Cherry and the Twitches

chapter 20

Camryn did her best to ignore everyone else, running down the stairs and going to her car.

"Hey!" Alex clung to her gate, seeing her twin sister leave. "I thought running out was my thing."

"I guess it's something else we have in common," Camryn replied, looking back to them before driving off. "Be careful."

Patch was then about to stop Camryn's car.

"No, Patch, you stay with Cherry and Alex, while me and Mo go with Camyrn as protection." Atticus whispered to the Dalmatian.

Mo nodded in agreement.

"And what do I do?" Sabrina sighed as she was kind of alone in that agreement.

"Hmm, you stay with Alex as well." Atticus said.

"Well... Okay..." Sabrina shrugged.

"Come on!" Atticus told his girlfriend and went off after Alex.

Mo nodded and followed him. Lightning seemed to flash in the air as it was close to getting dark.

"Whoa, that was random." Mo said, noticing the lightning.

Camryn kept driving, but noticed she was being followed so she stopped her car and looked back at the ones following her. "Guys, I told you, I'm not going back there!"

"We know, we know, we're just coming along as protection." Atticus told her.

"Well.... Okay..." Camryn shrugged.

Atticus and Mo got in the backseat and she drove off with them to her house. Alex sighed as she went back inside with Cherry, Patch, and Sabrina. A sound of thunder then went off in the sky.

As soon as Camryn pulled up to her house, she rushed inside with Atticus and Mo. Atticus shut the door and locked it behind them.

"Camryn Barnes, where have you been?" Camryn's father stormed over. "I know it's your birthday, but showing up 20 minutes before a party in your honor is rude, disrespectful..."

Camryn hugged him in relief. "Oh, my gosh," she gushed. "I'm sorry, I love you, you're perfect parents and I don't deserve you! Thank you for never letting anything bad happen to me!"

Camryn's father looked to Atticus and Mo, wondering what happened to make her say such a thing.

"Um, she's just really been through a lot today, some things you would not believe." Atticus said.

"Y-Yeah." Mo added nervously, hoping he would believe that.

"Um... You're welcome..." Camryn's father told her.

"I love you, Daddy." Camryn whispered before whizzing up to her bedroom.

Atticus and Mo then followed after her.

"Uh, love you too!" Camyrn's father called back to his daughter.

Camryn rushed to her room and as soon as she got there, she was taking down all the pictures she ever drew.

"Camyrn, what are you doing?!" Mo asked, shocked at what she was doing.

"I just can't go back there!" Camryn frowned, looking fed up with today's big secret. She then went to the curtains and drew them back to see that the sun was now setting. She held her amulet as it was making her think about who she truly was again.

Meanwhile, Alex was also looking out the window at the exact same time as the moon was coming up and it was now Halloween night. She held her moon amulet, feeling very heartbroken over what had happened with Camryn. Patch couldn't help it, but he howled at the full moon. And where his magic seemed to have increased while he howled and while the moon was up.

Sabrina sighed. "You guys, I just don't know what to do..." she sounded like she was about to cry. "I just wish Aunt Hilda or Aunt Zelda were here!"

"Don't worry, Sabrina, we'll defeat the Darkness and you'll get your aunts back." Patch smiled.

"I really hope so..." Sabrina frowned deeply.

"We can do this..." Cherry said to her. "I don't know how, but we'll do this."

"Yeah." Patch nodded.

"This just has to be the worst thing that's ever happened to me..." Sabrina sighed.

"It'll get better." Patch said.

They didn't know how, but the time would come when it would be right.

"I just wonder what's going on with them now..." Sabrina pouted.

Patch nuzzled against her for comfort.

"I just wish I knew where that dark voice came from." Sabrina said.

"I feel like crap..." Cherry groaned, holding her stomach and grunted, wincing.

Alex carefully got Cherry to her feet and let her lie down on her couch. "Here, you must've had a long day or something..."

Cherry winced and held her stomach closer, sliding her shoes off and scooting up to get more comfortable.

"Okay, something must be wrong in the supernatural world." Patch said.

"Ya think?" Sabrina looked to him.

"But what could be wrong with Cherry?" Alex asked. "She's not a witch... Is she?"

Cherry shook her head. "Not really, but my grandmother was."

'Let's just hope that Atticus, Mo, and Camryn are having a better time than we are.' Patch thought to himself.

Cherry winced and gripped her stomach again. Sabrina frowned and looked very miserable.