Halloweentown 5 One Last Stroke of Midnight

by Joshua Hallett

How the Cromwells reestablish their place in Halloweentown.

Halloweentown 5

One Last Stroke of Midnight

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Halloweentown or any of its existing lore with that said there will be a few OCs of my invention along with my ideas of where the cancelled fifth movie could have gone. Rated TV-14 for some violence and sexual content.

A few years had passed since Marnie and company had defeated The Dominion. They were now preparing to graduate from Witch University or as it was now known Cromwell University. It was now under the direct leadership of the Cromwell family with Gwendolyn Sabrina Cromwell-Piper being the new Chancellor after the position was turned down by her mother. As the oldest Cromwell siblings prepared to graduate Sophie had just completed her first year at the university. Under the new leadership witches and wizards were once again permitted to use their magic on University grounds so long as they weren't using them in classes shared with non-wizards/witches. This was mainly done as it was evident that most students were using their magic outside of classes anyways and after the debacle with The Dominion none of the magically inclined staff were willing to sign that agreement. Professor Periwinkle stayed at the school despite her undercover mission being over and Uni was back to how it should have been.

Chapter 1

Graduation and Proposal

Twas the night before graduation and all through the castle not a person was stirring not even an asshole. Marnie lay in her bed thinking back on her time here at university. It was funny as at the start of last term the three Cromwell siblings had been reunited as Sophie had started her first year at the school whilst she and Dylan had started their last. She still was unsure why he'd decided to stay instead of transfer to a school in the mortal world, but she never asked. Just then she heard a swooshing noise and looked up to see her Gene Roommate beam in and materialize in her bed. This was made weirder by the fact that she was wearing nothing but a thin sunset pink nightie with midnight blue pasties and an equally blue thong. Marnie stared at her bast friend and roommate for a second unsure what to say. "Sure, they had seen each other in underwear before, hell they'd seen each other nude before but never in such close proximity or in such a suggestive setting." Marnie pondered.

"Why are you dressed like that lying on my bed?" Marnie asked when she found her voice. Aneesa giggled, "I wanted your opinion on how I look in this! Before I reveal it to my boyfriend!" Marnie stared up and down her a few times then said, "Oh he'll love it. Heck if you have more sexy outfits like that, I will need to borrow some for when Ethan and I have our hot date night separate from the double! Speaking of could you put on your outfit for that before they gets here. As in that outfit I am quite sure I can't blame him for getting the wrong idea. Or worse yours…" Aneesa returned her gaze then scanned her roommate and asked, "What do you need my lingerie for that tight tube top and booty shorts seems suggestive enough and if those dots are any indication you're not wearing a bra, though I do see the strings of your thong." Marnie gave her a snide look then snapped her fingers and she was dressed in a mini dress that was still reasonable for going out on a date. Aneesa giggled teasingly "I liked the other outfit better!" then disappeared in a cloud of smoke, before reappearing in tube top and mini skirt though it was clear she was wearing a bra and panties underneath. "There good enough, now we are modest enough for our double date with the guys. Those other outfits are for when we are alone with our boyfriends. For our true first times I suppose since he and I have only fooled around…unless you are withholding information about how far Ethan and you've gone." Marnie rolled her eyes and then said, "You know I would tell you just as we've discussed everything that has been done. Even though I feel you go into a lot of detail I didn't need to know. I don't know what you see in him!" "Well, you go into detail about you and Ethen too and I know you don't get it due to you own circumstantial blinders." "Yeah the difference is Ethan isn't your little brother!" Marnie retorted. Anissa giggled once more before saying, "You choose to listen." Just then a knock came at the main door and the girls walked out and opened it to see Ethan and Dylan standing there.

Ethan was dressed in his usual suave way and he pulled flowers out of thin air. Marnie smiled then kissed him. "I can't believe you ever gave up your powers…even if it was only for a fleeting time." Ethan just smiled as he held her in his arms. Then Dylan and Aneesa both said, "Are we going or not" as they munch on the chocolate he'd brought her. The other two looked at them and then nodded.

The four then headed down the hall and down the stairs. A few steps down Aneesa looked at Dylan and said, "I want to try something…Hold tight." Dylan just tightened his grip around her and a cloud of smoke engulfed them, a few minutes later they both rematerialized at the bottom of the stairs. "So, I can move more than myself so long as I have physical conduct short distances at least. I think though You might have to channel your power for us to go longer distances love though, because even that took a lot of concentration." Dylan just smiled as Marnie and Ethan appeared beside them, "If you two are done…" Marnie started. "We do have a date to get too!" Ethan finished. The four then made their way outside where Benny was waiting to take them into town. "Hey kids, where too." Benny greeted as they climbed in "Hi Benny, to the town square." Ethan said. The others said hello as they got on their way.

Within a few minutes they were racing away from the school and towards town. Has he drove Benny went on his usual ramble of bad jokes and puns, "Hey kids, what did the skeleton say when it was confused?" "What?" the kids said. "That's a Skull Scratcher!" they laughed politely as he pulled up to the giant Jack-O-Lantern."

They then headed to Pollo's Pizzeria for dinner. After dinner they headed to the movie theater. "Theater 13, row M, seats 10-13" The ticket man said as he handed them tickets to Monster Mash. As they enter Marnie and Dylan paused. Both shuddered a bit and shared a meaningful look. "They've fixed it up nice." Marnie managed. "It's okay, it just like the rest of the theater now…those times are behind us." Dylan said trying to conceal his own flashbacks. This is when it hit the other two. "This is where your Mom and Grandma were attacked by…" Ethan Stop short. "Kalabar!" Aneesa finished. The two just nodded then headed to their seats. As the movie came on both couples settle down and watch. Soon they were laughing and enjoying the movie. Marnie rested on Ethan's shoulder as Aneesa lay against Dylan's chest. The movie was quite entertaining. As the movie continued the two siblings managed to put the theater they were in aside. At least until the end when the screen faded out. Something shadowy moved and a chilling whisper reached the ears of the Cromwell siblings. "Hello Cromwell Children, You may have destroyed my old body…but my spirit and shadow have meshed together…the day I return will come soon…HAHAHA…" Both shuddered again as the phantom voice of Kalabar rang in their heads." Both instinctively looked around but they saw nothing threatening just people leaving the theater and their dates worriedly looking at them as they both slunk down. They knew whatever they'd just heard was only heard by themselves. "Are you two alright?!" Aneesa asked as she hugged the shuddering Dylan close and Ethan pulled Marnie up who showing true fear on her face buried herself in his arms. As the two tried to explain what happened they noticed a figure lifting another and they her a voice say, "Sophie wake up…what wrong with you." The four rushed down to see Sophie laying barely conscious in her girlfriends arms. When she saw her older siblings also with fear in their eyes she managed in a whisper, "You heard it too?!" It wasn't a question. The two older siblings knelt down and pulled up their sister and leaned her into Kayla's arms. Meanwhile Kayla, Aneesa, and Ethan all just looked confused. Marnie thought fast then said, "We need to talk to Mom and Grandma fast. No one enters this theater till we talk to them. Sweetie go tell the theater this theater is out of commission…whatever you need to do. Kayla go inform our mother we need her here. Aneesa same to you for our Grandma. The three of us will stay and compare notes and start putting up wards." None looked like they want to leave but each gave a kissed and did as stated.

Ten minutes later Gwen and Aggie came running in whilst their significant others stood at the entrance, as they couldn't get through the wards as they were set to keep all who weren't Cromwells' out. "What happened?" Gwen asked as she saw all three of her kids looking pale and scared though their basic strength had return as they worked together. "You look drained. Gwen help me reinforce the wards they put up why they explain why they're here." Gwen nodded and the two began. The three shared a look before Sophie wave a hand making the ward open just long enough for Ethan, Aneesa, and Kayla to enter then resealed it. Dylan then began, "First, do you recognize this theater?" The two witches looked around and a sense of recognition hit them like a brick. "It's where we were entrapped by my ex…" Gwen said with chagrin. Aggie glared around as if looking for some sign of what it used to look like. "They fixed it up." She commented. "That's what we thought when we first arrived." Sophie said, "But then as the movie ended…something happened to us." When it was clear she couldn't finish Marnie looked at them and said, "We all three heard HIS voice." This gave both women a reflexive shudder. "What did he say?" Aggie asked as she looked around. "Something about how his body was destroyed but he" Marnie started "…Clung to life by meshing his spirit and shadow together…" Dylan continued "And that soon he'd be able to return…then he laughed." Sophie finish falling into Kayla's arms for the second time in the last hour. All three then said, "Please tell us this was just some ptsd induced vision as that's not possible. Right! Right?" The two older witches looked at one another and then said. "Dark magic can achieve things most think would be unnatural and impossible. Such what your describing has only ever been a rumor but never something anyone was able to prove to be possible or otherwise." "There was also that shadow I thought was a trick of the light. I think it may have been real now." Dylan said as his sisters nodded that they'd seen it too. "Whatever this is. I say we seal this theater for the time and figure out how to proceed. The Cromwells plus Ethan and Kayla performed a massive enchantment sealing the theater. Then left and Aggie modified the employees memories so they thought the theater was out of commission as it was decided it was too dangerous for anyone else to know what had happened.

The next day Marnie woke up her head foggy. She looked around to see she was in her room and things seemed normal Aneesa lay in her bed though she too seemed to be awake. "Do you remember anything that happened last night after the movie? Aneesa asked as she pulled pack her bed curtain. Marnie opened her mouth ready to say something then realized there was a blank spot in her memory between the movie ending and them returning to their room. "Just returning to our room, though I am certain we ran into Sophie and Kayla at one point." The two got dressed and headed to meet the others for breakfast.

Meanwhile Dylan and Ethan who had shared a dorm since sophomore year were discussing the night before as well. They came to a similar conclusion as they met the girls at a table for breakfast along with Sophie and Kayla. The Six ate and discussed everything but couldn't produce anything so they moved on. Gwen stood at the head of the dinning all and said, "May I have everyone's attention…Will all members of the Graduating class please go get dressed immediately after breakfast we will be starting the Ceremony at 11:30 and we would like all graduates to have plenty of time to get into the hall before everyone else arrives around 11."

As the graduating class left Breakfast Marnie and Dylan noticed their Grandma walk by she gave them a nod before asking "Is your mother still in there?" The two nodded and Grandma was off again. "Is it me or does she seem a bit distracted?" Marnie voiced. "It's probably nothing." Dylan said though he didn't sound convinced as they headed back up the stairs. Dylan and Ethan went in their room and then the girls teleported the rest of the way. The girls changed out of their basic jeans and t-shirts for their nicer clothes. As Aneesa pulled her dress on she said, "I can't believe we made it. Zip me up won't you" Marnie nodded still pondering the strange gap they all seemed to have as she raised her hand, however, before she could lazily flick it Aneesa stood next to her and said, "Manually, u seem to off for me to let you use magic on me. Marnie didn't retort as she zipped her friend up and felt her friend then do the same for her. They looked in the mirror, Marnie in sleek midnight purple while Aneesa was wearing her favorite shade of sunset pink. All right time for the cap and gowns." Aneesa said and then in a gust of smoke two graduation robes floated towards them and wrapped around them whilst their caps landed firmly on their heads. They then put on their heels and headed downstairs to join the other graduates. Soon they all lined up organized by last name. The staff took their seats at the top of the room on the stage. Then everyone else entered filling the stands on either side.

Once everyone was seated Prof. Periwinkle rose from her seat and headed to the center of the stage. "Welcome everyone, please give a round of Applause for the Spring 2010 Graduating Class." With that the class paraded into the room and took their seats. Once they were seat and the cheers quieted down Prof. Periwinkle said, "Please give it up for our University Chancellor Gwendolyn Gwenevere Cromwell-Piper." Gwen stepped forward and Dylan lean over and whispered to Marnie, "I think mom intends to show us up!" It was then that Marnie notice the dress her mother had chosen it was orange and black silk. "Thank you Prof. Periwinkle." Gwen said and then turned to the larger crowd and said, "Today we celebrate the graduating class including two of my own children." Marnie and Dylan both adverted the gaze of the classmates around them. Before we start handing out certificates let's hear from a few students. First from our Valedictorian Dylan William Cromwell-Piper." Marnie rolled her eyes as her brother went up because despite his initial dislike of magic and hesitation to use it he'd grown into a powerful and intelligent Warlock who even in the magical world had to be the smartest in the room. As he walked up to the stage he ruffled his papers and then approached the podium. He looked out and after locking eyes with Aneesa he began, "We have taken a long Journey to get to these seats and it has been filled with plenty of trials and tribulations from the changing staff to everyday questions of what we want to do when we leave here. This has been further compounded by the cultural shift we have gone through the last few years. I acknowledge my family's responsibility in pushing that change. As we were the ones to reconnect the worlds. I stand here as the first Valedictorian of a Class that is integrated containing not just Warlocks and Witches but representatives from all group across the realm. Further I stand here as the first half-warlock/half-mortal to be admitted and pass through this school. Something a much younger me would never thought I would be doing…" He rambled on for a few more minutes before exiting the stage and returning to his seat. After a few more speakers spoke the true ceremony began. "Natalie Nikkita Anderson, …, Aneesa Summer Bishil…Cassie Krystal Corvinus" Gwen said and they walked across the stage shaking hands with everyone and received their degrees…."Ethan Edger Edmin Dalloway." He walked across the stage. He smiled as he walked across the stage. As the ceremony continued names got more interesting. "Chester Charles Johnson,… Luke Michael LeSah,… Peter Tayler Lucianson,… Dylan William Cromwell-Piper." Dylan walked across the stage and looked very proper as he did so. Marnie Agatha Cromwell-Piper. Marnie too followed her brother across the stage and then Gwen got up, "Before, we call the last quarter of students we would like to remind everyone that there will be one last guest speaker at the end so please do not exit immediately." With that she continued. "And Finally, Markus Victor Vladson!" As Vladson returned to his seat, Gwen said, "Please give it up for our last speaker, most of you know her as Agatha Cromwell, a few of you might even know her by her original first name of Splendora, if your old enough, however, I know her by another name, Mom." With that Aggie appeared on the stage and looked out upon the crowd. "Thank you, for that enlightening introduction. Congratulations Graduates…." She spoke for a little bit then said, "You are officially all graduated from this University that sits on my family's old home… my old home!" With that many caps took flight and then rained down.

Later that day Ethan walked up to Dylan and asked, "Hey can I talk to you alone for a moment." Dylan nodded as the girls watch them walk off. Once they were alone and Ethan had cast a ward to prevent eavesdropping he turned to Dylan. "Dylan can I have your blessing to ask your sister to marry me?" Ethan inquire sounding smooth though there was some edge of nerve in his voice. Dylan was not shocked though he played it well. "Yes you may have mine. I was wondering when you were going to ask since I saw the ring box in our dorm. Though I would caution you to ask my mother and grandmother for theirs!" Dylan replied. Ethan smiled at this then nodded. The two returned to the rest of the party. Dylan then guided his sisters Aneesa, and Kayla away. Ethan though looked at both Gwen and Aggie as he worked up the nerve. "May I have the Cromwell blessing to Marry Marnie?" He asked. Both Women were quiet for a moment then said, "Yes." Ethan breathed and then smiled and they joined the others.

When Ethan came up to Marnie he said, "I am going to let you spend a little time with your family as I got to go deal with a few things, however, I'll pick u up tonight around 7 for a date just the two of us." Marnie kissed him then said, "Okay." And he headed off while Marnie and the others headed for lunch. "I wonder what he's up too, is he going to ask me to move in with him finally I mean we have been discussing it for the last 13 months or perhaps a proposal…I mean maybe he did steal Dylan away and hang back with Grandma and Mom for a suspicious amount of time." Marnie was so lost in these thoughts that she didn't realize they were at lunch until her siblings both yelled at her to keep up.

Later in the evening she stood in her room thinking about what to wear as she wasn't sure where they were going. "Aneesa!" Marnie called; Aneesa entered "Yes?" she asked in a smug way that said all to clearly she knew what Ethan was planning. "I don't know what to where since Ethan refused to tell me what kind date we are going on. "Well knowing what I do I'd say where that sexy outfit from the other night…though perhaps with a bra this time." Aneesa laughed. Marnie now was certain at least one of her two theories was true. She put on her midnight purple thong and pasties over which she put a midnight purple lace shear bra. Then she put on her tight purple booty shorts and purple tube top that basically only covered her breast. Aneesa scanned her and then said, "Good, looks great for the latter part of your date, now hold still." Marnie stood waiting as pink smoke filled the room and all Marnie could sense was Aneesa working around her. When the smoke cleared Marnie's hair and makeup was perfect and over her sexy outfit was a sleek red-violet dress with ornate depictions of roses, violets, and many other flowers. "Wow, but where did you get this." Marnie asked. "My mom owns a women's clothing shop in town called 3 Wears . It's a clothing shop for all occasions from casual to clubbing and dances to at home dates all the way up to weddings and funerals! When I say all that includes it being where I bought and buy my lingerie." Aneesa explained. "Isn't that awkward? Buying sexy wear from your mom." Marnie asked. "Not if you do your shopping when they're not there or they are in the back. She owns it, it isn't like she's up front most of the time unless she's requested as most of her time is spent fitting people, designing the outfits, or dealing with the business side of things." Aneesa answered.

Just then there was a knock on the tower window. Both looked up to see Ethan sitting there on his broom. Marnie climbed out of window and on to the broom. He then flew them off and landed in town. The two went to Gray Griffins Grill. It was Marnie's favorite grill across both worlds. "My lady" Ethan said as he opened the door for her and then entered. "Reservation for 2." Ethan said. "Name" The host asked. "Ethan Dalloway." Ethan said. "Right this way." The host said and lead the way to a table in the back. As they ate dinner the conversation turned to where they go from there. "So, tomorrow we have to leave campus yes?" Ethan asked casually. "Normal students yes. Me, not necessarily since it is my ancestral home, I and my siblings can stay along with anyone else we get approved by mother so I am fairly sure we are good." Marnie answered. "Well, that gives us a place for the short term as I was thinking now that we are done with school and both come from well off families we could finally proceed with actually finding a home of our own…that is assuming we don't want to just use the house I inherited seeing as my mom's passed and my dad's imprisoned for life." Ethan sound conflicted about that option. Marnie stared at him, "I say we can move into your family home in the short term, while we figure out what we're looking for in a home. Then once we do we can decide whether to simply remodel your family home or buy/build our own." She expressed this seemed to cheer him up. They then ate dessert and while Ethan waited for the bill he got up and walked over to Marnie and dropped to one knee "Marnie Agatha Cromwell-Piper will you marry me?" Marnie's head span as both theories were proven right back-to-back and she then nodded yes as she was lost for words. Ethan placed the ring on her finger and after paying the bill they left. Though they didn't go back to the castle.

They flew back to Dalloway Manner and after parking the broom in the broom shed with the others, they headed into the house. Ethan stared around and then said, "Welcome." Ethan said and then thought for a moment, "Let's just go to my old room tonight…I will give you a tour tomorrow. He lead her down the hall and down the spiral staircase to the basement. It was split into five areas. The area they walked into was a game/ entertainment area, off to the left was a grand office/den and to the right was three doors. "The middle one leads to my bedroom, the one on the left leads to my closet and the other to my bathroom and both the closet and bathroom have direct access to my room. The two then went into his room. He snapped his fingers and the room lit up. Ethan the gave her a quick kiss and walked into his closet when he emerged he was wearing nothing but a pair of silk sleep pants. He stopped short for a second as while he'd been in there Marnie had removed her dress to reveal the sexy outfit she'd worn underneath. The two came together and kissed passionately as they made their way to Ethan's king size bed.

As they broke apart for breath Ethan grin and said, "I say we even the playing field!" and soon her shirt and bra hit the floor and then Ethan laughed "Really?" he said before pealing the pasties off. He then groped her breast as he kissed her again. She pulled back and giggled, "I like making you work for the fun bags now kiss them." He just rolled his eyes as he went to work kissing, licking, and sucking on her breast. While he did this she pressed her hands against his abbs. Then they both simultaneously moved to remove each other's lower garments. Once nude Ethan mounted his cock between her bountiful boobs and moved it up and down. Once Ethan was hard he flipped so she could suck him while he ate her out. This was fun and went on for a while eventually Ethan added his fingers to fucking both of her lower holes while she stroke his cock in one hand and fondled his balls in the other while still blowing him. After they both had and orgasm they snuggled up and kissed. They stared at one another and then said, "Yes, we can, but only if you got protection. I am on the potion but still." Ethan smiled and pulled out a condom from his bed side table and then brought himself to her entrance. However, before he could start Marnie said, "Backdoor first!" Ethan looked surprised but not unenthusiastic as he repositioned himself. He slowly pushed in all seven inches of himself giving her time to adjust. Then he fucked her and soon both felt their orgasms hit. After they recovered and Ethan replaced the condom he slowly slid into her womanhood until he hit her wall. "Ready?" He asked. Both knew what would happened next and Marnie said, "Do it." So, Ethan pull back then pushed in fast and hard and Marnie screamed first in pain then pleasure as the scream transmogafied into a moan. They didn't last long and soon they both exploded and Ethan pulled out. They got cleaned up and then fell asleep clothes forgotten.

Chapter 2

Marnie's Witchy Wedding

Marnie woke up the next morning snuggle into Ethan's arms in his bed. She shift out of his arms and got ready for the day. As she finished drying her hair and getting dressed Ethan awoke and looked up when he realized she wasn't in bed. "Good Morning Love" she said. "Morning my bride to be!" He replied as he got out of bed wrapped only in a towel from the waist down as he headed to the shower. Soon thereafter he flashed to his closet and walked out of it fully dressed. "So, do you want to see the rest of the house first or eat breakfast, or head back to the castle and see friends and family?" Ethan asked. "What if we eat while you show me around?!" Marnie suggested. Ethan smiled before saying "We can do that. Obviously, you have seen my bathroom and bedroom. So, I guess we'll go through the closet." The two walked in and Marnie noted that it was about the same size as the bathroom which is to say it was about a 1/3rd the size of her tower bedroom at school. It was full of his clothes though if organize properly they could be consolidated. Ethan then lead her through the common area which was full of games and entertainment options. And then into the final wing of the basement which held an office/den space. In the den space Marnie even noted a kitchenet and a bar. "Yeah I basically live out of the basement from the age of 12 to now." Ethan explained. "There's even a door out the office that connects an unground tunnel to the broom shed." They then went upstairs to the main floor and he pointed out rooms, "In there is the formal family room, and across from that the formal dining room. Then there's the main floor powder room. And as we get to the back here's the informal living area, breakfast nook, Eat-in Kitchen and Butler's Pantry." Ethan walked into the pantry and soon returned with breakfast levitating in front of him and they continued. "Out back there's a deck, jacuzzi, and pool." Then he lead her up the spiral staircase, "This floor contains the guest bedrooms, guest bathroom, and servant quarters, not that we've had live in servants in a few generations. Not since my Grandfather became the owner. He gave his staff the option to live here or away he also raised their pay so they could live off our land. Then up in the attic is where the master bedroom, bathroom, closet, and both my parents offices are located. To be honest I haven't been up there since the day I was prepping to leave to the mortal world." He said this with an air of hesitation. Then added "In fact, I ordered it sealed off to all after having all photos and other likenesses of my parents moved up there." This statement was followed by silence. As Marnie finished her breakfast she hugged him close and said, "Perhaps we should head over to the castle now. All this about the attic are things to consider before we decide whether to move in here, remodel/rebuild on this land, or sell it and buy our own land." Ethan nodded finished his own breakfast and then they headed out to the shed and grabbed his broom so they could head to the castle.

When they arrived, they were greeted by a swarm of friends and the other Cromwell Children. All the girls admiring the ring. It was a white-gold ring with an amethyst jewel on top where usually a diamond would go. "Why and Amethyst?" Natalie asked. "Because it's both of theirs birth stone" Sophie Answered sounding rather unimpressed. "Well, that and purple is Marnie's favorite color." Dylan added. Marnie ignore her siblings bored and unimpressed tones. As a she knew both were happy for her and be they were just doing what siblings did. "You know it's funning as I happened to be informed that you two went with him to get the ring." This shut up her siblings. "Now where's mom and grandma?" She continued. "On our way." Came a gleeful shriek. A second later the two women landed their brooms. Ever since moving back Gwen had pick up her broomstick again. The two immediately looked over the ring and both smiled. "Kinda cheesy but sweet." Gwen thought but outwardly said, "It's beautiful." Grandma hugged them both. Then asked, "So when are you gonna start planning, I am not getting any younger. Besides, it would be nice to have a Cromwell witch in the family again who has a living spouse…or warlock!" she muttered the last bit in Cromwelsh So only the Cromwells understood. And while the others didn't know what she said they deduced it was about Dylan given she had looked right at him and he'd blushed. Gwen rolled her eyes before say in Cromwelsh, "William passed away only 13 years ago meanwhile my father's been gone since before Marnie was born. In fact, it was his death that made me leave for the mortal world and decide I wanted to stay there at least at first." The two women looked at one another clearly this confession by Gwen was something that Aggie didn't know. Then Aggie in a trembling voice asked in the family language "Is that unstated reason why you stopped using your magic even before William gave you a happier reason and that truth something you hid from me and them?" Now everyone looked confused. "Let's leave it for now, I'll explain when we don't have a crowd so we can speak plainly as my children might need some clarification in English and I don't wish for it to leave the ears of our family." Aggie nodded.

Most of the afternoon was spent celebrating the couple's engagement. Then as dessert ended Gwen stood and said, "This has been a wonderful celebration and I invite all to stay here if they like or return home tonight however I must ask all not of my clan to find another place to hang out including my future son-in-law." They all rose and exited, then Gwen cast a spell to seal the room and make it so know sound could travel in or out of it.

"Yes mom, I know I left right after the funeral and at first I was planning I leaving for just a little while. I needed a break given how dad died. Then I met William at a party I thought I would simply be attending as a last ho rah before returning home, however that didn't happen and why is kind of obvious." She then turned to her children and said, "Remember how I always kept magic away and when you finally did find out I was always warning you about the dangers of magic and darker forces." The three nodded though said nothing. "Well, what I didn't mention was why or at least not the only reason why. I just used the reasoning I told myself after a while which was that your father was mortal so you'll might as well be. Your Grandfather, My Father, Fredrick James Crawley was a powerful warlock and your grandma's true love as he was the first to support her name change and lifestyle change. He was even a member of the Council of Seven which can be thought of as the anti-dominion. Anyways during most of my life I loved my life and being a witch until my Father was struck down by a group of dark magic wielders who were leading the charge against the immigration and equalization of all races across Halloweentown. You see it was one thing for the non-warlock/witch groups to be free of slavery in their view it was another all together for them to have the same rights as us. That disgusted this group. I didn't know until you were faced with the modern incarnation that they were one in the same." The siblings all looked shook at the revelation that they'd never known their grandfather because he was killed by The Dominion. "Anyways, after his death I found out about all the History of our Family and Halloweentown that my Parents and other elders had hid from me. Including why they killed my father. After all his Death was the last casualty before the secret war ended as his final curse seemly obliterated the forces of The Dominion and those who were left went into hiding…until they returned to attack us once again four years ago." "I was trying to protect you and stop you from going after them as I wasn't prepared to bet your safety on the idea you wouldn't try and get revenge for your father's murder as he knew it was a risk and a sacrifice as asserting that much power alone would leave him defenseless to any enemies who survived and none of his Allies were in a position to help." Aggie said. "I know that now, but 22-year-old me just finishing up university didn't nor would she understand why so much was kept from her. All she knew was her father was dead, her mother depressed and mute on anything beyond 'your father was killed in the line of duty' as I knew he was the leader of a wizarding paramilitary force. I was sad and after his funeral which was manage relatively quietly as mom wanted a private ceremony though she did allow for the military and noble honors to be held after his body was buried. After these proceedings I looked for information and after discovering as much truth as I could I left disgusted and angry about how my Father's sacrifice was downplayed and covered up and how my mother had allowed it to happen so I left. I didn't renounce my abilities because at the time I thought I would return one day, but from their we all know the rough story." There was silence and eventually Marnie asked, "Besides dad did you ever think you were staying in the mortal world and hiding the truth from us in order to not give into the temptation of getting revenge…perhaps even considering that if you trained us then you may have even potentially ingrained in us a level of power and skills that would help you achieve it?" No one spoke for a few and Gwen looked her eldest daughter straight in the eye and said, "Revenge had sat on my mind for a while, however, when you were born I decided the greatest revenge I could give was to make my home dimension think my line ended with me. It would ruin any evil's ability to convert my family to dark deeds and perhaps in a sense get some petty revenge on mom for all she'd kept from me by keeping our greatest secret from her Grandkids. So even she accepted the magic would end with me and the Cromwell name would die with her. As I had pretty much renounced and forsaken it!" Gwen finished her tail and no one spoke it was just tears and quiet whispers. The rest of the evening passed with many more secrets being divulged by Aggie and by midnight there wasn't one secret the three kids didn't know. They all left a lot closer but also a lot sadder and with the knowledge they'd soon see their maternal grandpa's grave!

The next day the family plus their guest gathered for breakfast in the dining hall. "After breakfast, the Cromwell Clan will be going to visit the family graves, if you wish to join us you may, just please be quiet and respectful." Aggie said to the room at large. In the end the only ones to join the family were the significant others of the Cromwell-Piper Siblings. The eight of them followed Aggie through a hallway and out a door that had been sealed by magic. "I don't recall this door ever being here." Ethan mused. "That's because it was sealed and hidden by Cromwell Magic when we left the school so no one but we could get to the family Mausoleum or at least no one else could without us." Aggie answered. "Hang on, why would dad be here if you gave up this place long before he passed. I remember him being buried on the grounds of Crawley Estate. His Family's home." Gwen inquired. "Oh, he is, I just thought we go to our direct lines tomb first since we're here." Aggie replied, then opening one last secret door she lead them into the Cromwell Mausoleum. Everyone other than Aggie looked around and the uncountable amount of coffins and earns made of precious metals with ornate gems and carvings. Aggie herself walked up to a Double Casket and staired down at it. It was gold and encrusted with gemstones it read "Here Lies King Marvin Splendos Wylit May 5th 548 AD-October 10th 1006 AD and Queen Gloria Marnie Wylit-Cromwell July 7th 549 AD-October 17th 1006 AD." She looked down for a few minutes at her parents graves before the rest of her family joined her although none had known them they deduced from Aggie's body language and how this had been her first stop that these were her parents.

There were 6 secret doors that now appeared the two on the right wall read "Wylit and Le Fay." The two on the left were "Sanderson and Spellman" and finally on the back wall read "Crawly and Corvinus." Gwen scanned each and then turned to her mom, "What were they like?" without looking away Aggie said, "They were great, wise, powerful, strong willed, good rulers, but most of all they were kind and just." Everyone smiled at this and then Marnie asked, "So what's with the other portal doors Grandma?" Aggie looked at them all and then said, "Oh well all 7 of the Noble families of old are connected by blood or marriage at one point or another in History and so while the technical Mausoleum of each family sit's on their Ancestral plots some are buried in the plot of the family they married into so to make it easier for visitors they connected them by portals, however, regardless of where their bodies or ashes were laid they have a marker in both." She then walked over to another tomb marker this one cast in platinum and brass and it read "Here marks the spiritual lay of Fredrick James Crawley August 6th 986 AD-1986 AD husband and Consort to Princess Splendora Agatha Crawly-Cromwell 988 AD-?" Aggie read it then said, "Gwendolyn," Gwen looked up from the coffin and into her mother's teary eyes and asked, "Yes?" "Promise me when my time comes to put me here and correct my name as Agatha S. Crawley-Cromwell both for my name and dates and where they have it carved on your Father's I chose to give up my title in life I don't need it permanently in Death. That goes both for this one and the spiritual one that will be put next to your Father's body in the Crawly Crypt!" Gwen did not want to think about that eventuality but she nodded accent. After Grandma gave a in depth history lesson while strolling among the tombs of their ancestors through the different portal she ended at the tomb of her late husband in his family's crypt where his actual body was laying. She smiled somewhat sadly then said, "Someday I will reunite with you in the next world and when I do, boy do I have stories to tell about your feisty and stubborn daughter." This made everyone laugh as Gwen said, "Oh right I nearly forgot whenever I was in trouble with one I was the other's child." This made everyone laugh as they return to the castle for lunch. Despite the morbid morning movements, they were all in good spirits as they joined the others in the Dining Hall.

A few weeks passed before everyone was together again and Marnie and Ethan stood up and called the attention to them. "Family, Friends, thus far we have been rather quiet on things as we discussed our wedding alone however now we wished to announce a few things and ask a few. First we are looking to have a fall wedding next year. Speculatively we are discussing the date of Friday October 7th 2011. Now for the asking part." Ethan broke off and Marnie turned to her younger sister, "Soph will you be my Maid of Honor." Sophie half yelled half squealed, "Yes!" then Marnie turned and said, "I would also like for: Aneesa, Natalie, Cassie, and MiKayla to be my brides maids." Her friends instantly agreed, however, Kayla said, "Sure but only if you swear not to make me use my full name on anything just put or say Kayla." Marnie nodded and then they were quiet. Ethan looked at his friends then said, "Pete will you be my Alpha Best Man?" Pete smirked at the wolf joke before howling "Yeeeesssssss!" They all laughed then Ethan asked, "Dylan, Chester, Luke, Markus. Will you be my groomsmen?" They all agreed. "As for the rest of you, your all invited." The two said looking at Sophie and Kayla's friends along with many of their other friends who'd shown up since the news broke. "Mom, Grandma, will the two of you walk me down the aisle?" Both looked happily at her and just nodded. "From now on, those who are part of the wedding will be involved in all decisions and we will figure out when to all meet, but for now, let's eat and just enjoy this night." Marnie said raising her glass. They sat and did.

Time passed and wedding plans began to come together, Sophie and Kayla and their friends started their sophomore year at Cromwell University and Marnie, Ethan, Dylan, and their lot started moving on. Ethan had his inheritance, but he also took up a position in the courts as a judge. "Why that job, it was the same feel He was in." Marnie asked him one day as they finalized their plans for restructuring and remodeling Ethan's Family estate. Ethan looked at her then the house then back and said, "For the same reason I decided to keep the house. The position is something my families been doing for many generations and one my father did faithfully for long time until the time that he didn't. The main reason I took back my powers was so I could redeem my family name and perhaps one day my father's misdeeds will not be what the name is associated with but rather it will once again be known for its reputation of decisive and strict but not unfair judgement." After this Marnie just kissed him goodbye and went inside. She was currently working from home on wedding plans. Due to their combined wealth and Ethan's income, she had decided not to get a job right away although she intended to after the wedding. Her brother and their other friends had all gotten jobs and/or inherited money and/or positions at family companies.

Months passed like this and finally they were sending out official invitations, finalizing the catering, location, and all the other nitty-gritty details. The men went out and rented tuxes and Marnie was excited when Aneesa and the girls showed up on Saturday September 17th and Aneesa said, "My mom is waiting for us, she's even going to be the one to measure all of us herself." And with that the girls headed to the shop. Mrs. Bishil welcomed them as they arrived at the shop and turned to Marnie, "So, Marnie what is it your looking for in your wedding dress? Also, what colors did you and your groom chose so I know what your brides maids need. Well, my Maid of Honor will need to be fitted in a dark purple dress, with each brides maid down the line's dress being progressively lighter. My own dress will be white with a sash of purple that ripples from darkest purple to lightest. I would like all to be slightly showy in their dip but still modest." Mrs. B. nodded then lead them over to the wedding dress section. As she began to fit them Ethan and the boys were over at the Warlock's Wearhouse picking up their suits and ties. Along with making any final size changes as needed.

It was a very successful day and the wedding got closer. On the Saturday before the wedding both Ethan and Marnie went out with their respective groups. "So, Pete what have you cooked up for my Bachelor party." Ethan asked as they headed towards town. "You'll find out." Pete said. Soon they arrived at the Arch De Mollio. "I figured since this is your last night as a free man we would enjoy those things that made our teens so fun in the extreme." They enter the building it was similar to a mall except all the stores were replaced with arcades, a movie theatre, laser tag, a bowling alley, paintball, and other active and passive entertainment and in the center of this ring of fun was a massive food court. "Before we get started, two questions, Do we want to eat first and where are all the other non-employees?" Ethan asked. "If you want we can eat first it your night. As for where everyone else is…!" Chester began looking at Pete. "Well since my parents and Chester's combined own the place they rented the place out to us for the night." Pete explained. With this they went to the food court and grabbed food and seats and ate for the next hour while planning to hit everything they could starting with the mini golf course and they would end it at the arcade and indoor mini theme park.

Ethan and the guys played mini golf and bowling and paint ball and laser tag before deciding to go to the theater for a bit in order to have a breather passive activity. "This way said Pete as he lead them to theater 6 row 9. As soon as they were seated the illusion lifted and instead of a screen being mounted on the wall there was a set of strip poles and out came the girls. A purple troll simpler in looks and stature to Natalie, a vampire, a witch, demoness, a werewolf, sorceress. The six began their erotic dance as they slowly peeled away at their nine thin layers. And with each article lost the distance between the young men and the stage seemed to shrink. Until the last article was gone and the girls were just above them. The purple troll dropped down over Dylan, the vampire over Pete, the werewolf over Markus, the witch over Luke, the sorceress over Chester, and the Demoness over Ethan and so the lap dances began. None of the men spoke and after the show was over the strippers left and the boys had no time to think before a voice spoke on an intercom, "We hope you have enjoyed the preshow now on to the feature presentation." With that the screen reappeared and they binged magic movies. Then as the night drew to a close they went and did the final activities. The theme park was fun and not having to wait in line ruled. Finally, they went and blew about $600 a piece at the arcade and walked to the ticket both with so many tickets between them they were able to get 1 of everything a piece.

Meanwhile Marnie and the girls went to the greens and they flew around for a while before stopping and eating then they went roller skating and ice skating and after about 4 hours they were tired so they went to relax at Cassie and Natalie's place and as soon as Marnie sat down the girl rolled in a giant box. "I swear you better not have…" but her words were cut off as proof they had popped out and Marnie and frankly all of them were distracted as a group of guys of various Mostraces including wizard, warlock, sorcerer, gene, goblin, and a werecat began to perform their synchronized strip tease. The werecat then went up to Aneesa, the warlock to Natalie, the goblin to Kayla, the sorcerer to Cassie, the wizard to Sophie, and the gene to Marnie and in tandem they gave the girls lap dances.

After the strippers left and they had eaten cake Aneesa shared a look with the other brides maids and Sophie before she disappeared and reappeared however Marnie was still blinded by gene smoke and when her sight returned her best friend stood there in her favorite piece of lingerie and strutted up to Marnie and whispered, "when I asked you if you thought he would like it, it wasn't simply because you're his sister but because I knew I'd be able to gage your opinion. You do like it on me don't you?" Marnie just stared up and down her best friend and said, "That's not fair you get me riled up from a dance and then ask how you look in erotic clothing…of course you look great. I know it looks better on the floor though." Marnie soon regretted those words as Aneesa outfit easily slipped off to reveal her flawless naked form and as Marnie looked around the others had also removed their clothes including her not so little, little sister. Marnie hadn't ever really paid much attention to it before but Sophie had the bigger breast of the two of them though as she did a quick scan she was happy to note she still had the plumper ass. She then took in Kayla, Cassie, and finally on Natalie who was if only by a slight margin the best developed out of all of them and adding to this fact was the fact that her skin stood out the most as she was a pink troll with magenta tits and fuchsia hair along with a carpet that matched the drapes. The six soon melded together into a room and Sophie said, "The rules are simple, each of us will take a turn pleasuring the Bride to be and receiving from her, as Maid of Honor I will go first and then simply down the line. The rest may fool around with one another until and after their turns."

As Sophie walked up to the bed she stared at her older sister and Marnie stared back. They came to the silent agreement that in this moment their status as sisters would just be set aside. Marnie was still a little nervous but as Sophie closed the gap she smiled and quipped, "Just lie back and let a pro show you how it's done…after all it's not often I can claim and back up that I am better and more experienced in something then you." Marnie rolled her eyes and then they began to kiss, their hands explored one another, and eventually other body parts were rubbing together and eventually the deed was done. Aneesa went next, then Cassie, after her was Natalie which had a few interesting distinctions because of some minute physiological difference in how they react to stimuli, and lastly Marnie was finished by the other actual lesbian in the room. Prior to this Marnie had only fooled around with such things with Aneesa and they had never gone to the depths they'd gone this night. Although while she had slept with all of them fully and completely along with each of them having slept with each other so completely it was all four of the straight girls admitted their two best times were when they had gone with Sophie and Kayla. The six eventually got dressed and after one last exchange of kisses the four who didn't live their show themselves out.

The next day Marnie and her friends were getting ready on one side of the lavish castle chamber while her soon to be husband and his Groomsmen got ready on the opposite wall. Ethan straightened his tie and soon he her a voice say, "I wish I could be there, for your special day, but at last I am still trapped for now. Ethan just glared at the image in the witches glass, "Your just lucky you get to see me in anyway on this day given you still have another year on your sentence." "I mean to be fair they could only charge me with tampering with the evidence of an experiment and corruption as technically my overall intentions weren't evil simply my methods got out of hand. Though to be fair if she had taken Mr. Sech's offer none of it would have happened and her family could have returned to Halloweentown had they wanted too." Ethan just glared at that, then Dylan said, "It's time to go." He then looked at Mr. Dalloway and said, "You also would have failed overall as you failed to remove my or Sophie's magic and we could have transferred it to our the three. I get why you ignored me despite me being there, you knew I didn't care and probably wouldn't do that, as for Sophie well I never understood that because it was her feeding power to them that allowed the other 3 to recall their power to themselves and restore the borrowed energy from her." This revelation annoyed Mr. Dalloway as the final piece to the puzzle of why his plan was just put into place by the Cromwell boy." As Ethan finished tying his tie Dylan snapped his fingers and said, "Say your goodbyes as I am putting your father on mute diluting his image so he can see out but no one can look in." the two shared a curt goodbye and then Dylan snapped a second time and the spell was complete. The two marched out and Dylan put the glass in its place before Ethan proceeded down the aisle after the brides maids and groomsmen immediately in front of him stood Pete and Sophie who took their respective spots and then Ethan walked down and stood at the black alter. He looked about the hall and would have never believed it was constructed along with the rest of the castle back in the late 560s early 570s. He however didn't have much time to ponder this before the wedding march began and Marnie began down the aisle with her Grandma on her right and mom on her left. "Here comes the bride all dressed in white…" and Marnie reached the alter and Gwen handed her daughter's hand into Ethan's and then she and her mom took their seats in the front row. Once everyone was in their positions the minister rose, "We are gathered here today to witness the union of Marnie Agatha Cromwell-Piper and Ethan Edger Edmin Dalloway. Will the groom please flip the vail?" Ethan did so and looked into Marnie's eyes as the Minister continued, "Do you Ethan Edger Edmin Dalloway take Marnie Agatha Cromwell-Piper to be your lawfully wedded wife in good and bad times, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health?" "I Do!" "And do you Marnie Agatha Cromwell Piper take Ethan Edger Edmin Dalloway to by your lawfully wedded Husband in good and bad times, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health?" "I Do!" "You may kiss the Bride." With that they kissed and as they separated the Minister said, May I Present Mr. and Mrs. Dalloway." The crowd cheered.

Dylan quickly zapped the glass while everyone was distracted turning it off completely. The crowd then headed for the reception hall. The reception was great and it was fun when they used magic to levitate the cake and chop it with a mini guillotine. And they handed out slices. Once everyone was seated with their food and drink Ethan chimed his champagne glass for attention. Everyone looked up and he said, "Thank you all for coming to celebrate this momentous occasion for Marnie and I." Marnie rose and added a few things and after a few speeches by the Bestman, Maid of Honor, and others they all raised their glasses and toasted, "To Ethan and Marnie." Then the feast began. Finally, a few more ours passed and after the last dance Marnie shouted, "Alright ladies gather up behind me!" Marnie tossed the bouquet and then turned to watch as all the girls scrambled and when things settled it was Aneesa who came up with it. "Guess you're on deck little brother!" Marnie whispered to Dylan who'd been standing nearby watching. He smiled, "I know, when you get back from your Honeymoon you're going to help me find the perfect ring." Dylan responded in Cromwelsh. Before Marnie could reply to Dylan, Sophie also in Cromwelsh said, "I'll help you…we both will." "Agreed, now perhaps we should go back to english." Marnie muttered in Cromwelsh ending their convo. Just as they finished Aneesa managed to extradite herself from the crowd to run up to Dylan. He kissed her and then they walked the newlyweds out to where Benny was waiting though he'd switch into his fancier outfit for the occasion. And had his taxi looking so shining you might mistake it for a miniature limo. "Your luggage is packed and ready." Benny said. The two got into the back of the card as a crowd formed to wave goodbye and the two were off.

As he drove them down to the countryside Benny told many a bad skeleton marriage puns. The absolute worst though had to be when he asked, "Hey lovebirds, what did the groom skeleton say to his bride on their wedding night?" "What the two asked apprehensively. "I'm happy we can finally exchange marrow between our bones." The two shook and were glad when they arrived at the cabin a few minutes later. "See you at the end, enjoy your stay in Hallow Manner." And as soon as the last of their luggage was unloaded Benny was off. The servants soon showed them to their quarters and laid down their luggage and then left. They even saw one attach the "Do Not Disturb" sign to the outside of their door as he left.

The two quickly removed their garments and wordlessly they decided no protection was needed as they wanted a family and if fate willed it now then it would happen. The two then began snuggling and cuddling in the bed and soon were fooling around the entire room and they ended up finishing in all sense of the word in the jacuzzi tub in their bathroom sweet. As Ethan rose he quipped, "At least finishing here makes it easier to clean up." "We could just use magic you know." Marnie retorted. "Yes but where's the fun in that." Ethan replied as they stepped into the hot shower and clean each other off. Soon after that they laid in their bed and relaxed. "Worst case we keep trying." Marnie noted as they faded into sleep. They enjoy the resort and tried every night for kids.

When they arrived home they decided, "Maybe fate wants us to get a pet first." Ethan suggested. As if to answer them they heard cries from outside and the two found 4 spotted pups of unknown origin wondering around as if lost. The two carefully approached the four puppies and noticed they were watching carefully and after a few minutes they approached the two humans with caution. "They don't seem to have any tags or anything, in fact it almost seems like they might have been abandoned." Marnie said. "We should get and experts opinion. We should know what we are dealing with. However, as Ethan turned to call someone the pups followed as they were scared to be left alone and Marnie smiled as she made sure they kept up. Ethan put them in a courtyard and called the vet's office. Soon Mr. Fenrirson arrived and inspected the little pups and soon rose. "You got yourself a group of hyena pups 2 males, 2 females. If you'd like I can draw up the work for you to make them legally your pets however you will have to have them get all the proper shots and procedures before you let them inside and free roaming of the house and property.

Marnie and Ethan discussed the matter in private and then said, "We like to adopt them, how soon can we get everything done." Mr. Fenrirson looked at a booklet then said, "I can get them in for shots today if you can bring them back to my office and from there I could do the Procedures in the morning if you just leave them there tonight. The two each grabbed 2 of the puppies and proceeded to the office. When they arrived, the puppies were taken off to get their shots. The two spent the night trying to think of names. When they woke up the next day they ate breakfast and then received a call and rushed to pick up their pups. "The two with purple collars are female and red are male." The vet said, "Just one last thing to do and that's name them." The nurse said. Ethan walked over to the two males and said, "I dub thee Emerik." Then he turned to one of the females and said, "I dub thee Ruby" Marnie then stepped up to the female and said, "I'll call you Amethyst." Then turning to the male, she said, "And you shall be known as Garnet." And with that they left with their four hyena pups for home after signing several forms.

Chapter 3

Dylan and Aneesa Get Married

A few weeks later as October drew to a close Marnie and Sophie arrived at Dylan's Apartment and Marnie ask, "So are you two living together yet?" "Officially no, unofficially yes! We are looking for a place to call ours when our leases end in a few weeks." Dylan answered. "Are you staying here or going home?" Sophie asked. "I'm leaning towards the mortal world but I haven't managed to convince her so we are going to look at a few options in both. Mom is ready to even sign the house over to me since she's barely been there since taking the posting of Chancellor." "Jeez am I the only one who's going to indefinitely have to buy a place. You moved into Ethan's and you might get our house." Sophie grumbled. "Hey, we are putting a lot into remodeling and rebuilding that place to get rid of some of the dark stains." Marnie retorted. "And I haven't convince Aneesa yet. Plus, mom isn't just handing it over I still will have to pay just at a reduced price." Dylan replied.

The three then headed over to Jaden's Jewels and Gems Store. And a bearded young dwarven man walked up to them his name tag read Jared and he asked, "How may I help you?" Dylan looked at him and said, "I'd like to look at your engagement rings." He looked over the young man and lead them to a section. Dylan looked at them and turn to his sisters, "Any suggestions or are you just looking for yourselves!" Marnie stepped up next to him and suggested, "Go with something that's pink with hints of orange." Dylan pick one that looked nice. "Where's Sophie?" Marnie asked. "Right here." Sophie popped up." She was staring at a black ring, however, quickly returned to them. After using Sophie as a model since she had the same finger size as Aneesa, Dylan purchased the ring and they left.

"So how are you going to propose?" Marnie asked with a smile on her face…"Forget how! When are you going to propose!" Sophie cut in. Dylan stared at his sisters before saying, "I have a few ideas and after we've figured out where we are living." Both looked annoyed at him for dodging the questions but were unable to interrogate him further as Aneesa was walking towards them. "If you two are done with your brother I would like my boyfriend back." The girls scowled as Dylan smiled and they headed off. "He just doesn't want us showing up." Sophie said. "Probably because he'll do something corny and doesn't want us to mock him mercilessly." Marnie replied as she and Sophie both laughed at this. As they walked into Marnie's yard they were ambushed by the four hyena puppies who charged to meet the new person." Sophie did her best to pet all of them at once as Marnie introduced her to the four pups. "Only you would find baby hyenas and take them in as pets rather then send them to a zoo or release them safely back into the wild." Sophie commented, however, Marnie simply chuckled and said, "Says the one on the ground playing with them."

Elsewhere Dylan and Aneesa had just finished looking at their last house in Halloweentown and Dylan called up the portal. "From Halloweentown depart me now back into the mortal world I take my leave." A flash and crackle and a blue door appeared and through it they stepped and on the other side they stepped onto the porch of the Piper house. "I would have use the portal that go straight in but I figure it was proper etiquette to arrive on the front porch." Dylan said as the portal vanished. "Right you are." Gwen said as she appeared in her old realtor uniform and unlocked the door. Gwen showed them the house even though Dylan new all of it. Gwen even show Dylan something he didn't know and that was how they had expanded and revamped the magical extension so it flowed more with the actual house. He also noticed had Sophie had helped redecorate. He was impressed and new his little sister would make a great artist or decorator regardless of which world she lived in. After the tour Dylan and Aneesa sat down and discussed all they'd seen. "I do like it here and we could work with it, But how would I get to and from Halloweentown when you're not here." Aneesa asked. This made Dylan smile as he had anticipated for this snag and turned to his mother. "Is it ready to be tested." "If you're ready to help me with the last enchantment." Aneesa watched the two as they walked over to the magic door and perform a duplication spell then together they called up a portal and shoved the mass into the door frame then Gwen went through and appeared on a witches glass. "Alright it took me exactly where we wanted it too now let's use the anchoring spell." Dylan and Gwen both muttered another complicated spell all the magic was done in Cromwelsh. Then Gwen walked back through. "Perfect." Dylan turned to Aneesa. "This door is a permanent fixture tied to the house by Cromwell magic. So long as someone in our family can call it home the portal may be accessed and used by anyone who hold connections to Halloweentown. It is fixed so that you or any user would come out in my Grandmother's basement. From there you can go wherever you need to go. If you still want us to simply live in Halloweentown…all of the magical parts of this house will be undone and it will be sold to just regular old mortals." Dylan and Gwen both laughed as at one point That's all Gwen wanted for her children. Aneesa could see how much it meant to both of them to keep the place. "We can keep it." Dylan was elated he gave her a kiss and while Gwen went off to filed the work as she was both seller and realtor Dylan got down on one knee. "Aneesa Summer Bishil, now that we have a home to call our own would you marry Me." Gwen froze as she walked back in and The other Cromwells had just stepped through the now fixed portal and the sisters grinned, "Told you it would be cheesy." Marnie said to Sophie. Aneesa stared at Dylan stunned for a second then pulled him up into a passionate kiss ignoring the fact that his whole family was watching and pulled away just long enough to say, "Yes." Before kissing him again.

The duo looked around as more people stepped through the portal to congratulate them, but after an hour everyone left, except Ethan, Marnie, and the other members of the Cromwell coven. Aggie looked at Marnie and Ethan and said, "Why do I get the feeling you two came here with ulterior motives?!" The two looked at her, "Well not to steal the spotlight from the happy couple, but we have some exciting news of our own." Slowly Marnie unfurled her arms. "I'm Pregnant." This made everyone cheer and Aneesa said cheekily, "You better pop them out and be back to proper size by my wedding." Marnie looked at her and said, "That's on you not to set the date till after I have the child…or children." She said this last piece so only Aneesa heard. Aneesa smile and nodded, saying "fair enough." And then everyone else left and Aneesa and Dylan sat in the living room. "What was that last part my sister said?" Dylan asked. Aneesa was quiet then said. "You can't tell the rest of the family she wants it to be a surprise." "Okay." Dylan said. "She might be having twins." Dylan was quiet for a minute then said, "Oh because one spawn of those to troublemakers isn't enough." He laughed.

"So are we just keeping this place as is or what's the plan in the short-term as long term of course will put our mark on it." Aneesa inquired. "Well, my family will be by to collect the last of their stuff over the course of the next week and then we can look at what remains and figure out how we want to configure it. Until then we can sleep in my old room. Once my mother's stuff has been removed we can move into the master. Starting tomorrow we can go collect your things and any of mine that are still in Halloweentown." Dylan replied.

The two walked up to Dylan's old room where he cast a quick growth spell to make the bed roomier. She then slipped into something more comfortable as they lied in Dylan's bed and watched random tv and snuggled. After a little while both got a little more daring and they began to cuddle sensationally and soon any remaining clothes they'd been wearing were gone and the sixty-nining began. They played through all their fun and then Aneesa turned with a sly smile on her face and said, "I want to do something new something more." Dylan watched her as she crawled up and kissed him then she said, "We could break that final barrier with protection or you could take my ass for the first time without it." Dylan didn't have to think about it, he hated wearing protection magical or mortal. So, he picked her up and lined her up doggie style before thrusting into her big bouncy round rump. She screamed and moaned in pleasure as his hands held and played with her caramel melons. She rock on his eggplant until it exploded out it warm white milk. He pulled out and used magic to clean them up.

The next few days passed as the rest of the family moved there stuff out and Aneesa and Dylan brought stuff in including buying new furniture. "So now that we are finally settled tonight will be the first night we sleep in the master. Unless we want to reconfigure the house to make you old room into the Master." Aneesa said as Dylan prepared them breakfast. "I am open to possibilities I suppose we got to think it through because I don't want to put too much magic in the reconfiguration that we have to worry about our neighbors noticing and to reconfigure it the mortal way would take more time and money."

They eventually did decide to reach a middle ground by getting reconfigure in a more subtle way by hiring a remodeling agency from Halloweentown. Once the house was done they invited both their families and their friends over to see the house. They were all impressed. Chester and Natalie came through holding hands. Cassie and Pete were busy walking through their old quarters arm in arm. "We didn't simply invite you here to just look around, we also want to share details about our wedding plans." Dylan said and this got everyone's attention and they gathered in the living room. "We have been discussing our wedding, we really want a spring wedding however since we want Marnie to have her kids first we are looking at Spring 2013." Aneesa stated. Everyone was quiet then she added "Obviously, papa will walk me down the aisle. I was hoping Marnie you would be my Maid of Honor. Natalie, Cassie, Sophie, and Kala will you be my brides maids?" All five girls agreed. Dylan turned to the guys and asked, "Luke, will you be my Best Man, Ethan, Pete, Chester, and Markus, will you be my groomsmen?" they were all very agreeable.

As they planned their wedding they sat on the deck looking over the big back yard. "You know the one thing we're missing?" Aneesa asked excitedly as an idea came to her. "Please don't tell me kids." Dylan said drinking his coffee. "No not yet…I was thinking more about the pitter patter of little paws." Dylan was quiet then said, "Dogs…I like dogs I am not a cat person." Aneesa smiled as she wasn't a cat person either. Later on, that day after work the two went out to some shelters and pounds in the area. Eventually they wound up at Never Cry Wolf Rescue and Adoption. "Hello, what can I interest you into today." A young man said from behind the counter. "We are looking for a dog or a few dogs to adopt." Aneesa answered. "What kind of environment do you have." "We have a 4,000 square foot house that sits on about 2.25 acres of land front to back." Dylan answered having looked at the specification before they left." The man smiled as this qualified a lot of the dogs they had presently. "How big of dogs would you like to have at full growth? Also, at what age group would you like to look?" The man asked as he wrote down the info he'd been given so far. The two looked at one another before Aneesa said 50lbs plus and preferably between 6-18 months." The man scribbled this down and then said, "If you follow me I will show you our section with the puppies. "Oh, as we go what is the max amount of dogs you'd be up for getting both physically and financially." The two consider this for a while as finances weren't a problem they both came from well off families plus both made good incomes. They thought about physically though and then Aneesa said, "We'd cap out at six." The man looked delighted at this as he rambled on about how dogs were social creatures with pack mentality and he always advised getting at least 2 especially if all owners were going to be out at work at times. They then walked into a room and saw all sorts of puppies running about.

Aneesa instantly gravitated towards a beautiful pure white puppy with ice blue eyes. The dog watched her and sat staring at her before sniffing her hand and allowing her to pet it. "This one. I want this one." Aneesa said as the dog followed her back toward the employee. "Hmm." Dylan looked up from where he was crouched over a red and brown furred German Shepard mix he was petting. He smiled and then said, "I like this one. Two are definitely in our budget." As they went to picked up the dogs the two ran toward a group of four others who were watching separated from most of the chaos. Dylan and Aneesa along with the employee followed and then the employee smiled. "I see these six including the two you chose seem to have formed a bond have become a pack." Dylan and Aneesa looked over the other 4 dogs all who seemed to be hybrids and Aneesa looked at the betrothed and said, "We did say six was our max." He consider that for a second then turned to the employee and asked, "How soon could we adopt these six?" The employee looked absolutely delighted that they didn't want to split up what the shelter had affectionately named the Oddball Pack and said, "Let me check." He dashed off and soon returned with two other staff members, one of which was clearly an assistant manager. "So, you are looking to adopt all six." The two nodded. "Very well, We'll set them aside for you while we run all the info and go through the paperwork. The other two employees leashed up the dogs and lead them to a holding area while the A.M. lead them to the front and pulled up the information on the group of dogs. "So, all of them are approximately 12-18 months old and are distant wolf dog hybrids. The closest we are legally allowed to sell in fact. The white one who we dubbed Snowball is part Artic Wolf and part Samoyed and she was born November 17th 2010, The gray one is Grace and she is part Grey Wolf part Husky and was born Nov. 27th 2010, the final female is Mallery the platinum one who is part Alaskan Tundra Wolf and part Alaskan Malamute was born Nov. 7th 2010. The three boys you chose are currently known as Isaiah, Rodney, and Archie. Isaiah is an ivory-colored Iberian Wolf-Pitbull mix who was born 10/10/10. Rodney is part Red Wolf and part German Shepard and is the oldest of all of them being born August 9th 2010, and finally there's Archie who is part Arabian Wolf and part Rottweiler who was born September 30th 2010." The two looked over all the information then signed the papers. "You may take them home today with the understanding that someone will be out in a month to insure they have had all their necessary shots and procedures under penalty of law if not done or you may come pick them up in two weeks and we will do all those things for you at a slight fee." The two consider this before Dylan asked, "Can we run the numbers." "Certainly. The pet adoption fee itself is $100 per dog so right there your base is $600. If you do all the medical stuff through us you'll probably spend around $1200 total. If you want to do it through a local vet it could be as much as $200 per dog on top of the adoption fee and that's with insurance so right there it's already $1800s and it could be higher depending on insurance though it's unlikely to be lower." After a lengthy discussion they decided to just let the Shelter do all the work. "Very well. You pay $600 now and $600 when you pick them up, with how things are going they could be ready in anywhere from 7-14 days. When you come in if you wish to change or officialize their names we can do that as well by printing tags for collars that is one of our few free services though you'll have to pay a fee if you want official certificates because that's generally handle by the dog veterinarian when you set that up." The two nodded before petting the puppies and heading out.

11 days later Dylan received a phone call. "Is this Mr. Cromwell-Piper?" "It is." "Hi this is James from NCW, your dogs are ready to be picked up." Dylan smiled and said, "We'll be right over." Then called Aneesa who came sprinting down the stairs and off they went. Soon they arrived and picked up their puppies. Aneesa named the white snowball: Andromeda, the gray one changed from Grace to Narcissa, and Mallery became Bellatrix. Dylan smirked at the names before name the boys as follows: Isaiah became Saruman, Rodney became Radagast, and Archie became Gandalf ." Once each was fitted with a collar with their new names Dylan paid and they brought home their new dogs.

The next several months passed as they planned the wedding and Marnie slowly expanded. Dylan, Aneesa, Sophie, and Marnie stood in the kitchen of Dylan and Aneesa's home. "So, what colors are the two of you thinking?" Sophie asked as she was drawing up design choice for them for the wedding invitations. "Well, Dylan want's blue involved and I love beach sunset pink…I mean we are going for gamers theme…" Marnie looked ready to say something snide instead she hollered, "Owwwwww," the three rushed to her. "they're kicking." She heave a breath and then a shock wave went through her body and she managed, "Get me to the Hospital I think my water just broke." Aneesa took charge saying, "Help me get her to the portal…then Dylan you should go get Ethan." "No Time. Dylan help me open a portal straight to the ward." Sophie shouted from where she stood next to Marnie. Dylan walked over to his little sister and together they chanted and soon a portal to the grand Halloweentown Hospital appeared and the siblings carried their big sister through with Aneesa running for the desk. "Hello, My shortly to be sister in-law's water just broke." The lady at the front desk looked up. "Ginny, Gabriel please take this patient to the Apolles-Rollan ward." She then turned to Aneesa and asked, "Is their someone here who can start filling out her information?" Aneesa was about to ask her siblings but Dylan had rushed off to go get Ethan and Sophie was walking with her sister. So, she started filling out the information she knew when someone stepped beside her and said, "I can take it from here." Aneesa looked beside her to see Mrs. Cromwell-Piper. The nurse turned to her and asked, "May I ask your relationship to the patient." Gwen looked up as she handed the completed forms to the lady, "I'm her mother." The nurse nodded and looked over the forms. While she checked them Dylan, Ethan, and Aggie came bustling in. After a few minutes of the nurse listing all their relations along with Gwen clearing up that the girl who'd gone with her was her sister they were directed to her room. "Floor 3 room 10." With this the group sprinted there.

As they approached the door another nurse greeted them. "She wants to see her husband, beyond that two others may go in at a time. One for now as her sister is still in there." Ethan walked in followed by Gwen. Soon Aggie joined them as Sophie exited. Marnie looked up as she went through contractions and grabbed Ethan's hand meanwhile her mom and grandma stood there. "How you doing?" "Well, the magic is help minimize the pain." Marnie managed. "Just think I went through it three time without the aid of magic." Gwen said. "Meanwhile I only went through it once and decided I was okay only having one kid." Aggie said. The two women laughed and after visiting for a few more minutes they left and Dylan and Aneesa came in for a bit. However, as she progressed in her contractions Dr. Diana walked over and said, "She has gone into labor will everyone else wait here or in the waiting room other than Ethan he may come along. The doctor, her team, and Ethan took Marnie away. In the room a little boy appeared followed quickly by a little girl. The nurses cleaned them up and then handed the boy to Ethan and the girl to the slowly recovering Marnie. The two looked at their children for a few moments before the doctor asked, "What will you name them. Dylan looked at the little boy in his arms and said, "Hello, Edward Ethan Cromwell-Dalloway." Marnie smiled and then looked at the little girl and said, "I dub thee, Agatha Gwendolyn Cromwell-Dalloway!" Shortly after this the rest of the family was let in to meet the newest additions to the family.

After the babies were checked along with Marnie and they were clear for release a while later the family escorted them home. "Now get in shape my Weddings only months away." Aneesa order jokingly. "Chill out I got nine months." Marnie retorted. Dylan and Aneesa's faces looked confused and then they both turned to Ethan, "You didn't tell her?" "I didn't get an opportunity. Besides, I thought you would since you saw her last." "Tell me what?" Marnie interjected. "We moved the Wedding up to March. So technically you only got 7 months." Dylan said. "And I need you down to size by February so we can do dress shopping and the rehearsal and all those other things related to weddings." Aneesa added. Marnie just stared and then just nodded before falling asleep.

Everyone left Dalloway House except Aggie and Gwen who decided to stay and help Ethan as he'd only been a dad for a few hours. They showed him the ropes and he was extremely thankful that he was able to use magic to change diapers. When Marnie awoke she saw her mother and grandmother each holding a child and asked, "Where's Ethan?" "Walking your guys Hyenas." Gwen said. Once Marnie was fully awake she took her kids and fed them each latching to a breast. "This feels weird." Marnie commented to the other two women. "Yes I suppose it is, though you have options I never did." Aggie smiled. "Yeah, think you were the only one I breast fed the whole time." Gwen said. Once they had their milk the babies were put to bed and the two ladies left.

Time went flying from there. Soon it was February and Aneesa and her bridal party were getting their final fittings done for the wedding. Aneesa's mom was of course going all out with her daughters gown as she was retailoring the wedding dress that had been handed down in her family for generations. Soon the rest were fitted and then they went on their way. Dylan too was wearing a family heirloom as he tied his father's old tie from his wedding.

As the night before the wedding approached everyone got excited. Aggie arrived at Dalloway Estate, "Great-Grandma is here to baby sit so you two can go have fun." Aggie said when the two opened the door. "I thought Mom would be with you." Marnie said. "Oh, she'll be here shortly, she got caught up at work. Something about breaking up an extreme display of public affection." With that she went in and the other's left.

They took their separate brooms and headed for the individual parties. Ethan was the last to arrive and the boys headed through the portal and out the front door. "So where are we going?" Dylan asked as Luke lead the way. "Yeah, why are we in a situation where we got to look human?" Chester complained. "Because I am taking us get food here and then we'll go do something that you can be more you for." Luke said. Dylan had a suspicion and sure enough they soon were at his favorite restaurant in the mortal world, soon they arrived at Plymouth Pub. Dylan was proven correct and knew his family had sold him out. The crew soon sat down and ate and drank and were generally merry. Once they returned to the house Chester said, "You win that was good eating." Luke smiled then said, "Well the rest is taking place in Halloweentown so you can unzip the human suit." In a flash Chester, Pete, Luke, and Markus resumed their normal forms. Then they went off to the arcade and finally ended their night by going to the club. Before Dylan could protest they sat him in the front row and each bought him a lap dance.

Luke as Bestman bought first getting him a dance with a sensual sorceress, then Ethan stepped it up by getting him a dance from the sexy succubus. Then Markus got him one from a Vivacious Vampire. Pete stepped up and got him a dance from the witty witch. Chester finished it out by getting him a dance from a giggling ghoul. The night ended with the rest each getting one dance. Then they returned to Dylan's House but to Chester's relief they were staying in so he didn't have to be humanified!

All the girls gathered at the great Pumpkin and Marnie noticed a shiny glimmer and looked over to see Rings gleaming on both Sophie and Kayla's hands. She looked at them and then asked, "Were you two the extreme display of affection Mom had to clean up earlier?" The two smiled, "Well had too is an overstatement she chose to." Kayla said. "Yeah, we simply both proposed to one another at the same time and then scream and kissed in the middle of the quad." Sophie said nonchalantly. "Just kissed?" Iliana laughed. "Yeah it was more of a full on makeout session." Jibed Lydia. "And it went on for long enough that our living wall couldn't keep your mom out." Lexi added. Justine, Joslyn, Alena, and Alison were just laughing. "Is that why you 7 are also here, I mean you're welcome to stay, but I am just curious." Aneesa ask. "Yeah pretty much." Joslyn said. "Well, that and we aren't allowed back on campus until these two return." Justine added nodding to Sophie and Kayla.

Soon the 11 girls went off and ate dinner at Mummy's Egyptian Café. Then they went to the mall as Aneesa being the fashion lover she is was given the shopping spree of a lifetime in St. Helen's only mall followed by a second spree in the newly constructed Halloweentown Mall. They all set their things down before reuniting. "Where do we want to go for the last part of the night. "Chester and Pete will still be with Dylan so we can use the four of ours place again." Cassie said. "Wait you four still live together, I thought you get your own places when moving in with your boyfriends." Aneesa asked as they headed there. "We will, as soon as our lease ends in June." Natalie said. Soon they arrived and waiting for Aneesa in the dining area was a giant cake. "I swear if their's a male stripper in there I will kill you." Aneesa said then smoke herself inside. There was no male stripper in their rather an Abercrombie and Fitch Guy named Zac who was holding up different outfits she could put her man in. He had started out in jeans and no shirt showing off his washboard abs. Then he slowly modeled each shirt. After this he removed the jeans he'd been modeling and cycled through them. Finally, he stripped down and modeled multiple pairs of boxers making sure to remove and put on each pair slowly so all his rippling muscles showed. At this point he was simply modeling what her man could look like with the proper workout and diet by removing all article and lifting weight in one hand and eating chicken with the other. Aneesa wasn't looking at this though as her eyes were fixed on the 8in erect meat between his legs. Before she could give into carnal lust the girls were all back out of the cake room. They ate the cake and then Zac reappeared and gave each of them a lap dance before getting redressed and leaving.

Aneesa was sad to see him go as she was still horny though also pleased as she didn't want to be tempted to much. She then turned to her friends and said "Alright ladies, time to pay your dues for making me this way. Strip and lick." It was long before there was an all-out lesbian orgy happening as all ten other girls converged on Aneesa and pleasured her til she passed out then continued the fun amongst themselves until it was time to go home.

When Aneesa awoke she found herself laying in her own bed wearing nothing but a thin pair of yoga pants and a blanket draped over her. She sat up not bothering to cover up as she looked around and noticed it was 7am. She saw a note from Dylan that read, "I will see you this afternoon my love. Marnie had Ethan bring me back to their place after my bachelor party as she made the comment I was bad luck for the groom and bride to see each other before the ceremony on the day of. Also, she and the girls will be their around 9 this morning to get you so you all can get done up together. By the way when did you get nipple piercings they look good." Aneesa read this last line several times before running to the mirror and staring at her tits. They looked relatively the same though hanging from her left tit was a gold piercing with the image of a sunrise and on her right was a silver piercing with a depiction of a sunset. "When did that happen? Is there any other surprises?" She slowly lower her yoga pants and sure enough depicted in ink was a noon sky on her left butt cheek and upon the right a midnight moon. But what drew her eye was the sun/moon piercing hanging out of her center. "Oh, I am going to kill them." Aneesa thought steaming at her friends. Just then all her friends walked it. "Ah, I see you are admiring our handy work." Natalie said examining her. "Before you boil over, Dylan like what he saw and as for everything below the waist it's all removable. That piercing is fake and the tattoos are printed with flash ink so you can technically make them invisible if you wanted. Just know if you keep them camouflaged for a week straight they will fade and after 4 weeks will be removed." Cassie explained. "What about the Nip piercings?" Aneesa asked a little calmer. "Oh, those are real just like your earrings. Though like your earrings we kindly bought you a whole set. Those are because you've been talking about getting your tits pierced since our second year of Uni." Marnie said.

Aneesa quickly camouflaged the butt tattoos uncertain whether she wanted to keep them however she left the piercings in as after her initial shock she like the piercings on her tits and she thought she might even get a real one in her nether regions one day after she'd had all the kids she'd wanted though she wasn't going to say that to her friends. They then got dressed although she took note as all the other's changed that she hadn't been the only one to get tattoos and/or piercing since the time she passed out last night. Cassie had gotten a jack-o-lantern tattoo over her breast and one over her nether that said portal port 1 and portal port 2 over her back side. Natalie had real piercing bejeweled hang from her voluptuous tits, belly button, and pussy along with this most of her body from shin to neck had tattoos. Though she cleared up, "I have had most of this for a while just camouflaged. The only new additions are the piercings and the Blue Cover my left breast just above my heart." Finally, there was simply Marnie and Sophie left and both were very tame compared to Natalie. As Marnie simply had purple amethyst tit piercings and an amethyst piercing in her belly button along with some small tattoos along her arms, belly, back and chest. Meanwhile Sophie only had one real piercing besides her earring which was a ruby down near her center and a few leg and but tattoos.

Soon they all covered up and got dressed as time was flying while they were showing off. It was not a minute too soon as Gwen and Mrs. B. arrived to double check their makeup and escort them to the venue.

Soon it was time. Dylan watched as the groomsmen and bridesmaids took their place then as Luke and Marnie walk down being his Bestman and Aneesa's Maid of Honor. He followed them and took his spot. Then it began "Here comes bride all dressed in white…" and everyone looked to the back as Aneesa walked down the aisle with her Dad and her Mother holding the train. As they made it to the alter Mr. Bishil handed his daughter's hand to Dylan and then he and his wife took their seats. Dylan lifted the vail and the ceremony began. "I Do." "I Do." "You may kiss the bride." They kissed and then turned to the crowd and Father Wisdom said, "May I Present Mr. and Mrs. Bishil-Cromwell-Piper" everyone cheered though the father looked winded after saying their long-hyphenated sir name.

The reception was fun though short as the two wanted to get straight to their Honeymoon. Before sneaking out they did the require dances and cut the cake. Aneesa then through the bouquet which landed in Natalie and Cassie's outstretched hands. "Guess will have to do a double wedding." Cassie joked. "I'd be totally okay with that." Natalie retorted. Soon after this the newlyweds left while the families that were now one continued to celebrate, most unaware the bride and groom slipped out given Marnie and Sophie were subtly using magic to make it appear as if they were still there. Though this ended soon as the two were getting tired and so the allusion versions announced they were leaving and thanked everyone for coming. Then in a flash they vanished.

Meanwhile the real couple was snug in a hotel snogging the night away. Only stopping here and there to shed another piece of clothing until they were naked and then they went at it, though they were careful. "I got to hope the pill works because I want you to raw dog it too, but I also don't want to be pregnant or at least not showing for Sophie's wedding." These words were soon forgotten as he busted through her hemingway and both came a number of times along with having many other activities. The rest of the honeymoon was spent enjoying time together and being thankful the pill had worked.

Chapter 4

Sophie's Sorceress Ceremony

As soon as they returned from their Honeymoon, Dylan and Aneesa notice planning for Sophie and Kayla's wedding were in full swing. The two knew this as a note was scribbled on a piece of paper on their dining room table. "Please join us for dinner tonight as Kayla and I have some wedding announcements and request to make." Love Sophie. Dylan looked at it and said, "Guess we better unpack and change, if we are going to be there in an hours' time." "Where are we meeting them, school's still in session so it's not like they can use the dining hall?!" Aneesa wondered. "Grandma's!" Dylan answered. The two soon were unpacked and changed do to Dylan using his powers to assist them. They then went through the portal and walked up from the basement. They were the last to arrive as Marnie and Ethan and All of Sophie and Kayla's friends were already gathered around the giant table. Grandma and Gwen were chatting with Kayla's parents to one side. Everyone looked up as they entered.

"Your late." Sophie teased. "A warlock is never late he arrives with his company exactly when he means too." "You stole that." Sophie giggled. "Not word for word." Dylan retorted. "Anyways, now that we are all gathered we can begin." Marnie said ending the standoff between the two. "Right, well my dad will walk me down the aisle and I was hoping Iliana would be my Maid of Honor, and Lydia, Justine, Alena, and Ashly will you be my brides maids?" They all nodded. "Marnie will you be my Maid of Honor? Willo, Allyson, Lexi, and Joslyn will you be my brides maids." All nodded then Sophie turned to Dylan and asked, "Dylan will you walk me down the aisle?" Dylan was stunned for half a second before saying, "Of course Soph." "As for the guys you can walk next to your girlfriends as neither of us have need directly of Groomsmen." The guys just nodded.

Time passed quickly and soon it was May 4th which for nerds like Dylan meant Star Wars Day, but to Sophie and her coven of friends it meant it was Graduation Day. "No dear, you can't go to your sisters Graduation dressed like a Jedi!" Aneesa said exasperatedly. "Fine." He said dejectedly. "You can where it later when we go to celebration." This cheered him up and he changed into proper graduation guest attire. Then they left and soon joined friends and family in the stands just in time to watch the graduates march in. They sat through all the introduction speeches and the valedictorian speech and finally Gwen rose and started calling names. "…, Jared David Allett, Joshua Carl Allett, …, Justine Julie Corvinus, Santiago Diago Corvinus, Joslyn JoAnne Crawley, …, Iliana Icarus Rolland-Kahlua, MiKayla Kala Rolland-Kahlua, Lenex Leo Libra, Lydia Victoria LeFay, …, Willo Crystal Lucianson, …, Lucifer Brazi Morningstar, …., Sophie Elizabeth Cromwell-Piper, …, Allyson Allo Rolland, …, Alena Alexa Spellman, ….., Ashly Victoria-Blaze Vladson, and lastly though certainly not least Lexi Leanne Wylit." They all went across in turn and when it was all over caps went flying and cheers exploded around the place.

From this point things seemed to go by fast and the wedding planning sessions were not dissimilar from the previous one, omitting only things that would be groom specific as obviously there was no need. The closest they got to this was insuring that the ties of the boyfriends of the brides maids match those brides maids dresses along with any other accents on their tuxes. The two bachelorette parties were virtually identical too each other and the one that came before with the only noticeable difference being the lack of a male stripper in their place were female strippers.

The day finally arrived and guest took their positions as all the many brides maids and their brides men walked down the aisle. Then the song began "Here comes bride…" Sophie walked down the aisle with her older brother escorting her. She were a black silk dress with a white choker. Once she reached the alter they turned and the song came up again as Mr. Kahlua walked Kayla down the aisle she was dress more traditionally with the only noticeable change being the black choker she were. When she reach the alter Dylan and Mr. Kahlua put the girls hands in one another's and began the ceremony. Ending in "I Do" "And do you?" "I Do" "You may kiss." The reception was fun "Alright everyone ladies line up. "We will each be throwing a bouquet. So, there are two chances to catch one." Kayla said. "Line up ladies!" Sophie said. Kayla throw first. Iliana caught the first one. Then Sophie throw and Justine caught it.

After the reception Sophie and Kayla left for the mortal world as they had agreed to spend the first half of their Honeymoon at Disney Land in California. They arrived around 7:30 in the evening so decided to order food to their room and chill for the night and they'd go to the park in the morning. As the two changed into yoga pants and sports bras their food arrived. "Thank you. Keep the change." Sophie said handing the delivery guy a $100 for their $60 food. He went away with a smile on his face as he'd just made $40. She walked back to the bed and sat down, "So what do we want to watch while we eat?" Kayla asked as she channel surfed while Sophie divided up the food and drinks. "Well, this is our Honeymoon so do we want to watch something fun, sappy, or erotic?" Sophie replied. "Will save that last one why don't we watch Hocus Pocus?" Kayla responded as she brought up Disney Channel as the opening credits rolled through. The two had fun eating and watching the masterpiece even singing along with all the witches songs. As the movie drew to a close Kayla said, "My only annoyance with this movie is the portrayal of our kind as evil although it soothes me to think of Allison as be a white witch. Also, Max isn't wrong, Allison does have nice yabbos." They both laughed and then Kayla moved quickly and grabbed Sophie's and said, "But your yabbos are nicer and my favorite." This made them both giggle as Sophie grabbed hers and said, "Same." They then made out while massaging each other's yabbos and eventually the sports bras were gone as they pressed them together. Then their hands inch further down and the rest of the night was a blur of pleasure.

The next the two headed off to the park from their hotel ready for a day of fun and magic. They hit every major roller coaster and played many games, so much so that by lunch they had to take a break to drop off their prizes at the hotel before returning to do all the water rides and remaining rollercoasters in the afternoon. They then watched the fireworks before heading back to their hotel. This became their routine for the next few days always ending with a classic Disney movie and sex.

When they finally returned home they found that Many engagements happened between the end of Dylan and Aneesa's Wedding and the days after their own. Chester and Natalie's double wedding with Cassie and Pete was set for November 12th 2013 then Lexi and Lenex set their's for December 24th 2013 after this they'd get a bit of a breather until March 14th 2014 when Luke and Iliana had their wedding set and then Justine and Josh would be getting married on June 8th of 2014. And the Bouquet just kept building them as Markus and Willo were set to get married in September of 2014. Then there was an elongated break until 2015 when there was Jared and Joslyn's wedding in January, then Allyson and Santiago's in April, then Lydia and Ashly's in July, and then the last couple to get married was Alena and Lucifer on October 5, 2015. During this wedding fazes children were also born to many of these couples and more would come as time passed. As the next few years passed and the next generation began to be born things seemed to be good and all was well, the three had forgotten the tribulation in the movie theater and Gwen and Aggie had even started to wonder if it had just been a case of massive ptsd.

Chapter 5

Goodbye Grandma

Aggie who was now very old indeed looked down at her youngest great grandchild Johnathan Dylan Kahlua-Piper-Cromwell born July 1st 2018 and smiled. Just then one her other great grandchildren appeared and one wonder "Why is it our sur names are in different orders Grandma Gwen. I mean mine; Aggie's, Kim's, and Lucas is Piper-Cromwell Dalloway. Will and Jayden's are Bishil-Cromwell-Piper, and then the Emily, Max, Marnie, Kenneth, Maya, and John's are Kahlua-Piper-Cromwell?!" Gwen looked down at the inquisitive 5-year-old and said, "I suppose it's just because of how they decided to hyphenate them. Your Mom wanted Cromwell to be dominate of her 2 last names while still respecting tradition of your father's being the last name. same I suppose with your aunt Sophie. As for your uncle Dylan, I think it's because he was a lot closer to his dad and felt it was important to keep his father's name as the last name for his legacy and that of his late father." Gwen answered before picking him up and walking over to her mom and having all the great grandkids say goodbye before taking them all back to their parents. None knowing this would be their last kiss goodbye from their great grandma, their last hug, and so as kids do the older few took it for granite before Jayden and Will were sent through the portal and the rest taken home to their families place in Halloweentown. Conveniently Sophie and Kayla live on an estate right across the street from Marnie and Ethan's.

After she dropped Sophie and Kayla's kids off she lead the four Dalloway children towards their home only to be stopped by Marnie at the gate. "What's wrong?" Gwen asked looking at her daughter. "Edger's here and demanding to meet his grandkids. In his words he's been out for nearly 6 years yet he stayed away getting his life back together." Marnie relayed all this in Cromwelsh as none of her kids knew it yet though her older ones would start their studying of it soon. In the same tongue that was foreign to the children, "What's Ethan saying." "He's telling him he needs to prove he's changed and gotten his life together to himself and me and then we can talk and perhaps arrange for him to meet his grandkids." Marnie answered.

Just then the hyenas came charging over to greet them all and there stood Ethan next to an older man that looked a lot like him. He gazed at the children from a distance then turned to his son and said, "Talk over what you need to but I have given you all the proof you need and despite my freedom I am living in the second home while you live comfortably in the estate that technically wouldn't be yours till I pass. Now open a door for me I am still on probationary magic and I have spent my limit for what I'm allowed to do outside my home for the day…I love you son." Ethan was quiet for a long time before giving him a half-hearted hug and opening a portal door. "Once your probation ends at the end of the month will talk more but until then I don't think so. Maybe the Holidays at earliest…I love you too dad." He muttered the last part and then sent his dad through the portal and after sealing it walked over to the others.

The kids looked confused and Marnie watched him, "You still care about him? You wanted him involved don't you?" It sounded a bit accusatory but Ethan supposed she had the right. He then said, "Yes, I may not agree with what he did or the ideals he held about it, but in the end I can't call my own father evil simply because he took extreme measures to do what he thought was right." "He literally took my magic along with my mother's and grandma's away for a short period." Marnie pouted. "To be fair that was partially your choice as you bet the family magic and didn't take the out when offered, that would have avoided that whole night. On top of that as I recall he left Dylan and Sophie intact so you could have drawn some magic back." Before Marnie could retort, Gwen stepped in and said, "Enough both of you. Let the past remain in the past and focus on going forward. Especially because now, you'll have a lot to explain as your children just witnessed all that." The two stared down at their kids before Ethan said, "That was my father. He made some bad choices years ago and it ended with him being in trouble and going away for a while and now he's back and wants to meet you all and insert himself back into the family, but your mother and her family don't trust him and I am personally unsure of his motivations as I don't know if he'll fall into old ways if given enough freedom or try and teach you all his ideals." The kids nodded despite their confusion as they were still very young and didn't know what ideals meant. All they knew was that there was bad blood between their mom and their dad's dad and then the family moved on to more pleasant conversation.

After the kids went to their rooms for the night Marnie and Ethan sat on the couch each with a glass of wine. "So, You want him involved more?" "Yes, He is their Grandfather and despite his questionable decisions in the past he's not evil he was corrupt and extreme but then if anything he was just the extreme of what our ancestors were who separated our kind from mortals in the past." "I offer a compromise, he can see them so long as it is under either your, my, or one of my families supervision and under one of our roofs at first then out supervised from now-the end of his probation at that point perhaps we can let them go out unsupervised, but if anything happens we hold the right to revoke his ability to see them or at the least see them unsupervised." Ethan was quiet then said, "I will visit him tomorrow after work and present him with this ultimatum and we'll go from there." The two then curled up on the couch and drank their wine and watched a movie.

The next day around dinner time Ethan walked in and behind him came the old man they'd seen yesterday. He was wearing a silk suit and he looked around. "I like what you've done with place." Marnie watch him with daggers but made no move to comment. Then Ethan crouched down as his kids came in the room and hugged him. A moment later Edger also knelt down and Ethan said, Kids this is my dad, your grandfather Edger Elliot Emmerson Dalloway. Dad this Edward and Agatha they're soon to be 6 on the 12th of August, Kimberley she will be 4 on October 14th and the tiny one is Lucas who will be 3 on November 15th and the fur balls heading toward you are our pet hyenas who you met yesterday." Edger nodded then petted the growing hyenas. As they ate Edger focus on talking to his grandchildren and Ethan while giving Marnie her space he knew she wasn't thrilled to see him nor did she trust him yet so he'd have to prove he was reformed.

The next day Marnie got a summons to come to her Grandmothers. She walked out the gate and saw Sophie who was holding her Savannah cat who had followed her out. "Now now, Rohan you have to stay here. Go play with Gondor." The cat whined then jumped back inside the gate and ran off to find her artic fox brother. "I still can't believe you named your pets after fictional cities." Sophie just turned and said, "Let's go." And the two jumped into Benny's waiting cab and they were off. "Here we are shay Cromwell." Benny announced a bit later. "Thanks Benny." The two went through the gate and to the porch. Dylan was the one to answer the door. "Do you know why we were called here?" Sophie asked. "No, I literally just got to the main floor when I saw you coming so I got the door." "Good, your all here." Gwen said her voice shaking just a bit. "What's wrong?" The three asked together. Gwen was trying to form words then said, "Follow me." They did and soon they were upstairs in their Grandma's Master sweet. On the bed lay their grandma though she did not look like herself rather she looked pale and clammy. "Mom they're here." Gwen said gently.

Grandma looked up from her bed and smiled. "I love all of you and your families, I am afraid though I will not see them grow up as my age has finally caught up with me. I mean I was born in 988 AD." She let out a little laugh. "I will be back with my dear husband soon and I will tell him hello, from you my daughter. However, I didn't simply call you here for goodbyes otherwise I would have summoned more people. I have decided since I only have a few day left at most to relay all the family secrets to you or means of obtaining them which can't be spoken allowed." The four gathered around and sat at her bed side. "First and foremost, when I die Gwen will become the head of the line unless you choose to officially renounce your birth right. On top of that due to how I changed the rule of Halloweentown you would also technically be able to claim the crown as a constitutional monarch as while I left the public Royle life I always had the option to reclaim it in a more limited capacity. If you do so ownership of the castle would revert back from shared with the university to fully own by our clan unless the deal is reworked. In the case that the castle isn't retaken this house will also be left to you Gwen. In the case you do retake it this house will be shared by you my grandchildren. All my remaining assets, money, and property will be divided so. The 33% that are strictly due to my royal heritage will be left to Gwen the rest will be split evenly between all of you or split fairly based on your definition of even trade. For Instance, if Dylan takes this house then that might mean he gets less share in the money and other assets."

They all nodded and then grandma continued. "Gwen you know where I want to be buried. Now as to our family secrets beyond those you've already discovered there is all the information in the library at school, however, all the missing material is actually in the back of the library behind a concealed door that may only be revealed and accessed by the reigning head of the clan so in other words Gwen once I am gone. Behind it you will find the remaining hidden part of our heritage. The lost quarter which I removed before vacating it. It may be restored once I am dead and buried. In the library itself you will find behind the farthest back bookshelf a tapestry that has our ever-expanding family tree on it. It goes all the way back to our earliest known Magical yet mortal like ancestor in Ancient Greece named King Alèxandros Erenyxbus Krómgoul who was said to be the Son of Hecate and King Eroneus.

Who himself was son of Erebus and Grandson of Nyx? Though King Eroneus was technically still an immortal even if he didn't hold enough significance to be held in the regard as a god given his love for and involvement with the Humans and Witches of the time and therefore known as a Magi-Immortalis. It showed in that he took a witch as his bride and when she passed after a few thousand years he accompany her soul to Erebus and it's said they still to this day lay in the kingdom of Erebus in a manner conjured for them by Erebus himself and decorated by Nyx." Everyone stared at her. So, our rule lineage goes back thousands of years up until you left the post?" Sophie asked. "We're long since descents of Gods?" Marnie burst. "Well according to the legends anyway that explain where our earliest concreate answer came from. But then that was the old peoples answer for everything. Hard to know for sure since it even predates me by several generation and I am technically over a thousand years old. 1029 to be exact though I will be 1030 on the 7th if I make it to then." She laughed and then told them of many other family secrets and just general history over the course of the next few days.

On the morning of the 7th she woke to find all her family gathered around her bed with a cake and all. They ate breakfast and spent the whole day together eating the cake after lunch. After dinner Ethan, Aneesa, and Kayla took the children home. Aggie looked up to her four family members and said this was a great birthday and a great last day of this life but I feel my soul being pulled when I go to sleep tonight I will not wake in this realm but next to my dear husband in the land ever after. Goodbye I love all of you. Dylan hugged her and then stepped back. Marnie and Sophie both cried as they said, "Goodbye Grandma!" They too back away as Gwen held her mom in a tight embrace and Aggie handed her a purple amulet "Until I see you again hold on to this and when you go bestow it upon you heir." Gwen examine the amulet it was similar to "The Gift!" but much older and not imbued with that kind of power. Gwen allowed her mother to tie it around her neck then Aggie lay back in her bed and soon she settle off to sleep and just as the witching hour got ready to strike she breathed her last breathe. She had lived from 12:01 am on July 7th 988 to 11:59 pm on July 7th 2018.

Gwen noticed something crumpled in her hand. It was written in old Cromwelsh so only she would be able to understand it without magical modification. "I know when you read this I will be gone, my dearest daughter know that the fight against dark forces is never over and while we've live in relative piece for the last few years I am confident that the experience the three had a few years back with the shadow of Kalabar may just have been the beginning and with my passing he and other enemies I helped seal away might reservice one day soon along with the new threats that emerge. You must be ready not just to face them but to unleash your true highest power to defeat them permanently with the aid of your children and pending when it happens perhaps their children as well. Finally I would like you to retake the royal position so that in the event these horrors do come to pass you have as much power and resources as possible to end them!" Love Mom.

The next day they gathered and took Aggie's body to the Cromwell Mausoleum and laid her body in her pre-built coffin then sealed it and Gwen cast the spell to fill in the date of death and realign her Mother's name so instead of reading as it initially did, it now read 'Here lies Agatha S. Crawly-Cromwell July 7th 988- July 7th 2018. Loving Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Great-Grandmother and all-around Great woman who gave up a life of royal luxury in order to see her land ruled in a much fairer and freer way and so she could live her life simply as just plain Aggie Cromwell.' She then performed a copy and transport spell to ensure these changes were made to the secondary coffin in the Crawly Mausoleum. Once these ritual were done the rest of the family and invited guest filed in so the funeral could begin.

Many were in attendance and many spoke well of Aggie and tears were shed by all. Madam Periwinkle gave a heart wrenching speech about Splendora and their early life or at least those things she'd been cleared to say by Aggie about their childhood before her passing. Included in these counts were stories about how the two had snuck out during their teens to secretly go to parties with the other noble youth and common folk that their parents would never have allowed. By the end of the funeral as the as the Casket and all were sealed for the final time people went out with faces and attitudes that were melancholy at worst. As for Aggie she walked into the underworld estate and found all her family who've passed before her waiting for her and her Husband embraced her as soon as she was through the door!

Chapter 6

Gwendolyn's Ascension

Once the morning period had Ended for Splendora Agatha Cromwell Gwen summoned her children before her. "Now that the official period of Morning is Over I will be ceremoniously coronated as head of the Cromwell Clan. At the official coronation I need the kids to be on their best behavior or they may not be present as the rest of the clans that make up our coven will be present. Along with delegates from the other clans and covens. And many delegates from the rest of Halloweentown's residencies. It's time for you all to meet the rest of the clans on an Official Level. Especially you Marnie as you'll one day be my successor." The three looked up at their mom who was carrying herself in a more regal manner and speaking in a very royal way. "Are you planning on reinstating the Monarchy?" Marnie asked? "Was that what grandma was requesting when she spoke to you in the older dialect of our language in order to keep us Ignorant?" Sophie asked. Gwen looked at her inquisitive daughters and sighed. "Yes! She did request it and while I could fulfill her wish out right that isn't my plan. If she wanted that insurance she shouldn't have left it vacant for so long." Dylan saw his mom's unspoken thoughts and completed them, "She is going to ask for a vote and the opinions of the larger government and people that have ruled democratically in Grandma's sted for the last thousand years. For if it's truly going to be a constitutional monarchy it needs to be supported by the people." Gwen nodded. They then got ready for the celebration.

As everyone gathered in the Central Chamber of the Castle, Marnie and her siblings saw faces they recognized such as Cassie, Natalie, and others dressed in their best attire and also many both like them and monster they did not know. Their spouses all did their best to point out and even introduce them to important people who'd they never met. They also met with the justices of the Halloween Supreme Court and many other notable figures including members from the other 6 Noble Clans that along with themselves made up the Noble Covenant and representatives from most of the 13 sub clans which funny enough included both Sophie and Marnie's Spouses. Only four of the thirteen seemed to have no representation those being the: Sinisters, Groggs, Goodwyns, and Ziferos. As a gesture of peace and appeasement even Mr. Dalloway had been permitted to attend, though his son as the recognized head of the clan would be the sole vote for the clan. However soon the last four clans' representatives entered. Two warlocks and two witches lead the four groups. "Ah finally, the last of the clans arrived. Gwen stood and call for attention. "Thank you all for coming, now that we are all here, I'd like the head of each clan to declare their name and their clan name to finalize everyone's present's along with their Heir if one applicable." She gazed at all of them.

"I shall start. I am Gwendolyn of House Cromwell and this is my heir Marnie." "I am Edmin Peter of House Crawly, and this is my heir Lucy Susan." "I am Santiago the 6th of House Corvinus, and this is my heir Cassie." "I'm Tera, of House Rolland this is my heir Nikkita." "I'm Sarina, of House Spellman this is my heir Alena." "I'm Morgan, of House Le Fay this is my heir Lydia." "I'm Walter, of House Wylit this is my heir Lexi." "Good all of Coven 1 is here." Gwen muttered

"I'm David, of House Allett this is my heir Jared." "I'm Jim, of House Larson this is my heir Kelly." "I'm Leonidas, of House Libra this is my heir Lenex." "I'm Daniel, of House Wisdom this is my heir Tim." "I'm Bill, of House Vaughn this is my heir Katie." "Good all of Coven 2 is accounted for. Finally Coven 3 Roll Call."

"I'm Zeala, of House Ziferos this is my heir Zel." "I'm Yeway, of House Morningstar this is my heir Luca." "I'm Karsh Jr., of House Kahlua this is my heir Kayla." "I'm Bilious, of House Black this is my heir Phillious." "I'm Gregory, of House Gray this is my heir Vincent." "I'm Warren, of House White this is my heir Wayne." "I'm Sickle, of House Sinister this is my heir Scythe." "I'm Seamus, of House Grogg this is my heir Dean." "I'm Edger of House Dalloway, this is my heir and current acting head Ethan." "I'm Rosley, of House Goodwyn this is my heir Violet." "I'm Janna, of House Blackwood this is my heir Jenna." "I'm Jamie, of House Hawthorne this is my heir Jadis." "I'm Winona, of House Sanderson this is my heir Laura-Ryder." "All of Coven 3 is here. Now everyone else." After another hour or two of name and clan checks, they were finally done with roll call.

With everyone now accounted for two people approached Gwen and said, "By the power invested in us by the magics of old and in light of the passing of the previous head we bestow upon you Gwendolyn Cromwell the title of Head of Clan Cromwell. And Head of the Noble Coven of 7!" everyone cheered as a swirl of magic literally made Gwen glisten with glory and power. Gwen then stepped forward and said, "Thank you all for coming to this momentous occasion! As some of you know already My mother was once the Crown Princess of these lands and yet on the day she was to be coordinated queen she instead declared a new order of things seeing as at that time the only monarchy type was that of Absolute Power. Over the past 1,000+ years this society has adapted and changed trying many methods of government. Today I'd like to propose another and then hold a vote. That is one of a Constitutional Limited Monarchy. Essentially the Queen or King would still inherit their roll, however, beyond that they would function more like a President. Their executive power would be shared by the court and the Mayor position would be reorganized into the seat of an elected prime minister. The Legislative Branch would be reorganized in a 2-house Parliament as for the judicial branch they will be left relatively untouched other than when a Judge retires their replacement must be approved by both the still serving justices at least 51% of the legislator, and the majority of the Royal Court…" She went on for a bit longer and then an anonymous vote was had. Madam Periwinkle stepped up and said, "With 89% of the vote the motion to reinstate the Cromwell Family as a Monarchy in its new terms carries."

Gwen reappeared a short while later in an even fancier dress along with her children, their spouses, and their children and the Coronating began. Father Wisdom stood with his fellows then stepped forward and placed a Crown on Gwen's head and handed her a scepter and then turning to the crowd he said, "I give you your queen." The crowd cheered. Then he placed a diadem on both Marnie and Sophie's heads and said, "Your new Princesses." More cheers. Then he placed a circlet over Dylan's head, "Your new Prince." He went on to place tiaras on the heads of Aneesa and Kayla, a chaplet on the head of Ethan, a coronet on Edward, filets on the other children 2 and older and for the actual babies he placed garlands even the family pets got wreaths. Gwen then walked up and said, "To my Son-In-Law Ethan and my Daughter Marnie I give the title of Duke and Duchess of Hallows. To my Son Dylan and my Daughter-In-Law Aneesa I give the titles of Marquis and Marchioness of Portalia. Too my Daughter Sophie and Daughter-In-Law Kayla I give Countess and Viscountess of the pumpkin patches. As for my grandchildren all shall hold unofficial titles of lord and lady for now and will be given official ones upon their 13th Halloween at the completion of their basic training." Cheers rang out and much celebration took place.

Chapter 7

Gwen's Generation Becomes the Elders

The Cromwell Clan settle into royal life like they'd never left. Gwen was seen as the Queen Elizabeth of Halloweentown. While they frequently were at the castle all tended to staying living where they were. Dylan appeared one day and asked, "Marnie, Sophie can I borrow you too for a bit?" The two shared a look then nodded. The three went to Grandma's old house. "What exactly are we doing here?" Sophie asked. "Since I am getting the house I want to do a merging plus replicating ceremony." Marnie stared at him then asked, "You want to make the one wall just a straight clear open portal? What about when you've got guest over in that world?" "We are going over that to that side first untether the portal and expand the magical extension across the whole house then tether the full house merge from that wall. Plus it won't matter to much as we'll primarily be living here now and I am only keeping the house for sentimental reasons." Dylan explained. The three by this point had reach the portal in the basement and walked through.

The three worked quickly to untether the portal. They then walked through the other magic door Sophie started pushing left with her enchantment toward the back of the house. Marnie starting pushing forward to align with the front of the house Meanwhile Dylan was insuring the house did not push out so much that it would cross the property line. Once this was done they all gather at the exterior wall. They began, "Portal portal cometh now upon the wall. In this heal world. Stretch upon this wall a portal between the lands of creature and mortal be they tether here in peace forever and ever…" this chant continued as a modified version of the original spell they'd made years ago. After about an hour of this blue-white light replaced the wall. They check below it was there and so they insured there was a basement entrance to the magical expansion and same on the top level. They then walked through and were back in Grandma's now Dylan's house where they began cleaning up the old and replicating the new.

Over the next several month rapid changes swept the Land as the new Monarchy moved to remove and replace the old with new. Halloweentown was soon modernized and up to date with the newest technologies. The youngsters were adapting to this shift the easiest. Whilst pretty much what little was left of the protesting eldest generation on par with Aggie all were getting quieter and quieter as age and other factors started silencing them permanently. Within the span of the next decade and a half. By the time, the youngest of the Cromwell Clan reached 13, Halloweentown was not only on par with but had surpassed most first world mortal lands in technology and other fields and continued their inherent advantages in fields such as medicine and healing. Best of all due to all the friends they'd made who'd also settle down all the Cromwell Children had plenty of consistent friendships as they grew.

Chapter 8

Moving Up

Marnie and her siblings watched as the younger bunch of kids played around whilst relishing their elevated position. "I swear the way they act. Could you imagine if they had the childhood we did? Like even in a reality where Mom was honest from the start about us being magical I still feel like she would have been just as strict." Marnie said as she reminisced. "Yeah, now the real question will never know is what would have been different if Grandma had never given up her seat as Queen? Would Mom never have left; would we be anything like we are or would we not be at all?" Dylan pondered. "Yeah, maybe she would have married a warlock. Though I bet she would still have us in some way or another." Sophie said. Before they could continue a voice came from behind them. "Excuse me the Queen would like to see you three." A servant said. The Three looked at one another, "Very Well, Edward keep an eye on the youngsters, I don't want them leaving the Courtyard unless it's to come inside." Edward nodded and he and Agatha both position themselves in such a way none would be able to enter or leave the courtyard without them knowing.

The adults then walked to the Throne Room, where Gwen sat. The three gave half nods to their mother as to them she was mom first and queen second. "So as this Halloween approaches, I want to make sure we are ready as it is Maya and John's 13th Halloween an as the youngest of the Family Plenty of people will be coming for this party/celebration and I want Everything to go well as after this, They will join those who are attending the Academy along with the fact that The University is being reworked. Which reminds me Dylan, The Chancellorship is up for grabs as my term ended when I became queen and Professor McCoy retired over the Summer his last order of Business is to hire someone new, I didn't know if you wanted to take another duty on yourself but if you care too you may."

"Very Well, I have the time I will pop in on him." Dylan replied. They concluded their business and Dylan went to meet with Mr. McCoy. Knock knock. "Yes?" came the withered voice of Professor Mythoro Cory McCoy. "Sir Duke Dylan is here to see you." "Ah, very well send him in." Dylan then walked in. "So, I hear you are retiring." "That's correct. I wanted to know if despite your royal duties if you would still be interested in taking up my position in place of your current side teaching job which would be fully taken over by Professor Crawly if you did." Dylan thought a long time about the proposition. "I will take the position." Dylan said after a While longer. "Very Well. My last day is this Friday and your first day will be two weeks from this up coming Monday." Dylan nodded and then left.

Time in Halloweentown always felt like a blur especially that last few years as Dylan and his siblings watched their kids grow up and taught them how to act properly as Royals whist still learning it themselves. After all it wasn't like they'd grown up that way. In fact their kids were very confused when they were told stories about growing up in the mortal world both before and after they knew the truth. It was always entertaining to take Marnie and Sophie's kids to the mortal world as it was so foreign and big to them meanwhile Dylan's kids living as they did split time between worlds as they had done all of elementary school in the mortal realm before starting middle school at The Academy. They even found it fun to go hang out in the mortal realm when things got to stressful because there they could be normal kids rather then children of nobility/royalty. This was the main reason they figured their older cousins always volunteered to chaperone them and still would if the youngsters came along.

Finally the day of the event came and the entire clan showed up and shortly there after the coven as a whole. Gwen rose from her thrown and said, "Welcome everyone. We are glad you could join us today to celebrate Maya and John's 13th Halloween." People cheered as the two rose and waved then Gwen said, "Please enjoy yourselves, dinner will begin shortly and then the party proper." Everyone then continued their conversations and the two went to join their friends. 13 minutes later a bell rang and the door to the feast hall opened and people filled in and found their seats. Dinner was loud and noisy as people talked and ate and were jolly. However Silence fell about the room as a giant cake was brought in and the two siblings rose to cut it. A while later everyone had cake and jovial conversation once again gripped the room. Then people got up and some danced, some played games, and some simply chatted. Eventually the event was over and everyone left.

Chapter 9

Kal and The Memories Returns

Halloweentown was looking more futuristic yet still magical by the day. Marnie walked through town with her siblings as they reminisce about simpler times. Then as they passed the old town hall a slight chill ran down their spines and as for the Theater they hadn't been back since that night back in college. "Don't you guys think it's weird we haven't been back to the theater in years?" Sophie asked. "I mean we are adults with responsibilities now." Dylan pointed out. "Yes, but we have gone to the movies with our kids or on dates plenty of times it's just Mom always insist on us either using one of our properties home theaters or going to the mortal world. It's almost as if they don't want us at that one." Marnie remarked.

"She doesn't, nor did your Grandma, after what happened last time." A voice said from above them. The three looked up and saw a guy wrapped in a bronze cloak with the hood over his head. His face was obscured but something about him seem familiar. He jumped from the roof of the theater and landed perfectly "The name's Kountz, Daniel Kountz." He introduced himself. "What do you mean they didn't want us here." Marnie asked trying to recognize him. "Oh, right they clouded the memories so you could live normal lives for as long as possible and I can't unweave it for you but perhaps this's help." He then stepped back and lowered his hood. The Dylan and Marnie saw a face that looked slightly distorted but it was Sophie who spoke "Kal!" and the second she said it the other two saw it and raised their hands. "Oh please you really think I am going to attack you here with your concealed security hanging about? Besides I'm just a messenger, 'The powers that be, have seen the light in power to long without strife and so soon old enemies and knew will rise to challenge your strength but don't judge so quickly as a few might just turn out to be friend not foe.' Anyways now that that's said goodbye." And with that he drew up his hood and then vanished.

The three called their security force to them and approached the theater. Nothing seemed wrong until they reached the specific theater. It looked desolate and cloaked in dark magic. They left as the chills ran through their whole bodies and headed back into the castle and burst into the throne room. Gwen stood as her children came in and was about to chastise them for not announcing themselves when Marnie said, "We saw Kal." Gwen fell back on her throne and said, "What." Dylan then explained their encounter and the words Kal had spoken. "What did he mean? What are you hiding from us?" Gwen didn't answer she simply snapped her fingers and that night's events came back in vivid detail and nearly terrified them in the present. "But why'd you hide this from us?" Marnie asked. "Initially I intended to only layer it away til after your graduation so you two could focus on that but then so much happened and I didn't want to undo it and destroy the peace and happiness you had till it was absolutely necessary." "We must convene the coven at once and track down Kal Ziferos for questioning." Gwen said.

Soon the Coven was all there and they went over all the facts and sitting among the Ziferos Clan was Kal now in a silver cloak. He stepped forward and clarified many things including his new name. "I know that as a teen I allowed my father's dark influence to twist me, but in my exile I learned many things including how he survived, I will summit to whatever surveillance you want in return for a chance to prove I am on your side. After all the last line did allude to some old enemies returning as friends." The coven deliberated for a long time before deciding he'd be given a second chance but he would be tracked at all times by a tracing spell and have at least one member of the Coven in his vicinity at all times. He nodded and a brass cloaked women said, "Our Clan will keep track of him, he already lives with us anyways." It was his sister. Kal then sat next to a women in a platinum cloak, his wife.

Chapter 10

Some New Old Enemies

A few days after the meeting Dylan, Ethan, and Daniel stood cloaked on top of the Movie Theater Keeping an I out for anything suspicious. Three gold cloaked men were silent. They were soon joined by another man. "Dad" Ethan acknowledged. "Son, men" he replied. The other two nodded politely. Then a black cloaked figure seemed to move from the theater. However, he wasn't alone they saw a group of 5 figures in purple and black cloaks. They looked back at Kalabar and notice his had purple on it too. "He's their other member?" Dylan mouthed. "That still only makes 6." Daniel said. "They are probably expecting me." Edger mused silently though Ethan knew what his dad was thinking. "Dad we need confirmation that, that is who we think it is. Can you do that?" By the time he looked back at his dad, Edger's cloak and robes had changed into his Dominion robes and he applied his old mask.

In a flash he blended in stepping in his spot in line with the other's. none of home acknowledge him being late. Mr. Sinister looked at the other six members and said, "Now that all seven of us are finally reunited we will move to get a hold of followers and for the five of us who've yet to regain our powers as they were we'll take care of insuring it is returned to us. As it happens with Dalloway free and Ziferos back from the brink and both with power back they will be our guard until we get within range of the vault below the courthouse where our magic has been kept. It should be easy as no one knows we're free outside of Dalloway who was released. "Once we are restored, those who need to will collect their families and restore them and reindoctrinate them if necessary. Finally once that is done we must fine the Cromwell Son, Dylan as I have heard from sources that their precious gift was not actually destroyed just made to look so and in was in fact actually hidden in a location only known to him." "Okay, but how does that help us when he does not have the authority to use it nor will he fall to it as he knows of it's power?" "He may not, but we won't use him or his siblings we'll target his Nephew Edward who is his sister Marnie's heir. He is extremely young and perhaps a young man will respond better to power as to Cromwell females have rejected it. Perhaps knowing he could use it to get whatever he wants whether it be money, booze, or fun alone time with a girl will be enough to push him over the edge that his predecessors so desperately clung too."

"Our final news piece is to announce that we will be meeting our new members soon at the old hideaway, I expect all of you to be there with your families to welcome them and to groom them." Everyone nodded and left. Daniel Kal opened a portal where his sister, brother-in-law, and wife waited for him and nodded to the others' sharing a significant look with Ethan then vanished. Ethan turned to Dylan, "Take this info to the courts I will go talk with my father and then we will join you." Dylan nodded then walked through a portal and was gone just as Edger came to meet Ethan and they discussed that discussion and then walked through magic doors to the castle.

The court was in full swing as the court discussed what to do. "Well first we need to heightened security around the vault and Edger in order to fully prove your redemption we are placing you, Ethan, and Daniel as spies. To feed us information." Gwen directed as the meeting proceeded. "The good news is, as far as what you overheard it sounds like the only one you have to worry about in terms of magical prowess may be Kalabar." Marnie said. "Well not accounting for the new recruits, they mentioned." Dylan said. "Which is odd since I though The Dominion kept it within the 7 family that founded it." Sophie Speculated. "Actually when it was founded there were a total of 18 family in it, 5 of them broke off after Marvin Wylit took the throne as they were satisfied with how he and his Queen, Gloria M. Cromwell ruled. They saw no need to change things. And another 10 of the families rotated in and out of the 4 second degree seats, the only constant members were the three leading families: Sinister, Goodwyn, and Grogg! My best guess is that new members may simply refer to recalling all the families of the 13 Ignoble Coven! They may even try to recall the 5 families who left though I doubt this as they were united in their vote to restore the throne to Clan Cromwell." Edger informed them. Later reports from the spies proved Edger's claims to be true.

Chapter 11

The Midnight Stroke of Hallows Eve

The Queendom of Halloweentown went into a black ops lockdown as The Dominion begins to show themselves. On Halloween Morning The Dominion made its first major move to take the vaults after days of scoping out the security. They however, moved very cautiously as they had learned from Edger, that they'd been spotted that day at the theater by Dylan Cromwell. Security was tighter then it had been in the past. They moved in a flash past the outer security and standing in front of the vault were members of the Noble Seven. Kalabar and Edger jumped into action knocking them out as they didn't wish to kill anyone simply KO them. They finally made it into the vault and waiting for them was not the Cromwells but the Crawlys. A wave of magic rushed towards them and almost enveloped them until Kalabar and Ethen caught it.

Kalabar laughed as he said, "Take it, contain it for they launched your own magic at you." Edger looked through his mask at the Crawlys suspiciously as the others retrieved what was their's. Ethan and Kal smiled from the back knowing the plan was on. As the others finished and looked towards the Crawleys they realized The Clan was gone was gone. "We'll wait till nightfall, then we strike by midnight Halloweentown will be ours. And the other clans will submit or pay. Meet back at base at dinner time." Mr. Sinister spoke. They all nodded and departed.

The day went on relatively uneventful as The Dominion kept a low profile. Meanwhile the rest of the clans planned their defense and their spies imminent betrayal of the dark order. That night Ethan, Edgar, and Kal stood at the back of the line as the group marched on the castle and this time neither side held back. Initially The Dominion were winning as they made it to the Castle Courtyard. Then spells started flying in all directions as the Dominion became surrounded and a few of its one member slipped into the circle their robes turning gold as and their masks dissolving. It was the Dalloways' and Kal jr. As the final stroke of midnight hit each member of the dominion and those of their clans that had joined them were each individually suck into different witches glasses to await trial for multiple charges. After several hours of debate the leadership were executed meanwhile the followers were stripped of their magic permanently and banished to the mortal world in a remote and desolate part of the Australian Outback. The magic was not locked up this time but rather secured by absorption from those clan members who'd stayed loyal to the crown.

Chapter 12

Gwen's Departure

After the battle and the subsequent trials were over the residents came together to celebrate good times to come now that the shadow of the past had been defeated at the stroke of midnight on the day most sacred to themselves. Meanwhile Gwen gathered the Cromwell clan around her and explained the trials of the past in explicit detail allowing her kids to chime in once she reached the ones in which they were involved. She ended with, "So you see kids our clan has been the leaders of the light for generations from your Great-Great-Great-Grandfather and Uncle ending the dark times over in the mortal world and the many Cromwell witches uniting to create the portal and then with help from the rest of the clans united to make Halloweentown. All the way down to us and our fight to preserve it over a thousand years later. While I am confident no more old enemies can rise I have no doubt that long after I'm gone the clan and the coven will have to put down new threats."

Time passed and relationships blossomed, soon the clans were more diverse then ever as families from all across the covens had new connections through courtship and/or marriage by sheer chance as the days of arranged marriage had long since been abolished. At the age of 25 Edward went on to marry Kira Kally Ziferos daughter of Daniel Kal Dennis Kountz-Ziferos and Kimberly Jean Brown-Ziferos in a double wedding with his twin Agatha who married Kira's twin brother Dean. These marriages seal up any remaining divides between the two clans. Over the next decade or so the clans were more intertwined then ever as all the children of Marnie and Company's generation went on to marry off between each other and go on to have families of their own.

Finally as Gwen attained a great age she called all of her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren to her and then said in a week voice, "Soon my time will come, I will join those in death place me in the family vault. My marker is set you will know it when you see it as the vault is enchanted upon birth to grow for ones death though enchanted not to be visible till they are close to it unless revealed early as my mother had hers set when she buried her husband. All family knowledge now lays with you my children and it is your job to ensure it lies with your kids and their's that it lies with their own and so on. Now escort me to the throne room I wish to make my last public appearance while I still have some strength left." And so with a bit of help from her children Gwen went before the throne room and in as strong a voice she could muster she said, "To my Coven I say my twilight is upon me and soon my Daughter will rise in my place may my clan and my coven rise together to support her and those who come after, may we forever live-in peace under the protection of a constitutional monarchy and now my friends, my family, I shall take my leave to the afterlife."

By that night's witching hour Gwendolyn Cromwell Piper was dead. Her body was taken to the mausoleum and placed in an open jade green coffin and after the funeral the coffin was sealed and it was carved in with her full name and her dates June 9th 1024AD- December 18th 2048AD.

Chapter 13

Marnie Rising the

Marnie immediately became head of the Cromwell Clan upon her mother's death and a morning period began for the death of the queen across the dimension. The castle along with many other buildings were draped in black, flags flew at half mass and the light inside the Great Jack-O-Lantern had been dimmed. In fact the whole down looked like the color had been muted. This went on for the prescribed amount of time.

Finally the royal family and others woke up one day and put on regular clothes the morning period over with. However, there was still one last hurdle to jump before life returned to normal. Every one flooded the grounds of the Castle as Marnie and Ethan stood before them with the rest of the family on the side. The court minister approached them and enlarged their royal headwear into crowns and said, I give you Queen Marnie Agatha Piper-Cromwell-Dalloway and King Ethan E. E. Dalloway." The two took their thrones with the rest of their family around them and looked to the future.

The End!