after beth actually managed to abduct marty and fled harmony with him in 2005, edna discovered that tabitha lenox was a witch and blackmailed her into using a spell to make her youthful and attractive again; when edna demanded more magic to prolong the spell, the women and endora lenox's daughter were involved in a magical accident that unleashed a tsunami on harmony. edna was literally washed out of town and, later, thrown into a psychiatric ward for claiming that tabitha was a witch; it was there that she first met norma bates, and the pair teamed up to kill tabitha. when their christmas 2005 plan failed, the two women left harmony, became lovers, and moved to rome, where they ran a pizzeria. in rome, they briefly became involved in beth's father alistair crane's omega plot before discovering their talent as lesbian bar singers. they traveled the world before returning to harmony around christmas 2006 and claiming to want a truce with tabitha; really, the women hoped to lure her into complacency and murder her. tabitha discovered their plot and forced them into her basement, which was effectively a portal to hell.