That's a very plausible theory based on everything Kelsi found... The one part I'm worried about though is that there's still a lot of necromancy involved. It's in the choice of runes for the patterns, the two history books, and even those rebirth symbols that keep coming up.
"...It looks like she was digging for some very ancient magic," I declare after a while. "It looks a bit like the revival circle that was used for me..."
"The one in the hangar?" asks Ben, coming to stand next to Kelsi.
"Yeah. However, this one was meant to call back something much more ancient and powerful... I think they tried to climb up the genealogy of the Witches’ Ancestral Tree to find the best way to get to the original Luna."
"Wait, what?"
Ayesha suddenly stands up, abandoning her food, and walks up to me before Selena can stop her. She doesn't want to harm us though, she comes over to glance at the document lined up in front of me.
"Those bitches..." she mutters, visibly upset.
"Are you willing to cooperate now?" I ask, raising an eyebrow.
"Hey, I'm the kindergarten representative compared to these crazy bitches," she retorts. "You see all this? This is not what I would come up with, I'm more of the upfront attack kind of gal."
"I noticed."
"The one you should be worried about is Ravena. I had told you she was a schemer! You know this has to be her work, right? Look at this! This crazy bi–"
"Hey, no swearing in this house," growls Nora.
Ayesha glances at her, probably shocked this is the kind of thing the mistress of the house cares about at the moment, but she is met with all the werewolves present glaring right back at her. She makes a sour expression, but comes back to me with a sigh.
"That crazy hag doesn't want to end the curse. From these, you should be able to tell too, right?"
I nod, my eyes going back down on the documents. Kelsi leans toward me, visibly worried.
"Really, Mara? What is she looking for, then...?"
"...I think she wants the Dark Magic stored in that curse," I say, looking for Ayesha's reaction.
"Wait, what? Is that even possible?" asks Liam.
I shrug, grabbing the sketches of the tattoo to study again.
"...She seems to think it is... This curse is basically a huge bundle of dark, untamed magic. I felt it too, while it was... inside me, and active. That thing contains a lot of power, enough to even have its own conscience. It is powerful, for real, but a single witch should have issues controlling it... especially if she's the only host."
"Oh, goodness," says Kelsi. "Is that what the tattoos are for? To get... more hosts?"
"...Maybe. I don't think humans are normally affected by the curse, which is why she might force it inside them. It won't come to them naturally, but if Ravena forces so many humans to attract the curse, it will be spread between them, while the Dark Magic will resonate with hers..."
"Okay, I'm completely lost now," sighs Ben.
"Basically, Benny, that Earth Witch Mara had met before wants to share the curse with the humans because they are not affected, but the curse will have to fight their minds. Meanwhile, she will be free to focus on the Dark Magic of the curse and control it. That magic won't go to a human since they can't host it, you know? Like... I can't shape-shift into a werewolf even if I really wanted to. It just won't work. Only the... the bad feelings involved in the curse can affect humans."
"Exactly," I nod, since Kelsi summed it up well. "I had those... voices in my head, and all that anger and jealousy long before I mastered my magic properly."
"So, will the humans be in danger, or not...?" asks Ben, frowning.
We all turn our heads to him. Really?
Kelsi grabs his ear lobe and pulls, annoyed.
"Benny, a witch is about to use humans as vessels to host a dark curse! What do you think?!"
"Ah... Okay, okay, I got it... Stop pulling..."
