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The two teens looked up at the imposing building wondering if maybe this time they were in over their heads.
"You know, we can still leave. Titania said that have until the bell rings to make up our minds as to whether or not we really want to do this." Her voice was small as the students walked by them, their eyes staring at the unfamiliar faces.
"We're already here Grimm. Plus, I'm not worried. It's only high school after all."
A sharp sound caused Sabrina to jump, her eyes wide as she realized that the decision was made for her.
"I guess we don't have a choice anymore."
"Come on Grimm, we have a mission to complete."
How this started…
"Promise to e-mail us everyday, we'll write back every chance we get."
"Okay mom, you can let go now I think I lost all feeling in my fingers." Sabrina squirmed out of the hug her mother was giving her.
"Don't get into any trouble. At the first sign of anything dangerous your mother and I will get on the first flight home."
"Dad, we'll be fine. You really need to go or else you'll miss your flight." Daphne said as she hugged her father for the thousandth time.
"Are you sure you have everything Henry?" Veronica had the last of their luggage downstairs and had begun piling it into the car.
"Just one last thing, Puck! Where are you?" Sabrina looked at her father worriedly as he called out the fairy's name. Why on earth would he need to talk to Puck? The last time he had asked to talk to him…. Uh-oh.
Did he think that they were dating?
The last time Henry had thought that he had chased the fairy around with a stick; to be fair it was also when he found out that Puck had been Sabrina's first kiss. Veronica had sat around smiling at Sabrina as she sat on the couch, red-faced, slack-jawed, as her father said words that would be imprinted in her 14-year-old brain forever. How her father had ever found out about that incident she would never know.
"Dad, what are you doing?" She asked, but Henry was already out of earshot.
She tiptoed over to the kitchen entrance, watching wide-eyed as Henry said something that made the fairy look like he was about to crawl down the drain in order to escape. She couldn't hear the threats that he father was launching at Puck, but the grimaces on his face made it clear.
"You don't need to worry sir. Hope you have a nice trip." He winced as Henry moved away, clearly startled by the sudden movement. Henry harrumphed before leaving the kitchen, kissing Sabrina on her head before grabbing the last of the bags and putting them away in the car.
The old jalopy had gone over several improvements over the past years but Henry still refused to sit in it after the 'incident'. He and Veronica had purchased their own car, a vintage Mustang that the two had spent days re-painting and repairing. The end product was off limits to anyone but the two of them.
"What did he say to you?" Puck shook his head in reply, shaking his head as if to erase the memory of the conversation.
"I can't believe that we're leaving you alone for a whole year, try not to drive your grandmother insane before we come back." Veronica squeezed her daughters one last time before getting into the drivers seat, waiting patiently as Henry said good-bye.
"Be safe okay? Just because we're going to be on the other side of the earth doesn't mean we won't pick up the phone every once in a while. Seriously, remember what I told you about boys. If you ever have problems with that Puck boy then you can always-" Sabrina shoved her dad towards the car.
"Okay dad! Have a good trip!" Henry looked back at her worriedly before buckling his seatbelt and Veronica took off down the road as if zombies were chasing after them.
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The next few days were calm, something that was normal ever since they defeated the Scarlet Hand all those years ago. Learning that Mirror had been Master had been devastating for Sabrina, so much so that during the next year she had hunted Mirror in his newly physical form with everything that she had acquired in training. She had eventually found him, but it was Uncle Jake that killed Mirror in the end. Ever since that fateful night Ferryport Landing had quietly gone back to normal, besides the odd group now and then trying to re-unite the former members of the Scarlet Hand.
They were easy to defeat seeing as they were idiotic enough to give themselves such names as STUPED, groups that people were too smart to join.
Eventually the last of the groups died out, leaving Ferryport Landing unbothered.
Now Sabrina's days were filled with reading journals, private studies to keep herself up to date on her normal school studies (well what would be normal if she actually attended school. White came over every day for an hour to teach and drop off more workbooks), and helping with the re-building of the town. Ferryport Landing was no longer a prison for everafters; the barrier was still in place but a small hole allowed traffic to travel to and fro between the mortal world and a town specifically designed for everafters.
The town was still a way to keep the outside world safe though.
Prisoners from Scarlet Hand resided in a mini barrier that was located near where Baba Yaga now lived so that she could keep an eye, or several, on the wrong-doers.
The hole could also be closed at any moment by a few words from anyone in the Grimm family. Actually, as long as the Grimm family resided in Ferryport Landing they could control who could and couldn't leave the barrier.
Life was simple, something that Sabrina enjoyed immensely, until the phone call. Well really a phone call and a surprise.
"Well hello Titania! This is such a surprise. Warning? What do you mean you hope we aren't busy?" Granny looked at Sabrina in confusion as she listened to the woman on the phone.
The doorbell rang and Sabrina opened it only to be surprised by an extremely attractive woman in a leopard print dress shoving her aside.
"Where is my son? It is crucial that I talk to him."
"Mom? What on earth are you doing here?" Puck looked at his mother in shock as her predatory eyes landed on him.
"You're coming home with me. I have something very important for you to do back in Manhattan." She reached for Puck with her well-manicured claws, only to grasp at air as he jumped out of the way.
"There is no way I am going back. I left for a very good reason and I don't want to return and become your pawn." He jumped up a few stairs as Titania approached.
"Why you little brat! I am your mother and you will obey my command. This is about more than you are silly little temper tantrums! Faerie needs you. Now pack your bags, we don't have a lot of time to get you situated before the term begins." She scowled as Puck glared down at her, clearly unwavering in his opinion.
"Titania, how about you come into the living room and explain what you need Puck for. I'm sure we can help." Granny stepped in between the two, not wanting her home to be destroyed by their argument.
"Of course. Actually…" she fixed her gaze on Sabrina instead. Puck frowned at his mother's sudden change in disposition. "Sabrina, how would you like to go to a private school in New York? I could just as easily have you do it instead of my ungrateful child." She smiled at Sabrina thoughtfully, a smile that made shivers run down her spine.
"I'd rather know what I'd be doing before agreeing." Sabrina said carefully. Titania had changed during the war and Sabrina hadn't forgotten the choices she'd forced her son to make.
"Oh, of course." Titania sat on the couch, Sabrina and Granny taking seats on the other side of the table and Daphne and Puck listened from the doorway. "We've been tracking an organization in Manhattan for quite some time. We believe they are trying to gather former members of the Scarlet Hand. I understand that you have already had experience with these kinds of groups, but ours seems to be getting stronger everyday. The only problem is, we don't know who is leading it. We've tracked their group to a private boarding school for kids whose parents are VERY influential in the mortal world. Why they would choose this school? I fear that they are trying to find a way to expose all of us to the rest of the world, something that could lead to a global war. That's why I need someone to go undercover as a student there. You'll have to befriend everyone, earn their trust. Normally I would ask my own son to do this but seeing as he's unwilling I must ask you Sabrina Grimm. Will you please help me?"
The room was quiet; Sabrina looking down at her intertwined fingers. Her parents would kill her if she went, but if it meant preventing another war… did she really have a choice? The last war had cost the lives of many of her friends, including Briar, Jake and Mr. Seven. How many more would die if she didn't go?
"For how long?" Daphne stared at her sister, shocked that she would agree. She couldn't blame her though; her sister has been restless lately. She wasn't used to peace.
"Only a few months. The school year starts in three days so we'd have to leave now to get you situated. I already have a background story but we'd have to go shopping and give you a new look. We don't want you being recognized."
"Whoa. If Grimm's going then I have to go. We all know that without me she'll be dead in a day." Sabrina glared at him, but knew that he was right. He had saved her life countless times in the war. Without him she's be buried next to Jake.
"Well if Sabrina says yes then I don't see the problem. But you two have to promise to write home everyday and that you won't intentionally put yourselves in harms way. Your parents would kill me if you two get hurt while they're away." Relda hugged Sabrina as she tried to find a way to tell Henry and Veronica without them rushing home. Daphne ran up to Sabrina as soon as Relda let go.
"Stay safe Sabrina." Daphne squeezed her big sister around the waist, blinking any tears from her eyes. She was turning 12, she didn't cry.
"I will Daphne. Don't worry; you'll be able to have the house to yourself. Imagine what you can do while I'm gone! It won't even be that bad, I'll talk to you as often as I can." She gave her sister one last hug as Titania dragged her outside into the waiting limo.
Sabrina and Puck had no idea what they had just signed up for.