A/N: Hey guys! I hoped you liked the first installment of The King Wars!
I just want to especially thank my starting readers and reviewers, and I want you to enjoy it!
The King Wars
Chapter 2
"Sabrina, wake up!" Daphne practically screamed in her sister's ear. Sabrina shot up like a bullet, ready to take Daphne's hand and jump out of the window, Sabrina was a light sleeper.
"What's the matter?" She cried.
Daphne flinched, "Ow." She said as she removed her crushed fingers from Sabrina's fist and rubbed them back to life. "I just came to say it's Saturday."
Sabrina suddenly looked murderous, "Who are you, Rebecca Black? I don't care!" The grumpiness of the early hour had settled in and now Sabrina was pissed off that she was up early on the weekend.
"So, you don't care that Mustardseed is going to be here any minute now?" Daphne said slyly as she started toward the door.
Sabrina was up again, and this time out the bed and in her dresser drawers.
"Daphne!" She complained, "Why didn't you wake me up earlier?"
Daphne slick smile got slicker, "But, it's just Mustardseed." She said, she was really a horrible actress, but her sister didn't seem to notice.
"Well, yeah, but he's also the King! The King of Faerie!" Sabrina said as she pulled on her hair with her fingers, trying to untangle it.
Daphne handed her the outfit she had picked out, it was a sea blue tank top that had a really cool design on it under a long sleeved sweater, with blue skinny jeans and her black converse.
"Oh, thanks Daph, you know? This kinda makes up for that psycho way you were smiling the other day." Maybe she could trust Daphne, after all.
Daphne just grinned. Then grabbed the brush and set to work on her hair, she pulled it back in a simple ponytail with two tendrils hanging down the side of her face. She looked cute, and casual.
She looked cutesual.
Ooh! Daphne thought, new word!
"Aw, thanks Daphne, you really are a great little sister…"
Daphne just grinned some more
"…Never mind." Sabrina stopped; she was doing that smile again.
Both girls heard the front door open and slam, they looked at each other.
"Showtime." Daphne said with another smile.
"Mustardseed! Long time no see, leibling!" Relda gushed as she pinched his cheeks and hugged him.
"Hello, Relda." He replied politely, but anyone else who understood would have seen he was itching to get away from Relda's grasp.
"Hey, lay off, old lady, can't you see he's here for his big brother?" Mustardseed heard the voice he wanted to hear most.
His big brother's. Like every little brother he looked up to Puck, but after not seeing him for at least four years, he was beyond excited.
"Puck!" He said, his voice filled with glee. Puck smiled wide and held his arms out, he wasn't one for hugs, but this was his little brother, if he had to hug anyone, it would have to be Mustardseed.
Or Sabrina...But that was a whole other story.
The brothers embraced quickly, they were still men, and men didn't really hug.
Then Sabrina came downstairs in her getup.
"Hey Mustardseed!" She said, smiling.
"Hey, Sabrina!" He replied, taking her in a little, and then he smiled and held out his arms, she hugged him. He smelled amazing, like pine and cologne, they smell mingled and seduced her nose, and she ended up burying it into his shirt.
And in the process, not letting go.
This quickly became awkward. When Sabrina realized what she was doing she pulled back, a little red.
Which caused a chain reaction, because then Mustardseed turned red, and then Puck.
It was silent for a few, painfully awkward moments.
"Ahem? " Relda said, being the lifesaver she was. "You know, Sabrina, Puck, you never finished raking those leaves, you him, and him, hop to it."
Sabrina nodded quickly. "Okay, Granny." She said and grabbed her coat from the rack; she had opened the door and was outside before anyone said anything.
Relda gave a pointed look to Puck. "Puck, why don't you show your brother where the rakes are?" She said, a little forcefully.
She might've been old, but she wasn't stupid, far from actually.
Oh no, she thought, as a gust of wind blew through the crack of the door that Sabrina had left open, I better go make some hot chocolate.
Because chocolate solved everything, right?
"We're going to be out here forever…" Puck whined. Then he got a déjà vu feeling.
"Oh quit whin-never mind, just work." Sabrina huffed and dragged her rake across the leafy floor, she still was a little embarrassed about Mustardseed.
"So…" Mustardseed said, trying to open for conversation. He was tying up his fifth bag.
"So, how's Faerie doing?" Puck asked, setting his rake down and sitting on the ground.
"Faerie is fine."
"That's good."
Could it get anymore awkward?
Mustardseed decided to chip at the ice, he didn't know what the results where going to be, but he scooped up a handful of leaves anyway, snuck up behind Puck and…
…Got to taste a wonderful all natural salad of leaves and dirt.
Puck was laughing maniacally. So was Mustardseed, first in surprise at being caught, but then just normal laughter, Sabrina turned around, hands on hips.
"Guys, what are you-"
She got the salad buffet too.
"PUCK!" She cried.
"Actually, that was me." Mustardseed said, Sabrina was temporarily confused because they looked so alike, but were so different, she couldn't imagine Mustardseed doing such a thing.
But then, he did have Puck's blood running through his veins, so she smiled wide and bunched up a armful of leaves, then began dumping.
In about an hour, all three of the teenagers looked like swamp monsters, or at least a tree themselves.
Sabrina's hair was no longer in a tight, nice ponytail, but in all directions, leaves and twigs stuck out of it.
Puck and Mustardseed weren't much different.
And they were all laughing so hard; they had each fallen to the floor and were holding their sides, desperately trying to catch their breath.
Finally they got up, and took one look at each other, and then they were on their backs again.
"Grimm." Puck gasped out, "You…look…you have a…a…bird nest in your hair."
"Oh yeah? Well…you…you look like…Peter Pan."
Puck got up abruptly, "Too far."
Sabrina smirked.
"Wow, look at all the progress we made." Mustardseed said sarcastically as he gestured to the leaves that were once again scattered.
Sabrina frowned briefly, "Hmm, pity, we were almost done too."
A gust on wind blew, blowing some leaves out of their hair and into their faces.
"…It just got colder." Puck stated as he shuddered in his hoodie.
Sabrina's teeth were chattering, "Yeah."
"We should go inside."
"Yeah."
"Wait, what about the leaves?" Mustardseed asked as he got up, and then helped Sabrina up.
"Oh, they're fine where they are." Sabrina silently thanked her grandmother for her wisdom, she knew Relda didn't care about the leaves, no one really did.
And, somehow, she knew three mugs of steaming cocoa were waiting to greet them in the house.
"Hey, Sabrina?" Sabrina heard a male voice in her doorway, it came with a slight knock on the door.
It was later in the evening, just before dinner, and Sabrina had just gotten out of a long shower, she had also just combed out the last twig and plucked the last worm from her hair.
Sabrina looked up from her book she was reading,Water For Elephants, to see Mustardseed standing in her doorway.
"Yeah?" She asked.
"Do you have change for a fifty?"
Sabrina raised an eyebrow, "Why?"
"Well, you see, Daphne challenged Puck and I to cards...and let's just say I haven't played in a while." He replied bashfully as he rubbed the back of his neck in shame.
Sabrina chuckled. "A fifty, eh? Sorry I don't have that kind of money, but ask Granny, i'm pretty sure she does."
He smiled a half smile and Sabrina's heart mysteriously skipped a beat.
"Thanks."
"Glad to help."
And he left, Sabrina exhaled the breath she didn't know she'd been holding, then Mustardseed poked his head back in.
"Oh, and you should probably be prepared, Puck lost too, and he's not happy about it."
Sabrina smiled. "Thanks for the warning."
"Your welcome." He said, and then he left, for real.
Sabrina smiled to herself.
"Sabrina! Dinner!" She heard Daphne's voice call from down stairs, sighing, she heaved herself from her bed to face whatever monstrous concoction that awaited her on her plate.
When she got to the table, she was delightfully placed between Mustardseed and Puck, which was totally different than being placed between Daphne and Puck, because whereas Puck just shoved stuff into his his mouth, causing him to accidentally swallow a fork, and Daphne wasn't very far from being the same, Mustardseed was just like Sabrina, he picked and prodded, and politely refused to eat the Frog Wart Casserole, no matter how good everyone said it tasted.
"At least I know someone knows my pain." Sabrina found herself whispering to her left, Mustardseed grinned back.
"Is it like this every night?" He asked incredulously, poking his fork into the green, slimy looking food.
Sabrina nodded. Mustardseed grimaced.
"Do you not like my cooking, leibling?" Relda asked from across the table.
"Uh, no it's not that, I'm just used to ducks and macaroni, not frogs and worm tongues." When he saw Relda's almost hurt look he smiled reassuringly, "But no worries, i'm sure i'll adjust."
Relda smiled back.
Ooh, he's nice, bonus! Sabrina thought, admiring Mustardseed even more every minute.
Puck was glad his brother was there, with him, he really was.
But he couldn't help but feel a little bit of something he hadn't felt in a while.
Jealousy, uncertainty, a sickening feeling that he wasn't the best.
Because his little brother had managed to woo the entire Grimm family in a few hours, getting the Grimms' to adore him was a feat that Puck had just mastered not two months ago.
Actually, he hadn't gotten the entire Grimm family to see him as perfection.
Puck sighed, trying to relax, it was Mustardseed, his partner in crime, he wouldn't dare cross into his territory, this was a family visit, not a battle ground.
But, just in case, Puck mentally mapped a prank that would put him in his place.
Daphne smirked to herself, she almost felt bad, Mustardseed was a cool guy, and she didn't want him against his brother.
But sometimes, hilarity beat all.
It was late at night when Sabrina heard a knock at her room door, ever since Daphne had moved out, she was a little jumpier at night.
Sabrina got up and slowly made her way to the door, assuring herself that Freddy Krueger was not on the other side. And when she opened it she almost fell over in surprise.
"Mustardseed?" Sabrina asked, suddenly wide awake, and aware she was in her PJs and her hair was a mess.
"Yeah, it's me."
Silence.
"Well, what do you want?" Sabrina asked, crossing her arms and wondering what was so important-
"Oh! oh yeah, I was just wondering if you'd like to eat dinner with me?"
Sabrina looked incredulous, "But, dinner was at least several hours ago."
"...Hm, you mean the delicious Frog wart? I'm sorry, I just thought you might like a burger or something..."
Sabrina's ears pricked at the word "burger" and her stomach rumbled at the thought of eating one.
"But, it's like, one in the morning, what's open around here?"
"Well, on my way here I did pass a diner, aren't those open, like, forever?"
Sabrina smiled a ghostly smile.
"Well, I could go for a milkshake right now."
"Great, so could I."
"Care to be my escort?" Sabrina said as she grabbed his arm in a debutante manner.
"It would be my pleasure."
A/N: Hope you enjoyed! Thank you for all your support and keep the feedback rolling!
Au revoir!
~MissSophie~
