AN~ OK, I have a question for you all. Do you want Daphne to be an everafter, too? Because if you do, I have a scenario all planned out. If you don't, I'll drop the scenario and move on. I really like it though, so... oh, and if Daphne's one, what about Uncle Jake? And what do you think of Sabrina being an astral traveler? I wouldnt normally ask, but I'm not sure whether they're dumb ideas...
Unbeknownst to the adults, Sabrina and Puck had been listening to the whole conversation through the front door, relating what they heard to the younger two. After they were done listening, Sabrina sat down with a bump.
"Crap." She said.
"What?" Puck asked.
"I forgot about the barrier."
"Yeah, that does sort of cause a problem." Red said.
"I wish I had that problem." Daphne complained.
"It's gonna be a real nusiance." Sabrina muttered.
"Why?" Daphne asked. "We barely ever go near the border."
"But I can fly." Sabrina said.
"What does that have to do with it?" Red asked.
"The barrier isn't a tube, it's a sphere." Sabrina said.
"Not sure I follow." Daphne said.
It's like a bubble- that's it, I'll show you!" Sabrina said, running inside.
"What's the rush, liebling?" Granny asked.
"Showing Daphne and Red something. Do we have any bubble mix?" Sabrina answered.
"Yes, it's in the closet, I think."
"Thanks! Sabrina said. She reappeared on the porch a few minutes later with a piece of paper and a bottle of bubble mix.
"What are you going to do?" Daphne asked.
"Demonstrate." Sabrina said, pulling out the bubble wand. She stuck her finger in the bubble mix, swirled it around a few tmes, then spread it on the paper. "OK," She said, "Say the paper is the earth."
"Uh-huh." Daphne nodded.
"And this-" Sabrina blew a largish bubble. "Is the barrier." She carefully manuvered the paper towards the bubble, managing to stick it in the middle through the soapy part.
"Whoa." Red said. "How'd you do that?"
"Surface tension." Sabrina said. "It doesn't recognize the paper as different form itself, so it lets it through. I can do it with a pin, too." She now had two separate bubble halves, one on top of the paper, and one underneath. "Now, the paper is the ground. The bubble half on the bottom is below the ground. The other is the barrier that most of us know about. Now say-" She pulled out a pin and dipped it in the bubble mix. "that I'm here." She pointed to a spot at the edge of the barrier. "If I try and fly up, I'll hit the barrier-"
"Actually, if you're right on the edge and you jump up, you'll hit it." Puck said.
"Nice." Sabrina said, rolling her eyes. "So the closer you are to the edge, Daphne, the more likely you are to get stuck. See?"
"I get it now!" Daphne said.
"Me too!" Red exclaimed.
"I knew that already." Puck said. "But the bubble stuff was cool."
Sabrina grinned. "That's 'cause bubbles are amazing."
Red stared at Sabrina.
"What?" Sabrina asked. "Aren't I allowed to like bubbles?"
"Sure, I guess... you just don't seem quite the type to love bubbles, though..." Red trailed off.
Daphne laughed. "She's always loved bubbles. I thinnk she knows everything there is to know about them."
"Why, though?" Red asked.
Sabrina shrugged. "They're my immaturity outlet."
Puck blinked. "Your what?"
"Like your pranks. I can't be mature or angsty all the time." Sabrina said.
Puck grinned. "Then I guess you wouldn't mind if I did this?" He grabbed the bubble mix and blew bubbles in Sabrina's face.
Sabrina shrieked and grabbed an extra bubble wand away from him. It had soon turned into an all-out bubble war, everyone for themselves. Sabrina never seemed to run out of bubble mix, even though everyone else was running out almost constantly. Daphne hadn't been kidding. Sabrina could use the bubble wand exactly right, and showed off her bubble skills quite proudly. Puck got her back by dumping the mix on her head. Then Sabrina hit him and showed them how to make more.
It was almost an hour before Daphne noticed what was so unusual about Sabrina's bubbles. They didn't pop.
"Sabrina?" She asked. "Are you doing something weird with your bubbles?"
Sabrina looked down at the mass of bubbles littering the yard. She blinked at one and it dissapeared. "I don't think so... why?"
"Because all ours are popping, but yours aren't." Daphne said.
Sabrina shrugged. "That's weird. Hm." She blew another bubble and poked it. It didn't pop. She glared at it. It popped.
Puck noticed something. "Hey, when was the last time you dipped your wand back in the mix?"
Sabrina though for a minute. "I think it was right after you dumped it on my head. Why?"
"Because there's nothing on your wand. I don't think there has been for a while."
Sabrina blinked and blew into the wand. A bubble appeared. "Apparently I've got another power..."
Daphne shrugged. "That's kind of dissapointing."
"Really?" Sabrina asked. "I kind of like it. Actually, aside form the whole flying thing, I think I might like it best."
"Guess we'd better go tell the Old Lady, huh?" Puck asked.
"Sure..." Sabrina made a face. "Drat. Now Baba Yaga will have to come over."
"Poor you." Red said.
"Tell me about it." Sabrina said. "Come on, I wanna show off my amazing bubbles!"
