Refusing to allow his younger half-brother to be institutionalised, a 13-year-old boy takes him to California to participate in a video game competition.
A 16-year-old high school girl learns that she happens to be a descendant of one of the witches of Salem. She uses her newfound powers to snag herself the handsome football captain as her boyfriend.
When a captain arrives on an English coastal town to investigate reports of smuggling, he ends up with much more to deal with, including marsh phantoms and a suspicious vicar.