Chapter 4: Annie

"Sabrina," Millie said. "Will you teach these three to scry." Without saying what she was going to do, Millie left.

"What's scrying?" Charles asked. Sabrina got out a map and a crystal tied to the end of a string.

"It's a method of finding witches," she replied, laying the map out on the coffee table.

"Now, one of you hold the crystal." Jordan grabbed it and held it above the map. "I'll need all of you to focus on finding the last witch."

"How do we do that?" David asked.

"Just concentrate on her," Sabrina said. "Imagine her in your mind." They each tried doing it. The crystal didn't do anything at first, but then it started spinning. "Don't stop concentrating." After spinning for a while, it landed on a spot in New York City, which was only a half-hour from where they were.

"You found her!" Millie exclaimed, entering the room. "Come, let's go then." She grabbed the map and then her car keys. "Hurry!" They all got up and followed her out. Charles, David, and Jordan got into one car, and Millie and Sabrina got into another.

A few minutes later, they were entering the small suburb. Jordan, who was driving, followed her mother through the streets until they stopped in front of a small, white house. Millie got out and walked back to their car.

"Listen," she said, "this will be shocking for her. You can't lay it down on her right away. Sabrina and I are going to stay in the car, this is for you guys to do." With that, she walked back to their vehicle and got in.

"Alright then," David said, unsurely.

"Come on," Jordan said, opening her door. "Let's go." Charles and David followed her up to the door and David knocked. After a moment, a teenage girl, around their age, with reddish-brown hair, which reached her shoulders,and green eyes opened the door. She was the most beautiful girl Charles had ever seen. She looked at them questionably.

"Yes?" she asked.

"Um…" Charles started. "Hi."

"Uh…hi," the girl replied. "Who are you?"

"I'm Charles. And this is Jordan and David."

"My name's Annie. What do you need?" Noticing how bad Charles was with girls, Jordan decided to do the talking.

"We need to talk to you. It's urgent." Annie looked at them for a moment, but soon replied.

"Come in," she said, opening the door to let them in. She led them to a small living room and motioned for them to sit. "My dad isn't home if this involves him."

"No," Charles said. "This involves you. We just don't know how to tell you."

"Did something bad happen?" Annie asked, thinking of the safety of her dad.

"No, no," David reassured.

"You're a witch," Charles blurted out. She fixed her gaze upon him.

"What did you call me?"

"No," Jordan said. "You're a witch, with magical powers."

"What are you talking about?"

"Come with us, and we can show you," Charles said.

"I'm not going anywhere with you. I don't even know you." She stood up and walked to the door. "Now I'd like it if you left."

"Wait," Charles said. "What if we can prove it to you? We can show you that magic does exist." Annie walked back over to him with her arms crossed.

"Fine," she said, mockingly. "Show me."

"Charles," Jordan whispered. "We don't have our powers yet."

"We don't," Charles said, pulling his cell phone out of his pocket, "but Sabrina does." He dialed a number and waited for an answer. "Sabrina, orb in here."

"What?" Sabrina asked surprised.

"Do it," Millie said, overhearing what Charles had said. Sabrina nodded her head and orbed. She reappeared in front of Annie.

"Ah!" she screamed in terror.

"Do you believe us now?" David asked.

"Freaks!" Annie yelled. She ran to a drawer and pulled out a gun.

"No, wait!" Sabrina yelled. They were interrupted by a male figure suddenly appearing in the same ripple that Axict had, into the room.

"Ah!" Annie yelled, firing the gun at him. It hit him and he fell to the ground. After a moment, he stood back up.

"That hurt," he said. He then started shaking a little, and his face turned white with the red markings of Axict.

"No!" Sabrina yelled. She shot two bright beams out of her hands at him. It sent him flying into a wall. "Run! I'll hold him off!" No one hesitated, they all ran out of the house. Annie started running in the opposite direction of the other three.

"No!" Charles yelled. "Come with us!" Millie, seeing the commotion, got out of her vehicle and ran to the house to help Sabrina. When in there, she saw Sabrina on the ground, Axict about to kill her. Millie held her hands to her waist and from her hands, a giant spiral of wind hit Axict and pushed him back.

"Come on, Sabrina," Millie said. Sabrina didn't get up, but orbed to one of the cars. Charles was trying to get Annie, who was fighting to get away, into the car.

"Let go of me!" she screamed. She stopped screaming when she saw Axict coming towards them. "Ah! Get in the car!" She pushed Charles in and jumped in and landed on him. David, who was driving, sped away. Annie, noticing the position she was in, looked awkwardly at Charles. "Sorry," she said, blushing. She got off of him and sat next to him.

"That was close," Jordan said.

"What was that?" Annie demanded.

"That's what we were trying to save you from," Charles said. Suddenly, his cell phone started to ring. He picked it up and answered.

"Charles!" Sabrina said. "If Axict found us there, he probably knows where we're staying."

"Then we can't go back!" Charles yelled.

"We have to," Sabrina said. "We'llhave to vanquish Axict there."

"What?" Charles asked. "How?"

"Don't worry, we have a plan."