AN- Ok, I am really, really, really, really (imagine about a thousand more 'really's, I'm too lazy to write them all and I don't think my keyboard could take that, lol) sorry that it took me so long to update. I know it's been waaaaaaaaaay too long and you guys probably hate me, *cringes* please don't kill me. Now that that's over with, I just want to say, "Yay, only 3 more weeks of school!" This chapter is really random and somewhat inspired by Little Red Riding Hood (the fairytale, not the character). Once again, really sorry that it took me this long to update, but I'll try to update more frequently from now on. Thanks for reading my rambling and now for the chapter….after the disclaimer.
Disclaimer: I obviously don't own the Sisters Grimm. There's no way any book publisher would publish something this random and horrible without being bribed with huge amounts of money that I sadly do not have.
9. Present
Daphne POV
Puck and Sabrina had just gotten back from their date (it's about time) and I bombarded them with questions, of course. I mean, what else was I supposed to do? Leave them alone? So not my style. Anyway, the conversation went a little like this:
Me: So how was your date? Did you have fun? What did you do?
Puck: We became Jewish, then atheist, and then Christian again.
Sabrina: And we freaked out this really nerdy waiter.
Daphne: I'm serious. What did you guys do?
Sabrina: So are we, we actually did that stuff. The waiter's name was like Chucky or something.
Puck: Wasn't it Chaz?
Sabrina: Oh yeah! That's right, it was Chaz! How did I get Chucky? Oh well, good night!
Then Sabrina just went to her room and Puck went to the kitchen. They totally ditched me and left me with a totally ludicrous and unbelievable answer, jerks. Red didn't care and Granny and Uncle Jake were already asleep, so I had absolutely no one to complain about it to. I sighed and went up to my room. Might as well go to sleep, maybe my dreams will cheer me up. That's when I remembered, tomorrow's Christmas Eve! Yay, we each get to open one of our presents tomorrow morning! It was one of Granny's traditions.
I hurriedly got ready for bed, eager to wake up in the morning. Thankfully, it didn't take long to fall asleep.
~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~DAPHNE'S DREAM~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~
I'm standing on a cliff and staring out at a vast ocean. However, after a while I get hungry and set off in search of some food. I'm walking for about 5 minutes when, suddenly, a huge castle, overloaded with towers appears in front of me. Even better, I can smell food! I start running and reach the castle in about half the time it would normally take me. Thank goodness it's not one of those dreams where you keep running and can't get closer. I hate those.
Once inside the huge, stone building, I wandered the halls until I found the kitchen. And, to my immense pleasure, was a ginormic buffet table laden with every kind of food I could imagine. I was about to commence eating with my hands, but something caught my eye. There, lying right in front of the huge roasted boar (the kind with the apple in its mouth) was a humongo fork with Daphne engraved along the handle in pretty letters. I inserted my palm into my mouth and was about to grab the fork when, suddenly, the boar spit out his apple and looked right at me.
"Uh-um," I started nervously. Clearing my throat, I said, "My, that's a big fork you have."
Then, in an awful booming voice, the boar said, "All the better to eat you with, my dear."
~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~END DAPHNE'S DREAM~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~
I woke up, tangled in my bed sheets and screaming at the top of my lungs. That was the most horrible dream I've EVER had. I love food and I don't appreciate it trying to eat me. That's my job. After I calmed down a little, I glanced at the clock. Just another half-hour and I could wake everyone up for presents. I got out of bed, brushed my teeth and hair, put on new clothes, and looked once more at the clock. So what if I was 20 minutes early, right? What would Granny do, kick me out for waking everyone up early?
So, no one cared too much after all, and we filed downstairs to the Christmas tree where Elvis was waiting happily. I bet he thought he was getting sausage.
"Can I go first?" I asked eagerly, once everyone was seated. Maybe this would get my mind off my dream.
"Sure, liebling," Granny said tiredly.
Yay! I grabbed the first present I found with my name on it, which just happened to be from Puck. I tore the paper off the box and opened it up to find –oh no. I dropped his present like it had just gotten back from a trip to the sun, and ran off to my room, screaming all the while.
3rd Person
"What's wrong? I thought she'd like it," said a very confused Puck. None of the Grimms knew the answer and simply kept staring at the discarded present: a large, silver fork with Daphne engraved in cursive along the handle.
AN- So, did you like it? I know it probably wasn't worth the wait so feel free to tell me you hated it.