Author Note: I apologise for how much this chapter is going to be like the movie! I just need the action to start and am trying to make it as off script as I can but still the same plot as Hocus Pocus. Enjoy another chapter!
Emma, Sean, Jay and Manny couldn't believe it. They had just out ran witches, and now were following a cat to safety he promised them. Darcy and Claire had ran, far, and good for them! But they, as weird as it sounded, knew they should stick with the cat. He sounded like he knew what to do.
From behind the cat, Emma turned her head suspiciously towards Sean, who caught her strange look, glancing at the cat again. She still couldn't get use to the fact it could talk. Sean nodded in agreement with her silently and reached his hand out to grab hers, holding it tightly.
Emma yelped and clung to Sean when they weren't really watching where they were going until the cat came to a halt.
The ornately decorated wrought-iron gates got Jay's attention when him and Manny stopped behind them too. "Whoa! Whoa! This is a cemetery." he shook his head no, "Next you're telling me we are up against zombies."
Manny's eyes widened in horror.
The cat responded, "This is hallowed ground. Witches can't step foot here."
The cat slipped between the bars of the gate. "Follow me. I want to show you something so you know what we're dealing with."
Sean and Emma followed the black cat through the entrance. Jay was rather surprised that they were going along with this and following..the cat?!
"Come on," scoffed Manny, shocked too but not wanting to leave their friends behind.
Jay huffed and followed her through the opening and closed the cemetery bars behind him.
When the cat leaped up onto a headstone that looked like a carving of a Jolly Roger flag. A skull and crossbones decorated the stone above the name. "William Butcherson? Lost soul?" Sean read aloud.
"William Butcherson was Winifred's lover. She found him sporting with her sister Sarah so she poisoned him and sewed his mouth shut with a dull needle so he couldn't tell her secrets even in death," the cat explained.
Emma gasped and jumped in, "You're Thackery Binx!". Sean turned his head to look at her and raised his eyebrows. Wow, he dated one smart cookie.
The cat dipped his head, "Yes. I am"
"So the legends are true." her voice was tinged with awe.
Binx wasn't inclined to make small talk. "Come along! I want to show you something else."
The humans followed Binx further into the cemetery. He paused at another, simpler headstone. This one needed no explanation; it read "Emily Binx". Thackery stood quietly facing the stone. Emma and Sean shared a sad glance. Even Jay frowned deeply and Manny hugged her arms around herslef.
Thackery turned and sat facing the humans. The headstone made a haunting backdrop for the conversation.
"Emily…my little sister." Binx had to clear his throat but Sean was sure it wasn't a hairball that had him choked up. "My sister's life was stolen. For years I waited for my life to end so that I could be reunited with my family, but Winifred's curse of immortality kept me alive."
"Then one day I figured out what to do with my eternal life. I failed Emily but I would not fail again. When Winifred and her sisters returned, I would be there to stop them. So for three centuries I guarded the house on All Hallows night when I knew some airhead virgin might light that candle."
Emma couldn't even begin to try to understand. Imagine if these witches took Jack! Also the fact the Binx's sister practically had the same name as Emma, made her connect with him. "We'll help you stop them."
"We will?!" squeeked Manny.
Sean nodded, agreeing with Emma, "We're talking about three ancient hags versus the 20th century. How bad can it be?"
"Bad." Binx answered. Then he shouted at Emma, "Stay out of there!"
Sean glanced over and saw Emma guiltily shut the cover of Winifred's spell book. "Why?" she asked.
"It holds Winifred's most dangerous spells. She must not get it." Binx stated.
This was something Sean could handle. He took the book from Emma's arms. "Let's torch this sucker." He took out the lighter and sparked a flame. Sean dropped the book onto the ground and crouched down to hold the fire close to the binding. An invisible force prevented the flame from making contact with the book.
"It's protected by magic," Binx explained.
A cackle from overhead got everyone's attention. They all scrambled backwards, forgetting the book on the ground. It seemed that Binx was right, as the witches appeared on their broomsticks, they couldn't come down into the cemetery where they stood..
"Boo-oook!" Winifred yodeled a command. "Come to me, Book!"
Sean cursed under his breath. He left the book out in the open. The grotesque thing started to rise off of the grass at Winifred's call.
Binx took matters into his own hands. "Afraid not!" He pounced on the book pushing it firmly back onto the ground.
"Thackery Binx, you mangy feline! Still alive?" Winifred taunted.
"And waiting for you!" Binx shot back defiantly.
"Thou have waited in vain. Thou will fail to save thy friends just as thou failed to save thy sister."
Binx hissed at the witch. She growled back at him.
"Grab the book!" Binx yelled, but Emma was already ahead of him and had scooped up the tome. Winifred seeing the object of her desire escaping yet again yelled out orders to her sisters. Sarah flew down into their path while Mary circled around from the other side.
"Boy…" Sarah made a beckoning gesture at Sean. "I'll be thy friend." As much as the youngest witch repulsed Sean, he could feel himself being drawn to her. Why? He couldn't break eye contact and was unable to stop himself from moving forward, possessed like.
"Emma." he choked out. Sarah, she was the summoner…she's the summoner. Shit! Her magic was hypnotizing. She had once lured 20 children to their layer before, 300 years ago.
To Sean's rescue, Emma stepped forward, whipping a fallen branch into Sarah's face. "Take a hike!"
Sarah yelped and Sean could feel his self-control snap back into place.
"Run!" Jay yelled at them like they were stupid, grabbing Manny's hand himself and headed for the trees, hoping it'd slow the witches down from on their broomsticks. With Binx in the lead they ran back to a section of the cemetery that was more heavily wooded giving them more cover and the witches less room to maneuver. They ended up close to the spot where Binx brought them when they first arrived.
Sean scanned the sky. Manny gulped in deep breaths of air. "They can't touch us here, right?" she asked.
"They can't…" Binx replied.
Jay sneered, "I don't like the way you said that."
The witches regrouped in the air facing the young humans and Winifred started speaking- no, chanting. The ground swelled and heaved beneath them. Sean, Jay, Emma and Manny tried to stay on their feet, but the best they could manage was to fall together against a large memorial until the earth stopped shaking. Winifred's powerful spell called forth Billy Butcherson from his grave.
Now Emma Nelson had seen some messed up stuff, she was from Degrassi, but watching Billy Butcherson's reanimated corpse rise from its grave made her blood run cold. The shriveled flesh that still clung to the bones was mottled and grey and its clothing hung in tatters but the thing was strong enough to punch through the remains of its coffin as well as the earth still resting upon the grave.
Billy bursts forth from his grave. He's a zombie. They all screamed and ran. Billy turns and looks at his grave stone that says he's a lost soul, and gives a grunt of annoyance. His mouth is sewed shut, so he can't say anything..
Sarah waves desperately from on her broom above, trying to get his attention as she giggled to her past former lover, "Hi. Hello Billy"
Meanwhile, Winifred didn't have the time to waste, "Catch those children! Get up! Get out of that ditch. Faster!"
Billy almost seemed irrated, sneering at Winifred and the witches but got up, and walked the way the teenagers ran.
((*))
Binx led them to a small tunnel, which appeared to lead them somewhere underground. Not knowing what was under there though, the girls were unsure. "Go!" Binx yelled. They scoffed but did so, crawling in.
Sean could hear the sounds of pursuit – Butcherson wasn't swift, but his gait was steady. Sean needed to stop him from getting to them.
The zombie shuffled through the trees following the path they had so recently taken. Sean would swear, in the light of the full moon, it almost looked like there was reason in the creature's eyes. For a moment Sean wondered if Billy felt as compelled by Winifred as he had been by Sarah, but whether or not he pursued them by choice if it came down to Emma or compassion for a zombie, Emma was going to win every time. So attacking the zombie was what Sean did.
When Billy was close enough, Sean let loose the tree limb he had bent back to attack him with. It was a perfect shot, connecting squarely with the zombie's head. Much to Sean's surprise, the blow knocked the head clean off the shoulders. Unfortunately, the lack of a head didn't stop the zombie. It just started groping the ground, looking for its lost body part.
Sean left the zombie behind him and dove through the hole the others had disappeared through. He came up coughing while asking "Is everyone alright?"
Emma and Manny both responded in the affirmative. Jay just nodded. Sean looked around the dim space. He took out Jay's lighter – the thing was coming in awfully handy – and flicked a flame into life. The lighter didn't provide much illumination, but there was enough to see the bones descending through the ceiling above them.
"Don't look up," Sean warned Emma.
Emma resolutely kept her eyes forward. "No problem."
"Where are we?" Manny asked Binx.
"This is an old crypt. It connects to the sewer and up to the street. I've hunted mice here for years." Binx was matter-of-fact in his answer. Emma's face wrinkled at the mention of mice but she didn't make a vocal complaint.
"We should keep moving," Jay urged. "That zombie is still behind us and we need to get out of here.."
"We need help." nodded Manny.. "Like, say parents?"
Jay and Sean shrugged unknowingly, they had both gotten on with life just fine without any, but if the girls wanted to go get some help, so be it, but who would believe them!?
((((**)))
Meanwhile the sisters were walking outside the cemetery on the sidewalk, "When Billy the Butcher gets here with my book we shall be ready!" Winifred insisted and then looked around the street ,"We must start collecting children." she narrowed her eyes at the wierd style people had today.
Someone walked by with leather pants, a nose ring,and purple hair. Sarah even jumped back, afraid of them.
Mary then had to ask, "Go? Look for children? Why?"
"Because, you great buffoon!" the oldest yelled, "We want to live forever, not just until tomorrow. The more children's lives we snatch, the longer we shall live!"
Sarah nodded, and pointed her broom up, "Right! Let us fly!" They move to fly but Mary stops them.
Her lip longs to right as she insists, "Wait. Sisters, I have an idea. Since this promises to be a most dire and stressful evening I suggest we form a calming circle."
Winifred, ironically, shouts madly, "I am calm! "
Mary leaned in, putting her hand on her sisters shoulder ,"Oh, sister, thou art not being honest with thy self. Are we? Huh? Huh? Come on." she egged Winnifred on who pouted but nodded. Mary was right.
They all turn so that they form a circle and then lower their heads. The sisters are walking slowly in a circle with their arms around each other.
Mary spoke softly, "Think soothing thoughts. Rabid bats. Black death. Mummy's scorpion pie."
They all at once sadly moaned, "Motherrr."
Suddenly they are all shocked when a bus pulls up with a honk on the horn. All three yell in fright. The driver opens the door and looks at them.. Three ladies, one blonde with big breasts, just his luck!
"Bobo, bobo, I'm in trouble. " he said with a teasing wink. Suddenly, their fright turn into blushes and smiles.
Winifred asks as she steps closer to the bus, "Tell me friend, what is this contraption?"
The driver chuckles, eyeing her wierdly, but then declares, "I call it a bus."
They all repeated the word 'bus' at the same time, looking enchanted. "And it's purpose?" she asked again, her sisters hiding her behind her but also curious.
The driver laughs, "To convey gorgeous creatures such as yourselves to your most forbidden desires."
They all giggle like mad women, which they are, and even Winifred is swooned, "Well, see, we desire children..."
The driver laughs, "Well that may take me a couple of tries, but I don't think that'll be a problem. Hop on up."
"Marvelous!" Winifred goes first.
Mary goes next, "Thank you."
Sarah, ofcourse, decided to sit on his lap instead of the bus seats. Which he was totally okay with.
((**))
Meanwhile, Emma and everyone are following Binx to the sewer opening. Sean climbs the ladder first.
(**)
Sarah, on the bus, is now driving the bus with his instructions. The driver asked her while she drove with excitement, "Hey, buttercup, anyone ever tell you you're very easy on the eyes?"
((*))
Sean pushes the sewer top cover and lifts it out of the way enough for Binx to hop out onto the road. But Sean looks up in time to see the bus coming straight for them, the same bus the witches were on, unknowingly to them or even the witches. Sarah was just a horrible driver.
Sean shouts, "Binx, look out!" he wants to go help, but he needs to ducks back under the manhole, but Binx can't get out of the way fast enough and he gets run over.
(((**))
Sarah and the driver are completely unaware of what they have driven over. The driver laughs out loud, "Whoa, speedbump!"
((*))
Sean, Emma and their friends crawled up out of the sewer quickly, all cringing or gasping when they see what had happened to Binx. Emma took it the hardest and covered her mouth in horror.
"Binx!" Sean grabs her from going to the cat, knowing it'd just scar her more to see. He embraces her, and she cries into his neck. All Binx wanted was to help them and avenge his sister.
Sean carressed her hair, and agony swirled in his eyes. "It's all my fault." Sean told Emma, sadly, and rubbed her back. "I'm sorry-"
"Wait," sniffs Emma, pulling apart from him and sees where Binx was squished over, inflates back to normal and he rises up. She gasped, and Sean turned for his mouth drop to do. Binx was alive again.
"Ho-how did you do that?" stared Jay in shock, and whispers to Manny, "I'm really hoping this is all one big dream, and I'm so high right now."
Manny rolls her eyes at him. She then fixes her leather suit, wishing she could change her clothes now that they probably WEREN'T going to Ashley Kerwins party now.
..right?
"What? I told you I can't die." Binx reminded them, but can't help but be moved by Emma's tears, "Emma, you all right?" Her innocence reminded him much like his sister, and her name didn't help.
Emma smiles, whipping her tears ,"Yeah." . Sean turns to her, and pulls her into his side almost jealously. He then rolls his eyes at himself; he was jealous of a CAT.
"Okay, let's go!" Binx leads the way again.
(((*))))
As the witches were droppped off at last stop, Winifred couldn't help but be horrified when they got off the bus onto a neighborhood street where tons of children were going up and down the street, trick or treating.
All the sisters think they are seeing hobgoblins. They don't realize that they are just children dressed up..
Winifred asks, "What is this, sisters? Odd spodicans!"
Sarah, meanwhile, is still waving off the bus that drives away, "Farewell mortal bus boy!"
As they stand there, cluelessly, huddled together, a little girl dressed as an angel comes up to them and gives a curtsy and jokes around, "Bless you."
In reply, the sisters scream in terror and the child skips off to the next house for some more candy. Winifred goes serious again, "Enough!" she yells at her sisters.
Mary is upset still though, and overwhelmed ,"I'm very confused. I smell children, but I don't see children. I've…I've lost my powers!" she cries.
"Enough!" Winifred hits her, "We are witches. We are evil! What would mother say if she could see us like this?"
Suddenly there is a wicked laugh from behind them and we turn to see a guy dressed as Satan. . . and this guy is Spinner. The one and only. He wears red horns, his hair gelled back stylishly, and a big red cape is around his neck, as he holds a devils fork.
The sisters think he is the real Satan as he is just innocently giving children candy before he and Paige take off to Ashley's party.
They all squeal in delight, "Master!"
Spinner looks up, confused, but grins crookedly. A few old hags, minus the hot one, were coming up to him..calling him Master? Their costumes were wickedly good though, spot on to the Legendary Sanderson sisters. He had to give them credit!
They hurried over to him as he stood on his porch, and then they bowed as he asked ,"It's the Sanderson sisters, right?"
Winifred declares, still bowed, "At your service."
"I can't believe it's you." Sarah says seductively, and Spinner can't help it, he can't help but smirk and glance into his house. How would Paige feel if he invited them in? He glanced back to Sarah who was now swinging back and forth, playing with her hair, and sizing him up hungerly.
..it's not like Paige put out...so maybe- "What the heck, why don't you come in?" he nods inside and leads them in, "don't step on my tail!" he jokes, as his pants had an attached devils tale to his butt.
Author Note: You know what I want guys! More reviews! Keep them going, and you earn more chapters! I did an extra chapter just for you guys so give me the same kindness with reviews please! Who can share some ideas of what else can be going on with Sean and Emma ? I want more excitement for them. Maybe something to get Emma more jealous with Sarah, maybe Sarah hit on Sean more? Haha. Sean being jealous of a cat gave me a giggle. Spinner being 'Satan' was also hilarious.
