On Halloween night, Vision accepts the invitation of neighbor/friends Glamor
and Illusion to attend their magic club’s Halloween Spectacular; Vision
explains to his hosts that Scarlet Witch will not be there as the holiday is of
special importance to her….
At
home, Wanda makes her preparations for the Witches’ Festival and, seeing has
she has some free time, contacts her brother Quicksilver on the moon. She
informs him that she is pregnant and this news upsets him—until he learns that
Vision is the father, after which he is delighted. She confesses that she
doesn’t know how to tell this to their father Magneto which Pietro understands.
She invites him to her house for Thanksgiving and goes on to her business. In
the attic, she draws a magic circle with candles and summons Agatha Harkness.
Her late mentor appears, warning her that her baby is distracting her from what
she was taught. Agatha fades out; Wanda tries to get her back but a hole opens
and she is seized by the decayed corpse of Thornn of Salem’s Seven. At the
club, Vision feels magick in his head and Agatha’s ghost appears to him,
warning him that Wanda is in danger and telling him to destroy the Druid Tome….
Thornn
drags Wanda into the Land of the Dead where she meets the others of Salem’s
Seven (minus one) who want the baby, who was created by draining their power
and who will be needed to raise them to life again. Wanda tries to escape but
there is no exit….
Vision
arrives home to find Wanda gone. He is confused about Agatha’s warning but
Illusion deduces that the Druid Tome, burned by Wanda, must still exist in ash
form and if Vision can find even one speck of the book, he can draw all other
bits to him. Vision returns to the site of his and Wanda’s earlier home, recalling
that the ash of the burning book must have saturated the sheet worn by the
possessed girl who fought them that evening and that she must be out there
somewhere….
In
the Land of the Dead, Wanda is attacked by other dead spirits: Jean Grey/Dark
Phoenix, Korvac, Dracula, Baron Zemo, Count Nefaria, and others. She is able to
force them back with a powerful hex but Wanda’s mother appeals to her but
cannot help, neither can her foster parents, Whizzer and Miss America. She
finds Agatha a captive, bound to a burning stake, and meets the one behind it
all, Samhain, the Embodiment of All Hallows….
Vision
tracks down the little girl from a few years ago and discovers she is now the
local librarian, Holly LaDonna, who finds the sheet in her attic and gives it
to Vision. Vision takes the sheet to Illusion who uses his power over molecules
to gather the tiny fragments of the Druid Tome from all over and reassemble the
book. As Wanda tries and fails to defeat Samhain, Vision builds up a mighty
blast and totally disintegrates the book. Samhain’s earthly form dissolves,
leaving only his energy; as he tries to possess Wanda’s baby, Agatha Harkness
channels his life force into the Salem’s Seven (minus one) where he will be
forever divided and forever trapped where he is. Agatha sends Wanda safely home
to her husband….