"This place is so cool..." Eve beamed.
"Wanna bet?" the blonde girl looked back at her, looking sarcastic as she looked very bored to be here.
Gina looked at the girl. "Sabrina!" She gasps.
"Whoa, she's real?" Eve couldn't believe it, she always thought Sabrina the teenage witch was just a cartoon character.
The blonde girl blinked. "How do you know my name?"
"You're famous in our world." Gina says.
"Beats my life at school." Sabrina smirked.
"Don't make her ego bigger than her head." the black cat spoke up.
Eve hid a laugh.
Gina looked at the cat. She gushed slightly and was itching to pick him up. "Salem!~" she coos.
"Gah!" the cat struggled slightly in Gina's grip.
Eve and Sabrina had laughs together then.
Gina nuzzled his head. "Such a handsome, 'male', kitty." she purrs. She had put emphasis on the word male, but just enough so only Salem would get what she meant.
"Hey, I like this girl!" Salem had an approving smile.
Sabrina scoffed, shaking her head. "Still, nice to meet someone who knows me and not just for being 'that half-witch'."
"If it makes you feel any better, we're both dead." Eve shrugged, trying to lighten the mood.
"Dead?" Sabrina sounded alarmed.
Gina smiled gently. She liked Salem and would help him if she could.
"Gina was eaten by a sandworm and I died in an accident with my parents." Eve explained.
Salem didn't do it often, but he let out a purr in Gina's comfort.
"Salem, Sabrina, we're leaving!" one of the women called, very likely Hilda or Zelda.
Gina pouted as the woman called that. Hilda was standing next to the one who shouted.
"Now?" Sabrina sounded like she didn't want to leave the Netherworld for a change.
"Come along now." Zelda told their niece.
Salem didn't want to leave Gina either, she wasn't bad for someone who was once mortal and now dead.
Gina had an idea. "Ma'am, I could bring her back later, if you want." she suggests.
Hilda looked unsure.
Zelda looked at Hilda, then back. "I don't know..."
"Come on, just this once, I never made friends in the Netherworld." Sabrina really wanted to.
Gina smiled. "I am officially an adult, so I can keep her safe." she promises, showing her ring.
Hilda and Zelda saw the ring.
"Lucky you," Zelda joked a little. "Well... Okay, but don't take too long now. Sabrina has important lessons that must come eventually."
Sabrina smiled, hugging the women, then went back to Eve and Gina. Gina smiled and nodded. Hilda waved. Zelda waved too, going off.
"Hey, can I stay too?" Salem asked in the hold.
"Of course you can." Gina smiled.
"Just don't take too much of their fish now." Sabrina warned the cat.
"Hey, shouldn't you be in school?" Eve then spoke up, if Lydia had to go to school, why didn't Sabrina too?
"School's out early for me, teacher conference, plenty of time to study and practice my magic." Sabrina rolled her blue eyes.
Gina grinned. She conjured a fish for Salem. Salem grinned, then ate the fish with delight.
"How did she do that?" Sabrina wondered. "Is she a witch too?"
"No, but she's married to..." Eve looked to her, then looked to Gina. "Can we say his name?"
Sabrina's eyes then widened. "She didn't marry Lord Voldemort did she?"
"I married Beetlejuice," Gina explains. She then warned not to say his full name as this was a girl's day featuring Salem. "But Voldemort is real? Oh, I wanna meet him~" Gina grins.
Salem slightly rolled his eyes.
"Yikes, how desperate were you?" Sabrina was told the man was totally unbearable and utterly repulsive.
Eve nudged Sabrina not to insult Gina's husband like that. Gina looked at Sabrina and frowned. She turned her back to the girl and fed Salem another fish. Salem enjoyed and ate the fish.
"Sorry," Sabrina felt bad. "I wasn't thinking... My aunts warned me about him."
Gina heard, but didn't acknowledge yet. She pet Salem. Salem seemed to grow a bit fond of Gina and smiled as he nuzzled against her like a true cat, despite not actually being one, just forced to be one.
"So, you guys are dead?" Sabrina still couldn't believe that.
"Yeah, technically." Eve shrugged.
Gina smiled. "How would you like to be human again for a little while?" She asks him quietly. She however paused a moment and only warning Salem made her head turned right around to the back and upside down, blood dripping from her eyes, nose and mouth. Her eyes fully black.
Salem really liked the sound of that. "You could do that for me?"
Sabrina's eyes widened again and she backed up. "Whoa!"
"See? We're dead." Eve stated, then showed she could fly around like she showed Lydia and Gina when they first saw her.
Gina quickly returned to normal. "Yeah... You'll return to a cat if I'm not nearby, but, yeah, I can do that." she smiles. She then placed him down and did it. She turned him human.
Salem smiled, then wondered. "Am I gonna be grown man or some kid?" He sounded as though he had been turned into a teenager when attempting to become human again.
"Hey, what do you expect?" Sabrina looked at him. "My mother's side acted up when I transformed you those times."
Gina stood next to his now human self. He was taller than her a bit. "Guess." she grinned.
Sabrina and Eve were surprise at the transformation.
Salem looked down, at least he was tall and looking down for a change that didn't have mice or crumbs. "I feel at least 50 years younger." He smiled, very pleased.
"Ya still look a bit young, but I think you can drive now." Eve smirked.
Gina smiled, happy to have helped a little.
"Thank you so much,... Umm... What did you say your name was?" Salem smiled down at the dead girl.
"Gina." She says, holding out her hand to be shook.
Salem smiled and shook her hand. "You obviously know who I am."
"And me, Sabrina Spellman." the blonde half-witch added.
"Yeah, we know you, I'm Eve Maitiland." the pale-skinned girl also gave her name. She was happy to have made new friends in the Netherworld, even if Gina and her already knew who they were somehow.
Gina nodded. "Yeah I do, I think the council was horrible." she says softly, quietly.
"You know about that too, huh?" Salem smiled at her. "They just have no sense of humor... They punished Hilda too when she was on the Mayflower."
Gina frowned, giving Salem a sympathetic hug. Salem hugged her back, finding he really enjoyed it.
"So, Sabrina, what do you do for fun?" Eve asked.
"Not hang around here all day, I'd rather be with Harvey..." Sabrina folded her arms, sounding bored of this place.
Gina looked over at the girls. "Beej showed me some good places." she says.
"Yeah?" Eve asked.
"Like what?" Sabrina wondered.
"Well, there's a mixed gender spa, an awesome gaming arcade, even a great chocolate shop." Gina lists some examples.
"Arcade sounds awesome, you wanna come with, Eve?" Sabrina sounded thrilled.
"I haven't been to an arcade since I was almost nine," Eve smiled shyly, shuffling her foot. "There was a field trip to this skating rink I was apart of once, Mom made me go to make friends in school, but I was more interested in the video games than other people."
Gina smiled, then realized she and Salem were still in a hug. She blushed grey and dropped her arms, she had been warm slightly though.
"Oh, s-s-sorry..." Salem chuckled sheepishly.
Gina smiled a little. "Don't worry about it." she aays softly, then headed to lead them to the arcade.
There were a few other monster-ish people in the arcade, but the games looked amazing.
"Awesome." Sabrina and Eve commented, ready to get their game on.
Gina gave them some quarters. "Go play and win." she says.
Sabrina and Eve shared smiles, then went to their games.
"Kids are so fascinated by the little things these days." Salem chuckled.
Gina smiled. "Yeah, they're great though." she says.
"I never even heard of a video game arcade." Salem watched Sabrina and Eve.
Gina looked at him in surprise. She grabbed his hand and took him to the good old favorite Pac-Man.
"Where are we going?" Salem blinked as he was taken.
"My Pac-Man." Gina says, she then started up the game, showing him how to play.
Salem looked interested in this game, though he was wondering how the ghosts could kill this Pacman and he could also eat them. He wasn't very impressed with the names they were given: Inky, Blinky, Pinky, and Clyde. How juvenile. But the game looked interesting enough. Gina stepped aside so he could have a go.
Salem took his turn and for a new player, he actually seemed pretty good. "Alrighty then!" He beamed as he was winning and doing really well, which wowed the other gamers.
Gina smiled, grinning. He really was great. Salem was so good, he even got to the Mrs. Pacman part of the game in which only a few players got to witness. Gina look awed. He may even beat her score.
A boy with wings for arms came by Eve and Sabrina. Eve and Sabrina stopped their games and turned back, seeing the boy.
"Um... Hello..." Eve blinked.
The boy looked at them. "Hi..." he blinks, smiling.
"Can we help you?" Sabrina asked, not annoyed, just curious of what the boy wanted.
"Uh, I was just walking by." he says softly.
"Would you like to play?" Eve offered.
The boy came over, his face curious.
"We're playing arcade games, they're really neat." Sabrina said with a smile.
"Try it out." Eve took out one of her quarters to give him a free game.
The boy started to have a go, holding the joystick in his talons. Sabrina and Eve watched him, smiling.
Salem was being chased by the ghosts and was so close to losing the game, but he had eaten a cherry and could get back at the ghosts and he even won. "I did it!"
Gina clapped, and gave him a congratulatory hug.
"I can't believe I did it." Salem smiled, pleased with himself.
Gina smiled too.
Salem smiled back at Gina. "Thank you so much."
Gina smiled. "Well done." she says softly.
Salem smiled at Gina, she was very nice to him, especially to let him do things like this. Hilda and Zelda never did that for him.
Gina pulled him gently to another game. "Can you dance?" She asks.
Salem blinked. "I don't believe I danced since my daughter's sixth birthday party."
Gina looked at him. She took him to a DDR machine: A 'Dead Dance Revolution'.
Salem saw the game and decided to try it out. "I guess I could..." He smiled shyly, then held out his hand. "Care to dance with me?"
Gina grinned, taking his hand. Salem and Gina then shared a dance together on the game. Gina was enjoying it. They kind of mixed traditional and new style dancing. Salem felt great, it was good to dance on his two feet again. Gina was enjoying it too.
The boy was okay, but not great at the game. Eve and Sabrina decided to support their new friend. The boy ended up with an average score. He seemed very pleased though.
"You did awesome for a first try." Sabrina supported.
"Yeah, that was really cool!" Eve added.
The boy smiled. "My name's Tal." he introduces himself.
"Hi, Tal." the girls greeted.
"I'm Sabrina and this is my new friend, Eve." the blonde girl introduced.
"Yeah, we're friends." Eve had a smile.
Tal smiled. "Nice to meet ya both." he says.
"Nice wings." Eve looked at them.
Tal held one out to her.
Eve took the wing, gently stroking it. "How soft."
Tal smiled.
Salem even spun Gina in some dances and dipped her like in a romantic dance as their scores went up. Gina kept up perfectly.
Salem put Gina back in place after their game was over. "That was the most fun I've had in centuries."
Gina smiled. "Then I'm happy to have helped." she says.
Salem smiled, feeling very thrilled about the day he and Sabrina ended up having with a visit to the Netherworld. Gina blinked, smiling.
"Time to go, Sabrina, it's getting very late in the mortal world." Zelda had come, finding them in the arcade.
"Guys, it's getting late in the human world" Hilda tells the two adults.
"Awww..." Eve and Sabrina groaned.
"Aw, I'm sorry, Gina, I have to go now... But, I hope to see you again soon..." Salem had overheard Hilda and Zelda.
Gina nodded smiling. "Yeah, I will keep an eye out for you." she says softly.
"Thanks so much." Salem smiled, looking forward to the next times they would spend some time together.
Gina smiled. "You will be human every time I see you." she reminds him.
"I look forward to it." Salem beamed, at least he wouldn't be stuck as a cat for long by that logic, hoping to see Gina again as soon as possible.
Tal smiled gently at the girls.
"Tal, I'm sorry, but I need to go with my aunts back home now..." Sabrina sounded really displeased.
Tal smiled gently. "We'll see each other soon." he smiled.
"I didn't know Beetlejuice could preform spells." Zelda overheard that, looking to Hilda.
Eve and Sabrina smiled. Sabrina waved, then went to Hilda and Zelda. Gina smiled.
Tal looked. "Beetle juice?" He asks.
"He can't." Hilda says.
Zelda had to wonder how Salem became human then. "Sabrina..."
"I didn't do anything!" Sabrina already called herself out.
"See you again real soon." Salem said as he would go back to as a cat to everyone else he would be around for his day.
"It was me." Gina says. She waved to Salem.
Hilda looked at her, curiously.
"Oh?" Zelda looked too.
Salem waved to her too with a very friendly smile. Sabrina smiled, getting out of trouble. Gina blushed grey. Salem then slowly turned back into a black cat as he left with the Spellman family.
"Gina's husband." Eve told Tal.
Tal still looked confused.
"He's a bio-exorcist?" Eve tried to jog Tal's thought process. "Helps ghosts and the living dead scare the crap out of people?"
"Oh." he says.
"He's kinda ugly..." Eve mumbled a whisper.
"Eve~" Gina suddenly coos.
Eve blinked, looking to Gina.
"Don't say that." Gina says.
"He creeps me out..." Eve said to her.
Gina looked kind of hurt.
Eve frowned. "Gina, I'm sorry..."
Tal had to leave, but kissed Eve's cheek. Gina took a deep breath and nodded, calm again. Eve blinked and she appeared to blush as Tal left. Tal smiled. Gina chuckled a little.
Eve put her hand to her cheek, not really sure what to say or do. "If it's late in the mortal world, maybe we should get back before Mom and Dad explode?"
Gina held out her hand. Eve gave a nod and then they came back to the mortal world.
Lydia was just getting back from school then. "Hello, anybody home?"
"Hey, Lyds." Beej greeted her.
"Ugh..." Lydia walked away from him. "You may be my brother-in-law now, but I'm not get all cute and cuddly with you..."