Alice Hoffman Practical Magic Series Novels & Stories

"He's burning up. We need to get him to a bed." I turn to Alphana, who has been watching with interest. "How did you know what to do?" I ask, my voice full of curiosity. Alphana smiles, her eyes twinkling with knowledge. "I've had a lot of practice," she says. "I've been studying magic for a long time. I know the ins and outs of it, and how to manipulate it to my will."

the moment she said this, she motioned for Althea to look at the back of Xandra and two people walked towards the sofa, their faces impassive. "Nice try, witch," said Ruby, the feisty one. "Since our beloved Xandra can't come out and I can't come in without your permsision.. .why don't you two leave us to talk just like this," Althea said sitting on the sofa chair she magically brought from somewhere, with a wave of her hand. "Woah, this is how magic works," Jess said amazingly when Althea gave a smile, waggling her fingers. "Evil magic," corrected Ruby and Althea's face became stern again.

I approach him and offer my hand; he takes it, and I help him to stand on his feet. "Thank you. If you hadn't," He exhales, shaking his head. "Whatever happened, it saved us. And you were part of it." He says, gently patting my hand. I smile faintly. "As I said it wasn't me, it can't be me. It's the forest and its magic you should thank—or Brian's dagger." A slow, knowing smirk spreads across Robert's face, his eyes glinting with amusement as he shifts his weight and turns to Brian. "Is your dagger magical, and you've been pretending to be ignorant all this time?" He asks, his voice filled with playful suspicion.

‘you’ll see them flying on broomsticks, putting on black hoods, with protruded caps, they are very wicked and seeks to harvest our blood if we let them, but we can resist them’ Dike said as they approach to cross the territory of witches. He then asked everyone to bring out from their bags the portion given to them by the Oracles, ‘don’t waste it, when a witch approaches you, stay composed and make sure it gets close enough then you pour this portion on the witch and it will dematerialize before your eyes, but remember, don’t waste it and don’t use it unless it’s necessary. If you waste yours, you are gone’ he added.

It gives Arvin a chance to flee from his hands and shape-shift back into a human. Finn tries to move, but Alice and her entire coven step forward. There are so many witches here, and they are all focusing on bringing Finn down to his knees. "Down!" With her flaming red mane and green gown, Alice is commanding the fairy with her hands glowing with her powerful magic. "You're not allowed to move—not on my watch!" I take the form of a human and scream at the top of my lungs. "No, Alice, what the hell are you doing!"

the professor said another person came forward and formed a circle. It disappeared immediately after forming "not enough willpower....practice again" ------ After all, completed "what about you Zia," he asked and Zia got surprised she slowly stood up she quickly scribbled on her notes "I can't use magic" is what she showed him "even after forming a magic shield?" she remained calm ... "Here" he said handing her a book "There is a spell in that book which helps you in forming the circle. Practice it and show me a week later" he said and went back to his seat

For now all the Elders will only teach us the weak variant of the spells. When we broke for breakfast I met up with Alice, Kim, Matt and Cam. We sat at the same table as last night and ate breakfast. I found out that Kim was starting with Water magic, Alice was starting with Earth magic, Matt was starting with Life magic, and Cam was trying to learn Light shield.

Once we were seated, Haron was the one who started talking. “Alice, I presume your name is. First, let me tell you what happened to you and in what circumstances Aaron had to mark you.” He started. The calm smile on his face soothed my bundled nerves a bit as I found myself nodding. Aaron didn’t look up once we were sitting face to face. “Do you know about dark magic?” Haaron asked. It made me nervous again but I nodded nevertheless. I had done my homework on vampires and their history while staying here. Fortunately, I didn’t mind reading thick books and the huge library in this palace didn’t lack them.

It has been more than a week since Eric escaped from the prison of the Revolutionists and rejoined us. Alpha Ammon has recovered almost completely, while myself has been making steady progress in studying the magic book. I can say that by now, I have learnt many new things which I did not know previously in the world of magic. Sometimes, I practice with the Alpha and Eric. I was learning a new trick that involves a very powerful spell. A spell that is powerful enough to work on Werewolves even though, their curses have been known to resist many spells.

I used my magic to move the stone into her hand, hoping its yellow power could heal her wounds. Suddenly, a magical blow hit my abdomen. I hadn't seen it coming. Jeffrey used another spell, striking my gut again. With grunts of pain and a surge of anger, I was taken aback. Jeffrey then employed a strange, invisible magic that sent me flying backward. I hit the ground and groaned but forced myself back to my feet, assuming a defensive stance. Jeffrey used the same magic again, freezing my powers. The bubble protecting Alice shattered, and she began to fall. I rushed to catch her, but to my surprise, Alice floated on her own power, and the yellow stone in her hand vanished. She landed safely o