A/N: I just realized that I have completely forgotten copyright issues for the last two chapters, so I shall say it now:
ME NO OWNEE THE SISTERS GRIMM!
Anyways. This is just a short tidbit I wanted to write about Veronica and Goldilocks, and end their awkwardness.
The first guests arrived at four o' clock. It was Veronica, who had gotten back shortly before lunch, who opened the door. Which was a mistake. Standing on the doorstep were Goldilocks and the three bears.
"Oh! Veronica! I'm sorry. I'll leave." Goldilocks turned to go, but Veronica shouted after her,
"Wait! Goldilocks! Please, come in. If it wasn't for you, I'd still be sleeping right now, and Basil Jr.," Veronica paused, sucking in a breath, "I hate to think of what Mirror would have done with him. Please stay. This party is to honor you more than anything." Goldilocks stood outside for a moment more in indecision, then smiled at Veronica and walked in.
"You really are the kindest woman I have ever met. Henry deserves you." With that sentence, it became official that the two women would not despise each other. Rather, eventually they became good friends.
A/N: There's a bit of Septimus Heap that just somehow got in here, but the story makes perfect sense even if you've never heard of the series. Anyways, moving on to the party!
Puck was wandering around the refreshments table grumbling under his breath about the bath he had to take and stuffing himself with candy and cookies (and avoiding the apples) when Sabrina walked down the stairs. He did a double take before choking violently -and ironically- on a Lifesaver. Sabrina turned to look at him, which was when he noticed that her face was scrubbed clean without a hint of makeup. He choked even more violently before going to the kitchen to get some water.
What is the matter with that boy? Sabrina thought. This dress isn't that ugly, is it? The dress in question was, in fact, quite beautiful. It had a simple red top with a long, shimmering skirt which was enchanted to turn from red to green to gold, depending on which way you looked at it. Daphne described it as being quite "Christmassy", which she said meant "keeping with the theme of Christmas".
The party was quite long, lasting until midnight, at which point Cinderella abruptly left. Soon the other guests followed, each feeling quite content, especially Veronica. Over dinner she had toasted Goldilocks, which she hoped showed that she really was thankful to her.
"Presents time!" shouted Daphne, acting incredibly like a six-year old as she ran over to the Christmas tree.
"Isn't it a bit late?" Mr. Canis asked, yawning as if to prove his point.
"Old friend, you can go to bed," Granny Relda said, "but I don't think the children would be able to sleep without opening their gifts first."
Everybody sat around the tree, handing the presents around to their recipients. There were even gifts for Elvis, which included some doggy treats and a new collar. Basil Jr. got some new clothes. Veronica received a diamond necklace from Henry, and Daphne got her two books: one normal one talking about household mechanical things, and another with spells in them for general cleaning, fixing, and organizing.
Uncle Jake got an assortment of magical trinkets, including a very interesting charm that turned things into chocolate. Red received a pencil case with pencils, pens, color pencils, a sharpener, and an eraser in it. All of them red, of course. Granny Relda received a large box of sunflower appliqués. Henry got some non-fairy tale books, and Daphne got a fairy godmother wand from Jake, a book on wacky hairstyles from Sabrina, a guide to cooking from her mom, some assorted delicacies from her dad, and from Puck she got-
"What is this?" the little girl said, wrinkling her nose. She held up a small vial of clear liquid that was slightly thicker than water. "Is this from you, Uncle Jake?"
"Uncle Jake," scoffed Puck," wouldn't be able to get you that stuff in a million years! That's something only fairies can give you, and they usually won't out of their own free will!"
"What is it then, fairy boy?" Sabrina said, pitching her voice so only Puck would be able to hear her," Fairy pee?"
Puck shot her a sharp, mildly disgusted look and said, "No, it's fairy spit," before turning back to Daphne, saying, "Marshmallow, that stuff can turn you into other animals."
"Really?" Daphne squealed.
"Daphne, wait until tomorrow to try that," Veronica said tiredly.
"Before, we go to bed, I have one more present, mostly for Sabrina and Jake," said Henry. At the sound of her name, Sabrina perked up. The family followed him to a spare room facing the backyard, which used to be empty. Not so anymore. There were now two shiny, modern laptops with a high-speed wireless router (used for going online) sitting next to them.
Sabrina didn't remember feeling so happy since they got Granny Relda back. She went to open her final present, from Puck, which was when her happy mood was broken. It exploded in such a gooey, smelly mess onto her face that she threw the box into the corner of books and ran upstairs to her bathroom, screaming for a certain obnoxious, disgusting fairy boy's blood.
I'm really not quite satisfied with this, but I needed to introduce the computers. In case why you're wondering why I didn't list all the gifts, I thought it would take too long and besides, to be honest, I didn't feel like coming up with all of them. Anyways, review, rant, ridicule, Rudolph, ra- just anything that starts with "r", okay?