stuck at home, mostly in his room. Now, that he was close to 18, his parent put him into the database for Omega Agency to find an Alpha to purchace him. Jared had dreaded that moment ever since he presented, knowing he would be pretty much used for pleasure and babies only. However, he's in for surprise when he actually meet the alpha, the literal prince of Ackland, Jensen.

[I can't be sure, but I'm pretty sure that both of those storied are based on the same prompt. However, I think that each of them took it in their own direction and I highly recommend giving them both a read.]

-Mend, by Nisaki, 38,669 words

Jensen and Jared were going out for a few drinks when Jensen's drink gets spiked with a drug and he mates with Jared. Now they need to deal with the follow through.

It's an angsty fic, but I think that it's really interesting. I also loved the world building in it and their developing relationship.

-Crash and Burn, by orphan_account, 5,401 words

High School AU, where omega Jared is having a crush on his older brother's alpha friend Jensen. Unfortunately, he got the tendency to humiliate himself in front of Jensen.

-Temptation Comes But Once to a Man, by orphan_account, 13,844 words

Age Difference AU where Alpha Jensen is the principle of Jared's High School and the best friend of his older brother. Jared's is in love with him and want to be his mate, but he knows that it's hopeless.

-Entwined Branches, by strive2bhappy, 64,631 words

Every omega, beta and alpha person have to be mated by the time that they turn 18. Alpha Jensen was able to sneak around and not get mated, but now his luck ran out and he mated with 18 year old omega Jared.

-Dark times, by Apololover, 29,606 words

Leader pack Jensen rescue Jared from the turture of Mark Pallegrino. However, When the suppressants got out of his system, Jensen smelled him and knew that Jared is also his mate.

The world building in this story is really impressive.

Bonus Fic: -All I've Been Looking For, by deluxemycroft, 40,376 words

Technically it's not a J2 fic but I think it counts. With all of Jared's mental health hardship Jensen pretty much acted like Jared's alpha. So when Jared started to get close to alpha Stephen Amell, Jensen gets a little jealous.

I think this story tied down to all the weirdness of how close their frienship is. They aren't together, they don't see each other romantically, but it feels like they are together and lack real boundaries.

Alternate Universe- Dragons

-Two Cures for Love, by lizzywinks, 33,477 words

When Jensen was a little boy, he found an egg and took it into his home. Unbeknown to him, it was actually a dragon egg that burned down his house while hatching and flying away. His family didn't believe him and thought he burned the house himself. Now, 21 years later, the same dragon had returned in a shape of a human and wanting to court him.

This story is cute, and interesting in the world building. I liked their developing relationship.

-[Podfic of] Falling Water / written by morrezela, by EosRose, 02:19:04 hours

[Original Written Work: Falling Water, by morrezela, 20,170 words]

Jensen was taken as an egg by human. He was raised by them and never seen another dragon. When Jared decided to find a mate in a different land he accidentally find Jensen.

The lore in this was interesting. Jared was raised with fellow dragons but Jensen never been around ones so each of them got a lot to learn from the other.

HAPPY READING EVERYONE!

[journalsouppe]

Ever since I accidentally picked up and played DGS, I knew I needed to play PLVSPW. I decided to alternate playing ace attorney games with professor layton games until I finished the main trilogies for both and could finally play plvspw, and it was so worth the wait. I love this game so much it is everything I could have hoped and more, so so so much more. Highly recommend to honestly anyone!!!

All of the Professor Layton stickers are from jordydrawsmerch which can be found here and here. All of the Phoenix stickers are by Peachcott!! Every other sticker is from Daiso!

Writing typed below!

Rating: 9.7 Played: Fa 2023 Port: 3DS Favorite? Y Replayable? Y Recommend? Y

Comments

AA stickers by Peachcott, PL stickers by Jordydraws

THE MUSIC???

WITHCES??? TALOS???

HIS NAME IS NOT FUCKING CAR ACCIDENT

I like the UI esp with how the stylus interacts with the screen

Omg the yiga

Omg traveling is easier AND they give you coin and puzzle hints

OH IM JUST NOW IN CORT AFTER THAT INSANE SEQ

WHAT IS GOING ON

LOVE maya’s model

THE REUSED ASPECTS IN DGS OMG

THE CUNTY POSE AAAA

THE PIPE WHACK LMAO

WHITE PAYNE

Love the design of labyrinthia

Im curious if nick and maya will be bombarded with puzzles

I LOVE how the 3D and tech of the 3DS are used to make more dynamic puzzles

A LIVE EXECUTION?

Lmao B&W LSOH moment (Kira ate flowers which is smth that happened in the original non-musical little shop of horrors movie)

SOME GUY

WHAT DO YOU MEAN MAYA AND NICK HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 5 YEARS

Cinderellia lol

Omg the book roof

Labyrinthia at night music is sooo pretty

Kira is the killer… right?

I am so stressed about Luke and maya

Hershel to see the storyteller??

THE PRINCESS TUTU AND DROSSELMEYER VIBSE ARE OFF THE CHARTS

Luke is too small for the defense table T_T

THE STORYTELLERS DAUGHTER??

THE BELL TOWER??

Curse…

LUKE NOOO

WHAT IS GOING ON?? T-T

LMAO NOT ANOTHER PARROT WITNESS

BARNHAM NOO

Top of town so pretty

Major shrek 2 vibes

Is that a bust of cabanela

Layton said lets go somewhere more private LMFAO

I love the nick and Luke dynamic… but at what cost T_T

LAYTON’S ??? AND HIS THEME AHHH

HERSHEL NOOOO

Obsessed with rouge’s design and tattoo

THE WAY I SCREAMED WHEN I SAW HERSHEL AHHH

Love the assistant/mentor switch

MAYA EATING RAMEN AND HERSHEL DRINKING TEA IN THEIR PIXEL ART

^ Maya copies other idles! luke writes in his journal and nick reads his paper!

LOVE darklaws claws!

the vigilante witnesses....

is it really a layton game if there's no tower

GOD DAMN HERSHEL love his sword fighting

omg who is bezella

will layton act as the prosecutor??

the battle against the professor is so nerve wracking

just learned why its called pl VS pw

GO OFF KIRA

ESPELLA AND DARKLAW AS KIDS AWW T^T <333

ooo darklaw's laws have the eyes on them

the "magic" is so complicated

i feel like eve the cat is v important but overlooked

WHERE IS LUKE I MISS HIM T^T

love the belfry search

ooo this is like princess tutu x tunic

this took a sharp turn omg

THESE LADIES T~T

FORK LIFT CERTIFIED LUKE LMAO

BARNHAM!

love eve's black outfit

YURI LETS GO

PROF??

EDGEWORTH??

Summary

This game is everything I hoped it would be. yes it's a Professor Layton crossover, but it also has the charm of DGS x Princess tutu x tunic. The ending was very layton-esque, along with all the reveals. I truly had such an amazing time playing this game. I was initially introduced to this because I heard that DGS was inspired by it, so it was my mission to play both aa and pl's original trilogies before playing. And I am so glad I did bc the wait was so worth it. You can absolutely see the influence this game and professor layton had on Shu Takumi. There's so much passion and creativity between plvspw an dgs that makes playing them all the more enjoyable. I loved how all the main characters interacted with each other, I especially loved how hershel and phoenix swapped assistants. The new characters were also so fun. Espella, Barnham, Darklaw, the story-teller, they were all so unique and enjoyable to interact with. The animation was stellar. This 3D style really works for both PL and AA and im so glad both series took inspiration from it. The music and art was phenomenal, this game honestly should win awards if it hasn't already done so. I also love how any character pulled into an aa game will have their gay moments: phoenix x hershel and espella x eve especially. I can't wait to make art or even write for this game, I will definitely add scenes from this to my ballet au ^^! What a phenomenal game, what a fun premise with the most convoluted layton-esque ending. It was so perfectly I highly recommend!!

[cellulardreams]

MGMT 2008 withc cats by Amber-Rae Orchard

Via Flickr: i miss my kitty

[shrine-of-the-exoletus]

can't believe they just announced an anime about a young withc finding her neighbor's lost cat

[runixa]

I have a whole colony of feral cats in my area. Actually, I'm pretty sure there are three.

I know of three houses that feed them. Of withc I am one.

And because of this, I'm very passionate about:1)keeping cats indoors, 2) fixing your damn cats.

But also I went on an intense "getting all the feral cats fixed and released" (tnr) spree when we moved in. It's important work but I no longer have the energy to do it.

We do only have one or two new cats a year now though. So it definitely made a difference.

[im-boned]

HEEEELLPPPPP im watching kikis delivery service and my dumbfuck chronic “design a self insert for everything you consume” disease isnt letting up

[graphicpolicy]

Yen Press Announces Nine New Releases

Yen Press Announces Nine New Releases #Comics #Manga #AnimeNYC

Yen Press has announced a slate of upcoming releases at the Yen Press Industry Panel at Anime NYC that includes manga (Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle; Hi, I’m a Witch, and My Crush Wants Me to Make a Love Potion; The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter; See You Tomorrow at the Food Court; Nights with a Cat; The Geek Ex-Hitman;and Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Another Story)…

[shadsie]

Day 19

The Witch’s Clueless Cat is an upcoming 5 page comic of mine, I hope you’ll enjoy it! It’s about a kitty and them discovering their identity and their new life with a clumsy witch.

[bigfrekingbear]

The kittle is small and very easy to make familiar for beginner witches and gardeners. it's can be made from various types of objects and animal limbs and they can be very helpful. like this one can guard your garden and help grow more herbs.

[beck-o]

Wondering Witch and Curious Cat

[adotandaline]

The witch kit. (This challange is slowly turning into Harry Potter illustrations.)

[the-maidofmischief]

Hey, come to think of it, I don't know your top three! So, vampires, witches or werewolves?

Exactly in that order! I don’t know why but I have a thing for vampires, maybe its the biting kink idk. Withces are cool af, and let's not lie to each other, we all played at being witches when we were younger. Also, I’m a cat lady, so of course I love them. I’m pretty neutral about werewolves, they’re cool but idk, different vibes i guess sksksks

[thanosfurb]

Thrift store haul!!!! I have never ever found this many furbies irl. Like. It's amazing.

So the lightning boom is in perfect condition. He has been named staple boy.

The witches cat is nonworking. I'm going to attempt a push start and then sell them or trade. (Possibly custom them if anyone is interested in)

I found a little care bear

The waves boom is a tricky baby

I opened him up so see that he had rust and corrosion from batteries being left in him for years. He's been so neglected. I can't get him working so I'm going to figure out how to plush him.

I found a clown cabbage patch kid!!!!

And I found an ever after high Madeline Hatter doll with no hands. I washed and brushed her hair cause I can't bear to part with it.

Her hair is super curly now

Anyways I'm going to make a separate post about the withces cat but other than that I'm keeping everything. And I'm thrilled with all I got today

[weirdchristmas]

Happy, prancing withces! And a freaked out cat. I’m kinda with the cat.

[tamisdava-blog]

Ok, guys its good and bad for me that i’ll have to make something soon about SVTFOE, RWBY if they’ll finally make translation of it, Camila Cuevas made new video; “origins... black beast” i didn’t watched it, because my sister threw me off PC. But today we are going to talk about ANIME! Ok, ok i know what you say: that all animes are garbage and same. But i disagree! Now we have some good anime like: My hero academia, i watched only 1th season and it was cool. One punch man that people like but i haven’t watched it and never going to watch it because i am kind of not into anime now... AND RWBY WITH 3D graphic, RWBY is for people that are already tired of anime drawings, so they can watch something special that dont looks like anime, eyes are resting from 2D and getting attached to 3D. 

The first anime that i’ll going to talk about is Soul eater! I watched it when i was 5 years old and i watched it with my old sister that was 9?! of course there is some blood there... But i never paid attention to it as 5 old little girl. Because... THERE WAS A GREAT HUMOR, if you started laughting on the one moment of soul eater you’ll never stop it. THERE WAS GREAT PLOT! And soul eater has a good character development. And of course my fav shipshipshipship and characters. I guess we will start from characters and plot, i’ll try to not spoil everything. Maka and Soul are main characters, Soul can turn into a dam weapon, Maka uses him as weapon, they killing evil people, collecting their souls... Hm, wait what? i said collecting? Nonononono Soul just eats them. Yea, eats. So soul needs to eat 100 souls and 1 witchy soul. In the beginning we can see that Maka and Soul collected 100 souls and they are fighting with witch cat... Yea, witches here have animals theme. They defeat her, Soul eats her soul, But, Always but, but that witchy soul doesn’t count, witch cat is alive and They have to recollect 100 souls. Dont ask me why it happend, last time i rewatched soul eater i was 10 years old, so i cant remember everything. Heck ya i need to rewatch it. So the witch’s name is blair and she is one of my fav characters. So no, Soul isn’t the only one that can turn into weapon, there are two sisters: Elithabeth and patricia that can turn into pistols?.. Also Tsubaki that turns in different weapons. They are too my fav characters. So Black Star uses Tsubaki as weapon. And death kid uses sisters as weapons. No, seriously its his dam name! Death kid is a son of death himself, yea, Black Star is energetic shit that still makes me laught. Maka is a serious girl, Soul is... Soul is just soul. I’ll say nothing about Elithabeth, but patricia acts like a little, cute kiiiiiiiiiid! she is my fav character too. Tsubaki is little bit shy, very patient and gentle. So after we see Maka’s dad, the weapon of death himself? Yea, he also womanizer. The character that is still mystery for me crona,Crona is a boy or girl? I didn’t understood if Crona was male or female and i still cant understand it. And i’ll now jump on the main villain of 1th season, my fav evil character of all times, witch, MEDUSA SNAKE WITCH! Ok, i want to not spol everything so i wont say anything important. i just say that i ship her with Franken Stein. Dam i shipped as 5 old girl when i didn’t know meaning of “ship”. So Medusa wants to free Asura. I dont remember is succeed. But she died :( So i as the 1th season fan didn’t liked 2th season of it. But now, as i remember everything that happend in i think its great continue of 1th season. The main evil withc character is Medusa’s sister Arachne, I as a kid didn’t liked her as a villain, i just liked her eyes. 5 old me: SHE HAS WEBS IN HER EYES SIIIIIISTER! I still like her eyes. Nu, the only thing that i can tell without spoilering that she was great villain. BOOM! Not so ago i heared that there is a continue of Soul Eater, Soul Eater NOT! Of course i haven’t watched it :D And the villain there is Shaula? When i first saw her i thought: OH GOD WTF MEDUSA AND FRANKEN STEiN FINALLY HAVE KID? Nope, it turns out she is her sister -_-

So second anime is Naruto, Of course you watched a little bit of it as a kid right? RIGHT?! Ok i wont blame you if you wont decide to watch it. BECAUSE DAM ITS TOO LONG TO WATCH. Even me and my sister haven’t finished watching it. And we will never watch it fully. So about what is anime? Its about little boy’s life called NARUTOOOOOOOOOOOO! Naruto is shinobi, dont ask me what it means. So he is ninja, everyone in this anime is ninja, we have ninja fights, ninja attacks, and many ninja thiiiiiiings! So he is in team with his friend Sasuke and Sakura. And kakashi sensei teacher. So they are still kids and they are making very dangerous missions, so dangerous thet they can die. But they aren’t dying heck knows why. Maybe because of ninja powers? maybe... So Naruto loves Sakura, Sakura loves Sasuke, Sasuke loves himself. So we have lovely triangle of love. The main villain of this is Orochimaru (Spoiler, he will die in the end). Orochimaru says to Sasuke to join him, and guess what? (spoiler he joins Orochimaru). So they after growed up and turned into a dam teenagers. They met growed Sasuke, He almost kills Sakura (actually my sister was sad that Sakura didn’t died). So TRALALALA. (spoiler Sasuke kills his old brother) (spoiler Orochimaru dies and he is replaced by his assistant kabuto(not the pokemon one). Naruto has a beast with ninetales, from his mother because she had that beast too from her parents, i think. (hm pokemon is everywhere) So he learns how to control him TRALALALA. He finally understands that he doesn’t loves Sakura and marries Hinata. Hinata liked Naruto from childhood but she was too shy to tell him about it *face palm* -_-  So they now have son and daughter. Anime is now about Naruto’s son Boruto. Naruto seriously? You couldn’t give to you kid normal name?! AAAAAAnd i wont watch boruto.

The 3th anime is POKEMOOOOOOOON! GOTTA CATCH THEM ALL! Nu guys you should knew it that its will always be in lists :D I still singing the first opening of pokemon. Other openings are shity sorry people who like other ops :/ I want to talk less about it so lets start... The main character is Ash Ketchum. me and my sister thought that its was ketchup. So he is already 10-11 years old and he needs to take his first poke, it turns out that there is no starters left, only Pikachu. He takes pikachu and gets the first thunderbolt attack on himself. Pikachu acts like a goat, yea, A DAM goat with ash. So they will turn into a dam friends when Ash will save Pikachu’s life. So after he will meet with Misty and Brock and will travel with them around Kanto and Jonhto. After Misty goes back to gym, ash continues traveling around other regions with Brock, then Brock goes back to Kanto, eh my one of fav characters of my childhood. So ash continues traveling Unova TRALALA after to the Kalos TRALALAL and finally he is in alola and looks like kid again. Eh it was fun. Thanks to gen 4 appearing on Jetix i think.

Fairy TAIL! GREAT HUMOR AGAIN! HERE IS NIGHT SO I WILL FINISH AS FAST AS I CAN! SO MAIN CHARACTER NATSU! HE WAS LIVING WITH A DAM DRAGON! BUT AFTER THAT DRAGON DISSAPEARED! HE WAS ACCEPTED IN FAIRY TAIL! THERE HE FOUND EGG THAT CONTAINED HAPPY! HIS FUTURE PARTNER AND FRIEND IN EVERYTHING! A DAM TALKING FLYING CAT WITH WINGS! Also Lucy that no body likes, but i am neutral to her. Elsa that everyone likes, and others. 

I’ll stop here right now, i tried to write that dam post but sometimes my sister doesn’t let me to sit normal or others, i am tired, its night! I AM GOING TO SLEEP SORRY FOR MY DAM ENGLISH!

[hexarcana-archived]

☮ for Aggie // i want to see her happy for once

At this point, she was uaually awake and in the middle of doing some sort of research or magical doing, but the night before Agatha woke up at 10:30 in the morning, she had actually felt tired.  The sort of tired that makes you want to curl up and fall asleep, not the exhausted sort of tired the old withc was used to.

She was woken by a beam of sunlight streaming through her dark curtains.  She say up, rubbing the sleep from her eyes with the ball of her hand.  She felt a little stiff, like she’d slept funny.  She got up slowly and shuffled over to her bathroom.  She clicked on the light and walked up to the mirror.  At first, nothing looked different, but as she stared at herself little differences became apparent.  she looked... Older.  not a lot older, but there seemed to be a few more wrinkles around her eyes that she swore weren’t there the day before.  She didn’t look nearly as tired, in fact, she looked... Pretty good.  There was even a little color in her cheeks.  What an odd feeling.  She combed her hair and returned to her room proper, stretching as she went.  Her body still felt oddly tender, like she’d pulled a muscle in her back.  And although she felt well rested, she still felt... Tired, like she needed some sort of kick in the pants to start the day.  She changed from pajamas to day clothes before she went downstairs.

“Oh, you’re up.”  Olive commented as her grandma walked past the den, “I figured you were down in the basement or something.”“No, I just decided to sleep in, I spose’.”  Her voice even felt a little different.  Something was odd, but she couldnt place it. 

She entered the kitchen and waved a hand towards the cupboard where she kept her tea kettle, but nothing happened.  She tried again.  Nothing.  She looked at her hand and then at the cabinet.  She walked up to it and opened it.  She took the blue and white tea kettle out and filled it wit hwater.  She set it on the stove but instead of turning it on, she pointed her finger at it.  This should have caused the kettle to whistle, but it was silent.  She dipped a finger into the kettle.  The water was still cold.  She took a step back from the kettle, staring down at her hands.  Her vision wans’t as good now- Why hadn’t she noticed? And her hands looked slightly more worn now.  

“What’s going on...?”  She wondered aloud, holding her palm over the kettle.  Still, nothing happened.  She turned on the stove and watched as the heating element began to glow red hot.  She stared at it for a moment before she extended her index finger out.  When it made contact with the red-hot metal she let out a shriek and a string of curse words before she ran to the fridge, wrenched the door open, and thrust her hand inside.  She panted as the heat from the burn slowly subsided.  She examined her hand to see a red and disgusting blister that had formed.  She stared at it, willing it to go away.  Nothing.  She shook her hand.  Nothing.  She even muttered a healing incantation.  Nothing. 

She abandoned the kitchen, running back out into the hall.  She nearly fell along the way and met Olive, who was coming to investigate the shouting.

“Gran- I heard you yell, are you alright?”  The twleve year old asked, but Aggie said nothing, she merely continued on her walk down the hall.  “Gran?  Hey, hang on!”  Olive followed her grandmother until they reached the cellar door.  Behind it there was a staircase that led down to a mostly empty basement.  That was how Olive could see it anyway.  But for Aggie, it would take down a winding set of stairs that led to a sort of magical laboratory filled with cursed and spelled objects.  This was it, this would show her the truth.

“Gran, you’re scaring me.  what are you-”

Aggie grabbed the handle and wrenched it open and the two were hit with a waft of dank basement air.  Aggie stared down the simple set of stairs.  She headed down and Olive followed.  Aggie stood in her mostly empty basement, slowly turning around to see every inch of it.  There wasn;t a glint of magic to be seen.  It was still and quiet- It was the first stillness and quiet she’d known since... Since she couldn’t even think of when she’d last felt such silence.

There was a meow from the stairs and an impossibly old ginger cat came galumphing down the steps.  It meowed loudly and approached Olive, brushing aganst her legs before he went to Aggie and did the same.  He looked up at her with wide and cloudy eyes.  He meowed again.  He was ancient, and he was hungry.

“What the-”  Olive stepped back.  It was one thing to see Hamish looking older than he’d ever looked in his life, but he was meowing at them, rubbing against their legs.  He was being friendly.  He was being... Normal.  “Gran, I’m scared- why is he like that?  That’s not Hamish, is it?”

Aggie knelt and picked up the old cat, who groaned slightly in protest.  She stared at him, trying to feel something- Anything from the cat.  He just meowed and butted his head agaisnt her chin.

“I...”  Aggie set the cat down again and looked at her hands.  She outstretched her arms and splayed her fingers, but nothing happened.  “Olive... I-”  She looked at her granddaughter, tears welling up in her dark eyes.  She flew at her granddaughter, lifting her into the air (with a little difficulty, even) and psun her in a celebratory fashion.  “I’m free!”  She cried before letting Olive go.  She grabbed her face, stared at it amoment and then bolted off up the stairs.  She ran to the nearest bathroom and quickly pulled off her shirt to look at her back.  For the first time snce she was a teenager, it was blank.  No scars, no cuts, her tattoo was even gone!  She let out another joyful cry before she ran again from the bathroom to the den.  She leapt over the back of the couch and grabbed the phone.  She wasn’t sure if this miracle would last, but she had to do as much as she could with it while she could.  

“Hi, Stan?”  She said whe nthe phone finally connected.  Olie had rejoined her grandma in the den now, staring at her half laughing, half crying grandmother.  “It’s me.  Can we dos omething today?  I really just want to go out and do something with you.  And Olive.  And- And everyone.  Is that weird?  I just-”  She wiped some tears from her eyes, “I just really want to see everyone today.”

She was like him, and like her granddaughter, and like her son, and like everyone else who was dear to her.  She was human.