Ok so here is chapter 11. Again this is my FOURTH chapter in FOUR days! :) :) :P :P
So my last chapter was super long, this one is also long with 4700 words. Not as long as the last one, but still pretty good. It took me so much longer to write this one for some reason. I don't know why.
So I generally don't do this, but I'm gonna acknowledge some comments:
Happypinkbutterfly: Thanks. I thought they were unbearably cute as well!
Guest: I'm glad you liked the chapter. I'll try to do more of them like that in the future. Also about the action scene, it gave me a really good idea for a chapter in the future so thanks for that. I'll also try and keep posting everyday, fingers crossed.
Guest: I'm glad that you enjoy my writing. To be honest, English is my worst subject in school, believe it or not.
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Thanks for your support. READ ON!
Chapter 11:
Sabrina tossed in her bed a little before finally giving up. She had a restless sleep, waking up many times in the night. She had just woken up for the fifth time and didn't seem capable of falling back to sleep. Not that she exactly wanted to. Sabrina's dreams made her incredibly puzzled. She couldn't remember any part of them when she woke up, only that they hadn't been good and very confusing. She had wanted many times in the night to go into Pucks room. She was sure she'd be able to sleep there. However, after what happened last night, Sabrina didn't think she should be doing anything remotely like that.
Sabrina rolled herself onto her back and stared at the white ceiling. Yesterday, when she and Puck had eventually come out of the attic—which Sabrina hadn't really wanted to do—they had gotten yelled at by her extremely angry father. Sabrina had also gotten dirty looks from Titania. She was mad that Puck had been with Sabrina and not doing his kingly duties. Titania chose to blame only Sabrina for this, saying that Sabrina had distracted him.
When her father had eventually calmed down, he sent Sabrina to her room and refused to let Sabrina out. Sabrina hadn't been to sad about it, she was just glad she hadn't gotten punished worst. Although she didn't know how that was possible considering she wasn't allowed to leave the palace and Henry spent every moment trying to pull Sabrina and Puck apart.
Even though she wasn't allowed to leave her room, Daphne had managed to find a way to sneak in. She had come to her room later in the evening, smiling hugely as she creeped into Sabrina's room. She was apparently very pleased with herself for managing to sneak inside.
Daphne had demanded that Sabrina tell her exactly what happened between her and Puck. Sabrina had shrugged, giving vague details. She hadn't really wanted to talk with Daphne about her personal time with Puck. For some reason Sabrina felt like that part was too personal and should be only kept between her and Puck.
Sabrina had eventually managed to steer the conversation away from her and Puck and asked Daphne what happened at the dinner table. Daphne, who was happy as long as she was talking, chatted away to Sabrina.
Daphne went into detail about what happened at the dinner. She explained that they had all been seated at the dining table when their father had realized you were gone. That's when Titania realized that Puck was gone and they all slowly put the pieces of the puzzle together. Henry had flipped out, of course. That's when the maid came in and informed them that Sabrina and Puck were safe and that they were just spending time together.
Daphne had giggled as she explained that their dad had gone to all the guards and alerted them that he need to speak with you at once. Daphne giggled, like it was the most funniest thing in the world. Sabrina would have disagree on that part.
Daphne had then begged her with huge eyes to tell her where she and Puck went. She seemed incredibly curious, along with the rest of her family. Sabrina had refused to tell anyone, just incase she and Puck needed to go back there again. Sabrina secretly hoped that would happen.
Sabrina sighed, today would be incredibly difficult. She had been dreading the day for days and couldn't believe it was actually happening. Today was the day of the ball. Sabrina couldn't help but grumble slightly at the thought of it. She knew that any other girl would be thrilled to go to a ball—Daphne and Red were particularly exited—but not Sabrina. No Sabrina hated balls.
Sabrina had been hoping that she could figure out a way to not go to the ball. She seriously considered pretending to be sick. Although she knew it was hopeless, Titania would see right through her. Besides Puck had told her that if he had to go, so did she.
Sabrina's stomach rumbled, so she assumed she should get out of bed soon. Sabrina didn't really want to. If she got out of bed, she would have to start helping with ball. She was not ready for that. Sabrina sighed, she supposed she'd have to face reality sometime today. She may as well do it with a full stomach and a cup of coffee.
She dragged herself out of bed and down the hall to the dining room. She sat down at a seat next to Red and helped herself to some french toast and coffee. It was still early in the morning, so she and Red seemed to be the only ones awake. Sabrina grabbed some sugar and dumped an alarming amount in her coffee. She hated the bitter taste of coffee, but she assumed that she would need the energy.
"Why are you up so early?" Sabrina asked Red.
"Couldn't sleep, you?" she replied.
"Same," Sabrina said with a sigh.
Red peered at her curiously before asking, "How are you?" Sabrina didn't really want to answer that question, it seemed to be the only question she was ever asked these days. Not that she really knew the answer to question. She seemed to be feeling so many different emotions all the time, a simple question like 'how are you' was incredibly difficult to answer.
"I don't really know," Sabrina said and looked down at her toast. Red, who must have assumed Sabrina didn't want to talk about it, dropped it. They ate in silence while everyone started trickling in.
Sabrina mumbled hellos and good mornings to be polite, but didn't start any conversations. When she heard the arrival of someone else, Sabrina glanced up to see Puck.
"Hey," Sabrina said to him. He gave Sabrina a smile, but she could see the tired lines under his eyes.
"Hi," he replied and sat down in the seat next to her.
"You look horrible," Sabrina observed as Puck grabbed a handful of pancakes.
"I can always count on you, Grimm, to be honest." Puck gave a small chuckle before inhaling his pancakes.
Sabrina rolled her eyes, "You know what I mean. Have you gotten any sleep?"
"You don't look very good either," Puck said, ignoring her question. Although she was pretty sure she knew the answer that question. Sabrina turned around to Red who had been listening to their conversation with an amused smile.
"Don't look at me," she said. "You both look terrible." Sabrina and Puck both glared at Red who innocently went back to her cereal.
"Can you believe we're being forced to go to this ball?" Puck asked her.
"Well, I can see why you have to go, you're the king after all. But why do I have to go? It just seems unfair."
"Hey, I already told you. If I have to go, you have to go."
"We'll be miserable together," Sabrina said with a small smile.
"We'll sulk in the corner," Puck added with a smile like Sabrina's.
"Refuse to dance with anyone who asks us."
"Maybe drop some punch on some unexpected people." Sabrina laughed along with Puck.
Red, who had gone back to listening to their conversation, gave them a confused. "You guys have some weird humour," she said before turning to talk to a sleepy Daphne. That only made Sabrina and Puck laugh harder. Red was right, only Sabrina and Puck would find this funny.
Sabrina stopped laughing at the arrival of her parents. "What's so funny?" her mother asked.
"Nothing," Sabrina replied as she and Puck stopped laughing. Henry looked at the two them, seemingly noticing that they were sitting next to each other. He gave each of them a severe look.
"You can't sit next to each other,'' he said. Sabrina groaned, slightly embarrassed and slightly angry.
"Henry, be reasonable," Veronica said.
"Reasonable?" Henry said loudly. "Have you suddenly forgotten what they did last night?"
"They only did that because you refused to let them spend anytime together." Henry huffed, but didn't argue. "If you don't want them sneaking off again then you have to let them spend sometimes together." Henry grumbled, but sat down across from Sabrina.
As more people walked into the dining room, the noise level went up. Sabrina chatted away, feeling rather happy in that moment with her loud family. Too soon, everyone started getting up and heading off to their various activities.
Puck had to leave to do kingly duties, so Sabrina wandered the halls looking for something to do. She tried to help up with decorations for the ball, but Titania shooed her away. Apparently still mad at her for last night. She sat with Red and Daphne for a bit. They chatted on and on abut the ball. Sabrina mostly listened until she got bored and went off to look for something else to do.
She wandered the halls until she saw her mom standing by a large window. Sabrina approached her and Veronica turned around and smiled. Sabrina walked to the window and looked outside at the palace courtyard. It was mostly empty except for a few guards.
"Hi honey," Veronica said.
"Hi, mom," Sabrina replied standing across from her.
"Are you excited for the ball?"
Sabrina snorted, "No, I don't think anyones dreading it more than me. Well, maybe Puck."
Veronica chuckled, "You two are probably the only ones who think going to the ball is a death sentence."
Sabrina swallowed, suddenly nervous. She wanted to ask her mom something desperate, but she was rather scared of the answer. Swallowing her fear she asked, "What do you think of Puck?"
Her mother was silent for a few seconds before answering, "What do you mean by that?"
"Well, I know how dad feels about him." Sabrina paused remembering her fathers angry face when he sees Sabrina and Puck together. "I was wondering what you thought of him, whether you like him or not."
Her mother pursed her lips together before answering. "To be honest, I'm not sure if Puck is the best choice for you." Sabrina nodded sadly, trying not to let any tears escape. She had been really hoping that her mother would be okay with her and Puck. She had been wrong.
Her mother continued, "But what I think doesn't really matter. You seem to be really happy with him and all I ever want is for you to be happy. To be honest, I don't think I could ever find a boy who I would think deserves you. But Puck clearly cares a lot for you and thats all I can ask for. So as long you want to be with him, I'll support you. And if you want to break up with him and be with someone else, I'll support that as well."
Sabrina looked up at her mother, surprised by her speech. Sabrina wasn't sure how to express just how happy her mother had made her. It was feeling that couldn't be explained by words. She decided instead to just give her mother a tight hug. Her mother looked startled first, but soon relaxed and hugged her tightly.
"Thank you," Sabrina said when she had let go.
Veronica laughed, "Don't thank me, it's your father that needs convincing." Sabrina laughed along with her mother. Sabrina missed this, she only realized now how little she had where it was just her and Veronica. Sabrina promised herself that when they got back home, she would find time for her mother.
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Sabrina stood on the edge of her bed, peering at her dress wearily. It was finally time to get ready for the ball. Sabrina's stomach felt like it is filled with butterflies, jumping around and making her insides turn. She finally grabbed the dress carefully and walked over to a full length mirror.
She causally held the dress over her clothes, trying to get an idea of what it would look like. Willow had come in half and hour earlier to do her makeup and hair. Sabrina had insisted on no makeup, but Willow was quite persistent. Sabrina had finally let her do the smallest bit of makeup that took away her bags that had been under her eyes. Besides from that, Sabrina looked like her normal self, not even lip gloss or eye liner.
Even her hair was done on the casual side. Willow had brushed through it—with much difficulty—before spritzing something on it to make it soft. Willow had left it down, so Sabrina's hair fell over her shoulders and to her waist. Sabrina ran her hands through it, happy that she was allowed to keep it down.
Willow had left a few minutes ago, leaving Sabrina to get dressed. This part should be easy, all she had to do was put on a dress, but she was finding it incredibly difficult. It was probably just nerves getting the best of her.
With a heavy sigh Sabrina pulled off her comfortable clothes and into the dress. She stood in front of the mirror, examining herself. Willow had defiantly done some changes. For one, the dress wasn't falling of her now. It felt snug at the top, but Sabrina was grateful. At least she didn't have to worry about it falling down.
Willow had also made it much shorter. It now came to several inches above her knee. Sabrina frowned at that as she tried tugging it farther down with no success. She sighed as she glanced at herself in the mirror again. Sabrina had refused to wear any jewelry and had tried to where shoes with the smallest heal she could find.
With one final look at herself in the mirror, she exited the room. She walked down the hall and into the ballroom. It was mostly empty now because the guests would only be arriving later. She crossed the marble floors towards Daphne and Red.
Daphne had seemed to go the opposite look from Sabrina. Her dress was a gorgeous yellow, that only Daphne could pull off. It flowed of her shoulders and came to her knees. Daphne was wearing a pair of heels and a sparkly gold necklace. When she saw Sabrina she ran up to her—Sabrina wasn't sure how in her heels—and squeezed her in a tight hug.
Sabrina gently hugged her before pulling her away. "You look so pretty," Daphne squealed and bounced on the balls of her feet—again Sabrina didn't know how in heels—with energy.
"You too," Sabrina replied, "same with you, Red."
Red smiled shyly and said, "Thank you. You look beautiful as well." Red seemed to go for a look more similar to Sabrina's. She had a pale pink dress that fell over her knees with dainty sleeves. Like Sabrina, Red had no jewelry on and wore white flats.
"I'm so excited," Daphne said excitedly. She then continued chatting about how nervous, yet excited she was. She talked about their dresses and decoration, not really caring that she was the only contributing to the conversation. Sabrina didn't mind and she didn't think Red did either.
In fact Red seemed to be off in her on world. A look that could only be described as wistful was on her face. Sabrina wanted to ask her why, but didn't have a chance with the arrival of the rest of her family.
She chatted happily to her family, completely forgetting about Red. Soon Titania and Mustardseed walked in. Titania walked quickly up to them, Mustardseed coming up behind her.
"The guests will be arriving soon," she said. "You are all part of the hosts, so it is your job to stand by the door and say hello to everyone. You all have to do it, no arguing." Her eyes swept across the room before landing on Sabrina's with a stern look.
Titania turned around and we all followed her to the grand doors of the ballroom. Sabrina quickly jogged ahead to talk to Titania. When she reached her, Titania glanced down at Sabrina. Sabrina hated to admit it, but Titania was much taller then her, especially in her 6 inch heels.
"What can I do for you, Sabrina?" she asked rather coldly.
"Where is Puck?" she asked, not exactly trying to be polite.
"The king stays in his chambers until everyone is here. Then he's introduced." Sabrina nodded, slightly sad that she wouldn't get to see Puck before.
She walked the rest of the way in silence and took her place by the door silently as well. When they were ready, Titania led the guests to the ballroom and Sabrina and the rest of her family said hello as they walked inside. Some of them nodded their heads while others stopped to chat for a moment. Sabrina noticed many people were stopping to talk to Basil who looked absolutely adorable in his suit.
Finally when everyone was inside, they left the doors to go and 'mingle'. Sabrina didn't even try. She stayed at the back of the ballroom, sitting on one of the comfy silver chairs.
Eventually Sabrina saw Titania walk up to a small platform where the royal thrones were. Sabrina stood up and joined the crowd around them. Sabrina stood next to her family as Titania, announced Puck.
The doors where her family had been standing earlier opened and in walked Puck. Sabrina wasn't sure what she had been expecting, but defiantly not this. Her jaw dropped open and she had to refrain herself from drooling.
Puck was wearing a fitted black suit with a blue tie. As he walked, he held him self up like…a king. Puck looked like a king. Sabrina swallowed as he got closer to her. Sabrina saw that his blond hair was still slightly messy and she smiled. That was the Puck that she knew. She was glad to see that there was still a part of him that she could recognize.
As Puck was about to walk past her, Sabrina sucked in a breath. She stared at him, mesmerized. He turned his head toward her and met Sabrina's eyes. His eyes travelled across her for a second and he stopped walking abruptly. His eyes burned into hers. She could hear people whispering around them and she flushed and ducked her head.
When she looked back up Puck had continued walking, but looked slightly redder. Puck began a short speech about how nice it was to be back at Faerie, but Sabrina barely listened. She kept replaying what happened when Puck saw her. Why did he stop? Was there something wrong about herself that she hadn't noticed? Sabrina glanced down at her dress, self consciously smoothing out ruffles in her dress.
She had been so focused on her thoughts she hadn't noticed that Pucks speech was done until everyone began moving around. She watched as a few people started dancing while others chatted and grabbed food and sat at tables. Sabrina started heading back to the back of the room. She quickly moved herself in between people. It felt like an obstacle course.
She was almost to the back of the room when someone grabbed her arm. Instinctively, Sabrina pulled away before turning around. She saw it was Puck and relaxed a little.
"Hi," she said slowly. Sabrina noticed that there was a bit of a gap in between them. In that moment she had no desire to fill it. She was mad and upset about what happened when Puck walked past her. Why did he stop? Was he trying to embarrass her? That seemed like a very mean way to do it, especially in front of her family and strangers.
"Hey," Puck said. Again his eyes flashed up and down Sabrina before settling them on her eyes. "You look amazing."
"Really?" Sabrina asked. It didn't come out like a question, more like an accusation. As if she thought he was lying to her, which is exactly what she thought.
"What's wrong?" Puck asked concern in his voice. He took a step toward her and Sabrina took a step back. Puck gave her a concerned and confused look at her sudden movements and maybe even…hurt. That didn't make sense. He had been the one who embarrassed her.
"I don't want to talk about it," Sabrina said and turned away from Puck. She felt Puck's hand on her arm again. Before she could move it away, she was dragged by Puck. Sabrina knew Puck was much stronger then her, so she didn't even try to fight it. She was pulled out the door and into the hallway.
"What's wrong?" Puck asked.
"I said I don't want to talk about it," Sabrina said through gritted teeth. She tried to walk away, but Puck grabbed her arm again. He grabbed both making her rooted to the spot. It didn't hurt, mostly it was just annoying.
"Sabrina Grimm, tell me what's wrong or so help me God, I'll…" Puck said sternly. Sabrina stared at him, she had never seem like this before. He wasn't angry more like frustrated that she wasn't listening.
Finally Sabrina sighed, "I'm mad that you tried to embarrass me." Puck had clearly not been expecting that. His face scrunched up in confusion as if trying to remember when he did that. "When you walked into the ballroom," she added trying to jog his memory.
"What did I do?" Puck asked still confused.
Sabrina sighed, did he seriously not see what he did? "You were walking around and everyone was watching you. You just randomly stopped and stared at me. It was so embarrassing with everyones eyes on me."
Puck looked at her before giving a small chuckle. Sabrina's eye widened at the site of him. "I will never understand girls," he said still chuckling.
"This is not funny," Sabrina said angrily.
"Ok Grimm, calm down," Puck said and stopped laughing. "Let me explain. I didn't mean to stop. It was as much embarrassing for me as it was for you, if not more so. Kings aren't supposed to do that stuff, they're supposed to act proper. Which is of course completely and totally boring, but that's what mother wanted me to do. Anyway, I stoped because you looked…you looked so amazing." Puck let go of her and blushed deeply, embarrassed.
Sabrina took in his words. She'd been so stupid. She looked at Puck to see him staring at the floor. Sabrina placed a hand on his chest and he looked up at her. Sabrina slowly moved closer to him, standing on her tip toes, so she can kiss him. Puck seemed surprised at first before kissing her gently.
Sabrina gently pulled away from him. "What's wrong?" he asked.
"Nothing," Sabrina replied quickly. "I want to stay here with you. It's so much better then being in that loud room with a whole bunch of strangers. But if we're not inside, Titania might actually kill us." Puck gave her smirk before grabbing her hand and leading her into the ballroom.
Sabrina and Puck mostly sat together, chatting and eating the delicious food. Every couple of minutes someone would come and ask Puck to dance or chat about politics. Sabrina would always wait for him to come back or go and chat with Daphne or Red. Sabrina was even asked a few times to dance, but she always kindly said no. She didn't particularly want to dance with strangers, not that she could dance anyway.
When Puck got whisked away again to go and dance with some faerie who seemed to be incredibly ditsy, Sabrina got up in search of someone she knew. She soon found Red seated by herself near the dance floor. Sabrina sat next to the girl, probably startling her because she jumped slightly.
"Hey Red," Sabrina said loudly, trying to get heard over the music. She didn't understand why Red was sitting so close to the dance floor.
"Hey Sabrina," Red said just as loud.
"Why are you sitting by yourself?"
"I'm waiting for Daphne and Pinocchio." Red gestured in front of her and Sabrina saw Daphne and Pinocchio locked together in a slow dance style, despite the fact that the music didn't really fit it. Sabrina turned back to Red and saw her looking wistful at them. Sabrina realized that Red didn't have anyone to dance with.
"Come on," Sabrina said and grabbed Reds hand. Sabrina looked at her startled, but obliged. Sabrina pulled Red onto the dance floor and began doing a weird little swaying thing, she really wasn't good at dancing. Red laughed and began dancing as well. Sabrina was glad to see Red happy.
They danced for the rest of the song and into the next one. When that one was about to finish, Sabrina felt someone tap her on the shoulder. She turned around to see Puck. He said something, but she couldn't hear him over the loud music. She saw him smile and bend forward, placing his mouth right by her ear.
"Can I steal you away for a dance?" he asked. Sabrina couldn't help but shiver sightly. She saw Puck smirk when she did this and refrained from hitting him. She gave an apologetic look at Red who smiled and motioned for Sabrina to go.
Puck pulled Sabrina into the middle of the dance floor just as the music changed into something slower. Sabrina wrapped her hands around his neck and Puck placed his hands on her waist. Sabrina pressed herself closer to him instinctively. She knew that it was a bad idea with her parents and all these strangers so close to them, but she didn't want to pull away.
"You know I'm horrible at dancing," Sabrina said so only Puck could here.
Puck chuckled, "That's okay. I'm pretty good considering that I've had hundreds of years to practise." Sabrina smiled as they swayed on the dance floor.
As much as Sabrina didn't want to admit it, the dance wasn't actually all that bad. She was either dancing with Puck or getting food or talking with her family. It was even a little bit of fun. Sabrina didn't know why she was so worried.
A few hours later Sabrina and Puck were busy talking on some chairs. Sabrina smiled, the ball was almost over. Suddenly the lights went off and they were all plunged in darkness. Sabrina could hear people starting to panic. Puck grabbed onto her hand and held it tightly. What was happening?
Suddenly a horrible scream came from somewhere. Was someone hurt? A second later the lights came on. Sabrina noticed someone in black running out of the ballroom followed by a handful of guards. Sabrina looked around. What had just happened?
Sabrina looked at Puck he stood up, but didn't let go of her hand. Sabrina looked around the room, trying to figure out who screamed. Was someone hurt? Was this an attack by Moth? Was her family okay?
"Sabrina!" someone shouted. Sabrina let go of Pucks hand and ran to the voice, pushing past panicked people. The image Sabrina saw next was so horrifying, she knew it was going to scar her for life.
Lying in her mothers arm with blood all around her was…Daphne. Sabrina ran to her mothers side as tears started coming down her face. Daphne's stomach was covered in blood that spread across the floor. How could so much blood come from one person?
"Daphne," Sabrina cried and cradled her sisters head. Her sister smiled weakly at her and opened her mouth, as if trying to say something. She never got it out since her eyes rolled into her head and she went limp.
Ok so that was chapter 11...
I know I totally made people super ANGRY. You just have to know that it HAD to happen for something to happen in the future. I don't just go around randomly harming people because I love Daphne as well.
Another thing I NEED to clarify. Daphne is NOT dead, yet. So you can all just CALM DOWN.
Whether Daphne dies or not is still up for DISCUSSION. I'm leaning towards one side more then the other, but I'm still open to hear what you guys think. Say in the review if you want her to LIVE or not.
If you want the next chapter up by TOMORROW, then you have to REVIEW. Also, ask me any questions or things you want me to CLARIFY in the review. I know sometimes stories can get a bit confusing so I want to make sure that everyone understands whats happening.
Thanks for all the reviews. I absolutelyLOVE them, they make my day. Also there was some action in this chapter, so I technically kept my promises. Yay!
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