***this is a bit long, but for my sake i'd appreciate it if you read my message below. if you don't really care what i have to say, that's alright, just skip down to below the asterisks... :(

***hi everyone! sorry i'm a bit late in posting this. it's been my goal to post a new chapter everyday, but i totally forgot that i had to get a tooth pulled today-and i've also discovered the reason why most people develop an irrational fear of dentists :P. anyways, i wanted to say that i really, really, really appreciate all the reviews, especially with this being my first story! i know some of you have PM'ed me asking for me to write a one-shot for them-and i am flattered, and i would love an excuse to keep writing, but i have to go back to school in less than a week and a half, so right now my main goal is to finish this story first. I promise though, if i have time, your requests are the first on my list! You know if i am talking to you :)

thanks again for keeping up with me! i hope i'm just a good enough writer to give this story's ending some justice. i'm still debating which way this plot is going to go. So in the meantime, enjoy the next few chapters while i try to whip up a satisfying ending!:)*******

Sabrina considered herself a fairly brave woman. After all, she had survived the Everafter War, and even more impressively, survived Granny Relda's cooking. She had spoken to the spirits of dead fairy kings, and she could stare directly into the eyes of Bluebeard without flinching.

However, when it came to bravery, an angry fairy queen mother-in-law was a different story.

Sabrina flinched and instinctively stepped in front of her daughter Allison as the furious Titania stormed into the room, her eyes practically ablaze.

"Puck!" She roared. "Your prankings and mischief have brought us nothing but trouble! For the final time, this must be brought to an end!" The Queen, though only a few inches taller than Sabrina, seemed to tower over her son in her fury.

Puck looked innocently up at his mother, not at all intimidated. "But mother, dearest, you haven't even enlightened me of these crimes of which you accuse me of!"

Titania growled, not buying it. "You called a phony last-minute emergency meeting to every Everafter in the city, fooling everyone to believe it was of great importance. Now hundreds of irritated Everafters from all over the city are gathered in the Hall, wondering what was so important about this meeting. The Hall's erupted into chaos! More fights are breaking out as we speak!"

"That wasn't me!" Puck said indignantly.

"And you also swiped a few important magical objects from the desk of your father's old office! They were very old and valuable, mind you!" she snapped.

"That wasn't me either!"

"And Mustardseed found a five-month old stinkbomb in his room a few days ago, which exploded everywhere making his room an inhabitable zone!"

Puck stuck his hands in his pockets. "Okay, admittably, that was me-BUT it was just a joke, and it was only supposed to last for a few hours tops, I swear!"

His mother had no patience for his shenanigans. "You had better not be lying to me, Puck!" Titania spat. "This isn't a joke! I've has some very important and respectable Everafters approach me asking me why I had gathered them here tonight. What is the meaning of this?" she demanded.

Puck looked bewildered. "Calm yourself, Mom! There must've been a misunderstanding. For once in my life, I'm being honest with you! Ask Mustardseed-he's been with us since I entered the city!"

"He's right, mother." Sometime while Titania was yelling at Puck, Mustardseed and Emma had entered the room, looking tired and wary. He handed her over to Sabrina. "Quite the troublemaker you have here," he muttered to his brother.

Puck grinned proudly down at Emma, whose mouth perked up in a innocent, quirky smile.

"Mom, I got to meet some of the Seven Dwarfs!" Emma whispered excitedly. "Did you know that they work in the subway?!" Sabrina bit back a smile but hushed her daughter.

"Mother, it wasn't Puck who's been causing this chaos-for once," Mustardseed continued calmly. "Someone else organized that meeting-and I have a feeling it's only purpose was to serve as a diversion."

Titania glared coldly at her other son. "Oh? And what would they be trying to diverting us from?"

"Mother, you've been a little careless with security in the back halls," sighed Puck, and proceeded to explain everything that happened to him and Allison when they entered Faerie.

Titania's expression melted from one of cold fury to one of pure horror. She shook her head. "No, how is that even possible? Where were the guards? Where was Ruby, watching over the entrance of the Golden Egg?"

Mustardseed shifted uncomfortably. "Well, the guards were at the meeting. I suppose Ruby was, too."

Was Mustardseed lying? "No, that's not right," Sabrina countered. "I passed Ruby when I entered. She pointed me down the direction of the hallway that you and Emma went."

Titania pulled out a flute and blew a few notes.

Allison and Emma exchanged startled looks, not sure what to make of the Queen's reaction.

On cue, the pixies appeared after only a few seconds. "Find Ruby the bartender," Titania commanded, "And bring her straight to me. Call in reinforcements if she resists."

The pixies nodded and buzzed away.

"Mom?" Allison had pulled Sabrina away from the group to talk to her separately. Puck was talking about the meeting diversion with his mother and brother, and Emma was trying to eavesdrop on them.

"What is it, Allison?"

"That woman over there? She's our grandmother?"

"Titania?" Sabrina asked, surprised. "Of course she is-she's Puck's mother."

Allison looked doubtful. "You're old, Mom. I know you don't look it, and I never realized why. But this... this woman with us, you claim she is Dad's mother? That's not possible!" she cried, staring at Titania.

"Possible or not, it's true, Allie," Sabrina said softly, running her hand through her daughter's hair. This conversation was coming to soon. She had to change subjects before Allison learned to much-

But she faltered when Allison looked at her mother with wide, bewildered eyes. "Then why, Mom, does she look so... young?"