Chapter 9. A plan at last

Sabrina's POV

Well, everyone got a little so-called rest and Seven gathered us together to discuss Calendula's case.

"We've decided that we are going to kidnap the girl, right?" he said.

"Right," Daphne replied.

"I thought about that," Uncle Jake raised his hand. "I'm sure I have a plan."

"Well?" Seven asked.

"It's quite simple, actually. One of us uses a magic wand to be disguised as some soldier of the Scarlet Hand. A hobgoblin, or a card soldier, perhaps. He goes to Demetrius - as though to tell him some news. Demetrius doesn't suspect anything. Our spy throws some Forgetful Dust at him and tells him to go away from the shack. When Demetrius obeys, our agent just takes Calendula and storms away!"

"Good," I said. "Only perhaps I have some improvements for it!"

"What improvements?" Uncle Jake wanted to know.

"You mentioned Forgetful Dust. But it's temporary, as you well know! Why not send Beauty to hypnotize Demetrius? She'll tell him that he doesn't have a daughter. Then Demetrius will forget Calendula forever, am I right?" I asked Beauty who was standing nearby. She nodded enthusiastically.

"All the Scarlet Hand members are like beasts!" she said. "My hypnotizing trick will work on them!"

"So you'll be the one to go to Demetrius?" Mom wanted to make sure of it. Beauty blanched and shook her head. Her little dog whined.

"No, no, no, no, no!" Beauty cried. "I'm afraid to go alone!"

"Duh!" I said to myself. "These fragile fairy-tale princesses!"

"Then somebody must go with you, naturally," Seven said. "For example, Prince Mustardseed."

"I love adventures!" Mustardseed said happily. "Will I be turned into a card soldier for a while?"

"It's awesome!" Puck agreed. "May I go too?"

"All right!" Seven laughed. "The three of you will be disguised as card soldiers. You'll come to Demetrius..."

"Wait, wait!" I stopped him. "Am I staying here?"

"We're Grimms, that's exactly what we do!" Daphne added in an offended voice.

"Card soldiers are always in groups," I explained. "There are at least five soldiers in a group."

"Fine! Fine! Fine!" Mr. Seven surrendered. "There will be six of y..."

"I'm tired of my children running on their own," he was stopped again, now it was Dad. "Send Veronica and me. If we run into real Hand members, we'll have to defend ourselves. Veronica and I are expert fighters, and we're strong. It's more safe for four kids and a fairy-tale princess to be protected by us."

"Wait a minute!" Puck said. "Henry, I'm the worst villain ever born! And Mustardseed is a prized swordfighter!"

"Sorry," Dad rolled his eyes. "Anyway, it's more safe."

"I'll send all of you," Seven assured him. "You'll go tomorrow, bright and early. If the Hand keeps Calendula, the poor innocent child might bring lots of dangers to us without knowing it."


Today I had a lack of inspiration for this story, so the chapter's pretty short. Sorry!

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