A/N Hi!!!! Wow, this is…like…a month after the last chapter. I am SO sorry. But hey, I'm back! Ish. But I'm back for another chapter! =)

Chapter Five

The family, excluding Daphne, Sabrina, and Puck, came up with a plan. Veronica, the motherly figure to almost everyone there, with the exception of Granny Relda, Henry, and Mr. Canis, would attempt to learn what had really happened in the other dimension. She would attempt to learn what had happened that had caused such severe hatred.

Henry and Mr. Canis would search every book, every diary, everything in the house in search of something, anything, that would give some clue as to Puck and Sabrina's behavior. They would search for spells, for stories, even for rumors if they had to.

Jake and Granny Relda would do the actual detective work, as they were the best at it. They would retrace every step the two teens had taken, talk to everyone they had come into contact with, and search every inch of ground for clues.

Veronica started her work with Sabrina. Idly, while putting away the girls' laundry and straightening up their room while Sabrina did her homework, Veronica asked a few seemingly un-interested questions.

"So, Sabrina," Veronica began in a nonchalant voice, "what happened in that other dimension? I'm sure you didn't tell the whole story, not with your dad there." She gave a fake laugh, slightly more high pitched than her normal laugh.

Sabrina looked up from her math homework, her eyes slightly dulled from being drawn out of the world of math. "What? No, I told all of it. I mean, Puck was more of an ass then I originally told it, but other than that…" She bent her head back down.

Veronica tried again. "So, when did you start to hate Puck so much? Like, not why, but when?"

Sabrina looked up with an annoyed sigh. "I don't know! A few weeks after it killed Darren. I'm not really sure."

"What changed? I mean, I know he can be annoying but this is a little extreme…"

Sabrina sighed more angrily this time, her breath wooshing out in an angry snort. "I just figured out what a jerk he is. He's always been a jerk, but I don't know, it just really got to me."

"Did you do anything out of the ordinary between when you didn't hate him and when you did?"

Sabrina glared at her mother, her rage boiling up. "God, why is it so hard for you people to just accept I hate him? All I did that was even slightly out of the ordinary was buy some juice from a street vender. But it isn't like this is some mystery to be solved. Let the Grimm family take a damn rest, would you?"

Veronica, not to be dissuaded by her daughter's angry words, asked, "Did you know the street vender from around town? Was he an Everafter?"

"No, I didn't know him, and how should I know if he was an Everafter? I just bought some juice! Now get out of my room. Unless, of course, you'd like me to fail math."

Veronica bit her tongue and left. She wasn't going to get mad at her daughter when she was under a spell and probably didn't know what she was doing.

This was also a clue, most likely. Who was the mysterious vender who had sold Sabrina a drink? Was he, perhaps, an enchanter? Was the juice a potion? But that wouldn't explain why Puck hated Sabrina, as well…

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Veronica knocked on Puck's door a bit hesitantly, knowing how moody he was as of late. After a few minutes, and a lot of crashing, Puck threw his bedroom door open. His glare grew a bit darker at the sight of Veronica, almost the spitting image of her daughter.

"What do you want?" Puck asked, his voice laced with hatred.

"I just wanted to talk," Veronica said. She was giving Puck her patented Mom Stare, and he uncomfortably nodded, allowing her to walk into his room.

"What do you want to talk about?" he asked, walking towards his trampoline without waiting for Veronica.

Veronica followed, looking at the ground as she walked. "I just wanted to know the real story about what happened in that other world. Sure, you and Sabrina told us the story, but I'm sure it wasn't the whole story…"

Puck rolled his eyes. "What, did she tell you something different? Because if so, I sure as hell wasn't there for it."

Veronica shrugged. "Me and Sabrina haven't really talked much lately. She is so moody. So I thought I'd come talk to you, since you're so much more…reasonable."

That seemed to soften Puck a bit. "The only thing I left out was that I didn't really fall in love with Sabrina when I said I did. I fell in love with her—or some semblance of love, since I now realize just how horrible she is—a long time before then."

Veronica bit back a smile. "Hmm…weird. Well, I was also wondering, when, exactly, did you start to hate Sabrina so much?"

Puck's answer was just the same as Sabrina's, and equally unsatisfying. "I don't really know. A few weeks after I killed that dick, Darren."

"Right…well, did anything happen between when you hated her and when you didn't? Did you do anything strange, or out of the ordinary?"

Puck shrugged. "Not really. I mean, her and me got some juice from a street vender. He wasn't an Everafter, but he definitely had magic. The next day, I just…hated her. Anything else, or can you finally get the hell out of my room?" His foul mood had returned with all the talk of Sabrina, and Veronica once again painfully reminded him of Sabrina.

Deep in thought, Veronica left the faery's room. Had she finally found the missing link? Was that juice, or potion, or even the vender himself, the reason Puck and Sabrina hated each other?

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A/N

=] I hope you enjoyed it. I certainly enjoyed writing it. Also, I have the next 2 chapters planned out, maybe even the next 3. I'll try to write again soon, but I make no promises. BYE!