if i couldn't be strong / would you still love me the same (scrooge x magica)

[blackmagicduck]

If a year or two ago, someone had told Magica she was about to do this, she would have laughed in their faces and slapped them. Magica De Spell, world's greatest sorceress, asking her number one enemy Scrooge McDuck for help? It was madness! It was insane!

... But right now, it was her only option.

Typically she only "attacked" him at work, trying at his actual mansion would be something new. If his family was home, she'd be kicked out in an instant. She had to make this quick...!

She circled the mansion several times atop her flying broom before spotting an open window. It was now or never, she could only hope she was right, and this was the master bedroom! At least there they would have some privacy, and surely he'd be home by now!

She took a deep breath, and then flew straight in, leaping to the floor without a second thought. "Scrooge McDuck!"

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[scrooge_mcduck108]

He knew it was just a trick. He KNEW it, but still... Her words hit him. Made him feel bad. Damn. Never before had a meeting of them ended like this. No matter how humiliating her defeat had been. It had never left him with a bad feeling, as he knew the stubborn witch would come again. Just as proud as the first day.

And he loved this characteristic of her. There had never been a bitter epilogue like this. Did the possibility of Ratface really...?

But no, if it were so bad for him, the magician community would help one of their people. Even if she had made herself somewhat unpopular. Surely...

Scrooge sat down again to his work and tried to forget the meeting. The next time she showed up he would treat her a little less rudely than usual, he took it upon himself.

[blackmagicduck]

There was just one problem with that train of thought - Magica didn't show up again the next day.

Or the next. Or the next.

Soon, it became several days, without a trace of the witch. No one in the family reported her in town, and there was nothing suspicious happening around the money bin. The days continued to come, and even the men assigned to watch over the witch's shack at Mount Vesuvius reported that there was no unusual activity. According to them, Magica wasn't leaving her house for anything - nor were there any sounds of bubbling potions or evil cackling.

She just wasn't coming.