OMG GUYS.

I am SO sorry that I've been so slow with updating this story.

You're all probably tired of hearing this excuse, but I've gotten wrapped up in my two other stories, and I forgot all about this one!

Thanks so much for all the amazing reviews. I haven't received a single complaint! At least, not that I'm aware of.

I recommend rereading the last chapter in case you don't remember, but basically Sabrina and Puck were captured by Nottingham & the Scarlet Hand, while the rest of the Grimms escaped.

~Chapter 7

"Ow!" Sabrina exclaimed, pulling against the ropes that were tied around her wrist. "No need to tie it so tight!"

The card soldier simply ignored Sabrina, and instead decided on roughly pushing her to get her moving.

"Hey, watch it buddy," Puck warned, giving a wary glance in Sabrina's direction. Ropes were being tied around his wrists as well.

Sabrina rolled her eyes as she began walking straight ahead.

These guys are complete morons.

"You do realize that I could easily escape these ropes, turn into some sort of beast, and destroy you all, right?" Puck said, chuckling lightly.

"You very well could. Why don't you try to escape, then?" Nottingham insisted.

"Well, ok then." Puck pushed against the bonds of the rope, but nothing happened. He continued trying again and again, but the ropes wouldn't break.

Puck narrowed his eyes at Nottingham. "Magic rope? Good one."

Nottingham snickered, seemingly satisfied with Puck's response.

"Where are you taking us?" Sabrina was at the front of the line of card soldiers, and she had no idea where she was going.

"To our camp. Where else would we be taking you?" Nottingham sneered.

"So what are you gonna do, hold us captive until you defeat Charming's camp?" Puck questioned. "Can't say that's a new one."

"The original plan was to capture all of the Grimms and kill all of them, except for one. Then, our troops would head over to Charming's camp and ask them to join our side. Anyone who denies us will be killed. Then, we will come back to our camp and kill the final Grimm. The barrier of Ferryport Landing will be broken, and Everafters will be free to rule the world." Nottingham explained.

Sabrina narrowed her eyes. "How can you say this so lightly- as if it's some sort of a game? How can you murder innocent people?"

"You Grimms are far from innocent," Nottingham said, enraged. "You and your family are the very reason that Everafters are stuck in this town!"

"Whatever."

"Look at the fairy boy, for example!" Nottingham exclaimed, pointing to Puck. "Because of you and your family, he is stuck in Ferryport Landing for the rest of his miserable life, along with the rest of us. Do you think that he actually enjoys spending his entire life in this hell hole? Do you?"

Sabrina was at a loss for words. She had always known that Puck was stuck in Ferryport Landing unless the barrier broke, but she had never considered his feelings towards it. Was he actually secretly unhappy that he was stuck living in the small town?

"Don't listen to him, Grimm," Puck said sternly, as if reading her thoughts. "I chose to live in Ferryport Landing, remember? I knew the consequences. It was my decision- you are your family had nothing to do with it."

"You're a disgrace to Everafters," Nottingham spat at Puck.

"It's a shame that your brilliant plan can't be completed." Sabrina said, trying to change the topic. "My entire family isn't here- I'm the only Grimm you've got. By now, they're all probably safe somewhere outside of Ferryport Landing. Even if you kill me, it'll be pointless. The barrier won't go down."

"I was thinking that as well," Nottingham admitted. "Until I realized the most important thing to you Grimms."

Sabrina gave him a look of confusion. "And what would that be?"

"Oh no…" Puck mumbled. "They're gonna come back."

"Huh?"

"Say it louder, fairy," Nottingham demanded, an evil smirk playing on his face.

Puck turned to Sabrina. "Your family is going to come back for you, 'cause they love you too much to leave you. In the process of trying to rescue you, they'll get captured themselves. Do you really think they would go to New York without attempting to rescue you, first?"

Sabrina would have slapped her hand to her forehead, if her hands hadn't been tied by thick, magical ropes. Of course her family would come back and try to rescue her from Nottingham! They were probably still in Ferryport Landing, thinking up a plan to try and save her.

"Exactly." Nottingham said. "Your family will try and save you, and they'll get captured by my troops. You Grimm's never really do think much, do you?"

Sabrina glared at Nottingham fiercely, but her features softened a moment later. "What about Puck?"

"Ah yes, a good question indeed!" Nottingham responded. "What will we do with Puck? After we've killed the Grimm's, what exactly will we do with you?"

Puck turned to Sabrina, eyes locking with hers. She could practically read his thoughts:

I seriously wanna kill this guy.

"You're a great soldier, you can handle a sword, shape-shift, breath fire, and fly…" Nottingham mused. "You'd be an excellent addition to our troops."

Puck turned to Nottingham. "I am pretty spectacular, aren't I? It's a shame I'd never join you, then."

Sabrina almost smiled. Almost.

"It is a shame… you would have been a very valuable addition to our troops," Nottingham admitted. "In that case, we'll just have to kill you as well."

Sabrina immediately snapped her head in Puck's direction to see his reaction. Surprisingly enough, he seemed as though the news of his untimely death didn't bother him at all! He was surprisingly calm.

Either he's scared, and covering it really well, or he really doesn't care that he'll get killed, Sabrina thought.

Sabrina turned back to the view in front of her, trying to memorize as much scenery as she could. The group that consisted of card soldiers, Puck, Sabrina and Nottingham were currently walking through a damp forest. Trees towered above them, tall grasses below. The ground was muddy and wet, unlike the soil at Charming's camp.

As Sabrina tried to memorize all of the scenery (in case a possible escape was planned), she noticed one strange tree in particular. It towered above all the rest, and its wood was a dark brown color, darker than all of the other trees in the forest she had seen so far. The wood was rotting, and no leaves hung from its branches.

"Oh, and there's no point in trying to memorize the scenery so you two can escape," Nottingham pointed out. "This entire forest looks exactly the same. If you two do actually manage to escape- which you won't, you'll be lost forever in here."

After another twenty minutes of walking, Puck began to complain.

"I hope your camp is nearby, because my legs are killing me!"

Nottingham rolled his eyes at the fairy- teenager. "You're an Everafter, you should be able to handle this stuff."

"Ehh, I dunno about that…" Puck replied slowly. "What if I just collapsed right here?"

Sabrina nearly laughed out loud. "Puck, stop being an idiot."

"No, I'm serious!" Puck exclaimed. "What if I just collapsed from exhaustion right now? Your oh-so-mighty card soldiers would have to carry me the rest of the way there."

"Or I could just kill you on the spot," Nottingham threatened menacingly, holding his dagger up to Puck's neck. "The poison in this dagger will kill you so fast, that you'll have no time to comprehend what just happened."

The card soldiers had stopped, as had Sabrina, as they watched Puck and Nottingham.

"Puck, don't be stupid." Sabrina warned. "Just keep walking and stop complaining."

Puck didn't respond, but instead glared at Nottingham as the man held the dagger to his throat. "You're bluffing."

"Excuse me?"

"There's no poison in your sword, Nottingham. I know what poison smells like. Are you really trying to fool a descendant to the throne of Faerie?"

The look on Nottingham's face was priceless: Anger mixed with embarrassment.

Ah, so he had been bluffing.

"And by the way," Puck continued, "I'm pretty sure I'm about 2,000 years older than you. So respect your elders."

And that was when Sabrina began to laugh- a genuine laugh that brought tears to her eyes. Sometimes Puck chose to be stupid at the best and worst of times.

The point of a spear touching Sabrina's neck brought her back to reality. She glared at the card soldier who was pointing it at her. "Am I not aloud to laugh before I die? Calm down, my goodness."

"Tell your card soldier to get his spear away from my girl's neck, would ya?" Puck said, a hard look in his eyes.

Sabrina turned bright red. "Oh, so know I'm your girl?"

"Enough with your sappy romance, you'll have plenty of time to talk when you're both locked together in your prison cell." Nottingham demanded angrily. "Keep walking."

The group continued walking, and Sabrina slowed her pace, until she was walking besides Puck. There was no point in escaping: soldiers were surrounding them left and right.

"You should stop with the jokes," Sabrina quietly warned him. "You're only making Nottingham madder."

Puck attempted to shrug with his hands tied behind his back. "Who cares? Nottingham has no power over me, and you shouldn't let him have power over you, either."

"True," Sabrina admitted with a sigh. "Do you really think they're going to kill us?"

"Over my dead body," Puck mumbled.

"Exactly, you would be dead too in that scenario." Sabrina said.

Puck rolled his eyes. "As long as I'm here, they won't hurt you, okay? Now, if only I had these ropes off my wrists…"

Sabrina sighed. "I'm worried about our family and Mr. Seven. Where do you think they are?"

"Probably hiding out somewhere, thinking of a plan to get you out of here," Puck whispered.

"Why do you keep saying just me? You don't think they would come to save you, too?" Sabrina questioned.

Puck shrugged. "They're your family, not mine."

The two continued walking in uncomfortable silence. Didn't Puck know that he was as much apart of the Grimm family as Sabrina was?

That's it for this chapter! I PROMISE to update much faster than last time, okay?

QotD: How are you all enjoying your summer?

Read&Review please!

~Anastasia