A/N: Based on an RP with AnnaleaseTurner, we only own our OCs, uploaded out of boredom. Read & Review if you look at my stories outside of Cherry's Adventures or Cartoon Network City.
The Spellman household was it's usual way, calm on the outside and only a little bit chaotic as the family were preparing to go out for a road trip that would be like an overnight holiday. Hilda Spellman was checking over her son's bag to make sure he wasn't sneaking contraband on the trip.
Mildred Spellman was in her room, that was Sabrina's old room, her wild curly hair tamed into a long braid. However her room no longer held any reference to magic, and she was holding Salem and trying to plead with her mother. "Mom, why can't Salem just travel out of his carrier? He's a very smart kitty after all." she was telling Zelda, her mother.
"I'm sorry, Mildred, but that's just how it goes for Salem," Zelda told her daughter. "He may be a smart cat, but he's still a cat, so he must go in his carrier when traveling."
"What if I put his harness on and he stays in my lap?" Mildred tried.
"Mildred..." Zelda sighed.
Salem let out an innocent mew, trying to help Mildred to mostly help himself.
"Please, Mom... I'll even offer a compromise," Mildred then told her mother. "We try it my way and have the carrier in the trunk, and that way if my way really doesn't work then we have the carrier to do it your way." she offered a suggestion.
Zelda looked to Mildred and Salem before letting out a sigh as she was a bit outnumbered. "Well... All right..." she then said. "As long as he can behave himself, keep a close eye on him." she then said, a bit firmly, to both of them as she was very serious.
"Yes, Mom, he will... Right, Salem?" Mildred smiled, though she knew that he wouldn't actually answer like a human could... Well, as far as she was aware.
Salem let out a small mew to Mildred as if to answer her. Zelda gave a small smile from their relationship as it was quite nice, even though she was apprehensive about certain things due to the cat being apart of their family.
"See, he'll behave." Mildred smiled to her mother.
"Very well, you two, but I'll be watching." Zelda gave a small smile back.
Mildred smiled and very gently squeezed Salem in a hug, in a way to not cause even discomfort. "Let's go get your harness then, Salem." she smiled to the cat.
Salem gave a small purr from the hug as he looked up to Mildred, giving a small, though visible smile.
"Good kitty." Mildred smiled, then slipped him into his cat harness so that way he wouldn't have to stay in his carrier.
Salem gave a small smile back before sighing in relief of not being forced into the carrier.
Ambrose looked innocently to his mother with a sheepish smile, remembering the last time, though he seemed clean this time.
Hilda was doing a thorough check, but smiled as his bag seemed clean from any 'forbidden contraband'. "You made sure to pack just mortal, right?" She then made sure about his 'in car' bag.
"Yes, Mother." Ambrose replied, trying to resist rolling his bi-colored eyes.
"Good, because we can't allow Mildred to know of magic yet." Hilda told him sternly.
"How come?" Ambrose wondered.
Hilda looked at him a moment, gauging whether she should tell him or not.
Ambrose tilted his head. "I mean, I can know about the magic... Why can't Mildred?" he then asked.
"Because your mother said so." Drell said, as he came in, moving some bags that were ready to go.
Hilda looked to Drell, then back to Ambrose and nodded.
"All right, I think that's everything." Drell said as he took out his own bag.
"Okay, cool." Ambrose replied, though he felt unsure about Mildred not knowing about their little family secret.
"Ambrose's bag is clean and mine is packed and ready too." Hilda told her husband.
"All right, then I think all that's left is to wait." Drell replied before going to the fridge to get a snack for himself.
Ambrose came to check on his cousin and the cat. "Hey, Millie, you all set?" he then asked. "My dad just found a sandwich in the fridge, so we might have 10 seconds."
Mildred giggled at Ambrose's remark. "Yes, all set." she smiled warmly to him.
Ambrose nodded before giving Salem a little pet. "Hey, Salem."
Salem glanced to him in silence as he got settled in from Mildred's help.
"Oh, do you mind watching Salem a moment, while I quickly go to the little girls' room?" She then asked him quickly.
"Sure, I'll do that." Ambrose nodded sincerely with a small smile.
"Thank you." Mildred smiled and kissed his cheek, making sure her lips were dry though first, then left the room.
Ambrose rolled his eyes from the kiss, but gave a small smile.
"I swear, every time we go out on the road, I feel like I'm forgetting something," Zelda said as she came to the front door before stopping herself. "Wait! Where's Mildred?! MILLIE?!"
"Bathroom, Aunt Zelda!" Ambrose replied.
"Oh, alright then." Zelda said sheepishly.
"We haven't forgotten anything this time." Hilda told her sister, as she helped carry Mildred's bag to the car.
"All right..." Zelda sighed a bit. "Guess I'm still shaky about traveling like this."
"You? I could just teleport us, but nooo, Millie's not allowed to learn about magic until later." Drell rolled his eyes a bit as he finished his sandwich.
"You know why she can't know, Mr. Head-of-the-Council." Hilda retorted to Drell.
Drell then swallowed thickly from that after finishing up his light snack as that hit him hard. "Oh, right."
Mildred came down the stairs, now holding Salem. "What can't I know?" She wondered.
"Oh! Um... About the surprise later." Zelda smiled sheepishly.
"Ooh a surprise? Alright, I won't pry," Mildred giggled. "Well, all ready to go I got my book, my bottle of water and my travel candy," she said. "And I got my best kitty in the whole wide world." she chuckled, as she carefully held Salem.
"All right, I think we're all set then," Zelda smiled from that. "I think we can hit the road now."
"Also, don't actually punch the road." Drell then added a joke.
Ambrose rolled his eyes a bit from what his dad said. "All right, we'll get in the car." he then said.
Mildred smiled and followed her cousin to the car.
"You sure you can drive this time?" Zelda asked Drell.
"I've been practicing," Drell replied. "I promise I won't drive us into the river this time."
Hilda chuckled to that. Drell soon sat at the driver's seat, turning the wheel a bit to get used to it.
"Let's hope we don't end up with fish in the glove compartment again." Zelda then muttered to Hilda.
Hilda nodded.
"Come on!" Drell told the girls.
Ambrose leaned over, beeping the horn with a smirk.
"Take your seat!" Drell said, playfully shoving him back with a smirk back.
Hilda sat in the passenger seat. Mildred sat in the back, putting her seat-belt on, then made sure Salem was safe on her lap.
"All right! Let's hit the road!" Drell announced and soon started the car up and they began to drive away from the house.
Zelda sat comfortably, mostly hoping that Mildred and Ambrose wouldn't squabble in the back-seat and Salem would mostly behave himself as that was a whole other story. Mildred settled herself down and opened her book to read, one hand petting Salem and making sure he wouldn't fall off. Salem glanced over to the book as if to read with her. Ambrose took out his music and began to drift off as they rode away from home for their big family road trip adventure. Mildred smiled softly.
As they left, there seemed to be a bit of rumbling from the clouds as the sky was slowly changing from a bright blue sunny day into gray and dreary.
"It's nice to get out of the house once in a while... Together." Zelda smiled.
"Yeah." Hilda agreed.
Zelda smiled as she began to try to relax.
"Grrr..." Drell growled a bit as he ended up in a traffic jam, beginning to raise his pointer finger.
"Don't you dare give anyone the finger." Hilda warned, making it sound as if he might be about to swear.
"This is not happening to me..." Drell growled, biting at the steering wheel a bit, wiggling a little. "I hate this realm!"
"Shh~" Zelda warned him.
Drell growled, hitting his head on the wheel which made it beep the horn.
Mildred dropped her book in surprise. "Uncle Drell!" She complained fro the fact he made her jump.
"Sorry!" Drell said from that, sitting right back up, a bit alert.
"Smooth, Dad." Ambrose muttered.
Salem jumped a bit himself. Mildred huffed and then picked up her book before putting it beside her to soothe Salem with fusses and scritches.
"That's it," Drell said, driving the car out of line. "I'm taking a shortcut."
"A shortcut?" Zelda asked. "You know a shortcut?"
"Yeah!" Drell replied.
"From who?" Zelda asked.
"...People." Drell shrugged.
Mildred soothed Salem.
"You better not get us lost" Hilda huffed.
Salem nuzzled up against Mildred, though he seemed to be grunting and panting from the excitement.
"We won't get lost!" Drell promised.
"I think he said that about Atlantis too." Ambrose mumbled to himself.
Mildred glanced to Ambrose. "Uncle Drell isn't that old, silly." she chuckled, gently hugging Salem.
Salem nuzzled up to Mildred.
"Ooh, the more you know..." Ambrose whispered.
Zelda nudged him to stop that otherwise there would be trouble. Mildred smiled softly to Salem.
Later on, it seemed to become dark as night and it had started to rain. Drell soon had a bar of soap in his mouth, grumbling a bit as they seemed to get lost.
"Next time don't swear." Hilda muttered.
Mildred had dozed off, managing to curl up protectively around Salem. Even unconscious, she had a deep connection with the warlock-turned-cat. Drell soon shot out the bar of soap out of his mouth after opening the window and quickly closing it again as it was raining outside now.
"Dad... Mom... When are we gonna get there...?" Ambrose asked. "We've been driving for weeks!"
"Soon, as long as your father hasn't gotten us lost." Hilda said.
"We're NOT lost!" Drell complained, he then took a drink of his water bottle before he soon hiccuped a bubble from the soap, rolling his eyes to that.
"Where are we then?" Zelda asked. "Why can't you just stop and ask for directions?"
"I don't NEED directions..." Drell grumbled, trying to keep his anger in check.
"What is it with men and asking for directions?" Hilda wondered.
"Ya got me, Hilda." Zelda agreed with her sister.
"Uh-oh..." Drell muttered, seeing a blocked road which made him stop the car.
"We're lost." Ambrose sulked.
Hilda sighed.
"Now, now, we'll be fine." Drell said, backing the car up until the car bumped a bit.
"YOW!" Salem yelped as that made him jump along with Mildred and Ambrose.
"Gunshot!" Ambrose cried out.
"No, no, we just have a flat tire," Zelda said. "Drell, you remembered to get a spare, right?"
"Uh... Yeah..." Drell slowly blinked. "Spare tire..."
Luckily Mildred hadn't heard the human exclamation from Salem, but yelped as she was woken up harshly from the bang. Drell came to the trunk with Ambrose to check for a spare tire as Ambrose held his flashlight.
"You okay, sweetie?" Zelda coaxed to her daughter.
Mildred whimpered slightly and then just hugged her Mom. Zelda cooed as she soon hugged her daughter right back, trying to soothe her.
Ambrose soon came over beside Hilda nervously. "Mom, I got something to tell you," he then said. "Dad was going to, but he won the coin toss... There doesn't seem to be a spare tire in the trunk."
Hilda groaned. "Well, how are we going to get back?" She huffed, more to herself though.
"Um... If it helps... I saw something a few miles behind us?" Ambrose suggested.
Hilda gave him a tiny smile, as she wasn't annoyed at him. Ambrose flinched a bit, though saw his mother smiling and looked relieved.
"Is she mad?" Drell called out from behind the car. "She's being awfully quiet!"
"Th-That was scary." Mildred whispered.
"It's okay, Millie..." Zelda soothed, comforting her daughter the best that she could.
Mildred started to relax a bit then.
Zelda shushed soothingly and comfortingly to Mildred to make her more comfortable and relaxed. "Is that better?" she then asked.
"Mm-hmm." Mildred nodded.
Ambrose soon came back into his seat, looking to Mildred, Salem, and Zelda.
"You found a place?" Zelda then asked her nephew.
"Yeah! I saw this awesome castle a few miles back!" Ambrose nodded. "It looks so bad-" he then saw his mother glancing to him, telling him to choose his next word carefully. "Butt?"
Hilda let that slide.
"Why don't Ambrose and I go to see if they have a phone?" Mildred then offered.
"By yourselves?" Zelda asked in concern. "Dears, I don't know about that..."
"What're we talking about?" Drell asked, wringing his long hair a bit after he got back into the car.
"Ambrose and I going to this castle to see if they have a phone." Mildred said.
"By yourselves?" Drell asked.
"Oh, not you too, Dad." Ambrose groaned.
"We don't know this area very well, it might be dangerous..." Zelda told the kids cautiously.
"I am only one month off 18 now after all." Mildred replied.
"Well..." Zelda paused before sighing. "What do you think, Hilda?"
Ambrose leaned back in his seat, expecting his mother to say 'No' to both of them.
'No one asks for my opinion...' Salem said in his head.
"Salem, you think we should be able to, right, Kitty?" Mildred asked him.
Hilda looked between the two 'kids' and waited to 'hear' what Salem thought.
"No way! The cat gets a vote?" Ambrose asked.
"Heh. How do ya think I feel?" Drell smirked to his son.
Salem looked like he had to think about it for a moment before nodding, allowing Mildred and Ambrose to explore together.
"Salem says yes too." Mildred then said.
"Alright, but if you're not back in an hour ,we're going to come find you." Hilda said, showing a hint of her old, more 'free' self.
"Stick together." Zelda added, a bit sharply as this might be dangerous.
"Yes, Mom," Ambrose replied gratefully. "Thank you, Aunt Zelda. Thanks, Salem."
Mildred nodded and slipped on her jacket. "Salem, you stay here and keep dry." she told the cat adoringly as she placed him n the seat where she was just sitting.
Ambrose soon got on his own coat, going to join Mildred on the outside as he held onto his flashlight. Salem sat comfortably, enjoying the seat very much. Mildred put her arm around her cousin to make sure they didn't separate as they walked towards the castle.
Ambrose looked to Mildred on the way, glancing over to the castle. "Man! Doesn't that place look hardcore?" he then chuckled to her.
"Yeah." Mildred had to agree.
"Maybe I could come live here after I graduate from high school," Ambrose chuckled, coming up to the front door and soon rang the doorbell, waiting with his cousin for an answer. "I wonder where we are? I don't remember anything like this back home."
"I don't know." Mildred said.
The door was answered by a hunchbacked man with thin long blonde hair. "Yes?" He drawled.
Ambrose's eyes widened a bit before grinning sheepishly. "Erm... Hello, there..." he then said. "My name is Ambrose Spellman, and this is my cousin, Mildred. Listen, uh, our parents are waiting in the car, we had some car trouble though. Do you think maybe you could help us?" he then explained as best as he could.
"We'd like to borrow the phone if we could." Mildred agreed with her cousin.
"You're both wet." the man stated simply, seemingly ignoring their request a moment.
Ambrose glanced at him. "Yes... It's raining outside..." he then told the strange man before looking away, thinking this man had lost his mind.
Mildred nodded.
"Yes..." The man drawled. "Very well, you both better... Come inside." he said and stepped aside to let them in.
"Um... All right... But if you take us to a van filled with candy, I'm telling my mom." Ambrose replied, coming inside with his cousin to get into the warm dry spot out of the cold wet outdoors.
Mildred came inside too, shivering as the warm air made her realize how cold she was.