The 'A' family has your back

Sabrina sighed and rubbed her face; stress was not a pleasant emotion. Her pencil scribbled across her paper as she wrote about the differences and similarities between Buddhism and Taoism. Looking at the clock in the cold classroom, Sabrina's eyebrows knitted together, she was not going to be able to finish her world history test in time. Maria had turned her test in over a half hour ago and to be honest, Sabrina was a little jealous.

"Times up," The teacher called

Sabrina panicked, filling the last five question in randomly, crossing her fingers she got some of them right. The bell rang, signaling the school day was over. Sabrina slid out of her seat, packed up her stuff, and waited for Maria to finish talking to the teacher.

" I don't know how you do it Maria. I think my brain shorted out a bit back at question thirty-six."

Maria giggled and straightened out her glasses.

"Oh come on, all you have to do is study which you and Henry suck at."

Sabrina rolled her eyes, muttering under her breath something about Maria being a 'Know-it-all' to which Maria just laughed. It had been nearly a month since her New York visit and life was relatively normal for a girl who was thrown into the past. Her mom was still un-forgetful dusted, as she had used all hers on Puck and Basil had neglected to bring any. Her mom and dad talked on the phone twice a week, much to her dismay, and things seemed good between them. Sabrina was still plotting how to dust them in the easiest way possible.

Sabrina waved goodbye to Maria as she got onto her separate bus home. The ride was loud and bumpy but eventually she made it home.

"Relda! Basil! I'm home!"

She yelled as she slid onto the couch turning the TV on. She rubbed her eyes and ran a hand through her long blond hair; she made a mental note to ask for a haircut soon. Paula, the young Great Dane, came skipping out of the laundry room where they kept her food and water. Sabrina watched as the puppy skidded on the wood floors after tripping over her own large paws.

Sabrina giggled, alerting the puppy to her presence. Paula's ears perked as she turned her head quite comically and ran towards Sabrina. Paula dodged Jake, who was home sick, and jumped onto Sabrina

"Oouff! Down girl! Down girl! I'm happy to see you too!"

Sabrina said in between dog kisses. The dog let out a happy bark and got off the young teen, sitting on her hind legs and executing the perfect definition of a "puppy dog pout"

"Sorry bud!"

Sabrina said

"You know Basil doesn't like you jumping on people!"

Paula let out a sigh, if dogs could sigh that is. Sabrina laughed and rubbed the puppy's head before going down to the basement to her room.

Her room was a decent size considering it was a basement, with her twin size bed nestled in the corner and her desk on the opposite wall holding clean clothes on it that she'd neglected to hang up or fold into the drawers of her dresser. Her room had a single window near the top of one of her walls, sitting right at ground level. She'd never admit it but sometimes, on rainy days or when she felt a little sad, she'd grab a chair to stand on and just stare out into the murky afternoon looking at things from the point of view of a bug. Sometimes she got lucky and got to see Carl. Carl is a fuzzy caterpillar that liked to roam around her window for a snack. If Jake found out she'd never hear the end of it considering (to her embarrassment) that she sometimes talked to the little fellow.

Sabrina shook her head, shaking herself out of her daze. She had recently been hit with a bad case of homesickness and she was surprised by how much it was actually affecting her. Was she actually missing the Everafters and the camp? Was she really considering FerryPort Landing her home now?

She rubbed her head, if she kept thinking about it, she'd cry.

Daphne rubbed her eyes, trying to stay awake. She was on the look out tower keeping watch over the camp. She scowled when she realized her head was bobbling. In an effort to stay awake, Daphne took her warm jacket off and started to jump up and down, throwing punches at the air.

"As amusing as this is,"

A voice said in the darkness

"You should really put your coat back on, you'll catch a cold without it."

Daphne jumped and punched the dark figure that loomed behind her.

"OW! Holy fudge! That's my face ya know!"

Daphne blinked and her eyebrows knitted together

"Derek?" She asked

"Of course it's me you-you… Pigtails! Oh god. I'm bleeding aren't I? Where the fudge did you learn to throw a punch like that? OW…OW…"

Derek stepped into the light sporting a bloody, most likely broken, nose. Daphne was speechless and then a small giggle escaped her lips and soon enough she was having a full-blown giggle fit. She was clutching her stomach and her eyes were watering and she was very near to falling to the ground

"Oh har har, you think this is absolutely hilarious huh?" He said while pinching his nose, making his voice sound very odd and funny, causing Daphne laugh even harder.

"I…. can't…. breath!" Daphne said in-between gasps and fits of laughter

"…Here," she added, still laughing, pulling out some tissues from her discarded coat.

"Thanks" he mumbled

A few minutes and deep breaths later Daphne had settled down and only held a bright smile and flushed check as evidence of what had just occurred.

"So," She started

"What brings you here?"

Derek shrugged

"I got bored I guess."

Daphne raised an eyebrow, but otherwise said nothing. After a few moments, Derek broke he silence and said

"I was serious though, where did you learn to throw that punch?"

Daphne smiled and said with a bit of pride in her eyes

"Snow White and my sister taught me everything I know!"

"Your sister? The one who has been MIA for the past couple months?"

Daphne shifted uncomfortably

"Yeah, we think the Scarlet Hand has her, we're planning an attack and search of their main base."

Derek looked at her cautiously before slowly saying

"Daphne, they don't have her."

"How would you know!"

"I can't tell you right now, ok? Just tell Relda "The weeping winds have made a stalemate, their youth is caught. A year, at most, they howl." And tell your uncle the 'A' family has his back and will be here soon."

Daphne stared at him, confused, then the alarm was ringing in her ears and a dragon's breath illuminated the black, shivering night with an dangerous warmth. She closed her eyes for a moment because of the bright light reflecting off the snow and when she opened them, Derek was gone, and the camp was in panic.

Sorry, I lied…I feel really bad and then I got addicted to a video game over break…meh. Anyway, pm me or review if you have an idea you want to see me put in or think about writing if you want.

Also, I was nominated for Elligoat's 'The Best Sisters Grimm Story of 2011,' competition by someone. Go check out her profile to see who else is, vote for me or your favorite story of 2011!