Eventually, Allison was all ready to go and walked down the street with them following to take them to the museum. "Legend has it that the bones of 100 children were buried within these walls," she told them, like a guide.
"Oh, great..." Dani murmured.
Max was paying attention to Allison.
Harry squeezed Dani's shoulder gently. "Don't worry, sweetie..." she soothes gently. She was disgusted a little, but didn't want to show it.
They all then came to the locked and closed gates and looked into the cold, iron bars. Allison allowed them in and they climbed up the big, grotesque stairs covered in years of debris and dead autumn leaves. The door creaked open as they came in, coughing from the stench and age of the shelter.
"I can't see a thing..." Dani coughed.
"There's a light switch around here somewhere." Allison said as the Dennison siblings went to explore.
Max looked around and found a lighter. "Hey, look!" he says lighting it up. He took it over to Allison so they could find the light switch.
Harry stayed with Dani. She held her hand gently, but reassuringly firmly. Allison smiled at him and turned on the light anyway.
Everyone looked beyond and saw some assorted dusty things, but it wasn't too bad, they could see almost anything. There were shelves with several items encased inside, broomsticks hanging above, some chests, and also possibly a stand for a book. Allison led them around as through a window outside, there was a black cat with golden eyes with a young girl who looked around the same age as Dani, only a little dirty and she wore clothes that now looked like rags like she had worn them for a long time. Max shut the lighter off a moment. He went to the black flamed candle to look.
Harry took Dani to look at the book in a glass case. "Look, Dani." she says softly.
Dani looked and seemed interested.
Allison told them about the book now. "This is the spell book of Winifred Sanderson, it was given to her by the Devil himself. The book is bound in human skin and contains the recipes for her most powerful and evil spells."
"I get the picture." Dani spoke up, which amused Allison.
There was a candle in the distance of the room.
Max looked at the plaque belonging to the candle. "The black flamed candle... Made from the fat of a hanging man, it's said that if lit by a virgin on the night of Hallow's Eve, the sisters will be brought back to life." Max reads, he grinned. "How 'bout we light the sucker and bring the old broads back to life?" He asks, and playfully offered the lighter to Allison.
Harry looked at her brother. "No, you can't Max." she says, the bad feeling becoming worse.
Allison chuckled in amusement with Max and continued to stay close with Dani. Suddenly, the black cat lept out and pounced at Max to attack him. This worried the girls as the cat seemed to come from nowhere and he went to join a girl that was about the same age as Dani, but no one saw her.
"Okay, Max, you had your fun," Dani breathed, a little scared as she clung to Allison and Harry. "It's time to go, come on, guys."
"Stupid cat." Max growls and lit the lighter and started to light the candle.
Harry started to leave with Dani but looked at her twin. "Max, don't!" She shouts.
"Max, I'm not kidding, it's time to go!" Dani yelled.
As Max lit the candle after believing this was all a bunch of 'hocus pocus', the candle lit a black flame like in the legend, and then all the lights started to go out except that one. There was a rush of cold wind coming in, that knocked Dani's hat off and their hair was flowing through it. Everyone screamed as it felt like a true haunted house, but soon, everything suddenly stopped. Was that it?
Max looked surprised. "What was that?" He asks.
Harry put Dani's hat right on tge girl again. "A Virgin lit the candle." she says scathingly.
There was suddenly wicked laughter filling the air. Max gulped and hid behind a pillar. Harry pulled Dani to the counter and hid under it with her. The door banged open, Allison able to hide behind it. They all hid together as three wicked women came in, they must have been the Sanderson sisters! But they don't exist or they died over 300 years ago, didn't they?
The witches were proud to be back and they were indeed brought back like they had planned during the Salem witch trials. Max closed his eyes a little. Harry hugged Dani close. Sarah and Mary followed Winnie inside. Sarah looking for her lucky rat's tail in the rafters. Mary clapped and gushed over her cauldron.
"We're home, oh sweet revenge," Winnie sounded delighted with her sisters. "Do you see, sisters? My curse worked perfectly!"
The modern children did their best to stay quiet as the old witches were brought back after a three century hiatus.
"I found it, my lucky rat's tail!" Sarah grins.
"Thou art perfect Winnie, and I knew I left this cauldron on." Mary says. Neither noticed the candle.
Harry bit her lip. Winnie saw the candle with the black flame and wondered who could have done it. She then woke up her spell book, much to the shock of the others. They had work to do, but Mary was distracted with something that alerted her senses.
"Winnie..." Mary says, looking predatory and excited.
Harry bit her lip harder, nervously.
"Yes?" Winnie turned to her sister.
Dani came closer between Harry and Max for protection. Allison was trying to help, being like another older sister to the girl. Harry hugged Dani tightly, not caring she slightly nicked her lip by biting it.
"I smell children..." Mary grins.
The kids all looked a little terrified and alarmed.
"Sick 'em." Winnie commanded, not noticing the kids whether by smell or sight.
"It's a little girl, about seven... maybe eight and a half... and an older one... bleeding a little..." Mary says.
"Let's play with them!" Sarah says, before singing quietly.
Harry slapped a hand over her own mouth.
Winnie put a hand on Sarah's mouth and thought of a way to get the children over. "Come on out, dears... We will not harm thee..." she said, sickly sweet, but lying sinister.
Dani then paid attention to their speech patterns and thought maybe since she was dressed as a witch, she could talk with them and maybe get them to not harm her, Harry, Max, and Allison. She surprised them as she came in her Halloween costume, but the sisters of course, didn't think she was wearing one. Dani mentioned that she was the one who brought them back and she told them it was 1993 and no longer 1693.
Harry was grabbed by Mary.
Mary had smelt her with Dani and so picked her up. When she saw that Harry had a cat tail and ears gasped. "Oh, Winnie, look!" She exclaims.
Sarah cooed at Dani. Dani blinked, looking a little nervous, but stood her ground. Allison stayed with Max as no one noticed them yet.
"Could thou be a human feline hybrid?" Winnie was taken aback by Harry's outfit. She had never seen such a thing.
Glad she had taken the time to stitch her tail to the trousers and that the headband with the ears looked like actual cat ears, Harry gave a hiss but nodded. "And that child thou have sitting there ist my mistress." she says.
Sarah looked nervous. Mary looked in awe. Maybe they could have her as a familiar.
"It was great fun, but I guess we better get going." Dani said, trying to look dominate over Harry.
"Oh, stay for supper..." Winnie insisted.
"Oh, but we're not hungry." Dani said apologetically.
Harry nodded, looking wary.
"But we are!" Mary shouts, spinning Harry out as she grabbed Dani with Sarah to lift her into the cauldron.
"Hey! Let go of my sister and her familiar!" Max shouts.
Allison was deeply worried for her new friends. Winnie had memories come back to haunt her as Sarah wanted to play with Max and Mary wanted him to be roasted. She even sent a jolt of electricity to zap the boy down. She still had it after all these years. Max groaned as he was shot down. Mary had a hold of Dani.
Sarah was coddling Harry, having caught her from the spin. "Thou art pretty feline." she coos.
Harry looked annoyed and she even growled.
"Max!" Dani cried.
Allison decided to help stand up against the Sanderson sisters. She got Mary's attention and was able to knock her down.
"Leave our brother alone!" Dani cried, then hit Winnie with her pumpkin pail and sent her down.
The ominous girl was there again and she sent the cat to attack the wicked witch woman.
"Sister Sarah, get this beast off me!" Winnie cried as the black cat was a lot stronger than it looked.
Max stood up. "Go! Get out!" He warns his sisters and Allison.
Harry was released and took her 'mistress' safely outside. Sarah let Harry go to help Winnie. Mary shook her head clear. Allison and Dani went to get out of the house after Max commanded them to, but worried about him being left behind. The Sanderson sisters cornered Max as he was left alone and they were sure they were going to get him easily without any pain or misery upon themselves as the cat was away now.
Max climbed up to the second story. "You have messed with the great and powerful Max! Max: You have messed with the great and powerful, Max, and now must suffer the consequences. I summon the burning rain of death!" he tells them.
Mary and Sarah look at Winnie. Harry checked Dani over, making sure she wasn't hurt.
"Burning rain of death?" the sisters asked at once, amused at first, but then alarmed as he hid the lighter between his hands to show the flame.
"He makes fire in his hands!" Winnie pointed, warning her sisters.
Max held the fire under the sprinkler and set it going. He laughed as they all hid. He then went to get out but slipped on some water.
Harry hugged her sister gently. She then noticed the other young girl. "Come on dear, before they see you too." she says.
The sisters then mistook that for the burning rain of death as they hadn't been expecting that at all.
The black cat jumped onto his chest as the Sandersons were gone for now anyway. "Nice going, Max." the cat spoke.
The old-fashioned girl rushed out to catch her breath. She looked back to the cat and looked to see the spell book was still trapped inside.
Max looked shocked "You can talk." he gasps.
"Yeah, no kidding," the cat continued to speak. "Now get the spell book, come on, move it!"
Harry hugged Dani with one arm and held a hand out for the girl. The girl looked over, sensing trust in the girl and came closer. Harry took her hand gently and pulled her with them to hide. The girl went with Harry and Dani as the cat was getting close to them. They then went to find another place to hide before the Sanderson sisters would come back out and possibly plague them all.
Max got up, grabbed the plaque stand and got the book. He stole it and ran out. Winnie noticed that her book was stolen and she was outraged by the boy's actions. Max followed his sisters and the two girls. He held the book. Harry helped the two younger girls. She was making sure they were okay. The cat was leading them to a graveyard.
"We best follow-eth him far aroint from this cottage o'er thither." the new girl told the others with her and started to follow the cat.
"Whoa, she's good..." Dani whispered at the girl's way of speaking as she went with Harry and Allison.
Max looked at the place. "It's a graveyard." he protests.
Harry smiled. She held Dani gently as they walked.
"It's a hallowed ground." the cat explained.
"Aye, witches can't set-eth foot hither," the girl added. "Follow-eth us."
The girls looked shocked now, not what of their new friend said, but that the cat could talk.
Max looked at them. "He talks." he says.
Harry smiled a little, he sounded nice. She soothed Dani as they walked.
The cat kept telling them to follow him and the girl and they came closer into the cemetery.
"We want-eth to show-eth thou something," the girl said. "So thou know-eth who ye art dealing with."
"She talks funny." Dani said to Allison, Harry, and Max.
Max followed.
"It's that young girl..." Harry says softly.
The cat was now explaining to Max who William Butcherson was and he was Winifred's lover and how she went mad with jealousy. The cat was pretty intelligent about the past of the Sanderson sisters, even more than Allison herself. It didn't take too long until she finally caught the connection. "You're Thackery Binx and Constance Humphrey."
"Aye." the girl nodded.
"So, the legends are true..." Allison couldn't believe it once they witnessed it.
"Well, come along, we want to show you something else." Thackery told them, then led them with Constance to another spot.
Max and the girls followed. Max was looking around a little. Harry looked worried a little. Constance and Thackery were at the graves of Emily and Tabitha Binx. The cat looked very serious while the ancient aged girl who would never grow up looked grim.
"Because of us, my sisters' lives were stolen," Thackery mourned, but was more serious about the deaths now than he was when it happened. "For years, we wanted our lives to end, so we could be reunited with our families. But Winifred's curse of immortality has kept us alive. Constance will never age, she is doomed to live as an eight year old girl for all years time and never grow up. Now I'd fail Emily and Tabitha, but I wouldn't fail again. When Winifred and her sisters returned, I'd be there to stop them. So for three centuries, we guarded the house on All Hallow's Night when I knew an airhead virgin would light that candle."
"Nice going, airhead." Dani scoffed at her brother.
"Hey look, I'm sorry, okay? But we're talking about three ancient hags versus the 20th century, how bad can it be?" Max says and asks.
Harry looked sad for them. She hugged the two youngest girls. She then reached out to stroke Binx's back.
"Bad," Thackery purred as Harry stroked his back, then looked sharply to Allison as she was about to open the stolen spell book. "Stay out of there!"
"Why?" Allison looked at him.
"It holds Winifred's most dang'rous spells," Constance said sharply in warning. "She wilt not get-eth it."
Max took the book. "Then let's burn tbe sucker..." he says, dropping the book to set it alight.
Harry hid a giggle at his purr. She looked disturbed by the book not setting alight.
"It's protected by magic." Thackery explained why it wouldn't light.
Suddenly, they all heard the wicked laughter of evil witches. It couldn't be a decoration, and of course, it was the Sanderson sisters. They were coming on their broomsticks like their traditional species. Dani grew scared and worried. Max looked up. Harry kept the two girls safe behind her and gave a hiss to them.
"Max!" Dani called for protection as the Sanderson sisters drew closer.
Sarah wanted to be Max's friend, but Allison told her to take a hike and let a tree branch hit her.
"Book, come to Mommy..." Winnie reached out for her spell book taken from her.
The book was about to fly off the ground, but the cat jumped on top of it. "'Fraid not." Thackery scoffed.
Constance grew angry too and tried to look tough, but it was hard since she was a little girl and nearly looked like a doll.
"Ouch!" Sarah exclaims, flying up.
Max went over towards his sisters.
Harry was protecting the girls. She launched Mary away. "Thou wilt not harm them!" She growls, glad she read Shakespeare.
Thackery hissed as Winnie brought up his sisters and how he couldn't save them. Winnie was able to get the book back and unleashed a dark spell which seemed to do nothing at first. However, now the grave of Butcherson was starting to move. Hands came out, and then a full body. A dead body. Billy was going after them as a zombie as Winnie requested for him to be brought back. Max was carrying the book.
As the eldest of the children, Harry made them go first. She glared at Winnie and the other two. Thackery led them to a hole. As the Sanderson sisters didn't see what was going on and Billy was knocked from a tree branch Max set upon him, they all went down. Billy was trying to look for his lost head having actually lost it.
"Are you okay?" Allison cooed.
"Uh-huh..." Dani nodded shakily.
Constance came closer and patted down her very old dress. Max came in and seeing Constance's dress, gave her his jacket. Harry followed after. Her ears were knocked askew. She looked to follow her siblings. Dani was very relieved to see her brother and sister. Harry hugged Dani gently.
"Oh, thou don't hast to do that, young man." Constance told the boy twin.
"I wanted to." Max says.
Constance smiled a little at him.
"This is the old Salem Crypt." Thackery told the 20th century kids.
Allison took a look.
"It connects to the sewer and up the street." Thackery continued.
"Charming..." Allison said as she looked around.
There were many rats and other unpleasant things.
"Ugh, don't look up, Dani." Max says.
Harry had a comforting arm around her.
"Don't worry, I won't." Dani said calmly.
"We've hunted mice down here for years." Thackery continued to explain as they explored.
"It's not to bad once thou've eaten it f'r three centuries." Constance added, feeling that was the only choice she had for food.
"Mice?" Dani sounded like she was going to be sick.
Max continued to follow with the others. Harry was feeling rather ill with the bad feeling she got. She however hid it well. Thackery tried to remember around the sewers to take them to safety. There was now a ladder with a manhole they could probably escape out of. Constance was the one at the top and she pushed open the cover to find herself in the road just as a bus is coming. Max looked nervous, jumping down.
"Look out!" Harry gasps reaching to help the girl.
"Binx! Constance!" Dani cried for them as the bus passed.
They all climbed up to see the now run over cat and girl who were going to help them on this adventure, but it looks that they're too late and can't have it happen.