GUYS I AM SO SORRY T^T
I know I am way overdue for an update, but I was trying to get through a depression rut.
To my BETA: Sorry I didn't send this to you first, I just really wanted to get it out.
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So Hocus Pocus has been on TV a lot lately...
This is the result...
October 31, 1708
Thirteen year old Jackson Overland lay in his bed, the window next to him open, the sun not up because it was barely dawn. He suddenly sat bolt upright, gasping for breath, probably recovering from a nightmare. He looked around the room only to see that no one was there.
"Emma?" He pulled himself out over bed, stretching. He wore deer skin pants and a large white peasant's shirt. "Emma?" He called again.
He walked downstairs and out of the house, and still looked around. Jakoby was standing near the edge of the field, looking out to the woods. Jack walked over to him.
"Jake, have you seen Emma?" Jack asked.
Jakoby pointed towards the trees, where a purplish smoke was rising from the forest. "Look," He whispered. "Witches. I told you they were real."
Jack spotted Emma walking towards the woods, a ways off. "Emma!" He called. Jakoby and Jack ran towards the woods, just in time to see her disappear.
"She's done for." Jakoby said.
Jack shoved him. "No she's not! Find help, go!"
Jakoby ran back towards the town while Jack ran after Emma.
"Emma!" He yelled, trying to follow her. He jumped over logs and ducked under tree branches, unfamiliar with these parts of the woods. He tripped and fell down the side of a hill, grunting as he smashed into trees and rolling over the brush. He rolled to a stop, panting, he shirt torn and muddy, sweat and dirt covering his face.
He looked up, and saw a small cottage in the darkened part of the woods. He watched as Emma ran into the house, following a dark figure.
He slowly made his way around the side of the cottage and climbed the water wheel to an open window. He climbing through and found himself on an overhang above the main room. He saw the witches –two of them- and quickly lay down on his stomach so they wouldn't see him. One of them danced around a cauldron in the center of the room, chanting something while to other was leaning over a book.
Emma was sitting in a chair off to the side; watching the witches.
One of witch's backs went straight, as if noticing something.
Jack gasped and rolled away from the edge; praying the witch hadn't seen him. He crawled around the overhang, out of the witches' line of view as they spoke to each other.
He lay down on his stomach again and watched as the two witches gathered around the cauldron. His breathing got heavy out of anger and they worked their magic. One of the witches lifted a large wooden spoon from the cauldron and brought it near Emma.
"Alright, girl, open your mouth," The witch holding the spoon growled.
The Guardians held their breath, as if the witches would hear them, as they waiting for Jack to make a move.
With out farther thought, Jack jumped up and shouted, "No!"
The two witches quickly spun around, seeing Jack standing on the overhang. He jumped down from the overhang, landing in a crouch in front of the witches.
"A boy!" One of the witches shouted.
"Get him!" The witch with the spoon pointed at him. They both moved towards him, but he jumped away from them and stood behind the cauldron.
"Come here, boy," One witch said.
He pushed the cauldron at them in attempt to move them away, but they pushed it right back; it knocked one of them over but the other had moved.
Jack pushed at the cauldron again and dumped it all over the floor as the witch still standing cried out. Jack ran towards Emma – who was still in the chair- but a witch shocked him with something and he groaned, falling to the floor.
"That will teach you," She snarled at Jack, who was trying to pull himself up off the floor.
She turned back to Emma, once again trying to get her to drink whatever was in the spoon. Jack pulled himself off the floor and threw himself on the witch, dragging her to floor. He quickly stood, grabbing Emma bridal style and ran from the house and fast as he could.
As he was running, Emma blinked out of her daze. "-Ack..? Jack?" She rubbed her eyes.
Jack smiled and swallowed, out of breath, "Yeah Emma," He gasped out, still running. "It's me."
OH HEY, LOOK GUYS! ...crack