A/N: Based on an RP that started October 26th and ended in early November, only OC's are owned, read & Review if you care. Also happy late 21st birthday to me...
Penelope, Cassandra, and Sabrina were walking into their school.
"I heard we got an important history lesson about the most powerful and important witches today..." Sabrina said as they walked to the school cellar, going down the stairs to a magical door that was hidden by mortal eyes.
"I'm sure I already know them..." Cassandra smirked rather sinisterly.
Sabrina and Penelope glared to her, they then walked through the door and closed it, once they were inside, it disappeared behind them. The three witch girls then sat at a table where they were the only students, due to being the only witch students in their school.
"Alright, so shall we get started?" Penelope asked.
The girls sat down and waited for their instructor to arrive. Within moments, a warlock arrived to them.
"Good morning, Mr. Snipe..." the girls greeted to him, though very flat and monotonous, not cheerful and attentive like elementary school children.
"Good morning, ladies," Mr. Snipe greeted. "I trust you all heard the instant message on your crystal balls about today's lecture."
"The only chance I got to look at it," Penelope folded her arms, feeling guilty. "Drell and Uncle Skippy grounded me from using the crystal ball for long distance calls."
"Oh, well, then I guess I'll have to tell you about today's lecture." Mr. Snipe told her.
"Yeah, I could only skim it, sorry, sir..." Penelope tugged on her hair anxiously.
"Well, our lecture is about Artemis and Apolla DeBaur," Mr. Snipe informed. "If you haven't heard of them before, I am not that surprised, but they are the legendary twin witches who are very important and powerful in the Netherworld."
"So, like, why haven't we seen them around before?" Sabrina asked.
"Well, the twins were separated at birth," Mr. Snipe explained. "For their own protection..." he then dimmed the lights and had them watch a magic mirror screen that showed them the night of the birth of the witch twins.
"Ooh, a movie." Penelope smiled.
"An educational film, Miss Batsworth." Mr. Snipe corrected.
"Yeah, orphan witch!" Cassandra smiled evilly to Penelope.
Penelope glared to her, but frowned softly. Sabrina gently patted her hands to comfort her. The mirror counted down from three and now the girls are shown a kingdom of darkness.
"Oh, dear, what's that dark shadowy thing heading to that castle?" Penelope asked.
"I'm afraid that's the Darkness," Mr. Snipe informed. "It's not going to be all good in the kingdom... Especially after it strikes the twins' father."
"Wait, what!?" Sabrina's eyes widened in horror.
"I'm afraid the twins' father will not survive this." Mr. Snipe narrated.
"Oh, dear." All three witchlings said.
Even Cassandra was in shock and worry.
"Why would someone do such a thing?" Penelope frowned. "I just don't understand."
"Their father sacrificed himself for his daughters," Mr. Snipe cooed. "When the twins are together, they will be safe because their father gave them all of his magic before his unfortunate demise."
"Oh, my... Well, where were they separated to?" Cassandra asked.
"Yes, in fact they were," Mr. Snipe informed. "They had to be, but they must reunite soon... They had to be sent to the non-magical dimension known as Earth, with a few minor exceptions of course..." he then said, referring to all of them being magical beings.
"Does Aunt Enchantra know about this?" Cassandra asked.
"Yeah, do our guardians know anything about the twins?" Sabrina added.
"Yes, they do and where your friends, Atticus, Mo, Cherry, and Patch will be told about them and will have to help them reunite and also stay with them for a while." Mr. Snipe told them.
"That filthy mutt's going to be involved in this?" Cassandra folded her arms in nastiness about Patch's involvement.
"Yes, he is," Mr. Snipe told her. "And, Cassandra, I thought you were going to be a nice witch now?"
"I'm working on it..." Cassandra folded her arms. "Why is Cherry even involved in this? She's not even a witch because her mother was adopted!"
"She's still considered a member of the supernatural court, now stop fussing, we need the help of our new friends, even if one of them is a Wiccan." Mr. Snipe glanced to her.
Cassandra lowly growled about them, but she gave a shrug. "Yes, Mr. Snipe..." she forced herself to say so she wouldn't get in trouble.
Penelope and Sabrina hid giggles about Cassandra getting in trouble.
"Now, remember, before you all go to sleep tonight, tell your guardians what I have told you," Mr. Snipe told the three young witchlings. "They will tell you more about Artemis and Apolla." he then dismissed them after the lecture was over.
"Yes, Mr. Snipe." The three witchlings told him.
"Don't forget about meeting Ms. Magrooney in the gym either!" Mr. Snipe firmly added as they left.
The three climbed up the stairs and ended up in the hallways just as a regular human educated class ended and the other students just ignored them, unaware of their secret life in witch training.
"I wish Salem were here, I bet he knows about the twins." Sabrina said.
"Isn't he with you?" Cassandra asked.
"He had to go out of town for his daughter's baby shower." Sabrina explained.
"Oh, I love babies..." Penelope giggled, then looked serious a moment. "Remember, after school, we're talking with our relatives about the twins... I just hope nothing bad happens."
"Oh, come on, what could happen?" Cassandra asked.
"Yeah, we got this in the bag." Sabrina added.
Penelope sighed with an unsure shrug.
"Let nothing stand in the way!" Sabrina said, she then turned the other way and instantly blushed.
"Hey, Sabrina." the brown-haired boy greeted her.
"Hey, Harvey..." Sabrina blushed and weakly waved to him.
"Hey, Harvey." Penelope waved.
"Hiii, Harvey." Cassandra smiled coyly to him to charm him.
"Oh, hey, guys," Harvey smiled to them. "You guys wanna come over after school and watch movies? We're gonna have a scary movie marathon in time for Halloween."
"That sounds great, Harvey, but, we're too busy..." Sabrina frowned, she hated her duties as a witch and that she could not tell him about them. "We, uhh... Got a lot of homework to do."
"Oh... Okay..." Harvey frowned, a little sad to hear that.
"Maybe another time?" Cassandra suggested.
"I guess... See you guys later..." Harvey said to them and walked off the other way.
Sabrina sighed and held her head. "I hate not being able to tell him..."
"If he was a warlock, then you could be able to tell him." Penelope said.
"I know..." Sabrina sighed.
They all then looked to the clocks and went to finish up class until they were done for the day.
As soon as they finished, now all sweaty due to broomstick flying lessons, they went their ways home. Sabrina and Penelope walked to Sabrina's house together since Sabrina's house was the only way Penelope could get to the Supernatural Realm. As soon as they got inside, Hilda and Zelda seemed to be freaking out.
"Oh, no!" Sabrina cried. "Aunt Hilda and Aunt Zelda are freaking out!"
"Don't they always?" Penelope asked.
"Yeah, but not like this!" Sabrina cried, then looked back to her aunts. "What's going on?"
"The Darkness is coming!" Hilda panicked. "The Darkness is coming!"
"You girls should stay indoors!" Zelda added.
"We heard about that in school," Sabrina said to her aunts. "We also heard that Cherry, Atticus, Mo, and Patch are gonna help us."
"Good, we're gonna need all the help we can get!" Hilda grabbed her own hair in mass hysteria.
"I better go..." Penelope backed up the Spellman stairs and went through their linen closet, making a lightning strike as soon as she shut the door.
And where to her surprise, even Drell and Skippy were freaking out about The Darkness coming.
"Uhh..." Penelope spoke up.
Drell and Skippy were zipping all around, acting very unprofessional.
"Oh, Penelope, thank goodness!" Drell looked over and rushed to her, carrying her over his shoulder. "The Darkness is coming!"
"So I've heard..." Penelope said, struggling a little in his grip.
"Quick, board the doors lock the windows!" Skippy panicked. "We can not let any of the Darkness get inside!"
Drell rushed off to do just that, not wanting to take any chances.
Penelope dropped down. "This Darkness must be intense..."
Skippy picked her up off the ground. "Of course it is!" he told her urgently. "Don't you listen to that mushagana school of yours!?"
"We just learned about it today and about the twins," Penelope said. "They were separated at birth."
"Yes, for their own protection." Skippy nodded firmly. "Mortals don't know anything about magic and they'd never have their powers triggered..."
"Mortals are pretty stupid at things they don't understand," Drell said after he put every lock to every window and door. "They believe in a lot of crazy stuff... I remember the first time we heard about Halloween before Miss Cackle had her students celebrate it with the arrival of the Grand Wizard."
"Well, Atticus, Cherry, Mo, and Patch are going to help us, even though I have no idea who Mo is." Penelope said.
"Well, whoever he is, he better be ready..." Drell said, he then backed up and put a hex on the locks and made them lock them up. "Penelope, I trust you not to leave until the time is right..."
Skippy's stomach growled then and he held it. "You didn't happen to bring any washcloths with you through Hilda and Zelda's closet, did ya?" he hungrily asked the girl he loved like a niece.
"Um, I have one from school after Gem Stone accidentally slipped on chocolate milk." Penelope took a white cloth out with brown stairs.
Skippy swiped it and instantly ate it.
"Um, you're welcome?" Penelope said, confused.
"Oh, your Uncle Skippy and his washcloths," Drell chuckled, then looked concerned. "I just hope Hilda will be okay..."
"What about Zelda and Sabrina?" Penelope asked.
"Who?" Drell asked at first, but then returned his focus. "Oh, them too, right, yeah!"
"You're so in love with Hilda..." Penelope rolled her eyes with a smirk.
"So? There's no problem with that." Drell said.
Penelope giggled a little.
"You're in love with a mortal," Drell reminded her with a teasing smirk, he had warmed up to his daughter's wishes of being in love with a mortal, but Pi would never be allowed to come over, Witch Council policy, plus Skippy would just keep him as a pet. "Oh, Penelope..." he then hugged her, nearly crying.
"So, this Darkness is pretty bad?" Penelope asked.
"Yes, I'll contact our helpers..." Drell broke out of the hug and went to the crystal ball and tried to turn it on.
'You have insufficient funds to make a call right now, please try again later...' the ball replied.
"WHAT!?" Drell snarled, nearly making the room shake. He then looked into the error and folded his arms. "Somebody's been making long distance inter-dimensional calls again..."
Penelope backed away and whistled innocently.
"Penelope?!" Drell glared.
"Uhh... I got a lot of homework, I gotta go, bye!" Penelope then ran out of the room.
"Penelope!" Drell shouted.
Penelope was still heard running. Skippy stood in front of the doorway and put his hand on Penelope's forehead to keep her from running. Drell snapped his fingers and glued Penelope's feet to the floor.
"I'm sorry, but I had to make a call to Atlantica!" Penelope cried. "I have a new mermaid pen pal!"
"You can do what we did in the old days, write letters." Drell folded his arms.
"This is so unfair..." Penelope folded her arms at her guardians.
"You know what's unfair?! I can't call our helpers because it went over the insufficient funds!" Drell told her.
"I'm sorry..." Penelope whispered.
"There's only one way to charge the calls," Drell said, then looked to his sidekick. "Skippy, get her piggy bank."
Skippy nodded and walked off.
"I was gonna go to the Mall with that!" Penelope whined.
"Shoulda thought of that before you ran up my crystal ball bill!" Drell scolded.
It took a while, but Skippy finally got Penelope's piggy bank and brought out what was in it.
"All right..." Drell rubbed his hands together eagerly with a mischievous smirk. "That's crack this puppy open!"
"My allowance!" Penelope cried.
Skippy conjured up a hammer and broke the bank open, making the piggy have a realistic squealing noise. Drell collected the money and transported it into the crystal ball so he could call the helpers he needed about the invading Darkness.
"Let's hope they're not too busy." Skippy said.
Drell nodded and made the call.
"I'm still here..." Penelope reminded them.
"You are going to stay there and think about what you've done!" Drell glared to her.
"Uncle Skippy, help me out!" Penelope pouted and batted her eyes to him.
Skippy looked to her, a little sullen. He was always kind and gentle and usually took Penelope's side since sometimes, she would be blamed for things that weren't her fault. This was a situation he didn't like to be in.
"Uncle Skippy..." Penelope pouted.
"Stop that!" Drell scolded. "Skippy, man, you can't let her do that to you!"
Skippy snapped his fingers and freed Penelope. "Just stay inside the house!" he told her.
Penelope rushed over, hugged him, and then ran off, going to her room.
"Man, you really need to grow a spine..." Drell scowled at him.
'Who would you like to call?' the crystal ball asked.
"Atticus Fudo, Patch Pongo, Monique Brown, and Cherry Butler." Drell told the ball.
'Processing...' the crystal ball replied, making a connection to the mortal world.
While that was going on, Atticus, Mo, Cherry, and Patch were having their usual meeting days.