Chapter Twenty One

Daphne's P.O.V.

I leaned closer to the crystal ball, watching the visions provided of the Scarlet Hand.
"Where are Jack and Jill?" Mirror roared.

"They're by the creek," The Frog Princess squeaked. "They're collecting berries."

"Get them back! NOW!" Mirror screamed, a vein throbbing on his neck. His finger glowed white and shot at the Frog Princess.

The princess crumpled to the floor and her head lopped mindlessly.

"This is a warning," Mirror hissed, staring back at me. "Don't you dare attack our comrades or else we will take you….accomplices."

With that, Mirror flicked his wrist at me, and the Crystal Ball shattered. The blow sent me back to the wall, the clinking of glass around me.

I blinked my eyes blearily, and picked up a shard of glass. I saw Mirror's eyes gleaming on the glass.

I let it fall, and gasped for air. How did Mirror know that I was watching him? Was there some crisis in their camp? Or was there something…important going on? And the worst of all…we had a spy.

The door slammed open and Mustardseed skidded into the room.

"What's wrong?" Mustardseed demanded, crouching down next to me. "I heart glass breaking!"

"Mirror….explosion—Jack and Jill…Princess—DEAD!" I shrieked, flailing my arms.

Mustardseed gripped my cold hands and pulled me up.

"Why don't I just get you a cup of jasmine tea?" Mustardseed suggested.

I shook my head, but Mustardseed pressed his lips together. We headed to Sabrina and Puck's house, and saw Sabrina, Past Sabrina, and Past Daphne walking towards us.

Sabrina greeted us and handed us the twins and Mustardseed spoke to Past Daphne. We left after that, and we went to Sabrina and Puck's house and we sat together on the couch. We had fed and changed the two already, and Mustardseed made the tea.

"So, what's wrong?" Mustardseed asked lowly, peering into my eyes.

"I was watching the crystal ball to see what Mirror and the people were doing and something about Jack and Jill," I blabbered. "Mirror got angry and shot Frog Princess and she died."

Mustardseed cocked his head and I sipped my hot jasmine tea.

"The creepy part is that Mirror knows that…" I sipped my tea again, relishing the burning taste go through my throat, "past Sabrina and Past Daphne are here."

Mustardseed simply stared at me. "So are you saying…?"

I nodded, letting the truth sink in. "We have a spy."

Mustardseed's eyes turned cold, and he turned rigid. "We need to figure out this spy, now."

"Yes," I nodded, but I couldn't help feel like he was stating the obvious.

"If the spy makes his move tonight, then goodbye to Past Daphne and Past Sabrina," Mustardseed said solemnly.

I frowned a bit. "If they get killed, do Sabrina and I die too?"

"No," Mustardseed said. "But…Bianca and Kaitlyn will die."

I sucked in my breath. Bianca and Kaitlyn…die?

"We need to protect them with extra measures," Mustardseed said firmly. "Can you put some charms and spells on their room?"

I nodded, frowning oh so slightly.

I felt a bit disappointed, because after all these days, I felt a bit lazy. With no action around, I felt like a normal person. Not that it was bad, but I wasn't prepared for anything.

I sighed, and drank the rest of my tea.

Mustardseed tilted my chin up. "Don't look so down!"

I brushed him away. "You know what; I'm going to set those spells."

Setting the cup onto the table, I got up and left. I felt Mustardseed's frown smoldering into my head.

I went upstairs, to the Past Sisters Room. I got my wand out, and murmured a few protections spells. I was about to leave when I saw a picture posted on the wall.

I moved my lips to the side, because I knew Past Sabrina never drew. Maybe Past Daphne, but I didn't recall drawing too much.

I took a look at the picture, and saw a big house, the burnt down Grimm House. It wasn't burnt in the picture. In the picture, it showed Past Sabrina, Past Daphne, Granny Relda, Past Puck, Past Mr. Canis, and Past Elvis in the picture.

They all smiled, and written on the bottom was 'The Grimm Family,'.

I pursed my lips. It seemed that Past Daphne wanted the future to be like this. No war, no Scarlet Hand, and no evil.

But if she made the same mistakes as Sabrina and me, she would end up like this. I didn't remember what led to war, but sometimes I ached for this picture too.

I clutched it, and became a bit emotional over a drawing. I didn't cry or anything.

I was just numb.

That was the chapter! Wow, that was long! I hope you liked it! Anyways, um…that's that! Again, this story will be ending at about 26 or 29 chapters. But, I will clarify the real age soon.

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