*Disclaimer:* I do not own the Sister's Grimm.
A/N: I have decided to make Puck 19 and Sabrina 18. Also, I am going to get braces... I hope you like the new chapter. This one is a bit mysterious I guess. Anyways, sorry for the very uneven schedule for my updates. But I know most of you have school, too, so you would understand. Thank you and please enjoy! I tried to make it longer than the last, although I know it is still pretty short.
Sorry for keeping you, continue!
Sabrina's nonexistent heartbeat doubled at the force that shook the frame of the house. The television immediately flickered on. It showed a static screen, the loud noise echoing through the living room.
When both of the young adult's eyes strayed towards the picture box, the static began to falter and an image seeped through.
The image was a recording of a dark room with a brick tint. You could see a silhouette approaching from the darkness. The shadow of a person spoke with a double-toned voice:
"Sabrina, love... So glad you made it to our marvelous party. I know you're wondering who I am, what this is, etcetera, etcetera. But no worries. It will all make sense soon. Now, back to the matter at hand. Your family is at Fort Charming. I know, I know, you thought you had the Scarlet Hand trapped there. Well, they escaped. The Scarlet Hand is back. Your family retreated and was unable to write you any notes. You are most likely asking how I know of this... Well, I am the new leader of the Scarlet Hand. You will not see me for a while after this, Sabrina, but you and Puck will be hearing plenty.
"I want to make sure you have the best experience in the upcoming war. This might be a favor to you or it may not... but frankly I don't care. Anyways, we don't want Charming to have an unfair advantage. I may not know where the new fort is now, however I will find out.
"Oh! This may hurt a bit." The eerie voice cut off and barked with laughter. On the dark screen a sinister grin appeared, smearing a pearl glare over the camera lens.
A puzzled, concerned, and angry expression possessed Sabrina's features. She was seething with anger at the way he dared call her 'love' and told her things without a clear explanation. She hated her current situation, and clearly, it wasn't fond of her, either.
What was going on? How did he know who and where they were?Who was this strange man who claimed he was the new master? What was he planning? Was her family safe? And what did he mean by 'This might hurt a bit'?
Although she was still slightly confused, she discovered the hidden meaning in his words.
An earthquake racked her body; followed by intense pain that branched out from her heart. Her limbs were throbbing and she felt herself burning. Was she being roasted alive? No. At that moment another wave of pain pulsed within her. A warm crib enveloped her in warmth and she felt alive, but she was still a nasty bruise pounding with an intense ache. She felt her whole body crumple like a paper and be tossed in the air. Then she felt a stretching sensation and her bones popping.
Suddenly she was flung like a rubber band into an empty space where she lost feeling. Eventually, in these stages of the in-between, she lost all of her senses.
After what felt like years, she regained consciousness along with her senses. She looked at Puck and then at the television which was no longer rumbling.
"What just happened?" She inquired breathlessly.
"You went through it, too?" Puck replied.
"It felt like I was coming back to life or something. What do you think that guy meant?"
"I'm not sure, but I do know that the Scarlet Hand is probably back in business." For no reason they were whispering, choosing not to break the house's silence.
"What about the slam of the door? You think they came inside?"
"No, it was one of the goons under the control of that creep. He was just making sure we couldn't leave for the time being. I saw it from behind the counter." Puck answered.
"You mean like your pixie's?" Sabrina joked.
"No! And they're MINIONS." Puck corrected.
"Whatever you say..." She snickered.
"Anyways, - Ugh!" Puck grumbled as a load of books tumbled on to his head.
"That hurt..." He said to no one in particular.
"What?" Sabrina asked, partly in shock.
"I said, 'That - Uh-oh." Puck gulped. He glanced at Sabrina and they bolted towards the bathroom. They shoved each other and had to hold in yells of mixed emotions when they saw their reflections.
Ghosts are not supposed to have reflections. Much less echo's such as when Puck shouted.
They both came to the same realization at the same time:
Whoever that 'creep' is, he brought us back to life.
It was clear that the strange man brought their bodies to them instead of vice versa. Luckily, they hadn't left anything in their caskets and their phantom possessions came back to life with them.
"I guess we don't need that potion now..." Puck concluded.
"But with your ugly face, you would always be stuck looking like a zombie." He added.
Back to the same games, I see. Puck points his remarks at my appearance and I can only reply against him in ways that don't seem to affect him at all.
"Is that all you've got, mud-butt? Maybe if your attention span wasn't so miraculously tiny, you would see that we have to find the rest of my family!" She shouted while squashing her thumb and forefinger together for emphasis.
"So you were looking at my butt? Gosh Grimm... You just can't keep your eyes to yourself. Of course, with a complexion like yours and someone like me here it would be difficult, but the fact that you're barely trying? The poor girl..." He whispered the last part.
Sabrina rolled her eyes and grabbed his wrist, dragging him away towards the forest. He knew it pretty well, considering that he had lived in it for years. He would be able to tell if anything was different. Plus, she could search the ground and tree trunks for small signs indicating the fort's site.
"Watch it, Grimm! Now you can't keep your hands to yourself either?" He teased. Sabrina just ignored him, only stopping to explain the plan for the moment.
And so the duo searched the forest, eventually finding a fallen tree which Puck insisted had always been one of the healthiest out of the others. After some thinking, they decided to follow the direction the fallen trunk pointed in and after a fair amount of walking, and Puck pointing out every difference he saw, they noticed a faint outline (that was almost impossible to spot unless you knew where to look) for an invisible mass.
Puck and Sabrina had just arrived at the newly constructed, Fort Charming.