Sabrina wishes she had a pet. Oh, Salem's okay as a pal, but as a loving furball, he doesn't cut it. So when Sabrina opens the door and finds a cute little hamster curled up on the doorstep, she immediately takes him under her wing. The little guy seems to love Sabrina, but is terrified of Salem, (rightly so, because to Salem he's just snack food.) However, Sabrina promises the hamster, which she names Spunky, that she'll protect him and give him a good home. Salem doesn't like the sound of that. He's suspicious of the hamster. He senses there's something not quite right about him, and whatever it is, it's raising Salem's hackles. Salem's suspicions are confirmed when two Netherworld police-witches show up at the front door wanting to know if he or Sabrina have seen a Gremlin that escaped from prison in the Netherworld, and somehow got through the gates to the mortal world. Sabrina is not sure what Gremlins are, and the police-witches explain: small, ill-tempered, rat-like creatures whose whole existence revolves around making mischief. Nope, haven't seen one. But Salem isn't so sure-it doesn't take a major spell to make a rat look like a hamster! After the posse leaves, Salem decides to keep a close eye on the new guest. Not close enough! Things start going wrong-and all of them seem to be Salem's doing. When Salem confronts Spunky, the hamster shows his real colors-turning into a rat right in front of him-but not in front of Sabrina, who refuses to believe Salem's story. So Salem goes to the Netherworld police and tells all. But when the police-witches come to call, Spunky invokes the Sanctuary Clause-Sabrina promised to protect him and give him a home, and since she is half-witch, they can't touch him. The police-witches go away empty-handed, and Salem and Spunky are at war. Things escalate until the mischief becomes malicious, and finally Sabrina has had enough. She tells Spunky he has to go. But he i
