(A/N—Thank you guys for your reviews. ^-^ I was going to make the 'visitor' an OC character, but since you all seemed to like Peter so much...=D
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Sabrina's sleep wasn't uneventful, nor was it nightmare-filled and ruined by tossing and turning. It merely didn't exist. Though she had been far past the point of tired when Puck left, something in her brain wouldn't allow her to fully relax. It had been so long since she relaxed that doing so came hard to her, she had to concentrate on it.
She had gotten up early, still a bit confused as to why Puck's room was so normal, and headed out into the hallway, only to be bulldozed down by a boy only a little larger than her.
"Haha, watch where you-...Are you Sabrina?" He asked, pulling her to her feet quickly. She immediately pulled her arm away, trying not to look too wide-eyed.
"I am," She murmured, nodding. "You should watch where you're going...I don't want you running over my little sister."
"Little sister," He scoffed, shaking his head. "She's not as easy to run over as you are. Tough one, she is."
"I'm tough," She said defensively, crossing her arms.
"Tough? Alright, sure you are, blondie. You have fun entertaining those thoughts." He chuckled, kissing her cheek without a thought in a very peter-like way, and was immediately grabbed by the shoulder, and pulled back.
"Back off, Pan," Puck snapped, putting himself between the two.
"What's wrong, stinkpot, jealous?" Peter asked, snickering.
"That's -my- name for him," Sabrina muttered, but it was mostly just to herself. She'd get Peter back for it later.
"You wish, puke breath," Puck retorted. "Sabrina isn't to be messed with. Canis and Jake would rip you apart, if I didn't do it first."
"Gee, blondie, I knew you couldn't defend yourself, but having Puck do it? Is that really the greatest idea?"
Sabrina moved around Puck quickly, pushing Peter back. "Oh, I'll show you just how well I can defend myself," She threatened, eyes narrowed. Puck couldn't help but be glad at this display, for more than one reason.
For one thing, she was acting more normal; maybe it hadn't been -too- bad where she was, and she'd just been exhausted.
And another? She seemed to hate his enemy. How could he not be happy about that?"
Peter pushed Sabrina back, and Peter immediately stepped in, pulling on Sabrina's arm. "C'mon, Grimm, now isn't the time for fighting. Your family will want to see you."
She nodded, sending Peter another glare, which he just returned with a cheeky grin.
"Watch your back, Sabrina," He said, then disappeared off down the hall. Sabrina and Puck just stood there for a moment, frowning, until she finally spoke.
"So...That's Peter Pan?" She asked.
Puck nodded, clearly not happy. "Yeah, the little jerk has been here for almost three months, and he thinks he owns the place. This is -my- territory."
Sabrina nodded, trying not to laugh. Sure, Puck had grown up a bit, but he was still the same territorial, egotistical boy he had been before.
"Well, Prankster King, let's go downstairs," She muttered, and he nodded, walking with her. As soon as she entered the kitchen, Daphne tackled her into a hug, and she laughed, hugging her sister back.
"I missed you, Daph," She said, and Daphne yanked her by the hand to sit at the table next to her. Puck sat across from her, watching the two for a moment, before he went to scarfing down the food that Relda had made. Daphne did the same, and Sabrina silently wondered if Relda had put some sort of growth steroids in the food, before going back to forking her own food around on the plate. She would go out and find some normal food later on.
As Mr. Canis and Uncle Jake came to the table, all eyes turned to her, and she froze, glancing up at them nervously. "What?" She asked.
"Well...Are you going to tell us where you were? And what happened there? Who had you? What did they do?" Jake asked her, and she glanced down, trying to think of the best way to answer those questions.
"I was in Maine...And they were two shapeshifters, or something, I'm not even completely sure..." She didn't answer the questions about what had happened, but from the look on the faces of Puck, Jake, and Canis, they'd get it out of her eventually. Or at least, they'd try.
"Sabrina, tell us what happened," Jake said, frowning.
"Let her be for awhile," Relda said, giving him a scolding glance, before hugging Sabrina. "I'm so happy you are back, liebling. I've missed you, and I was worried sick."
"And you've got school," Daphne said, obviously excited about that. "We go back tomorrow, but for today we're training."
"Training?" Sabrina asked, groaning. She glanced at Puck, but he just shook his head, again looking unhappy about the situation.
"Not me. You're training with Pan," He muttered.
"What? Why?" She asked, looking around at them for explanations.
"Puck's been busy trying to find you, so they decided to let me continue training with Peter," Daphne told her sister.
"Why can't I just have a day off?" Sabrina asked, blinking.
"Because," Canis said firmly, "The Scarlet Hand has been trying to get at us in many ways since you've been gone, and I doubt you've been doing very much training while being chained up like a dog." He was using a figure of speech, but she winced anyway, glancing down, but didn't give them a chance to comment.
"So when do we start?" She asked.
"Now," Peter said, and came out of nowhere, flying straight for them. Daphne giggled like a maniac, and ran out the door, while Sabrina immediately ducked under the table. He came after her, and she just skittered out the other side, taking off after Daphne.
Puck frowned, having a rather bad feeling about this today, and flew off after them. He stayed out of sight, deciding against interfering; he was just there to make sure Pan didn't do anything stupid.
Sabrina caught up to Daphne quickly, and the two darted into the forest. It was cold out, but neither seemed to mind too much. They were busy thinking of other things. Sabrina stopped, pulling Daphne to a stop with her when she saw a large bush that looked easy enough to hide in.
"You get in there, I'll go in the tree," She said, and hopped up into it, climbing until she was in the higher part of the tree, where the leaves were thick. Daphne hurriedly hid herself in the bush, and the two fell silent.
It was a good five minutes before Peter passed them...He had probably been doing something like filling up glop balloons or something equally as disgusting. However, as soon as he passed, Daphne darted out of the bush, creating quite a bit of rustling.
"Daphne, not yet!" Sabrina exclaimed, and began climbing quickly, even as Daphne darted out of sight. Peter had begun to go after her, but when Sabrina climbed down, he found a much easier target, and a closer one. Almost immediately, he had grabbed ahold of one wrist, lifting her into the air.
She screamed, struggling immediately, trying to free her wrist from his grip. "I swear, if you don't let go of me-"
"You'll what, Grimm?" He asked, laughing, and flew higher, up above a pond. She reached up, barely high enough to grab ahold of his hair, and yanked it. The action caused him to fly off to the side slightly, and when she yanked again, he let go of her.
She held back her scream of fright as she felt the wind whooshing around her. She landed hard on her back, though luckily they weren't too far up, and she immediately felt a weight pressing down on her, finding her hands pinned above her head as Peter pinned her down.
"I win, Sabrina," He said with a smirk, ignoring her struggles. "What do I get for my efforts?"
"I'm thinking a fist in the face," Sabrina snapped, still struggling. "Peter, get off me, please." She sounded out of breath, and more frightened than angry, which was definitely odd for her in a situation like this.
"Aw, darn. I thought something more along the lines of a kiss," He said, and leaned down to show her what he meant. Her eyes widened, but before he could even get his lips close to hers, something hit him like a train, pinning him with his face in the ground.
"Stay the hell off of her, jackass," He muttered, and stood up, quickly pulling Sabrina to her feet. "Sheesh, Grimm, you just got back and I'm already having to get you out of trouble," he said, but put his arm around her shoulders, leading her back toward the house.
As soon as they got inside, Mr. Canis got to his feet, growling at Puck.
"Listen, fairy, you don't interfere with their training," He said. "How are they supposed to learn if you're hand-holding her through it?"
"Maybe you should tell the green tights boy wonder to keep his lips to himself," Puck snapped back. "She -just- got back, can't she just get a damn break?"
He pulled Sabrina up the stairs with him, and they all just looked around at each other.
"I...We should probably have a talk with both Puck and Sabrina," Relda said, sighing. "I think her mind is a bit preoccupied to notice that he's grown..."
Daphne nodded, then giggled lightly. "Puck was jealous."
Jake laughed, and ruffled her hair. "I'm sure you'll see a lot more of that, cupcake. You'll see that some of us men do very stupid things when jealousy is sparked."
"I think it's cute," She replied, beaming, then got up, rummaging around for food.
The adults just glanced at one another, and separated to do their own thing.
*
Upstairs, Sabrina was sitting in Puck's room again, with him next to her. They both stayed silent, neither one of them really wanting to speak, but Puck did anyway.
"Sabrina...What happened to you while you were gone?" He asked. "Before, you would've pounded Peter's face in just for picking you up like that. He tried to kiss you, and you didn't do anything, you left -me- to defend you."
"You didn't really give me a chance to let realization hit," She muttered defensively, shaking her head. "And what were you doing out there, anyway? We were supposed to be training."
"Well, I have to practice keeping you out of trouble, now, don't I?" He asked, then quickly sighed. "I'm serious, though, Sabrina. I want you to tell me what happened."
"Well maybe I don't want to," She said, standing up. "Did it ever occur to anybody that maybe I just don't -want- to tell anybody? It's not like it matters anyway, so just leave me alone."
He was on his feet, hands holding her arms before she could go anywhere. "I don't think so, Grimm. You aren't getting out of it so easily this time. How does it -not- matter? We all care about you, you have to know that."
"You don't," She murmured, looking down.
"Me? Sabrina...How could you think that?" He asked, and opened his mouth to say more, before they were interrupted by Mr. Canis at the door.
"Sabrina, come downstairs, please," he said. "Since you won't tell us what happened, we've got a different way of finding out."
"What?! No!" She exclaimed, wrapping her arms around Puck's waist as Mr. Canis moved toward them.
"Canis, what are you doing?" Puck asked, holding onto her tightly. "You can't -force- her to tell you."
"She isn't going to tell us," He said. "She's going to show us. It's yet another magic mirror that Relda's found, one that shows memories."
"I don't want to!" Sabrina stated, still holding onto Puck.
Jake came in a moment later, frowning. "What's wrong, why isn't she coming?" He asked.
"I don't know," Canis sighed, but grabbed one of her arms, glancing at him.
With a nod, Jake pulled Puck back, as Canis pulled Sabrina, separating the two.
"Stop it! She doesn't want to do it!" Puck snapped, struggling against Jake's grip. Mr. Canis pulled Sabrina down the stairs, ignoring her angry struggling.
He finally got free of Jake's grasp, and darted downstairs, only to have Peter block him as Canis forced Sabrina to sit.
"Just wait, Puck," He muttered. Puck frowned, but nodded slightly, watching.
As soon as the mirror was placed in front of her, she went rigid, and a bright light flashed into the mirror. As the series of events began to speed through in front of them, several gasps were heard, but the most horrified was Daphne's.
Mr. Canis' eyes narrowed slightly, and Relda moved to his side, putting her hand on his arm. "Take Daphne out of the room," She said, and he nodded, quickly obeying. He didn't want the little girl to see it, but him seeing it was quite dangerous. It pissed him off.
Daphne protested, but let herself be pulled along.
The images in the mirror, having gone by so fast, only lasted about fifteen minutes, and Jake had to try hard to hold Puck back.
"Take it away from her!" He snapped, and finally, Relda did so, looking paler than normal. Sabrina simply slouched back, shaking visibly with tears streaming down her face. Jake finally let Puck go, at Relda's nod, and he was at her side immediately, his arm around her shoulders.
She just pushed him away, still shaking. "D-don't touch me," She said, standing up. She swayed for a moment, but quickly moved away when he reached for her again.
"I didn't want my sister to see that," She said quietly, looking to Relda. "I didn't want any of you to see that, but you just couldn't let it be my choice, could you? You couldn't just give me a little bit of time..."
"Sabrina-" Relda started, but her granddaughter just took off up the stairs, heading back into Puck's room. She closed the door, and locked it, simply slumping against it.
Downstairs, they all looked at each other, worried looks on their faces. Perhaps it would have been better to let her tell them in her own time...