It was the year of 1695 in the village of Bellwood.
It was a peaceful night with a full Moon and the stars were twinkling.
The village of Bellwood was located deep in New England and was home to hundreds of God fearing people. They sailed from England to settle in America for a better way of life and escape religious prosecution. Jacob Bellwood, 60 years old, settled the town of Bellwood in 1657 along with 20 of his Puritan followers.
Jacob died in 1673 and his son, Edward, became the leader of the village. Then Edward’s wife died in 1689 and he was in search of a new bride.
On the outskirt of the village was a home where Margret and Anna, two ladies who both were 30 years old, lived together. They were practicing witches and Edward was the process of putting them on trial and having them burned at the stake. The main reason he was doing this was because Anna rejected his courtship for marriage. Later by spying on the two ladies, he learned they were not only witches, but also lesbian witches. He discovered this one night when he spied on them through their bedroom window and saw them in bed together having sex.
Margret caught wind of Edward and the Bellwood Judge, John Bradstreet’s intention of bringing them to trial then burning them at the stake for being lesbian witches. After Anna was told about their potential demise, they both agreed to put a spell on Edward and John to hopefully change their minds.
So one Wednesday night in May 1691, Margret and Anna went down in their basement at 1:00 a.m.
A black pot was under a fire in the middle of their basement. Margret held an antique book of spells that was handed down to her from her mother. Anna stirred the liquid inside the pot with a thick wooden stick.
“We’re almost there and need two of the most important ingredients,” Margret told Anna who continued to stir the liquid.
“I hope this potions works,” Anna said while she stirred.
“It worked on you,” Margret said and blew Anna a kiss.
Anna smiled and blew Margret a return kiss.
“Squeezing of a gerbil,” Margret read from her book.
Anna walked over to a table that had a four-shelf bookcase filled with jars of unknown substances. At the one of the table was a small wooden cage with a Gerbil inside. She opened up the cage and grabbed the Gerbil.
Anna walked the Gerbil back to the pot. She held the critter over the pot and squeezed it. The Gerbil squeaked then she squeezed harder and it was soon dead. She dropped it and it splashed into the boiling liquid. She grabbed the stick and stirred for a few minutes.
“Strands of hair from a pixie,” Margret called out while she read her book.
Anna walked back to the table and grabbed a jar from the second shelf. It contained strands of pixie hair, so she opened up the jar and grabbed some hair. She walked back to the pot and dropped the hair into the boiling liquid. She grabbed the stick and stirred for a few minutes.
Margret closed her book and walked over to the pot. She took a good sniff and immediately got an evil smirk. “The potion is almost done!” she said.
Then Margret walked Anna away from the pot. She raised both of her hands and gave a motion like she was hitting piano keys. Lightning emitted from her fingertips and struck the liquid inside the pot. The liquid turned bright red. Then the liquid turned pink. Then the liquid turned purple. Then the liquid turned crystal clear.
Margret and Anna walked back to the table. They reached underneath in and removed a bunch of jars. They spent the last 15 minutes filling up the jars with their potion.
After they were done, they hid the jars behind one of the loose stones that were part of the stone foundation.
They left their house with two of the jars in hand.
They quietly walked down the dirt street of their village and came upon Edward’s house.
They snuck inside through the back door and quietly entered the kitchen. They quietly walked over to the dining table and poured the contents of the jar into Edward’s water pitcher.
They embraced in a kiss in then quietly exited through the back door.
They did the same to Judge John Bradstreet’s water pitcher in his kitchen. He was in cahoots with Edward on burning the witches at the stake.
They skipped down the street holding hand and quietly chuckled while they thought about the next couple of days.
The sun rose to start another day in May 1691. Edward and John drank from their water pitchers that morning during breakfast.
After a day of hard work, they both retired for the night. But it was not a normal night of sleeping. They both tossed and turned and their sleep was filled with strange and bizarre dreams.
Edward and John both woke up feeling weird. After breakfast, Edward met John at the courthouse for their scheduled meeting to discuss the trial and potential burning at the stake of Margret and Anna.
But something strange happened when they met at the courthouse. The second they gazed into each other’s eyes for a brief second. They fell in love, and then they engaged in a passionate kiss.
After ten minutes of kissing, they both agreed to forget about the trial and burning at the stake.
But they had the sudden dilemma to protect Margret and Anna. Then Edward’s eyes lit up with an idea that wasn’t an evil idea this time. He approached John with his plan and he agreed.
Later that day, Edward and John marched over to pay Margret and Anna a visit. They reluctantly let the two inside their home not knowing if the potion worked. After Edward and John reassured them that the potion worked by kissing, they listened to Edward’s plan.
When Edward was finished, Margret and Anna smiled in agreement then they all kissed.
So three days later, Edward married Margret and John married Anna to help hid each other sexual orientation and the village of Bellwood never discovered their deeply guarded secrets.
They lived the rest of their lives in Bellwood without any of the villagers knowing their witchcraft secrets.
The two witches bore children with Edward and John to further make the folks of Bellwood believe they were just like them.
Then just before she died, Margret did tell her granddaughter whom years later passed on the family witchcraft secrets.