"Maybe we're taking this the wrong way." Sabrina suggested. After hour or two of calming down, Sabrina and her aunts were seated around the kitchen table drinking tea. Salem was sitting on the island, quietly chowing down on the last bits of Hilda's tuna salad. Sabrina honestly didn't know how he could eat at a time like this. "Think about it – I can finally tell Harvey and Valerie about me."
"That might all be well and good, but you have to look at the big picture. I doubt mortals will be very accepting of our existence. Remember the Salem Witch Trials?" Zelda asked Hilda, then took a sip of her tea.
Hilda winced. "Why'd you have to remind me. I still have the scar on my back from that pitchfork. Those townspeople can be so mean..."
Sabina forgot her aunts were each 600 years old. They would remember the Witch Trials. "Yeah, but the world has changed a lot since then. Oh, I'm sure things will be a little hectic at first, but after a while, mortals will get used to us and things will go back to normal. Well, as normal as normal can be, anyway."
"I hope you're right, Sabrina." Salem said as he licked the bowl clean. He seemed disappointed when he realized there wasn't any tuna left.
"I know I'm right." She finished the last of her tea. Then, feeling sorry for the cat, she conjured him another bowl of tuna. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go meet Harvey and Valerie at his house. Boy, do I have a surprise for them." She smiled as she grabbed her bag, along with a light jacket, and walked out the side door.
Sabrina arrived at Harvey's doorstep fifteen minutes later. Valerie answered it with a shocked look on her face. "Sabrina, you would not believe what's on the news!"
I could definitely guess, Sabrina thought as she walked into Harvey's living room. The letter said the Witch's Council would be performing outstanding – and well noticed – feats of magic in well-populated cities to spread the news. Individual witches, they hoped, would do the rest. She wouldn't be surprised if every newspaper and television station in the United Stated would be covering the sudden outbreak of witchcraft. However, Sabrina was happy Harvey and Valerie had seen it on the news first. That way, she could ask them how they felt about it before she decided to tell them that she was a witch, too.
"Sabrina, get a load of this!" Harvey said exclaimed. "It's on every news channel! Listen!" He cranked up the volume with the remote.
The Channel 5 Action News reporter's picture was pasted next to a picture of what appeared to be a battlefield. Sabrina was horrified to see that, upon closer inspection, it was actually Times Square in Manhattan. In the background was Drell and the rest of the Witch's Council. Sabrina mouth went dry – they were destroying everything! Magical fireballs flew through the air, important buildings were turned into animals of all shapes and sizes, and everything else was floating high in the atmosphere. The female reporter was saying that similar events were happening throughout the world. What were they doing? She wondered. Then, suddenly, she realized that the Witch's Council didn't just want to reveal their magic – they wanted to take over the mortal realm!
Meanwhile, Valerie and Harvey were on the couch watching the news in understandable shocked silence. Sabrina quickly changed her mind about telling them her secret. What would they say when they knew she was one of the - what they would consider – monsters who were destroying everything in their path? They would be deathly afraid of her and probably not be able to say anything. As quietly as she could, Sabrina sneaked out the front door and zapped herself to her aunts house.
"That might all be well and good, but you have to look at the big picture. I doubt mortals will be very accepting of our existence. Remember the Salem Witch Trials?" Zelda asked Hilda, then took a sip of her tea.
Hilda winced. "Why'd you have to remind me. I still have the scar on my back from that pitchfork. Those townspeople can be so mean..."
Sabina forgot her aunts were each 600 years old. They would remember the Witch Trials. "Yeah, but the world has changed a lot since then. Oh, I'm sure things will be a little hectic at first, but after a while, mortals will get used to us and things will go back to normal. Well, as normal as normal can be, anyway."
"I hope you're right, Sabrina." Salem said as he licked the bowl clean. He seemed disappointed when he realized there wasn't any tuna left.
"I know I'm right." She finished the last of her tea. Then, feeling sorry for the cat, she conjured him another bowl of tuna. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go meet Harvey and Valerie at his house. Boy, do I have a surprise for them." She smiled as she grabbed her bag, along with a light jacket, and walked out the side door.
Sabrina arrived at Harvey's doorstep fifteen minutes later. Valerie answered it with a shocked look on her face. "Sabrina, you would not believe what's on the news!"
I could definitely guess, Sabrina thought as she walked into Harvey's living room. The letter said the Witch's Council would be performing outstanding – and well noticed – feats of magic in well-populated cities to spread the news. Individual witches, they hoped, would do the rest. She wouldn't be surprised if every newspaper and television station in the United Stated would be covering the sudden outbreak of witchcraft. However, Sabrina was happy Harvey and Valerie had seen it on the news first. That way, she could ask them how they felt about it before she decided to tell them that she was a witch, too.
"Sabrina, get a load of this!" Harvey said exclaimed. "It's on every news channel! Listen!" He cranked up the volume with the remote.
The Channel 5 Action News reporter's picture was pasted next to a picture of what appeared to be a battlefield. Sabrina was horrified to see that, upon closer inspection, it was actually Times Square in Manhattan. In the background was Drell and the rest of the Witch's Council. Sabrina mouth went dry – they were destroying everything! Magical fireballs flew through the air, important buildings were turned into animals of all shapes and sizes, and everything else was floating high in the atmosphere. The female reporter was saying that similar events were happening throughout the world. What were they doing? She wondered. Then, suddenly, she realized that the Witch's Council didn't just want to reveal their magic – they wanted to take over the mortal realm!
Meanwhile, Valerie and Harvey were on the couch watching the news in understandable shocked silence. Sabrina quickly changed her mind about telling them her secret. What would they say when they knew she was one of the - what they would consider – monsters who were destroying everything in their path? They would be deathly afraid of her and probably not be able to say anything. As quietly as she could, Sabrina sneaked out the front door and zapped herself to her aunts house.