Hi everyone!

This is the 2nd chapter for Forever Is A Long Time.

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Chapter 2: Someone Will Pay

No matter how hard Sabrina tried, she couldn't get rid of the image of the bloody handprint that was still imprinted in her mind. It had only been two years since they had defeated Mirror and the Scarlet Hand. Could they really have returned?

Sabrina shook her head, mad at herself for even coming to that conclusion.

It was impossible

After all, she had been the one to kill Mirror.

Her family didn't know that. It was a secret that Sabrina would take to her grave.

Sabrina sneaked a glance at Daphne, Red and Puck, who were walking behind her. They were all on their way to school.

That's right.

In one morning, Puck and Sabrina had nearly killed each other, Sabrina had discovered that Jake uses feminine bath products, and an organisation that had killed her grandmother could be back again.

So of course, it would seem perfectly reasonable that they were heading to school.

"Grimm! Wait up!"

Sabrina turned around. With everything that had happened in the morning, she was still a little sullen and on edge.

"What do you want?" she asked him.

Puck halted mid-step and held out his arms, palms facing towards her. "Whoa, take a chill pill Grimm. I just wanted to talk to you"

Sabrina rubbed her forehead wearily and looked up at him.

"Get on with it", she replied, although her voice was noticeably less irritable.

It was probably the best apology he'd get.

"I want to talk about what happened in the morning"

Sabrina looked sharply at him, before turning around to look at Daphne and Red, making sure they were safely out of earshot.

"We'll talk about it later. The other girls- they're not ready to hear this"

Puck turned to look at the girls as well. He opened his mouth and closed it again, and looked hesitant. Eventually, he said, "No, that's not what I meant. I was talking about what I did to you- well, your hair"

Sabrina suddenly remembered the morning incident. She twirled her (still blue) hair around her fingers. She had styled it into a bun, and deemed herself fit to leave the house. It actually looked pretty good.

That didn't mean she'd let him off easily.

"What about my hair?" Sabrina's voice had returned to its previous tone. Sharp, edgy and unforgiving.

Puck rubbed the back of his neck and hesitated again. "Look, Grimm. I just wanted to say I'm sorry"

She stared at him, in shock. That wasn't the response she was expecting. The Trickster King was sorry?

"Umm…er- wait you're apologising?"

Puck stared at her, like she was mental. "That's what people do when they say 'sorry', Grimm"

Sabrina glared at him as they continued to walk down the road. She saw the "Ferryport Elementary School" sign ahead, and waved goodbye to Daphne and Red.

When they left, the pair was surrounded by an awkward silence.

Every so often, Sabrina would peek at him, just to make sure that this- this boy, who had just apologised to her was really Puck, and not a Scarlet Hand member in disguise.

That was it. She had to stop thinking about them. The Scarlet Hand couldn't have returned. But where did that hand-print come from?

"Now that the others are gone, do you think they're back? The Hand?"

Sabrina looked up at Puck. He looked a little vulnerable as well, and that's when Sabrina remembered; she wasn't the only one who had lost a loved one in the Everafter war. Puck had too. She signed and answered honestly.

"I don't know"

He nodded shakily and they returned to their silence, all the way to the school.

Just as they were about to part their separate ways to Maths and English, he wrapped a finger around one of Sabrina's loose curls and whispered,

"Blue's a good colour on you, Grimm. You should wear it more often"

Before she could reply, he disappeared.

Sabrina was confused, but she couldn't stop the smile and the light blush that was slowly spreading across her face. When she realised what she was doing, she quickly stopped.

What was she thinking? This was Puck she was talking about. Her sworn enemy. Her nemesis.

They could never be friends.

~Sisters Grimm~

"What happened to your hair?"

Sabrina grinned at her beauty-addict friend, Arianna.

"Don't worry. It'll wear off soon"

All around her, her friends gave her looks of sympathy.

Ellie wrapped her arm around Sabrina. "Robin?" she asked.

Sabrina rolled her eyes. "Who else?"

Arianna grinned at her. "You know, that hair shade looks really good on you. It brings out your eyes!"

Sabrina blushed and looked down at her food, when she remembered a similar conversation she had with Puck or Robin in the morning. Well, it was more of a fight to the death than a conversation, but still.

They all laughed. Ellie looked at something over Sabrina's shoulder. "Speak of the devil," she murmured.

Sabrina felt a tap on her shoulder. Without turning around, she already knew who it was."What do you want, Robin?"

"We have to go home. Now"

She stared at him. His eyes were intense, and dark. Sabrina shuddered. She wasn't sure if she liked this new look.

"Why? Why do we have to go home?"

Realising that he was causing a scene, Puck grabbed her arm and led her away to a more secluded spot, away from any listening ears.

She gave him a worried look. "What's happened?"

He rubbed his eyes and when he opened them again, they were full of worry.

"Your family-our family is in danger. I just received a text from your dad. We have to leave now"

Sabrina grasped his arm and pulled him towards her. She searched his eyes.

"It's starting again, isn't it?"

When Puck answered, his voice was strained and there was no sign of the humour that used to inhabit it.

"I'm afraid so"

~Sisters Grimm~

"Mum! Dad! Are you home?"

Sabrina called out, as she and Puck hurried down the pathway, towards the house.

A shadow flashed behind the curtains. Sabrina's heart stopped. Puck's hand instantly clenched around her arm and he dragged her around to the side of the house, among the bushes.

"What the hell was that?" she hissed.

Puck looked troubled. "Stay here, Grimm. I'll deal with it"

He silently stood up and Sabrina dragged him back down angrily.

"They are my family as well, fairy"

Puck glared at her. "Whatever you think this is, Sabrina, it isn't childs-play"

Sabrina's eyes widened. He had called her by her first name. That surprised her enough that she managed to ignore the rest of his comment. "You- you called me Sabrina"

For the first time since they left the school, Puck smirked. "That's your name, isn't it?"

Sabrina rolled her eyes. "Yeah, but you never-"

Puck held up a finger. "Shut up and follow me, Grimm"

Sabrina rolled her eyes again, but crept after him towards the back door.

When they reached it, he turned to her, expectantly.

"What? I don't have the keys"

He motioned towards her hair. She realised what he wanted and nodded, pulling out a bronze bobby pin from her hair. He reached his hand out for it, but she pushed it away.

When she passed him, she whispered. "Queen of Sneaks, remember?"

Puck rolled his eyes, in a good imitation of Sabrina.

Sabrina twisted the pin around, and a few minutes later, she heard a satisfying click. Her eyes widened and she nodded at Puck, who pulled out his heavy history textbook from his bag.

"What are you doing? We're not in school!" she whispered angrily at him.

He held it up meaningfully. "It's a weapon"

Sabrina blinked. Why didn't she think of that?

Nodding her approval, she silently took the garden shovel lying against the tiny shed and held it behind her.

Puck looked at her and together they counted,

One, Two, Three….

Bang!

She kicked the door open and aimed her shovel at the stranger standing in front of her.

Except it wasn't a stranger.

"Uncle Jake? Mum?"

Puck let out a huff of relief, before lowering his textbook.

Jake lowered his hands, and Sabrina noticed that he had been clutching an amulet. Her mother smiled at them, relieved.

Sabrina exhaled. "We thought you were the Scarlet Hand"

Jake laughed breathily. "Same here. Did you really think you could defeat them with a shovel and a schoolbook?"

Puck shrugged. "Done it before"

Sabrina rolled her eyes. "Why did you send that SOS text then?"

Veronica looked worried again, and she brushed past Sabrina to look out the back window. Satisfied, she locked the back door securely.

She faced the group again. "Have you guys seen the living room?"

Sabrina was confused. And her confusion usually led to sarcasm. "Of course we did. Do you think we just came waltzing through the front door?"
Puck snorted. The entire group looked at him.

"What? It was funny," he said sheepishly.

Veronica rolled her eyes and led the group back to the front of the house.

Sabrina looked around. There was someone missing.

Cautiously, she asked, "Where's Dad?"

"Don't worry, he's guarding the front door"

Sabrina was furious. "He was the shadow! If he hadn't freaked us out, we could have saved ten minutes by going through the front door!"

Puck shrugged and said slyly, "You have to admit though, Grimm, we make quite the team"

Jake turned around just in time to see Sabrina elbow him in the ribs.

"Stop flirting, kids!"

They blushed and immediately started to deny what he said.

Puck threw his history textbook at him. "Ha! Take that! Cleopatra will teach you a lesson!"

The others looked strangely at him. They walked into the living room.

Sabrina looked up and gasped.

The entire living room was covered in scarlet handprints. Blood-red was splattered on the walls and the expensive Persian rug. Bookcases were overturned and objects were rolling around on the floor.

Sabrina let out a breath. "It's really starting again," she whispered, as she looked at her family.

Puck was hunched over the cabinet, and he was shaking slightly.

Sabrina frowned and walked over to him.

"What is it?"

He moved aside, and she saw what he was looking at.

The photo frame that held the photo of Granny Relda had been smashed, and the glass was scattered everywhere. Worst of all, the photo had been ripped to shreds and was covered in scarlet splatters.

Sabrina saw red.

Faintly in the background, she could hear her mother consoling them, telling them that there were other photos, and they shouldn't worry.

But she didn't care.

She sank to the ground and covered her face with her hands.

Tears poured down her eyes and she could feel an arm around her, probably Puck's and a soft voice telling her that everything was going to be all right.

But nothing was going to be all right.

She only had one thought, as she sat in the living room, crying her heart out.

Someone will pay for this.

So…that was probably the longest chapter I've ever attempted. The real action and everything will be in the next chapter.

Hope you liked it and reviews will be much appreciated :)

-CityofNo1Fans-