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The Ball

Sabrina's POV

Puck and I came to a stop at the great oak doors that led to the ball room. They were closed now, but Puck told me they were to open soon. We were both easily talking, occasionally insulting and shoving one another; until all of a sudden we could hear a man's booming voice announce, "And finally, His Majesty: King Robin."

Puck eyes widened he started saying, "Wait! No, that means-" he was cut off by the doors opening. Inside I could see everyone staring at us. My eyes found Mom and Granny who smiling knowingly at me. Uncle Jake and Mr. Canis were smirking at each other, while Dad looked like he was going to explode. Daphne and Red were silently giggling in the mist of it all. Titania and the rest of the faeries at the ball stared at me in shock; except Mustardseed, who was smirking just like Uncle Jake and Mr. Canis.

And then it hit me. The King usually collects the Queen from her chambers before they both leave... I looked over to Puck who's face was bright red and I realized that I probably was the same shade of red. I cleared my throat and quickly walked in the ball room and hid behind Mom.

I squeezed my eyes shut. That did not just happen. That did not just happen. That did not just happen. That did not just- My chantings were ceased by the announcer's voice once again, "...His Majesty: King Robin," his voice sounded rather weak this time. I moved so that I was only half hidden and looked over at Puck.

He looked...kingly. There was no other way to describe it. His blush had subsided, and his he was holding his head high, with his shoulders squared and his back ruler straight. He walked with dignity and power; with his jeweled crown shining on his head. He reached his throne and took the golden scepter that resided beside it, in between the second throne. The Queen's throne. I reminded myself.

I was torn out of my thoughts by Puck's King-Robin-voice. "Today, this ball is held in honor of the New Faerie. The one that was recently built out of the ashes of the Everafter War and our poverty. Let this ball mark a new era of prosperity and..." Puck paused and looked strained for a second, "and peace." I started clapping as everyone followed. Though, I noticed Titania frowned slightly at Puck as she clapped.

Puck held his hand out and the clapping died out, "The guests of honor for this ball is the Grimm family. Without them, Everafters would have perished long ago. They had saved us again just a month ago when they defeated the Scarlet Hand." Puck looked our way and gestured us to come join him up there. When we did reach him he continued, "We are all in debt to these people. This ball is to honor them as well."

Granny beamed at Puck with her eyes watering, before tackling him into a hug and kissing his cheek, "You're a Grimm too, liebling."

Puck smiled at her before turning back to the crowds, his face fairly pink; "Let the ball begin." People clapped once again before the orchestra started playing. The ball had officially begun and us Grimms left the head of the room to join the crowds; except for Puck and I.

I looked at Puck, "Nice speech, Fairy Boy."

Puck rolled his eyes, "Had to give them something. Though, Mom won't be happy with this. She wanted me to talk about Faerie and my homecoming and that stuff," Puck shook his head in exasperation. "Well, you can go now. I've got to deal Mom."

Puck started to leave and I blurted, "I'll join you! I mean, if you want. I um, don't really know anyone here..."

He smiled at, "Thanks. With you around, I don't think she'll kill me."

I laughed and we made our way to Titania; who turned out to be five steps away from the thrones. "You were supposed to speak of your homecoming, son."

"Mom, they know I'm home. They know I'm leaving soon. They know I bringing a lot of gold home. What's there to know? They needed to know about the War."

Titania huffed, "They knew about the war."

"Well they needed to know who saved us. Can I leave now?"

I jumped in, "We can leave?"

Titania pursed her lips, "No. The King cannot, and neither can the guests of honor. Now go mingle."

Puck stared at her, "Mingle? I already know these people!"

"Well, you've been gone for more than a decade. Reconnect with them."

"If they haven't changed in a thousand years, I doubt they will in a decade."

Titania frowned at Puck, "You are the King of Faerie. You have to dance with ladies and discuss politics and such with the men. And you have to mingle with several people! Not just one. And not just the Grimms."

Puck scowled, "Fine. When does this end?"

"Five hours. I've made it short for you. Now go. I shall be with the duchesses."

Puck nodded as she left and rolled his eyes as soon as her back was turned, "Great. I can't even leave."

"Five hours?! That's short!"

Puck smirked, "Consider yourself lucky you weren't alive for my Mom's definition of a long ball. Don't get me started on court."

I stared at Puck, "You poor soul. Well, you have fun with your...faerie princesses. I'm gonna go hide."

"Grimm! That's not fair!"

I turned back to Puck, "Too bad Stinkpot!"

Puck tried to get through the crowds, but failed. He scowled at me, "I'll find you and make you pay for this, Grimm!" And with that the crowds swallowed him up and he was gone.

I turned away, somewhat disappointed that Puck was gone. But also satisfied that we were back to bantering happily; the beginning of the ball was forgotten. I stared walking when I realized that I knew absolutely nobody here. I looked around to find someone I knew...nothing. I sighed; this was just wonderful.

As soon as I turned around, I bumped into someone. I looked up hoping it was Puck, but was met by sapphire eyes instead of spring green ones. I cleared my throat and backed away from him, "Um, sorry sir. I'll just go now..."

I turned away and started to leaved by the guy caught my wrist, "No, it's fine actually. I was hoping to dance with the guest of honor. Would you like to join me?"

As opening my mouth to politely say no, Titania materialized beside us. "Of course she will, Thorn. Go on Sabrina." Titania glared at me and I got the message. I had to dance with every fool that asked me too. Brilliant.

I followed Thorn into the middle of the room, where he pulled me pretty close to him. There was an easy waltz that was playing, so he placed his hands on my waist and shoulder. I reciprocated by placing my own on his shoulders and pushed his a little bit away from me so that we weren't so close.

He smiled down at me and said, "I'm Thorn Vinesnap. And you must be Sabrina Grimm, daughter of Henry and Veronica Grimm."

"Yep, that's me."

"Yes. If you don't mind me asking, how is it that you know the King?"

I looked up at him in surprise, "Well, we met in Ferryport Landing and..." I paused for a moment before deciding not to tell this guy about Puck's unflattering moments. "...he was living with my grandmother and everything."

"Why was he living there?"

I stared at him, "Well, you know back then if you're in Ferryport Landing and you're an Everafter you're not getting out. He um, decided that my grandmother was a good place to stay."

"I see. I presume you lived with him while you were there yourself."

"Yeah."

"You fought in that war, yes?"

"Yeah. Not so fun most of the time. Particularly in the end when people were dieing and all that."

"I am sure. Though, His Majesty must have kept everyone safe as possible."

"Puck did do a lot. I gave him the most important job."

"You mean that he did not lead the battle?"

"...No. I did. He hasn't been telling you guys that, has he? His ego is too big."

"No. We do not know the details of what happened in the War. We just presumed that the King of Faerie and most Everafters would have lead."

"Oh. Well, he did great and everything but, I took control."

"I see. It must have been adventurous. When the King and I were young we used to on hunting parties. Was it similar to that?"

I gaped at him, "No. It was serious. Our lives were at stake and I can't even tell you how many times I almost died. Puck never told us he went on hunting parties..."

"Really? Well, I suppose it was because he had disappeared after a few minutes. I do not believe he was fond of hunting...though he was quite the trickster in his day."

I couldn't take this. This boy was to pompous. I sighed inwardly, "He still is. He'll always be the Trickster King. He turned my hair invisible just this morning."

Thorn arched an eyebrow, "That seems...quite interesting. Especially for the King."

I nodded absently, "Yep. Puck's always got a prank up his sleeve."

"I suppose...would you care for another dance with me?"

I glanced at Titania, who glared at me. I sighed, "Alright."

~~~Time Skip~~~

I was in the corner of the ball room now. I had just escaped Titania seconds ago. She was going nuts! She made me dance with several guys who all droned about the same boring things. I had finally said that I was going to get some refreshments and I was currently half-hiding behind a plant.

I watched Puck as he went by with Daphne. In the hour I've been here I didn't get the chance to really talk to him again. I was hoping that he'd cut in while I was dancing with some pompous idiot. But no such luck. I watched Puck dance with Daphne...well, it wasn't really dancing. Daphne only reached Puck's elbow, so Puck simply picked her up and spun around. He had done the same thing for Red only a few minutes earlier, and he got the same reaction; Daphne was beaming, giggling, and squealing all at the same time. Puck was smiling at her, obviously pleased that he was able to make her smile. Though, it was never really hard for him to do that.

The song ended and Puck put Daphne down and reached to ruffled her hair. Daphne, being both quick and smart, dodged him. And ran away leaving Puck laughing. A second later, he was swarmed by a dozen giggling girls. I rolled my eyes and scowled. I spent the entire night so far watching Puck dance with several air-headed faeries. It was disgusting. I had to constantly swallow that still-unnamed bitter feeling and it sent a corner of my mind to pout and scowl. The only thing that would soothe me was when Puck looked my way and mouth 'Save me'. I'd only laugh and send him the same message.

I looked at Puck again who was talking to all of the girls and I watched as they giggled again. I looked towards the orchestra and they looked like they would begin again. Looks like I would really save him. I held my head high and walked purposely towards Puck. The empty-headed faeries stopped giggling abruptly and stared at me.

I cut through them and stopped right in front of Puck, who was staring at me as well. Suddenly I was nervous and agitated; and I didn't know why. I took a deep breath and asked, "Do you wanna dance?"

The other girls stared at me dumbfounded...just like Puck did. It was quiet between us. The silence was broken by a few of the girls laughing. One of them whispered, "Who does she think she is? I bet she doesn't even know His Highness. Look at that freak." The girls laughed snidely at that.

My eyes widened for a moment and my eyes began to water slightly. I shouldn't be sad about this. I squeezed them shut. I should've known this would happen; that I'd get humiliated by this and Puck wouldn't care. He lived for this sort of thing to happen to me. Maybe he was thinking the same thing. My heart wrenched a little. I opened my my eyes and looked away from Puck before backing away, "Never mind. I'll just go...and um, I guess you'll be moving out then. See ya."

I turned away quickly and nearly ran away. I didn't even take one step before I heard one of the girls say, "How embarrassing, Your Majesty. She must be delusional...maybe she had too much wine." More giggling followed. I held my head up high and squared my shoulders and continued walking. Puck had a great way of honoring us. Maybe he finally decided that we weren't worth it anymore and he'd rather be with royalty. My heart wrenched even more. I hadn't even taken another step when a hand caught my wrist and pulled me close to a broad, muscular body.

I sighed, "I'm sorry Thorn, but I don't want to dance right now." To hell with Titania wanting me to dance with everyone. I raised my eyes to look at the person who was holding me and was surprised to meet Puck's spring green eyes. I stared at him for a moment before pulling my hand away, "What do you want?"

Puck looked at me with remorse, "Just come with me for a moment."

"Why? Aren't your royal friends waiting for you? You wouldn't want to be seen with a drunk stranger," I said coldly, before moving to walk away.

"Sabrina, please. I was just surprised. I didn't say anything. Just come with me for a second and you can kick my butt later if you still want to."

I looked at him. It wasn't often that he would call me by my first name...or even say please. Then again, he might want to just embarrass me more before he finally laughs. I took a deep breath and looked him in the eye, "You just let them say that. And with all the things you've called me before, you most likely think the same way. I guess you just needed to be reminded about royalty before you really made your decision. Goodbye Puck."

Puck gripped my hand, "You honestly think that? You honestly think that I would risk my life saving you all the time when I really thought that?!"

"I don't know what you think! One minute you're talking about honoring the Grimms and the next you let people say that to me!"

"I told you I was shocked! Why do you think I want you to come with me?!"

I glared at Puck, "To embarrass me some more."

Puck stared down at me before quietly saying, "You know I don't do that. I might prank you and tease you and annoy you but, I have never done that. I will never do that. That's a low blow, Grimm."

I sighed, "Fine. But I sweat Fairy Boy-"

"Yeah, yeah I know. Just come with me."

Puck held my hand and pulled me close before leading us back to the bimbos. They looked at us in surprise. "Your Majesty, if you don't mind me asking, but what is she doing with you?"

Puck glared at her, "This, Miss. Shimmer, is my best friend: Sabrina Grimm. She lead the Everafter War and won. She was, and still is, my general. And for you, all of you, to treat like you did is shameful. I am ashamed to say that my subjects have decided to treat the person that saved them, or anybody in general, in such a manner."

Miss Shimmer opened her mouth in shock, before quickly recovering. "It is my deepest apologies-"

I cut her across, "Are you seriously gonna say that? You just treated my like dirt two seconds ago. Can't you just leave and have it done with?"

The girl looked highly affronted, "His Highness has not dismissed us yet."

"You are all dismissed. Goodbye."

Her eyes widened, "Okay then. Have a good evening, Your Majesty." And with that the girls left hurriedly.

Puck turned to me, "Still wanna kick my butt?"

I smiled a little, "I don't know. I'm think about it."

Puck laughed, "Still wanna dance?"

I shrugged, "I guess I'll have to. Titania forbid me from saying no to any offers."

Puck tugged me onto the dance floor before wrapping his arms around my waist and pulling me close, while I reciprocated around his neck. "I thought you were actually interested in Thorn, though."

I rolled my eyes, "He's the worst. Kept going on about the things you two did."

Puck laughed, "I pranked him all the time. Especially during those hunting parties."

"He did mention those; just not the pranking. I had to remind him you were still the Trickster King."

"Good. I'm afraid these people will forget who I truly am."

"Don't worry. They'll never be able to forget you...no matter how hard they try."

Puck laughed, "I guess that will have to do." I smiled up at him and he smiled as well. All of the sudden the music changed to something more upbeat. Puck smirked and said, "Follow my lead."

"Follow your-" Puck started moving in the waltz/squaredance dance. I grinned and copied his just as I did at Morgan Ley Fey's wedding.

~~~Time Skip~~~

Puck and I had collapsed into some chairs while laughing. I looked at Puck to find him looking at me as well, "That was fun."

He smiled, "I thought so too. You're pretty good at dancing."

I laughed, "I stepped on your feet at least 5 times!"

"It's a complicated dance. I've had 4000 years to practice."

I giggled, "My feet hurt."

"Well, obviously mine hurt even more."

I pushed him, "Don't be mean."

Puck just laughed in response. "Come on, we should get something to drink."

I smiled before getting up, "Alright, let's go Fairy Boy."

Puck laughed as he settled right behind me as we made our way to the refreshments table. As soon as we reached it the lights went out. People started screaming and the back of my neck prickled; what was this?

Puck grabbed onto me before snapping his fingers and the magic lights were on once again. At the head of the room, right in front of the thrones, there stood a dark and hooded figure. The person was broad and muscled. He didn't speak. He didn't move. Everything was deadly quiet.

Then finally, he spoke in a deep, booming voice. "Meet your end." And then he disappeared; swallowed in the darkness, in the shadows that seemed to reach for him.

In an instance later, I felt someone plunge a dagger into my arm. I didn't have time to cry out before my vision blurred and my head thudded in pain. I heard Puck yell, "SABRINA!"

"Puck?" I asked weakly.

"SEIZE HIM!"

"Puck?" I asked again...why was the world graying?

"This is not good, Your Majesty..."

"Puck!" I called. Where was he? When did my eyes close? Why was-the world finally turned completely black.

A/N: I feel evil...I like it! I had fun with chapter: a LOT of fun. There wasn't as much action as I planned, but I wasn't sure how to introduce the new enemy. Honestly...I'm not sure who the new enemy is...I'm kinda making it up as I go. I hope you liked it! So please REVIEW! I love those! :D Seriously you guys are AWESOME! Oh! And give it up for the longest chapter I've ever written! 3, 573 words! Bye! :D