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With her sword clenched tightly in her hand, Sabrina darted forward. The figure did a three-sixty spin and she moved quickly to the side. Using her other hand, Sabrina blocked the flailing limbs of the figure and moved her sword, missing her target by merely inches. She circled the figure once more, backing up a few steps. The target circled around and Sabrina saw an opening. She moved forward and thrusted her sword deep into the straw belly of the figure.
"Grimm - is a dummy to hard for you?" Puck asked snidely.
"Please," snorted Sabrina.
Puck pulled out his wooden sword and his limbs tightened in a fighting stance. "Ready?"
"I was born ready." Sabrina pulled her sword from the belly of the dummy and positioned herself adjacent from Puck. The couple began to circle each other holding their weapons a few feet in front of them. A minute elapsed and neither of them had made a move. It was Puck, though, who, shortly after the minute mark, moved his sword, kicked, and scratched. Sabrina blocked most of his motions and dug her sword deep into his belly. Puck cried out, not in pain, but in humiliation. His face was now bright red and he became more eager to win the fight. He circled faster, calculating in his head what his next move should be. He looked for an opening but Sabrina kept her guard up. Suddenly, without warning, Sabrina swept Puck - a short motion with her legs that literally knocked his legs out from under him. Lying on the ground and moaning in pain, Sabrina began to prod Puck with her sword. He looked up, his face now bright purple, his eyes a dull black, and his ears smoking. He looked mad. His wings shot out and he leapt several yard in the air before shooting back down. He landed on his feet and turned towards Sabrina.
"Stinkpot! You fight like a girl!" Puck exclaimed, angrily.
"You should know!"
"What does that mean?"
"What do you think it means?"
Daphne skipped up to the fuming kids, happy to be awake. Her expression softened and she bit her palm and squealed at the same time. "Aw. . . that is so Puckabrina!"
Sabrina and Puck's face both turned redder than a tomato.
Lunch was served outside of the mess-hall in a grassy knoll near the perimeter of the camp. There were several large trees that shaded the picnic. Blankets and sheets had been spread out on the grass and nearly every Everafter in the camp was sitting and enjoying lunch. Lunch was spread out on tables near by.
The Grimm family had already claimed a blanket space and were now sitting and eating. Sabrina leaned black and closed her eyes, soaking the warm sunlight and enjoying every minute of the peace. As she opened her eyes, she looked around her surroundings for what felt like the first time. This wasn't the Ferryport Landing she had first arrived at. No, it was something wholly different. This was her home. And, sitting beside her, was her family. Her real family. Her mother and father, her sister, Red, Mr. Canis, Uncle Jake, and Puck. She felt a pang in her heart as she remembered the one family member she was missing - Granny Relda.
"Are you okay, sweetie?" Veronica asked, squeezing the blonde girl's hand softly.
Sabrina nodded and smiled. She stuck her fork into one of the foods on her plate and ate hungrily. Something inside her bubbled and she felt happy. Really extremely happy.
"Dogface, is there something wrong with you? You look. . . happy." Puck commented rudely, digging into his meal with as much vigor as normal.
"Yeah, 'Brina, you look different," Daphne said. Red nodded her head in agreement. Even Uncle Jake nodded.
Sabrina sneered and snarled at Puck. "Is that a crime?"
Puck's face turned bright red as he fumbled for a reply. Finding none, Sabrina rolled her eyes and took another bite of her stale bread. She took her knife and spread another load of butter on it, taking another bite, and sinking back into the shade of the tree.
Soon, the children finished their lunch.
"Mom! Can we go explore the forest?" Daphne begged.
"It's to dangerous, sweetie." Veronica sang. Daphne crossed her arms over her chest and pouted.
"Please, mom," asked Sabrina.
"Honey-" Veronica began.
"I'll take them. Don't worry, they'll be fine," Uncle Jake said and the children grinned happily. Veronica and Henry looked cautious but finally gave in.
Uncle Jake lead the small group through the thick woods. Sabrina was behind him, then Puck, followed by Red and Daphne. Uncle Jake had several magical trinkets at the ready - prepared for any dangerous creature that might spring an attack.
"Look, Daphne, do you know what that is?" Uncle Jake asked. Uncle Jake pointed to several drops of a thick, silver substance. Daphne moved closer to the liquid and moved her hands just over the substance. Sabrina did the same, but pulled her hand back immediately as she felt a strong tingling feeling that came over her.
"It's magical," Daphne commented, moving back.
"It's unicorn's blood." Uncle Jake took out a small vile and scooped a few drops into it. "Might come in useful some day."
"Uncle Jake, you're very smarticlyish," Daphne commented.
"He's what?" Sabrina asked.
"Smarticylish - extremely smart, like a dictionary!" Daphne replied.
The group continued on. Every time they passed something unusual, Uncle Jake would explain what it was.
Fifteen minutes later, the group was in the deep woods. The sunlight had been completely blocked out by the thick foliage. The group twisted their way through thick tree trunks and thin trails. Red spotted several series of animal tracks. Uncle Jake told her that they were Elk tracks, a type of moose commonly found in New York state.
"I think we should head back," Sabrina said.
"Yeah, they're probably wondering were we are," Uncle Jake added.
"Uncle Jake. . . do we know were we are?" Daphne asked.
"Yeah, Squirt, we're, uh, somewhere," Uncle Jake said looking around, worried.
"Okay. . . the important thing is we don't panic!" Uncle Jake added.
Suddenly, a large group of small moose stampeded through the trees.
"Aaaaagggghhhhh!" Daphne screamed. Uncle Jake grabbed Daphne and Red and ran through the trees, out of the way of the stampeding creatures. Puck picked Sabrina up by her shoulders and flapped his wings until they were high above the creatures. Once the creatures were out of sight, Puck and Sabrina alighted into a tree.
"Where's Daphne and Red and Uncle Jake?" Sabrina asked, suddenly worried. She looked around frantically but saw no sight of them.
Puck mumbled something and Sabrina rolled her eyes but smiled.
Sabrina stopped smiling and looked into Puck's green eyes. His face was covered in dirt and a few other things Sabrina didn't like to think about. His hair was crisp and dry and coated in dust. A pink worm wriggled around in his hair. He was wearing his dirty green hoody and too-short jeans. Puck stared back into her icy blue eyes. The corners of his dried, chapped lips turned into a small smile. Sabrina smiled softly.
Then Sabrina blinked and Puck yawned and the moment was lost.
"C'mon, we should probably head back to the camp. I bet Uncle Jake is already on his way there," Sabrina suggested. Puck nodded and he picked Sabrina up by her arm and lifted her up over the treetops. They circled around a few times until Puck spotted the camp and he flapped his wings and lifted them higher and gained speed. Only a few minutes, and Sabrina and Puck landed and were safe on the ground. Veronica hugged Sabrina tenderly.
"Are Uncle Jake and Daphne and Red back yet?" Sabrina asked.
"They just arrived. They're cleaning up lunch now." Veronica exclaimed, hugging Puck lightly.
Sabrina sat on her cot. Her cold legs were covered with her blankets. Behind Sabrina, sat Daphne, who was brushing her hair, a habit the young girl had when she was worried. Sabrina yawned sleepily. There was only a small candle who's wick was almost diminished illuminating the two girls. Several sleeping forms were in the cots next to theirs.
"Sabrina, I'm scared," Daphne said.
Sabrina nodded, swallowing. Sabrina turned around and Daphne dropped the hairbrush. Sabrina hugged her little sister. "I'm scared, too," she whispered into her shoulder. Sabrina felt something wet drop on her and realized Daphne was crying onto her shoulder. She sat up again and wiped away her tears.
"Everything's going to be all right," said Sabrina. Daphne nodded. "I promise." The little girl nodded and got up from the bed. She was wearing light blue pajamas. She walked over to the cot next to Sabrina's and got in.
"Goodnight," Sabrina whispered.
"Goodnight, 'Brina," Daphne said, she then blew out the candle and the two girls were soon swept into blackness.
"Master - we are set to attack in two days." Nottingham commented. He closed the door to the study. It was dark and he could barely make out the thin outline of a figure in a solid chair. The figure was that of a squat old woman.
"We will not attack," a deep voice commanded.
"Huh?" the Queen of Hearts asked.
"That was a ruse. I have heard news that our plan has spread to the Grimm's camp. We will now wait for them. We will be ready for them. We will defeat them." the voice said powerfully.
"Their army is powerful, Master. We can't sit here and wait for them like sitting ducks."
"But our army is more powerful. And we've got the higher ground. Do not doubt my plan," the voice said. Heart and Nottingham looked worried but the Master silenced their doubts.
"I am tired," the Master continued, "Go, leave me in peace."
The pair left the room reluctantly and Mirror faded into sleep.
A/N: Ha-ha! Okay, well I have to thank my wonderful reviewers for giving me awesome word ideas. I would especially like to shout-out to THE AWESOME ONE, my friend who we will now call "Iz the Whiz" - I just made that up, but it's catchy. And THIRTY REVIEWS! You guys are amazing.
For all you Harry Potter fans you'll notice my Harry Potter reference (the Unicorn blood). . . who's excited about the new HP movie? I know I am!
Anyway, sorry I haven't updated in FOREVER but I have been celebrating major time. I went to a karate tournament and I fought a black belt and a brown belt (because there was no one in my category) and I got FIRST AND FIRST!
In other news, for the past three days I have been on a camping trip with my school. Yeah, my school is really weird. Not just weird. Really weird. We go camping like five times per school year. Anyway, it was actually pretty fun but it was disgusting because there are no showers and we're stuck in a small portion of land in super hot desert with your entire class for three days. And we're not allowed to bring anything tech-related, besides a camera.
Besides that I've just been really, really, really lazy.
Oh! And before I forget; I've been reading through my story and I've realized it doesn't make that much sense. Well it does, but it doesn't run smoothly. Plus, there are some corrections that are bugging the living crap out of me. So, after I am completely done with it I am going to go back and edit every chapter, make sure it runs smoothly, and add in characters (namely Red and Elvis who I completely forgot about! Oops. . .). So, even after the Epilogue be on the lookout for The Final Battle and REVIEW!
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