Chapter 1: Falling Out
~Nighttime; The Spellman Residence~
In the kitchen, Uncle Quigley's busy washing the dishes, but rubs his sore back and sighs: "Ugh, I'm too old for this. Hey, Sabrina!" he screams. But gets no response.
"Sabrina!" he yells once more and then a couple more times; still no response. He walks up the stairs, with great difficulty due to knee-joint pain, and opens Sabrina's bedroom door, introducing him to a Sabrina sitting at her desk, listening to some music on her Walkman while finishing her Science homework.
"Um, Sabrina?" Uncle Quigley asks as he taps Sabrina on the shoulder; Sabrina pauses the tape and then Uncle Quigley asks: "Can you teach me how to cast spells?"
"Why?" Sabrina asks as she removes her headset.
"It could help with my chores" he admits and rubs his aching back.
"Sorry, Uncle Quigley. But mortals can't cast spells" Sabrina answers back.
"Are you sure about that?" he doubts her: "I'll just ask Salem"
Salem was asleep on Sabrina's bed, Sabrina casts a spell that zaps a plate of fish on her study desk, causing the cat to wake up and dash towards it, but Sabrina zaps it away.
She says: "You'll get it back after you help us with spells"
Feeling hungry and tempted, he asks: "What kind of spell, Sabrina? One for world domination? Or to subdue Harvey?"
An oblivious Quigley asks: "Wait, she likes Harvey?"
Salem sarcastically replies: "Dude, where have you been? Anyways, what kind of spell do you need?"
"It's not for me; Uncle Quigley wants to learn some spells" the 12-year-old clarifies.
Salem scratches his head, confused before Uncle Quigley recaps.
"Sorry, Quig. But mortals can't cast spells" Salem reiterates what Sabrina just said, causing a disappointed Uncle Quigley to exit the room.
"Don't tell Old Man Quigley. But there's an illegal device that allows mortals to cast spells" Salem continues as he reads through the black-market catalog: "It's a ring you wear"
"Yeah, too bad we can't buy such an illegal device to help Uncle Quigley" Sabrina sighs with duplicity and asks: "Why do you have that catalog?"
"They keep spamming me with these black-market sales" he explains: "You try taking over the world and you're on the mailing list for life"
She says, "I'll be studying downstairs" and zaps him a plate of fish on her study table.
"Thanks, Sabrina" he thanks her as jumps onto the table and starts chewing on his prize; Sabrina takes this opportunity to grab both her Science homework and the black-market catalog and heads downstairs.
"Hey, Sabrina" Uncle Quigley greets the young blonde as she enters the living room: "I'm sorry for asking about me casting spells"
"It's ok, Uncle" she replies as he heads towards his bedroom. Sabrina calls the catalog's phone number via landline and orders The Power Ring; the conversation continues and Sabrina provides Salem's credit card info for payment.
"Well, Salem told me about this. So, it's kinda his fault anyways" Sabrina thinks to herself as the delivery box teleports on the nearby table.
"I'll surprise Uncle Quigley with it tomorrow after-school" she says to herself and sits down on the sofa to finish her homework.
~The next day, 20 minutes after school; Greendale Middle School: Library~
Sabrina and Chloe are sitting at a table, doing their homework as Sabrina recaps the previous night for her best-friend.
"May I see the ring?" Chloe asks; Sabrina searches through her backpack but shrieks when she can't find the box: "Ugh, it must have fallen out while I was putting books in from my locker!"
Both preteens run towards the hallways until the bottom of Sabrina's shoes get stuck to the floor.
"Crud, I think someone's casting a spell on me" Sabrina shrieks in fear before the drinking fountain directly in front of her starts spraying water.
"Agh!" Sabrina screams as she gets soaked and shields her face with her hand: "Chloe, turn it off!"
"I can't; the button's stuck" Chloe replies as Sabrina unties her shoelaces, gets out of her shoes and yells: "Chloe, run!"
Both do so [Sabrina's only walking with socks covering her feet] until they're 10-feet away from the drinking fountain and Sabrina pauses Chloe: "Stay here; let me find him or her"
"Come out, wherever you are!" Sabrina screams as her soaked-self shivers in the empty hallways: "Stealing's illegal!"
The flooring below Sabrina turns into solid ice, like that found in an ice rink, and the young girl soon slips and falls backward; she yelps.
"Ok, this isn't funny anymore" she groans as she rubs her sore lower back: "Show yourself!"
"Fine" a familiar voice enters the hallways, shocking both preteens.
"Gem?" a surprised Chloe asks: "Where'd you get that magic ring?"
"There was a box on the hallway floor. I picked it up, saw the pretty ring, and read the instructions" a half-confused Gem asks: "Also what do you mean by magic ring? The instructions told me to say two rhymes about something and bam, my wish is fulfilled; magic is fictional!"
Sabrina gulps and tells her: "Gem, give that back!"
"No, I like it" she refuses: "And relax, the ice is temporary"
Sabrina tries getting up, but can't since the floor's too slippery; she casts a spell: "With getting up I had no dice, thus allow me to walk on ice"
The young girl gets up and arrogantly says: "Now you're toast, Gem; hand over the ring"
"Wait, how'd you cast a spell?" the confused snobby-rich-kid asks.
"Um…I also have that ring; it's invisible: Limited Edition" Sabrina thinks on the spot: "Now hand me the ring, like a good girl"
Gem ignores Sabrina's plea and stares at her wristwatch like she was doing a countdown meant to hit zero soon.
"Oh no" Chloe, feeling suspicious, yells from 15-feet away: "Sabrina, get off the ice!-"
"-Wait, why?" Sabrina asks before the ice transforms into its liquid state, causing the 12-year-old to splash into a shallow pool of freezing-temperature water.
"Sabrina!" Chloe yells as she runs over to the side and pulls her best-friend out from the freezing water.
"See, I told you the ice was temporary" Gem sarcastically remarks and disappears by casting a teleportation spell.
Chloe suggests to a shivering and sneezing Sabrina: "You have to tell Salem; he'll find a way to get the ring from Gem"
"Ugh, you're right?" the freezing blonde agrees as she zaps the floor back to its original state: "But, I'll be grounded until high school"
To be continued