Cherry and the Twitches

chapter 28

The Darkness was destroyed, the sun could rise in Coventry again, but best of all, Drell, Skippy, Penelope, Hilda, Zelda, and Salem were brought back to life.

"FREEDOM!" Cherry laughed as she flew in her spirit form.

Drell grabbed her soul and carried it as they were now free, he then found Cherry's corpse, opened the mouth wide.

"No, please, NO!" Cherry wiggled that she was going be brought back to life. "For the love of humanity, no!"

Drell then forced her soul back into her mouth and shut the mouth tight.

"Lemme out of here, lemme out of here!"

Cherry's color came back and she let out a gasp as she sat straight up, now back from the dead.

"Cherry, you're back!" Atticus cheered.

"D-D-Drell?" Cherry looked to the warlock. "Y-You saved my life... But, I thought you hated me..."

"I never said that." Drell replied.

"You abuse me all the time!" Cherry reminded him.

"She does have a good point." Atticus told him.

"Hey, you're a mortal, it's in my nature..." Drell defended. "You're just lucky I don't kill ya."

"You wouldn't do that?" Cherry asked.

"Cherry, you may be my favorite mortal to plague, but I'd never kill someone!" Drell insisted.

"Thanks, I think..." Cherry said to him.

"Aunt Hilda, Aunt Zelda!" Sabrina rushed to her aunts, hugging them instantly.

"Oh, Sabrina, we're so proud of you..." Zelda cooed.

"You did it, kid." Salem smiled.

Sabrina smiled, feeling very accomplished. Ben was running off, but the magic cast over him, making him yell out and then his yelling turned into a squeak as he fell flat on the floor then and had turned into a mouse.

"I would run if I were you..." Cherry whispered to the former author.

Ben glared to her, but then his eyes widened in fear. Drell carried a fork and knife with a napkin tied around his neck and he then chased Ben to make him into his next meal.

"That mouse is mine!" Salem called out, joining in the chase.

"No way, Pussycat, I saw it first!" Drell argued.

Hilda rolled her purple eyes and shook her head at her boyfriend.

"No fair!" Salem pouted.

"Trap me in the book again!" Ben begged while running for his life. "Trap me in the book again!"

"Hmm... What would be a more suitable punishment for Mr. Ravencroft?" Sabrina wondered with a smirk. "Eaten by Drell and Salem or being trapped in the book forever?"

"Trapped in the book forever!" Ben begged. "Trapped in the book forever!"

"I think that's punishment enough..." Zelda agreed.

Penelope handed the spell book to Atticus.

Ben screamed as he was backed up against a corner with Drell and Salem, anxious to eat him. "What kind of warlocks eat mice anyway!?"

"'Ancient evil give thee hence
Only good can recompense
For the misdeeds that you've done
Warlock return from where you've come'!" Atticus recited.

Ben yelled out before Drell or Salem could eat him, he was then sucked back into the book like he was the last time. Atticus then slammed the book shut.

"Cherry, I'm sorry for taking the book..." Penelope said to her. "Can you forgive me?"

"Sure..." Cherry sighed, taking the book back and patting her on the head. "I need to get like a safe or something for this movie... I plan someday when I get my own place to keep mementos from my adventures in my basement so my future children, if I have any, don't get themselves into any trouble."

"Well, you never know." Sabrina smiled.

"I can't believe you're still gonna keep that thing..." Hilda folded her arms.

Alex and Camryn hugged each other to congratulate each other on a job well done. Miranda appeared and returned in front of them with a very proud maternal smile.

"Mom!" Alex and Camryn called, now hugging their mother.

This was a very sweet moment.

"Drell, I think we should move." Skippy spoke up.

"Why?" Drell asked.

Karsh and Ileana appeared above the ceiling and now came crashing down on him.

"That's why." Skippy said.

Cherry laughed at his misfortune.

Drell glared up at her then. "Oh, when I get back to the realm, you are gonna have the worst luck your little mortal head can ever dare to dream up!" but then he smiled. "But, you did help try to save me and my daughter..."

Cherry wiped her forehead then. Karsh and Ileana helped themselves up and helped Drell up, cleaning him up the best that they could, due to him being the most powerful man in the universe and all, once they were done, they looked back to the DeBaur family.

"Whew, the Darkness is gone." Patch sighed out of relief.

"Well, they certainly took their sweet time about it." Karsh nearly scoffed.

"He means 'thank you'." Ileana quickly added.

Karsh gave her a look. "Please don't tell people what I mean... If I had meant thank you, I would have said thank you."

"I think having his soul sucked out of him has left someone a little bit cranky." Ileana teased.

"Maybe just a bit." Atticus said.

Alex, Camryn, and Miranda embraced each other a little more as the two argued. They both looked up to the full moon with smiles that the Darkness was now conquered and they could now rest together. Patch's stomach began to growl, telling that he was hungry.

"Sounds like you could use a midnight snack..." Atticus chuckled.

"Yeah... Maybe..." Patch chuckled himself.

"I'm sure we got plenty of leftover cake at my house." Camryn invited.

"Yay!" Patch cheered. "Cake!"

Camryn, Alex, and Miranda chuckled.

"Ooh, Daddy, can we have some cake?" Penelope hoped.

"Well.... Okay, why not?" Drell shrugged.

"Uncle Skippy?" Penelope then asked.

"I don't see why not." Skippy shrugged.

Penelope giggled and hugged them both.

"Well, I am kinda hungry on account of a mouse I didn't get to eat..." Salem smirked.