Hocus Pocus: The Alternate Universe

DISCLAIMER: "HOCUS POCUS" DOES NOT BELONG TO ME. IT BELONGS TO DISNEY. AS DO THE LINES I AM BORROWING FOR THE STORY. SOME DIFFERENT TWISTS AND TURNS YOU'LL NOTICE, HOWEVER, ARE MY OWN DOING.

CHAPTER 1: THE BEGINNING OF IT ALL

SALEM VILLAGE, OCTOBER 30, 1693:

Louisa Mary Binx and her brother Thackary were outside playing chase with their little sister Emily when Mrs. Binx called them in for supper. Emily looked sad. She was having fun; however, her older brother and sister were very tired and hungry.

"Emily, we shall play with thee more tomorrow," promised Thackary. Emily ignored him. She knew that he would side with their mother. The sixteen year old boy and his twin sister, Louisa, were the most sensitive and obedient children in the Binx family.

"Emily, Thackary and I promise we will play with thee tomorrow," Louisa said. "Thy brother and I keep our promises."

Emily went into the house in a huff. When Thackary and Louisa sat down to eat after they took off their cloaks, they noticed that Emily was not there. "Mother, where did Emily leave to? Dost thee know?" Thackary asked. Mrs. Binx shook her head. "Come with me, Louisa, we shall find Emily and eat in peace."

Louisa and Thackary went outside into the cold night with a lantern and their cloaks. As soon as they stepped out, their lantern light went out. "Oh, great. What now?" asked Thackary.

"Great balls of fire and heat, light thy candle and leave us light, just...like...thus!" said Louisa.

"Wh...LOUISA MARY BINX! Thou is a witch like the Sanderson sisters?" Thackary hissed angrily. Louisa knew that her brother would get angry and hate her, which is why she never told him in the first place. "I shall keep my eyes on you for the rest of thee life. Even when you marry and dress. I will not let my eyes go even in my sleep. I also shall never forgive thee."

"Come, we must find our sister before dinner gets too cold. Come, Thackary," said Louisa. She looked away after she finished because she did not want Thackary to see that she was crying because she lost his love and trust bys using magic.

After a few hours, Thackary and Louisa found Emily behind a tree, crying. "Emily, what is the matter?"

"As if thee cares!" Emily cried. "Sister Louisa is a witch and thee dost not care for me."

"I love you, however, I shall never forgive Louisa for practicing witchcraft. We must get back to the house and eat dinner before sunrise," Thackary said. Emily's face broke into a grin and she and Thackary ran back up to the house with Louisa following. All three ate their dinner silently.

After dinner, Thackary, Louisa and Emily changed into their night-clothes for bed. They fell asleep without a problem. Little did they know that they'd run into many problems in the morning.

SALEM VILLAGE, OCTOBER 31, 1693:

Thackary woke up to a whooshing sound of one of the Sanderson sisters. He looked around to see who or what made that sound. When he saw no one outside, he started to go back to sleep when he saw the bed next to him was empty. "Emily?" Thackary asked. He was wondering if Emily was playing hide and go seek. It was too early and Thackary was still angry and not in the mood for a game.

"Emily!" Thackary said again, realizing that his sister was not under her blankets. Thackary looked to see his sister lying awake in her bed. "Did thee see where she has gone?"

"No..." said Louisa weakly. "Come, let's get breakfast."

"We shall not eat until we find her! Come, we must go and look around!" Thackary said, trying to stay calm.

Just as Thackary and Louisa ran outside, they heard the beautiful voice of Sarah Sanderson over the whole village of Salem:

"Come little children, I'll take thee away, into a land of enchantment. Come little children, the time's come to play, here in my garden of magic."

"Oh, no. Sarah's singing..." Louisa said. "It casts a spell on all the children of Salem to follow her to the Sanderson house. Where is Emily?"

"Emily! Emily!" called Thackary. Louisa and Thackary looked around their backyard to see their friend Elijah standing outside listening to the voice of Sarah. He was wondering what his friends were doing outside, too.

"Elijah! Elijah!" Thackary called. "Has thee seen my sister Emily?" Thackary knew he was almost pleading when he grabbed his friend's shirt, but he had to know if Elijah had seen her.

"Nay...but look," Elijah said, pointing down the field towards Emily and Sarah. "There's the witch...and..."

"EMILY!" Thackary yelled. Louisa, Thackary, and Elijah ran off after Emily. When she continued afer Sarah, Louisa and Elijah both knew that Emily was done for.

"She's done for!" Elijah was stupid enought to say.

Thackary jerked towards his friend angrily and grabbed Elijah's shirt firmly. "Not yet! You go wake my father and summon the elders! GO!" Elijah ran off obediently. He knew better than to disobey Thackary when he was angry.

Louisa turned to Thackary. He was going to do some stupid heroic thing, she knew. He loved Emily, and no one was allowed to tough her or tease her except for Thackary and Louisa. "What do we do?"

Thackary ignored Louisa and ran off towards the woods to try to save Emily. Louisa decided to follow her brother and found out that it was a bad move a little while later. She leaped over branches and stones after her brother. Thackary fell down and rolled down a steep hill, wrecking his night-clothes. That didn't stop Louisa, though. When she landed next to her brother, she found his face curled into a look of determination and hatred. Louisa followed Thackary toward the back of the Sanderson house and up a watermill.

Thackary knew that his sister had followed him and he helped her up through the window. She knew that even though he hated her right now, he would always help her. Then Thackary and Louisa watched as Emily waited for the old witches to finish their potion. The Sanderson sisters started to feed Emily the potion when Thackary decided to present himself in a heroic way. "NO! Don't drink the potion Emily!"

Thackary jumped down from where he stood and Louisa followed him. She stood behind him as the sisters tried to shoo Thackary away from the potion. The sisters did not succeed for Thackary pushed the cauldron over and the potion spilled right out on the floor. Louisa and Thackary tried to get Emily out, but Winifred Sanderson shot Thackary with bolts of electricity to make him fall. Louisa went over to help Thackary up for he is weak from the fall the sisters made him do. While the sisters sucked on the life force of Emily, Thackary pulled himself up with all his strength on the ladder behind him. After the sisters finished dancing in celebration to their beauty, they decided to try brewing the potion again to take the life of Thackary and Louisa.

"You hag! There are not enough children the world to make thee young and beautiful," Thackary said with hatred. Louisa nodded in agreement from Thackary's right side.

Winifred looked insulted. She looked through her potion book and found a punishment that was good enough for Louisa and Thackary. Immortality as human beings. They would never grow old or ugly, but they would live with the guilt of not getting to their sister in time and for calling the sisters hags.

After the sisters vowed to come back upon the village again on Halloween in the future and their father hanged the sisters , Thackary and Louisa told him exactly what they saw happened and what the sisters did to his children. He was surprised and shocked. He was angry that Louisa knew witchcraft, but knew she could not die because of the curse. He decided to never look at her or speak to her again. Mrs. Binx did the same and Thackary and Louisa became close again. They made a promise to each other:

"We shall never separate no matter what comes between us. We shall always be there for each other. We shall help each other through difficult times."

And, ever since, they lived at their home forever. It had been remodeled for several times, but Thackary and Louisa never left. They were rich and took care of themselves and kept up with the latest vocabulary and clothing styles. They never let themselves get behind on anything in their lives. Thackary had a girlfriend and Louisa had a boyfriend. They both had several, actually. The point is: Thackary and Louisa Binx are both as happy as possible with their eternal lives.

What they didn't know was that their peaceful lives were about to become chaotic again...

TO BE CONTINUED:

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