Okay so this is my first fanfic ever! yay! It's set after Henry and Veronica wake up but not before they know Mirror is Master. Dapne and Red are nine, Sabrina and Puck are thirteen for context purposes. I do accept flames though I don't apprecite them. Without further adieu, here is I'll Always Be There.

I'll Always Be There

Chapter 1: My (Not-So) Hero

For the first time in many months, the Grimm household was quiet. All you could hear were the faint whispers of the wind. That was the case until a certain fairy decided to have a little fun…with the Grimm girl.

The fairy stealthily flew out of his room and into the sisters'. He went in with a very unfortunate (and LOUD) "CREEEEEEEK!" from the old wooden door.

'How this place doesn't fall apart or collapse all together is beyond me!' he thought to himself as he passed over the youngest of the three girls. When he was just above the eldest, he smile and sighed, a soft content sigh.

The fairy boy realized his actions and grimaced. He calmly and sternly reminded himself, 'I do not like Sabr-GRIMM! I'm happy about the prank I'm gonna pull. Not about how pretty she looks when she's not yelling (at me mostly) or how her beautiful, long golden hair frames her high cheekbones and cute little chin, or how her porcelain skin is- it doesn't matter because I DO NOT AND WILL NEVER LIKE HER!' He desperately tried to believe his own thoughts.

While lost thought, the fairy boy picked up the petite girl up in his strong arms. He almost laughed when he realized how tough and stubborn the small, thin almost frail looking girl in his arms could be. Just like the house staying together, he will never learn why the oddity makes sense and somehow works to his liking.

The boy flew back into his own room, if you could call it that. Forest or Woods seem more fitting. He pulled out a small flute and played a series of short high notes. Instantly, a group of pixies showed up to their king.

"My loyal subjects", he pronounced, "I need you to ready the ropes, ladder, and the tub. Can you do that? If you need help, the chimpanzees are over by the mossy knoll. You got that, minions?"

The pixies buzzed and were off to meet their master's demands, while he sprinkled his captive with temporary sleeping powder.


The only girl still left in the bedroom at this point awoke to the smell of her beloved Granny Relda's cooking. The nine year old slowly got out of bed and rubbed her tired eyes. She looked around hoping to find her sister or her best friend/adopted sister. Neither of them was there. The girl figured they had gone downstairs already. With that thought in mind, she skipped off to the kitchen.

When she got to the table to start eating she noticed someone was missing. Actually, a few were.

"Granny,"

"Yes, liebling?"

"Where are Sabrina and Puck?"

"Why, I don't know. I suppose Puck is still sleeping and Sabrina is most likely talking to Mirror." Relda said to her grandchild.

Without a second thought, the girl went back to her green waffles with fizzling pink syrup.

"Daphne?"

"Yeah?" she turned up from her breakfast to look at her best friend.

"Are you nervous about starting fourth grade tomorrow?"

"Of course not Red. Why? Are you? There's no reason to be worried, we're gonna be in the same class so you'll know me at least! Don't be scared Red it'll be so punktastic!"

"Punktastic," Granny Relda laughed. "Is that your new word?"

"Yuppers!" Daphne replied smiling brightly.

Relda turned back to Jake and Canis to continue their conversation about how much school will cut into the girls training time. Jake was trying to convince Relda and Canis that going to school will give the girls and Puck a chance to hear rumors that may prove invaluable. The group's discussion was stopped by Red's question.

"Daphne, What if people think I'm weird because my name's Red."

"It's okay. We can come up with a cover like we did for Puck." Daphne reassured her friend.

"Okay." Red sighed.

With no further questions to be asked, both girls returned, happily to their food.


Puck had tied Sabrina's legs and arms up. He had her suspended fifteen feet in the air over his greatest concoction yet. It consisted of chili, mud, rotten eggs, bacon jelly (one of the Old Lady's specialties) and mashed up chicken liver.

'This prank will be awesome!' he thought, 'No. It will be priceless!'

He flashed that mischievous, malicious grin of his. Now all he had to do was wait for Grimm to wake up.

Once again, Puck took out his flute. This time he played low notes, signaling his chimpanzee army to come.

"Commander," he said addressing the chief chimp, "tell your men to start screeching and banging on anything metal or noisy to wake the girl up. Once she has stop. And don't do anything else until I tell you to. Got it?"

Commander nodded and clapped.

"Good."


About thirty minutes had passed since Red had asked for a new name, but no one could come up with one that fit. After some serious thought, Jake finally thought of one.

"Oh, I got one! What do you think of Scarlet? Scarlet Grimm. It's a good solid name."

"I don't know. It sorta sounds like a cheap gothic nail polish color." Red said shyly.

"What about Ruby?" Daphne suggested.

"It feels too perky." Red answered shaking her head.

"How about Rose or Rosemary?" Granny questioned.

"That's not it either." Red sighed. 'This is pointless.'

Suddenly Mr. Canis spoke.

"Her name should be Claret. You could spell it

C-L-A-R-E-T-T-E so it looks more like a name."

"Clarette," Red echoed. "That's it. That's the one! It's perfect! Thank you Mr. Canis!" Red ran to hug Canis. Surprisingly he didn't fight the hug.

"Oh, thank you!" The girl squealed with delight.

The room was filled with smiles. Everyone knew that Canis would be the one to come up with the proper one. He and Red just had some kind of special connection. It was probably because they're from the same fairytale and have a history together. In some ways, he seemed like the father Red needed.

Red was so happy. For once, she felt somewhat normal. She felt like she belonged. She thought about her new name, Clarette. And smiled. She was sporting the biggest and brightest grin ever.


Sabrina grimaced. She had no idea what was going on, or how she got in the position, she was in. However, she did no who was the cause.

"PUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!" she yelled furiously.

When she got her hands on that stupid, pus-faced fairy boy, he'll wish he never crossed her.

"You rang?" the fairy asked smoothly as he stepped out of the shadows. Sabrina frowned.

"Are you cozy Grimm?" Puck smirked. "So glad you could hang out with me this morning."

Sabrina whined. "Oh please stop with the puns! They're torture! Speaking of torture…Get me down from here!"

Puck faked a hurt look and voice. "Fine. If you won't let me try out my new comedy routine on you I guess we'll cut to the chase." He called to all of his minions, "Okay, everyone the moment we've all been waiting for! Lower Grimm!" They obeyed.

Sabrina was slowly lowered into a vat of pure nastiness. She prayed frantically for her guardian angel to come if she had one. Apparently, she didn't and took matters into her own hands like usual.

She looked around for a possible way out of this. Then she noticed her golden ticket. Puck was flying, back turned to her just a few inches away. "Perfect." she whispered as a victorious smile crept onto her face.

She swung her tightly bound legs back and forth back and forth until…'YES! I'm close enough to kick him so he loses balance in flight and plummets into the tub!'

And she did just that.

When Puck fell into his own creation, Sabrina couldn't help but laugh. The look on his face was priceless! 'I can't wait to tell Nikki about this at school tomor-'

"Oh, crap."

Puck resurfaced. He was fuming. His face was completely red and steam was literally coming out his ears.

"This cannot be good." Sabrina scrunched up, preparing for what he'll do next.

"Commander, CUT THE ROPE!"

The chimp followed orders. And so, Sabrina fell.

You know how in movies when someone falls to their doom everything slows down and they just keep falling for what seems like an eternity until their white knight comes to save them? This was not the case for Sabrina Grimm. She may live in a world of Fairytales, but her life most definitely was not one.

Quicker than she could yell at Puck, Sabrina's body became submerged in the foul mixture. She blindly searched through the slop for one of Puck's legs, hoping to pull him back down and drown him….Only for a little…

Daphne, Granny Relda, Red, Uncle Jake, and Mr. Canis would not be pleased if she did drown him completely. Her mom and little brother, Basil wouldn't like to know she had killed someone. Even though they lived in New York to help with the kingdom of Faerie, the news would travel. Sabrina's father on the other hand didn't care for Puck. He felt the boy was a little too protective of his daughter. Then again, he wouldn't be proud of his daughter if she became a murderer.

'So much for that.' She thought.

She couldn't find his legs anyway. The slop was too thick. She gave up and resurfaced. Unfortunately, Puck was waiting for her, armed with a bucket of 'water' balloons and sporting his signature mischievous grin.

Puck was not the only one with weapon in hand. All of his minions were ready for battle with stink bombs, glop grenades, and 'water' guns.

Sabrina was terrified. To make matters worse, Puck saw her fear. It made him feel more powerful, more in control. He smirked. Sabrina started to panic and he took that as the perfect cue.

"FIRE!" He commanded. Thus, the torment began.

Sabrina was pelted by Puck's stupid army with Puck's stupid creations! Worst of all, stupid Puck was just floating above her cackling. Making her feel stupid.

'Why does he have to be such a jerkazoid? (To use Daphne's term.) Why must he always embarrass me? Why do I always have to look like an idiot in front of HIM? Dear God why? And why do I even care?' These questions became mighty flood in Sabrina's mind.

She turned her head down. She really wanted to cry, but can't. "I am Sabrina Grimm." She reminded herself softly, "I do not cry." Crying was a sign of weakness. She was not weak! She gathered herself and picked her head up ready to give Puck a piece of her mind, read to scream her head off. She looked at him staring daggers into his eyes. She opened her mouth; nothing came out, save a feeble "Oh, no."

Hovering a foot above her was Puck with the largest 'water' balloon Ferryport Landing had ever seen. The Trickster King nodded his head, "Oh yes."

The girl watched dumbfounded as the balloon fell towards her. Then with a thud and a pop, it hit her square in the face. The balloon had such great force; it caused Sabrina to submerge back into the slop. She stared to become dizzy. Everything felt like it was slowing. She was running out of air. Her head felt nauseated. She couldn't think straight. She couldn't tell which way was up or down, left or right, and…everything faded to black.


"Oh, Red-wait do you want me to call you Clarette?" Daphne spat out.

"Clarette is only for school and non-Everafter or Everafter-aware people." Red replied softly.

"Okee-Dokee." Daphne continued, "Anyway, I was thinking, we should totally decorate our notebooks and folders for school to match! Wouldn't that be awesome? Oh, and guess what! I heard our teacher is an Everafter! Maybe it's Merlin! Or Alice! Or possibly Wendy! Ooooh, maybe it's-"

"Hey girls!" interrupted Uncle Jake, "How would you two like to come with me to visit Bri-Er I mean the coffee shop? I'll get you girls some treats… he paused. "So what'dya say?"

"Okay! Sounds fun, right Red?" Daphne jumped up and followed Jake out of the house with Red at her side.


Sabrina was unconscious. To her, everything was consumed by darkness. She couldn't see a thing, yet se she heard something. Rather, someone, calling for her.

"Grimm wake up! This isn't funny! Seriously, Wake The Hell Up!"

'Puck has such a great way with words.'

Please, Grimm! Please wake up!" He begged desperately.

'Did Puck really say please?'

"Sabrina, come on stay with me here. Wake up! Please, stay with me Sabrina. Oh God Sabrina wake up!" He sounded as if he were on the verge of tears. He was pleading, something he didn't do often.

'He didn't say my name. He did not call me Sabrina. He never calls me Sabrina. So it couldn't have been him. But it was.'

A small tingle ran through Sabrina's body when she realized this. The numbness was gone now. She still wasn't exactly what Puck would call 'awake' though.

"Here you go girls, enjoy." Said the distant Uncle Jake to the two little girls sitting at table 3, eagerly awaiting their chocolate-glazed donuts. Jake handed the girls their sweets but his eyes remained on the beautiful girl behind the counter.

Jake walked towards the beauty - sleeping beauty that is - while the young girls ate their treats and chatted about everything and nothing.

"Hello, Briar" Jake said smoothly. "How are you?"

"Oh, I'm fine, Mr. Grimm thanks."

"Please call me Jake." Buzzflower and Mallowbarb shot Jake disapproving looks. He couldn't care less.

"Okay, Jake. Can I interest you in a cup of coffee? We have a new Arabian blend." She continued in a whisper. "Aladdin shipped it over just two days ago. His jinni just zapped a whole crate into the shop. Those two are so nice sometimes."

"That sounds very intriguing," he said with a small nod leaning over the counter. "but I like to stick to one flavor and just find new ways to spice it up. I find it more decent and respectable that way." he whispered in Briar's ear. He drew his face a few inches back. His gleaming eyes stared deeply into hers. It was clear he wasn't talking about coffee.

"Yes, much more respectable and much more desirable too." She replied. Jake took her hands in his. The couple wished to stay there staring into each other's eyes with knowing joyful smiles. Too bad not everyone wished that.

"Briar, there are many customers waiting to order!" Mallowbarb scolded while shooting the couple the Evil Eye.

"Very well then." Briar started to walk away from the tall ruggedly handsome man. Just before she left to attend to the others, she gave him a small peck on the cheek and whispered "Call me. Okay?"

Jake just stood there. Speechless. Paralyzed even. The girl of his dreams was giving him a shot. Despite what her fairy guardians thought! 'Even though neither she nor I care what they think it wouldn't be right to go against them. I got to think of a way to impress them to be with her.' He instantly got off from cloud nine. He was determined now.

Jake strolled back over to his nieces.

"Uncle Jake, why do you look like you've been hit over the head?"

"No reason girls. So are you all set to go back to the house?"


"Sabrina, don't die on me! Please!" Puck sighed, "There's no other choice Grimm."

He pushed down on the girl's ribs trying to get all the liquid substance out. Then he leaned down and put his lips against hers.

Sabrina felt their lips meet. It sent another tingle to course through her. She tried to break away, but couldn't move. Oh, well.

Puck blew air into Sabrina's lungs. She could breathe again. Within seconds all, her senses came rushing back.

Puck was still leaning over her with his emerald green eyes staring intensely at her. Right now, he didn't ok like his normal self. You could see the fear, the worry, and the panic in his eyes. You could see the seriousness of the moment.

He saw Sabrina was all right. He smiled and his rapidly beating heart calmed down.

"Good, you're alive. I thought you went and killed yourself." He thought for a second. "Again." He added. He tried to sound like he didn't care. He's not the best actor…

"Thanks for saving me, Puck." 'Honestly,' Sabrina thought, 'If he didn't who would have.'

Puck was annoyed. "I am not hero Grimm! How many God damned times do I have to tell you that! I am a villain of the very worst kind!" He yelled matter-of-factly with hands on hips and chest puffed out.

"So you tell me." She added after a second of silence, "You always seem to be my hero."

He did not like that. He became very indignant.

"Well, you're always getting yourself in trouble or almost killing yourself! If I didn't save you, the Old Lady would kick me out! That means NO FREE MEALS! I happen to like free meals!" He ranted.

Sabrina glared at him. Now she was irked.

"Just come off it Puck! Admit you like it here. It's already been about two years! Admit you like having a real family! And for God's sake admit, whether you like it or not you'll always be there for me!"

That was not what she meant to say. Judging by Puck's face, it wasn't the right thing to say either.

"I will never tell such a lie!" Puck said in his best I'm bigger and better than you tone.

Sabrina decided to challenge him.

'Oh, really?"

"Yes, Grimm Really!"

"Fine, fine," She said with a flick of her head as she turned to leave his room, "have it your way."

Sabrina left Puck's room and ran into her own to find clean clothes. A sugar high Daphne saw her.

"Jeez, Brina what happened to you?" She breathed in and almost gagged. "Eeew! You're rank!"

Sabrina looked at her little sister with a defeated expression.

"Puck happened."

Daphne understood.

"Well, tomorrow's a new day." She said trying to be helpful.

Sabrina shook her head.

"That's what I'm worried about."

Teehee It's sorta clify. Anyway i plan on making this epic but I'm sort of lazy so if I don't get reviews I won't update. And reviews also make me smile! Don't you wanna see me smile? =D