Sabrina was about to crawl back into her bed, when she heard a hissing noise.
She turned on the light. Right on her bed, sat a rattlesnake. Sabrina screamed, waking everyone up.
Granny rushed upstairs wielding her dagger. "What's wrong, liebling?" She said frantically. Then she saw the rattlesnake.
At that moment, Uncle Jake, Mr. Canis, Red, and Daphne entered the room.
Upon seeing the snake, Red and Daphne screamed.
This woke Henry and Veronica up, who rushed to the room with Basil in tow. "What's wrong?" "Where's the intruder?" Sabrina's parents said at the same time.
Then they saw the snake. Veronica gasped, almost screaming too. "Why is there a rattlesnake, one of the top ten most poisonous snakes in North America, in my daughter's bed?" Henry demanded.
The look on Sabrina's face said it all. "Puck!" he said bitterly. Then a lot of arguing broke out. It was so loud, no one heard the snake's hissing until it was too late.
The snake struck, biting Sabrina. She screamed and tried get the snake to let go.
Still, the rest of the occupants in the room didn't notice.
Sabrina had read about rattlesnakes once. She knew their poison was deadly and very fast. If she didn't get everyone to stop arguing, she'd die. She was in a lot of pain, but she tried to get Daphne's attention.
"What do you want, Sabrina?" Daphne said annoyed. "Snake… bite… fatal." Those were the only words Daphne could make out. She then saw the snake's tail. Her eyes traveled up the snake to where it's head met Sabrina's arm. Daphne screamed.
Sabrina was now feeling woozy and she grabbed the bed for balance.
Daphne got to work and started screaming. Soon, the whole room was quiet. "What is wrong, Daphne?" Henry asked, annoyed.
"Have you not noticed that Sabrina, the one who argues the MOST, is not arguing? SHE WAS BITTEN." Daphne yelled.
Sabrina chose that moment to faint.
The room turned to chaos.
Jake was busy trying to restrain Henry, who was trying to raid Puck's bedroom and kill him. Granny Relda went to work, prying the snake out, and then cutting Sabrina's arm open. Veronica nearly vomited. She ran downstairs to call 911. Mr. Canis was getting bandages and supplies. Daphne was trying to calm down Red and Basil.
Like I said: chaos.
"Hank. I know you want to kill Puck. You have every right to want to. But you can't. You need to stay calm for Sabrina. Let puck live until Sabrina recovers. Then she can kill him. She's a bit more effective. CALM DOWN!" Jake was trying to soothe Henry down.
"Ok. Ok. Let Puck live so Sabrina can kill him. I'm calm." Henry said.
Jake let him go.
Then Henry sprinted. "How did I fall for that? I used to do that all the time with him." Jacob muttered and ran to catch up with his older brother.
Hank was already inside Puck's room when Jake caught up.
"PUCK! COME DOWN RIGHT NOW!" Henry yelled.
Puck knew better than to hide. Henry was very capable of tearing down his spectacular room just to find him.
"Hi!" Puck said. "'Hi!' ? That's all you have to say. Oh! I'm going to beat you up, not enough to kill you, but enough to bring you close to death. Then, when you recover, Sabrina can do it again." Henry growled.
Puck grinned. "How high did she scream?" he asked.
"Hank! Come back here! You can't kill Puck! It wasn't his fault." Jacob called.
Henry glared at Jacob and then started sobbing. Puck was seriously confused.
"I'm pretty lost here. I'm admitting to putting the snake in Sabrina's bed, but why is Henry crying like a baby?" Puck asked.
"Do you have any idea what breed of snake you put on Sabrina's bed?" Jacob asked.
Puck shook his head.
"It was a rattlesnake. One of the deadliest in North America." Jacob said.
"And?" Puck asked.
"It bit Sabrina." Henry said, gravely.
"What?" Puck said, flabbergasted. "Oh! Is April 1st? I would've known, though."
"This ISN'T a prank. The snake bit my daughter and now she is on the verge of death and it's all YOUR fault." Henry yelled.
Puck visibly paled. "I didn't know." He said softly.
Henry lunged at Puck, but Jake was ready and restrained Henry. Jacob took out one of his many magical trinkets and knocked Henry out. "Sorry, Hank. Can't have you killing Puck." Jacob said, softly.
Puck dropped to his knees. He was numb to the world. How could he have lost control of a prank like that? He broke into sobs. He had almost killed Sabrina. Not even almost. Sabrina was dying.
The ambulance came and took Sabrina. They let one person come with Sabrina.
While everyone was fighting to be that person, Veronica slipped away and before the rest of the family knew it, the ambulance was leaving.
"Did they just ditch us?" Daphne cried. She did a quick headcount.
"Wait! Where's mom?" Then it dawned on everyone. At least Sabrina was in good hands.
Jacob then came in, dragging Henry with Puck helping him.
"Hank!" Granny Relda cried.
"Relax, mom. I had to knock him out before he actually made good on his threat to kill Puck." Jacob explained.
Everyone turned to Puck. Tears were streaming down his face. He didn't say anything.
Then, Granny Relda pulled him into a hug.
Once everyone saw her forgive him, they followed and soon everyone was hugging Puck.
It was then decided that Uncle Jake would stay behind to take care of Henry while Mr. Canis would drive the rest of the family to the hospital.
To Be Continued...