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Chapter 12
Puck's POV
Okay, so things aren't that bad, are they? I mean it's just my crazy, poison loving, prison escaping, sort of ex-fiancée that killed my dad and tried to kill Sabrina. Oh, and I almost forgot that she still wants to marry me, but only to be queen. On the other hand I've got Henry and Jake who will probably kill me for telling Sabrina that Moth tried to kill her, especially with the look on her face. I definitely scared her. I think I scared both of us. Then I've got Mustardseed, my brother whom I left with our mom to run Faerie while I came back here despite being king now. Does he resent me for my decisions? Does he understand why I had to come back, even though I still don't fully understand myself? He looks so tired now. He must have been chasing Moth day and night. Does he blame me? No, things aren't bad; they're horrible.
I sat down on the ground next to Sabrina to think, and Mustardseed followed my example. Sabrina's fear had turned to anger; I could feel it emanating from her, but it passed quickly and her expression became one of careful thought. I turned to my own thoughts and found a tangled, confused mess. Thinking about Moth's plans I've started to think more about my feelings for Sabrina. I told her that I loved her, and she told me the same, but the feeling was more of a "you're my best friend" feeling. It was a spur of the moment kind of thing, like when you're so emotional that you do things without thinking, that's what happened that night, and there was a lot of it. That night all I knew was that I didn't want to lose Sabrina. Looking back, that has been my reasoning for a lot of my actions in the past. I think it was that night that I finally realized I have a best friend, Sabrina Grimm. But what I'm feeling now, this is different. I still know that I'll hurt anyone that tries to hurt her, and protect her always, but I feel something more. Something I thought I felt at the dance, our faces millimeters apart, but then she passed out in my arms and my only thoughts were to save her. I forgot about those feelings, and they were soon replaced with the need to save her again, to help a friend. It was only when I thought of Moth and how her plan included me that I started to think that maybe I want Sabrina to be something more than my best friend.
"Earth to Puck, Are you in there? Are you alive?" Sabrina's words brought me back to reality, and I saw her waving her hand in front of my face.
"Huh, yeah, I'm here," I replied, my vision still adjusting.
"Oh, good, I thought you might have burnt out your brain with all that thinking," she teased kindly.
"Ha ha very funny," I replied.
"We need to compile what we know. It might help us find out where Moth is hiding," She said, once again serious.
"I agree," Mustardseed added.
"Sounds like the best thing we can do right now," I replied.
"I'll start so we get the story from the beginning," offered Mustardseed, then began, "Moth was tried and convicted of murdering our father. She was sentenced to life. She was placed in the high security wing of the prison. The whole place is tight on security, but you can't even sneeze without supervision in this wing. There are guards outside every cell, and both magical and technological precautions everywhere. These prisoners only leave their cells for exercise, and then only one of them at a time. They are all magically weakened so that they couldn't overpower a guard. This also weakens any magical powers they might have. This might have been overkill for Moth, but nobody was willing to under estimate her after what she did to Dad. I don't know how she escaped. There is a team back in the city working on that, but they can't have had much luck. They were supposed to inform me if they figured it out, but I haven't heard a thing.
"I found the diary and assumed she would come here as soon as possible. I would have contacted you sooner, but I didn't want to worry you. I had no other clues, so I've been asking questions to residents by day and roaming around town hoping to stumble across her by night. Then today you found me. Other than that I can tell you she'll be weakened she'll probably still be sleeping a lot, but knowing Moth that won't stop her from her plans," he concluded.
We were all quiet for a second, taking in his words.
"I guess it's my turn," I started, "Well, I know what Jake and Henry told me and a few other things. First of all, Sabrina passed out a few nights back at the school dance, and when she woke up she didn't remember me at all. The old lady recognized that it was a poison and identified it as lethe passing. Three days after amnesia kicks in the victim will die, unless the person they forgot can make the victim remember them like I did. Jake and Henry told me that the poison stays in the system for a long time, so small bits of it could be given until there is enough for the poison to take effect. They think it's been about a month since it started, which would match up fairly closely to the date Moth would have come to town according to her diary."
"I've heard of that poison before," Mustardseed said, "I heard that it also causes nightmares sometimes when there isn't enough in the system to take effect."
Sabrina looked at him with worry in her eyes, "I've had lots of nightmares in the past month," she whispered. Then she added, "But I don't have anything else that would help."
"Maybe you do," I said to myself, but she heard and looked at me questioningly. "If Mustardseed has been here for about a month without finding her she must be disguised. That's why we wouldn't have recognized her if we'd seen her, but you must have seen her. It would be someone who has been around town for about a month who probably looks human so they wouldn't be questioned, and who you must see every day. It would be someone who always seems tired, and only has to be seen for a short time each day. Think Sabrina, have you seen anybody around town like this?" I asked.
She thought hard for a moment, going through all the possibilities in her mind. Then her expression turned to one of certainty. "I know who she is," was all she said as she got up and walked in the direction of town once more, leaving Mustardseed and I to catch up or get left behind.
Thanks for reading and sorry for the cliffhanger when I won't have much time to update this week, but soon I will have lots of free time because there are only 8 more days of school, YAY! Anyways, please review!
