During this time was the science fair. While most students were by themselves or in pairs, Sabrina, Harvey and I were working together. Mainly because I never participated in a science fair before and preferred reading in the back of the class as it was an optional thing.
However, this time, the science fair will count as part of our grade and if I don't participate, my grade would go from A to C-. So I agree but ask the teacher if I could work with Sabrina and Harvey as I work better with those two. So hurray to that. And if I had to admit. I had fun helping out with Chester, the mouse of our experiment. Anything better than working with Gem. More on her soon.
"This next experiment will test how long it takes Chester to ride the scooter around the cones and get to the cheese." Sabrina said. "Let's get ready to cheese!" I said as Sabrina and Harvey laughed at the joke. Success!
"Okay, Harvey. Ready? And go." Sabrina said as she opened Chester's cage. Harvey started the timer. Chester sniffed the scooter. "Come on. It's what we talked about before." I pleaded under my breath. However, he just ran for the cheese instead and ate it. "Ugh. Why Chester?" I groaned with a facepalm.
"Well, that's didn't go very well, did it?" Harvey asked as he stopped the timer. "I don't understand it. Chester should be a genius by now. We've trained him for months, fed him a special IQ diet." Sabrina wondered. "Don't forget all those mouse therapy sessions." Harvey said while I looked at him confused.
"You gave Chester, a mouse, therapy sessions? For reals? I thought that was a joke." I asked him. "Yeah. Mouses have rights too, you know!" Harvey said, as if he was going to become the George Washington of the mouses. "Okay, you're right." I said with a sly tone as I remembered when Harvey suggested it.
*Flashback*
"Hey Aaron. I know how we can make Chester go on the scooter." Harvey told me. "How?" I asked. "I'm gonna give him mouse therapy." Harvey told me, as I spit out my water. "What? Are you serious?" I asked him.
"Yes, why?" He asked me. "Because then you might make this a job and become famous! Wait till Gem finds out what it's like to be second-rate!" I said with a smirk, yet thinking Harvey was joking.
*Present time*
"Well, we can still win. The science fair isn't until tomorrow." Sabrina said. "I don't know. The competition looks pretty stiff." Harvey said, worried. "Especially with her and her cheating ways around us." I said, pointing behind me with my thumb. "Huh?" Sabrina asked, looking behind me to see Gem 'Gem' Stone.
"If it isn't my favorite rat wranglers." Gem said to us. "Hi Gem." We replied to her, clearly disinterested with her snobbish ways. "Oh look at that. You taught a mouse to eat cheese. What a breakthrough." Gem said sarcastically. "You know, Gem. We don't all have the money to hire a team of German scientists to do our projects for us." Sabrina said while pointing at said scientists.
"Oh them? They're just giving me a little hand. Cloning my dog. Face it, Spellman, that reject rat doesn't stand a chance and you know it. Harvey, Aaron, it's not too late to join my exhibit. We can share first prize." Gem said to Harvey and me.
"Nah, I'll think I'll stick with Chester here. Thanks anyways." Harvey said. "And I rather watch paint dry than be near cloning tech, so no way." I added while crossing my arms. "Winning isn't everything, Gem." Sabrina said. "How would you know, Spellman? You never win." Gem retorted back.
"Uh, students? Students! May I have your attention for a moment? I just receive some exciting news! The judge for tomorrow Greendale science fair will be none other than Professor Nate Houston!" The teacher said. "Who?" Some of the other students asked, even me since I never paid much attention in science.
"Professor Houston is the director of the Greendale Space Center." The teacher explained. "Greendale has a space center?" Harvey whisper-asked us. "Maybe. That would explain the rockets near the outskirts of town." I replied back.
"He is also guest lecturer at the Greendale Public Library." The teacher added. "Oh, that was Prof. Houston?" I asked under my breath. "Greendale has a library?" Harvey asked, causing me to facepalm. Repeatedly.
"Yes Harvey. Greendale has a library. Anything else you want to add?" I asked. "Uh, the sky is blue?" He asked. "Harvey, be serious!" I told him. "I am." He replied back. "Then why?" I asked him. "Just curious." He answered my rhetorical question.
"Professor Houston is a very important man, so I urge you all to do your very best!" The teacher said, trying to motivate us. "Hmm. Now's the question is where will I put that trophy when I win?" Gem asked as she smirk.
"You didn't win yet, Gem. So can you kindly leave?" I asked with annoyance in my tone. "Oh, I will leave. And once I win, you will see that you made a mistake not helping me, Dimension. Toodles." Gem said as she left, while steam came out of my ears.
"She's right, you know? We don't stand a chance." Harvey pouted with his hands on his chin. "Don't you worry. Chester will come through. I got one last test to put him through first at home." Sabrina said. "Let me guess, we're going to let a cat chase him, aren't we?" I asked her. "No." She replied.
"Later, after school ended, we were in Sabrina's basement along with Quigley. "This should smarten him right up. It's a little mouse food I whip up using a little bit of vitamins and growth hormones." Sabrina said as she gave Chester a drop of it. "And now, the ultimate test. Tada!" Quigley said as he took off the sheet.
I had to admit, I was amazed by the course. It was like a mini amusement park. "Wow." Harvey said. "What exactly is it, Uncle Quigley?" Sabrina asked her great-uncle. "It's a pneumatically activated balance maze for your mouse. I figured Chestie over here isn't dumb, he just needed a challenge." Quigley explained.
"You put all that together for Chester? That is so cool." Sabrina complimented her great-uncle. "Thanks. Harvey, can you run up to the kitchen and get some cheese?" Quigley asked Harvey. "Hey, sure thing." Harvey said as he went upstairs to get the cheese.
Salem skidded to a stop on the table. "Well, we know Harvey can do it. That leaves the mouse." Salem said. "Of course the mouse can do it, Salem. It's part of Chester's life." I said. "Sabrina, I can't tell you how proud I am of you. You're bracing the world of science instead of relying on magic. Oh, shows real maturity. Also Aaron, your mother said the same thing on the phone earlier." Quigley told Sabrina and me.
"Thanks Uncle Quig. And thanks for building this nifty maze." Sabrina said. "Yeah, I'm jealous of Chester right now." I said my thoughts out loud. "Are we getting a warm moment here or am I getting a hairball?" Salem asked. "You know, you could show a bit more compassion. It helps." I retorted to the cat. "Nah, I'm good." He shot back. I nearly grabbed my hair and pulled it but stopped myself.
Harvey came back down and put the cheese in the maze. "Now let see what little Chester can do." Quigley said as he put Chester in the maze. Soon Chester shot off like a rocket, moving towards the cheese while going through the obstacles. "Look at him go!" Harvey said. "Go Chester, go!" Sabrina said. "You can do this." I said as Chester made it to the end of the maze and to the cheese.
"Houston, we have take-off." I said with a smirk as we have success. "All right!" Sabrina and Harvey said at the same time. "Oh Quigley. You're terrific." Sabrina said as she hugged Quigley. "Thanks Quigley." I added while giving him a thumbs up.
"We got ourselves a winner! I'll be back in the morning and we'll head to the science fair. We're gonna show the world that a mouse can be as smart as you and me." Harvey said before bumping into a golden coffin and it slammed close with him in it. "Oh brother." Salem said with a facepalm, only for me to slap his front paw. "Not the time." I hissed under my breath. Harvey opened it with a bashful smile.
Soon me, Sabrina and Salem were at the table. I was sleeping over at Sabrina's place so that it would be easier to get to the science fair. And yet, the way Sabrina was treating Chester was making me feel like I want Salem to claw my ears out with hot pokers made out of lava. Yes really. Oh, and Salem was wearing a bathrobe. Weirdest table time ever.
"Does little mousie wowsie likes his foodie woodie?" Sabrina asked like she was talking to a baby. If I had a child, I wouldn't do that at all. "I think I'm gonna pukey wukie." Salem said, mocking her. "Can we just please stop with the tone?" I asked with my face on the table.
"Oh, stop it Salem. You're just jealous because Chester getting so much attention. But ok Aaron, I'll stop if it makes you happy." Sabrina said as she gave Chester some more food. "Sabrina, Aaron! It's time for bed!" Zelda called out to us.
"Okay Aunt Zelda!" Sabrina called out to her aunt. "Thank you!" I added as Sabrina put Chester in his cage. "Back in your cage, little fella. We're going upstairs." Sabrina told Chester. "Don't sweat it. I'll watch him for you." Salem told us.
"You?" I asked before laughing and falling off my chair. "Oh, great joke Salem." I said while still laughing. "We can't ask you to watch over a mouse. You're a cat." Sabrina pointed out. "Sabrina, don't remind him." I said in between chuckles. "A cat? A cat?! Excuse me, but I'm most certainly not a cat! You are speaking, my young halflings, to the proud product of twenty generations of skilled warlocks! A cat indeed." Salem said, upset.
"Could've fooled us." I muttered under my breath, only for Sabrina to elbow me in the guts. "Ow, we know it to be true." I said in pain. "I'm-no, we're sorry. We didn't mean..." Sabrina stammered out. "You should be." Salem said. "Oh, all right. You can watch Chester. Just make sure he gets his sleep." Sabrina told him. Salem just grumbled at that.
"Get off your high horse or else." I told him. "Or else what?" He shot back. "Or else my mom is going to hear about this, and she still letting off steam from the mere mortals comment that Hilda and Zelda made a while back." I retorted.
I had a smirk on my face as Salem looked scared. The only person who managed to make him scare in Greendale was my mom, given her history. And if Salem doesn't keep his boundaries in check, I would also be someone he can be scared of.
"O-okay. I-I forgive you t-two. L-Little C-Chester will g-get his s-sleep, c-count on me." Salem stuttered out as he saluted us. "How did you scare him so badly?" Sabrina asked as we walked upstairs to her room, though I would sleep on the floor near her window. "Easy. He tried to challenge my mom one time and fail epically." I said as I shrugged my shoulders.
The next morning came and Sabrina and I went downstairs. Still tired. "Morning Chester." Sabrina yawned. "Morning Salem who isn't on the table watching Chester who isn't in his cage." I said with a yawn, not realizing what I said until my brain processed it. And by that time, Sabrina noticed what I said too as she grabbed a carton of orange juice for herself.
"Oh no!" Sabrina cried out. "Chester's gone! And Harvey is coming soon!" I panicked before looking around. "Sabrina, where does Hilda and Zelda hid their holes?" I asked her. "Why?" She asked me. "So I can throw Salem in there and bury him!" I said as we went to the cat, who was sleeping in the pantry.
"Salem!" We cried out in anger. "Morning, kiddos." He said before burping. "Ooh. Sorry." He added. "Salem, you ate Chester!" Sabrina said. "Hey, what do you want from me, I'm a cat. Remember?" Salem said, like it was nothing.
"You. Ate. CHESTER?! AND THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO SAY FOR YOURSELF?! EVEN THOUGH YOU WERE MAD WHEN SABRINA AND I CALL YOU A CAT LAST NIGHT! ALL THAT TIME, EFFORT AND MOUSE THERAPY, WASTED THANKS TO YOU! ARGGHHH!" I exclaimed while shaking Salem and breathing fire. That's something I can do when I really ticked off, like in that instance. Let's just say, I lost it in that moment.
"Oh my god, he's became a Pokemon! Run, Sabrina! Run for your lives!" Salem said in fear as he tried to run, forgetting that I was holding onto him. For some reason, I'm able to breathe fire despite the fact that neither of my parents can't. My mom is nonchalant with this fact of course. My dad thinks its a type of magoc I was born with.
"Oh Salem, how could you?! Chester was more than a mouse. We bred him for grace and wit and intelligence." Sabrina told the cat that was still being cat-handled by me. "Well, if you bred him for speed, he'd still be here." Salem said, only for him to shrink away once seeing the fire in my eyes.
Most people have the five stages of grief, but me and my mother have the five stages of anger. Stage 1: Boiling anger. Stage 2: Coldness/Payback. Stage 3: Lava-hot rage. Stage 4: Cooling down. And stage 5: Moving on/Acceptance. And I was on stage 2 and 3.
"Well, since we don't have a mouse, guess we're gonna need a replacement, don't we Salem?" I asked him in a low tone. He gulped as he realized what I meant. "C-can't I give you two and Harvey an I.O.U.?" Salem asked. "No." I said icily as I went to get the Spooky Jar. "Can you blame me for-" Salem began.
"I don't want to hear your excuses! You're the one who got mad when we call you a cat, but when you do it yourself, it's alright?! Tell me how the *swear in Saiyan language* does that make eating Chester ok to you?!" I spatted out as I brought the Spooky Jar.
"If you want a replacement mouse, why can't you turn yourself into a mouse?" Salem asked, still trying to get out of it. "Because the one time I did, my dad decided to bring animals into the house as a anniversary present, mainly pigs! It was after my mom read Animal Farm! She told me not to turn into a mouse in front of her again and threatened my dad not to do that ever again! And it's your fault we're using magic for the science fair, disappointing Quigley and my mother!" I exclaimed as I handed the Spooky Jar to Sabrina while glaring at Salem.
"Oh no. Oh no, you don't. Don't even think it." Salem said as Sabrina put the Spookie Jar on the table. "Tough luck. You lost the option to back out the instance you decided to eat Chester and became a hypocrite, you *swore in Saiyan language. Again*!" I said.
"From cat to mouse, you'll make the switch. And none can hear him, but a witch." The Spooky Jar said as he laughed before giving Sabrina the fortune cookie with the spell inside. "Have fun." He said before returning back into the jar.
Sabrina broke the cookie and use the spell on the paper, turning Salem into a mouse. "Suppose you think this settles the argument." Salem said. "I don't think. I know." I told him, grabbing him by the tail. "And if you don't act like a regular mouse, well, I'll make the punishment from the Witches' Council seem like a birthday present when I get done with you, got it?" I threatened him, prepared to do the fire breath again. "Y-yes." Salem said meekly. "Good." I said, dropping him in Chester's old cage.
"Sorry, but it's your own fault. And you better cooperate at the science fair, or else we'll leave you this way, which you might deserve." Sabrina said. "Sabrina, I may had wanted us to turn him into a mouse, but not as a permanent thing." I said, already on stage 4. "Oh yeah. I'm sure Quigley and Mary will have something to say about this." Salem said.
"YOU'RE THE REASON WHY WE DID THIS AT ALL, SALEM! I'M PRETTY SURE IF THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, IT WILL BE TOWARDS YOU FOR BEING A HYPOCRITE!" I exclaimed. I'm surprised that no one came down to see why I been yelling and swearing up a storm that a sailor was crying somewhere. "And no one can hear you but me and Aaron, Salem. That's part of the spell." Sabrina pointed out.
"Morning Sabrina. Aaron. All ready for the big event?" Quigley asked us. "Uh, yeah Uncle Quigley." Sabrina said. "Sure, just let me get dressed." I said as I left to put on my regular clothes. "And how's our little exhibit? Hey there Chester. You know, he looks a little chubbier than I remember." Quigley said glancing at Salem.
Salem stepped on the stopper that had the mouse food, squirting it on Quigley's face. "Hey!" Quigley exclaimed. I just gave Salem the death stare and he became terrified once he saw my face while Quigley didn't noticed a thing.
"Remember. I'm watching you." I mouthed to Salem before running upstairs to get ready. "Morning all." Hilda said from downstairs before I closed the bathroom door, blocking out most of their talk, though I did hear Hilda asking Sabrina if she can help her clean the attic.
As soon as I got dressed, Zelda was outside the door. "Hey, your mother left a message. She said that she wants you to do some last-minute training with her before you go to the science fair." Zelda told me. "Okay. Thanks Zelda for the message." I said before teleporting back to my house with my stuff I brought with me.
"You arrived five seconds late." My mom said as she closed her pocket watch. "Well, Zelda just told me, after I changed clothes." I said. "Never trust them to get messages on time." My mom muttered under her breath, still pissed off about Hilda and Zelda dissing mortals a while back with the whole Tim the cocaine-snorter.
"Anyways, get into battle stance. We're doing hand-to-hand combat." My mother said. Training with her is random. One day we'll be training with weapons, next we're doing this. I soon got into my fighting stance, which is similar to Hercules from 'Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'. Let me explain about my training before I continue.
I like Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. I like Xena: Warrior Princess. I like watching the two shows so much that I even wanted to fight like the two characters. So my mom decided to do my training based off the characters' fighting styles. And I enjoyed every single bit of my training and never regretted it once.
Okay, back to the story. "Good stance. But are you focused?" My mom asked before trying to attack my legs. I jumped over her and front flipped behind her. "Maybe. Went through the five stages of anger earlier." I told her as I blocked her punches with my arms.
"Wanna tell me what happened?" She asked me. "Long story short, Salem ate Chester and now he's the replacement via a spell." I said. "Ha. Salem being punked. And who's Chester?" My mom asked. "Chester is, was a mouse that Sabrina, Harvey and I bred for the science fair. And now Salem's his replacement." I told her as I kicked her legs from under her.
"Wait, what? Do you not know what will happen to him? He'll be sent into space!" My mom said as she jumped back on her feet effortlessly. "Wait a minute. The way you say that. Does that mean that Harvey, Sabrina and I already won the science fair?" I asked her. "Yes, it's on the news, and now Salem will be sent into space. Who used the Spooky Jar on him?" My mother asked.
"Sabrina did. But I handed it to her." I told her. Hey, I may have gone through the five stages of anger, but I'm not stupid when it comes to my mother. This is the same person who worked for Broly. "We'll talk about your punishment later. For now, we need to save Salem so we can stop him from whining for help." My mom said.
"Wait you can hear him? Despite the spell?" I asked her. "Yeah. Before he lived with the Spellmans, way before you and Sabrina were born, he lived with me and your father after we were recently married. Happiest months of my life, next to you being born of course." My mom said.
"Wait, so he were to still live with us, he would be my pet to the public? And be my roomate kinda?" I asked my mother. "Yeah. Only Hilda decided to take him to live with her and Zelda, and eventually Sabrina." My mom said. "Well, let's save him." I said as my mom and I teleported to the back of the school, by her a teleportation device for some reason.
*During Teleportation*
"I didn't think this through, did I?" I asked my mom as we went through the fabrics of time and space. "No, no you didn't. And you will be punished after this. Just one question though, why wasn't Sabrina with Harvey at the science fair?" My mom asked.
"That's because Hilda asked Sabrina to help clean the attic, though I did heard Zelda asking Hilda to do that herself." I said. "Of course. Because why not, that lousy *swears a lot in Saiyan language*." My mom grumbled under her breath.
*After Teleportation, behind the school*
We were in the bushes. "Wait, why are we here instead of getting to the Space Center?" I asked my mom. "Because I want to see the look on Sabrina's face when she realize the trouble she's in." My mom replied. "I guess we kinda deserve that." I said nervously and a bit guilty.
"But I also will have a talk with Salem, about how he's twist your words around. You and Sabrina may had continued the circle of paybacks, but Salem started it with acting like a cat, despite hating it when he is called a cat." My mom said, seeing the look on my face.
"I know, but Xena and Hercules wouldn't do something like this. I feel like I dishonored their messages and training." I said, looking down. "Hey, even you know they have their days sometimes. And even they didn't have a easy time with their stuff." My mom reminded me. "I know." I said as we walked in, to see Sabrina talking to Harvey.
I already know what they're talking about. The fact that we won, that Harvey gave Salem, still believing him to be Chester, to Prof. Houston and the Greendale Space Center to send off to space. Sabrina saw me at first and waved me over, only to stop when she saw my mother, who just indicated the spot next to her. Sabrina told Harvey she'll be back and walked over to us.
"Sabrina Spellman. I know what you and Aaron did to Salem, and I'm disappointed in the two of you. Not coming to me or even Quigley about this. Don't worry, I won't tell Quigley. I'm pretty sure you will and if you won't, either Aaron will, or Salem once Aaron takes the spell off him. I'll punish Aaron, but I'll make sure that you get punish too." My mom told Sabrina. "Yes ma'am." Sabrina said.
"Good, I'll ask Quigley if he can take us to the Greendale Space Center." My mom said before walking off. "You told her?" Sabrina asked me. "Yes. Even if I didn't, she already knows because she's been around him and magic too much that she knows when magic's been used. It's like a seventh sense to her." I told Sabrina.
"I guess. We should hurry up and save Salem though." Sabrina said as we went out of the school. We even brought Harvey along, who think we were talking about Chester. "Quigley will be here in a short while." My mom said. "Okay." Sabrina and I said.
Soon we were heading to the Space Center. "Thanks for driving us to the Space Center, Uncle Quigley." Sabrina thanked Quigley. "Well, Sabrina, Aaron, your new interests in science is very encouraging. I can't tell you how proud I or Mary am you two and Harvey won first place without resorting to magic." Quigley said with a wink, while I sank lower into my seat.
"Yes, we should be proud of them for winning." My mom said. "Yeah, uh, thanks." Sabrina said as she also sank low into her seat. We arrived at the gates, where a security officer stopped us. Quigley told the officer we were here for the tour, while Harvey looked at the rockets.
"Hey, are you sending a astronaut into space today?" Harvey asked. "Nah, not on this trip. You know, between you and me, those guys are so much window-dressing anyways, heh. Heck, my Aunt Lulu could do that job if you know what I mean." The security officer rambled on before laughing.
""Uh, officer, we're kind of in a hurry." Sabrina said. "So can you please get to the main event?" I asked. "Now you want to go where the real action is, it's in security. That's my game. Cause I'm a guy that likes living on the edge." He said before burping. "Want a donut?" He asked us, which we politely declined.
"Eh, suits yourself. Anyways, all they're sending up today is a bunch of lab animals. You know, a dog, a chimp. Mouse." He listed off casually as if he was talking about the weather. "I wanna crawl in a hole and wait till this blows over." I said with my hand over my eyes. "Wait till you fix this." My mom said, pointing to the spell in my pocket.
Before we left, I found out Sabrina grab the counter-spell from the Spooky Jar on her way to the school. I told her I wanted to fix this and she handed me the spell. I even made sure it was the real one and not a fake so she can do it herself. It was real, all right. Even my mother agreed that I should be the one who fixed this since I did gave Sabrina the Spooky Jar.
Anyways, we were on the tour and already I want to fall asleep. Even my mother had difficulty staying awake and she fought Goku at one point. I don't even remember what the tour guide was saying. Until he mentioned the animals' kennels. I jumped off with Sabrina and Harvey following me a second afterwards. Meanwhile my mom was easing Quigley's doubts.
"Harvey, do you know where we're going?" Sabrina asked Harvey as she followed him while I went in a different direction to cover more ground. "Me? I thought you knew." Harvey said as he and Sabrina turned the corner.
Meanwhile I was looking at the map. "God dang it! Why did I allow myself to give into my anger like that? Not even Tim the Witchsnorter made me want revenge on him. Why, oh why did this had to happen to Salem?" I asked as I try to figure out where I was supposed to go. That was until Sabrina and Harvey ran past me.
"Hey, why are you running?" I asked them, only to see the security officer. "Don't make my drop my donut!" He shout to us as I ran after Sabrina and Harvey into a room. The door shut behind us.
"You know? We need to stay split up, which is the reason it called that." I said. "Not our plan. Where are we anyways?" Sabrina asked. "Don't ask me. Look for a light switch. I found it." Harvey said as he pressed a red button. "Harvey, I don't think that's a light switch. I think you shouldn't press that button." I said as Harvey pressed the button.
The lights came on and the gravity was gone, causing Harvey and Sabrina to be in the air while I remained on the ground thanks to training. "Whoa! Harvey, what did you touch?" Sabrina asked. "Uh, I don't know. I think this might be some kind of anti-gravity chamber." Harvey said before noticing that I was still on the ground. "Well, duh." Sabrina responded.
"Hey Aaron, how come you're not up here? Does this have anything to do with...?" Harvey was about to ask before I cut him off. "No, it's because, uh, I wear heavy shoes." I said while sweating nervously. Sabrina gave me a confused glance while Harvey shrugged. "Okay, I guess that's is true." He said.
"Hey, it's kind of fun." Harvey said as he spun around in the air. "I know." I said under my breath while trying to find the exit. "Try it." Harvey told Sabrina as I looked around. "Ah, I can't stop!" Sabrina shouted once she let go of the wall. "Grab hold of something!" Harvey told her. "What is she suppose to grab?" I asked him.
"Ahh!" Sabrina screamed as she flipped a switched, causing a fan under me to turn on and caused a wind the power of a tornado to come out. "Whoa!" The three of us cried out as we were sucked in. Only for someone (*Cough* security officer *cough*) to turn the thing off, causing Sabrina and Harvey to fall on me.
He started yelling at us, I don't know what he was saying, but we ran out of the room fast. We were in front of a double door for something. "I think we lost him." Sabrina said while panting. "Yeah, but for how long?" I asked in between pants.
"And if you'll step this way, you'll see something truly fascinating." The tour guide from before said, coming closer to where we are. "Someone's coming. Quick, in this closet." Sabrina told us as we went in.
"Is it me, or is this closet moving?" Harvey asked once the 'closet' started shaking. "Harvey, Sabrina, this isn't a closet! This is a gravity simulator!" I cried out before it started spinning fast. I won't be ashamed to admit it, I screamed like a girl. At least only Sabrina and Harvey were the only ones around to hear that.
Mary P.O.V.
""Hey, does that sounds like Aaron screaming like a girl?" Quigley asked Mary. "No, that must be the g-simulator." Mary lied. "Well, too bad Sabrina, Aaron and Harvey isn't here to see this. They'll love it." Quigley said. "I know." Mary said with a smirk.
Back to our regularly scheduled narrator(Aaron's P.O.V.)
"AHHHH!" We screamed as we were pushed against the seats and our faces were stretched backwards. "SOMEONE STOP THIS CRAZY RIDE!" I cried out, thinking that my prayers wouldn't be answered, only for it to be answered. Because someone turned the thing off. I breathed a sigh of relief as the thing slowed down.
"WHOAAAAAA!" Sabrina and Harvey exclaimed as we were launched from the g-simulator. "Where's the leak, ma'am?" I asked in a daze from being dizzy before falling down on my back. "Are you okay, Aaron?" Harvey asked.
""FINLAND!" I exclaimed, mishearing the question due to the dizziness. "He's alright, Harv. Come on, we don't have much time." Sabrina said as she pulled me up and dragged me.
We were soon in a room with a computer and a window of a conveyor belt. "He has to be here somewhere. I mean, where could he be? This is just awful." Sabrina told us while I looked at the conveyor belt. "Uh, guys." I tried to tell get their attention. "I'm sorry. It's all my fault." Harvey said as I decided to follow the conveyor belt while Salem was waving.
"Don't worry, I'll save you." I said as I jumped into the shadows of the vehicle that was transporting the kennels, though Salem didn't noticed me. "Quigley! Mary! Quigley and Mary!" Salem shouted before throwing cheese at Quigley's head as we went around the corner.
Mary's P.O.V.
The piece of cheese Salem threw at Quigley bounced off his head. "Ouch!" Quigley exclaimed, rubbing his head while Mary looked at it with a small smirk. "Please sir. Don't taunt the animals. There's a chance they might not come back. And we want them to enjoy what little time they have here on Earth." The tour guide said.
"You saw that too. He didn't throw the cheese. So do your job right or I'll take this up to your boss, got it buster?!" Mary asked. "Y-yes ma'am." The tour guide said with a gulp. "Mary, what's going on?" Quigley asked. "Do you want the simple story or the complex story?" Mary asked as she began to tell him what Aaron told her.
Aaron's P.O.V.
"T-minus two minutes and ten seconds! The doomed, uh, groomed animals are being loaded into the capsule!" Prof. Houston said. Of course the guy doesn't care about the animals at all. I wonder where Sabrina and Harvey are. Actually, knowing Sabrina, she might just tell him her undying love for him./p
"T-minus two minutes and counting!" Prof. Houston said as I tried to figure out how to get Salem out. "T-minus 80, 79, 78... Hold it! We have a Code 15 Sepamatic! A Code 15 Sepamatic! Hold countdown!" Prof. Houston said as I was blushing in embarrassment. I will explain the code soon, but at least this will allow me to save Salem now.
As Prof. Houston resumed the countdown, clearly not caring where he left off, Sabrina came up. "Hey, wondering where you were?" I said casually as I opened the door. "You been here the whole time?" Sabrina asked. "Yep." I replied.
"Salem!" Sabrina and I said in relief. "Sabrina, Aaron! Get me out of here!" He said. "That's why we came." I said as I grabbed him. "Ah ha! Got ya two!" The security officer said, pointing at us. "Time for the counterspell." I said as I tapped Salem's head with it, causing a cloud of purple smoke to appear.
"Sheesh, wait till the last moment, why don't you?" Salem asked once he was a cat again. "This wouldn't had happened if you hadn't eaten Chester. And my mom is aware of this whole event." I told Salem, who was terrified once I mentioned my mother. "W-wait. M-Mary knows? A-and she's h-here?" Salem asked while shaking. "Yeah, so don't expect pity from her." I said as I closed the door.
"T-minus fifteen, fourteen..." Prof. Houston said. "Yikes! Hold on, Salem!" Sabrina said as she and I grabbed a zip-line and went down it. "AHHH!" Sabrina and Salem screamed. "WHEEE!" I said as we went down, only for us to fall on the ground in front of my mother and Quigley.
"Hi Uncle Quigley." Sabrina said. "I heard this from Mary, who heard it from Aaron. So, I'm waiting." Quigley told his great-niece. "Sure, but first you have to do something for me." Sabrina said. "What?" Quigley asked. "Duck!" Sabrina exclaimed as she tackled Quigley down to the ground as the spaceship was launched while my mom crouched down.
"We have a clean lift-off! All systems go! I repeat, all systems..." Houston said before stopping for a reason Sabrina and I knew.
Later Sabrina told Quigley everything. "I just didn't have the heart to tell you why I used magic." Sabrina explained. "So you were planning on not allowing Salem to talk until the spell was gone?" My mother asked her. "Unexcusable." She added once Sabrina didn't replied.
"Oh Sabrina, you can always count on me when you in trouble, no matter what. That's what I'm here for." Quigley told Sabrina. "But what could you've done?" Sabrina asked. "You'd be surprised. What do you think held up the countdown?" Quigley asked Sabrina.
"I don't know. Something called a Code 15." Sabrina said. "Sabrina. A Code 15 is when a guy walked around without his pants." I said while blushing in embarrassment. "Uncle Quigs! You didn't!" Sabrina exclaimed in shock. "Oh yes he did. I was there to see it." My mom said.
"I was never so embarrassed in all my life." Quigley said with a chuckle. "You're the best. And the next time I'm in trouble, I'll tell you about it." Sabrina said, hugging Quigley.
"Hey wait, how did you know the mouse was really Salem? Before Aaron's mom told you anyways." Sabrina wondered. "I sent him a cheese-gram." Salem said as Quigley showed the cheese to us with the message.
"And now it's time for punishments, young lady." Quigley told Sabrina. "Wait, what about Aaron?" Sabrina asked. "Easy. This whole event is punishment enough for him." My mom said. "But, he gave me the Spooky Jar." Sabrina protested.
"Yeah, he did. Think if he gave you the Death Star too. He would give it to you, but you were the one who choose to use them instead of walking away from them." My mother said. "I-I guess so." Sabrina said in defeat.
"Good. Plus missing the science fair is another punishment. And if that isn't enough, I saved him from high blood pressure. Also Salem." My mom said while eating a beef jerky that was in my pocket for some reason, causing Salem to be terrified of the tone of her voice.
"Y-Yes Mary?" Salem asked in fear. "If you ever decide you can't choose who you're supposed to be again, I'll help you figure it out the hard way. I'll even convince Enchantra to have you be back in my house again, despite what Hilda will say or do. Got it?" My mom asked Salem in a low tone. "Yes ma'am." Salem said meekly. "Good then." My mom said before walking away with me following her.
Sabrina was grounded for three weeks. Oh, and Harvey went with her, Salem and Quigley, being dropped off. Now I know why my mom had me do last-minute training instead of the science fair. At least we all learn something from this whole event. Ask my mom where she got that beef jerky.
