She offered him a spell to challenge his fate but he frighteningly claimed that he just wanted a drink of water and tries to run out the door. It was revealed the Witch was telling the story to Wee Dingwall who came to the witch. So she does so and he became Mor'du and the kingdom crumbled into darkness and endlessly wandered.

The Witch tells the legend of the eldest prince of the forgotten kingdom who sought her out to give a spell that will give him the strength of ten men and that would change his fate in exchange for his ring. Merida begins to panic, as she doesn't understand the message, and tries to get the witch to appear again by pouring other vials of potions into the automated message, which causes it to become jumbled until the message explodes, completely destroying the witches cottage. The message repeats the phrase once more before disappearing. The witch also leaves Merida a riddle: 'Fate be changed, look inside, mend the bond torn by pride,' which contains the way to revert the spell. When Merida comes back to the witch's hut, hoping to find a remedy to the spell, she finds, instead of the witch gone for the Wicker Man Festival in Stornoway, a potion-powered automated message through which the witch reveals the spell will become permanent by the second sunrise. Just as Merida leaves with the cake, the witch realizes she forgot something very critical about the spell but is too late to tell Merida. In exchange of buying her entire stock, Merida convinces the witch to give her a spell in the form of a cake, to change her mother. The witch tells her that she's not a witch due to too many unsatisfied customers and tries get rid of Merida with floating knives until Merida offers to buy all of her carvings. But Merida rapidly realizes her real nature, after seeing a broom moving by itself, a speaking crow, and other abnormal wonders. The Will O' the Wisps lead Princess Merida to her hut, and the woman insists in presenting herself as a simple woodcarver. The Witch lives the life of a wood carver and uses her knowledge in magic to help her in her work. She was able to change the appearance of her shop to where she uses her magic and is skilled in brewing potions. She possesses telekinesis and was able to move her broom without touching it and levitated all the sharp objects in her shop.

Boo becomes the witch from brave