Hilda meanwhile was lying on the couch, sniffling as Spell Dead ended, one of the most well known contemporary witch soap operas around. By her normal standards this show was rubbish but today with her emotions doubled and her mood constantly shifting, the over-dramatic dribble of the divorced half mortal who is forced to live in the mortal world indefinitely seemed perfectly in proportion.

She stuffed her mouth full of buttery popcorn yet again and looked up just as Zelda walked in, arms crossed and exasperated.

"What's wrong, Zelly," Hilda's mood had improved despite her greatest resistance and she seemed to be recovering quite well from her Magic Strain.

"I don't want to worry you Hilda, I was just wondering if you have seen Sabrina or Salem anywhere?" She couldn't completely hide all the uncertainty in her voice but she hoped Hilda wouldn't notice.

"Nup, are they missing?" Her sister didn't fall for it.

"Well... Yes... But you don't need to worry, you just relax..."

"Okay... Can I have more popcorn?" A witch with Magic Strain shouldn't use her magic.

"Fine... But I won't be able to keep refilling, okay? I've have some business to attend to."

She pointed at the bowl and walked out, preoccupied with her own thoughts and missing Hilda's whine about no butter.

"Bye," She was heading up to their linen closet.

She made sure to keep her eyes to the right as she went up the stairs so she didn't have to look into her niece's room. Sabrina could be gone forever unless she acted soon, although she could already be... Don't think like that, she's not... And Salem's not...Pull yourself together... Breathing deeply, she rubbed her face and prayed that this would work when she reached the top of the stairs...She had already checked the machine and found nothing conclusive to tell her where they had gone. Now she had to face the Witch's Council. She tried to ignore the heavy feeling inside her as she walked past Sabrina's room and to the line door closet.

"Here it goes..." She said to herself and entered, making sure to close the door behind her.

Lightning flashed and she found herself walking out to face Drell, head of the Witch's Council and her Hilda's on-and-off love interest. A couple of the other members sat at his side and looked completely bored.

"Zelda, what a surprise... What do you want?" Drell wasn't one to be polite or friendly to anyone including her sister.

"Sabrina's missing," if he was going to be like that then she would just get to the point.

"And how does that concern us?" Despite his disinterest, his acquaintances looked hopeful.

"I made a machine, I won't go into too much detail but it has a number of different uses like teleportation and time travel but it also does other things that could be disastrous if the person didn't know what they were doing. You see I was going to reveal it this morning but I had to delay it because Hilda had Magic Strain and of course Salem went in there and played with the machine. Sabrina and Salem both got zapped and then they vanished a couple of minutes later. I checked the machine but-"

"Teleportation?" Drell suggested, "time-travel? Doesn't the machine tell you anything?"

Zelda sighed annoyed, "It was inconclusive, I don't think they were teleported or are lost in time but I came to get the Witch's Council's help to look for them. It wasn't just teleportation around Earth either; it was the whole mortal realm, the other realm and beyond!"

The cloud she was standing on looked more grey now then white and fluffy but she tried to keep her cool and not cause a storm.

"So you want us to use a location spell to search the entire Mortal Realm and the Other Realm for one girl and her cat?"

"Everywhere, she could be anywhere," Zelda corrected him, "but it's most likely to be in Other Realm because my machine can read most of the Earth I think."

"No." He was bland, rude.

This was the last straw for Zelda, "look, Drell! They could be in serious trouble, especially Sabrina, she's an unexperienced teenage witch, who has barely got used to her powers, and it's unacceptable for you to ignore this! If you don't listen then I'll appeal ON Witch TV with Hilda and you'll look ridiculous with your silly mole and bad-temper!"

She could feel a storm brewing around her and crossed her arms hostilely.

"No need to have a temper tantrum, Zelda." He frowned, knowing she'd played on his weak spots.

"So will you do it?" Zelda wanted a straight answer.

"Okay but it will be hard."

Zelda relaxed her body and used a softer tone but still with authority, "it's really not that difficult, Drell, and besides... you don't look very busy..."

She made a gesture towards to the crossword puzzle books on the table and a wizard who was snoring quietly. With that she left and a lightning strike later was taken back to her linen cupboard. She stepped out, still gloomy but hopeful, only to come face to face with Hilda.

"There you are Zelda, I feel much better now," Hilda smiled and then she frowned, "now what's happened to Sabrina and Salem?"

Zelda sighed, "First let's go and check that your Magic Strain has gone away."

They headed downstairs and Zelda directed Hilda to a chair in the kitchen while she went to get the Magic Thermometer. Upon returning from the lounge room where she had left the Thermometer while her sister watched TV she found Hilda peacefully asleep (and snoring) with her head resting on the table and her arms hanging down like a puppet's. She smiled but made a disgusted face when she found she had dribbled all over her brand new tablecloth.

"Let's move you," she said and quickly zapped her into her bed.

At that moment the doorbell rang. She sighed. Walking over and she pulled open the door to see Harvey holding a daisy on her doorstep. Another person she didn't need, great.

"Hi Miss Spellman, is Sabrina there?" he said shyly. He fiddled with the flower's stem between his fingers.

"I'm sorry, Harvey, but Sabrina's out with... some of her relatives she hasn't seen for years." It wasn't her best lie but Harvey wasn't much of a questioner.

"Oh... Okay, it's just we were supposed to go to the slicery but that's okay I guess..." He sounded disappointed willing to believe her, "Cya..."

"Bye... I'll tell you when she gets back..." she put on the best smile she could muster while she waited for him to disappear out of her sigh. She closed the door sighing and losing the smile, "if she comes back..."

Author's Note: Enjoy...