Chapter 2: Something New

Disclaimer: I own nothing, not Puck, Sabrina, the other Grimms, or anything else except for this plot.

Warning- There will be fluff eventually, but not until much later, so please be patient.


As Sabrina sat in the worn train compartment, she watched the familiar scenery catapult by the smudged window. The train bumped, jerked, and jostled along. There was an overwhelming smell of sweat, crushed peanuts, dust, and stale coffee. Food wrappers and torn bits of newspaper covered the floor. The air was filled with the sound of the old engine and the screeching of rusty wheels on their track.

Sabrina remembered the last time she'd taken this train. That time she was coming home to a family she'd never known was hers. Now she left to the shell that she knew wasn't really home anymore.

She thought about what she left behind now, everything she loved, or didn't. But she needed to get away, at least for a little while, until things settled down. It would be nice to be among normal humans for once. Of course, humans had moved into the town since the end of the war. Many of the Everafters had moved out, too.

Soon the conductor wandered into her otherwise empty compartment. He was and old man whose appearance matched that of his ancient train. His uniform was faded and had been obviously repaired many times over the years. The man's face was wrinkled and saggy, as if it held the weight of his life's every memory. The eyes that peered out from under his wispy grey hair were pale and almost hidden under skin. It almost seemed to Sabrina as if he must have been constructed with the ancient whining engine. "Tickets please," he called out to no one in particular.

As she handed him the slip of paper, Sabrina had to remind herself that this was not the Polar Express, nor was this the conductor who brought children to the North Pole. You need to stop looking for Everafters where they really aren't, she chided herself.

"Going to the Big Apple, I see. I hear it's very dangerous lately, lots of 'criminal activity'. The Mafia! You'd better be careful, Miss Grimm!" His voice was deep with a faint accent she couldn't decipher, it was all like a dream she could almost remember.

How did he know my name? She thought, but when she looked up, the conductor was gone.


It seemed only a matter of minutes before the train pulled into the NYC station. She collected her luggage and maneuvered through the cramped dirty train to the platform. Sabrina set down her suitcase while she surveyed the crowd.

A familiar voice called out over the crowds, "Brina!" Sabrina turned to see Elie hurtle into her.

Elie was the same age a Sabrina, but was extremely small. She sported long black curls and emerald green eyes. Her face was beautiful and exotic, but still held the innocence of a baby.

Elie was her one and only friend from FerryPort Landing High. She wasn't an Everafter, and didn't even know about them. But maybe, Sabrina thought, that's was I like about her so much. That she's normal. Elie had been sent to live with her Grandparents five years ago as a last resort. Her parents were wealthy but didn't have time to raise Elie. She responded by "acting out" as her parents put it. However, when she came to FerryPort Landing and met Sabrina, everything changed. Now the old friends were meeting up again. Sabrina for her training and Elie, well, she'd settled down in NYC.

Sabrina emitted a muffled, "Oomph!"

"Ohhh… Look at you! You look so beautiful! I'm so excited to see you! We have so much planned. We're going to see Broadway, and you can come to my new shop, and then we can go shopping… Ok so the other day I saw this dress…"

Sabrina loved Elie, but she was always talking, and constantly moving. Also Elie was a girly girl. She loved everything Sabrina didn't, shopping, opera, and pink! But maybe that's why the girls were so attracted to each other. They were opposites. Sabrina enjoyed fighting, reading, planning, dancing in the rain, and things that were a challenge. But Elie would take up and give up a hobby at the slightest whim, she was spontaneous, and when things got unpleasant, well it was best to avoid it.

Elie blathered on, "… anyways, I told her she was wrong, but the silly thing didn't even listen to me! Can you believe it? But the movie she chose was horrendous! There were monsters and dramatic music and absolutely no romance at all. Horrible!…Sabrina are you even listening to me? Are you OK?" Elie was concerned.

Sabrina winced, "yeah, sorry. It was a long ride and I have a little bit of a headache. And, well, right before I left Puck and I had a fight. It was pretty bad."

"It's gonna be OK 'brina. I love you and you should forget Puck. He's just a little Poobah!"

It was times like this where Elie really made her smile. She could tell when something was wrong with Sabrina and knew how to fix it. But this was going to be a long six months.