Cherry and the Twitches

chapter 15

"The Darkness is getting closer..." Skippy said to Drell and Penelope. "I'm worried it'll strike the twins tonight."

"Same here." Drell said.

Penelope yawned and lay her head on the table in boredom. Drell took out special glasses and replaced his regular glasses with them and he looked out to see that a dark formation was filling the air that no mortal could see.

"What is that!?" Penelope asked, suddenly waking up.

"The Darkness." Skippy said.

Penelope gulped, shivering a little. "Looks like something I saw in my bad dreams once as a little kid..."

"Exactly," Drell nodded to her. "That's why you cannot leave the house or the Netherworld."

"Let's just hope they'll be ready for The Darkness." Skippy said.

"I'm glad I don't have to face the Darkness..." Penelope chuckled sheepishly.

"They'll never trace over to us..." Drell reassured.

'That might be so, but are you ready for ME!?' a dark voice asked.

Skippy looked concerned, Penelope looked scared, and Drell looked furious.

"All right, come on out so I don't have to pound some sense into ya!" Drell threatened.

'Are you sure that is wise?' The dark voice asked. 'Especially when facing a king?'

"Oh, no,..." Drell actually looked fearful. "NOT YOU!"

Skippy held Penelope.

"Daddy, who is it!?" Penelope asked.

'Don't you all recognize me?' the voice laughed at them. 'I told you I'd be back!'

Drell swallowed his fear and tried to look menacing like he always did in front of the low-ground witches that were below him and Skippy on the charts. "Come out here!" he demanded. "I'll turn you into upholstery furniture!"

'Oh, now why would I do that? Besides, you know that you are no match for me.' The dark voice said.

"WANNA BET!?" Drell growled, taking out his wand, it glowing darkly to match his rage. "Penelope, go to your room..."

"But, Daddy!" Penelope cried.

"GO TO YOUR ROOM!" Drell repeated firmly.

Penelope got up from the table and ran off into her bedroom.

'Bad decision, because you don't even know where I am right...... Now!' The dark voice told him.

Drell and Skippy then heard Penelope's scream in her room.

Drell and Skippy looked worried. "PENELOPE!" they yelled to each other and ran to her room.

Once they got to her room, they saw that she was fighting off something, trying not to get caught while being scared. Skippy rushed to Penelope and hugged her again.

"Come out, you coward!" Drell demanded.

The wicked laugh returned which made him actually look terrified and joined in Skippy and Penelope's hug.

'It was already too late for Aron, now you fools are going to suffer a much worse fate!' the voice taunted them.

Drell's face paled and he gulped. "Do your worst..." he said, not too confident this time.

'Fine, then you three shall be engulfed by The Darkness together!' The dark voice declared.

"On second thought, take them!" Drell smiled nervously, pointing to Skippy and Penelope. "They'll last longer!"

'Oh, no, you don't!' The dark voice said before locking the door and then surrounding them.

The 'family' gathered closer together and held one another.

"Please... What did we ever do to you?" Penelope frowned.

"You're just as black-hearted, sick, and twisted as my ex-fiancee!" Drell snarled.

There was no reply, only darkness coming in and grabbing all three of them. The three screamed.

"Hang on, Penelope!" Drell called as he went first.

Skippy screamed, going after him.

"NO!" Penelope tried to get herself free, but she didn't want to be separated from them.

But soon all three of them were caught by the Darkness, leaving the whole house empty.