19th Birthday:

Seeing Mom at Last

"Happy nineteenth birthday Sabrina!" shouted her aunts.

"If you want me to be your best friend," Salem offered, "all you have to do is zap me an ice cream machine".

"I think not, Salem," Sabrina replied, "I've already got a best friend, Valerie." Rolling her eyes, she walked to school.

"Happy birthday Sabrina!" shouted Valerie at school that morning. "I got you a present," she said handing a small gift-wrapped box to Sabrina. "Aw, Valerie you didn't have to."

"But I wanted to" Valerie said. Sabrina tore off the wrapping and opened the box. Inside was the small crystal unicorn that Sabrina had seen at the mall the previous week. She had told Valerie how much she had wanted it. Sabrina turned the unicorn over the palm of her hand. Sabrina was too stunned to speak at first.

"V- Valerie", she finally stammered. "How did you did you afford this?"

"Oh I saved up here and there, and finally had twenty dollars". Valerie grinned.

Sabrina's aunts were sitting at the kitchen table when Sabrina finally came home.

"Sabrina," Aunt Zelda said in her usual no-nonsense tone. "Remember when I told you that you had to be nineteen to see your mother again?" Sabrina nodded.

"How could I forget?"

"Well now the time has come that you are old enough to see your mother."

"Can I go now"? Sabrina asked.

"Yes," said Aunt Zelda, "but you need a gift from a mortal."

"Well that's easy," said Sabrina, in a relieved voice, "I can use the unicorn Valerie gave me this morning."

"Perfect," said Aunt Hilda, "Go into the portal."

Following her aunts' instructions, Sabrina stepped into the portal with the unicorn in hand. She expected to be whisked away to her mother, if this was going to be anything like her other experiences with magic.

I wonder why this is taking so long. Sabrina thought. Usually magic is a lot quicker than this. Suddenly, the walls of the portal shuddered, causing Sabrina to lose her balance. Thud! Her head hit the side of something very hard, and she blacked out.

To Be Continued...

(Well, what did you think of my first fanfic? Please review, 'n let me know!!! ~BookkeeperBrooke)