A/N: Hello, everybody and welcome to yet another fanfic submission. This was written a long time ago and is currently being uploaded in time for September 27th. Why that date, you might wonder? Well, September 27th, 1996 marks the day that Sabrina the Teenage Witch became a sitcom and entered our worlds of nostalgia on our plucky heroine's 16th birthday and made history, especially for me which is a very personal story that I will share with you someday. Hope you enjoy this in time for the 25th anniversary of the sitcom and I'll see you in the next stories after this one. Remember to Read & Review!
Salem was on Sabrina's bed wearing a white captain's uniform with lots of gold braid as he watched Sabrina pack her suitcase. Lionel was with them, clad in a Hawaiian shirt and khaki shorts.
"Okay, bikini, sunscreen, sandals..." Sabrina made a mental checklist. "What am I forgetting?"
"A trusted loyal cat." replied Salem.
"Right. Let me know if you find one," said Cherry. "Salem, we've told you. This is Sabrina's bachelorette cruise, it's for girls only, although, I have seen you throw a ball."
"Fine. Lionel and I will stay home... All alone." Salem replied before nudging Lionel to play sad violin music.
"Oh, no, you won't be alone. Aaron's gonna watch you two." Sabrina replied.
"Wait, you mean that guy you're getting hitched to?" asked Lionel. "Well... I'd just like to establish that I can shrink at will. I barely take up space!"
"It's a bachelorette trip," Cherry told him. "That means female."
"Also, the last time I left Salem here by himself, he had enough women through here to start a sorority." Sabrina then added.
"I told you, they were only here for choir practice," Salem replied. "I swear, I have no plans whatsoever."
"Well, maybe we can confirm that with a cat scan?" Sabrina said before pointing at him and his captain's hat was transformed to a mad scientist-type brain reading helmet that is connected to a flat screen display unit via a connector straight out of 'Buck Rogers in the 25th Century'.
It showed Salem being fawned over and petted by three buxom young ladies.
"Okay, who wants to play spin-the-milk-bottle, hm?" Salem smirked on screen. "Kiss me!"
Sabrina gave him a deadpan expression. "Let me guess. They're part of your bible study?" she asked.
Salem was at a loss for words.
"Have fun with Aaron." replied Sabrina.
"NOOOOOO!" Lionel howled in agony.
Cherry then went to go with Sabrina as Salem and Lionel looked unfortunate.
Aaron smiled as he came to help the girls with their luggage. "Hello, Cherry."
"Hi." Cherry said flatly.
"Here, Aaron," Sabrina advised. "It's probably best just to keep moving."
"Yeah," Aaron replied, muffled. "Just point me towards the car."
Sabrina did and gave him a little push off. "Well, handsome and useful." she remarked.
Chloe and Maritza came downstairs, loaded with their hand luggage.
"Photo op!" said Chloe. "This could be the last time we're coming down these stairs as three single women."
"They leaned close together and Chloe held a camera at arms'-length to take a picture of all three of them.
"She's right," Maritza said. "This is it, it's our last hurrah."
"Guys, I'm just getting married. It doesn't mean we can't hurrah," Sabrina told her best friends. "We can hurrah, we can hurrah, we can even whoo-hoo!... Well, at least in most States. Oh, all I know is, there's no one I'd rather spend these last few days with than you guys.
"Oh, that is so sweet," Maritza beamed. "What if that's the last sweet thing that you ever say-"
"Just go." Chloe interrupted.
"Someone's in a rush." Thor commented as he came up from behind the couch.
"Thor, what're you doing here?" Sabrina asked her new cousin.
"Bored." Thor pouted like a little kid.
"Well, at least you're not stuck here with... Aaron," Lionel sighed. "How could you lot punish me like this? I can understand doing it to Salem, but to me? I thought we were pals!"
"You'll be fine," Cherry told him. "Plus this is a girl's trip. I don't want Salem meddling like those times we went to Rome and Down Under with Sabrina."
"So just cuz he messes up on something I barely know about means I have to pay for it? Weak!" Lionel groaned... Before his eyes widened in realization as he came up with a plan.
"Hey, buddy, what if I kept ya company?" Thor asked, coming up behind Lionel to pick him up and hug him.
"Guhk! I... Have a better idea..." Lionel replied, his lips curling into a Grinchy grin.
"You have a wonderful idea... An awful idea...?" Thor asked.
"Oh, there's just no getting past you, is there?" Lionel asked before he whispered and explained his plan.
Thor listened closely before setting Lionel down. "Hmm..."
"You in or out?" Lionel asked.
"It's risky... But I'm in." Thor replied.
"Great!" Lionel smirked. "This... Should be fun."
"Yeah!" Thor smirked back.
Sabrina and Aaron soon shared a goodbye kiss.
"Thanks for being so understanding," Sabrina said as Cherry looked repulsed to see Sabrina kissing someone other than Harvey. "You know, it's really important for me to have some quality time with my friends and the last time this ship went out, everybody got food poisoning, so we got a great deal."
"Well, have fun and don't worry," Aaron smiled. "I'm going to take great care of Sally."
"Er, his name's Salem." Sabrina corrected.
"Yeah, like he knows the difference." Aaron shrugged.
"Ah, you'd be surprised," replied Sabrina. "Bye."
They kissed again, with Cherry looking away, and she left... And yet nobody had noticed Lionel and Thor weren't in the house.
"Sabrina, Cherry, let's go." Maritza smiled.
"Yeah, come on," Chloe added. "The hurrah clock is ticking."
"I'm just glad I don't get seasick anymore." Cherry remarked.
"Okay, I'm ready," Sabrina then said. "Anchors away, girls. It's time to set sail on The Good Ship Lollipop."
They then began to promenade the deck of the SS Saga. The three friends stood looking at their fellow passengers: add their ages together and they'd still probably be the youngest one aboard. They watched two elderly gentlemen go by with shuffleboard sticks.
"Oh, well there goes Pops," said Sabrina. "And I wonder which one of these ladies is, er, Lolly?"
"Well, I guess you got your something old, and that hair is definitely something blue." Maritza said to her friend.
"And they're living on borrowed time, so-" Chloe added.
"Shh! They'll hear you-" Sabrina interrupted.
Nothing seemed to happen though.
"Or not," Cherry then said. "Sabrina, what happened? This place looks like it might as well be The Good Ship Misery."
"I'm sorry," Sabrina replied. "I thought this cruise was gonna be real hip, but I don't think there's a real hip on this ship, but look, we can still have a good time together! You know, we'll definitely win the limbo contest."
"Yeah, unless that guy in the gurney enters." said Maritza.
Chloe shrugged. "Let's just figure out where our cabin is." she replied as Sabrina checked her boarding pass.
"I guess this should have been a tip-off," Cherry said as she read, "'Every room equipped with a blow drier and defibrillator'."
As the bags were being pushed along, some grunting was heard from inside them.
"Did you hear that?" Cherry asked.
"I just hear us about to have a good time even though things look bad!" Sabrina smiled. "Come on, ya Gloomy Goth!"
"Hmm..." Cherry paused as they entered the ship, passing a purser.
"Ladies," The purser greeted, holding the door for the girls as Sabrina and Cherry also passed him. "Enjoy your cruise, Sabrina."
"Thanks..." said Sabrina before she did a double-take. "Wait a minute, how do you know my name?"
The purser smiled. "It's my job, and I hope your bachelorette cruise is everything you wish for." he replied as he tippee his cap to her and walked off.
"Do you tip somebody for creeping you out?" Sabrina asked herself.
The girls soon came in to get settled in.
"Hello?" Cherry answered her phone. "Oh, hey, Atticus..."
"Just checking on ya." Atticus replied.
"Yeah, we're fine," Cherry said. "We just got into the cruise. It's... Uh... Well, it's something."
"Huh... Well, great," replied Atticus. "You... You wanna talk to Lionel or something?"
"Hmm... I guess I might as well say hi to him," Cherry shrugged. "He was a bit bummed out about not being able to go on our girl's trip and to be stuck with Aaron."
Atticus blinked. "Oh... Sorry; he went to bed a bit earlier." he replied.
"Really now?" Cherry asked.
"Uh, yeah, he's reeeaallly tired of us hanging out all niiight." Atticus smiled sheepishly.
Cherry looked suspicious as sweat seemed to bead on Atticus' forehead. "...Right," she replied. "I think I'll go help the girls unpack."
"Uh, you do that," Atticus laughed nervously. "I'll tell him you called."
"Thanks, Atticus, I knew I could count on you." Cherry replied firmly before she would hang up.
"No problem," said Atticus. "What are friends for?"
At that moment, Lionel and Thor had climbed out of Maritza's bag and grown to their normal sizes.
"See, Thor? I told you shrinking down and hiding would work!" Lionel exclaimed.
"Yeah, you're right, I guess I owe ya five bucks." Thor smiled.
"Eh, you can pay me after we find the buffet on this crate," Lionel replied. "Cuz frankly, I am starving. Think you can sniff it out, dude?"
Thor soon sniffed around, following his nose like a dog then.
"Go, buddy!" Lionel beamed, following after him. "Go track that food!"
Thor looked around as he kept sniffing out for them.
"Yes! The game's afoot and whatnot!" Lionel exclaimed. "We are gonna be chowing down in a matter of minutes at this rate!"
"I think I smell lobster... And swordfish..." Thor said. "Rich people eat a lot of seafood."
"Then we're on the right trail!" Lionel exclaimed. "Hurry, man, hurry! Before it's all gone!"
Cherry continued to unpack with Chloe, Maritza, and Sabrina. She then suddenly looked around as she thought she smelled something. "Hmm... Why do I smell sweat and unstoppable happiness with a hint of magic dust?" she then asked before narrowing her eyes. "Thornton Moltenscar."
"C'mon, man, c'mon!" Lionel's voice was heard from outside. "That fancy person food is practically calling out to us!"
"And Lionel..." Cherry said. "Atticus Fudo, you little fibber!"
"Come on, Cherry, there's a ballroom," Chloe smiled. "Maybe you'd like to dance."
"Hmm..." Cherry shrugged, then went to go and join the girls.
Later, in the ship's ballroom, the old folks danced cheek to cheek to the organ music having a ball while four wallflowers stood bemused.
"Nice music, huh?" asked Chloe. "Makes you wanna get out on that dance floor and shake your walker."
"Chloe, you're missing a photo-op," said Maritza. "This maybe the last time we look this hot and feel this bored."
Chloe took out her camera and held it at arms length. The group all gave bored smiles and Chloe took the photo.
"Come on guys, what's wrong with us?" asked Sabrina. "We're on a beautiful ship, we're all together and we've all got our original teeth."
"I'm about to fit in with this crowd," Cherry commented. "I think my hair is turning white and I'm aging about 50 years from boredom. You can't be having that good of a time, 'Brina."
"Yeah, totally," Sabrina smiled, trying to have fun, but she began to fail miserably. "Whoo-hoo! Okay, yeah, I wish it was more fun..."
Suddenly everyone started laughing as Maritza and Chloe broke into happy smiles, but that may be due to what they've just seen enter the ballroom.
"Hello," Chloe smirked. "Enter fun at 2:00."
"Ahoy, mates!" Maritza added.
"Up periscope." Sabrina added.
"Hey, shiver me timbers." Cherry tried to join in with a sheepish smirk.
Eleven good looking young guys entered, all well dressed though in the same outfit of beige trousers, yellow shirts, and black blazers with a badge over the pocket.
"Hey, there they are." said one of them. He pointed out the girls and they went over to join them.
Some took the free seats at the table, the rest stood round it.
"G'day, ladies," said another. "I hope you don't mind us crashin' your party, but the purser said there were four good lookin' Sheilas aboard."
"Well, thank you," Chloe blushed. "Who are the other three?"
Sabrina, Maritza, and Cherry shot her a look.
"Oh, Oh, well, I'm Chloe and this is Maritza and Cherry, and she's... Getting married." Chloe then said.
"Otherwise known as Sabrina." replied the bride-to-be.
"Um, hey there," Cherry said to the guys. "Where did you even come from?"
"Yeah, it's like you came out of nowhere." Sabrina added.
"No, not nowhere, Australia," The first guy replied. "We're headed to Bermuda for a football match," he then looked to Chloe. "Soccer to you, Yanks."
"Well, soccer to you, too." Chloe shrugged.
"Yeah, we were hoping to do some dancin', but crikey, the tunes they're playin' here are enough to put a wallaby to sleep." The second player then said, showing his accent.
"Yeah, I was thinking the same thing... Well, without the wallaby," Sabrina replied. "I wish they'd do something do something about the music here."
The current waltz number came to an end and the announcer got up on stage. "Ladies and gentlemen, The Gulf Stream Lounge is delighted to have with us, for your entertainment, Mario!" he announced.
Mario (the singer, not the plumber guy) got onto the stage and started to sing 'Holla Back'.
"Wow, Sabrina. I don't know what you're doing, but keep it up," Maritza replied. "Your spells must be pretty strong out here."
"Well, let's hit the dance floor, ladies." said one of the soccer players, as Maritza and Chloe were accompanied out to the dance floor.
"Er, I'll catch up with you guys!" Sabrina told the girls. "I have to, er, tape my ankle."
"Sabrina, something really funny is going on around here." Cherry said.
"You said it," Sabrina replied. "Let's see... I wished for fun, I wished for music..."
"Hmm... Oh!" Cherry said before getting an idea. "Wish for something crazy! Like a narwhal! Or a rainbow eating gnome! Or... Or..."
"A papaya!" Sabrina replied.
"Papaya?" asked the purser, holding it in front of her nose.
"I meant sliced papaya." Sabrina replied.
The purser nodded. "As you wish." he took the decoration off the top and the papaya fell into four slices. The purser walked off, leaving Sabrina with her mouth hanging open.
"Hey! Wait a minute!" Sabrina called, getting up and running after him. "Where are you going? Who are you and... How do you get your whites so white?" she asked.
"Sabrina, wait!" Cherry said, going after her.
The two left The Gulf Stream Lounge where Chloe and Maritza were getting down on the dance floor to Mario with a soccer team.
On the promenade deck, Cherry and Sabrina came out and looked around.
"Hey, Jack McBrayer wannabe, where'd you go?" Cherry asked, looking around with Sabrina as the place seemed to be completely deserted.
Lionel let out a belch that shook the boat. "Man... That was good..." he grunted. "Might have to loosen my belt..."
"I'm behind ya, buddy," Thor replied. "I don't think I've eaten this much food since my first Thanksgiving with Aunt Hilda. Man, she and Aunt Zelda can cook!"
"Honestly though, the girls probably already know we're onboard," said Lionel. "They'll probably be pissed, but we had a good reason for doing what we did."
"Mm-hmm..." Thor nodded. "I'm sure Harvey would've done the same."
"You miss him too, huh?" Lionel asked.
"Yeah..." Thor sighed a bit. "He was such a happy and carefree guy... Then Sabrina kinda stomped on his heart... Like when Aunt Hilda did that to Uncle Drell."
"Your uncle told you about that, huh?" Lionel asked.
"He was this close to moving in with us and lock himself in the guest room for the rest of his life." Thor then said, pinching two fingers very close together.
"Whoof... That is harsh, man," replied Lionel. "But it's obvious Sabrina doesn't really love Aaron. She's just trying to convince herself that she does, so she doesn't feel bad about breaking up with Harvey."
"I mean, it was clearly true love since that Valentine's Day," Thor shrugged with a small pout. "She was able to change Harvey back into a human after their first kiss with each other. They've pretty much been inseparable since middle school. I mean, from what I saw in the hallways whenever Slugloafe didn't toss me in the trash can or when Gem Stone didn't call me a 'pipfreak'."
"Pipfreak?" Lionel asked.
"Pipsqueak Freak." Thor pouted since he was very small in middle school, being dwarfed by nearly everyone else.
"Yeah? Well, Slugbait is an idiot, and Gem is a bitch," replied Lionel. "Bet if they saw how huge you are now, they'd probably crap their pants."
Thor chuckled a bit to himself.
"Do something, Sabrina!" Cherry suggested.
"Okay. We'll quick pop home for a little magic book consultation," Sabrina said, pointing to the both of them, but there was no sparkly swirl, but nothing seemed to happen. "Oh, man! When other people go on vacation, they just lose their travelers checks!"
"Aw, great..." Cherry rolled her eyes.
"Well, only one thing to do," said Sabrina, taking out her phone and dialing home. "...Oh yeah, I miss you terribly. Listen, can I talk to Salem? ...He just gets upset if he doesn't hear my voice every day... Look, this call is costing me five dollars a minute. Can you just put him on?"
Cherry rolled her eyes. "Yeah, you picked a REAL winner. I can totally see why you married this guy..." she remarked sarcastically.
"Cut. That. Out!" Sabrina hissed.
"No!" Cherry glared. "Aaron is not the right guy for you, Sabrina!"
"Look, didn't you not like Lionel at first because you thought he was annoying?" Sabrina asked.
"That's different," Cherry replied. "Besides, wouldn't it be nice to marry a mortal who knows you're a witch?"
"Well, maybe my magic is the cause of all my problems!" Sabrina retorted. "Listen, Salem, have you ever heard of wishes spontaneously coming true? Meow once for yes, twice for no."
"Well, you two seem busy," replied Salem. "You sure I shouldn't call back when you two are done ripping each other apart?"
"Guess Aaron's not in the room?" Cherry asked.
"Nope! Lover Boy's busy payin' for my pizza," Salem replied. "Spontaneous wishes coming true, huh?"
"Plus my magic isn't working," Sabrina told the cat. "I knew I shouldn't have changed providers."
"Hmm... Wish fulfillment, magic's not working?" Salem replied. "Never heard of such a thing, unless, of course, you happen to be in the Bermuda Triangle."
"Like I would be if I was on a three-day cruise to Bermuda?" Sabrina asked.
"And your problem with this is...?" asked Salem.
"My problem with this is that I've lost my magic but all my wishes are coming true…" replied Sabrina. "Oh… I guess I don't have a problem." She hung up shortly after.
"Other than marrying-" Cherry spoke up.
"Don't say it!" Sabrina snapped.
"...Fine!" Cherry said with a glare.
"Did you ever try making wishes?" Sabrina asked. "You're magic too?"
"Hmm... Okay," Cherry shrugged. "I wish for cheese pizza with cheese in the crust."
The pursuer soon came to her with an open box.
"Huh... Guess it's a W-I-T-C-H thing since my mom has magic now." Cherry nudged Sabrina with a smirk.
"I wish I wasn't so full..." Lionel grunted... And suddenly, he was back to normal weight. "Well, I dunno about you, but I could eat... More."
"Well, as long as wishes are coming true, I wish there was a full moon." Sabrina then said.
The crescent moon currently up in the sky dipped down below the horizon to be replaced by a full one.
"Not bad, I wonder why the triangle gets such a bad rep?" Sabrina then smiled.
"Uh, maybe because people who come to the Bermuda Triangle never come back out?!" Cherry replied. "Except for maybe Uncle Fester that one time."
"Huh." Sabrina replied as it began raining cheese pizzas onto the deck.
Just then, Chloe came out. "There you are! The guys are about to teach us how to wrestle crocs," she said. "I don't know what that means but I'm in. Come on!" she took Sabrina's hand and dragged her back into The Gulf Stream Lounge.
Cherry looked all around in surprise from the raining cheese pizzas. "This is something Discord would do, but I doubt he's in this realm." she then muttered to herself.
"Food rain, YES!" Lionel whooped as he extended his jaw to catch the falling pizzas.
"Lionel...?" Cherry blinked, cleaning the inside of her ear a bit.
"Ooh, I wanna wish too!" Thor said. "Hmm... But what to wish for?"
"Give it time, it'll come to you," replied Lionel. "Don't rush it."
"Lionel?! Thornton?!" Cherry called out.
"Busted!" Lionel and Thor said nervously, about to escape.
"FREEZE!" Cherry told them, coming up right behind them.
"GYAAAH!" Lionel yelped as he fell over.
"Cherry... What a surprise..." Thor grinned sheepishly.
"What are you two doing here?!" Cherry growled through her teeth. "I should've known Atticus was lying about Lionel being asleep! I could smell his fear through the phone!"
"You can do that?" Thor asked with wide eyes, genuinely shocked.
"Ugh!" Cherry face-palmed. "Guys, I specifically said this is a bachelorette party! It's bad enough that Sabrina and I might not be friends anymore because of Aaron!"
"So, you're not mad at us, you're mad at yourself!" Thor then glared.
"...What?" Cherry asked as that made no sense.
"Well... Then redirect that anger towards Aaron," said Lionel. "Why do you think we snuck onboard? To get away from him!"
Cherry narrowed her eyes.
"C-Come on," Thor shivered nervously. "We didn't mean to upset you. We just had to get out of there somehow. Plus if Salem came with us, that would just get Sabrina even more mad."
"Yeah!" Lionel replied. "Not to mention Aaron would get suspicious if the cat suddenly left! ...Or would he?"
"Fine..." Cherry sighed as she stopped being angry. "I'm still mad though."
"Uh... I wish we had some mozzarella bites?" Thor grinned nervously.
A plate soon appeared with many to go around. Thor then took the plate and held it out to Cherry as a peace offering. Cherry swiped it from his hands and soon ate a couple of bites while keeping her steely-eyed gaze at the boys.
Lionel grinned and slapped fives with Thor. "Nice."
"Don't think you're off the hook though," Cherry said. "But... It's nice to have someone on my side about Aaron while everyone else seems to love him."
"Uncle Drell says as far as tiny little mortals go, he's the most annoying." Thor replied.
"Oh... Great... Drell agrees with me on something..." Cherry groaned. "I think I'm going to be sick."
"Please, not on the deck." Lionel replied.
"How do I know Drell really doesn't like Aaron?" Cherry asked.
"Uncle Drell doesn't like a lot of mortals, but he thinks Aaron was the most annoying ever since Sabrina met him when she took that magazine job," Thor replied. "Sabrina might not listen to you, Cherry, but we will. She might not even be as much in love with Aaron as she thinks she is."
"It's hard to say since Wedding Day is almost here." Cherry said.
"That's what I said," replied Lionel. "She's trying to convince herself she loves him, even though in her subconscious mind she still wants Harvey."
Cherry let out a small sigh. "Thanks, guys..." she then said. "If only she could see that herself."
Thor soon took out an elephant tranquilizer gun.
"...Thor, what in the name of abominations is that?!" Cherry asked.
"Elephant tranquilizer," Thor replied. "We take her down and kidnap her and tickle her mercilessly until she agrees to see Harvey again, wherever he ended up."
"No." Cherry told him.
"That'd be way too much trouble," Lionel replied. "She has to realize it for herself... And that might take some effort."
"Oh. Okay," Thor said, throwing his gun overboard then, making a bit splash. "I care about Sabrina too. She's my cousin now, so I might as well start acting like family."
"I guess it'll have to do." Cherry said, leading them into the Gulf Stream Lounge.
