Episode 399: Twilight
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"--ise and shine, everyone! It's time for the Wacky Morning Crazy Hour, with Wojo and Stantler! The time is 6:30 in the A.M, and we're gearin' up to bring you a whole morning full of zany laughs and--"
- KA-ZAP!*
The lump under the bed covers hardly moved, but the the smoldering alarm clock on the dresser was evidence that the magical girl was no longer sound asleep. "Uuuuuuugh...." came the groan from the bed as the sheets shifted, revealing a leg here and an arm there. "Mornings suck..."
About twenty minutes later, there came a knock at her door. "Anne? You up? You better get ready soon, or you'll be late." The voice was her brother Evan's. While their parents were on their frequent and long world-traveling charity work trips, he was technically in charge.
When he wasn't currently a four year old girl named Lilly.
"I'm coming..." Anne groggily replied. It really didn't take Anne long to get ready, just forever to get out of bed. Before long, the red-haired Wotch was dressed and dashing past her brother at the kitchen table.
"Can'ttalk,lateformeetingtheguys,haveaniceday,E!" Evan just blinked as he sipped at his apple juice, thinking he got the gist of the message, anyway.
Anne dashed out the door and ran down the street. Eventually, she caught up to the casually strolling Robin and Jason. Robin turned to her with a smile. Jason continued as if nothing had changed, but Anne knew that was his unique form of "greeting."
"Hey Anne!" Robin said happily. "We were wondering if you were going to make it!"
"He was wondering," Jason added. "I know better than to expect you on time before 10am."
Anne gave the sarcastic friend a "look" and smile, and joined the pace of her classmates as they walked to Tandy Gardens. Other students were also gathering; many walking, some getting off the buses; some being dropped off by their parents. Anne gave a wave to another group of friends standing by the flagpole. Katie, Ming, and Wolfie all waved back. Behind them, though, a blonde girl with black bangs who was wearing a long coat seemed to purposefully turn away from her wave. Cassie has been a bit of a loner as of late, Anne thought.
Still, as the bell rang to signal the start of school, Anne thought all signs pointed to this being a perfectly normal day, even for someone as abnormal as The Wotch.
Oh, how wrong she would be.
Everything seemed fine, until after school at the Mall.
After school has let out Cassie SinClair, a fifteen-year-old blonde-haired goth girl who dyes her bangs black, is walking home alone as usual when she decides to go to the mall. Cassie continues on her way and, after depositing all of her books but her most preferred spellbook into her bedroom, and leaves as quickly as she came.
Once arriving at the Acorn Mall, Cassie decided to check out...
"Hey Cassie," the cashier says to the fifteen-year-old goth as she walks into Incense 'n' Things. Unlike Tandy's other magic shop, The Magic Touch, Incense 'n' Things caters more to the gothic style of life frequently associated with those interested in witchcraft.
The cashier is a gothic girl in her early twenties named Ariel who dyes her naturally red hair purple with green tips; a very odd hairdo that goes well with her equally bizarre favorite shirt (a black turtleneck with only one sleeve), which she is wearing today.
"Same to you, Ariel," Cassie answers with a grin that's become quite rare these days. "Have anything new?"
"Got a new book in the back. I looked through it and there's some awesome stuff, but if you want to buy it you will be broke for awhile."
"How much are we talking?"
"One-twenty."
Cassie winces. "Any chance you could hold it for me for a few weeks?"
"Sorry, Cass," the cashier replies with a shrug, "The manager has been cracking down on holding things, and this job has too many perks to risk losing." Ariel stops and thinks for a second, before asking, "How much do you have on you?"
"Half."
"Here's what I'll do. I will..."
Cassie wrote down the portion of the spell the cashier let her see. She wasn't a very skilled witch, but she could manage this one. It would be perfect for getting even with Robin, after he used her before. See Next Episode
