Cherry and Sabrina were in Sabrina's bedroom.
"Do you see any?" Sabrina asked. "I swear, they're right there!"
Cherry knelt next to the blonde witchling and held a magnifying glass over her hair. "Wow... You weren't kidding... You did get a bunch of gray hairs since Drell proposed to Hilda."
"See, I told you!" Sabrina said out of worry.
"Um... I'm sure having Drell for an uncle won't be so bad..." Cherry smiled nervously.
"Are you kidding?! Every time I see him, it will be a living nightmare!" Sabrina exclaimed.
"So you're gonna suffer for me!" Cherry cheered.
Sabrina gave her a flat look.
"Oh, sorry..." Cherry frowned. "Drell scares you... Unlike me..."
Sabrina folded her arms.
"Drell doesn't scare me." Cherry said flatly.
"Oh, yeah, well, what if he's right behind you?" Sabrina then asked.
"Nice try, 'Brina, but I'm not gullible..." Cherry smirked, folding her arms.
"Yeah, I know, I just wanted to see if you fell for it," Sabrina said. "And besides, it's not like he's going to training Atticus because he would just be in a world of torture."
"Poor Atticus, I almost feel sorry for him..." Cherry shrugged.
Salem came in and climbed on top of Sabrina's dresser. "Hey, what's goin' on, you talking about boys?"
"Just thinking about the wedding and how life as I used to know it is now officially over..." Sabrina sighed, flopping back on her bed.
"Don't worry, 'Brina, your life isn't going to be over, I think Drell is going to be much nicer to you from now on." Salem told her.
Cherry laughed out loud at that possibility like it was a big, fat joke, but she saw that Salem wasn't laughing with her which caused for her to stop laughing.
"And I think he's taken a liking to Atticus, like almost as if he liked him like a son." Salem said.
"Lucky Atticus..." Sabrina shrugged with an eye roll, unsure how to properly respond to that.
"Yeah... Really lucky..." Cherry scooted back a little. "I wonder what's worse, training with Drell or just living under him."
"Excuse me, but Drell's going to be MY uncle, I'll see him more than you do!" Sabrina defended.
"Sabrina, I really don't think your life could get any worse by that logic..." Cherry laughed again. "Drell, the big guy, he's gonna be your uncle!" she kept laughing. "Mr. Head of the Witches Council! Oh, and if they have kids... 'Read me a story, will you, Daddy?'" she then kept laughing like this was the funniest thing she had ever heard. "'ONCE UPON A TIME'-"
"He's right behind you." Sabrina and Salem said with widened eyes.
"Guys, come on, that's really getting old..." Cherry stopped laughing and looked deadpan serious as always, but she saw both of them still wide-eyed while pointing, telling her to look behind her.
Cherry glared at them, then looked behind her and her eyes widened, she then gave out a forced nervous chuckle with a smile. "H-H-Hey, Drell, there's my favorite warlock! Oh,... Have you been working out? Oh... You look at least 100 years younger!"
"I heard what you said and I'll get to that later, now, do you know where I can find Atticus?" Drell asked.
"P-Pretty sure he's home with Patch..." Salem suggested with a nervous smile.
Drell nodded. "Right... Hi, Sabrina..."
"Hello, Drell..." Sabrina nodded back.
Drell gave a playful smile. "How are you doing today, my future niece?"
"I'm doing just fine except I'm getting grey hair." Sabrina told him.
"That's adorable..." Drell lightly chuckled. "Well, I'm gonna find Atticus... Have a good evening... Oh, and Cherry? I'd sleep with one eye open tonight..."
"What...?" Cherry asked softly.
"Just wait..." Drell snaked behind her to frighten her. "When you least expect it, I'll make you feel the weakest you ever have before... I'll unleash something so heinously bad, you'll curse your mother for your birth..."
"Like what?" Cherry asked.
Drell chuckled before taking his leave until later on.
"Answer me!" Cherry's voice quaked with fear.
But she didn't get her answer as he left them to find Atticus.
"Well, I'm going to have restless nights." Cherry said.
"You just had to make fun of the most powerful man in the universe..." Salem mocked.
"Could be worse, I could be cursed to be a powerless cat for a century..." Cherry retorted.
Salem lowly growled.
"Have a good night, Cherry..." Sabrina teased.
"It's not funny!" Cherry whined.
While Cherry was being miserable about her new torture by Drell, he had arrived in Atticus's room where Atticus and Patch seem to have been wrestling.
"I win!" Patch laughed, though ended up on Atticus's head.
Atticus laughed and took the Dalmatian puppy off his head. "Whatever..."
Thunder and lightning came into Atticus's room as Drell arrived, wearing his Victorian suit for right now.
"Hello..." Drell pushed his glasses up.
"Hi, Drell." Atticus smiled.
"Hey, Spot." Drell nodded to the puppy.
"Patch." the Dalmatian puppy corrected.
"Whatever..." Drell ignored that. "Atticus, I'd like a word with you in my gym."
"Of course, sir." Atticus said.
"When?" Patch asked.
"Right now." Drell said without another word, taking them with him to his gym.
The gym looked like something out of a dream. It was all blue with white clouds around with a giant tree that grew huge apples as big as quadruple sized bowling balls. There was equipment all around though such as a treadmill, weight lifts, and even a unicycle. Drell walked through the invisible door which made lightning flash and Atticus and Patch followed behind him.
"So what are we doing here?" Atticus asked.
"Atticus, I've never told you this, and I probably never will in public, but I trust you a lot..." Drell said softly. "You're like the son I never had, you may be a wiccan, but you're a good boy in my heart, that's why I can't turn you into a creepy crawly thing when you enter through this realm."
"Pardon?" Atticus asked.
"Oh, sorry, it's one of the rules," Drell explained. "If a mortal passes through this realm, I have to turn them into a creepy crawly thing, Sabrina once had a sleepover with a mortal friend who came here and I had to turn her into a grasshopper."
"Yikes." Patch winced.
"So then, if you're not going to turn me into a creepy crawly, then why did you want bring me and Patch here?" Atticus asked.
Drell sat down in one of the exercise chairs. "Have a seat."
"Drell, what's this all ab-" Atticus started to ask.
"HAVE A SEAT!" Drell repeated sharply.
Atticus blinked and sat down next to him.
"Thank you..." Drell smiled. "Atticus, I've asked all around... But when you're the most powerful man in the universe, people are afraid to even look ya in the eye! But... Umm... Uhh..." he seemed to struggle with what he wanted to say to Atticus.
Atticus and Patch waited with anticipation, very anxious to hear why he wanted to see Atticus.
"I would like to train you to make you stronger and more muscular!" Drell confessed.
"Really?" Atticus asked, both surprised and delighted.
"So you can be big and strong like me..." Drell smiled boastfully and proudly.
"Are you really that strong?" Patch asked.
"I'm strong for a warlock," Drell explained with a small shrug. "Sure, I'm not like Hercules or Superman when it comes to strength, but in my department, I'm the strongest."
"Okay, then prove it." Patch said.
"I will..." Drell smirked, then put his hand to his mouth. "Oh, Skippy!"
Skippy carried a box of something very heavy and struggled with it which made him sweat uncontrollably and looked very strained. He panted softly as he was forced to carry the heavy object, he then threw it down on the floor and caught his breath, taking his hanky out of his pocket and patted his face.
"Wow, what's in that box?" Atticus asked.
"I got a couple of dumbbells right here..." Drell said, opening the box to show a very heavy dumbbell.
"I just see one, where's the other one?" Patch asked.
"There's a dumbbell right here," Drell pointed in the box, then wrapped his arm around Skippy. "And here's the other one!" he then said before bursting out laughing. "Get it, Skippy?"
Skippy sighed and rolled his eyes. "I swear, if it wasn't for Penelope, I'd abandon you years ago."
"Ohh, so you were joking when you were talking about two dumbbells." Patch said.
"Yeah..." Drell laughed.
"Can I go now?" Skippy asked, anxiously looking at his pocket watch. "I got an appointment..."
"Okay, okay, you can go now." Drell told him.
"It was nice seeing you again, Skippy." Atticus smiled.
"Nice seeing you too..." Skippy smiled friendly and waved to them as he went off to take care of personal business.
"All right, now that that's out of the way, let's get to work..." Drell took the very heavy dumbbell and was able to lift it, it was still a little heavy for him, but he could hold it in his hands so he could show Patch and Atticus how strong he was for a warlock.
"Wow, you are really, really strong." Atticus and Patch smiled.
"Told you..." Drell said, nearly scoffing like a child. "Now then, let's get down to business."
"To defeat the Huns?" Atticus joked.
Drell gave him a look.
"I think he's serious." Patch said to his owner.
"Sorry, I couldn't resist..." Atticus cleared his throat with a nervous chuckle.
"Right..." Drell nodded then. "Let's get started... Hope ya don't mind backbreaking labor..." he then grinned darkly, cracking his knuckles.
"I shall do my best, sir." Atticus saluted.
"I know you will..." Drell smiled darkly. "LET THE TRAINING BEGIN!"
Lightning flashed from the loudness of his voice and with that, Atticus was being trained by Drell.
