The Worst Witch

Whoo-hoo!

- -Don't worry, Tabby, we can do this.

Maud!

Enid!

Well met.

Wait for me!

Wait, Mil. Look out for the...

...tree.

You nailed it!

Might have been practicing.

This year is gonna be so different.

No more crash landings, no more clumsy mistakes.

No more disasters.

This term is going to be brilliaaaaaaaant!

My project!

Is it supposed to be able to fly?

No!

You go on without me!

- -

Sorry, Ethel.

I think I'm just a bit nervous.

Of what?

Flying, falling off, Ms. Hardbroom yelling at me.

Losing my powers like poor Esmerelda.

Sybil, you're a Hallow, aren't you?

Then you'll be absolutely fine.

I hope Millie hurries up.

- It's great to be back! - In here. One minute.

Come on, girls, hurry up!

First day at Cackle's. Think I'm gonna explode!

Please don't. This uniform's brand-new.

-You're the funny one from selection day. -Am I?

-Well met. I'm... -

Beatrice Bunch. Bea for short.

Clarice Twigg. Well met, Bea for short.

- Where do first-years go? - This way.

On the left.

Here they come, the future of witchcraft.

I admire your positivity after last year.

Precisely.

We couldn't possibly have a debacle like that again.

This term is going to be brilliant.

-Well met. -Well met.

Ethel, that's mine!

Your project nearly took my head off!

Sorry. Let me help you up.

- -

Now, you may recall we had a few security issues last term.

Let me assure you all, however,

that every possible step has been taken to ensure the school is 100 percent...

...safe.

Just the whole school looking, then.

No big deal.

Welcome back, Mildred Hubble.

Shouldn't we do something to help?

Mildred's way beyond help.

She thinks she's come up with a spell that makes animals talk.

Find your mistress. There's a good broom.

Okay.

Come on.

Upside down, inside out, scream and shout, get me out!

I am really sorry, Ms. Cackle. My project flew off,

and then there was a tile loose and I ended--

- No harm done, Mildred. -

Now, where was I?

Uh, yes, safety.

Felicity.

Well met.

We've clearly got some work to do on the roof.

Apart from that, I'm certain you really couldn't be more protected

than here at Cackle's.

- -

The school just collapsed,

didn't it, Ms. Hardbroom?

I believe it did, Ms. Cackle.

I've used an extra strong binding spell on the walls.

The rest of the school isn't going anywhere.

Any idea what caused it?

I've just destroyed the school in the first five minutes of term.

Don't flatter yourself. You're nowhere near that powerful.

And it was only the east wing.

Here.

-Thanks for catching it. -With your face.

Haven't even started my project.

Have to wing it.

I've researched this really crafty spell.

Took most of the holidays to get it working. I'm proud.

Let's see.

No, I want to surprise you in class. It'll be worth the wait, I promise.

Leftover bad magic from Agatha's annihilation spell last term.

But we reversed it.

Traces were hidden deep in the walls.

The flagpole coming out caused a chain reaction.

Thank goodness for Mildred's aerial predicament.

Indeed. It could have spread through the entire school if left unchecked.

We'll have to remove it, stone by stone.

We can't rebuild until it's gone.

Space will be tight for a while.

But we'll manage.

Keep calm and witch on.

Sybil Hallow? They've got us in with you.

Our bedrooms were annihilated.

Well met.

She's Clarice, I'm Beatrice.

-You can call me Bea. -Call me Clarice.

She's weird, but nice. Don't worry.

You're head of Year One, aren't you?

-Congrats. -Thanks.

Is Esmerelda Hallow your big sister?

You've heard about her?

People are saying she lost her magic.

She didn't lose it,

she was tricked into giving it away and then she couldn't get it back.

- -Are you okay?

Just now my other sister got knocked clean off her broom

and then the school fell down.

She's not okay.

This place is really scary.

Go home, then.

I can't. My mum's even scarier.

I guess I just have to stay here and be brave.

I think I can help with that.

Hmm.

Don't reckon much to the view.

Shh!

Pets are banned, remember?

I have to hide you.

Not one more word until I present my project.

No problemo.

Einstein.

Sorry! Last one.

Oh!

-That was another. -Shh.

Sorry.

Everyone's talking about Esmerelda.

Is it true she's not magic anymore?

-Mother told us not to say anything. -But she isn't coming back?

Not for now, no.

Must be strange, especially with Drusilla changing schools.

I heard she's at Pentangle's now.

Really? She's so lucky.

I know, right? Ms. Pentangle is everything.

Oh, no!

Oh, foaming frogspawn!

No!

-What? -My holiday project for HB.

It's not here!

-Tell me how it happened again. -Hide and seek with my cousin Henry.

Magical hide and seek is epic!

Which means things can go wrong.

I thought he'd never find me with a different face.

I'm still me... underneath.

Obviously. I'd know you anywhere.

You didn't change anything over the holidays?

No, I just went on a world tour with Mum and Dad!

-Mm! -It was like watching pondweed dry.

- -We visited the Natural Witchery Museum.

Very educational.

Followed by a broomstick water-skiing trip over Niagara Falls.

-Nice. -What about you?

Caravan holiday.

As in camels across the Sahara?

As in Wales across the A48.

Really?

-How did you get there? -On a bus.

An actual bus?

Yep, just a normal actual bus.

That settles it. Next break, we're staying with you.

My dad made it. Helps boost your confidence.

Hallows aren't supposed to need help with things.

Everyone does sometimes.

You didn't pack my project!

Hello, I'm Bea--

I told you to get the folder next to Mum's cauldron

and put it in my trunk.

Can't your mum just transfer it?

Tell her we left it behind? Are you insane?

Sybil, have you any idea

what HB's going do to me when I turn up without my--

You left it behind.

Excuse me?

I packed it in your trunk.