In the other world...

"Skippy, you think Cindy can handle this?" Drell asked.

Skippy shook his head as he cut vegetables.

"You don't think so?" Drell replied.

Skippy looked back and shrugged.

"Yeah, it is Cindy..." Drell agreed with him there.

Skippy then moved the vegetables into the pot and stirred them while the water boiled. Penelope tiptoed behind them as they talked.

"Going somewhere, Penelope?" Drell stopped his daughter dead in her tracks.

"Oh! Uhh... Just out for a walk..." Penelope grinned nervously.

Drell and Skippy looked doubtful of that. Drell then whispered something to Skippy. Skippy nodded and he walked away for a moment, he blasted a cupcake into his hand and poured truth sprinkles over them to force Penelope to tell the truth against her will.

"A walk, eh?" Drell asked.

"Y-Yes, just a walk..." Penelope smiled.

"Want a cupcake?" Drell then offered.

Penelope nodded and ate the cupcake, then her eyes widened. "I was gonna go to Jody's place to do a project that we have together at school." she then admitted.

"And...?" Drell then asked.

"Roger's gonna come over too and I was gonna try to get a kiss from him." Penelope then admitted.

"Penelope, you can't kiss him..." Drell tried to stop her right there.

"Why not, Dad?" Penelope asked. "Let me guess, it's against the rules?"

"Sweetheart, when a witch kisses a mortal for the first time, the mortal turns into a frog," Drell explained. "Also... You're too young to kiss boys."

"Aw, Dad!" Penelope groaned.

"Now, Penelope, I don't want you to make a same mistakes as me when I was your age, I kissed a mortal before." Drell replied.

"You kissed a mortal?" Penelope asked in shock.

"Yes, a couple of kids dared me to go in the human world and I kissed a mortal girl, my mother found out and turned the mortal girl into stone." Drell explained.

"Yikes..." Penelope winced.

"Think twice before you kiss a mortal..." Drell bent down to her height. "I'll find a nice warlock boy for you to date..." he then kissed her forehead and walked off.

Penelope fluttered her lips and rolled her eyes. "I never get what I want."

'I know exactly how you feel, honey.' Skippy comforted.

Penelope hugged Skippy. "Thanks, Uncle Skippy..."

Skippy patted her on the head and kissed her cheek. Penelope giggled.

"I wonder how Cindy's training went..." Drell put his hands in his pockets. "I'm gonna visit the mortal realm!" he called out to Skippy and Penelope.

"Wait, Dad, could I go over and meet the W.I.T.C.H girls tomorrow?" Penelope begged. "Please... So I can get their autographs?"

"Fine, you can." Drell replied.

"Yes!" Penelope cheered.

"I'll be right back then." Drell firmly nodded.

Skippy waved and put his arm around Penelope to show he would watch her. Drell nodded once and came into the mortal realm.


Shelly was sitting on the couch and giggling to a program she was watching on TV.

Drell was about to go to Cindy's room, then looked to the mother of the unlucky mortal girl. "That woman looks familiar..." he whispered to himself.

"Oh, boy, that was funny." Shelly smiled at her program.

"Hmm..." Drell hummed, but then continued to walk to Cindy's bedroom.


Cindy was fast asleep after an exhausting night of training and hugging her pillow with a flirty smile. "Shawn~..."

"So she does like that Hell Boy." Drell smirked.

Cindy then squeezed her eyes with a blink, then yawned and stretched, putting her glasses on, but then gasped once she saw the Head of the Witches Council in her bedroom. "D-D-D-D-D-D-D-..."

"D-D-D-D-D..." Drell mocked her, then got in her face. "DRELL!"

Cindy screamed and cowered under her covers.

"So you do have a crush on Shawn." Drell crossed his arms with a smirk.

"Uh, I never said that..." Cindy chuckled nervously.

"'Oh, Shawn, I wanna marry you... Kiss me, you fool!'" Drell mocked Cindy, then made noisy kiss noises to mess with her.

Cindy sighed and frowned. "Can I go back to sleep now?"

"I just wanted to see how your training was going." Drell said.

"It's fine... End of story... Let me sleep?" Cindy crawled back to her pillows.

"Good luck in this..." Drell told her. "By the way, something about your mother's very familiar... I know your Grandma adotped her, but I feel like I know her from somewhere..."

"I have no idea what you could mean..." Cindy groaned as she was forced to stay awake now.

"I'll know later on, but right now, I'm gonna let you get some rest." Drell informed.

"Thank you!" Cindy flopped back in relief. "Man, I thought he'd never leave... Seeing Drell in my nightmares is bad enough."

Drell heard that. "You have nightmares about me?"

"Oh, God, he's still here..." Cindy cringed.

"That's very interesting." Drell smirked.

Cindy shivered under her covers. "Please don't hex me."

"I won't, but that's good to know..." Drell laughed rather darkly, then pulled up a chair next to her bed. "Tell me more about your dreams..."

Cindy turned over and snored quickly to make him leave. Drell zapped Cindy in return to wake her up.

Cindy yelped and sat up in her bed. "Why do you wanna hear about my dreams?" she then groaned.

Drell shrugged. "Bored..."

"There's not much to say..." Cindy shrugged. "Last night I dreamt that I was fishing and the next thing I know, I'm underwater and trying to escape sea creatures that want me dead."

"Hmm... I see... Was that it?" Drell noted.

"That's all I can really say..." Cindy said, but then blushed.

Drell gave her a look. "What else happened?"

"Nothing..." Cindy pulled her blanket over her head. "Erm, Drell, I'm really tired right now... I better get some sleep... Night..."

"I'm gonna let you sleep... For now..." Drell smiled darkly.

"Thank you..." Cindy groaned.

Drell kissed her good night. "Good night!"

Cindy shuddered. "Ugh, that tastes like a nightmare I had about you with my mom once..."

"Wait, what was that?" Drell asked.

"Uh, nothing!" Cindy turned away.

"What about your mom?" Drell turned her over.

"I'm tiiiirrreedd..." Cindy pouted. "Let me sleeeep..."

"Tell me now and then I will let you sleep." Drell demanded.

Cindy groaned and sat up, hugging her knees. "I don't know why... I don't know how... But lately, I've been having these weird dreams about you making out with my mom or being around her when she was younger..."

Drell hummed in thought, feeling familiar with that.

"Like, you guys were friends... Or something... I dunno..." Cindy shrugged.

"Is your mother's name 'Shelly'?" Drell asked.

"Yeah..." Cindy nodded. "Shelly Gaither, but of course, she married my father and changed her last name to Butler..."

"Just a thought, but I actually knew your mother." Drell smiled.

"Can I go back to sleep now?" Cindy pouted.

"It was roughly 20 or 30 years ago..." Drell started.

"No, of course not..." Cindy flopped back against her bed in misfortune. "Well, how long could this story possibly last? Can't be worse than his slideshow of Hilda..."

"I'll tell you tomorrow." Drell walked off.

"Do I have a choice?" Cindy asked.

"Nope!" Drell said before leaving. "Well... Good night... Sleep tight... And don't let the MONSTERS, SPIDERS, AND SCARY THINGS BITE!" he then grinned evilly at the last part and shut her bedroom door.

Cindy sighed and shook her head. "Everyday I ask myself 'Why do I put up with him?'."