Chapter Two
It was nine when Dani arrived at the cemetery. The hollowed ground, which Binx once spoke of to them echoed through her mind as she missed his sweet voice. Finally she had reached the grave she had gone to for the past ten years. The tombstone read 'Thackery Binx: Beloved Brother & Friend. Forever Missed'. Dani just simply sat down beside the grave and stared at it. She then began the conversation.
"Hey Binx," Dani began. "Happy Halloween. I miss you." Dani could feel her voice crack so she slowed down a bit. "I really don't know what to say except on how much I have missed you. I wonder how Heaven is treating you?" Dani was not able to continue on. She simply rested her head upon the cold stone and closed her eyes.
An hour later Dani had opened her eyes and started home. As usual, she had to walk past the gates leading towards the Sanderson house. Dani would normally turn away from it and continue on walking, however, tonight was different. From the corner of her eye Dani noticed smoke coming from the chimney. Halting, Dani took a closer look and noticed the smoke was a dark purple. Fear ran through her veins as Dani thought that the Sanderson sisters had found another curse to make them come back. Curiosity strangled her so Dani decided to take a quick look.
Inside the Sanderson house The Brotherhood were conjuring a potion that would allow them to suck the lives from children, the potion Winifred Sanderson tried to use but failed, most of the time. Gavin was tending to the potion while Jareth searched through old potions and Bryce chilled around.
Outside Dani quietly opened the door and peered inside. Thinking to see three extremely ugly women she instead saw three men. The one by the cauldron had ebony hair with loose strands brushing across his face and lean frame with muscles peeking around certain parts. The one looking through the potions had long dark brown hair and was completely skinny, hardly any fat or muscle to him whatsoever and finally the one sitting on a chair had short spiky blonde hair and looked just like the one by the cauldron. All three were dressed in black, head to toe. Dani thought long and hard about who and what they are when suddenly they began to speak.
"Jareth, throw me some rat hair," the one by the cauldron demanded. The tone in his voice made Dani believe that he was the leader. His voice was deep and had a slight Irish twist. Jareth wasted no time. He right away threw the vile with the rat hair towards Gavin.
"Gavin," the one on the chair started. "How are we to know if this potion works?"
"We will have to try it on a child when it is ready," Gavin replied pouring some more ingredients into it. "Besides, the Sanderson sisters got theirs to work." That was enough for Dani. She knew she had to let Max and Allison know about these three. However, when she was about to run the door creaked open and Dani fell into the house.
Gavin, Jareth and Bryce leap to their feet and watched as Dani rose to her feet. Whipping the dust off herself she looked up carefully as all three stared at her with their mysterious eyes.
"A girl," Jareth said rubbing his hands together.
"Sorry about that," Dani said trying to keep her cool. "Just thought I'd drop in, but I see you are busy, so I'll just leave." As Dani turned to leave the door slammed shut. Suddenly, Gavin was behind her his hands on her shoulders.
"No rush, my dear," he said his voice chilling Dani. "Stay and chat." Gavin led Dani to a chair and sat her down all three surrounding her. "Your name?"
"Dani," Dani forced her voice not to crack but felt that that was not going to handle it.
"We are known as The Brotherhood," Gavin replied as he introduced all three of them. "My name is Gavin. This is Jareth and Bryce."
"It was nice to meet you, but I really should go," Dani rose to her feet and was about to leave when Gavin blocked her way.
"Where's the fire?" he inquired.
"Right there," Dani replied motioning towards the fire underneath the cauldron. Gavin gave a slight snicker.
"Clever," he moved in closer towards Dani. "I like it."
"Then you should meet my friend Becky," Dani said as she headed towards the door. Gavin followed her and grabbed her arm turning her around. Dani gasped as he pushed her against the wall and placed his arms on both sides so she could not escape.
"No, I like you," he exclaimed. Dani stared into his eyes which memorized her to utter fear. She had to find someway of leaving before she became warlock leftovers.
Watching from the window was a figure with medium length blonde hair. A little was tied back with a ribbon. Suddenly, the figure was gone and a few minutes later arrived at Max and Allison's apartment.
Max rose from the couch and walked towards the door that echoed with a knock. Allison continued watching the movie while Max opened the door and almost fainted from utter shock. Allison, dying with curiosity, turned her head towards the door and rose up her mouth open struggling to speak, but could not find the words. When she was standing next to Max who was completely frozen she found her voice.
"Binx?"
It was nine when Dani arrived at the cemetery. The hollowed ground, which Binx once spoke of to them echoed through her mind as she missed his sweet voice. Finally she had reached the grave she had gone to for the past ten years. The tombstone read 'Thackery Binx: Beloved Brother & Friend. Forever Missed'. Dani just simply sat down beside the grave and stared at it. She then began the conversation.
"Hey Binx," Dani began. "Happy Halloween. I miss you." Dani could feel her voice crack so she slowed down a bit. "I really don't know what to say except on how much I have missed you. I wonder how Heaven is treating you?" Dani was not able to continue on. She simply rested her head upon the cold stone and closed her eyes.
An hour later Dani had opened her eyes and started home. As usual, she had to walk past the gates leading towards the Sanderson house. Dani would normally turn away from it and continue on walking, however, tonight was different. From the corner of her eye Dani noticed smoke coming from the chimney. Halting, Dani took a closer look and noticed the smoke was a dark purple. Fear ran through her veins as Dani thought that the Sanderson sisters had found another curse to make them come back. Curiosity strangled her so Dani decided to take a quick look.
Inside the Sanderson house The Brotherhood were conjuring a potion that would allow them to suck the lives from children, the potion Winifred Sanderson tried to use but failed, most of the time. Gavin was tending to the potion while Jareth searched through old potions and Bryce chilled around.
Outside Dani quietly opened the door and peered inside. Thinking to see three extremely ugly women she instead saw three men. The one by the cauldron had ebony hair with loose strands brushing across his face and lean frame with muscles peeking around certain parts. The one looking through the potions had long dark brown hair and was completely skinny, hardly any fat or muscle to him whatsoever and finally the one sitting on a chair had short spiky blonde hair and looked just like the one by the cauldron. All three were dressed in black, head to toe. Dani thought long and hard about who and what they are when suddenly they began to speak.
"Jareth, throw me some rat hair," the one by the cauldron demanded. The tone in his voice made Dani believe that he was the leader. His voice was deep and had a slight Irish twist. Jareth wasted no time. He right away threw the vile with the rat hair towards Gavin.
"Gavin," the one on the chair started. "How are we to know if this potion works?"
"We will have to try it on a child when it is ready," Gavin replied pouring some more ingredients into it. "Besides, the Sanderson sisters got theirs to work." That was enough for Dani. She knew she had to let Max and Allison know about these three. However, when she was about to run the door creaked open and Dani fell into the house.
Gavin, Jareth and Bryce leap to their feet and watched as Dani rose to her feet. Whipping the dust off herself she looked up carefully as all three stared at her with their mysterious eyes.
"A girl," Jareth said rubbing his hands together.
"Sorry about that," Dani said trying to keep her cool. "Just thought I'd drop in, but I see you are busy, so I'll just leave." As Dani turned to leave the door slammed shut. Suddenly, Gavin was behind her his hands on her shoulders.
"No rush, my dear," he said his voice chilling Dani. "Stay and chat." Gavin led Dani to a chair and sat her down all three surrounding her. "Your name?"
"Dani," Dani forced her voice not to crack but felt that that was not going to handle it.
"We are known as The Brotherhood," Gavin replied as he introduced all three of them. "My name is Gavin. This is Jareth and Bryce."
"It was nice to meet you, but I really should go," Dani rose to her feet and was about to leave when Gavin blocked her way.
"Where's the fire?" he inquired.
"Right there," Dani replied motioning towards the fire underneath the cauldron. Gavin gave a slight snicker.
"Clever," he moved in closer towards Dani. "I like it."
"Then you should meet my friend Becky," Dani said as she headed towards the door. Gavin followed her and grabbed her arm turning her around. Dani gasped as he pushed her against the wall and placed his arms on both sides so she could not escape.
"No, I like you," he exclaimed. Dani stared into his eyes which memorized her to utter fear. She had to find someway of leaving before she became warlock leftovers.
Watching from the window was a figure with medium length blonde hair. A little was tied back with a ribbon. Suddenly, the figure was gone and a few minutes later arrived at Max and Allison's apartment.
Max rose from the couch and walked towards the door that echoed with a knock. Allison continued watching the movie while Max opened the door and almost fainted from utter shock. Allison, dying with curiosity, turned her head towards the door and rose up her mouth open struggling to speak, but could not find the words. When she was standing next to Max who was completely frozen she found her voice.
"Binx?"