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(The episode opens following a crow as it flies above the city. The raven flies above the grocery store where Jon leaves, with a cart full of bags of groceries, along with his pets)
Jon: Did I get everything at the market, Garfield?
Garfield: Yeah, but not nearly enough of it.
Jon: (Reading the list) Bread, milk, butter, cheese, more cheese, more cheese, more cheese...
(On the other side of the parking lot, Mrs. Cauldron reads her own list. A little girl sits in her cart as she does so)
Mrs. Cauldron: (reading her list) Tarantula knees, lizard soup, eye of newt, I have to buy the frozen kind. You just can't get fresh eye of newt these days.
Jon: More cheese, more cheese, more cheese... (He accidently runs into Mrs. Cauldron's cart) Oh, hi, Mrs. Cauldron.
Mrs. Cauldron: Mr. Arbuckle, imagine running into you here.
Odie: Hmm?
Garfield: You remember Mrs. Cauldron. The lady who lives over on Ackerman Lane? (Odie racks his brain trying to remember. Garfield wiggles his fingers in a creepy fashion as he says...) The witch!
Odie: Oh!
Mrs. Cauldron: This is my niece, Abigail. She's staying with me while she attends school. (Jon looks at Abigail, who makes a face at him)
Jon: (a bit surprised) Nice to meet you, Abigail. (To Mrs. Cauldron) Huh, there's no school around where you live.
Mrs. Cauldron: It's a special school.
Abigail: I heard about you, Mr. Arbuckle. (She looks at Garfield) And that's your cat that sleeps all day and eats everyone's lasagna!
Garfield: (grinning) Guilty is charged!
Mrs. Cauldron: In fact, we have to get home so I can help Abigail with a lesson.
Jon: Oh.
Mrs. Cauldron: Good day.
Jon: I like Mrs. Cauldron. There are some neighbors who claim she's a witch, but I know that's ridiculous.
(Mrs. Cauldron wheels her cart behind a large truck with baby supplies in it. She takes her groceries out of the cart and claps her hands twice, summoning her broom)
Abigail: Are you gonna tell me about the Enchanted Book, Aunt Esther? (The broom swoops in, ready for its passengers)
Mrs. Cauldron: Just as soon as we get home, dear. (Her niece grabs the grocery bags from her hand)
Abigail: Will you do that laugh for me, Aunt?
Mrs. Cauldron: For you, anything. (They fly off, Mrs. Cauldron cackling as she does so. In the meantime, Jon is approaching his car)
Jon: Witches, what a silly idea. What a ridiculous... (He hears Mrs. Cauldron cackling above him, which gives him some anxiety. Garfield and Odie simply grin at each other)
(Later that night, Mrs. Cauldron is reading a bedtime story to her niece. The witch floats on a chair next to Abigail's bed while a spinning globe lamp with moons and stars rests on the nightstand between them)
Mrs. Cauldron: 1,000 years ago, there was a witch named Varicella who gave her own heart to black magic in exchange for greater power! (The lamp starts to levitate above the nightstand. As her aunt reads, Abigail sees a vision of Varicella drop something into a black cauldron. When she does, a green liquid shoots out of it and bubbles over as well) Consumed with hatred for the human race, the heartless Varicella sent for three legendary magical artifacts: (A vision of the evil witch rides her broom chasing after three people as she reads) they were the Mercury Slippers, the Broom of Sorrows, and the Lilith Wand! (all three items appear before them, again just a vision) By combining their powers, Varicella could then unleash the forbidden moon, (the three relics circle a blood-red moon) a deadly spell that would plunge the whole world into eternal darkness and turn all humans into helpless toads. (Mrs. Cauldron glances at the wall, where a vision of people turning into toads can be seen) Varicella was so wicked that all the witches agreed, she had to be stopped before she could complete the spell. The witches banished Varicella into the pages of a magic spell book... (a trio of witches talk amongst each other and they point their wands in the air and a book appears above them, which flies out of sight. It later chases after Varicella, opening and closing itself like a mouth about to eat her) MY magic spell book. (The book in the vision chases after the evil witch, who tries flying on her broom to escape. However, the book catches up and slams its pages on her. Abigail laughs and claps her hands) As for the three magical artifacts, they were scattered across the magic realm so that no one might ever bring them together again. (The three witches use their wands and send the artifacts out of sight. Varicella, who is still stuck in the book, flies above them, infuriated)
Varicella: Let me out of this book! AAAAARGH!
Mrs. Cauldron: That's why since that very day, there have been good witches and there have been wicked witches. (The lamp drops back down on the nightstand)
Abigail: Cool! Can Varicella ever break free from her prison?
Mrs. Cauldron: Only if someone were ever foolish enough to use the books magic for their own selfish needs. (She closes the book)
Abigail: Auntie, when I grow up, will I be a good witch or a wicked witch?
Mrs. Cauldron: Well, I hope you'll be the best possible good witch you can be! Now, I'm gonna go bake some frog muffins. (she leaves on her floating chair)
Abigail: When can I learn how to catch some REAL magic spells? I wanna become as powerful as Varicella! (She notices her pet bat, Bruce, who looks a bit like Squeak but with wings and fangs) Oh, don't worry, Bruce. I'd never hurt you. You're my bat!
Mrs. Cauldron: (walking in with cookies in her hand) Abigail, how many times do I have to tell you, the strongest magic doesn't come from a wand...
Abigail: (finishing her aunt's saying) ...but from the heart. I know. (Mrs. Cauldron kisses her niece, who is grossed out by it and rubs it out. Mrs. Cauldron turns around and notices this. Abigail tries to play it cool, smiling and waving, and her aunt leaves waving good night. Bruce the bat gulps nervously as Abigail holds her wand in her hands and chuckles to herself)
(The scene switches to Jon's kitchen. Jon is pulling a pizza out of the oven)
Jon: (Humming) Huh? (Garfield chuckles as he wears a blue-and-white chessboard handkerchief around his neck and hold a fork in one hand and a spoon in the other) Garfield, if you think you're going to eat this entire pizza by yourself, you're wrong!
Garfield: I'm right! (He laughs and zips over to Odie, who is lying on the rug in the entry way. The fat cat holds a stick in his hand, which excites the pup)
Odie: Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! (He hops around energetically)
Garfield: Odie, you wanna fetch a stick?
Odie: Bark! Bark!
(Garfield runs outside with the stick in his hand. Odie chases after him. The fat cat glances back and forth on the street before noticing a pickup truck coming his way. Grinning, he tosses the stick into the back of the trick)
Garfield: Go fetch it, boy!
Odie: (chasing after the truck) Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark!
Garfield: (to the audience) I know, I know. Even after three seasons, he still falls for it.
(Later that evening, Jon is about to serve dinner. Garfield is ready, wearing his handkerchief and holding his utensils)
Jon: (from inside) Odie! Ooooo-dieeee! (The camera angle shifts to the living room and the table) Gee, if Odie doesn't show up for dinner, maybe you'll have to eat his half on the pizza, Garfield.
Garfield: (Sigh) I suppose I could.
Jon: No, it's not fair. I won't serve dinner until Odie is at the table! (he takes the pizza back into the kitchen, much to Garfield's dismay. He growls in frustration and runs back outside through the front pet door)
Garfield: I'm being forced to work entirely too hard for pizza! Not that pizza's not worth some effort, of course... (he runs in the direction he saw the truck, and Odie, head off to)
(Meanwhile, in Abigail's bedroom, she imagines herself as a witch)
Abigail: I'm the most powerful witch in the whole magic realm! I'm... (she notices how terrified Bruce looks, and a song begins to play)
(Now singing) The choice for me is what to be
I have to choose my fate.
(In the song world, she skips forward. Her aunt appears in front of her and pats her head. A teacup appears in Abigail's hands, the drink steams and then catches fire, surprising her aunt, who waves a finger at her niece)
A good and trusted witch, but maybe I should switch...
(Abigail blows the fire at Mrs. Cauldron. A small fire lights her hat before Abigail calls a fire hose to douse her. They both smile)
For years I've always understood
(She watches as a rooster chases a spider. She then turns the spider much bigger, so that it can chase the rooster. She does other things, most of them good, such as enlarging a lollipop so that a bully can't hold it, creating a TV for a kid with chicken pox, and lifting up a small boy so that he can score a basket against a taller kid, who runs away)
That bad is not as good
It's tempting to be devious
(But then, there's the other option: being bad. Abigail appears brewing a mysterious potion in a large black cauldron)
Instead of just as previous
To use my magic to destroy
(She turns a kid into a cockroach. She tries to step on him, but he runs off before)
Is something that I could enjoy
I could be someone to be cheered
Or someone who is feared
(She chases after three similarly-dressed witches-in-training on her broom before using her magic wand to change them all into tutu-wearing mice)
So which witch will I be?
The choice is up to me.
(She jumps on her bed before she loses her balance and falls over. Her wand accidentally sends a shot of magic bouncing around her room, knocking a few things over and opening Bruce's cage)
Bruce: Squawks (He flies out of the cage and out the open window)
Abigail: Bruce! Come back! I didn't mean to scare you! (to herself) I'll get grounded if I turn up to school without my familiar! (Just then, her aunt comes knocking at the door)
Mrs. Cauldron: Abigail! What's all that racket?
Abigail: Ready in a second, Auntie! (The recites a spell which awakens her broom) Zing, zang, zoom! (She hops on and speeds after her bat) I have to get Bruce back!
Bruce: (turning around) Squawks (Terrified, he reverses course in the hopes of juking the young witch out)
Abigail: Bruce, please come back! I'll give you treats! Oh! (She chases him through neighboring houses) Come back here you stupid bat!
(Meanwhile, Odie is still running after the truck)
Odie: Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! (The truck hits a bump and the stick flies out the back and lands in front of the puppy. He brakes suddenly and picks it up just as Bruce flies by. Abigail, who is still tailing him, runs into Odie)
Abigail: Bruce? Bruce? (Odie, a bit dazed from the collision, looks down at the street below him. Realization soon sets in and the terrified dog clings to the broom for dear life)
Odie: Huh? Oh!
Abigail: Oh, it's no use. He's gone! I'm gonna be so grounded... (she notices Odie clinging to the broomstick and gets an idea) unless.... (she says a magic spell with the intention of turning Odie into a bat) Zimbala bimbala boo! (purple mist flashes around the additional passenger. When the smoke clears, Odie has turned into a toad) Oh, sorry, wrong spell. (Odie croaks, and Abigail undoes the spell) Bing bang boom! (Odie tuns back into himself. He stands on the broomstick, panting and happy) Come on, Abigail! You can do this!
(Down below, on the sidewalk, Garfield is still hunting for his friend)
Garfield: (Panting) Where is that pooch?! (He spots Abigail and Odie in the sky above him) Odie!!
Abigail: Eenie Meenie Miney Moe! (the purple smoke reappears and Odie has become a bat)
Odie: Huh?
Garfield: (panicked, addressing the audience) Odie got turned into a bat, and got taken away by Mrs. Cauldron's niece and... why am I telling YOU this? You just saw it, too.
Abigail: Oh, perfect. No one will ever know the difference. Eenie Meenie Miney Moe! (A cage appears around Odie the bat. Garfield, seeing his chance for pizza slip away, resumes the chase)
Garfield: Odie!
(Later that night, Mrs. Cauldron calls upstairs to her niece)
Mrs. Cauldron: Abigail, time to leave for school!
Abigail: Here I am, Auntie! (She holds her broom in one hand and Odie's cage in the other)
Mrs. Cauldron: Hop on your broom, my dear! We can't waste time. (She rides her own broom, levitating in the living room)
(Outside, Garfield runs up to the Cauldron's house, runs up a small flight of stairs and peeks in through the window. To his shock, he sees the witches flying on their brooms in the living room, Abigail's broom still holds Odie's cage on one end and a lunch box in the other)
Garfield: (To the audience) Cauldron is a real witch?! I should've figured it out in season 2. Only a real witch could've survived an episode with Minerva and Drucilla.
(Inside, Mrs. Cauldron skims the pages of her magic book, looking for a certain spell)
Mrs. Cauldron: Why can't I find that transportation spell? I know where everything is.
Raven: Caw! Nevermore!
Mrs. Cauldron: Oh, there it is! (She recites a hard-to-spell spell) Voscribia crypteris repidfarix! (She points her wand at the ceiling and a pink-and-purple vortex appears above the pair. Garfield, who was watching the whole time, becomes lightheaded and faints there on the spot)
Odie: Whimpers
Mrs. Cauldron: Now remember listen to your cousin, Winona!
Abigail: I will! And I'll try to be a good witch, Auntie Esther! Bye! (She starts enter the portal. Garfield, now coming to, reaches up and tries to grab at something to pull himself back up. As he does this, Abigail leaves for school. Once she's gone, the raven caws thrice and her aunt leaves for the kitchen, dropping her book on a pedestal in the living room)
Garfield: Gasp! Odie! (Sigh) This is my fault for trying to get his half of the pizza. (The camera angle shifts to inside. Mrs. Cauldron's broom sweeps the floor and the book still rests on the podium) That book! It must have the secret of how to change him back! (He grunts as he opens the window and falls inside. He gets up, eyes the book, and tries to stealthily sneak over to it, only for each step of his to cause the wooden floor to creak loudly, making an already anxious cat even more on edge. He decides to just run for it and he slams into the book's resting point) Ouch!
(Meanwhile, the witch has been in the kitchen checking on her desserts. Her raven stands on a chair)
Mrs. Cauldron: I have to go check on my frog muffins. (She opens the oven a crack and glances inside) They're not for you, Raven! You eat bird seeds!
Raven: Nevermore! (he overhears pages turning. He turns to his left and spots the fat cat scanning the magic book)
Garfield: There are thousands of spells in here. How am I gonna find the one Mrs. Cauldron used to send her niece off to school?
Magic Book: I believe you'll find the spell you're looking for on page 658.
Garfield: Oh thanks. (Realization sets in, and he is caught off-guard by the mysterious voice talking to him) Gasp! Did you just say that? (He asks the raven, which was now perched on the book's podium)
Raven: Nevermore!
Garfield: Oh, that's right, you're a raven. You just say "Nevermore". Who's talking?
Magic Book: Just a friend. Here, let me help you. (The book's pages flip to the desired page in Garfield's paws)
Garfield: Thanks, whoever you are... whatever you are. Alright let's see here, (he begins reading the page) "The One-Way Trip to the School of Witchery and Witchcraft", that's the one! (Before he can do anything else, however, this part comes to a close)
TO BE CONTINUED...