It took me ten minutes to explain about Madi and my deal to Sabrina and Salem. I was careful to leave out Zelda and Nicole, just in case if Sabrina can't handle the fact that they met, and in Nicole's case, made a deal with Madi. "Why did you made a deal with her, Aaron? Even though I told you not to." Salem said, a bit mad at me. I don't blame him. Oh, wait, I can, given how he had cried wolf one too many times.
"I get it. I fucked up. I can't change the past, but we need to save Nicole. I owe her that much, at least." I said, looking down. "Oh, alright. But because you forgiven me for bringing you here anyways." Salem said, and I felt like our friendship, which had been rocky before, changed forever in that moment. "True friendship?" I asked him, extending a hand. "True friendship." He said, shaking it with his paw, though Salem sounds like he doesn't mean it.
"Uh, that's great and all, but shouldn't we be helping Nicole?" Sabrina asked us. "Yeah, let's help our friend." I said as we teleported to the Witches' Realm, right in front of the Tree of Wisdom who was asleep. Why didn't he did that earlier, would've save me all this drama and trouble!
Only one thing was missing... Nicole! "Where is she?" I asked to no one in particular, unless you count the Tree of Wisdom, but he doesn't count, since he was the one who kind of screwed me over. Yeah, I still have some bitter emotions towards this tree who was all 'wisdom can't be told, it must be earned' bullcrap! If I wanted to learn some wisdom, I would had watched the 13th Land Before Time Movie! Yes, I literally said that with a straight face, even if the movie is a fucking pile of shit!
(Please pardon my language, but remember, I writing on truth paper, can't hide my honest opinions. However Madi is throwing up behind me, wondering why I would say that. Small victory right there, even if I want to vomit myself for saying that part about that awful movie!)
"Excuse me?" Sabrina asked the tree. "Sorry, closed for the night. Come back first thing tomorrow. Thirteen o'clock." He said casually and apparently not recognizing Sabrina and I who were here earlier. "Gee, where was that when I need it earlier?" I muttered under my breath, which Salem nodded in agreement. "We're not here for wishing. We're... She's gone! I'm..." Sabrina said, now just realizing that Nicole was gone.
"Sabrina, I already asked that." I pointed out. "I guess I didn't heard." She said, causing me to facepalm myself. "They took her." The tree said. "Who? Who took Nicole?" Sabrina asked. "And where did they take her?" I asked, barely keeping the bitterness out of my tone. "And I've got to..." Sabrina said. "Save it honey and spice." The tree said, looking at us. I know who he was referring to when he said spice... me! He pointed behind us, causing us to turn and look up.
"You mean to tell us that those two idiots work for Enchantra?" I asked as we were looking at Enchantra's castle, the place that Sabrina and I had been at a year ago. Long story, and during that, I was in Salem's body due to a Wishing Stone. Awkward 24 hours for everyone involved. "Enchantra's castle?" Salem asked, scared. "Then that's where we're going." Sabrina said, her mind made up as Salem gulped in fear.
On the way there, Sabrina told me how she embarrassed Cassandra in front of her friends. "So you finally know who your true friends are, huh?" I asked Sabrina. "Yeah. If I realized it sooner, then you wouldn't be in this whole mess." She said, frowning sadly. "Hey, I brought upon myself, no one made me made that deal with the 'Devil'." I said.
"But if you lost the deal, how come she didn't come and claim you already?" Sabrina asked. Now that she asked that, it does seem strange. I mean, Madi went through so much effort to force me into the deal. And when I lost to her, she didn't even showed up to be all like 'I told you so!' and whisked me away. Why? Is it because of the same reason she didn't choke me, because she does have some good in her? "Oh, I will. But I'll let you think I'm not, an I need you prepped up for a journey." Madi said from somewhere in the Netherworld, looking at every universe. Great, now I can hear her voice in my head too.
Soon we were in the bushes near the bridge. "Oh well. You two can always find a new friend." Salem said, about to leave. "Oh no you don't." I scolded. "Salem!" Sabrina added. "Just kidding. Boy, is this some castle." Salem said fearfully. "Look Salem. I'm scared too." I said. "Then why isn't it on your face?" He asked. "Because I usually hide my expressions well." I countered with a small smirk before looking at the castle with a frown, matching Sabrina's face.
A couple of bats came towards us. "A-ACHOO!" Salem sneezed. "Did you hear that?" The goblin asked, which I noticed due to my hearing. We lay down low to the ground as we could. "You're just imagining things." The pig said before they walked into the castle. Sabrina glared at Salem.
"Sorry, I got a horrible allergy to bats." Salem said, sweating a lot. "And you didn't mentioned this before, because?" I asked, raising an eyebrow. "Because it we didn't have bats back home." Salem said. "Touche." I said. We soon stood up as more bats came.
"Think. How could we get in? There gotta be a way." Sabrina said. "What if we fly in?" I asked her. "Nah, we'll be seen. Plus we don't have your type of powers, Aaron." Sabrina pointed out. "Nobody getting in or out except for those bats. Ugh, those bats." Salem said. "That's it, Salem!" Sabrina said, pounding one of her fist into her open palm. "What's it?" Salem and I asked.
"I'm a whole witch now. I'll transform us..." Sabrina said. "Sabrina, wait! I can shadow travel in there! Or I can transform myself!" I tried to tell her as she zapped us. "Not into..." Salem said as he hugged Sabrina's legs. "Bats." Sabrina finished as we turned into mouse.
"Sorry." Sabrina said, once seeing the glares that Salem and I were giving her. "Do you have any idea how embarrassing this is for a cat?" Salem asked. "But Salem, this isn't the first time it happened to you. After you ate Chester, which is why you got turned into his replacement!" I pointed out as Sabrina shook her head, zapping us again and turning us back to normal.
"One more try. I'm sure I can get it." Sabrina told us. "Oh, no. I going with my method." I said as I backed away with my arms crossed. "Forget it. I'm outta here! What if you make us into liver bits?" Salem asked angrily with his forelegs crossed.
"Salem, we have to rescue Nicole. Please?" Sabrina pleaded, putting her hands together. "Please Salem? I won't be upset about what you tell your friends about Sabrina and I being your housemaid and slave." I pleaded too.
"Ok, okay. Oh." Salem relented. "Go!" He told Sabrina, holding her legs again as she zapped them. This time, they turned into bats. "Of all the things we could've been. ACHOO! Why did it have to be bats?" Salem asked while sneezing.
Soon he and Sabrina were flying into the castle. "We have lift-off." Sabrina said as they flew. I saw the shadow under the bridge and ran towards it, going in it.
As usual, there were voices in the darkness, talking about murder and other messed-up stuff. Though this time, they also were excited when talking about Madi, as if this was a victory for all the times I ignored them. I ignored them of course and exit right next to Sabrina and Salem, who just turned back to normal. Also right in front of the pig and goblin, who we ran away from.
"After them!" The goblin said. "I'll sound the alarm!" The pig said before the two argued about who should sound the fricking alarm! At least we had a perfect head start thanks to those two fools.
We ran into a room that had suits of armor lined up. "I have an idea right now." I said to Sabrina and Salem before whispering it to them. They nodded their heads in understanding.
Soon the pig and goblin were in the room, searching for us. "They're not here. Come on!" The pig said as they walked onwards. "Hold on." The goblin said, stopping in front of one armor. "What do you bet they're hiding in here? They always hide in armors." The goblin said. "Oh, good thinking." The pig said.
They soon walked down, whistling innocently until they got to the armor. Then they beat it up. However, we weren't in the armor at all. "You know, you're going to have to pay for this!" The goblin said to the pig. "Me? It was your idea." The pig said to the goblin. They soon started arguing about whose idea it was as they left.
While that was happening, Sabrina and Salem were caterpillars and I was hiding in the shadows the whole time. "Okay Aaron. You can come out now." Sabrina said before sneezing, as I exited the shadow, letting out the breath I was holding. "Jesus, any longer and I might have to blow my cover just for some air!" I said with some deep breaths. Yeah, I can blend into shadows, just need to hold my breath. The longest I can do it is fifteen minutes.
"See, I told you we shouldn't go for the obvious." Sabrina told Salem. "Only one thing." Salem said. "I'm allergic to caterpillars!" Sabrina said before sneezing, turning back to normal along with Salem. "Actually, I told you not to go for the obvious, so it's thanks to me that you weren't caught." I pointed out before we ran.
We stopped at the stairs. "Come on!" Sabrina said as we ran down them. "Man, Enchantra did some remodeling since the last time we were here. I hope we don't encounter that griffon again." I said, only for us to turn our heads over our shoulders and see the goblin behind us. And at the bottom, waiting for us was the pig. "Are you kidding us?" I asked, a bit annoyed.
"Salem, Aaron. We're trapped! Like rats!" Sabrina said. "Speak for yourself." Salem said. "Oh no they don't! We came so far to save Nicole, and we're not quitting now!" I said as I pulled out my wand from my hoodie.
"You get in front of us, I get behind us." I told Sabrina, who nodded before zapping the stairs between us and the pig. I zapped the stairs between us and the goblin after reciting the spell in my head.
The goblin started slipping in the goo I conjured up while the pig was stuck to the stairs, thanks to the goo Sabrina conjured up. I twirled my wand between my finger for a bit before blowing the top of it and putting it back in my pocket. "Hey, uh, Kraven. I'm stuck." The pig said, causing me to do a spit take, since I was drinking water at the moment.
What, these guys have names? How was I supposed to know that? I don't walk up to every magical being and go like 'Hey, my name is Aaron Dimension. What's your name?' Seriously, how was I supposed to know their names? Don't laugh at me!
"You go girl and guy!" Salem praised Sabrina and I. "Thanks." We said. "Get outta way!" Kraven said, about to fall on the pig. "I can't!" The pig said as Kraven fell on him, causing them to fall to the bottom of the stairs. We soon ran down the stairs and out of the back door, towards the garden. "I wish my parents were here to see this." I said, not knowing my parents were there, with Enchantra at that very moment. Or the things I would soon explain to them.