Tasha Bergeron –
The Life, Death, and Life of a Time Traveler.
Tasha Bergeron was born on July 3, 2000. Her mother, Doris, delivered her in the downstairs living room due to the circumstances of the pandemic. As a surgeon, Richard Bergeron possessed foundational knowledge concerning childbirth.
Tasha was a challenging infant and toddler, but once she started school, she blossomed and discovered her true self.
Every alternate weekend, she visited her grandmother and reviewed the contents of old trunks. Her grandmother explained that this was her method of decluttering before her passing.
Tasha was ten years old when she discovered a trunk filled with books, souvenirs, and handmade outfits, each accompanied by notes on the inside. Excited, she rushed down to ask her grandmother if she could take the trunk home, but when she found her, her grandmother was lying peacefully on the couch, having passed away.
Tasha did the only thing she thought was right and called 911.
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For the winter holiday, Tasha’s father dropped her off at her grandmother’s residence, where she spent the week packing her grandmother’s belongings.
The final location she boxed up was the attic, where she rediscovered the trunk. She remembered the day she had wished to ask her grandmother if she could take it home. Now, since her grandmother passed, she pondered whether her father would agree to have it placed at the foot of her bed. She contemplated presenting him with a photograph of bedroom layouts from catalogs to show how many people had a trunk at the end of their beds.
Upon examining the notebooks, she discovered poetry and recipes. She reviewed some of the recipes and exhibited peculiar expressions, as though she was about to become ill.
After experimenting with several recipes, she observed that they were in liquid form and suitable for consumption. She accessed her mother’s computer and typed the recipe. It was at that point she discovered they were potions intended to enhance a witch’s powers.
She retrieved the notebook and read the first spell. It was disclosed that the author was Madeline Annette Foster Bergeron, the first Wiccan Witch, for time travel. At the top of the page, the title was accompanied by the date, recorded as 1940-12-01.
Tasha dedicated the year to exploring the potions, spells, and a tapestry that showed a large map of the United States with little clocks on each state showing a different time. Next to the clock was what appeared to be a time changer with the numbers representing day, month, and year.
She was approximately halfway through the notebook when she discovered that her grandmother had begun documenting what was designated as incantations.
The evening before her twelfth birthday, she asked her parents if her best friend, Noelle, could stay overnight.
Her mother responded that it was acceptable, provided that Noelle’s family had not been in contact with anyone who had contracted the coronavirus.
Tasha set the alarm for 11:30 and told Noelle that they were going to a clearing in the woods to test the tapestry.
One of the potions she found in her grandmother’s notebook was to enhance a time traveler’s powers.
Tasha had read through most of the incantations and spells and decided to write her own incantation, using some of the words from her grandmother’s.
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The Ponemah woods were right behind her parents house. They had to walk up the hill and through the neighbor’s yard, but once they made it to the trees, they could use their flashlights to lead the way.
It was not long into the woods when Tasha discovered an area sufficiently spacious for the tapestry. Nicole assisted her in laying it out, and Tasha searched and brought back large rocks to secure the corners.
After removing her flip flops, she seated herself near the vicinity of Connecticut and adjusted the date to July 3, 1980. She bent her legs and positioned her bare feet in the center of tapestry. Her toes touched the globe placed within the circle. Drinking the potion and reciting the incantation, she closed her eyes and opened them. She observed her grandmother arranging the basement, which displayed all the items that Tasha had in the trunk.
She said another incantation out loud to her grandmother and watched as the vision she had seen came to life; Tasha was standing in front of her grandmother.
Madeline asked, “How did you figure out a spell to transport yourself to the past? This is a dangerous thing to do. If anything were to happen, you would be stuck here until someone came and brought you back.”
“I’m your granddaughter. I will be born on this day, in the year 2000. You will be 60 when I come into the world. We are exceptionally close. I was helping you clean your attic when I stumbled upon the tapestry and your notebooks, which contained written spells, incantations, and potions. I worked on learning all about being a Wiccan Witch Time Traveler. I am here now and want to tell you that in November of 2018, I want you to have your primary physician check your heart and put you on high blood pressure medicine. I also came to tell you that I will work on this craft and be the most famous time traveler in the Wiccan World of Witches.”
If you genuinely want to be a part of a Wiccan Coven, when you are looking for a college degree or a place to set roots, move to the far corner of Pendleton, Oregon. Look up Kinsley Jarden Cross. She will accept you into her Coven. Please be careful about your powers. You don’t want to get caught time-traveling, using the tapestry.”
Tasha said, “Grandma, I must get back before Mom and Dad find me and Noelle out of our beds.
She kissed her grandmother on the cheek and said, “Don’t forget to have your primary physician put you on high blood pressure medicine in 2018.”
Tasha returned to the place she had entered, closed her eyes, and recited an incantation. She opened her eyes and watched her grandmother sitting on the tapestry, casting a spell.
Moving her right foot, the vision of grandma was gone, and she saw trees and the area in the woods. She turned and saw Noelle staring at her.
Noelle said, “It took you long enough. The sun is about to rise, and we need to make it back to the house before your mother and father wake up.”
Tasha stood up and, while moving the rocks, said, “Are you telling me I was gone for almost six hours. It felt like I was only with my grandma for fifteen minutes.”
Walking back to the house, Noelle said, “Next time you do a time travel, I want to be a part of it; every step of the way.”
Climbing into bed, Tasha said, “We can practice going back, or maybe we could try going to the future.”
~
When Tasha was in the ninth grade, she had Noelle stay with her for the weekend, while her parents went out of state for a wedding.
They decided to spend three nights out in the woods, learning more about the tapestry.
Everything went great on Friday and Saturday night. They slept during the day so they could travel at night. On Sunday, Noelle convinced Tasha to go before noon and travel back to California on October 16, 1940, which was Noelle’s birthday.
They sat next to the California stamp, and Tasha set the date. She had Noelle memorize the incantations and spells she would need while there.
Noelle asked if Tasha wanted to join her, and Tasha said she needed to stay and make sure Noelle came back.
It was almost five o’clock when Tasha began to wonder if Noelle was going to say the spell to get back.
At five fifteen on October 16, 2015, Noelle Ann Dorset became a missing person.
Tasha had been sitting, waiting for Noelle, when she saw a coyote. She picked everything up and slowly walked back to the house.
When the police questioned Tasha, she told them that Noelle had left on Sunday to visit her grandparents.
Tasha focused all her energy on school and the Wiccan craft. She wanted to continue using the tapestry, and sooner or later, she would bring Noelle back.
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Tasha graduated with an associate’s degree in business. In 2019, she was hired as a business manager at the Best Western in Pendleton, Oregon. In October 2019, she met Leanne Becker and discovered the Wiccan Coven.
The day she ventured far behind the tunnels, she managed to bring Noelle back, but Noelle returned as a fifteen-year-old, stricken with scarlet fever. She was delirious to the point that Tasha reversed the travel and sent her back to die.
It took her a while to want to do the time travel again, but when she became a member of the Wiccan Coven with Kinsley Jarsdel Cross and Harper Parks Cross, there was no escaping it.
She noted that she lived in Pendleton, Oregon, where most of the residents were Wiccan Witches, and she felt at home for the first time since learning she was a descendant of a time-traveling witch.
Tasha went to the area every year on the day she brought Noelle back and planted a bouquet. She always said a prayer and apologized for the life Noelle ended up living as a result of her time traveling to 1940.
On July 3, 2021, the Wiccan Coven performed a ceremonial ritual, during which Tasha Bergeron met her death, along with others who had accepted Satan.
The ritual took the life of a demon or a person who was recruited. The ritual transformed the witches and warlocks who were not actual Wiccan witches into a gray smoke that turned pitch black and floated through the ground to be recycled.
There were no remains, so like Noelle Dorset, Tasha Bergeron became a missing person.
~
On June 3, 2025, the Wiccan Coven approved Shane Law, another Time Traveler Witch.
Shane seized the opportunity to return to 2021 on July 3, at 6:00 pm, and bring back Tasha Bergeron so she could add to his powers. It worked, and Tasha pulled Shane into her world. She set up a Coven, named The Hourglass Time Travel Coven, in the town of Hermiston, Oregon.
Within one year, they had fifteen witches and were learning more about the craft and what they could do with their powers.
Tasha and Shane got married and had a daughter who was born with the ability to time-travel, as well as the power to heal. She would pass on both witch powers to her children, along with any powers her husband would possess.
by Nancy J
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This story is about Tasha Bergeron, a character added to Defending One's Honor Book 2: The Obsidian Ring by Nancy J, which will be published in September. It is an original story that is a first try at a Supernatural Thriller.
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