Day 3
Sabrina felt…strange when she woke up. Like she was missing something.
As she watched the silver light stream through her the slats inbetween the window blinds, her mind was fast at work.
Halloween.
Then… Halloween again.
Why?
Why did it happen again?
What could have happened to do that?
What could have--?
Sabrina bolted upright. Now she remembered.
The covers were thrown off as she catapulted out of bed and out the door.
The stairs creaked loudly as she ran down them, protesting the strain.
Sure enough, Daphne sat at the couch, book in hand.
She had no comfortable, easy pose. She sat stick straight, book on her lap, head bowed down.
Her eyes seemed to ghost over the words, her fingers never turning a page.
"Daphne," Sabrina called quietly.
The girl's head snapped upwards, brown eyes fixing on Sabrina.
She was trembling.
Sabrina sat beside her, pulling her closer and offering small words of comfort.
"Why… is this happening?" she asked.
"I think I might know… can I see your book?"
Wordless, Daphne complied.
Sabrina flipped through the book until she came to the page she was looking for.
"I think it might be… this."
She turned the book so Daphne could see.
"The spell in the book? How—"
"This is the only thing I can think of. We didn't mess with magic. We didn't run into any members of The Scarlet Hand. Puck didn't piss off anyone or do anything on the scale of the Clodhopper Incident."
Daphne giggles slightly. The last one had been thrown in there in an attempt to cheer her up. It worked.
Granny Relda came downstairs then. Same outfit.
Same pumpkin sausages.
When Puck came down, he seemed strange as well.
Sabrina explained her theory to him, and he perked up a bit, enough to tease Daphne.
Granny Relda sent them up to change.
The same happened.
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Trick-or-treating.
The same.
Same candy, same responses.
Everything seemed to be a repeat of the last two days, as if someone was having a bit of fun watching their lives and pressing 'rewind' just before the sun rose the next day.
This time though…
Sabrina was going to test the limits.
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Coming soon: Details.
I'd like to thank all you lovely people for your kind words. =D You know who you are…
Yes, it's short.
Yes, I keep skipping over the actual Halloween bits.
Yes, I realize that those are the fun parts and that you're losing interest.
It's in the next chapter.
Yes, I take critiques. If you have suggestions, tell me.
Most of all... thanks for reading.
~Skittles