Disclaimer: I don't own Wicked or Sisters Grimm.
Intermission
I looked at Daphne after explaining to her why and how we had these powers. She looked like she understood everything and she tilted her head. Fern was sitting across from me. I couldn't sit. The dress was too tight.
"I see…I think I get it. But it's strange…how does that work?" Daphne said, mostly talking to herself. We looked at Fern.
"I think I know. Our personalities are similar to them so they can get in our minds. It might not be that we're exactly their incarnations but we're close. We're similar to them in so many ways that they can access our thoughts. I don't think it's intentional. If Elphaba is here she's not doing here on purpose because I doubt she wants to bring attention to herself" Fern suggested. I tilted my head. That made a lot more sense. How could we be there incarnations if they were still alive?
"But this is the real Grimmerie. What if she came…for this?" I asked, scared. Fern froze and looked at me.
"I…I got it from the Time Clock Dragon in Oz. I went there for a vacation and I learned that Glinda had left it there. She might've come back for it…oh no! It's yours" Fern said, worriedly. I nodded once.
"I know and I'll fight her for it. Maybe I could give her the pair of ruby slippers that I'll make tonight. Puck!" I called out. Puck ran in and looked at me, in surprise.
"What is it?" he asked, quickly. He looked distressed. I looked at him curiously.
"I was going to tell you something but you look busy. What's wrong?" I asked. He bit his lip and crossed his arms.
"Mustardseed is here! My mother's here! She's in the audience and demanding to see you. I said you're not available and she's having a fit" Puck said. I nodded once and fixed my hat. I was going to deal with his crazy mother.
"She wants to know how I can understand the Grimmerie. Everyone knows by now that I have the real one. She wants it, doesn't she? Your mother was always greedy" I said. I made sure all my makeup was correct and I put my hat on. I turned around and looked at Fern.
"They aren't even supposed to know you're in the next act. Stay, okay?" I said to Daphne. She shrugged.
"I don't want to see Titania anyway" she said, unconvincingly. I was only doing this so she wouldn't have to deal with what would happen if I angered her. I turned to Fern.
"Fern, you come with me" I said. She nodded. With a swishing of her skirts she stood up. Her politician dress was actually amazing. She had the most costumes in the entire show. She was currently wearing a beautiful metallic blue skirt and a matching one sleeved jacket with a new wig. The curly hair was pinned in the back into a curly bun with a loop of hair on one side. On the wig was pinned on a flat hat with a feather. We looked so in character.
"Let's go see Titania. Daphne, toss me my broom" I said. She nodded and threw it to me. It sailed over my head and Puck caught it for me. He handed it to me.
"Thank you" I said. He nodded and kissed my forehead.
"Anytime. Let's go see my crazy mother" Puck said. I nodded and we walked past the dancers getting their hair fixed by Destiny and Delilah. I swear they're the most capable make-up/hair artists you can ever find.
"You looked positively amazing!" Destiny said, giving me a thumbs up. I gave her a disbelieving look.
"I think I looked horrendous. Green is not attractive" I sighed. Puck rolled his eyes.
"Green is the most beautiful color in the world. My favorite color is green" Puck said. Fern crossed her arms.
"You do not look horrendible" Fern said. I looked at her in confusion.
"I said horrendous not horrendible" I said. Fern rolled her eyes at my bewilderment.
"Horrendible and horrendous mean the same thing. You're so confusifying sometimes, Sabrina" Fern said. I looked at Puck and Destiny for an explanation. Puck suddenly gaped and started to laugh.
"It's Ozian slang!" he laughed. I looked at her in alarm and touched her arm.
"Don't do that…it's kind of strange" I advised. She shrugged and I turned to Ms. Gravel who was running around.
"Have you seen my mother…the woman who is having a fit?" Puck asked. Ms. Gravel nodded and pointed towards the side door. Surely enough she was there. She spotted me and her eyes narrowed. Mustardseed was by her side.
"Control her! And get her out of here" Ms. Gravel advised. I crossed my arms and nodded in agreement.
"That's why I'm here. She wanted to speak to me" I said. Ms. Gravel nodded and looked me as if she were scrutinizing my appearance.
"Fern and Puck you're on in 6 minutes. Be done by then" Ms. Gravel said. They nodded and she continued running around, shouting orders. We walked over to Titania with our heads raised. I could feel eyes on me. They felt contempt for the Everafter Grimm. And I didn't give a damn.
At least not all Everafters are the same.
"Titania" I said, stiffly. She glared at me with anger.
"Grimm, I've come to the attention that you have the actual Grimmerie…and is this Fern?" Titania asked stiffly. Fern stepped forward and crossed her arms.
"I'm the Sugar Plum Fairy. I gave her the Grimmerie" Fern said, glaring at the woman who had already left an impression on her. Funny…
"You gave a mortal…well I guess you're not a mortal anymore. You gave a Grimm the Grimmerie? Why?" demanded Titania. Fern snorted and stepped forward.
"Because I knew she'd be able to read it! She's a child of both worlds. She can read it. She is a child of faerie and a child of mortals. Is that a problem? If I was not able to read it, it would be useless to me, correct?" asked Fern, angrily, at the fact that Titania had questioned her decision.
"What do you mean, Fairy?" Titania demanded. Fern tilted her head.
"I don't know the full story but ask your son. He's the one who obviously created a blood bond" Fern said. Titania gasped and took a step back.
"It wasn't me who created the blood bond it was…" Puck began. Suddenly, Daphne walked towards us with swishing black skirts. She looked cold and menacing for a 14-year-old going on 15.
"It was me, who created it. You see, we were on a case and we had the misfortune of running off the cliff. I was dead. Well almost. Sabrina's entire left side was paralyzed. The blood in my body doesn't belong to me. It is Baba Yaga's blood. I created the blood bond because I knew they were soulmates. It's quite obvious. To keep her alive I needed his blood, his magic. So I did as I saw fit" Daphne said, coldly. She had never figured Titania for trying to take us captive and shooting fireballs at us and trying to kill Cobweb without a trial.
"You! Little Daphne Grimm has grown up" Titania said. Mustardseed grasped his mother's arm.
"Don't you notice what age Puck is? She's not the only one growing up" Mustardseed reminded his mother.
"I do realize, Mustardseed. I have noticed but that's been explained, has it not? He has his soulmate" Titania spat. I closed my eyes and bit my lip. My wings extended from back and Titania gasped.
"Black…with silver swirls. She has the Latin Jurisdiction" Titania said in surprise. I took my wings back in and nodded.
"I prefer not to use my wings at all. The magic is annoying. It also seems to be that Daphne can speak from the Grimmerie" I said, smiling. Titania spat and she glared at me.
"You may have it for now, Grimm. But you can never control the magic. I know just as every other Everafter that you have power. It doesn't mean you'll ever control. We also all know about your addiction. What would happen if you suddenly lost control of your magic" Titania baited. I shook with cold fury and bit my lip and my hands curled into crawls.
"Shut up!" I snapped. She could feel the magic building in me and she smirked at me. I flipped open the Grimmerie and her smirk froze.
"Don't be hasty, Grimm" she said, quietly. I was too angry to listen to her. I turned to Daphne.
"Daphne…this one would be good. Fern, you may join in, my pretty" I said, quietly. Oh God, I was turning wicked, really quickly.
"Gladly. Anyone who questions whether I'm a proper ruler, giving things to mortal is in my bingo book. I'll repeat after you and Daphne" Fern said. I nodded and I closed my eyes. Puck tried to touch me but he was flung backwards as Daphne waved her wand.
"I'm sorry, Puck but we're tired of your mother" Daphne said, quietly. Puck tilted his head.
"What are you going to do to her? Don't kill her" Puck said. I nodded and tilted my own head.
"I won't. A Faerie has wings but a Fae…doesn't. I think I'd like you to be a Fae" I said, smiling. Titania's eyes widened.
"The only people who can reverse this is Glinda and her former best friend with us" Fern laughed, smiling. I closed my eyes and touched the page.
"Et Antay Daytum Entayah Tahkay Bayah Ben" I started to say in a singing way. Daphne touched the page and her tattoos blazed black, standing out against her skin.
"Et Antay Daytum Entayah Tahkay Bayah Ben" Daphne sang, joining into my singing. Fern rounded it out with a high soprano.
"Et Antay Daytum Entayah Tahkay Bayah Ben" Fern began to sing and Titania's wings burst out from her back and started to shrink back into her back as if they were disappearing.
"You know…I think that was the wrong spell. It might've been temporary" I said, smiling. Titania glared at me in surprise.
"How could you? You tricked me!" Titania shouted. I shrugged and Fern fought to keep her confusion off her face.
"You won't have use of your wings from an entire year. Don't even bother to age a year. It'll stay in affect for a year. I think it's time you go on you two. Daphne why don't you join me at the side of the stage?" I said, smiling pleasantly. Mustardseed stared at me in shock.
"I need to talk to my mother and brother. Go on Fern. I'll be there" Puck said. I nodded and Fern followed. We walked away but not far so we could hear.
"What happened to Sabrina? She's…becoming wicked" Mustardseed said, quietly. Puck laughed and shook his head.
"She's determining what she wants to do with the magic. She has nothing but Goodness in her. Or it may be that my Goodness is equivalent to Wickedness and I don't think so. Just as Fern is Good. She's similar to Glinda the Good. We both know as we grow as Everafters we become known as either 'the Good' or 'the Wicked' or you're neutral. They aren't supposed to know yet. Fern is almost there and Daphne and Sabrina are growing into their powers rather quickly. They'll be determined in New York at the conference. I'll be there, this summer" Puck murmured. I looked at him in shock.
"He's still king…he didn't give up his claim to the throne" I whispered in horror. He had left Faerie even though he was still king?
"Oh, Sabrina…there's nothing wrong with that. Even though he left Faerie he left it in capable hands" Daphne said. I nodded, slowly.
"But why didn't he give it up? He said he didn't want it. I don't understand" I said. Fern tilted her head.
"You'll get answers later. Puck! We have to go" Fern called. He rushed over and I looked at him with hurt on my face.
"You're still King of Faerie and you didn't tell me" I said, hurt. He looked steely eyed and he shook his head. His eyes were silver again.
"You'll learn why soon enough. I should just tell you. I can't. My father is the only one who can establish and witness if I renounce the throne. But that geezer is dead so Mustardseed is my regent" Puck said. I glared at him playfully now.
"You still should've told me" I reminded him.
"Sure, Grimm. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go act now."