"What?!" Sabrina cried, shooting out of the bed, "Why?!"

The last time the Grimm family had seen Baba Yaga, the cannibal witch had threatened to eat them.

Puck shrugged, "How am I supposed to know? But you think she'll bring that book, the one with the human skin with her? That was so cool."

Sabrina glared at the fairy, "You're impossible." She said, shoving past him.

"What? And you're not?"

"He's got a point." Daphne said, earning a glare from Sabrina.

Sabrina turned and raced to the window, searching for the hut on chicken legs. It didn't take her long to find it. The hut towered over the trees, the long chicken legs carrying it towards the Grimm house. But there was something different about it. Sabrina squinted at the hut and saw that the roof was burnt on one side and there was a giant hole on the other side and the long chicken legs were covered with blisters.

Sabrina frowned; whatever happened to her hut Baba Yaga was sure to find a way to blame the Grimms for it. She turned and ran out the room and down the stairs, the others hot on her heels. When she got into the living room she was met with a surprise.

Granny Relda was setting a tea pot and cups on the table, as if preparing to have a tea party instead of being attacked by an angry cannibal witch. There were even cookies!

"Do witches even eat cookies?" Little Red Riding Hood asked as she set the plate of steaming chocolate chip cookies on the table.

"Not unless they have chunks of human flesh in them." Puck said, popping a cookie into his mouth.

Red's eyes widened and she looked at the door fearfully, "Really?"

"No," Daphne said, glaring at Puck, who continued to eat the cookies, "He's just joking."

"What are you doing?" Sabrina asked, "If you haven't noticed the witch who said she was going to eat us all is coming here right now!"

"Liebling," Granny said, "Baba Yaga isn't coming to eat us. She's coming to return something to me."

"What does Baba Yaga have that we need?" Daphne asked.

"A long time ago a very powerful item came into the Grimm's possession," Granny Relda said, "after realizing how powerful it was, your ancestor decided to put it in the safest place possible; Baba Yaga's house."

"Why didn't they just put in the Hall of Wonders like the rest of the magical items?" Sabrina asked, trying in vain to get the plate of cookies away from Puck.

"Because, 'Brina," Uncle Jake said as he walked into the room, "if we did stick it in the Hall of Wonders then what would happen if the Scarlet Hand got their hands on Mirror? We'd all be toast. So, we needed a plan B and put in the protection of the Hag of the Hills."

"Are you saying that whatever the thing is that Baba Yaga is giving back to us is more powerful than all the other stuff in the Hall of Wonders?" Sabrina asked, catching Puck off guard and yanking the plate of cookies away from him. The fairy boy stuck his tongue out at her.

"Yep." Uncle Jake said.

"Then why don't we use it against the Scarlet Hand?" Sabrina asked.

Uncle Jake and Granny Relda exchanged looks, "Because," Uncle Jake said slowly, "it has a side-effect."

"What side-effect?" Sabrina asked.

"It probably makes people as ugly as you." Puck said, grinning mischievously at Sabrina's glare.

"Nothing you need to know, seeing as you children will never use it or even come close to it." Granny Relda said, eyeing the kids sternly, "Right?"

The children nodded their heads.

"One question," Daphne said, petting Elvis on the head, "If it was so safe at Baba Yaga's house than why is she giving it back?"

Sabrina looked at Granny Relda that was something she was wondering too.

"Because very recently," Granny said, "Baba Yaga was attacked by the Scarlet Hand and we both decided that it would be better for her to give us the magical item."

Sabrina remembered the burnt roof of Baba Yaga's house and the burns running up the long chicken legs.

"Now," Uncle Jake said, grabbing Elvis by the collar, "I'm going to give Elvis a long bath or at least until the Hag leaves." He said, nervously glancing at the doorway. Baba Yaga had promised him that the next time she saw him she was going to eat him.

At the word 'bath' Elvis let out a whimper and desperately tried to free himself as Uncle Jake dragged the dog upstairs.

"Puck," Granny Relda sighed, staring at the half eaten plate of cookies, "now I'll have to make more."

Puck grinned as she walked into the kitchen and patted his belly, "You'd better make a lot! I'm starving!"

Red gulped, "Is the witch nice?"

"Oh, no!" Puck said spinning around to face the little girl, "She's very mean and eats people! Especially people who wear red!"

Little Red Riding Hood let out a gasp.

"No she doesn't," Daphne said, trying to reassure the little girl, "don't listen to him. He's just teasing."

But Red was too freaked out and couldn't do anything but listen to Puck.

"The witch will sneak into your room at the dead of night," Puck said," and she'll suck your brains out and then you'll be her zombie slave for the rest of your life!"

Red let out a frightened whimper, stepped back and ran into something a lot bonier, and scarier, than the door.

Baba Yaga leaned over until she was staring at Red upside down, the witch's dry, gray hair sticking out everywhere, her eyes wide and wild.

The witch opened her mouth, revealing rows of sharp, crooked teeth and said, "Boo!"

Red screamed, ran away from Baba Yaga and hid behind Puck.

"Puck," Sabrina said, "look at what you did!"

Puck laughed, trying to detach Red from his leg, "C'mon, Grimm! I didn't think she'd actually believe me!" He paused when she glared at him, "Okay so maybe I knew she'd believe me but. . ."

"But? But! She's not going to be able to go to sleep now! Thanks to you! You shouldn't do that to people!" Sabrina said.

Puck's face turned sour, "Don't tell me what I should and shouldn't do, Grimm!" he snapped, as he finally got Red to let go of him. The little girl raced into the kitchen.

"Well, don't tell me what I should tell you what you should and shouldn't do!" Sabrina snapped back.

A confused look crossed Puck's face, "What? That made no sense!"

"Yes it did!" Sabrina said, even though she knew it didn't but she would never admit it to him, "Your puny mind just couldn't comprehend it!"

Puck's face turned bright red, "PUNY MIND?! You wish you were as smart as me!"

"You shouldn't treat Red like that!" Sabrina said to the fairy.

Puck snorted, "Like you've got any room to talk! At least I'm only joking instead of sending her dirty looks!"

Sabrina paused, "What? I don't send her dirty looks!"

"Yes you do. You glare at her all the time like she's some kind of disease!" Puck said.

Sabrina opened her mouth to say something when a noise made her look over at the table. Baba Yaga sat in a chair, feet propped up on the table, popping cookies in her mouth as she watched the fight, "Oh, don't mind me," she said, cackling, "My TV's broken and I could use some drama."

Sabrina glared at the hag, grabbed Puck's hand and dragged him outside, slamming the door behind her.

"Don't touch me." Puck said, jerking his arm out of her grip, "I'm royalty!"

"Not any more!" Sabrina snapped, shaking from anger, "last time I checked you were kicked out!"

Puck stepped back like he'd been slapped and then his green eyes snapped with anger, "The reason I was kicked out was because I wouldn't marry Moth 'cause she was a jerk, dumb and clingy but at least I could look at her without feeling nauseous!"

Did he just say Moth was better than she was?!

Sabrina felt her hands ball into fists as rage filled her, making her feel like she was going to explode.

. . .

The Bounty Hunter took a step back and eyed the house in front of him.

"Oh my gosh," he said, looking at the Grimm house, "it's a freakin full sized doll house!"

The black dog sitting beside him barked in agreement.

The sounds of people arguing reached them and the Bounty Hunter raised an eyebrow and looked at his companion, "And it sounds like Kim and Barbie are having relationship problems."

The dog looked at him and yawned.

The Bounty Hunter turned back to the Grimm house, grinned and turned to the dog, acting like he was teaching a class, "Now, Spike, the most important thing to do is make sure you have fun doing your job."

And the Bounty Hunter was positive he was going to have fun getting the item the Master wanted. Of course he could just run inside, kill anyone who stood in his way, grab the item and get the reward.

But where would be the fun in that?

He already had this perfect plan in his head and after looking at the paper describing the Grimms, he chose the perfect person to play his little game.

"And as you already know," The Bounty Hunter said, opening a bag that was tied to his waist and pulling out a handful of small, fiery red balls, "it's not fun until something blows up."

And with that he turned around and threw three balls at the house. As soon as the tiny balls hit the house they exploded with an ear shattering BOOM and flames started to climb up the side of the house.

The Bounty Hunter sighed peacefully, "Don't you just love that sound?" he said the Spike, "it's music to my ears." He then threw the rest of the handful at the house, swinging his arms out as if conducting music as another BOOM shook the ground and smoke filled the air.

"And by now they should be panicking," The Bounty Hunter said, pulling out a club just perfect for bonking people on the head, "so it's time to get to work." He said, disappearing into the smoke.

. . .

"I'm going to knock you teeth out you little. . ."

BOOM!
The ground shook violently, tossing Sabrina and Puck to the ground, cutting off the girl's threat.

"What was that?!" Sabrina said and sniffed. She looked at Puck and saw her own fear and shock reflected in his eyes.

"Smoke!" They said together and raced into the house just as Granny Relda, Baba Yaga, Daphne and Red ran outside.

"Lieblings! " Granny Relda yelled, grabbing Sabrina and Puck, "hurry and get behind me! We're being attacked!"

Sabrina looked through the open door and saw flames greedily eating the inside of the house.

"What . . . what happened?" she asked, when a thought hit her. Uncle Jake, Elvis and Mirror were still inside the house! And so were her parents!

"MOM! DAD!" She screamed and raced into the house, ignoring Granny Relda's pleas for her to come back.

She raced up the stairs, trying not to touch the flames licking up the stairs beside her. There was a loud crack as the stair under her foot broke into ash. She lost her balance and started to fall back into the flames when something slammed into her.

She landed in the hallway with Puck on top of her.

"You're an idiot, Grimm!" Puck said, getting off of her, "Most people run away from houses on fire instead of running into them!"

"Uncle Jake, Elvis and my parents are still in here!" Sabrina said, running down the smoke filled hallway to the bathroom where Uncle Jake was desperately trying to pull a frightened Elvis out of the bathtub.

"Hurry Uncle Jake!" Sabrina yelled, coughing when she inhaled smoke.

"I can't!" Uncle Jake said, trying to shove the 300 pound Great Dane out of the bathtub, "He won't budge!"

Puck's head morphed into a dog's face and he barked at Elvis. The Great Dane let out a frightened bark and practically jumped into Uncle Jake's arms.

"What did you say to him?" Uncle Jake said, his face turning purple from the weight of the dog.

"I just told him that if he didn't get out now he was going to burn to a crisp and he'd never be able to eat another sausage again." Puck said ducking as a piece of the ceiling fell to the floor.

"Uncle Jake, hurry up and get out!" Sabrina said turning around and running to Mirror's room with Puck right behind her, "I'll be out as soon as I get my parents!"

She thought she heard Uncle Jake say something but she couldn't be sure as she grabbed the door handle and screamed as the metal burned her hand.

She jerked back and swung her hand around in the air, trying to ignore the stinging as Puck pulled his sweatshirt sleeve over his hand and opened the door.

Inside half of the room was on fire, luckily it wasn't close to her parents but it was getting there.

Mirror's face appeared in the surface of the mirror and he sighed in relief, "Boy am I glad to see you two! I though this was the end!"

Puck ran into the room and dragged Henry out of the bed, groaning under the weight, "Dang, Grimm!" He said, winking at Sabrina, "he almost weighs more than you!"

Sabrina glared at him as she pulled Mirror off the wall, "If the house wasn't burning down right now, I'd punch you."

The fairy grinned at her, his teeth white against his ash covered face, "That's why I said it now."

Sabrina smiled, her heart fluttering the way it does when Puck actually smiled at her, without the mischievous look behind it.

Puck set Henry on the ground and frowned, "How are we going to get both of them and Mirror out in time before the whole house burns down?"

Sabrina wiped her hand across her sweaty forehead, she hadn't thought of that. She looked down at Mirror and an idea hit her, "Drag them over here and we can put them inside the mirror!"

"There's plenty of room in here and I could use some guests, even if they are asleep." Mirror said, his face disappearing.

Sabrina helped Puck drag her parents over to the magic mirror and pushed them into the mirror, with Mirror on the other side to gently set them on the ground.

The kids picked the full length mirror up and raced out the room as pieces of flaming ceiling rained down on them and Sabrina found it harder to breath through all the smoke.

They burst out the front door and collapsed onto the ground, breathing hard.

Sabrina looked at Puck, streaks of black ash all over his face and started to laugh. Half because she was happy they got out alive and half because he looked funny.

"What?" he said grinning.

"You . . . you . . . look funny!" She said, between gasps of laughter, "And I know, I don't look too hot myself."

Puck's head cocked to the side and he stared at her, "Actually you look b . . ." suddenly he looked past her and his green eyes widened in shock, his mouth opening to say something but Sabrina didn't get a chance to hear it as something hard slammed into her head and everything went black.

. . .

Sabrina rolled over and groaned, her head felt like it was about to split open. She slowly opened her eyes and found herself staring up at the sky, painted different colors by the setting sun. She stayed that way, wincing at her throbbing head as a crackling sound reached her.

"Puck!" she said, sitting up as everything that had happened rushed back to her. She closed her eyes at the pain in her head and when she opened them again an icy feeling filled her.

A few feet away from her was the charred remains of what had used to be her home but that wasn't the worst part. She looked around and felt fear grip her.

Her family was no where in sight.