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CHAPTER 12: DEATH THE SISTERS
Louisa and her friends knew that time was running out both for them and for the witches. The Black Flame Candle was halfway melted. Louisa and the others decided it was time for drastic measures. They needed to sacrifice someone they knew in order to save their own lives from being taken by the witches. Max had an idea, but he wasn't sure if the others would like it much. "Hey, guys, I thought of someone we can sacrifice. I don't think you'll like the idea much, but I won't know unless I try, right?"
Max's sister, Allison, Louisa, Thackary, and Eddie all stood around Max. Then Max suggested using Phil DeVille, his best friend. He didn't want to be rid of him, but figured it would at least rid Lil of her complaints about her brother. Max waited as the others formed a small circle to decide whether or not to follow Max's suggestions. Dani, speaking for the entire group said:
"Max, okay, you can use your friend, but don't cry to me when you realize how much you miss that dude."
Max nodded. He then led the way to the ice cream shop where the girls went inside to get some ice cream. Max searched the street for his friend, and finally saw Phil coming towards him quickly with a frown.
Max: Hey, man. What's wrong?
Phil: I don't know...I think I saw the Sanderson Sisters try to chase me. I can't be too sure if I am going whack-o or what...
Max: Man, you aren't going whack-o. It really is the Sanderson Sisters. They're going more after us.
Phil: (knows where Max is going with that comment) Max...do you want to use me as a bait for the Sanderson Sisters? Are you trying to get me to be a "grand sacrifice"? Moreover...are you trying to kill me?
Max: Phil...number 1: Yes, I want to use you as a bait. Number 2: Yes, I want to use you as a sacrifice. Just not a grand one...if you know what I mean. Number 3:...Man...I don't want to get you killed. It's just...I can't find anyone better for the damn job...
Phil: Dude...you know I'll do anything for you, man.
Max: (resignedly) Just not this...right?
Phil: (angrily) You didn't let me finish, man. I want you to know that I'll do this tonight...if I get killed...tell Lil that I'm sorry. If I don't...I'm paying you back for this...
Max: (happily) Thanks...you don't know how much this means to me and to the others. Come on, I'll introduce you to the girls and Thackary and Eddie.
Thackary looked up when he saw Max enter with his emotionless friend. "How did he take it?" Thackary asked Max. Max nodded. The nod meant, Thackary knew: Not well at first, but I finally got him to agree to the deal when I told him he was the only one for the job...
Max introduced Phil to the girls and Thackary and Eddie. Now what they had to do was plan out their revenge...
Max: So, have you guys hatched out any ideas at all as to what we're going to do to get rid of the witches?
Thackary: Not yet. I think I have an idea, though. Let's try this...We're at te Sanderson house, right? (everyone nods) So...what I'm thinking of is...we can get one of us to sit in the chair...that Emily sat in...we can let the witches think that we've surrendered one of us to kill. Phil here can try to distract the witches as long as he can. When the witches can't take Phil any longer, we let them brew the potion and feed it to the one of us in the chair. We all have to make sure that we put up one hell of a fight. It's 5:00 a. m. now, so the witches will be leaving us in about one hour or so. What do you guys think?
Max: I think it's a great idea.
Dani: He's one hell of a mastermind.
Allison: Just as long as I'm not in the chair...
Louisa: Don't offend the witches! (at a glare from Thackary) I'm in... I'm in!
Eddie: I don't think plans can get any better than Thackary's.
Phil: I'm excellent with words. No need to persuade me into talking.
Thackary: Now...we just have to work out who's going to sit in the chair...Hey! (spots Winifred's broom) We can use these straws. Whoever gets the shortest has to sit in the chair. (hands out broomstick straws).
Max held up his straw, which was very long. He held his breath as Dani showed a shorter straw. Allison, Louisa, and Thackary's straws were long as well. Eddie's straw was...the longest. Dani's straw appeared to be the shortest, but so did Louisa's...
Thackary: Louisa and Dani, stand across from each other. (they do) Talk it out...
Dani: Louisa...I think I should sit in the chair...I mean, I wouldn't want you to have to go through what Emily went through. I don't want to do this, but I know that I have to...
Louisa: Dani...What about Max? What about Thackary? He likes you more than I thought. Look...I need to do this in order to avenge my baby sister's death. I couldn't save her in time...I need to sacrifice myself to avenge her death... (tears slide down her cheek)
Thackary: Louie, thou must be crazy! You can't do this! You don't have to...
Louisa: Thackary, you don't understand! I can do this! I have to, and I will. Emily meant the world to me...you do, too...but you can't avenge Emily's death. Only I can...
Dani and Thackary nod. "Here they come! Hide!" said Phil. Everyone, except for Louisa, hid. Louisa sat in the chair that Emily had died in 300 years before. Phil worked his persuasion powers to the maximum on thw witches...
Phil: The Sanderson Sisters...What a long time it's been! (remembers something Max told him about the witches) I have come back form the dead to see thee. I am the father you've never met...
The Sisters: Father? Art thou the warlock mother never talked about?
Phil: (angily;plays the part very well) WILHEMINA NEVER TOLD THEE ABOUT ME? WHAT THE HELL WAS WRONG WITH THAT WITCH?
Sarah: Daddy...do not be angry. Mother just never wanted to remember her husbands horrific death. Even if she did kill you for a good reason...
Phil: I never though I'd see the day when I'd say this...I'm glad I died...Well...you know what I mean. Listen to me, my baby girls...you do not want to live forever...if you do, you'll never be able to see your mother and me together up in heaven...You'll never get to see all the relatives that I'm sure you've wanted to meet...
The Sisters: We won't?
Phil shook his head, hoping he had dissuaded the sisters drom trying to kill Louisa. The sisters gathered around in a small circle and conversed for a few minutes. It is now, according to Phil's watch, 5:30. Almost dawn...
Winifred: Father...We hath made our decision...We'll die. We want so much to meet Mother and Grandmother, and so many others...
Mary: Yeah...
Sarah: Daddy...
Inside the house, everyone waited with bated breaths to hear the sisters come in. Phil came in while the sisters remained outside. All six of the friends gathered around Phil. Phil explained in a hiss what he had done. Thackary looked at Phil with grateful eyes...until...
Winifred: AHA! I knew it! You are not our father. You will pay for this. Out of that chair, girl! Sit, puny!
Max: His name is not puny...It's Phil!
Phil: Right. I'm Phil.
Sarah: Whatev...
Winifred: What is it? What is wrong, Sarah?
Sarah points toward the window...the dawn was approaching...No one knew how to distract the sisters any longer. Thackary and Louisa stood together. They did not know whether their immortality would go away when the witches died, but they hoped it would be true...
One by one, the sisters died. Sarah in a purple smoke, Mary in a red smoke, and Winifred in a green smoke. Louisa and Thackary didn't feel any different.
Louisa: (with tears in her eyes) I guess it wasn't meant to be...we aren't going to die.
Thackary: (holds Louisa in his arms) I guess not...Now what! The witches are dead, so--
A small noise interrupts Thackary's complaining. A small sniffle and noise. At the door stood...
Louisa/Thackary: (in unison) EMILY!
Emily: Keep away from me! I still hate both of thee for not play--wait! Why dost my voice sound older?
Louisa: Emily...you're fourteen!
Emily: I--I am?
Louisa and Thackary both nodded. All three were once again a family. They hugged until a throat-clearing sound could be heard from the door. Allison, Max, Dani, Eddie, and Phil were going to leave, but a man in his forties with a woman around the same age stood in the way.
Louisa, Thackary, and Emily: (in unison) DAD! MOM!
Mr. and Mrs. Binx looked proudly at their three children and all five hugged. They were all happy to be reunited as a family once more. They were going to live mortally and together and happily as they were supposed to 300 years ago...
Allison, Max, Dani, Eddie, and Phil once again tried to leave, but not before Mr. Binx said: "Where do you five think you are going?"
"Home?"volunteered Max. "Where we belong?"
"Not yet, young man. I want to thank you all for the assistance you have given my children. Be thankful that they are still alive. I want the five of you to be their friends forever..." Mr. Binx said. "Now...tell me...how are all of you tied in relationshipwise?"
All ten of them remained in the house all day playing catch-up and introduction. Nothing could get in their way...until...
Why don't we wait until next Halloween for that idea?
A/N: Well, that's the end of the story, and as I promised...I got it in before Halloween. I feel happy that I actually got something accomplished/completed. I hope that you all enjoyed this story. I had a lot of fun writing it. I hope you all have a HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Just as an FYI: I gave a hint as to what the next story of mine will be about next year close to Halloween. A Halloweentown fanfic.
A/n #2: Hey, stay tuned to my profile, and you may find another story...maybe one under Harry Potter...I'm thinking about that one...still...stay tuned for more OCandHarryPotterFan's stories. See ya!