A/N: OK, here's the deal people. School's about to start and I'm going to have less time to update this story. If I don't get too many reviews, then I might consider not continuing. As much as FanFiction means to me, it won't be worth it to waste my time writing new chapters when some people are reading and decide not to review. I won't know if you want me to continue! I could be studying and focusing more on school instead of writing stories for FanFiction any day. So PLEASE let me know if I should continue by telling me through your reviews. And if you read this and don't review because you're dreadfully lazy, I WANT YOU TO REVIEW WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT! I'm sorry to be so forceful, but I seriously can't waste time. I'm going to a new school this year and I want to put as much time towards school as possible! Call me a nerd, but my family isn't the richest and I NEED a scholarship. Again, I'm sorry, but I need to know if it's worth it to continue...
Sabrina woke before the sun was up. She sat up and looked around her dark room, wondering what had awakened her. Deciding it was nothing, she got back under her blanket and tried to turn over to get in a comfortable position, but as she tried to move her feet, a sharp pain shot up her left leg. Sabrina yelped and quickly clamped a hand over her mouth, fearing she had awakened her family. She swung her legs around to the side of the bed and turned on the lamp that sat next to her bed. She tried hard not to scream when she saw her left ankle. It was swollen and purple, and just about the most disgusting thing Sabrina had ever seen.
"OK, Sabrina, stay calm," she whispered to herself. Sabrina thought back to the previous day and tried to remember what could have caused her ankle to become so... disfigured. Then she remembered what had happened at Sacred Grounds. She remembered how an invisible force seemed to push her into the table and the pain she felt shoot up her leg. She decided that she would try to take care of the situation without letting her family or Puck know.
Sabrina leaned against the hall's walls as she tried to make her way down to Mirror's room. She figured Mirror should have something that would heal her ankle. She took a few glances around to make sure no one was watching as she silently entered Mirror's room.
The large almost empty room seemed a bit scary in the middle of the night compared to the day time when Sabrina would walk through the door expecting to find the usual lit room with her two parents on a king-sized bed and her good friend Mirror greeting her (in one way or another). At night, it was hard to make out her parents' bodies on the bed and Mirror's usual cheerful face did not pop up in full length mirror on the opposite wall. Sabrina suspected he was asleep, just like her parents but for a shorter time. She didn't want to wake him or disturb him in any way so she decided that she would just slip through the portal, get what she needed, and get out with mirror's help. Sabrina was just about to limp through the portal to the Hall of Wonders when a cold hand went over her mouth.
"Mmph!" Sabrina tried to scream, but only a muffled yell came out. She turned to find the culprit, but instead found...
"Uncle Jake! You scared me half to death!" Sabrina scolded him. Her uncle just chuckled as he turned on the lights.
"I heard someone coming down the hall, so I turned out the lights and hid just in case it was an intruder. In case you haven't noticed, we're not really the most loved family in Ferryport Landing right now."
Sabrina nodded and tried to avoid her uncle's gaze. She started to walk as normally as she could towards the door saying, "Well, I'm going to get back to bed. Goodnight!"
But her uncle didn't fall for it. "Wait just a second!"
Sabrina slowly and reluctantly turned around.
A smug crooked smile made its way across Jake's face. "What were you doing in here at two in the morning anyway?"
Coach Lucan had said that a good defense is always a great offense, so Sabrina tried to put a smug smile on her face and asked, "Well, what have you been doing here? You've obviously been in here longer than I have."
Her uncle looked at her with a strange expression. "'Brina, I spend half my life in here."
Sabrina chuckled to herself. "True."
"So that brings me back to the question- HOLY COW! What happened to your ankle?"
Sabrina blushed and told the truth... sort of. "When me and the girls were at Sacred Grounds, one of them accidently ran into me and I hit my ankle against a table. I didn't think it was that serious at the time-"
Uncle Jake cut her off. "Say no more. A trip to the Hall of Wonders can fix that. Come on 'Brina."
Sabrina limped back over to her uncle and was again going to try to enter the mirror when the door flew open, revealing her grandmother, Puck, and, to Sabrina's surprise, Daphne. Daphne would normally sleep through the whole night, no matter what would happen.
Granny Relda stepped between them and the mirror saying, "Oh, no! This time you have to heal the old-fashioned way!"
Sabrina groaned. "Granny! Please just let Uncle Jake heal me! How did you even know I was hurt?"
"I could overhear you and your uncle talking about it all the way from my bedroom."
Uncle Jake cursed himself and whispered to Sabrina, "Note to self: keep it a little more quiet next time." Sabrina giggled.
Puck and a half-asleep Daphne walked over. Puck stared in awe at Sabrina's ankle. "Whoa... That is the most awesome thing I've ever seen!"
Sabrina frowned at him. "Well, I'm glad you're happy about my pain, but in case you haven't noticed- OW! PUCK WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING?"
Puck had knelt down next to her ankle and started poking it experimentally. Daphne was now well awake. She came over and pulled Puck off of Sabrina's ankle saying, "Come on, Puck! It's hurting her! Quit it!" He went over to a corner to sulk.
Sabrina turned back to her grandmother. "Granny, how am I supposed to-"
Sabrina was again cut off, but this time by Granny. "Liebling, we'll put your ankle in a cast and you can use crutches," she said in a smart tone that really annoyed Sabrina.
Sabrina glared daggers at her grandmother. "How am I supposed to get a good grade in gym? How am I supposed to carry my books?" Sabrina particularly liked gym and wouldn't miss it for the world if Nick was there.
"Puck will carry them for you."
"No way. If he carries my books, the next place I'll find them is Guatemala." Puck snickered from his corner.
But Relda didn't give up. "Well you obviously have some good friends. I'm sure they will be happy to carry your books for you."
Sabrina started to make an angry retort, then stopped. She smiled to herself as she thought of Nick and how he would worry about her. He would carry her books and her lunch tray... it would be so, well, sweet.
Sabrina acted like she was still angry but knew she was defeated. "Fine," she huffed. "Just don't take me back to the hospital. I've visited that place enough. Where are these crutches that I'm supposed to use?"
Her grandmother put on a satisfied smile and started towards the hall. "Follow me."
"I'll try," Sabrina grumbled from behind her. Her uncle heard her and chuckled, sweeping her up and carrying her after her grandmother. They arrived at a hall closet and Granny opened it, revealing a few buckets, a worn down mop, an abundance of cleaning supplies, and, surprisingly, a pair of old crutches. Uncle Jake set Sabrina down, retrieved the crutches from the closet, and handed them over to Sabrina who took them gratefully. They then continued down to the kitchen where Granny Relda started to wrap Sabrina's ankle in some gauze. Fifteen minutes later, Sabrina had what looked like a big old cacoon on her foot.
Relda looked up hopefully. "How does it feel?"
Sabrina turned her ankle over slowly. "Better, but these crutches smell like Lysol and mothballs."
Uncle Jake laughed. "Don't worry. That'll wear off."
"Good." Seeing that Daphne and Puck had gone back to their rooms, she said, "I guess I'll finally get back to bed, then."
"Goodnight, liebling," Relda said.
"Goodnight, 'Brina," her Uncle said.
Sabrina smiled at them. "'Night." She went up the stairs as fast as her crutches would allow, down the hall, and to her room. She flopped on her bed and was out almost instantly.
Sabrina woke up once more, but this time at a more reasonable hour in the morning. With the bright sunlight flooding her room from her window, she decided that it was time to get up. Sabrina found that there were more disadvantages to having a bad ankle than she thought. Getting her jeans on was no longer an easy part of getting ready for the day, neither was getting down the stairs to the table for breakfast. By the time Sabrina got there, there was barely anything left to eat, not that Sabrina really cared. She hated- I'm sorry- strongly disliked her grandmother's cooking. Sabrina shrugged this off and decided that she would just wait until lunch. Soon, all three of the children were ready to set off for school when Sabrina realized that she wouldn't be able to fly with Puck to school.
She turned to her uncle who was sitting in the living room drinking his coffee and reading the paper. "Uh, Uncle Jake?"
Jake finished the paragraph he was reading before turning to her. "What's up, 'Brina?"
"I can't fly to school with Puck and I'm going to be late if I don't leave soon."
Jake had started another paragraph in the article he was currently reading and didn't seem to hear her. He managed a real intelligent "Uh-huh..."
Sabrina snatched the newspaper out of her uncle's hands.
"Hey!"
Sabrina glared at her uncle. "Uncle Jake, I can't fly to school with Puck with my ankle like this and you're the only one in this house who can legally drive, so can you please bring me to school?"
A spark of realization went across Jake's face as he said, "Oh, I completely forgot! Go get in the car, I'll be there in a sec with your bag."
"Thanks, Uncle Jake," Sabrina said, glad that she had reminded him. She probably could have stayed home the whole day and Uncle Jake wouldn't have even noticed.
Sabrina headed out to the "car" and was about to get in the car when Puck and Daphne came up behind her and Puck suddenly said, "Why are you getting in the car?"
He had startled Sabrina who jumped and struggled with her crutches for a moment before regaining her composure. Puck snickered. Sabrina blushed and said, "Well, I thought it was kind of obvious that I wouldn't be able to fly to school with you with my ankle like this," Puck blushed here, "so Uncle Jake has to take me in the car."
Daphne suddenly piped up and said, "Mind if I come? I don't really want to get nauseated if I don't have to," she motioned to Puck.
Sabrina shrugged, "I guess it's no problem. Would you mind carrying my books up to the school? You don't have to do it for long. I'm sure Chris and Nick will be around. I don't think they would mind helping me."
Puck took to glaring at his sneakers as Daphne smirked and said, "Sure, but only to the entrance. I wouldn't want to keep you from your friends." Sabrina turned an even darker shade of red as Daphne put emphasis on the word 'friends.' Puck got even angrier at his shoes.
Just then Uncle Jake came out of the house with Sabrina's bag and the car keys. "OK, let's go. Daphne and Puck, are you two coming with us?"
Daphne nodded and Puck shrugged and they both slid into the back seat as Sabrina half hopped-half crawled into the front seat. Uncle Jake set her school bag in her lap, got into the driver's seat, and they were off to school.
The ride to school was pretty silent. Well, not really silent since the car was making such a racket, but nobody said much. Thankfully they got to school before the bell rang. As the children got out, Jake shouted, "Have a good day, you guys!"
None of the children could here over the noise the car was making. "What?" Sabrina shouted.
Uncle Jake looked agitated. "Have a good day!" he shouted.
Daphne leaned closer to him. "Come again?"
Jake finally gave up and waved them towards the school. Sabrina giggled and waved as he drove away. Daphne looked up at her. "Uh, Sabrina, I don't mean to rush you, but your books are really heavy and I have to get to class."
Sabrina looked at her sister sympathetically. "Could you just walk with them up to the front doors for me? I think Nick might be there."
"Sure."
Puck set off for class as Sabrina and Daphne made their way a little more slowly towards the doors. As they drew near, Sabrina could see Nick and Chris hanging around the front doors. When they finally noticed Sabrina coming towards them, their jaws dropped. Sabrina smiled sheepishly. "Uh, good morning?"
"What happened?" they said simultaneously. Sabrina giggled at their reactions.
Nick walked up to Daphne to take Sabrina's books as Chris walked up to Sabrina. "Seriously, what happened? You weren't hurt when I saw you last night." He glared at her, but in a worried way, as if it was her fault that she had been injured.
Sabrina looked down at her cast. "Well, um... You'll laugh if I tell you..."
Nick walked over now carrying Sabrina's books. "Come on, Sabrina. We promise we won't laugh."
Sabrina sighed, defeated. And then came another lie. "I tripped on the carpet in our living room."
The boys stiffled their laughter. After a moment of silence, Nick said, "Well, that's not so bad. I tripped over a rock one time. It probably would've hurt more if I was a normal human."
Chris finally let out his laughter and Sabrina giggled.
Nick frowned at them. "Hey, it was a big rock!"
After their laughter had subsided, Chris said, "I have to get to biology. The teacher has a nervous breakdown when someone's late."
Sabrina giggled a little more. "OK, we'll see you in gym."
"Cool." Chris smiled at her and walked away.
Sabrina looked back to Nick who said, "Well, I guess we'd better start making our way to history. With you like this, we'll be lucky if we're there by Christmas."
They laughed and entered the school. Neither of them noticed the emotionally crushed fairy trailing far behind them.
Well there's chapter 5. I feel like my chapters are getting more and more boring as I go along. When you review, please give me suggestions or constructive criticism. It really helps.
- Elli