Fic Hocus Pocus chapter 1

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Title: Hocus Pocus
Author/Artist: Me!
Character(s) or Pairing(s): Gilbert, Antonio, Francis, Ludwig, Lili, small cameos made by Tino and Germania
Rating: T
Warnings: None.
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Summary: Hocus Pocus crossover. When Alfred accidentally lights the candle to bring back the executed BTT coven his, his little brothers, and his crush’s lives depend on the help of Ludwig, a boy who had been turned into a cat by the coven 300 years ago.



Ludwig awoke suddenly and sat up in his bed. He looked around the room.

“Lili? Lili?!” he called urgently to his little sister.

Suddenly he heard from a far a voice singing faintly. “Come little children, I’ll take thee away, into a land of enchantment.”

Ludwig ran outside. “Lili?”

The voice continued to sing “Come little children, the times come to play.”

He spotted his cousin Tino staring at the woods. “Tino! Tino, has thou seen my sister, Lili?”

Tino shook his head. “Nay, but look.” he points to the cottage in the woods where smoke comes from the chimney. “They conjure.”

Ludwig spots Lili following someone into the woods.

“Oh g-d, the woods!” he exclaimed. He ran ahead calling out “Lili!”

“She’s done for.” Tino said.

Ludwig grabbed Tino by his shirt. “Not yet! You wake my father! Summon the others! Go!!” and follows Lili into the woods calling “Lili!”

He runs through the woods. His bare feet tripping over the tree branches and roots. He ran through the puddles and mud and finally approached the forbidden cottage.

He heard a voice say “Come child.” as his sister entered the cottage.

Ludwig looks in the window and sees Lili surrounded by the Brothers, Francis, Antonio, and Gilbert. Gilbert is the leader of the brothers; he has red eyes and white hair and dresses in shades of blue. Antonio is next; he has black hair and green eyes and dresses in shades of red. Francis, is the final brother, he has blonde hair and blue eyes and dresses in shades of purple. They are all slightly old.

Lili spots him and sits up. The brothers turn to the window but Ludwig ducks out of sight.

Francis and Antonio go and look out the front door to look for Ludwig, but he’s hiding and they can’t see him. Gilbert throws open a window and looks around.

Gilbert growled as he looked at the sky. “Oh look, another glorious morning. Makes me sick!” he snarls. He closes the window, turns and calls “Brothers!”

Francis and Antonio reentered and stood next to Gilbert.

Gilbert throws another glance at the window “Must have been an imp.” his fingers stroke over his book and he starts to coo at it “My darling, my little book. We must continue with our spell now that our guest of honor has arrived.” he said looking at Lili who sat there patiently. “Wake up. Wake up, darling.” the books eyes opened slowly. “Yes, well come along. There you are. Antonio!”

“Right here Gilbert, right here.” Antonio said.

Gilbert continues to coo at the book and Antonio says “I notice brother Francis isn’t helping.”

“I lured the child here.” Francis nearly spat.

Gilbert shoved Antonio slightly. “Leave him be he has done his chore.”

When Gilbert turns back to his spell book Antonio and Francis threw a dirty look at one another.

Gilbert clapped his hands together. “All right. ‘Tis time!” he waved his hand at the book and it opens and flips itself to a certain page. “There it is. ‘Bring to a full rolling bubble. Add two drops oil of boil.’” he read. He moves to pick up the oil of boil but Antonio is there before him.

“’Six, but the hour with the herb that’s red. Turn three times; pluck a hair from my head.’” Gilbert continued to read.

Ludwig climbs the wheel from the outside and manages to climb through the window. He lies on the floor watching the brothers.

“Add a dash of fox and a dead man’s toe. Oh, a dead man’s toe and make it a fresh one.” Gilbert recited and called to Francis.

Francis picks up a bowl and throws one into the cauldron set on a fire in front of them.

“Newt saliva.” Gilbert said going around the room and speaking to himself.

“I smell a child.” Francis said suddenly.

Gilbert looks up from the cauldron with a look of fake patience on his face. “And what doest thou call that?” he asks pointing to Lili.

“A child?”

Gilbert snorted. “Hah! Brothers, gather round. One thing more and all is done; add a bit of thine own tongue.”

The brothers each take a bite of their tongues and spit them into the cauldron.

Gilbert stirred it once more and smiled. “’Tis ready for tasting.” he takes a spoon and dips it in the potion. “One drop of this and her life will me ours.”

He turns and starts to walk to Lili with the potion in hand. “Alright girl. Open up your mouth.”

Ludwig jumped out of hiding. “No!” he yelled.

The brothers look up in surprise.

“A boy!” Francis cried in delight.

“Get him you fool!” Gilbert yelled.

“I knew I smelled a boy!” Francis cried in delight once more.

Ludwig dodges their grabs and runs to the cauldron.

“Get away from my potion.” Gilbert snarled.

Ludwig then turns the cauldron over and the potion spills out along with Gilberts cries of anguish.

Ludwig runs towards his sister. “Lili!”

Ludwig almost reaches his sister but Gilbert hits him with blasts of electricity and he drops to the ground.

Francis looked up, smiled, and pointed. “Gilbert? Gilbert, look.”

Francis points at Lili who has somehow ingested some of the potion. Lili’s life force is glowing around her.

“Brothers, prepare thyselves. ‘Tis her life force. The potion works.” Gilbert said with a grin.

They go over to Lili and begin to suck away her life force. Ludwig wearily stands against the wall helpless to do anything. When they are through Lili has grown very old and died. The brothers, however, are much younger now.

“Brothers, behold!” Gilbert cried.

“I am beautiful! Boys and girls will love me!” Francis said happily.

“We’re young!” Antonio said gleefully.

Gilbert spots Ludwig who was leaning against the wall. “Let’s view another batch.”

“You hag! There are not enough children the world to make thee young and beautiful.” Ludwig spat.

“Hag?” Gilbert asks.

“Uh oh.” said Antonio almost innocently.

“Brothers, did you hear what he called you? Whatever shall we do with him?” Gilbert asked.

Antonio smiled and said “Let’s Bar-B-Q and filet him.”

“Hang him on a hook, and let me play with him.” said Francis coiling around Ludwig.

“No!” Gilbert declared. He turned his head to the side. “Book. Darling, come to daddy. Yes.” The book floats over to him. “His punishment must be more foolsome. More lingering. Dazzle me, my darling.” he says to the book.

The book flips itself open to some pages. “Amnesia, bunions, chill breaks, cholera. We can do better than that I think.” Gilbert says smiling slightly. The book flips again to a different page. Gilbert’s eyes lighten. “Yes, let’s see what we have…oh! Perfect.”

He shuts the book and hands it to Antonio. “As usual. His punishment shall not be to die, but to live forever with his guilt.”

“As what, Gilbert? As what?” Francis and Antonio ask at the same time.

“Jump back!” Gilbert orders.

They do and he begins a spell. Francis and Antonio add their own magic, words, and power in the background. “Twist the bones the back. Trim him of his baby fat. Give him fur black as black. Just…” Gilbert trailed off.

“Like…” Antonio picked up.

“This.” Francis finished.

They each hold their hands over Ludwig and he beings to groan in pain as they hiss the final verse of the spell. Ludwig shrinks down and when he opens his eyes he is lower on the floor.

He had been turned into a black cat.

He begins to inwardly shake and lose his breath.

Francis goes to pet him and he attempts to claw at him. Gilbert and Antonio laugh joyfully.

Suddenly there is a pounding at the door.

A mans voice calls from behind the door. “Open! Witches! Daughters of Darkness! Open this door!” he commands.

“Hide the child.” Gilbert orders while Antonio covers Lili with a shawl.

“Witches? There be no witches here sir.” Antonio says towards the door.

“Don’t get your knickers in a twist.” Gilbert snarls. “We are just three kindly old spinster men.”

“Spending a quiet evening at home.” Antonio adds.

“Sucking the lives out of little children.” Francis says happily.

Gilbert snarls and leans towards him in an attempt to choke him.

The witches are then found on a platform with nooses over their necks. The villagers have a demand for their blood and looks of anger on their faces. One couple is holding onto the other. Contrary to the villagers the brothers look indifferent.

“Gilbert Beilschmidt.” the man demands.

“Yes?” Gilbert asks with a small smile.

“I will ask thee one final time.” he says.

“Yes?”

“What has thou done with my son, Ludwig?” he demands.

“Ludwig? Hmm?” Gilbert makes a face as if he was thinking about the boy.

“Answer me!” the man screamed.

“Well I don’t know.” Gilbert says. “Cats got my tongue.”

Francis and Antonio join him in laughter as lighting flares against the sky and a black cat hisses slightly.

“Brothers. Sing.” Gilbert says before singing a single note. Francis and Antonio join them each with a different note.

The villagers cringe and cover their ears.

“Cover your ears!” Ludwig’s father cries out covering his wife’s. “Listen to them not!”

One of the men who were holding the brothers book throws it down to the ground in order to cover his ears, the book lands at Gilbert’s feet. It opens itself to a page and shows Gilbert a spell.

“Fools! All of you!” Gilbert cried. “My ungodly book speaks to you. On All Hallow’s Eve when the moon is around, a virgin shall summon us from under the ground. Oh, we shall be back. And the lives of all the children shall be mine.”

Ludwig’s father gives the signal and the platform the brothers are standing on gives way causing them to fall and snap their necks on the nooses. Their bodies sway slightly.

As the villagers bow their heads and go their own ways Ludwig, still a cat, runs up to his father and rubs against his leg meowing.

“Away.” Ludwig’s father said gruffly kicking it slightly. “Away beast!”

Ludwig jumps onto a rock and watches as his father, mother, and everyone he has know from his village leave.

He gives a mournful meow which fills the air.