Chapter One - Deja Vu

Hey Grimmlins! I've decided to take a break from Forgotten - so Remembered will be on hold till either Dancing or Time of Dying is finished - and post my favorite fanfiction I've devised so far!

I actually had this one cooking up for awhile, and after some plot changes, I've decided that I want it to be my next project! This will include some Nix and Mina (we don't have enough of that on here) and some Teague and Mina in it. Hopefully I'll do it justice!

So, read and enjoy! If I get three reviews, I'll get to work on Chapter Two, unless I end up getting inspiration ahead of time!

Mina's POV

"Mina, please!" Brody sounds frustrated as I turn away from him to look out the window of the sitting room. "I'm just thinking of your safety."

"You're just thinking of the easy thing." I counter, frowning. "I don't know what would happen if I gave it to him!"

"But you're not safe with it." He shakes his head. "He has your mirror, Mina! How long do you think it'll take before he comes after you? Or sends another quest?"

"Do you think I can't take care of myself?" I say, irritated now.

"No!" He sighs. "I just want you to be safe, Mina."

I pause. "I think I should go."

"Mina, please." He begins to plead. "That dagger has caused too much trouble. You need to get rid of it, and soon."

"I think I should go." My voices raises slightly, and I walk over to the door, ignoring him as I walk out.

The dagger. Everything comes back to that. If the dagger had never been created, we would never have had any problems. But I also could've never existed. I'll never know though, because it exists here. And all it does is bring trouble in its wake.

I make it outside, and I begin to walk down the road, towards my house. Brody picked me up, and probably intended to drive me home, but I left without giving him that opportunity. I don't want anymore discussion about the dagger with him. I can't give it away, I don't know any way to destroy it, and I can't just leave it somewhere. There has to be something I can do though.

"Mina, do you need a ride home?" I turn my head to see Nix poking his head out of a car window. "What are you doing walking out here by yourself, anyways? You haven't answered any texts from the phone your mom demanded you get, yet you're walking outside by yourself."

I sigh, walking around to the passenger's seat. After I buckle, I slump down. "Nix, you don't know the half of it."

"Tell me then." He prompts, and I find myself telling him about Brody managing to coax me out of the house only to berate me about this dagger business. No one had managed to coax me out of the house, even with berating texts. Not Nix, not Nan, not Ever, not even my family. Only my boyfriend managed it, and he just lectured me.

"And that's the story." I finally finish, and look over at him.

We've just pulled into my house's driveway. "That's one heck of a story, Mina."

I don't hear it though. I'm too busy jumping out of the car and rushing up to the door of my house. The door to my house that is hanging wide open. Mom and Charlie are gone. They told me themselves that they were going to be gone for awhile. Plus, there's no car in the driveway. That means that someone else was in my house.

Dread fills me, as does a sense of deja vu. Whenever I lived above the Golden Palace, and I had the Grimorie, someone searched my house then too. Did they want the Grimorie? Somehow I doubted that. Somehow, I had a feeling that they were here for something different. As I rushed inside and looked at the mess, my hands jump to my pocket. Yes. The dagger was still there.

I run up the stairs and all the way to my room, coming to a halt in front of my room...Where the door hangs wide open again. My room was already a disaster zone. To the untrained eye, it wouldn't seem any different. But it was my room. I could see the difference. Stacks of clothing toppled, papers moved, and worst of all, the spot where I normally kept the dagger - a hidden dresser drawer - completely torn apart. They knew where my hiding spot was. Nobody was safe here while I had the dagger.

A month ago, the Fae Godmother Guild went up in flames. It was my fault. Teague had made a threat if I didn't give up the dagger, so when I didn't, he pulled his threat after all. He hit me in my weak spot. He hit home. So, I'd stayed in my home. I ditched school. No matter what my mom did, I didn't budge. I wouldn't go. I wouldn't make anything else a danger. I stayed in my Fae protected house, where I wouldn't be at risk.

But that had to change. I'd packed a bag then, in case. But now was the time. I needed to run away in order to keep my family safe. That was the only chance. Phone and dagger in my pockets, bag on my shoulder with a wallet and some provisions, I scanned the room for anything else.

"Running, now?" I jump at the voice, not even recognizing it. I'm so on edge that my first thought is that Teague must've found me. I whip around, prepared to defend myself, only to see Nix standing in the door way to my room. My fists fall.

"Nix." I'd forgotten he was even here.

"So someone was here." I nod shakily. "You were going to run and not tell me, your best friend?"

It's a good thing Nan can't hear him. She'd flip a table. "Maybe?" He looks hurt. "I didn't want to hurt you!"

"Mina, you're going to need help out there. You can't expect to go up against the Dark Prince on your own." He's right. But...I can't put anyone in danger...

"But-"

"If you don't let me come, I'll hold you here till your family comes and tell them about your plan." He's dead serious. And, I think he could probably pull that off too. I way my two options. I do need help. And I don't want Nix to stop me. I also don't want to hurt him.

"Fine."

"Yes! Let's go on adventure!" He cheers, and I just shake my head with an eye roll. He'll need to take this a bit more seriously. "It's a good thing you're letting me come. I have a car, after all."

He jingles his car keys, and I give him a half smile. I just have to hope this works as I follow him out of the house, back to his car. It has to work.

And I'll leave you to chew on that! If you liked the story, drop a review! Three reviews and I will get Chapter Two posted as soon as I can!

~ Dagger