Rue was tending to her garden at Columbia when she saw the pumpkins that Holly had planted. That reminded her that been three days since she saw her, "What mess did she get herself into this time..."

Just on cue the witch showed up covered in bandages, "Hi Rue, I guess I'm going as a mummy for Halloween!"

"What in Hecate's name happened to you?" Rue actually sounded a bit concerned as she said that. "I thought you were going as Salome."

"Yeah, after the costume party I ran into the real one stealing mithril and she wasn't too happy about me coping her. She hexed me and bad things have been happening ever since." Holly adjusted her bandages a bit.

"And how is that any different from normal? Are you sure she wasn't present at your birth?" Rue couldn't help but to tease the younger witch.

"Well, it's kind of hard to ask, I'm not on good terms with her or my parents," Holly as usual had missed the sarcasm in Rue's comment. "She also murdered five sheriffs, I need to stop her before she kills anyone else!" She actually sounded a bit sad as she said that.

"You think after the first few that they would have just given up and just gave her the mithril. Holly, you're a subpar witch at best and that's on your good days. There's not much you do except annoy her even more. It would save me some effort if I turned you into a mummy wasp since you already have the bandages. You actually might be more threatening in that form."

"That's it! You don't want me to go after her because you actually care!" Holly reached over and wrapped her arms around Rue happily lifting off the ground in the process.

"That's not what I meant..." Rue cringed in pain as she was hugged, "If I say a little bit will you let go? You're like hugging a gorilla!" The shorter woman was clearly being overpowered by Holly before she was released. Suddenly her head turned and Rue's red eyes glared at Holly. "If you tell anyone what I just said, Salome will be the least of your worries."

As if on cue, one of the pumpkins behind Holly suddenly exploded covering her in orange goop.

She was certainly cursed alright.