Aaron's P.O.V.-Greendale Middle School, Homeroom Class
Sabrina, Chloe and I walked into class, carrying our books. It's been a couple days since I got back from my trip in Hawaii, which will never be mentioned again. Ever! Especially since I didn't went to the Pokemon convention as I wanted, but was tricked into something else...
*Cough* False-peace-community-with-false-kid-gods-and-mass-brain-washings-I'm-pretty-sure-Ares-killed-the-leader-with-a-fan-exactly-how-Iolaus-did-with-another-person-that-one-time *Cough* Allergies.
Not to mention that Sabrina's been acting...off since I got back. I can't put my finger on it, but she keeps looking at me with a mixture of fear...and pity. Everytime I try to ask, she always changes the subject, so I decided to to drop it for now.
Anyways, we were talking while the bells were ringing. "I just gotta put more 'social' into my social life, Chloe and Aaron. If I had to spent one more weekend at home, helping great-uncle Quigley label his potato chip collection, I'll-" Sabrina began.
"Hey, Sabrina. Hi, Chloe." Harvey said, not even greeting me as he and Pi walked in, which mildly irked me. "Hello to you too, Harv." I said with bitter sarcasm, which Harvey ignored, irking me some more. "Yo, dudettes and dude, wanna help us make spitballs for study hall?" Pi asked.
"Much as we'd like to paper with you guys, we've got stuff to do." Sabrina said, crossing her arms. "What's more important than a good spitball?" Pi asked, as Harvey shrugged. They soon walked away while Chloe rolled her eyes.
However, I was confused about one thing and I had my priorities straight. "Quigley have a potato chip collection? And why would he need it labeled? All the bags are labeled already." I said. Before Sabrina answered, two female students passed by.
"Oh, I wouldn't miss it for anything. It's, like, the special event of the year." She said to her friend as they walked by us.
"Social event?" Sabrina asked. Before Chloe answered, two more female students walked by us, also talking.
"It'll be the ultimate Halloween party. Gem is having french fries flown in from France." One of them said to the other as they passed us.
"Halloween party? Gem is having a Halloween party?" Sabrina asked. "That's not important." I said. "What is, then?" Chloe asked. "The fact that french fries aren't from France. They're from Belgium." I said, causing Sabrina and Chloe to raise their eyebrows at me.
"Aaron, this is Gem we're talking about. She'll think french fries are from France." Sabrina said. "Yeah, you're right. Just like she'll think Easter Island has everything to do with Easter." I said.
"Of course I'm going! Everyone in homeroom is invited." Another female student told her friend.(Notice the pattern?)
"Chloe, Aaron. Gem's having a Halloween party." Sabrina said. "Uh, kinda obvious, Sabreeny." I pointed out. "But, why would she invite everyone except you two and me?" Sabrina asked. "Oh, she invited me." I said. "What did you say?" Sabrina asked. "Well..." I said.
Flashback-two days ago(an hour later after getting the invite to Gem's Halloween party in the mail)
"Burn, burn, burn! Please, burn! Kill it with fire! Please, Judge Frollo, forgive me for touching this part of Gem's unholiness. I'll do anything, even help you burn down all of Paris just to find one gypsy, if you forgive me for touching this ...thing." I pleaded desperately as I burned the invite, the gloves which I used to touch it, the hazmat suit which I worn to use said gloves and the trashcan in which the invite, the gloves and the hazmat suit was in. Ares was there too, shocked as all hell.
Present time-Homeroom
"Afterwards, I hosed down the remains, pick up the ashes and threw them in the air, to scatter it." I said calmly, while Sabrina and Chloe were shocked by what I said. However, Chloe gotten over her shock when remembering what Sabrina said.
"Uh, you're not invited?" Chloe asked Sabrina. "You are?!" Sabrina asked Chloe in shock.
"Well, yeah. But I haven't said yes, exactly. Look, I'm sure your invitation just slipped Gem's mind." Chloe said. "That must be it." Sabrina said sarcastically.
"Chloe, this is Gem we're talking about. It doesn't 'slip her mind'. She's a banshee who sucks happiness faster than a freaking Dementor! I wouldn't be surprised if her mother is a Dementor!" I exclaimed.
"So I said, 'Please. No one wears pearls with a nose ring. Especially not after Labor Day.'" Gem boasted as she and her fellow banshees laugh at that.
"Maybe if I drop a few subtle hints, she'll invite me." Sabrina said. "Sabreeny, no." I said, just as she skidded over to Gem.
Sabrina's P.O.V.
"Hi, Gem. Mind if I join the party?" Sabrina asked. "It's a free country, Spellman. The only way you could afford it." Gem mocked as her minions laughed.
Sabrina, however, laughed it off. "Good one, Gem. You know, hanging out with you is always such fun. Almost like *snaps her fingers*, oh yeah, an invitation to a party." Sabrina persisted.
"Really? Cuz hanging out with you is a lot like a tooth pulled." Gem mocked again. Once again, her fellow misfit banshees/minions laughed at that.
Again, Sabrina laughed this off. "There's that great sense of humor again. You're a regular party animal." Sabrina said through clenched teeth, her patience tested.
"Are those suppose to be hints, Spellman?" Gem asked frowning, her arms across her chest. "Cuz they're pretty lame, even for you." Gem said, before smirking.
"Okay, it's true. I am giving a Halloween party. Why? You wanna come?" Gem asked.
"Well..." Sabrina began. "Do you cater? Cuz that's the only way you're getting in." Gem said as her fellow banshee from the Ordership of Banshees laughed at that, while Sabrina's face reddened.
Hilda and Zelda's P.O.V-Spellman's Residence
"We've just got to go to the Witches' Halloween Ball. We haven't miss one in 300 years. We've got our reputations to uphold." Zelda said, pacing back and forth in front of Hilda, who was sitting at the kitchen table.
"Right. Besides, it's a great place to meet cute guys." Hilda said.
"Problem is, uncle Quigley will never let us go. You know how he feels about us partying with other witches." Zelda said, as Hilda looked annoyed.
"Yeah. So? The question is how do we get rid of uncle -" "Quigley." Zelda interrupted, as she heard the back door opened and close, due to Quigley walking in with the mail.
"Ah, you got the mail." Zelda said nervously as Quigley walked up to the two. "Oh, hi Uncle Q! Anything interesting?" Hilda asked with a nervous smile.
"I'll say. According to my new Chip And Dip Monthly, they're having a rare potato chip auction tomorrow in Flatly." Quigley said as Salem woke up from his catnap.(Pun intended)
"Gee, that makes me tingly all over." Salem said, as he stretched. "Or maybe my butt's asleep." Salem said, scratching his bottom.
"Look at it! One of the items up for bid is a potato chip in the shape of Missouri." Quigley said, pointing at his book.
"Not... the Missouri chip! Oh, how many more men must die for that salty tuber? How many more lives, ruined?" Salem asked dramatically. Hilda and Zelda laughed while Salem smirked at his own act.
"Fine, laugh if you want. But it's just what I need to finish my chips of the 50 states collection. It's the only one I'm missing." Quigley said smiling, just as the door opened. Sabrina walked in the kitchen with pink thunder over her head, while Aaron followed closely behind, confused about something.
"So he buys potato chips taken out of the bags. Why? Who would do that just to collect potato chips?" Aaron asked Sabrina. She respond by turning around, shrugging and holding her hands outwards, while frowning. She dropped her books on the table while mumbling under her breath.
"Run for cover! Angry preteener! Save yourselves!" Salem said as he jumped of the fridge, using a parachute to land safely.
"When did you get a parachute?" Aaron asked Salem. "Don't question the parachute." Salem said before running out of the kitchen.
"Something wrong, Sabrina?" Quigley asked. "I don't want to talk about it." Sabrina said as she stormed out of the kitchen, causing everyone to slightly wince at the sound of slamming doors.
"What's gotten into her?" Hilda asked. Everyone soon turned to Aaron, who was updating his music, for an explanation. Feeling everyone eyes on him, he looked up to their questioning faces. "Um, bye!" He said quickly as he ran out before they could stop him.
Sabrina's P.O.V.-Sabrina's Room
Sabrina fell onto her bed and started hitting it, while groaning in anger. "Okay, spill it. I got it narrowed down to school trouble, boy trouble, or the world's biggest bunion." Salem said.
"It's Gem. She humiliated me in front of our whole homeroom class." Sabrina ranted. "I see. And where did you want to be humiliated?" Salem asked.
"She's throwing a Halloween party for the kids in homeroom and I'm the only one not invited. Well, besides Aaron, who burned his invite." Sabrina said. "So you're not invited? You don't even like Gem. Why would you go to her party? And more importantly, Aaron lit something on fire? Anymore and he's gonna be an arsonist for sure." Salem said.
"I don't want to go to her party. I just want to be the only one not to go. Besides Aaron, of course. Plus, he won't be an arsonist. It's not in him." Sabrina said, though the last part was her more trying to convince herself.
After all, it had only been days since that day she used magic to end up in a future where she is an adult. While she was married to Harvey, life wasn't the way she wanted. Not to mention what happened with the one True God, AKA Future Aaron.
It's why she's wary around Aaron: she's fears that something, not much but only a tiny amount of something bad may cause Aaron to be from the person she knows to the fearful tyrant she saw then. That, and she might have...no, she's being silly! Going to the future didn't give her any emotional or mental issues, she's just still going through shock over what she saw and heard.
"So, you want to go, but you don't want to not go if you're going, but-" Salem tried to rationalized and fail, confusing himself in the process. "My head hurts." Salem said, holding his head as Sabrina slid off her bed.
"Gem thinks she's such hot stuff. I bet I could throw a Halloween party that'll leave hers in the dust." Sabrina said, quickly getting over her somber thoughts by pushing them aside.
"Okay. So, you don't want to go, but you don't want her not to go if you're going! Or not. Right? Does any of this lead to tuna?" Salem asked. "Wait, I got an idea." Sabrina told Salem.
Everyone's P.O.V.-The next day-Greendale Middle School-Homeroom
"That's right. I'm having a Halloween party this Friday night and everyone's invited." Sabrina said in front of everyone.
"Nice try, Spellman. Have you forgotten my party is this Friday? Oh, that's right. You weren't invited." Gem said, smug as ever.
"Guess that makes me the lucky one." Sabrina said, causing Gem's smirk to turn into a frown. "Tell you what. Let's let everyone decide whose party they'd rather go to: yours or mine." Sabrina said.
Gem laughed at that. "Why would anyone want to go to your lame party, when they could be munching caviar hors d'oeuvres at mine?" Gem asked. "Yeah." Replied most of the homeroom class.
"Maybe because they'll be scarfing down disturbingly enormous pizzas at mine?" Sabrina challenged. "Ooooh!" The same students replied.
"Uh huh. And are you having music by a real-life DJ?" Gem asked. "Aaaahhh," said the students as Sabrina, Chloe and Aaron looked at one another.
"No. I'm having a real-life band." Sabrina said. "Wow." The students said. "Good save." Chloe whispered to Sabrina. Aaron gave her a thumbs up as Gem looked around.
"My parents are letting us have the entire ballroom." Gem boasted. The students gasped at that in suspense. "Um, uh..." Sabrina tried to figure out how to best Gem in that department. "Well, Spellman?" Gem asked smugly.
"My great-uncle...won't be home." Sabrina said, winning over the students. "I thought you would say that ballrooms were overrated, but I guess that works too." Aaron whispered in Sabrina's ear.
"How are you gonna get rid of your great-uncle?" Chloe asked, whispering in Sabrina's other ear. "I have absolutely no idea." Sabrina said under her breath before looking towards Gem.
"No hard feelings, Gem." Sabrina said to Gem in a normal tone. "Say, now that you're not doing anything Friday night, why don't you come to my party?" Sabrina asked. "Love to. And this better be a great party, Spellman. Or you might as well not show your face in the seventh grade again." Gem said.
"I'm sure it'll be unforgettable. Even with you there." Sabrina told Gem, as she and Chloe walked out of the room. "I'll make sure it is. Starting with my precious Aaron." Gem said, winking at Aaron, who was horrified. "Nooooo!" Aaron screamed like a girl as he ran out of the room.
"Oh man. This will be one party I can't wait to trick-or-treat." Pi told Harvey. "Trick-or-treat? That's for kids. Remember, we're in the seventh grade." Harvey said snobbishly while crossing his arms. "Cyah. That's what I mean, dude." Pi said, shocking Harvey. "This could be our last chance to be immature preteeners. Besides, it'll be fun. Just leave everything to old Pi." Pi told Harvey.
Sabrina's P.O.V.-Sabrina's Room
Sabrina and Salem were sitting on Sabrina's bed, the former on the phone. "Pizza cost how much? *Indistinct voices on the phone answer* No way. For that price, I'll make it myself." Sabrina retorted, hanging up the phone and picking up a notepad.
"Hmm, let's see. Cheese, tomato sauce, pepperoni..." Sabrina listed off ingredients for pizza. "Stomach pump." Salem snarked, causing Sabrina to look at him. "I've seen you cook." Salem said with a straight face.
"That should leave me with...ten dollars." Sabrina said as cash register sounds came out from nowhere. "Huh, thought Aaron would pop out of nowhere and comment how that came out f-" Sabrina began.
"THE BIG LIPPED ALLIGATOR MOMENT!" Aaron exclaimed, popping in from Sabrina's window, startling Sabrina and Salem. The two let out a scream, before Sabrina threw a shoe at Aaron's face, causing him to fall down. "My nose!" Aaron scream from outside.
"Sorry!" Sabrina called out to Aaron. "It's okay." Aaron called back, and Sabrina heard the sound of Aaron healing himself. "Anyways, see you later." Aaron said before leaving. Sabrina shrugged before picking up the phone and dialing.
"Hi. You book bands for parties? What kind of a band could I get for $10?" Sabrina asked. "A rubber band?" Salem supplied, annoying Sabrina. However, she smiled when hearing a reply on the other end.
"Sounds great. Tell them to be at the Spellman's house Friday night." Sabrina said before ending the call and putting the phone back in the receiver. "This party is going to be totally cool! Better than any party Gem can throw. She'll be positively green with envy." Sabrina bragged.
"There's just one little, eensy-weensy problem that may have escaped your attention. You promised everyone Quigley wouldn't be here." Salem pointed out, causing Sabrina to be dumbfounded.
"Oh, right. Hmm. How could I get rid of Quigley?" Sabrina asked herself.
Zelda and Hilda's P.O.V.-Kitchen(Meanwhile)
"Hmm. How could we get rid of Quigley?" Zelda asked Hilda quietly, as they sat at the table. Quigley was cooking something on the stove. Sabrina and Salem entered the kitchen shortly after Zelda's question. Quigley brought the food to the table.
"Uh, baked potatoes, smashed potatoes and sweet potatoes. All in the shape of Missouri, heh. Great-Uncle Quigley, is there something on your mind?" Sabrina asked.
"What? Oh, I'm sorry. I guess I've got potatoes on the brain. Just can't stop thinking about that tantalizing chip. Oh, if only I could get to that auction Friday night and be back by midnight of Saturday." Quigley lamented.
"Friday night?!" Sabrina, Zelda and Hilda asked in unison. "Oh, you've got to go." Sabrina said. "You can't miss that auction." Hilda added. "It's-it's an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." Zelda finished. "We insist." The three Spellman females said in unison.
"Gee, that's sweet of you girls. But I just couldn't leave you all alone on Halloween night without adult supervision." Quigley said, causing Hilda and Zelda to give each other glances.
"We can babysit Sabrina. We're 600 years old. How adults do you have to be?" Hilda asked as Zelda stood up from the table. "Well..." Quigley began. "Great. Then it's settled. Come on. I'll help you pack." Zelda said as she grabbed Quigley's hand. "But, uh..." Quigley tried to protest before being dragged out of the kitchen, which Hilda smile at.
"I know why I wanted him gone Friday." Sabrina said, causing Hilda to look at Sabrina, forgetting she was still in the kitchen. "I want to give a Halloween party. How about you?" Sabrina asked Hilda.
"We're heading to the Witches' Halloween Ball. That is, if we can find an adult to babysit you." Hilda said.
"Hey, what am I? Kitty litter?" Salem asked. "You're a cat." Hilda said with no humor in her tone. "Hey, I'm older than you and I can lick my back." Salem boasted. "Thanks Salem. With you helping, the kids at school will be talking about this party for years." Sabrina said.
"Helping out? I didn't say I'd help." Salem said. Sabrina started scratching his chin. "Ah, no fair. Oh, little more to the left." Salem said before purring.
Sabrina's P.O.V.-The next day
"I'm counting on you girls to take care of things while I'm gone. And remember: no witchcraft." Quigley told the Spellman girls as he drove off. Sabrina, Hilda and Zelda told him bye, have fun and have a safe trip.
"Boy, I'd thought he'll never leave." Hilda said after Quigley was gone. "We'd better be going or we'll be late for the ball." Zelda told Hilda. "Good luck with your party, Sabrina." Hilda told Sabrina, giving the latter a wink and thumbs up before she used magic on herself and Zelda.
Hilda's hair was in a bun, and she was wearing a pink dress. Zelda's hair look like a hippie's and she was wearing a blue and yellow dress with a purple shirt underneath. They used magic to leave shortly afterwards.
"We've gotta get moving. I want everything perfect for when my guests arrived. Especially Gem." Sabrina said as she and Salem head inside.
"Just asking, why don't you ask Aaron to help you?" Salem asked, causing Sabrina to freeze up briefly. "Um, because I don't want him to get dirty, run to his house to get clean and in his costume, and run back here. It'll be a waste of time." Sabrina lied.
"Then, why don't he just bring his costume here?" Salem asked. "Because...I already asked Aaron and he told he no." Sabrina lied again, as she can't think about sweet, friendly Aaron without thinking about his evil future self.
"Really? He told you no? I thought he would jump at the chance to help you. Guess he really wanted Gem after all." Salem teased, For some reason, this ticked Sabrina off, and her questionable emotional state she's been denying since she return from the future reached it's boiling point.
"Look, he has his own life! Just because he told me no doesn't mean he wants anything to do with Gem, he hates her! So shut up about Aaron and help me with this party!" Sabrina yelled, blowing up in Salem's face, causing him to be shocked.
"Okay, okay. When did talking about him cause you to have a short fuse?" Salem asked, as Sabrina took deep breaths. "I-It doesn't. I'm sorry. Just, don't associate him with Gem." Sabrina told Salem as they went into the kitchen.
Hours later
Sabrina was rolling the dough for the pizza, getting flour all over her hair. Salem was sitting on a chair in front of the over, which began to pour out black smoke. "Excuse me, but is cheese pizza suppose to be black and crunchy?" Salem asked.
"What? Oh no!" Sabrina cried out, skidding in front of the oven to open it. The smoke poured out full steam(no pun intended), causing Sabrina to cough.
"It doesn't look that bad." She commented, looking at the scorched, crusty pizza. At that second, it broke and turned into ashes.
A doorbell rang. "Uh oh. Oh my gosh! My guests are here and the food's not ready! Gem will never let me live this down." Sabrina lamented.
"Well, you are a witch, aren't you?" Salem asked Sabrina. She looked down briefly. "Sorry, Great-Uncle Quigley. Boil and bubble, broiling big enormous pizza you will make!" Sabrina recited, as she zapped the ingredients and the kitchenware, which started moving on their own and making the pizza dough for the enormous pizzas.
"Can I cook or what?" Sabrina asked Salem as she ran out of the kitchen, leaving Salem with a deadpan face. She ran to the door and opened it to show Chloe in a Cat Woman costume.
"Hey, Sabrina. Hope we're not early." Chloe said as she and the other students in costume walked in. One of them was wearing a Frankenstein monster costume. Gem's fellow banshees dressed up as a horned witch and a warrior. Gem showed up as Snow White.
"No. I was just finishing up with the pizza." Sabrina said. "How quaint. A do-it yourself party. Love your costume. Powder doofus. It's really you." Gem mocked. Sabrina looked down and was shocked at the flour, brushing it off as Gem and her fellowship of banshees walked by, laughing.
"You will not ruin my Halloween party, Gem Stone." Sabrina warned. She snapped her fingers, zapping a witch costume onto herself. "Let's partay!" Sabrina stated as Aaron walked in, surprising Sabrina about his costume.
He had his hat off, and managed to get his curly hair flat, yet messy. He was wearing a black and white tuxedo and pants, a tie, which is surprising in itself, a white shirt and black shoes. Aaron also managed to dye his hair light-green and made himself somewhat white with a lot of powder. Finally, Aaron seems to be wearing contacts that change the color of his sclera from white to yellow
"Hey, Sabreeny." Aaron said, smiling at Sabrina. "Hey. So, who are you supposed to be? Another character from those Pokemon games you play?" Sabrina asked.
"Uh, no. I'm...hmm" Aaron mused. "What?" Sabrina asked. "Well, I can't say it. It's part of my curse. However, maybe charades could help you figure it out?" Aaron asked, clearly enjoying having Sabrina work for the name.
"Fine." Sabrina said, barely suppressing the urge to roll her eyes. Aaron started to use magic to conjure up a beetle and a orange juice.
"Um, Beetle drink?" Sabrina asked, causing Aaron to smirk while shaking his head. "Uh, Beetle orange?" She asked, causing Aaron to shake no again. "Beetle breakfast?" Sabrina guessed, causing Aaron to give a thumbs down as a answer.
"Uh, Beetle liquid...Beetlejuice?" Sabrina asked hopefully. "You're suppose to say the name two more times to summon me, by the way." Aaron joked as the beetle and juice disappeared, causing Sabrina to chuckle a bit, even if she doesn't know what he's talking about. "Anyways, the party's this way." Sabrina told Aaron as they head towards the main room.
Harvey and Pi's P.O.V.-Outside Spellman's House
Harvey and Pi were standing on the front porch of the Spellman's residence, with Pi holding up two masks. One's white with red, empty eyes and short sharp teeth. The other's green with pink, bloodshot eyes and antennas on its head.
"Cyah. We're gonna sneak into the party the back way. We'll scare the heck out of everyone. Cyah." Pi said, handing Harvey the white mask.
"Why would we want to do that?" Harvey asked. "Cyah. Man, don't you know anything? It's like a guy tradition. The only one not with us is Aaron, who's at the party. Cyah." Pi said, with the green, alien mask on his face and flashing Harvey a thumbs up.
Harvey looked down at the mask, considering his decision. However, after recalling not just a few seconds ago Pi mentioned Aaron was at the party, Harvey got a dark smirk on his face as he made his decision. And, with that in mind, Harvey put on the mask and followed Pi.
Aaron's P.O.V.-Spellman's Living Room(Site of Halloween Party)
Everyone was in the living room, either sitting or standing in a circle in front of the table. I was sitting on one of the couches as well. In front of us was Sabrina, who was looking at us with a smile.
Good news, all the time I took to look like Beetlejuice from the 1988 film had Gem not recognized me at all. Yes! And it took me half the day to get my hair flattened and dyed, with help from my dad.(My mother wanted to use blood from a random deer to dye my hair. I convince her not to. She was sad about it when I left for the party.)
"Well? Here we all are." Sabrina said, as everyone stared at her blankly. "So, let's get the ball rolling. I know: conversation. That's always good at a party. So, what do we talk about? Anyone?" Sabrina asked as everyone stared blankly at her.
"Well, here we all are." Sabrina began. "Oh, well, there is this cool new T.V. show I saw. It's really..." A female student dressed as a Greek commoner began before falling silent at Gem's glare, causing the former to look down in shame.
"Why isn't my precious Aaron here?" Gem asked. Normally, that would horrified me. But this time, I had the perfect plan. "I, um, don't know. In fact, I'll have Beetlejuice help me figure out where Aaron is while the rest of you figure out what to talk about." Sabrina said as she pulled me out of the living room and into the hallway.
"Aaron, aren't you terrified that Gem's trying to find you?" Sabrina asked. "Sabreeny, just to ask: did anyone watch Beetlejuice?" I asked. "Um, no. Why?" Sabrina asked, a bit confused.
"Easy. Gem doesn't know I'm me! In fact, no one at this party except you know it's me." I said. "Yeah, so?" Sabrina asked with a raised eyebrow.
"So, I could play along. Get in character. And the best thing is, Gem will be disgusted by me without knowing. And I can use it against her whenever she tries to hit on me!" I exclaimed happily.
Sabrina tried to contain her laughter, and failed. "I could imagine the look on her face when you do." Sabrina said in between laughters. "Exactly. Now, I think it's time to go back to the party." I said. "Okay, Aaron." Sabrina said.
"Aaron? Who's Aaron? I'm the ghost with the most, babe." I said, already using imitating Beetlejuice's voice and getting in character as Sabrina and I went back to the living room.
"Well?" Gem asked. "He's busy." Sabrina said. "Argh!" Gem groaned in anger. "Anyways, I know. Let's mingle." Sabrina said as the students looked at one another, confused. "I mean with each other. Boys and girls, we are in the seventh grade." Sabrina clarified as the students started talking to one another.
"I can't let Spellman get this party off on the right foot." Gem said. "It's showtime." I said to myself as I teleported next to Gem, just as she stepped on another student's costume's tail.
"Attention spoiled princesses!" I said next to Gem, startling her and causing her to get off the tail before it get taut enough to snap forward. "What do you want, creep?!" Gem asked me, angrily.
"Hmm. Ah!" I began before using magic to control Gem's voice. "Learn to throw your voice ! Fool your friends! Fun at parties!" Gem said in 'my' voice. I released my control, as Gem massaged her throat.
"Ugh, stay away from me, you creep!" She exclaimed. "Hey! What am I, garbage?" I asked her. "You wish you were once I'm done with you!" Gem snarled. "Go ahead, make my millennium." I said before laughing like Beetlejuice did in the film, causing Gem to be more disgusted.
"Anyone up for pizza?" Sabrina asked, causing Gem to frown at her. "Great idea. I'm starved." Chloe said. "You haven't lived until you tasted Spellman Special Pizza. The taste is almost...magical." Sabrina said as she went into the kitchen.
"Ugh. I wish Aaron was here." Gem complained. "You want someone to hang with. I want someone to hang with. I said smugly. "Ew, I don't want to go out with you, even with rules!" Gem exclaimed. "These aren't my rules. Come to think of it, I don't have any rules." I said as Gem stormed away in disgust. Game, set and match.
Sabrina and Gem's P.O.V.-Kitchen
Sabrina walked in the kitchen and let out a scream. The dough were mixing quickly and sent flying, the pepperonis were thrown on the pizzas too quickly and the pepperonis were cut to fast. She didn't realize Gem was behind her, about to mocked her when she saw the scene, along with the kitchen being a warzone.
Gem ran out to get the other guests. "Everybody, you gotta see this!" Gem exclaimed from outside the kitchen. "Oh no!" Sabrina said, realizing the issue.
"Oh, yeah. Here I am come, baby." Aaron/'Beetlejuice' said from the living room in response to Gem, causing Sabrina to cringe. For some reason, it seems like he's approaching...no, it's just him getting five years of payback on Gem, that's all. Though that didn't stop thoughts of the sort from entering her mind.
"Not you, you pervert! I'm talking about Spellman's kitchen!" Gem shouted, pulling Sabrina from her thoughts. Sabrina ran to the window and opened it.
"Pizza making goes on and on, but please do it on the lawn." Sabrina recited, pointing outside. All the appliances and pizza stuff went outside, as Sabrina smile softly. Only for a brief moment as she heard crashes, causing her to wince and moan at the damage caused.
"Oh, I tell you. If I hadn't see it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it." Gem said, as she lead the other guests to the kitchen. "Huh?" She asked, shocked that everything was normal, while Sabrina sat on the table, holding pizzas.
"Why, thank you, Gem. That's the nicest thing anyone ever said about my pizzas." Sabrina said. "But, but, things flying through the air. I-I saw." Gem tried to explain. "Get a grip, Gem. Let's eat." Chloe said as she and the other guests, sans Gem and 'Beetlejuice' ran to the living room.
"I believe you, babe." 'Beetlejuice' told Gem. "Really?" Gem asked hopefully. "Yes. That is why I won't do two shows a night anymore, babe, I won't." 'Beetlejuice' said with a grin, as he walked away, causing Gem to clench her fist tightly.
"Want to grab those pizzas and some soda, Gem?" Sabrina asked as she handed Gem the pizza tray. She walked back to the living room with a smile, leaving Gem in the kitchen.
"Good tricks, Spellman. Just to make me look bad." Gem said through clenched teeth as she put the pizza on the counter and cross her arms, looking around. After seeing the salt and peppers, she hatched a plan to dump them on the pizza.
It would've worked too, except for..."Let's turn on the juice and see what shakes loose." A voice said from behind Gem, causing her to turn around. She was horrified to see a snake that look a bit cartoonish.
"We've come for your soul, Gem." The snake said, causing Gem to freeze for a moment. "AAAAHHHHHHH!" Gem screamed as she ran out of the kitchen while the snake laughed.
"SNAKE IN THE KITCHEN!" Gem screamed, running into the living room. "Whoa, Gem. Calm down. Now, what about this snake?" One of Gem's fellow banshee asked as everyone crowd around Gem.
"A huge, realistic, ye cartoonish, talking snake is in the kitchen!" Gem exclaimed, trying to catch her breath. Everyone looked towards the door, only to see 'Beetlejuice' carrying the pizzas and sodas.
"Hey, babe. You forgot these." 'Beetlejuice' said, handing Gem the pizza tray and sodas. "But...but..." Gem weakly protested, still in shock of what happened.
However, the doorbell rang. "Hey, the band's here! Trust me, you're gonna love this." Sabrina said as she went to the door. Gem looked at everyone, especially 'Beetlejuice' and groaned while storming off.
"Hey, I can help you with this 'phantom snake' you saw." 'Beetlejuice' said. "It wasn't a ghost! And what's your credentials, anyways? I don't pay rookies." Gem said.
"Ah. Well... I attended Juilliard... I'm a graduate of the Harvard business school. I travel quite extensively. I lived through the Black Plague and had a pretty good time during that. I've seen the EXORCIST ABOUT A HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN TIMES, AND IT KEEPS GETTING FUNNIER EVERY SINGLE TIME I SEE IT... NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT YOU'RE TALKING TO A DEAD GUY... NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK? You think I'm qualified?" 'Beetlejuice' asked with a grin.
"No, I don't. And I think, if you don't want to be sue by my father, you'll stay away from me for the rest of my life! Or else!" Gem said as she stormed off. "Checkmate." 'Beetlejuice' muttered to himself.
Sabrina walked towards the front door. "Also, Gem, I know how to throw a party. And on a budget too." Sabrina said as she opened the door, only to be shocked.
"Spellman's residence?" An southern voice asked, as the person who owned the voice entered. He was an country guy with a bunch of instruments. "Yes." Sabrina responded as country music played.
Soon, he was performing in front of the guests, who were all dumbfounded. He stopped playing and hold his hand out in front of Sabrina, expecting payment. "That's it? One man and one lousy song?" Sabrina asked, frustrated that she was cheated out of actual music. "What'd you expect with 10 bucks, a Beatles reunion?" The man asked as he left, closing the door behind him.
"Oh man. I can't go back in there. Gem will never hear the end of this. My life is ruined. I can never go to school again. Think. What does a Spellman do when their party's dying? Call for help in the Witches' Yellow Pages!" Sabrina said as she used magic to summon the magic phone book.
Sabrina opened the book and flipped through the pages. "Let's see. Parties, parties. Here it is! Party Parkers. 'Need to put life back in a dead party?' Chant 'party, hardy, abracadabra'." Sabrina read before closing the book, sending it away.
"Party, hardy, abracadabra." Sabrina recited as she opened the door, However, she screamed at what she saw.
It was a blue ghoul in a green plaid suit and was similar to a clown, who laughed at her reaction. "Is this the Spellman party?" He asked, taking off his hat. He then pulled out his own eyes and started juggling them, just as 'Beetlejuice' walked out to see why Sabrina screamed. However, it actually is Aaron, given he dropped the act for a bit.
"Hey, Sabrenny. I heard you scream and was wond-What the heck?" Aaron asked, disgusted. Sabrina shut the door before turning towards Aaron. "You don't want to know." Sabrina said. "Oooookay. I'll just punk Gem some more." Aaron said, walking upstair instead.
Again, Sabrina can't help thinking it's wrong. She knows it's an act. But she thinks this might...no, Aaron will never end up like that awful, set-in-stone version of himself! No, stop thinking about that! Sabrina scolded herself, as she did for the past week since she got back from the future.
However, the ghoul went through the door. "Salem!" Sabrina called out to the black cat. "Holy guacamole!" Salem exclaimed from the top of the stairs. "I was just trying to give a better party than Gem's." Sabrina explained, backing up as the ghoul entered the house.
"Well, don't worry. I don't think she can top dead clowns." Salem assured as he walked down the stairs, using a bubble wand.
"What do I do? They're sure to notice." Sabrina said, worried.
"Well, you go round up Koko the corpse and put him in the cellar. I'll try to contact Hilda and Zelda before anymore entertainment shows up." Salem said as he walked off while Sabrina dragged the ghoul, or zombie...whatever, to the cellar, and push him down. "Stay there." Sabrina said as she close the door.
Harvey and Pi's P.O.V.-Spellman's Backyard
Harvey and Pi walked to the backyard, where the second door to the cellar is open...for some reason. "Cyah. There's gotta be a way to get inside, dude." Pi said to Harvey, as the two didn't notice the open cellar door at first.
"How about the front door?" Harvey asked, like it was obvious. "If you're gonna scare people, you gotta make an entrance where they least expect it. Cyah." Pi countered, leaning a bit too back. He started falling backwards, exclaiming as he did so, into the cellar. The cellar door close as he fell.
"Pi! Pi, you get outta that cellar right now! We need to scare Aaron out of his pants!" Harvey berated as he tried opening the cellar, but failing.
Meanwhile, in the cellar
"Hey, amigo. Where are you, Harvey? Cyah." Pi wondered as he rubbed his head, while a ghost in a tuxedo appeared in front of him.
"Oh, there you are. I don't know how we did it, but we're in, man. Come on, we can give the gang a scare they'll never forget. Cyah." Pi said, mistaking the ghost for Harvey. Said ghost followed Pi.
Gem's P.O.V.-Spellman's Living Room
The guests were sitting in the living room as Gem was pacing around. The only good thing about the night was that she was finally free from that creep. What was his name. Oh yeah: Betelgeuse! Anyways, Gem was about to see what Sabrina was up to only for Chloe to shut the door.
"Lose something, Gem?" Chloe asked, blocking the door. "Spellman's up to something to try and save this disaster of a party. And I'm gonna find out what it is." Gem said, pushing Chloe out of the way with the door, only to stop with what she was seeing.
"Hey, what's that?" Gem asked, seeing a pink creature walking up the stairs. She opened the door more, pushing Chloe fully out of the way.
"If Spellman's plan some really lame Halloween surprises, I'll put a stop to it." Gem said as she left the living room and went up the stairs. She walked up to a door that had a green glow around and, after making sure Sabrina wasn't around to stop her, open it.
However, she regretted that as she screamed. The pink, or now purple, creature she saw climbing up the stairs turned around to face her. "What am I, a game of Twisted?" The creature asked Gem, playing Twister.
She screamed again before running away, only to see a ghost and a alien in front of her. She open a random door and ran into a room. Said room being the bathroom.
"I couldn't have seen what I saw. Spellman must have tricked me and I fell for it. Well, she'll pay for that. Just as soon as I figure out how." Gem mused, before hearing sounds from the bathtub, which had the shower curtains around it.
Gem walked up to the shower curtain and pulled it away, gasping. It was a quartet of headless people, singing barber songs. She screamed once again as she ran out of the bathroom.
Pi's P.O.V.-Spellman's House, Second Floor
"Didn't I tell you? Way cool, dude. Cyah." Pi praised the ghost he believed was Harvey as he walked forward. The ghost twirled his cane and went through the wall.
Pi looked behind him in confusion. "Hey, man. Where'd you go? Cyah?" Pi asked, wondering where 'Harvey' went.
"You shouldn't be here." Sabrina said, walking up to Pi, not knowing it was him. "Huh?" Pi asked, confused.
"It was all a big mistake. You even ruin this night for Aaron, because I can't find him anywhere. You're going back to the cellar." Sabrina said, grabbing Pi's arm. "Aw. But I just came from there, cyah." Pi complained. "I don't care." Sabrina snapped coldly.
Later-Sabrina's P.O.V.
Pi walked down the stairs to the cellar, looking at Sabrina as she gave him a firm look. "Now get down there and stay there." Sabrina said firmly, closing the door, letting out a short sigh of relief.
She took a couple steps before Hilda and Zelda teleported in front of her with knowing smiles. "Hilda, Zelda, am I glad to see you!" Sabrina exclaimed happily.
"So, what's all the fuss that Salem had to call us back from the Witches' Ball?" Hilda asked. "I was just trying to show Gem I could throw a better party than she could. But things sort of, er, out of control." Sabrina said, taking off her hat embarrassed.
At that moment, Gem ran down the stairs, screaming. "Kinda like that." Sabriina simply said. Gem open the front door, only to see Harvey in the white mask, scaring her beyond anything as she ran back into the house. Though no one knew it was Harvey in the mask.
"No, Gem! Not the cellar!" Sabrina warned, a bit too late, as Gem opened the cellar door. Gem looked scared at Pi, who was on the cellar stairs, along with a bunch of monsters who were throwing a party in the cellar. Gem screamed loudly before walking away slowly.
"Uh, having a good time, Gem? More pizza?" Sabrina asked. Gem stop, clenched her fist, and turned around, angry. "Alright. Just what kinda Halloween party is this, Spellman?" Gem demanded.
"It would've been a great party, if you hadn't been so busy trying to put Sabrina down." Chloe said, as the other guests appear behind them. "That's telling her, Chloe." Sabrina said, causing Chloe to glance at the former.
"And you're just as bad, Sabrina. You almost wrecked your own party, trying to outdo Gem. You both could have a good time if you weren't so competitive." Chloe scolded Sabrina.
"But who are they?" Gem asked, pointing at the monsters. "Just a bunch of guys in masks. Like us." Harvey said, as he and Pi pull of their masks.
"What's everybody standing around for?" Zelda asked. "Let's get some life into this partay." Hilda added as Zelda discreetly used magic to give two of the monsters instruments. They began playing music
Everyone started partying in the basement, though Sabrina was a bit worried for Aaron. He still hadn't made a reappearance, and she hasn't heard anyone seeing him or even 'Beetlejuice'. However, she puts that aside, as she was holding Harvey's hand while Chloe was holding Pi's hand, as they began dancing.
"You think a little music is gonna save your pitiful excuse for a Halloween party, Sabrina Spellman, you're-" Gem began, only to be interrupted by tapping on her shoulder. She turned, only to scream as she got dragged by a skeleton man, who started dancing with her.
"Say, you're really light on your feet." Gem said, actually enjoying dancing with the skeleton man. He gave a moan at that. Sabrina looked at the far corner and saw Aaron and Salem were talking quietly. They both ended with glancing at Sabrina briefly, causing Sabrina to had a sinking feeling of what they were talking about.
All the guests left at midnight. Aaron had left two hours ago, without anyone, except Sabrina, noticing. Though Aaron did tell Sabrina good job for the party.
"See you at school on Monday, Sabrina. Great party." Chloe told Sabrina as she gave her a thumbs up before leaving. The other students gave off the same words before leaving.
Hilda and Zelda were eating old pizza as Sabrina enter the kitchen. "Well, looks like your Halloween party was a success. Everyone says they had a good time. Even Gem." Zelda told Sabrina as the latter took off her hat.
"I think she only said that because she found a new boyfriend." Sabrina said, referencing the skeleton man. "Wait till she meets his family." Hilda said. The three Spellman girls started laughing at that thought, until Sabrina remember the mess.
"Ah! Great-Uncle Quigley! He's gonna come in here any minute! Just look at this place!" Sabrina reminded them. "My cleaning spell's a little rusty, but it'll do in a pinch." Hilda said, before raising her hands and zapping the kitchen clean.
"Welcome home, Great-Uncle Quigley." Sabrina said, opening the door for Quigley as he got on the front porch. "It's good to be home. And I must say, everything looks to be in order." Quigley said, looking around.
Quigley then opened the closet door, still looking at Sabrina, Hilda and Zelda. Good thing too, because there was still one monster left in the house. "You know, I had my doubts about leaving you alone. Especially on Halloween, but it's good to see you can take care of yourselves without using witchcraft." Quigley said, not knowing that the monster was eating his jacket.
"Uh, Great-Uncle Quigley. That's not exactly true. I used some witchcraft, uh, when I had a Halloween party tonight." Sabrina confessed. "And Hilda and I left Sabrina alone with Salem while we went to the Witches' Ball." Zelda admitted, while Quigley had a disappointed face.
"Well, I am disappointed. But I can't get too angry. After all, I got my potato chip in the shape of Missouri. And you all told the truth. You are learning something about responsibility. But, you're still grounded for two weeks." Quigley told them, before noticing a huge shadow over him.
"Huh?" He asked, as he got crushed by a green monster, another remaining guest. Sabrina looked up to see a hole in the attic. Quigley pulled himself from under the green monster, holding up the chip he went to a auction for, only for the green monster to eat it. "Make that three weeks." Quigley said, angry.
Later, in her room, Sabrina was lying on her bed, confirming her suspicions. "So, before I forget this. Why did Aaron not come over to help you?" Salem asked with a smirk that told Sabrina all she needed to know, but she still decided to play along with her earlier lie.
"Because he told me no." Sabrina told Salem. "Lies! I talked to him, and he told me you never asked him for help at all today! Come on, Sabrina. Tell me why you lied about him telling you no!" Salem demanded.
"Because..." Sabrina said, trying to come up with an excuse. Then, she thought of one. "Because I thought I could try and do this myself. And I was wrong to lie to you. I'm sorry." Sabrina said to Salem. At least the apology was true. The rest of it was a lie because of her fearing that even helping her might send Aaron off deep end, all the way to how he is in the future.
"Well, okay. As long as you learn your lesson. Just to let you know, the kid will also be talking to you about that at school, so be prepared." Salem said as Sabrina nodded, before falling asleep, back to those frightful nightmares she dealt with since she returned from that awful future.
Aaron's P.O.V.-Monday-Greendale Middle School, Homeroom
"So, why did you told Salem I didn't want to help you?" I asked Sabrina once we're in the room. Also, it had taken me the whole weekend to wash the green dye and the hair gel that kept my hair flat out of my hair. "I thought I could handle it, and I was wrong." Sabrina told me.
"Well, don't hesitate to ask next time. You know me. A friend help friends in need." I told Sabrina, putting a hand on her shoulders, which caused her to wince briefly. I don't know why, but that hurt me that she winced when I touched her, it's as if she's terrified of me.
"I promise." Sabrina said, smiling at me when she said that. And that feeling of hurt left, replaced by warmth of friendship.
"My precious Aaron! I want to let you know that while I found a boyfriend, you still have a place in my heart!" Gem gushed, rushing up to me.
"Really. What about 'And I think, if you don't want to be sue by my father, you'll stay away from me for the rest of my life! Or else!' Sounds familiar?" I asked with a smirk as Gem's face paled, realizing who the creep she was disgusted by really was.
After a few minutes trying to make a sound, Gem fell backwards, twitching. "And Gem have rabies. Congrats, Aaron. This will make up for the past five years of not getting back at her." Sabrina said.
"Oh, I already been getting even with her for the past five years." I said. "What? I thought your dad told you to be responsible with your magic." Sabrina said, shocked.
"Normally, yes. But you see. He really wanted payback on the entire Stone family due to him and my mom losing that court battle when we were six, after that Christmas." I said. "How did they lose? They have all the evidence." Sabrina said.
"Filthy Frank bribed the entire court with money." I said simply, causing Sabrina to be dumbfounded. "Anyways, it happened on Halloween five years ago..." I began.
Halloween-Five Years Ago
"Aaron, you know how your mother and I, mainly me, wants you to keep your magic contain, right?" My dad asked. We just got the house decorated for the holiday, and I was about to go trick-or-treating
I always know my parents wanted me to keep my magic hidden. Especially after what happened the year prior. However, I was confused that my dad decided to remind me just before I go mug people out of free candy, and it's perfectly legal. "Yeah?" I said, raising my eyebrow.
"Well, use your magic to mess with Gem." My dad said gleefully. "But, isn't that against the rules? Wouldn't the Witches' Council catch me doing it?" I asked.
"No, because they allow you to do magic on Halloween. Plus, between you and me, they'll be drunk to notice." My dad whispered. "Okay, but won't she notice?" I asked. "No, because you'll be an expert at playing along as who you're dressed up as." My dad hinted, causing me to grin brightly.
Present time
"Since then, I had been punking Gem, and she never knew the whole time." I said. "Until now." Sabrina said. "Nah. She'll forget. That's the sad thing, is her persistence to get me. But hopefully she'll stay away until New Year's. Plus, she never knows I used you-know-poo." I said.
Just at that moment, Chloe, Harvey and Pi enter the room. "Aaron, where were you?! I wanted to scare you, and you weren't there!" Harvey yelled in my face.
However, I gave Harvey a smirk. "Oh, hi Harv. Glad you're speaking to me again." I said to Harvey with irony, as Harvey was shocked that I said that.
I could see the gears turning in his head. If he admits that he was intentionally not talking to me, he would be suspicious in Sabrina's eye about why he's acting like a dingus to me. If he doesn't give a good excuse of why, he would be seen as a dingus by Sabrina. The only way out of this is by giving a good excuse.
"Um, well...I went to Taco Bells!" Harvey exclaimed, causing my eyebrows to raise. Sabrina, on the other hand, was trying to not laugh. "Well, next time, don't let your explosive diarrhea be the cause of cold shoulders." Sabrina said through barely suppressed giggles.
"Yeah. I mean, Taco Bells have heated foods. Plus, aren't you allergic to beans after the Christmas party?" I asked with a grin, causing Sabrina, Chloe and Pi to laugh. Harvey, while giving me the death glare because I called out his excuse, covered that up with false laughters.
"Yeah. I'll think of that on April's Fools." Harvey said through clenched teeth. "Make sure not to accept tacos from others, unless you want your pants to get the gas." I said and with that, everyone laughed at Harvey. It was also the beginning of our friendship being strained, since we both know that each is annoyed with the other over something unknown at the time.
