making themselves comfortable two black streaks came from the kitchen and jumped.
"Looks like you are stuck with some cats," Jennifer grinned.
Hilda muttered something about hairy pests, so Buster frowned and reached out, to lift the cat from her broom. "Hey! No touch! My kitty!" she warned him.
The big man looked puzzled and needed a hug from Cornelia to feel better again. Or so it seemed anyway.
"Goodbye, people," Hilda said. She waved quickly and then her broom, including cat, shot away into the skies.
"Stay well," William said. He lifted off too and went after Hilda. His cat seemed very much at ease on the broomstick, even enjoying the ride as it sat on the bristles.
Hilda had slowed down after the first mile; it was easy for him to catch up.
"I know," he said to her. He sensed, through the bond, how she felt. "Stuff like that is not easy."
The witch nodded.
In silence they flew on. As they reached the town limit, they saw a man standing om the back of an old pickup truck, who was waving and yelling at them.
"Damn. That's Bert!" William said.
They swooped down and greeted the man who had let them a room in his store when they had arrived in this world.
"What's this then, William, are you leaving?" Bert's face looked as if he had witnessed something horrible.
"Yes. Our work here is done," said William. "And we're running from the police. They wanted to arrest us for doing what we did."
Bert shook his head as he heard the story. Then he said goodbye to his friend and the witch. "I'm sorry we did not get to meet in happier circumstances, Mrs. Witch," he said, "maybe another time will be more favourable."
"Yes. Maybe," said Hilda. "William, dusk is coming in..."
William agreed, so they left Bert on his truck and found the portal that would bring them into their own world again.
"It's a madhouse here," Hilda said as she looked back to the town where now lights were beginning to come on. She stroked the head of the cat in front of her. "Come. Let's go, wizard." She leaned over and kissed William.
Then they plunged into the wavy circle that disappeared as soon as they had gone through it.
A few minutes, Bert stopped the old pickup where he had seen them vanish. "Now really..."
The magical couple raced through the tunnel that seemed to close itself behind them. They emerged at the rocky platform where the trip had started. William's broken down car was there, waiting for them.
"We're almost home, William," Hilda said. She sounded relieved. They took to flight again, heading for the house, curious what it had to report.
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