Mr. Snipe wore his warlock uniform as he was reading a magazine at his desk as the classroom was empty as of right now. And where he saw the portal out of the corner of his eye and saw Atticus come in with the spell book. "Ah, Atticus." he greeted the Wiccan boy.
"I brought the spell book with me and I know that it's my Uncle Sombra's spell book." Atticus said firmly.
Mr. Snipe sighed before conjuring up a chair in front of his desk.
"Or... Were you about to tell me a little story...?" Atticus then asked.
"Atticus, it's about time that you learn more about your uncle, although Drell and Skippy might tell you and the others this in the future, but I think you have a right to know more about him." Mr. Snipe said.
"Yes, sir..." Atticus agreed as he took a seat. He soon placed the book on the desk in front of both him and the teacher.
"This book has brought nothing but heartache and pain for me and everyone who knew your uncle before he became the evil unicorn king you know now." Mr. Snipe sighed.
"I found it this morning..." Atticus said. "It came with a mirror."
"So, he still kept it ever since she gave it to him." Mr. Snipe frowned.
"Wait, are you saying that Uncle Sombra was-" Atticus said, having a feeling he knew what the warlock would say.
"Yes, he was in love with a crystal mare pony." Mr. Snipe smiled sadly.
"No way..." Atticus's eyes widened.
"Way." Mr. Snipe said.
"I wish I could have seen it with my own eyes." Atticus sighed.
"There might be a way." Mr. Snipe said.
Atticus looked in interest. "Please, if there is, let me see it..."
Mr. Snipe saw the look in Atticus's eyes and sighed as he knew the only way was by the crystal in the middle of the front of the cover. Atticus looked down to the crystal.
"Repeat after me," Mr. Snipe said to Atticus before looking down to the crystal. "'Crystal powers with darkness light so bright, Please show me my uncle's past and I hope it's right'."
"'Crystal powers with darkness light so bright, Please show me my uncle's past and I hope it's right'." Atticus repeated.
The crystal soon on the cover soon shined bright and then showed them both Sombra as a regular unicorn before he became evil. Atticus and Mr. Snipe flinched from the bright lights and looked at the vision of what Sombra was like before his corruption.
"Is that my Uncle Sombra?" Atticus asked.
"Yep, that's him." Mr. Snipe nodded.
"He looks so different..." Atticus said. "What happened to him and who was this Crystal Mare Pony he was in love with?"
"Well, you see like you he just loved to read and where he even started to learn different spells and the crystal pony mare was actually Princess Celestia." Mr. Snipe smiled.
"Whoa..." Atticus was surprised by that as well. "Well, I have a lot in common with the reading part and ever since I came to Oakhaven, I've been practicing spells which led me into coming to these magic training lessons."
"Oh, yes," Mr. Snipe agreed to that. "We have heard about you being Delilah Fudo's nephew before she vanished from her husband and daughter years ago."
Atticus smiled before he saw that his Uncle Sombra's cutie mark didn't have black crystals for a cutie mark but red crystals.
"They were very happy together and where he wanted to impress her by somehow upgrading his magic to something more powerful." Mr. Snipe said.
Penelope poked her head in as she started to eavesdrop on Atticus and Mr. Snipe's private conversation.
"Dangerous?" Atticus asked.
"Yes, the spell he was about to learn was a dangerous spell indeed it allowed the unicorn to have incredible magic powers, but it would also turn that pony evil," Mr. Snipe said. "Just watch and you'll see."
"My goodness..." Atticus took note of that. "He saved my life when I was a baby, if it wasn't for him, I probably wouldn't even be here right now."
"That was both the goodness still inside him and the evilness inside him." Mr. Snipe said.
Sombra began to yell out in pain as the spell began to take over him. Atticus couldn't help but feel sorry for Sombra as he was going through painful transformation. And where after the transformation was done, Sombra now looked exactly like he did now.
"Look familiar to you now?" Mr. Snipe asked.
"Definitely..." Atticus replied.
Atticus then saw his uncle become the evil king he is now and was making all of the crystal ponies his slaves.
"Whoa..." Penelope's voice whispered.
Atticus and Mr. Snipe looked over to the young witchling.
"Oops..." Penelope grinned nervously. "Um, hi, there..."
"You might as well come in, Miss Batsworth." Mr. Snipe sighed.
Penelope walked over. "So, why you guys talkin' about King Sombra?" she then asked. "My daddy says he's nothing but a good for nothing unicorn who should become upholstery furniture."
The image soon ended after the Crystal Empire disappeared.
"Miss Batsworth?!" Mr. Snipe glared.
"What?" Penelope asked, not feeling like she did anything wrong.
"Thank you for telling me more about him, sir." Atticus said to Mr. Snipe.
"My pleasure, Atticus, if you have any other questions your parents don't answer for you, please don't hesitate to ask me." Mr. Snipe replied.
"Yes, sir." Atticus said about to leave.
Mr. Snipe allowed him to go. Penelope watched Atticus leave and decided to follow him. Mr. Snipe saw the spell book and just knew that it would possibly lead to trouble.
"So, what's new with you, Wiccan?" Penelope asked Atticus.
"Oh, nothing, just that I just found out that my uncle, the evil unicorn king, was once not evil." Atticus glared.
"No way!" Penelope sounded astounded.
"Way..." Atticus nodded to her.
"Hm..." Penelope shrugged. "Some people say my dad's a bully."
"With how he treats Skippy at times, I can understand why they would call him that." Atticus said.
"Oh, please, Daddy's just playing..." Penelope scoffed in dismissal. "Unlike that uncle of yours, my daddy is kind, caring, sweet, and warm."
"He tortures my best friend!" Atticus reminded her.
Penelope shrugged. "Maybe she deserves it."
"How does she deserve to be tortured?" Atticus asked.
"Maybe she's a terrible person..." Penelope said. "Why do you hang around her anyway?"
"It's because she's my best friend and was my very first friend I ever made before being reunited with my family." Atticus said.
"Well, you know what they say, you can pick your friends..." Penelope shrugged.
"Don't you have something better to do?" Atticus glanced at her.
"Not really." Penelope smirked.
"Then I guess I could always test my magic and strength out on you." Atticus smirked.
"You know what, I just remembered I have a an appointment with one of my friends." Penelope smiled nervously before teleporting away.
"That's what I thought..." Atticus nodded then. "Stay away from my friends." he then walked off.
A while later at the Spellman house...
Sabrina was out with her friends, so Drell came over for dinner and insisted that Zelda stay since he had a surprise for them both.
"Dinner is served." Drell gave pot roast to the Spellman sisters.
"Um, thank you, Drell, that's kind, but why am I here?" Zelda asked.
"Why, I believe you ladies are having a stressful time of year by raising your niece in your brother's absence, am I right?" Drell prompted.
"You would be correct." Hilda sighed.
"We love Sabrina a lot, but it can be exhausting sometimes..." Zelda added in. "Especially since Quigley left us in charge after we became adults again."
"Well, I have a proposal..." Drell prompted. "SKIPPY!"
Skippy ran right over, his clothes looked a mess and he had lipstick kisses all over his face as he handed an envelope to his friend.
Drell took the envelope and opened it for the sisters and showed them what he brought for them. "Bam! Two exclusive passes to the Netherworld Spa!"
"No way! Where did you get these?" Hilda smiled.
"You let me worry about that," Drell pressed his fingertips together. "I figured you ladies deserve a little weekend to yourselves."
"Oh, but what about Sabrina?" Zelda asked. "She's fourteen now, but we can't leave her home alone."
Drell shrugged. "Hire a babysitter? Either way, I think you ladies deserve some time to yourselves and if you like it enough, maybe next time, you can bring her along."
"He's right, Hilda." Zelda said.
"Well, it might be a good idea..." Hilda agreed. "Oh, a weekend at the spa!"
Zelda smiled with her.
Drell smiled since they were happy. "You can thank me late-"
Hilda kissed him right on the mouth and sat on his lap lustfully. "I'll thank you now."
"I'll take it." Drell smiled.
Hilda giggled.
"Manners, you two..." Zelda folded her arms with a smirk as she was still there, killing the mood and ruining their moment together.
"Just be happy I included you." Drell said to Zelda.
"Mm-hmm..." Zelda smirked.
Skippy giggled to Zelda which made Drell bonk him on his head to make his hat get stuck again.
"No problem, Zelly." Drell teased in the last bit.
"Don't call me that." Zelda glared.
"Oh, um, right..." Drell shrugged.
With that, Drell, Hilda, and Zelda then ate their dinner.
Halfway through the dinner, Hilda decided to call and tell Sabrina the good news, she added in one detail, but of course, Sabrina was excited about her aunts going away for a little while that she forgot the detail about the babysitter and she got so excited that she decided to tell everyone she knew.
"So who's going to be the babysitter?" Drell asked.
"One of Ms. Miller's friends," Zelda said. "Mrs. Pratt I think her name was."
"Why not let Patrick babysit?" Drell asked.
"We need someone who can keep Sabrina in line as well as teach her how to be a proper young lady, she's been spoiled lately." Hilda said.
"Okay, if you girls insist..." Drell shrugged.
Skippy was confused why they chose Ms. Miller's friend.