Cherry and the Twitches

chapter 4

"I'm going out!" Penelope called.

"Okay, have a good ti-" Drell called, but then realized what she said. "WHOA!" he then rushed over to the girl and stood in front of her. "Absolutely not! Not with the Darkness out there!"

"I finished my homework, I wanna go out now!" Penelope folded her arms.

"Not on my watch, you could get swallowed up by The Darkness!" Drell told her. "That's a million times worse than being grounded!"

"But I wanna go out..." Penelope pouted. "I'm so bored..."

Skippy frowned, but then smiled. "Okay, you can go out..." he took her side again.

"Oh, thank you, Uncle Skippy!" Penelope hugged him and ran out.

"But stay safe and if you see The Darkness, start running." Skippy told her.

"Yes, sir!" Penelope called.

Skippy smiled, then looked to Drell who deeply frowned at him and made him frown. "What?"

"You need to stop taking her side!" Drell said to him firmly. "You need to learn how to say no to her!"

"But how can I say no to her?" Skippy asked.

"Come 'ere... Let me give a lesson on Penelope..." Drell gestured for him to come closer.

Skippy came over to him, fearing a little bit since Drell was big and loud.

"You have to learn to say no to Penelope because SHE'S A TEENAGER!" Drell boomed at him. "TOUGHEN UP! If you don't show her any discipline, she'll walk all over you and get herself killed!"

"Oh, I don't wanna be harsh with the dear..." Skippy put his hand to his mouth as he looked out to the door where Penelope walked out of.

"You think Sabrina's aunts let her do whatever she wants?" Drell folded his arms to him.

"Well, um, no I don't suppose they do." Skippy said.

"SHOW SOME BACKBONE!" Drell snapped.

Skippy flinched and shivered.

"I know you, you're not that brave, you're a coward!" Drell waved his finger at him. "You gotta let people stop pushing you around!"

"Sorry, Drell..." Skippy mumbled.

"Next time she asks you something, no matter what it is, as long as it's the opposite of what I say, you say no, got it!?" Drell firmly said to him and then went back to behind his desk to check on the others in the realm.

"Yes, Drell, I got it." Skippy said.

"You better..." Drell said as he spied on the other magical beings to make sure they were safe in their homes.

Cassandra was with Spella and her familiar rabbit, Mephista, Sabrina was with Hilda and Zelda, though not Salem since he was out of town visiting his daughter, Nicole was with her mother as always, and Penelope was wandering around the Netherworld on her own, which made him very much worried for her. "Get out of there, Pen while you still have time..." he whispered genuine concern for her.

"Huh?" Penelope said out of confusion. She looked all around the doors, but they just floated behind her as she passed them. She sighed as she wandered around the Netherworld alone, none of her friends would come out.

'What are you doing here all alone?' a slimy voice asked her.

Penelope then jumped. "Wh-Who said that!?" she shivered in slight fear. "I-I'm warning you, my father is a very important warlock in the universe!"