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Chapter 29

Sabrina's POV

"Tell me, how did you poison yourself?" Babook asked a very irritated Sabrina. "Was it something you ate? 'Cause I had a friend who ate some bad berries once and was threw up for ages."

The annoying creature never shut up for a second. He also smelled. Needless to say, Sabrina was not a fan of their unlikely partnership.

In the beginning Sabrina had been nervous that the he would attack her, even though she was the one with the weapons. She also worried he would leave her, which would be better for her nose, but would also leave her lost and farther from the cure.

Now, however, Sabrina was thinking that maybe going on her own wouldn't be so bad. In fact, Sabrina thought this was his strategy, to irritate her to death. It didn't seem to matter to him that she didn't add to the conversation, he just talked on. Although, she had to admit that her hatred for him put the pain of her hand out of her mind.

But nothing could push away the worry. For herself, her family, Puck… It made her sick.

"So?" Babook looked at her expectantly.

"What?" she asked, she hadn't been listening to a word he'd said.

"How'd you get poisoned? Did someone do it to you? I can understand why, you're so dull."

She stared at him. "No, no one poisoned me. I was just dumb."

"Hmmm." He tilted his head to look at her. "That's not too hard to believe."

She glared at him. "What are you anyway?"

Babook gasped dramatically and put a hand to his chest like she said she ate kids for breakfast. "What am I! I'm a dwarf of course."

"I don't remember you with the Seven Dwarfs," Sabrina mumbled under her breath.

"How dare you! I would never associate myself with those losers." Sabrina gave him an odd look, but didn't comment. She didn't care enough to ask.

"Well, Sunshine," Babook said, apparently fine now, "we're almost there. I hope you have a plan."

Sabrina swallowed nervously. "Right, of course."

Babook narrowed his eyes at her. "You do have a plan, right?"

"I'll figure something out." She trudged on behind him, staring at the filthy ground.

"I can't believe you don't have a plan! What kind of an idiot are you?"

"I wan't under the impression there was more than one. Besides, what do you care?"

"Well, for whatever reason, I suddenly feel attached to you," he looked her up and down with a look of disdain, "for some really strange reason, and I want to help you."

She raised her eyebrows. "Really? You want to help me?"

"Well, the dragon might also be guarding some very valuable trinkets as well, but mostly for you."

She snorted, but she did have to admit the extra help would be nice.

"So, now that we've established we're a team, let's figure out a plan," Babook said.

"Right, okay," she replied. "How long did you say it would be till we got there?"

Babook stopped abruptly, Sabrina stopping a few paces ahead of him. She turned back to glare him. "What are you waiting for?"

"We're here," he said.

Daphne's POV

"What are we gonna do?" Daphne demanded as she raced to keep up with Puck. Her much shorter legs were doing double the amount of strides as his long ones. He wasn't looking at her, facing dead straight as he marched on ahead.

"Not much we can do, but go to war," Puck replied, his voice stoney and devoid of emotion.

"You just said we won't win."

"We have to still try." Daphne cast a worried look at Mustardseed, but the faerie didn't meet her gaze.

"I could try do the spell again. Maybe it has to be said three times or something."

"We don't have the time." They were weaving between people and horses, the chatter was loud, no one realizing that the war had already began.

"It won't take long," Daphne argued.

"No." Daphne looked around at all these people, all the innocent lives that could be lost. She glanced at two soldiers, so alike they must be brothers. What if the one lost the other? she thought. Daphne was surprised by the amount of sadness that flooded her for complete strangers.

She looked back at Puck. "Please, we have try."

"If you want to waste your time on silly things, go right ahead. I, on the other hand, have to lead my armies to war. I have no time for false hope."

"It's not—"

"Daphne," Puck interrupted, "go with the rest of magicians where it's safe."

She glared at him, "I'm not a child."

Puck sighed, but stopped to look her directly in the eye. "I know that, but it would kill me if anything happened to you."

Daphne's face softened at the emotion in Puck's eyes. "Please don't die, it would kill me too."

Puck rolled his eyes. "Who do you think you're talking to? I've experienced far worse wars than this. Really, this is barely a school yard fight."

Daphne's eyes flooded with tears and before he could move, she flung her arms around his neck. "I'll be safe," she whispered in his ear and let go.

Puck gave her one last look before disappearing into the crowd. Mustardseed looked back at her. He opened his mouth and closed it. Finally seemingly deciding on a head nod before following his brother.

Puck's POV

The horns were blown, ordered by him. He sat on his horse, raised on a small hill, overlooking the fast army. It was big, but not enough.

The horns were blown again and Puck watched as frantic soldiers moved to collect their weapons and get into position. He watched as people said hasty good byes, unsure whether this was the last time they would see each other alive.

Puck descended from the hill and met a group of generals at the base. They saluted him as Puck gave them orders.

"You'll go from the right," he ordered. "You're from the left, and you'll go right down the middle. Our mission is to try and get into the building, kill any of Moth's men."

The generals all nodded, knowing their duties and set off to command their men. Puck then turned to the more specialized units. "You'll sneak in through back, you're job is to get in as quick as possible and get as many patients out as soon as possible, and you'll be commanding the med tent."

The remaining generals nodded and left, leaving only him and Mustardseed. "And what will you do, brother?" Mustardseed asked.

Puck stared out into the crowd, trying hard not to show any emotion across his face. "I will find Moth. It only ends when she is dead and that is the way I intend it to be."

"I'll go with you."

"No." Puck turned to look at him. "I need you to go with Daphne. Guard the magicians, without them, we might not have a chance."

"Stay safe."

Puck nodded, "You too," and Mustardseed was gone.

Now, he was the only one left and knew he had to go, but he wanted to imagine her one last time. He closed his eyes and there she was, all blonde hair and creamy skin. Perfection in his eyes.

He wondered if she was okay, if she was even alive. He wondered if he would see her again and if they would both be living. He wondered if there was some way to prevent all of this, if he could have done something or said something and none of this would have happened.

And then he opened his eyes, and stopped wandering, locking that part away somewhere inside himself.

Mustardseed's POV

Mustardseed rushed through the camp, ignoring the frantic chatters of the soldiers. He had a mission ordered by his king and he would fulfill it. He marched to a small group on the outskirts of the camp.

As he neared the small group of magicians he noticed their uneasy looks at the soldiers and at Moth's building. Unlike the soldiers, they had no training or had ever been in a real battle. Mustardseed snorted, they probably thought playground fights were dangerous. Still, he had to remind himself that they were probably the most powerful in the camp. One magician could do a lot, a whole group of them was even better.

As he reached the group, his eyes immediately went to search her out. She was standing towards the edge of the group, not talking with any of the others, but staring off into space, lost in thought.

Mustardseed cleared his throat and they all quieted and turned to look at him, an act of respect Mustardseed was all too familiar with. "I along with a small group of soldiers will protect you while you use your magic."

A magician in front of him snorted. "Like we would need your soldiers help in defending ourselves. We're magicians, far powerful and more capable than your bravest men."

Mustardseed only stared at the magician, revealing none of his annoyance on his face. He had perfected his blank, princely face decades ago. "Nevertheless, we are here to help. If you will follow me, I'll lead you to where you will be set up." He turned sharply around and started walking, not bothering to check whether they were following.

He marched on quickly, walking away from the army and towards higher ground. As he walked he suddenly became aware of the person rushing to catch up with him.

"Hello," Daphne Grimm said.

"Hi," Mustardseed replied, not looking sideways at her.

"Do you think we will get attacked? We are far away from the building."

"It is hard to say. Better be safe than sorry."

"Right, of course." He could feel Daphne's stare burning into the side of his face, but he refused to turn around. The reasons for this confused him. All he could understand was that he had a rush of feeling every time he looked at her, something he hadn't experienced in a very long time. But what did it mean? He wasn't sure and that scared him ever so slightly.

"Is everything okay?" she asked, breaking him from his thoughts.

"We're about to go into battle," he responded briskly, "so I suppose no, everything is not okay."

She snorted and he let his gaze wander a little, looking at her in time to see her roll her eyes. "Obviously besides from that."

"I fail to see how that was obvious."

"Well, in my mind it was."

Mustardseed frowned, "Not all minds can be like yours."

Daphne gave him a sly smile, "And I feel bad for all of you who lack a Daphne mind." Mustardseed was surprised to find himself chuckling.

"Well, then in that case, yes, I think everything is okay."

"Well, good." She gave a nod and they were walking in silence. Mustardseed found himself thinking back to their brief conversation, which he realized was silly and irrational given what was going on around him, but for once, he didn't care.

He looked at the brown haired girl and a small smile flickered across his lips.

Puck's POV

He looked at the stars, the brightest of them sparkling back at him. It was time, he thought. All their planning, everything had come down to this very moment.

Puck looked at the army facing his back, he was at the very front, astride a horse. He looked to his left and right, ensuring that his generals were with him. He looked just past the army where he could just make out the magicians, Daphne and his brother with them.

He raised his sword—no longer wood—and prepared to lower it and send his troops marching when the ground started to move. Cries throughout the army shouted, as a massive shudder spread through the ground and a loud boom headed from the East.

Puck immediately turned his horse in that direction, digging his heals in, as the horse galloped faster towards the noise. He could still hear the shouts from the soldiers and watched as their heads turned, all trying to see what had caused the noise.

Puck rushed past the army, reaching the end of his men and past a bit when he stopped in his tracks by the forest. Puck stared, unsure whether he was seeing things or not. It looked like the trees were moving.

He watched in fascination as the branches slowly started to move as if limbs were being stretched, and then the trunk twisted and one of the trees were making their way towards him. Puck then noticed dirt from the ground swirling together and piling on top of each other, forming figures. He watched as stones formed another figure and a bush rised up and start walking toward him.

He felt someones run up to him and looked to see Daphne and Mustardseed. They were panting hard, barely able to catch their breaths, as they stared with amazement.

Daphne gasped, "The spell, it worked." Her face gave way to a huge smile.

"Good job, Marshmallow, you did it." He gave her a light pat on her head, but couldn't help but grin with her.

"I did it," she replied. "See, you just have to have a little faith in me."

"Don't worry, I won't doubt you ever again." Daphne gave him a look that said he was lying, but he just shrugged in reply.

"This is amazing," Mustardseed said. "I can't believe you did this. You might have just saved all of us."

Daphne shrugged, attempting to look modest. "I mean I wouldn't say I saved all of us, probably just increased our chances of winning by a lot, but whatever, it's not that big a deal."

"Not that big a deal, it's incredible. I just can't believe it." Puck looked at Mustardseed and frowned. There was something else besides the awe in Mustardseed's face when he looked at Daphne, but Puck wasn't quite sure what.

"I just wish Sabrina was here to see this," Daphne said. "She's probably gonna be so upset that she missed this."

"Yeah," Puck agreed.

"At least she's safe though, right?"

Daphne was just rambling on now, probably not even looking for a response from him. Still, Puck said quietly, "Right." He needed it to be true.

"Come on, we have to go back," Puck said to them. Puck retreated back to his horse and rode back to the centre.

"What was that, sir?" a general asked him.

Puck smirked, "An addition to the army." He turned to face Moths building, he could see some of Moth's men now standing in front of the doors.

With one last final look at the stars, he raised his sword and he felt the silence of the army as they watched him lower it, triggering the roar and running of his soldiers.

oo0oo

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