"How wrong are we talking?" Hally asked worriedly. Kaitlin shrugged nervously under her gaze and did not help Hally's confidence in the least. Kaitlin stepped aside revealing a patch of four leaf clovers with an egg hiding in the leafy green covering.
"Looks like I had a bit of a problem keeping the Holidays separated." Kaitlin mumbled. "Things are just going to go downhill from here... I told you this was a bad idea!" She looked rather upset, it was hard to tell if it was Hally she was upset with or upset that she had messed up so dramatically. Either way Hally had to take some of the blame.
"Don't worry, we'll fix this. I mean one egg and a patch of clovers isn't the end of the world." Hally said confidently. Negative barked her agreement but Kaitlin didn't look so certain. It was possible that she knew of more problems than Hally.
"I guess your right, there are a few wild turkeys running around that I've seen but other than that things are pretty normal." Kaitlin agreed walking with Hally and Negative toward the curly hill. As she spoke the hill began to glow an orange color that was obviously the color of her magic. The hill formed itself into an obvious heart shape.
"We're in trouble." Hally said flatly. Kaitlin groaned sitting down on a tombstone that was in the shape of an egg.
"The hill! The tombstones! All the Holidays are combining and it's all my fault! Things can't get any worse!" Kaitlin shouted at the sky her frustration causing things to change more rapidly. As if on cue a dark crimson cloud materialized next to Hally. Blood colored roses sprouted from the ground growing far larger than should have been possible. "Never mind, I was wrong. It can get worse.." Kaitlin muttered as the roses died and crumbled to the ground revealing a girl standing in their place. She had long brown hair and glasses like Kaitlin's. Her eyes were the same dark blue and her shirt was black with a long sleeved blood red shirt under it. The collar and trim were badly tattered and chains hung from her baggy black pants. She wore a black spike collar around her throat and looked like what Kaitlin would if she had lived in Halloween Town. "We're doomed." Kaitlin sighed.
"Who is that?" Hally asked uncertainly. The girl brushed herself off and shoved her hands into the pockets. The chains around her waist rattled loudly as she took a step forward, looking around her with a look of mild interest.
"Hally meet my twin sister Vici. My other twin sister Emily must be too busy having a life to make it here to mock me today but I'm sure she'll make it the next time I mess up." Kaitlin replied dryly. Vici extended a hand toward the rag doll girl without even flinching at the fact that she was obviously not among the living. Vici's nails were covered in dark black polish and her grip almost took Hally's hand off when she shook it. Hally had never met Kaitlin's sisters before, then again she wasn't sure if now was the best time to put more chaos witches in Halloween Town.
"Yo." Vici greeted pleasantly enough.
"What are you doing her Victoria." Kaitlin demanded angrily. "Shouldn't you be in school?"
"I'm taking a break. Chill out Kate." Vici said with a shrug. Hally looked from one sister to the other, they really did look identical but Vici was so much darker then Kaitlin it was a wonder that she wasn't the one in Halloween Town.
"A break?" Kaitlin asked sounding unconvinced.
"Yeah I thought I'd pay my sis a visit. You know, come hang for a bit- was that a turkey?" Vici asked doing a double take as a turkey ran past them being chased by several of the ghosts who now seemed to be the ghosts of Christmas past present and future. Vici looked around her again this time with excruciating caution, her dark sapphire eyes saw a flash of orange that sent several of the tombstones hurtling in the air like firecrackers. She smiled as the glittering fire words spelled out: "Merry Valentines!" She turned back to Kaitlin, "You are so busted." she laughed.
"Vici!" Kaitlin shouted angrily jumping to her feet.
"Man did you really mess up this time Kate! Mom's gonna kill you! And she'll be so mad at you she won't care that I got kicked out of Sky High!" Vici laughed.
"You did what!?" Kaitlin demanded.
"Got kicked out, you know things happen, some little punk snickers to his table of jock friends when I walk by. Let's just say they won't find them where I teleported them." Vici laughed, it wasn't a cold laugh but it wasn't pleasant either.
"That's the third school." Kaitlin muttered sitting back down.
"Hey! If your Kaitlin's sister then maybe you can fix this." Hally suggested. Vici paused considering the offer for a bit. She seemed to be more in control then Kaitlin was, she was cool, collect, and powerful. She was either in control or really didn't care if she wasn't. Judging by the fact she had gotten kicked out of three magic schools the latter was a possibility.
"Don't count on it Hally." Kaitlin replied. "Vici may have more control but we all have our quirks." she added gloomily.
"I'll give it a shot. Just to show Kate how the big girls play with magic." Vici said with a grin. Kaitlin glared at her.
"I'm older than you." She replied irritably.
"Whatever." Vici replied rolling her eyes.
"Great I'll take you to the Doctor's invention and-" Hally began.
"Don't need it." Vici replied. "My magic doesn't cooperate well with machines." She explained. Hally couldn't help but laugh slightly as she added "And apparently neither does Kaitlin's. You know one time when she was younger she was trying to change a light bulb with her magic but instead she unleashed this massive blackout on New York and-"
"If you're going to fix this Victoria I would hurry up and do it!" snapped Kaitlin irritably. Victoria looked at her with a look of calm and almost mocking patience.
"All in good time Kaitlin." she replied with a grin. "Ok let's get this magic working!" Vici spread out her arms and dug her feet further into the ground. Her long dark hair flew out behind her and her eyes turned to dark glowing red. She began muttering strange words under her breath as the enchanted wind encircled her; her fingertips began to pulse with glowing red energy.
"I'd get down if I were you." Kaitlin said calling up an orange shield her own to block the force of the wind and prevent it from doing any damage. Red lightning was shooting from her palms and forming a large glowing red orb that increased in size with each passing second. At last it seemed as if she was finished. The red orb seemed to explode in a massive blast of blinding red light. Hally blinked everything had gone back to normal and perhaps it had even gotten a little more frightening. Vici flashed Kaitlin a confident smile as the second witch lowered her shield of magic.
"Now that is how you cast a spell." Vici said shoving her hands back in her pockets. Kaitlin rolled her eyes folding her arms across her chest and glaring at Vici. "Hey Kate, you'll get to my level eventually, it comes with time and experience."
"For the last time Victoria: I'M OLDER!" Kaitlin shouted angrily. Vici shrugged her shoulders slightly and walked passed her sister. "And really you could have spared us all of the theatrics. You could have just snapped your fingers and gotten the same effect."
"My way is more fun. Isn't that right Hally?" Vici asked her dark blue eyes glancing over at the Pumpkin Princess.
"That was SO COOL!" Hally agreed. "You should really consider talking to dad! I bet he could give you a part in the Halloween Town parade if you show him that!"
"Hally don't encourage her." Kaitlin sighed. "Look Vici, that was really fun to look at but we don't even know if that worked." Kaitlin replied.
"Of course it worked just look at this place!" cried Hally waving her arms to show the once again eerie setting of Halloween Town. "Everything is back to normal."
*
"What do you mean it didn't work?" Hally asked looking uncertainly at the young vampiric girl before her. She was dressed in a red and tattered looking outfit with dirty whit trim. She was shorter than Hally with dark gray eyes and pointed ears.
"The Holidays were combining," the girl explained, "and now every holiday is Halloween!" She sighed. "Hally it's me, Holly Berry from Christmas town."
"Holly!?" Hally gasped seeing the once perky elf in Halloween Town attire had made her almost unrecognizable, though in her voice Hally could still hear the Christmas cheer that made her almost unbearable at times. "Kaitlin! Vici! We have a problem!"
"What?" the twins asked in synch as they ran over to where Hally and Holly were in the middle of Town. They had been arguing about who was really older but it had come to a stop rather abruptly when Hally called to them.
"We managed to separate the Holidays," Hally began, "But now we have seven Halloweens and the other Holidays don't exist at all!"
