The first of many walking undead fell, victim of Russo magic. The three siblings launched spells with equal intensity, allowing the rest safe passage down Salem's main street.

"What are we going to do now?!" Harper's heels clicked on the pavement.

The black cat ran alongside them. "We need to get their magic book! If they don't have the potion recipe, they can't steal anyone's life."

"But what about them?" The older blonde cast a glance over her shoulder.

Harper picked up the pace. "They'll be fine. They've gotten out of a lot worse than this, believe me."

As the non-wizards of the group put as much distance between themselves and the zombies as they could, Alex began to take a few steps back.

"Justin, nothing's working! They keep getting up!"

A flare of magic from her older brother's wand felled a group of the monsters. "I think we'll only be able to hold them off."

"But where can we go?"

"I don't know!" Justin grunted as he cast another spell.

"Look! There's a school!" Alex pointed, and it only took him a second to nod. Simultaneously, the trio stopped using their wands and high-tailed it for the darkened building on the next block. The front doors didn't budge when Justin tried them, and he pointed his wand at the handles.

"Two, three, four, unlock this door!" They gained entry and he locked them again, shutting them in with an eerie silence.

No longer pursued by the undead, the non-wizards made record time to the Sanderson house, allowing them to breathe.

Max perched on a window ledge and surveyed the inside. "They're not here, but their book is. Let's go."

The door was, thankfully, unlocked, and everyone kept a wary eye on their surroundings. Harper went over to the now open display case and reached in to grab the magic book.

Max licked his lips. "Wait a second, why would they leave their book here?"

In answer to his question, Harper let out a scream as her hands sunk into the book; it seemed to have turned into quicksand.

"It's a trap!"

Three familiar cackles came from outside and the door flew open.

"Didst thou think we wouldst leave our book unattended again?" Winifred's eyes burned with wicked glee as she held the flesh-bound tome.

Back at the school, the three siblings finished barricading the front door.

The light on Justin's wand tip died. "That should be able to hold."

Alex looked around. "How many do you think there are?"

Justin let out a nervous chuckle. "How many people could they bury in one town?"

She rolled her eyes. "Okay, so we've lost the zombies for now. Now what?"

"I don't know. Wait, where do you think Harper and them went?" She pulled out her phone and clicked on Harper's contact.

Everyone at the Sanderson house froze when Harper's cell phone started ringing. Winifred seemed to glide across the room to open the handbag that contained it, and her eyes went wide when she found the noise-making device. It rang again and she dropped it, effectively silencing it.

"Oh, my, was this valuable?" The witch laughed as she rejoined her sisters.

Alex frowned when the call went to voicemail. "Harper didn't answer. Do you think she's in trouble? Where could she be?"

"Um, guys?" Both older wizards turned to see Max, ear pressed against the wooden barricade they'd created. "Do you hear that?"

All of them jumped when a BANG resounded through the school's entryway, and the wood barring the door gave inward for a moment. A few more BANGS and a zombie's arm came through, flailing around. The wizards screamed and ran down a hallway just as the barricade shattered, letting the undead in.

Alex pointed to a sign. "The gym!"

Justin tried to keep up with his sister. "Why?"

"I don't know!"

The three skidded around a corner and into the gym, immediately bricking over every door, window, and air duct; a second after they finished, they could hear the zombies pounding on walls they'd made. Their blood froze in their veins, however, when they saw mortar dust falling from between the bricks.

While the Russos dealt with the horde, Harper struggled to remove her hands from the witches' trap.

"Well, ladies and gentle-cat, we must away. We have important business to attend to!" With a toss of their skirts and capes, they exited the house.

Harper let out a sigh. "You guys go on ahead. I won't be getting out of here any time soon."

Allison nodded and took everyone outside. "Looks like we need to find those wizards."

Those wizards, incidentally, happened to be backing into a far corner of the gym, watching their brick walls begin to fall apart under the zombie assault.

Alex had her wand at the ready. "Okay, now would be a really good time for an idea."

Justin rolled his eyes as sweat dripped down his brow. "It would, wouldn't it? Well, too bad because I'm out of ideas!"

They screamed and flinched when every brick wall gave way at once, but when they opened their eyes, the undead were simply standing there. The skylight above them shattered and rained glass, accompanied by the descent of the Sanderson sisters on their brooms.

"If it isn't the wizards! I see thy magic wasn't enough to stop my pets!" The three witches touched down and stood before the wizards, who all had their wands pointed at a different sister.

Justin stepped forward. "We won't let you take the lives of any children!"

Winifred laughed. "Oh, my, it seems you misunderstand my plan!" Out of nowhere, black smoke filled the room, making the wizards cough. Both Alex and Justin used their wands to clear it, but when they did, they didn't see the undead army or the Sanderson Sisters.

Or Max.