Puck heard the scream that rang through the air. He tried to fly away- to reach Sabrina somehow, but the troll he was fighting grabbed his shoulder and slammed him to the ground. It growled, and brought an unnecessarily- in Puck's opinion- large axe down towards him. He rolled to the side, and the axe buried itself in the ground. Springing up, he lightly jumped off the now-stuck axe and thrust his sword deep into the troll's skull. Smiling wryly, he pulled the sword back out as the troll fell to the ground. Thank goodness for fairy strength… Flying up, he sped towards the light pink bubble that had formed around Sabrina and the Master.

….

Sabrina cut off her scream, swallowing the piercing sounds. No. She let a hiss of pain escape her lips as she realised her leg wasn't just broken- it was shattered. She couldn't move it. Nor could she feel it… It was as if it was made of fire. Oh, god. Mirror's eyes were on her, and she glared back, smiling.

"You won't be causing any more damage around here, anymore. Okay?"

And she pulled the sword violently out of his neck, drawing it out backwards. Feeling resistance at his spine, she pushed through that, too, and freed her blade by half-decapitating him. His head rolled forwards gruesomely- the blood slowly beginning to seep out the huge gash.

Sabrina hopped backwards, every movement a fresh wave of nauseating pain. Darkness was slowly encroaching her vision, and she felt as if she was floating. But then she heard a laugh.

….

Puck hit the barrier with enough force to crush a human's body. But he bounced off, and fell to the ground- into the waiting grasp of yet another goblin. He sighed inwardly. Where did they get these things? Like, really? There were more goblins than people in Ferryport Landing. At least they were stupid as rocks- when the thing came running at him, laughing like the little maniac that it was, he simply let it run into his blade. He heaved it over him, and let it slam into the ground behind him.

Enemies weren't a problem. His own injuries were a problem. He could feel the poison working through his system- slowly eating at him, burning and blistering. He felt a spasm race through him, and he dropped to his knees. Grimacing, he tried to get up. He felt a goblin coming up behind him, and he spun, dropping onto his back. His blade in front of him, he… missed. The goblin raced at him, and swung wildly at him with a small knife. He tried to dodge it- but somehow, he wasn't fast enough. The blade lodged itself into his shoulder, and he cried out. Grabbing the goblin by the throat, he swung it, breaking its neck. He pulled out the dagger, and blood oozed out. He grimaced. Maybe pulling that out was not a good idea. Whoopsie. Pressing the wound with his hand, he went in search of Daphne.

…..

Sabrina was dumbstruck. Mirror grabbed his own head, and sat it back up- where it stayed. Though it was sliding around a little. She felt her stomach constrict, and heave up into her throat, as Mirror laughed again.

"Oh, Starfish. You want to know something?" He shook his head.

"What?" Sabrina swallowed, trying to force her last meal back down her throat.

"You know… A human body… It's not meant to hold this much magic. It would… Well, it would kill you. Break your bones. Fry your organs. Your brain. Let's not even talk about the brain. You cannot kill me. You know why? Because I. Am. Already. Dead. Surprise! Maybe I should have told you that earlier. Well, I guess I sort of did? I think. Anyways. Yes. Killing you. Sorry. You distracted me."

Sabrina grunted. This was it. She couldn't run, her friends couldn't save her. She was a goner. A tear slid down her face. She tried to see Puck through the tinted barrier, but couldn't find him. She fell to her knees, but stood up again. She wouldn't give up. She would go with honour. She met Mirror's gaze as he looked greedily at her. Sadly, she smiled.

"You won't win, you know. Bad guys don't win. Not now, not ever. Maybe you'll kill me, maybe you won't. But if you do, it's not gonna matter."

He laughed.

"Ever the brave one, Starfish. Sabrina Grimm. The reluctant participant, the first to die. Such a tragedy. But let me tell you something. This isn't a fairytale, honey."

He placed his hand on her forehead, and she could taste the ozone, when there was a wooshing sound, and she could hear the sounds of the battle again. She looked up, and Mirror spun around.

"What?!"

Daphne was at the edge of the perfect, empty circle. Her face was on "angry mode"- meaning she looked like a particularly perturbed muffin. Behind her was Puck, whose face was a bit more convincing. But as he saw Sabrina, his grimace melted, and he raced towards her.

"Sabrina!"

Sabrina felt like crying.

"Puck… Puck."

He reached her, and pushed her behind him. He pointed his sword under Mirror's chin.

"If you ever, and I mean ever touch her again, I will personally cut every bit of you into uniform one-inch cubes and then sauté you and feed you to your own army. Got it?"

Mirror laughed.

"Oh, fairy. They always did say love would be the end of you. Perhaps they were right."

He raised his hand, collecting energy to throw at the pair of teenagers, when he stopped- as if he had been caught with a rope. Behind him, Daphne was levitating. Actual floating over the ground. And her eyes were glowing. Her hands also seemed to be taking on a bioluminescence. She yelled at mirror.

"Stop trying to hurt my sister, you big butt! This is why you have no friends!"

Mirror stopped, confused.

"Sorry?"

Daphne zoomed over to mirror, and kicked him.

"Mean people don't have friends! You're mean, and you don't have friends."

He gaped at her, drawing himself up.

"I have lots of friends!"

She looked at him, with the most pity a twelve year old could collect.

"Sure you do, Mirror. I know why you want to escape. It's because you're lonely. You want to go find people who don't know you, so you can make friends!"

She smiled, clearly pleased that she had figured this out herself. Mirror sputtered.

"What? No! I want to rule the world! I want to free Everafters from this oppression. I want… I want to be the ultimate Everafter!"

She looked at him disapprovingly.

"Really? And why do you want that?"

Mirror groaned.

"You are child. I do not have to explain my plans to you!"

And he threw a bolt of magic at her.

Sabrina jumped forwards, ignoring the stabbing bolts of pain that threatened to engulf her.

"Daphne!"