Disclaimer: I do not own Sabrina the Teenage Witch.
"Where are we going?" asked Snowball. Sabrina picked her up off of the couch and headed upstairs up the staircase. "We're going to the Other Realm to talk to Drell" she said and they headed towards the closet. "I don't get it, it's just an old closet" Snowball said, glaring at the white door. "Not exactly" Sabrina said, stepping through the door and lightning was heard. The next thing she knew, she was in an old-fashioned office. Instead of it being stuffy and smelling of Clorox like it did the last time she had visited, the whole place had been completely transformed into a Hawaiian paradise. There was music playing. People were strumming on guitars. Two teenage girls were doing the limbo dance and the hula. Then, a stern looking woman entered the room. "QUIET!" she shouted. The music stopped playing and the girls stopped limbering. "Just because Drell has gone on vacation, doesn't mean you're on vacation too. Get back to work!" she commanded, zapping away all the Hawaiian stuff.
"Wow, she's nice" Salem said sarcastically. Sabrina approached the woman. "Excuse me, are you replacing Drell while he's on holiday?" she asked, raising an eyebrow. "Yes" she said grumpily, with an expression that said I-do-not-want-to-be-here-leave-me-alone. "Well, I have a complaint to make" she said, holding up Snowball. The woman's face pruned with disgust. "Eww, what an ugly cat" she said. "I beg your pardon!" Snowball snapped. "I think my friend Snowball was turned into a cat for no reason" Sabrina explained. "Impossible, everyone who is turned into an animal by the council has a perfectly good reason for it… well except for this one time we turned William Shakespeare into a ferret" she said, giggling nervously.
"But… Snowball wasn't attempting world domination. She was trying to stop Salem Saberhagen" Sabrina replied. "Well, she was turned into a cat and she can't be turned back until her two hundred year punishment ends" said the woman. "But… I was innocent" Snowball said, shedding tiny kitten tears. The woman stared in sympathy. "Well, you'll have to prove you're innocent. Tell me what really happened" she said, softening her usual cold, snappy tone.
2 hours later…
"And, that's what happened" Snowball said. The woman was wiping tears. The entire office was drenched in water. "Oh please" Salem said, disgusted. "Well… if you really are innocent, I'll gladly turn you back into human form" she said. She pointed at Snowball. A whoosh and a whirl of magical sparkles surrounded Snowball and the tiny white kitten began to enlarge, then it began to grow taller and taller. Then, it stopped.
Where the kitten had
once stood was a young girl. She had sandy brown hair that looked
like it hadn't been combed in thirty years (and that was true) and
she was wearing a Kelly-green T-shirt and purple shorts. Her eyes
were hazel and she wore red sneakers that looked very dirty.
All in all, she looked like a perfectly normal sixteen year old girl.
"But… I was twenty one when I was transformed" said Snowball.
"Well, we cut you five years. And… what was your human name,
Snowball?" asked the woman. Snowball smiled deviously, then it
transformed into her usual caring grin. "You can call me Amber"
she replied. "Now that you're a teenager, you'll have to start
going to high school. I'll enroll you into West Bridge High as a
freshman" said the woman, turning to Amber. "This is great Amber,
now you can start living your life as a normal girl" said Sabrina,
pulling her into a friendly embrace. Amber returned the gesture, but
Salem only returned it with a glare. "Salem, you need to lighten
up. Amber's our friend and now she's a normal girl again"
Sabrina said cheerfully. "I don't know. There's something about
her I find suspicious. If you could read auras, you'd know what I'm
talking about" Salem snapped. "What about aura's?" Sabrina
asked, her forehead scrunching up. "This girl has a strong aura, it
reeks of darkness" Salem declared.
"But Amber isn't evil"
Sabrina protested. "I'm just telling you what I know. And, I know
for a fact that this Amber girl is pure evil in human form!" Salem
shouted.
AN: Is Salem right about Amber? Is she really as innocent as she seems? Or, is Salem paranoid and is Sabrina right?