While that was going on, Camyrn's birthday ball was a blast. Everyone was in costume, dancing, having a good time, unaware of any danger, then again, they were mortal.
"Ah, there's our birthday princess." Beth said to her best friend.
Camryn wore a frilly pink dress with a crown and a mask above her forehead, but looked slightly annoyed. "I'm not a princess," she said to Beth. "Why does everybody keep calling me that?"
"Um, because you're dressed like a princess?" Beth remarked, obviously enough.
"Oh," Camryn remembered now. "Right, sorry..." she then lowered her mask.
"Cranky little princess, but a princess nonetheless." Beth then smirked and linked arms with her to walk off and mingle.
"Just stay calm, Camryn, nothing terrible is going to happen while me and Mo are around." Atticus whispered to her.
Camryn looked to them and shrugged as she went on with Beth.
"Okay, we need costumes," Mo said as they went to Camryn's room, they both stuck out like sore thumbs. "Do you know any costume spells?"
"I guess I could make one up..." Atticus shrugged. "Even if I'm part Wiccan from Aunt Delilah..."
"Do whatever, just don't make me look bad." Mo replied.
"I would never dream of such a thing!" Atticus smiled to her. He then concentrated the best that he could. "'We need a Halloween costume plan, we confess, help me and Mo dress for success'!" he recited.
In a bolt, Atticus was dressed like Harry Potter while Mo was dressed like Wendy the Good Little Witch.
"It'll do..." Mo shrugged about her costume transformation.
"Yeah, these costumes will have to do." Atticus said.
Mo shrugged and walked back out with him so they could now blend into the Halloween party and help keep an eye on Camryn.
A few of the guests seemed to have issues about kids being at the party, but so Camryn wouldn't throw them out, they didn't complain.
"If you feel anything weird, let me know." Mo told her boyfriend.
"Roger that." Atticus nodded.
Mo then decided to get themselves a couple of drinks before they would dance to see if the punch was any good. It was orange colored with foam at the top. She saw that it was made from orange soda with some sherbet in order to look spooky for the season.
"Ooh, nice touch." Mo smiled. She took the glasses and carefully took them back to Atticus.
"So, where is the twin?" a girl squealed to Camryn, rushing by Mo and Atticus, nearly making Mo drop the glasses. "I have been dying to hear all the details!"
"Oh, um, she isn't coming." Atticus informed her.
"What?" Beth frowned. "Why?"
"Turns out we didn't have that much in common." Camryn frowned.
"Really?" Beth asked. "I mean, aside from those horrible jeans... And that hair, don't get me started... I thought she was brainy. You two seemed totally alike."
"I don't know... Maybe..." Camryn shrugged. "Only on the outside, I guess."
"The point is Alex isn't going to be coming to the party." Mo said.
"Oh, I'm sorry," Beth cooed. "What is she? Like, kind of vapid and shallow?"
"No, me," Camryn argued. "I'm the vapid and shallow one."
"What you? No way." Beth said.
Camryn shook her head, starting to feel guilty about abandoning Alex now.
"I think she feels bad about earlier." Mo whispered to Atticus.
"I think you're right." Atticus whispered back.
Beth grabbed a black coated nacho chip, dipped it, and started to eat it while trying to cheer her best friend up. Camryn tried to ignore them all, having a hard time.
Beth then decided to use this as her duty as her best friend, going up to a guy dressed in all black with a mask. "Hey, Zorro, feel like dancing with a princess?" she invited with a flirty smile.
"Beth!" Camryn hissed, obviously not in the mood.
"Would you like to dance?" 'Zorro' invited her.
"Sure..." Camryn smiled, deciding to go along with it.
"Well, at least she's up to a dance." Atticus said.
"Of course she is." Mo hid a smirk.
Beth went to get another nacho chip. Mo and Atticus danced themselves, they looked to the man with nachos and now realized that he was actually Karsh and not a waiter. Karsh was scolding Beth for double dipping, so she just walked away and came to Camryn's side.
"Okay, I understand that he's Camyrn's protector and all, but could he seriously lighten up?" Atticus whispered to his girlfriend.
"Aunt Sarah would love this guy..." Mo scoffed a little.
"I agree." Atticus nodded.
Camryn was trying to dance with 'Zorro', but she looked sick during it for some reason.
Meanwhile, trick-or-treaters were passing by Alex's house for their candy. Alex was glumly eating her birthday cake as she felt more alone and miserable than ever before.
"You okay, Alex?" Patch asked.
Alex looked up like she didn't notice he was there. "What? Oh, yeah... I'm fine... Just... Now really that hungry..."
Lucinda looked concerned for her friend once she came to see she barely ate her birthday cake slice.
"Come on, Mom!" Nicole whined as she took her mother's hand to go out trick-or-treating.
'Well someone seems eager to go trick-or-treating.' Patch thought to himself.
"Hey, sweetie," Sabrina smiled down to Nicole. "What a cute little witch you are!"
"RAWR!" Nicole roared in her face.
Her mother straightened her out. "Sorry about that..."
"Oh, it's okay..." Sabrina chuckled. "She kinda reminds me of my cousin Amanda."
Patch then came up to Nicole, finding her cute as a witch.
Nicole giggled and pet Patch. "Ooh, puppy!"
"Thanks again for dinner, Mrs. Delagadio." Alex told her friend's mother.
"No problem." Mrs. Delagadio smiled.
"Happy Birthday!" Nicole told Alex before letting out another roar.
"Thanks," Alex giggled, playfully roaring back.
The mother and daughter then went outside to get some candy for their evening.
"So, what now?" Patch whispered.
"Should I be putting on my party clothes and seeing if Waverly even has, like, a bus stop?" Lucinda then added sarcastically.
"I think that party is gonna have to happen without us," Alex replied. "Well, without me at least..."
"Why, what's the matter?" Lucinda asked. "No love in Twin Town?"
"Something like that." Alex said softly.
"What happened?" Lucinda asked.
"Um, let's just say things didn't turn out so well." Sabrina answered.
"Ah, come on," Lucinda shrugged. "When I saw you guys this afternoon, you looked like you were best friends, even more than those other friends you all had, like you'd known each other your whole lives. Couldn't have been that bad."
Alex tried to explain, but was unable to. "Never mind... You would so not understand."
"Right, 'cuz I only have three sisters and I've only known you my entire life, so..." Lucinda scoffed.
"Do you have any other flavor besides sarcastic?" Alex looked to her best friend.
"No." Lucinda said simply, taking a snack.
'Is she ever serious other than finding a job for Alex?' Patch thought to himself.
Cherry groaned as she held her stomach again, feeling more distress.
'Oh, no, something terrible must be coming.' Patch thought to himself.
"What's her problem?" Lucinda gestured to Cherry.
"Uh... Too much candy?" Sabrina shrugged with a nervous laugh.
Alex was so flustered with Lucinda right now that she felt like she couldn't trust anyone else in the world.
'That kind of hurts.' Patch thought to himself, feeling hurt.
"You know, that's kind of a sucker punch for somebody who just made you a birthday cake." Lucinda frowned to her best friend.
Alex gave a shrug. "It's a hard knock life?"
Lucinda frowned deeper than ever before and walked away, giving the cold shoulder.
"Lucinda!" Alex cried out. She then growled in frustration and stormed off.
Patch just shook his head and went after Alex. Sabrina decided to stay with Cherry.
"Ugh... I feel like I'm dying..." Cherry grunted as she held her stomach.
"Oh, my gosh, you look really pale!" Sabrina noticed. "I better get you some water... Please, try to hang on!" she then got up to her feet and rushed to get her a glass of water.
Cherry watched her go, her vision grew blurry and she slowly shut her eyes.
'Well, it should seem like someone isn't feeling so well.' Ben's voice said.
Cherry only groaned a little more, unable to move or respond.
'Not so tough now, are you, little Cherry?' Ben's voice taunted her.
"Go 'way..." Cherry moaned, she looked very sick now and looked like she was close to death now.
'No, I don't think I will.' Ben's voice responded.
"Go away..." Cherry repeated, she then let out a weak cough. She then coughed very loud, something glowing and blue flew out of her mouth, once it did, her eyes lolled back into her skull and she fell flat on the couch, flopping her arms and legs down and was now no longer breathing.
'There it is.' Ben's voice said wickedly.
"Sorry that took so long," Sabrina came back with the glass of water. "I had to find a straw."
Cherry did not answer or even acknowledge her.
"Come on, Cherry, get some water..." Sabrina gently shook Cherry.
Cherry still did not move.
"Cherry? Come on, wake up!" Sabrina shook Cherry even more.
Cherry did not even scold her for shaking her awake.
"Cherry...?" Sabrina was very worried now, she picked up Cherry's arm and dropped it and it fell straight down to the floor. "Oh, no!"
Meanwhile, Patch followed Alex into the other room.
"What does she know?" Alex grunted. "It is too always up to me... I've got all the forces of darkness out to get me, my protectors are nowhere to be found, my so-called sister is dancing the night away. I am not just gonna sit here!"
"Then, what are we going to do, Alex?" Patch asked.
Alex folded her arms and sat down, trying to think of what to do at a time like this. "I opened the door to Coventry before, so I can do it again..." she sounded more confident now.
Patch smiled to her. "Believe in yourself, Alex!"
"I'm the daughter of Aron," Alex continued. "All right, I just have to believe in myself and trust my powers... Believe in myself and trust my powers."
"Just focus!" Patch coached.
Alex nodded and tried to concentrate the best that she could on her own.
'You can do it, Alex.' Patch thought to himself.
"'Time for mother and daughter to reunite, open the gates to Coventry tonight'." Alex recited a spell to meet her long-lost mother, however, when she opened the door, she saw someone else.
"Thanks," Lucinda folded her arms. "If I'm not going to a party, I'd like to at least hang out in my room. By the way, your friend Cherry doesn't look so good, I think she has the flu or something."
This concerned them both.
Lucinda went into her room while Alex and Patch rushed to check on Cherry.
"Guys, she won't wake up..." Sabrina told them. "I tried to give her water, but she won't move!"
"She's looking pale, quick, check her pulse." Patch said, worried.
Alex took Cherry's hand and pressed her fingertips against it. She then gasped in horror.
"What is it?" Sabrina asked, now even more concerned.
Alex hung her head. "She's... She's dead..."
"What?! But how can she be dead?" Patch asked.
"I-I don't know..." Sabrina had tears in her eyes.
"This can't be happening!" Alex cried, she may not had known Cherry as long as they had, but she couldn't believe it. "I wish my mom were here..."
"Wait, your mom your biological mom should know." Patch smiled.
"But the spell I tried didn't work..." Alex reminded him.
"Try it again!" Sabrina urged, carrying Cherry in her arms.
"Um... Okay..." Alex then decided to try this in the bathroom.
Sabrina and Patch followed as Cherry's body wilted in the half-witch's grip.