Incarnation

Callie decided to get her own familiar. She could purchase one from a store but there was always the cheaper option. The magic folk of old would go into the woods and ask if a spirit would like to be their companion. If anybody was interested, they would come in the form of an animal and be bound to the witch or warlock until death.

Most familiars preferred to be domesticated animals like cats, dogs, and birds but some could be reptiles and insects. Wild animals like wolves and big cats were rare. She heard of familiars in other countries where familiars took on the form of exotic animals but hadn’t seen any around campus. She was curious what form hers would take.

She had been uninterested with any of the familiars at the pet store and made her way to the forest near campus with a small silver bell and a plate with the lemon cake they had for dinner. She laid down the plate on the ground and moved her flashlight over the circle of trees and tried to see anything in