Sabrina, Chloe and I were in front of Sabrina's locker as she was grabbing her textbooks. "Ugh, these books must weigh twelve tons. How do they expect us to carry all this?" Sabrina asked us as she grabbed the pile. "We need those little golf carts. Preferably with Tiger Woods driving." Chloe said.
"Or maybe the school shouldn't give us textbooks altogether." I said. "Aaron, you're just saying that just to get out of school." Sabrina said with a knowing smile. "No I'm not! Okay, so maybe I am. But mostly so I wouldn't be in a golf cart, especially one driven by Tiger Woods." I defended.
"Uh, no offense, Chloe." I said. "None taken." Chloe said, just before lightly punching me on the arm. "Ow. Hey, you said none taken." I said. "That is no offense taken. For the golf cart comment. You didn't say anything about your school comment, though." Chloe said. "Drats." I muttered.
Suddenly we heard a locker door got kicked open next to us. "Excuse me, Smellman." Gem said as Sabrina, Chloe and I noticed her. "So, did you commoners notice I lost an eighth of a pound?" Gem asked us. "Hmm, leave your brain at home again?" Chloe asked Gem mockingly.
"That's a eighth of a pound lost? You actually consider that a milestone? You look exactly the same as before. What's next, rich people are the next broke?" I asked Gem sarcastically. "Oh look, they're trying to be funny. Of course, if you were to be with me, Aaron, I could help you be more funny." Gem said. "At what, the we're rich but too cheap shop? No thanks." I said.
"Your lost. But no, I'm referring to my new Wave Moth look." Gem said, holding up a doll. "So you're trying to be a doll? Which one? Please don't tell me you're trying to be a Bratz doll, otherwise you need to have no nose and might be known as a child of Voldemort." I said with a smirk as Sabrina, Chloe and I fist bumped each other.
"No, Wave Moth! As in, the supermodel." Gem said, causing Sabrina to laugh. "Silly me. I thought you were going for Wave Moth the monster trucker." Sabrina said, causing Chloe and I to snicker. "I believe she meant trying to be like the Bratz dolls with no nose, wanting to be 'perfect' as well." I said.
Gem mockingly laughed at us before throwing the doll back in her locker. "Freaks." Gem muttered as she shut her locker and left. As soon as she said that, I felt a hot burst of anger in me. It's not the first time I've been called a freak and I'm pretty sure it won't be the last either.
For most of my childhood here in Greendale, I have been called a freak because many times, my Gem powers have gotten shown in public more than once before I could even get control over them. Plus, there was that one time when I was six, the incident where I got my scar. Just imagine what would happen if they knew I have magic.
"Uh, Aaron? Your eye is red again." Sabrina said, snapping me out of my thoughts. "What?" I asked. "Your left eye. It's red again. And is it normal for your some dark...stuff to come off you?" Sabrina asked. I looked down and just like when I was sick and pissed at Harvey, I noticed that dark stuff were coming off me. I managed to take a deep breath to calm myself and saw that it was gone. My eye also turned back to normal, given Sabrina's sigh of relief.
"Aaron, what was that?" Sabrina asked. "I don't know." I said. "Honest?" Sabrina asked. "Honest!" I defended. And the truth is, I actually don't know. When I tried to get a answer from my parents, they either dodge the subject altogether or try to claim that it was a fever dream I had. But I know they're hiding something, I can see it in their minds that they're hiding something relating to this from me. But why?
"Gotta admit, those jeans a pretty trick." Chloe said as Gem walked past the softball team, causing them to look at the latter. "Look at those softball guys drooling over her." Chloe added. "Oh come on, Chloe. Like I care what other people think." Sabrina said, trying to get Chloe to move along.
"I bet you care what Harvey thinks." Chloe said, causing Sabrina to turn around. "So what do you think of Gem's new Wave Moth's jeans?" Harvey asked as he put a picture of a skinny female in a bikini in his locker. We're talking about bones and skin here, folks! "Harvey, have some decency, man. Come on!" I said, holding my hand in front of my face to block the picture.
"It doesn't matter what I think. Look what everyone else thinks." Sabrina said before gasping at the picture. "What do you think, Harvey? Of the Wave Moth look, I mean." Sabrina said. "Well, I think a lot of the guys like the look." Harvey said. "Really? You think?" Sabrina asked Harvey.
"Well, you know, it..." Harvey trailed off, not looking Sabrina in the eyes. "I don't like the look. Heck, I don't even get who would even do that to themselves! How could anyone decide that looks are more important than their bodies? Their healths, even?!" I asked, as my eye turned red again. Yeah, I know my last sentence sounds exactly like Snagglepuss's way of talking(You know, where he ends his sentences with the word 'even'). Don't judge me!
"Come on, Chloe, Aaron." Sabrina said a bit angrily, grabbing Chloe and my wrist, and causing my eye to turn back to normal again. "Where are we going?" Chloe asked. "The mall." Sabrina said. "Not the place full of cheap perfumes!" I pleaded as Sabrina dragged us away.
Soon, the three of us were in Sabrina's room, with Sabrina and Chloe holding their new jeans. "So, what do you think?" Sabrina asked. "I think we're gonna need a shoehorn to fit into these things. It's so tiny." Chloe said. "Well, they only come in one size: Wave. So they better fit." Sabrina said.
"Why are you two doing this?" I asked them. "Because Aaron, Harvey said all guys, excluding you, like the Wave Moth style." Sabrina said. "Then Harvey and all those guys don't know what true beauty is. Beauty is not something based on appearance, but based on personality. And we all know that no matter what Gem wears, she'll be ugly no matter what she wears because of her personality." I said.
"Thanks Aaron, but you're the only guy we know who thinks like that. Everyone else looks for outer beauty." Sabrina said. "But thanks for trying." Chloe said before she and Sabrina started to take off their pants and skirt. "Hey, hey, hey. No undressing in front of the kitty. Or in front of this innocent child." Salem said before pulling out a folding screen and putting in front of Sabrina and Chloe.
Chloe started giggling at Salem. "What's the big joke?" Salem asked. "Oh, talking kitty cat cracks me up everytime." Chloe said before laughing again. "You get permission to tell one mortal your secret and you choose her? No counting for taste. At least Aaron here won't mess up telling one mortal his secret." Salem said with a smirk, causing me to squirm a bit. "Yeah, heh heh." I said with a weak chuckle.
They still have no idea that I told Harvey. Though if I'm not careful, or if Harvey slips up, they might eventually. Then again, Sabrina was suspicious when Harvey nearly revealed it twice. However, I know that so far, Sabrina hasn't brought it up at all, so I'm safe. Then again, Sabrina is giving me her best Zelda 'I know you're hiding something from me' look. (Jesus, those were a hassle whenever Zelda watch over me)
Sabrina and Chloe struggled to get the jeans on that the folding screen shook. However, Sabrina waved her hands around. "I did it!" Sabrina exclaimed happily. "You got them on?" Salem asked. "Without having to resort to drastic measures?" I added. "No, I got them over my ankles. Now the hard part." Sabrina told us. Salem and I sat there in silence before we looked at each other and face-palmed at the same time.
Chloe and Sabrina struggled more behind the folding screen to get the jeans on. They finally got the jeans on, but now were trying to button them. They rolled right to the bed, putting their legs on it as they tried. Luckily, Salem and I got off the bed before Sabrina and Chloe got there. They then backed up against the door to try the same thing.
"Almost there. It's going, it's going. It's going." Chloe said before falling on top of Salem. "It's gone." Salem said. Sabrina was upside down on her chair that goes to her computer desk. "Ugh, it's no use." Sabrina said before falling on the floor.
"How do they expect us to wear these things if we can't get them buttoned?" Sabrina asked. "They don't. That's why they make them. To make the nice girls feel bad that they can't fit into them and the mean ones feel good that they can." I said.
"Hold on, I have just the thing." Salem said before pulling a machine next to him. "I bet you'll get those jeans buttoned in a jiffy." Salem told them. "Looks kind of dangerous." Sabrina said. "If it looks dangerous, it's probably is dangerous. That means we shouldn't use it." I said. Salem looked shocked at us.
"No, no, no. I'll just open her up and uh..." Salem said as he opened the device, to reveal a skeleton covered in wrappings "Oh my Hanna-Barbera! Is that Ms. Plums?! Is this where you hid her body?!" I screamed in horror as Sabrina and Chloe gasped in shock. The skeleton turned to dust.
"Whoops! I forgot to clean it. And no, this isn't Ms. Plums." Salem said as he brushed the dust into a dustpan. "Oh, really?" I asked. "Yes. I swear it on the Saberhagen name or my name isn't Salem Saberhagen." Salem said. "...Fine, I'll accept it, unlucky cat." I said. "Magical alien hybrid." Salem retorted, crossing his arms. "Why, thank you." I said with a grin.
"He's your cat. You go first." Chloe told Sabrina, who walked towards the machine. "Sabreeny, no!" I exclaimed as she walked in. "I don't know if this is such a good idea." Sabrina said as Salem shut the door. "Great, she's probably gonna be infected with nanites! *Gasp* She might become a EVO!" I said in horror. "Aaron, you been watching too much Generator Rex." Chloe said. "Hey, it's good." I defended.
"Just relax. And whatever you do, don't look into the light." Salem told Sabrina. "What do you mean she shouldn't look into the light?! Did people die from this, Salem?!" I asked, my skin pale a bit from that. "Just kidding. Nobody died from this." Salem said before pulling the lever. However, that did nothing until he kicked the machine. Then the machine started shaking and flashing. The door opened, meaning it was done.
"It worked! It worked! Whoo hoo. Destination: coolness!" Sabrina said happily as she stepped out of the machine. "Sabreeny, are you okay?! Do you have nanites?! Do you feel dead?!" I asked, shaking her. "No. So can you stop shaking me?" Sabrina asked. "Oh, um, sure." I said, ceasing all shaking.
Suddenly the button popped off the jeans, breaking a vase, making a crack on Sabrina's computer, hitting her lamp and bouncing off the walls. Sabrina hid in her closet while Chloe hid behind the bed and Salem hid in the trashcan. The button went through one of the bedposts, making a hole.
I summoned a shield in front of me and it bounced off, causing a crack in it. "Holy mother of Snagglepuss." I muttered as the shield disappeared. The button ended its reign of terror by going in Salem's mouth, causing him to swallow it. "I think I'm gonna be sick." Salem said before gagging and coughing.
"Salem, are you alright? Did you swallow it?" Sabrina asked as she crouched near the cat. "*Gulps* Yep, but it's not the ingestion that worries me. It's the outgestion. Oh." Salem complained. "Well, at least you're alive." I said. "Yeah, so I have the pleasure of feeling the whole thing. Thanks." Salem said.
"Well, Sab, Aaron, I say it's time to whip out that old broomstick and zap us up a pair of jeans that fit. Except for you, Aaron. You don't wear female jeans." Chloe said. "Exactly. I mean, about the not wearing female jeans, not about the magic part." I said.
(Me(Aaron): Man, if only Chloe and I knew what I gotten myself into with all that Witch Academy stuff. Madi: If only. Me: Madi, what are you doing here?...Nevermind, the more important thing is what are you doing in general? Madi: Making Stan Lee cameos. Me: *Breathe a sigh of relief* Well, at least I won't get injured from this in any way possible. Madi: Cup! *Throws a metal thermos at Aaron's head, making him fall backwards* Me: *Stands back up, a bit dazed* Who's got the license plate on the flying thermos that hit me? *Falls back down* Madi: I do. *Holds up a license plate* It says C4 Mother Fucker! *Throws it at Pearl, who caught it* Me: *Still dazed* Like the one Pearl has? *Distance explosion follow by sound of Pearl poofing into her Gem* Madi: *Bored* Oh no. I didn't even care. *Looks at her kitchen in shock* But my kitchen is still a mess! *Kicks Pearl's Gem*)
"No, no magic. We can do this by ourselves. What's a couple of pounds? We'll just watch what we eat." Sabrina said. "Or you two could just ignore what other people think and carry on as usual." I said. "We would, Aaron. But you heard what Harvey said." Sabrina said. "Yeah, yeah. Most males prefer a female's beauty rather than their personality." I said.
The three of us were soon in the kitchen as Chloe was about to have a ice cream sundae. "What? I'm watching it." Chloe said. "That's not what I meant. From now on, we only eat healthy stuff." Sabrina said, taking away the sundae, about to throw it in the trash can.
"More for me then. Waste not, want not and all that." I said, taking it from Sabrina's hand and eating it. "Aaron!" Sabrina exclaimed, shock. "What? You know as much as I do that I rarely get to eat ice cream...or anything with sugar. My mom always said I have my dad's sweet tooth. So, what she doesn't know won't kill her. That, and what happens here stays here." I reminded Sabrina.
"*Groans* I shouldn't have told you that." Sabrina said. "Best policy you have." I said with a grin. "Anyways, I've selected these fine foods to start: soy jerky, garbanzo flakes, and my personal favorite, tofu on a stick." Sabrina listed. "Yuck." I said, covering my mouth with my hands.
"And after we finish hurling?" Chloe asked. "Carob dipped kidney beans." Sabrina said, pulling out a bottle of the stuff and eating one, with disgust on her face. "Yep, never trying that ever." I said as Sabrina coughed.
"There's gotta be an easier way." Sabrina said. "Yeah: ignore the haters. Haters gonna hate. Be proud of yourself and your body. You only get one." I said. "Thanks Aaron, but you don't know other men." Sabrina said. "How true." I said, crossing my arms. "There is another way: exercise." Chloe said.
"Chloe, I'm so proud of you. What kind of exercise did you have in mind?" Sabrina asked. "A power walk to the Spooky Jar." Chloe said, walking off. "Ugh, a mile away. I should've seen that a mile away." Sabrina said. "Yeah, you should have. Then again, I should've seen it too." I said, agreeing with her.
Sabrina, Chloe and I walked in the living room to see Zelda and Hilda scratching themselves. "Make it stop!" Hilda pleaded. "Give me a second. I'm looking for the cure. Here we go. Bingo! Bewitching itching." Zelda said, looking through the books. Sabrina, Chloe and I gave each other a confused look.
"Aunties, can I...?" Sabrina began. "Sabrina, scratch my back! I'll do anything, just scratch my back!" Hilda pleaded. "Anything?" Sabrina asked. "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah." Hilda said as Sabrina began scratching her back. (I mean Sabrina scratching Hilda's back, not... you already know what I don't mean!) "Up, up. Down, down. Right! No, left. Right again. Right, right there! Yes, yes YES!" Hilda exclaimed, telling Sabrina where to scratch.
"Now you have to do something for us. We need a weight loss spell so we can slip into our new Wave Moth blue jeans. Except Aaron, of course." Sabrina said. "Absolutely not! You girls look pretty just the way you are." Zelda said. "That's what I've been telling them." I said. "If you like, I'll take your jeans out for you." Zelda added, looking at Sabrina and Chloe.
"The jeans aren't the problem." Sabrina said. "It's us. If we lost a couple of pounds, we'll be as cool as Wave Moth." Chloe added. "Don't you see? We have to fit in to fit in." Sabrina said, voicing my secret wishes about fitting in and being treated normally.
"Isn't she bomb worthy?" Chloe asked, holding up a picture of a skinny female model. "Hmm, she looks kind of scrawny." Hilda commented. "I've got broomsticks with better figures." Zelda added before the five of us laughed at that. "Itch, itch, itch, itch, itch!" Hilda said as she and Zelda were soon scratching themselves again. We also noticed Salem rubbing himself against a scratching post.
"Hey!" Hilda exclaimed before running up to Salem's scratching post and taking it to scratch her back. "Mm-hmm. Scratching post, my special splintery friend." Hilda said as Salem pulled himself off the television. "Oh yeah, that's the sweet spot." Salem said, scratching his back. "Wait a minute. It's not a itching spell, it's Salem!" Zelda said, pointing a finger at Salem before pulling out a magnifying glass.
"Ah!" She said, looking down at the couch. "Ugh! We've been infested by fleas!" Zelda said before she and Hilda walked towards Salem. "Is there a problems, ladies?" Salem asked. "It's bath time, partner." Zelda said. "Wow, she makes taking bath sounds deadly." I whispered to Sabrina. "Yeah, I know." She said.
"Bath? You mean with water and bubbles up my nose and unpleasant scrubbing? You're not taking me alive!" Salem exclaimed before running out from under Hilda and Zelda, meowing like a cat.
He jumped on the couch but jumped off as Zelda tried to catch him, causing her and the couch to tip over on Chloe and me. Salem then started jumping all over the room and furnitures, knocking everything over before running out of the room while Hilda and Zelda ran after him.
"Coast is clear. Time to work some magic mojo." Chloe said as she got up from behind the couch. "Can't believe I'm saying this, but please do. Before they come back with Salem." I said, dropping the bubble shield that came over me at the last second.
Sabrina grab a stool to step on and touch the Spooky Jar, causing it to come out. While that happened, I used magic to clean the room up, so Quigley wouldn't have to. (That, and he was still in pain from getting his leg nibbled by the shark that Salem and Hilda had.)
"If thou wants to open me, thou must answer questions, three." The Spooky Jar said. "Yes, a rhyme!" I said in happiness. "Aaron, I swear it's like you enjoy these rhymes." Sabrina said while shaking her head, though she had a smile. "Heck yeah I do!" I said. Sabrina and Chloe shrugged before looking at the Spooky Jar. "Fire away." Sabrina said.
"What's your name?" The Spooky Jar asked us. "Sabrina." Sabrina answered. "And Chloe." Chloe added. "Don't forget Aaron." I said. "What is your quest?" The Spooky Jar the second question. "To fit into our jeans. Except Aaron." Sabrina said. "I'm just along for the ride, and to hear your rhymes." I said.
"What is your favorite color?" The Spooky Jar asked the final question. "Look, no arms. Wait, red. I'm sorry, purple. You know, I've always had a soft spot in my heart for black." Sabrina said. "Black's not a color, black is the absence of color." Chloe said.
"So is white." I commented. "I thought so too." Sabrina said. "No, I think it's black. Anyways, my favorite color is burgundy, so it all depends on who the judge asking." Chloe said. "My is between green and red. You know, festive colors." I said, causing the Spooky Jar to face-palm itself. "Oh, never mind. Grab the stinky cookie!" The Spooky Jar snapped while handing Sabrina the cookie, which she broke in half.
"If energy makes you feel immense and you have lost all common senses, step aboard this magic scale. I promise you, this will not fail." The Spooky Jar said as a scale appear in front of Sabrina and Chloe, big enough for two people to stand on.
"Liking it, liking it." Chloe said as she and Sabrina jumped on the scale. "Smaller here we come." Chloe said. "And you?" The Spooky Jar asked me. "I'm good. Just wanted to hear some rhymes." I said. The Spooky Jar shrugged before going back into the jar.
"Weight reduction in a blink, this spell will make you shrink and think." The Spooky Jar from under the lid said as Chloe adjusted the scale. "Oh, a shrinking spell, is that all? You heard that, Sabrina and Chloe, nothing for you two to wor- Shrinking spell?!" I asked shocked before tripping over the coffee table.
"Look, we lost a pound already. We're gonna look just like Wave Moth." Chloe said. "So then, why am I getting a bad feeling? And why is Aaron on the floor?" Sabrina asked. "Ow." I groaned in pain while being on the floor.
The next day at school, Sabrina and Chloe were wearing the jeans and a black t-shirt that show their midriffs and some rips on the top. "Ooh, these things fit like a glove." Chloe said. "Like a surgical glove." Sabrina said. "Gem is gonna be so jealous." Chloe said. "Of your personalities?" I asked.
"No. Of our looks." Chloe said as Sabrina look down the hall behind her. "Ooh, let see if Harvey bows down to our overwhelming coolness." Sabrina said before she and Chloe struck a pose. "Picture perfect, you two." I said, making a camera with my hands. Harvey walked by us, reading a newspaper.
"Hi Harvey." Sabrina said. However, Harvey didn't respond to that. "Huh?" Sabrina asked as she and Chloe stop their pose. "Well, that was a jerk move." I said. "I know. He didn't see me. He didn't look. He didn't even glance!" Sabrina ranted, causing me to fall flat on my face. "Well, we'll fix that." Sabrina said, shutting her locker door and walking towards Harvey.
"Hi Harvey." Sabrina said again. "Yo." Harvey said, looking up from his newspaper. "So, do you notice anything different about me?" Sabrina asked. "Sabreeny, that's a loaded question that will spawn so many fan art on Deviantart." I said, standing up. "No it won't. So, Harvey. Notice anything?" Sabrina asked.
"Yeah. Your hair, uh, it is parted in, uh, I mean cut. Right, you cut your part." Harvey said nervously. Sabrina does not approved, given her expression of 'are you serious?' on her face. "Glasses. You weren't wearing glasses." Harvey said. "I've never worn glasses." Sabrina said, tapping her foot on the floor. "Harvey, everyone knows that out of the four of us, I wear glasses, not Sabrina." I said.
"Wave Moth. Wave Moth. I'm wearing Wave Moth jeans." Sabrina said. "Wave who?" Harvey asked. "Ugh." Sabrina said in frustration before walking away. "You know, the jeans you said all men like seeing females wear." I said to Harvey before walking towards Sabrina. "Uh, that was my guess. I mean the look, not the brand." Harvey said.
Soon we were in the cafeteria, me with lunch from home. "Look, there's Gem." Sabrina said. "The ugly duckling? Hint, she'll never be a beautiful swan." I said, causing Sabrina and Chloe to snicker. "Walk, talk." Chloe said, holding her head in the air.
"Yoohoo, Gem." Sabrina called out, causing Gem to look up from her food. "I just love what you're wearing." Chloe said. Suddenly everyone started laughing. Sabrina and Chloe look down to see their jeans were down, showing their shorts, causing them to scream while I covered my somewhat blushing face.
"What's happening? Why our pants so big?" Chloe asked. "Did you just seriously ask that, Chloe?" I asked as Chloe and Sabrina pulled up their jeans. "I don't think it's our pants. I think it's us. We haven't just lost a couple of pounds, we've lost a couple of inches." Sabrina said.
"*Gasp* The shrinking spell." I said. "What?" Sabrina and Chloe asked. "The Spooky Jar said this spell will cause you two to shrink and think." I said as Sabrina and Chloe looked at each other. "We're shrinking!" They exclaimed.
At our usual table, Sabrina and Chloe were using their backpacks to be able to be at table level. They were half their size by this point. "I can't believe we're shrinking!" Chloe said. "Well, so much for my professional basketball career." Sabrina said. "Wait, you have a basketball career?" I asked. "Eventually." Sabrina said.
"This is great, Spellman. Good work. I can't believe you talked me into this." Chloe said. "Me?" Sabrina asked. "Chloe, you were the one who talked her into doing magic." I said. "No it isn't." Chloe retorted.
"Yes it is." I countered. "No it's not." Chloe said. "Yes it is." I said. "No it isn't." Chloe said. "No it isn't." I said with a smirk, changing tactics. "Yes it is." Chloe said. "No it isn't." I said. "Yes it is and that's final." Chloe said. "Okay, you win." I said. "Thanks. Hey, wait a minute." Chloe said, seeing my smirk. "You admit it." I said. "No, you tricked me." Chloe said.
"Okay, ask me again." Harvey said, sitting down at the table before I could protest about Chloe's claims. "What?" Sabrina asked him. "Ask me what I noticed different about you." Harvey said. "You mean other than she's two feet shorter?" Chloe asked.
"What? No, I was gonna say, your pants. Nice pants." Harvey said. "Can I talk to you two a sec?" Sabrina asked Chloe and me before going under the table. "Yay, undertable talk." I said as I went under. Sabrina grab Chloe to drag her under too. "What?" Chloe asked.
"What are we gonna do?" Sabrina asked. "Uh, tell folks we need more calcium in our diets?" Chloe suggested. "Easy. I pull the fire alarms, possibly get send to juvie for doing something like that. And while everyone distracted, you two can go back to the Spooky Jar and get the counterspell. Oh, it'll be a small sacrifice of missing the Spooky Jar's rhymes and missing school, but I'm willing to do what's nes-" I said dramatically before getting cut off.
"Aaron, we know it's just a ploy for you to get out of school and helping us. Mainly getting out of school." Chloe said. "Is it working?" I asked. "No, but nice try. Only if you didn't mention school would we have brought it, hook, line and sinker." Sabrina said. "Drats. I knew having Salem as the test audience wouldn't work." I said. "What?" Sabrina asked, doing her best Zelda stern face. "I mean, who would actually plan something like that?" I asked with a nervous chuckle.
"Don't you understand? We're going to continue to shrink until we reverse the spell. And no, Aaron, we're not going with your pulling the fire alarm plan." Sabrina said. "Dang it, you never let me have fun." I muttered. "Aaron, no. You are not gonna be sent to juvie just to help us." Sabrina said.
"Are you gonna eat your sloppy joe?" Harvey asked, peeking under the table. "Help yourself." Sabrina said. "Just don't touch the Boomerang lunchbox." I said. "Thanks. And I won't. I mean, I won't touch it. Oh, did I mention nice pants?" Harvey asked before going back up.
"Listen to me. We'll make a break for the door. Ready on three. One, two, three!" Sabrina said before she and Chloe started crawling. I grabbed my lunchbox and ran after them, carrying their backpacks along with my. We ran past a bunch of students with one of them commenting about how sixth graders are getting smaller every year.
"We have to get home right now and readjust the magic scale. That's the only way to reverse the spell." Sabrina said before she and Chloe shrunk more, disappearing into their jeans. "Sabreeny? Chloe?" I asked before seeing they exit the jeans and were now wearing socks. "Hopping around in a gym sock. Oh yeah, we're styling." Sabrina said. "Hey, you did something before Gem. She'll be jealous." I said as I followed them.
Suddenly we heard the bell ring, meaning lunch ended and also change of classes. "Oh no." I said as the doors opened. "Uh oh. Colorist roadkill." Sabrina said as she and Chloe were avoiding getting step on. "Number two pencil, incoming!" Sabrina exclaimed as she and Chloe jumped out of the way, allowing the pencil to break on the ground.
"The lockers. Go for the lockers." Chloe said as they soon jumped in a locker while I hid in the shadows. "Wait, there something familiar about this one. Wave Moth dolls in it. Oh no." I muttered, just as Gem grab one of her textbooks before closing the door.
I waited till Gem left before coming out of the darkness. I didn't even knew I was holding my breath until I was taking deep breaths. "I'll be back with a plan to help you two. I promise." I said to myself as I went to class, reluctantly.
Soon, at the end of the day, I went near Gem's locker and, after checking that no one was around, cast an invisibility spell on myself. I soon saw Sabrina and Chloe, wearing the doll's clothing, in Gem's purse and nearly screamed at the thought of having to follow Gem.
However, I stopped myself at last minute and followed after Gem and her two tiny stowaways to the football field behind the school. I saw Gem's...friends? Underlings? Whatever, just two girls talking to Gem. Meanwhile, I kept a careful eye on Gem's purse, to see if Sabrina and Chloe were trying to get out.
After a couple of minutes, I sense anger coming from Gem's purse, meaning Sabrina and Chloe were arguing. "Of course. Probably about whose fault it is." I said with a face palm before sensing that they finish the fight. "That was quick." I commented. Soon I saw them climbing down via...dental floss? "Wait, Gem have those in her purse? Wow, she's really not that perfect after all." I said as I made my way over to them.
"Hey guys." I said, causing them to scream in fright. "Oh shoot, forgot." I said before taking off the invisibility spell. "Aaron, what were you doing?" Sabrina asked. "Well, I was trying to find a way to get you and Chloe out of Gem's purse. But you two already did it yourself." I said before Gem threw a gum wrapper to the side, causing it to land on my face.
"Hello?! A little consideration down here!" Chloe shouted. "Nobody likes a litterbug!" Sabrina added. "Uh, I don't think they can hear you. And even if they do, they don't care." I told them. "Great, so you're the only one who can hear us?" Sabrina asked. "You made that sound like a bad thing." I said.
"No, that's not what I meant! I'm sorry. It's just with the wa-" Sabrina began. "Sabreeny, it's okay. None of this wouldn't happen if guys would just fall for women for their personalities, not their looks. And even if there are guys who think the same as me, they're overshadowed by the majority that focus primarily on looks only." I said.
"Yeah, you're right." Sabrina said. "Well, it could be worse." Chloe said. "Don't say it." Sabrina said. "Don't say what?" Chloe asked. "Don't say what you're about to say." Sabrina said. "You mean, at least it's not raining?" Chloe asked before it started raining. Luckily, I conjured up a rain coat for myself, learning from last time about rain storms.
"You just had to say it." Sabrina said. "Great Chloe, you unleashed Bubsy logic on yourself, Sabrina and me. What's next?" I asked. I picked them up in my hands and was about to run off, only to slip on Gem's gum wrapper and fall facefirst, dropping Sabrina and Chloe in the process. "Sabrina? Chloe? Where are you?" I called out.
I ran to the schoolbus, unable to find them. "Okay Aaron, it's not a problem. I mean, you can tell Zelda, Hilda and Chloe's parents that their kids went missing. It's not like you're responsible or anything." I said, trying to reassure myself. However, that only lasted a moment.
"You lost your friends, who are the size of dolls! Of course they're going to blame you, especially Hilda and Zelda once they find out you let them use the Spooky Jar! Not only that, but your parents would be so disappointed in you! What makes you think they'll not blame you for this?!" I said to myself, having a huge panic attack Just as Harvey sat behind me, next to Pi.
"Looks like Sabrina missed the bus. I hope she's okay." Harvey said. "*Laughs* She's probably modeling Gregg's with her carbon copy friends." Pi said. "Come on, Pi. Sabrina's not like that. I mean she wasn't until today." Harvey said. "Chyah. What's with that Wave Moth style anyways? *Laughs* Dude, I think I see her appendix poking through it." Pi said, showing Harvey the same picture that Harvey had in his locker.
"Man, I don't get girls going all skeletal trying to stuff themselves into tight pants." Harvey said. "Wait, what? Harvey, yesterday you told Sabrina and Chloe that all the male students like that look. You even had that picture in your locker." I said.
"No, I didn't even notice the picture until after you guys left. What I actually have is a earthworm diagram." Harvey said. "Y-You mean this whole time, you never care for the style?" I asked. "No. In fact..." Harvey began. "The Harv Man slogan is be yourself." Harvey and Pi said together. "Wait, you mean you care about personalities?" I asked. "Yeah." Harvey said.
"Hey, I thought your slogan was girls are gross? Chyah." Pi said. "But my fallback slogan is be yourself." Harvey said. Harvey and Pi then laughed while high-fiving each other. "Now me, I like nice, loose clothes with lots of storage space. I mean, where else could I keep my worms?" Harvey asked, showing Pi and me the cuff of his jeans which had dirt. For a second, I thought I saw...Nope, that is Sabrina and Chloe in there, with the dirt.
Soon, Harvey was skateboarding. Without anyone knowing, I was following him by literally being in his shadow, no longer wearing the rain coat. At least this way, I could keep up to him skateboarding while coming up with a plan to get Sabrina and Chloe out of his jeans.
"Gee, even the worm airsick." Chloe said as I could see that she, Sabrina and even the worm were looking a bit dizzy. Sabrina look down at the shadow(me) and wink. "Follow me." She told Chloe as they walked towards the front of the jeans. The worm became a ramp for them, allowing them to be near Harvey's shoes.
"Okay, here comes my house. Are you ready?" Sabrina asked. "Ready for what?" Chloe asked. "Ready for him and a spell." Sabrina said, pointing at me. Harvey twirled around on his board a bit, causing Sabrina and Chloe to fly into the mailbox. However, I muttered a cushioning spell, giving them a soft landing. I then moved from Harvey's shadow to the mailbox's shadow, just as Quigley came out.
He was singing something I can't even understand, much less write down. Anyways, he grabbed the mail. "Oh, hello Harvey." Quigley said, noticing Harvey. "Hey." Harvey waved to Quigley, before leaving. Quigley headed back inside while I was now in his shadow. "On the bright side, you may have won ten million dollars." Chloe told Sabrina.
Soon after Quigley got inside and put down the mail, he left just as I entered the table's shadow. Sabrina and Chloe got out from under the mail. "Psst, Aaron. Are you there?" Sabrina asked. I answered by exiting the shadows, which were cursing at me to stay with them. Jeez, dark company, no pun intended.
"There's the magic scale." Sabrina said. "Oh no. How are we gonna make it all the way up there?" Chloe asked. "Easy, I'll carry you two." I said before stumbling a bit. "Aaron, are you okay?" Sabrina asked. "Yeah, just a little time in the darkness is all." I said before shaking my head, shaking off the dizziness.
"Salem, suppertime." Quigley said, causing Salem to stretched himself. "Anyways, I'll carry you two." I said. "Nah, better not risk it." Chloe said. "Oh come on! It was just the one time that Gem's gum wrappers happened to make me slip." I defended. "We know that, Aaron. But maybe Chloe and I could jump on Salem, go into his ear and scream for help?" Sabrina asked. "Or my idea?" I asked.
"I got news for both of you. The only way you're gonna get me to jump off this table is to push...ME!" Chloe screamed as Sabrina pushed her. "Hey she said so." Sabrina said. "Yeah, I agree." I said with a shrug as Sabrina jumped off. "Hey, that means you're not taking my idea." I said, once realizing it. "...Now I know how Huckleberry Hound feels in Yo Yogi!, being the extreme doormat." I said to no one in particular.
"Wait a second. It's not suppertime yet. Oh, Jesus Christ kid, where did you come from?!" Salem asked in shock once realizing I was there. "From my mother." I said with a small smirk. Quigley soon turned into...Zelda?! "What? Who? How? Why? When? Where? Huh?" I asked, feeling my mind blowing up from that.
"Oh, did I say suppertime? I meant bathtime!" Zelda said as Hilda came out from nowhere via magic. "Gah!" I exclaimed out of shock. "It's a trap!" Salem said, like Admiral Ackbar. "It's for your own good, Salem. Look what I've got. Flea Be Gone." Hilda said. "I got news for you. Salem Be Gone too." Salem said, running off as I remembered something.
"Wait, Salem! You have Sabrina and Chloe on you!" I said, chasing him. "Yeah, right kid! You're part of this trap too!" Salem retorted. "No, I'm serious!" I said. "No you're not!" Salem exclaimed before stopping suddenly, causing to to trip over him. "AAAHHHHH!" I screamed like a girl as I hit the wall while Salem scratch his back.
"Owie, owie, owie. Maybe I do need a bath after all." Salem said as Hilda and Zelda appeared next to him via magic. They soon toss him in a bucket of water. Salem poke his head out from the water. "No, harsh detergent ruin the supple luster of my coat." Salem said before Hilda scrubbed his head hard.
"Sabrina, Chloe! Noooooo!" I screamed in horror. "Aaron, it's just Salem's bath. It's not like it's hurting anyone." Zelda said. "But Sabrina and Chloe are shrunken, and they're on Salem." I said, before breaking down in tears. "What? What do you mean?" Zelda asked.
"They used the Spooky Jar to make a magic scale to lose a couple of pounds. They didn't realize the Spooky Jar also meant a shrink spell until today. It's all because they misunderstood Harvey's opinions. It's all because all man care is appearances instead of personality." I said while sobbing. "What does that have to do with...Salem's...bath?" Zelda asked, starting to get the picture.
"it all my fault. If only I could've tried harder with telling them they were perfect the way they are. If only I could've asked Harvey to explain himself better. If only..." I trailed off to sob some more. "If only we listen to you." Sabrina said from behind me. "Exactly." I said, sobbing some more before realizing who I heard.
"S-Sabreeny? Chloe?" I asked tearfully. "Yeah. We're back to our normal size again." Sabrina said before I pulled them into a bear hug. "Don't ever do that again! I can't bear the thought of losing you two, two of my friends." I said before sobbing.
"We're sorry, Aaron. We didn't mean to make you feel this way." Chloe said. "Yeah. I haven't seen you cried this bad since the accident six years ago." Sabrina said. "Were you using the Spooky Jar without permission?" Zelda asked Sabrina and Chloe as the magic scale disappeared.
"Yes, we were." Sabrina said. Salem was glaring daggers at us before burping out a bubble. "I'm freezing over here. Who's got the blow dryer?" He asked. Zelda used magic to conjure up hot air, making Salem's fur frizzled, causing the rest of us to laugh. "What? What is everyone laughing at?" Salem asked us. "You." I said through laughters before falling to my knees and hitting the ground with my fist in hysterical laughter.
So all well that ends well. Sabrina and Chloe both admitted they used the Spooky Jar, but Zelda decided that their time being shrunken was punishment enough. Sabrina and Chloe apologized to me twenty times over, despite I told them I forgave them.(Though I didn't mind the apologies)
Oh, and one of the teachers saw Gem and her group of people littering so they got stuck with picking up all trash around the football field for the next two weeks. That, folks, is how karma works. Karma's fun. Yay!