Cliche, But True

Sabrina took another sip of her cocoa, made a face, and started.

"As you probably know, my family was involved in the Everafter Uprising-"

Puck cut her off. "This isn't a history lesson, Grimm. This is you boring me to death as you sob your brains out your nose, I tune you out, and nod sympathetically once in a while, but don't really pay attention."

Sabrina glared at him.

"What? We both know that that's what's going to happen." Puck defended himself.

Sabrina shook her head. "Fine. I'll drop the history major voice, but you will pay attention."

"Aww, am I the first person Grimm's ever cried to? That's so touching."

Sabrina shot him another glare. Inside of her though, a small corner of her conscience realized this was true, much as she disliked it. Her parents expected her to be perfect, she had to set a good example for Daphne, all of her friends were only fakes, ready to run the minute she became unpopular. And her boyfriend, well, he hadn't been much of a listener. But never was Puck. Heck, he messed up directions for cocoa! So why, the little voice asked, was she opening up to Puck of all people?

"Just shut up and listen, Fairy-boy."

Puck made no comment, but he didn't snore either, so Sabrina took that as a sign to keep talking. "As I was saying before I was rudely interrupted-"

"That was me!" Puck proclaimed loudly. He cowed under the glare Sabrina threw at him. "Keep going." He waved one hand.

Sabrina glared at him one last time, and then started the story up again.

"My family was pretty involved in the last everafter war, five years ago. My sister and I helped them out a lot, and my grandmother ran the army. My parents were more or less the drill sergants."

"The war was pretty bad-"

"I know that." Puck piped up.

Sabrina ignored him. "-but it didn't affect me or my sister that much. Life was pretty dull, and we never had much part in it. But one day, one of the wonderfully intelligent witches in camp decided that humans were too vulnerable for the life we were 'leading', and by some over-complicated spell or other, turned us all into everafters."

"We didn't find out until my two year old brother suddenly shot up into a five-year old's body. Somehow, the word that the Grimms, commander of the army, hadd suddenly become everafters spread to the enemy. To them, we were a bigger threat than ever now that we couldn't die. They had to exterminate us."

"Again, with the fancy words. My brain can only process so much, so slow down."

"You mean your brain is a peanut." Sabrina smirked.

"Hey!"

"Shut up, Puck. I'm telling a story." Sabrina sipped her cocoa again and gagged. Puck ttook his turn to glare. Sabrina ignored him.

"So, anyway, one day Granny decided she wanted to take a walk in the woods, outside out fortresss. Daphne and I knew some combat skills, and she could manage a wand pretty well. Mom and Dad sent us with her, just in case."

Sabrina took a deep, shuddering breath. "The enemy was waiting for us outside. There were so many of them, and they were so fast, that they got us and took us back to their leader without even a struggle."

Sabrina paused again, and looked ready to cry. "The leader killed my grandmother in front of us. Just took a sword from his nearest guard and plunged it into her. He watched as she bled to death on the floor." Sabrina's eyes filled with tears. "And we couldn't do a thing about it. They had tied us up and gagged us, then forced us to watch that."

Sabina groped around for a tissue box. Puck, in a rare moment of care, grabbed one from the counter and held it out to her..

"Thanks." Sabrina wiped her face and blew her nose.

"Once she was gone, the leader turned to us. But he didn't kill us. Instead, he offered us a place in his army, as his own daughters. Neither of us could say anything, but the killing I was giving him with my eyes must have answered his question, because he had us locked up."

"Wait, so this freak kills your grandmother in front of you, then expects you to be grateful, and want to join his cause? As his daughters?" Puck was obviously incredulous.

Saabrina nodded.

"And people say I'm messed up." Puck leaned back in his chair.

Sabrina snorted. "You are. Just not as bad as he was."

"I hope not."

"So, he had us locked up. Unfortunately for him, he didn't think to have us searched. Daphne had a wand, and my hair was loaded with bobby pins. Naturally, we got out of the chains-"

"Cliche alert!" Puck yelled. Sabrina glared at him.

"What?"

"-before the guards were half way down the hall. Long story made short, we killed the leader. The sick thing is, I enjoyed plunching the same sword he killed my grandmother with into him." Sabrina started crying again, finally letting all her pent up emotions out for the first time.

"I stabbed him again and again, Daphne was yelling for me to stop, but I couldn't. It was scary. It was almost like I had been possessed."

"We got out of their castle as soon as we could. As we headed back to camp, we met a search party. They took us home, and sent others to bring Granny back. The soldiers were horrified when they found her body beside the- the leader." Sabrina's voice broke.

"They came back to camp, with Granny, all saying about how heroic I had been, ending the war." Sabrina quit talking and tried to breathe. "But I didn't feel like it. And I hated Everafters for starting a war that killed my grandmother. It didn't get better until I met Daniel."

For some reason, Puck found himself bristling at the name and the way Grimm said it. She sounded like she had known this person very well, and had been hurt.

"Daniel was an everafter. He was sweet, kind, and he said he loved me. We were together for months. Then I saw him kissing another girl."

"So, wait. You hate all everafters because of a war an one punk?" Puck asked.

Sabrina glared at him through red eyes. "My grandmother was killed because someone didn't like the king of Faerie! And then, just when I think they might not be so bad after all, one goes and stomps on me!"

Puck just looked at her. "But you're an everafter, too." He pointed out.

"No. I'm not. I continued to age. I'm going to die as much a human as possible."

Puck stared this time. "Grimm, you don't want the perks of being an everafter?" He asked.

"No." Sabrina shook her head and started crying again. Puck twiddledd his thumbs. What was he supposed to do? Make some snarky comment thatwould make her forget everything she had just told him? But even more unbelieveable, Puck stood up and hugged Grimm.

~The Sisters Grimm~

Hello, everyone, I'm back! Yeah, I know this chapter stinks. A lot. But I did throw in a little Puckabrina for you all! That will keep you from killing me, right? And, no, I'm not putting them together for quite a while yet. Move relationships slow, and it's more fun to write.

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