Chapter 5

When she awoke she instantly pulled on some clothes. She put on a purple t-shirt and slipped on some black jeans. Over top of her shirt she pulled on Jared's jacket, grabbed her backpack and braided her hair to the side. She grabbed some Tylenol and bottle of water. She turned the Grimoire into a charm bracelet, grabbed the Seam Ripper and opened a portal to the Fae Realm. Mina turned around one last time before jumping into the portal. The last thing she saw was Sara and Nix open Mina's door and scream. Mina wanted to tell her mom that she was okay. She was regretting not leaving her Mom a note when she felt a sharp pain in her head and passed out.

Mina woke up laying on the damp grass. It was mid-afternoon in the Fae Realm. She slowly stood up. Her head felt like it was on fire so she quickly took one of the Tylenol out of the bottle and swallowed it. After taking a sip of her water she quickly headed downstream knowing from the last time she was here that this was the direction of the Fae castle. When she looked at the river she saw a Kelpie. Mina quickly noticed that it was the same Kelpie that she had rode the last time she was here. It swam to the edge of the riverbed where Mina was standing. It took Mina a few minutes but she realized that the Kelpie was trying to help her and wanted her to get on his back. Mina rode in silence.

As the sun started going down she could see the castle about 200 yards away. She went through the tunnel her and Nix went through the first time. Mina slowly started doubting herself. She them realized that it was the Sirens making her feel this way. She ignored them and focused on the thought of Jared. Once she was inside she could hear Teague's voice echoing through the hallway. He was arguing with himself... Wait no, he was arguing with Jared?

"She's here, Jared. I can feel her. I'm going to kill her!" Teague growled.

Mina looked at the time. It was 11:30. She knew it was almost time. She was scared she would entrap Jared in the endless pages of the Grimoire.

"Meeeena! Meeena! Come out, come out wherever you are." Teague sung.

Mina knew she couldn't hide forever so she stepped out from behind the wall.

"There you are. Are you excited to die?!" Teague said smugly.

"You should be asking yourself that." Mina said.

"I don't think so." Teague said lunging at her.

Mina strategically rolled out of the way.

Teague smirked at her.

"Nice dodge Grimm." He said jumping on her. Mina tried to dodge but he was too fast that time. He started punching Mina.

Even though the pain was immense, she tried to fight back. She instantly knew she was losing the fight. She looked into Teague's eyes and noticed them turn half gray.

"Mina," Jared groaned. "Now!" He said and Jared/Teague's eyes turned back to blue.

Mina looked at the time. 11:59.

She rolled out from under Teague. She turned the Grimoire into its true form. She held it open. She saw the worry in Teague's eyes.

"You have made my life miserable. You have killed hundreds of people. You've made thousands suffer. The Grimm's are brave and have heroically taken on EVERYTHING you've cast upon them. I have had to put on a smile so many times when truly inside I'm dying. I have lost everything I have ever cared about and I'm here to get it all back. There's a million things that me and the Grimm's before me have suffered through. We didn't deserve any of it. I will NOT let the curse go onto another poor Grimm. It's not fair to them or to me. You will die here. Now! I, Mina Grimm, WILL defeat the curse!" Mina yelled tears streaming her eyes as she remembered being a normal teenager. He had taken her life away from her. When Mina looked into Teague/Jared's eyes. She noticed the gray color that had replaced the blue. Mina shut the Grimoire and saw Jared collapse on the ground. Mina ran to him. He looked up at her and she instantly knew it was him.

"Mina! You did it!" Jared said sitting up.

"Of course I did. Were you doubting me? You sounded surprised." Mina asked grinning.

Jared grinned back at her and stood up.

"Mina, you didn't just save me. You saved the entire Fae plane. Everything should be restored now. Sea witches are Nixies again, Fairies are free to roam about-" Jared started saying before Mina cut him off.

"Sea witches are Nixies again?!" Mina asked getting excited.

"Ugh, yeah why?" Jared asked.

Mina grabbed his hand and ran to the cave where she had entered the castle. She saw a Nixie and instantly knew it was Raina.

"Are you Raina?" Mina asked. The Nixie nodded her head and Mina began to talk again. "I know where Nix is!" Mina said excitedly holding Jared's hand.

"You do?" She asked as her eyes lit up happily.

"Come with me!" Mina nodded. The Nixie obediently followed. Mina used the Seam Ripper to open a portal.

Raina instantly stepped into it without hesitation. When she was gone Mina looked up into Jared's eyes and kissed him. Holding his hand, she closed her eyes and jumped into the portal. When she opened her eyes she was back in her bedroom. She saw Nix hugging Raina and smiling gratefully at Mina. When Mina looked at her Mom she saw her mom smiling with tears in her eyes as she hugged a man that Mina didn't recognize from the back. Mina walked over to see who it was. She was still holding Jared's hand when she realized it was her father. Mina ran to him and hugged him, feeling more tears begin to manifest.

"Mina. You did the impossible. You beat the curse. Something I wasn't capable of doing. By beating the curse you brought back every Grimm that has died from the curse. Including me! I am so proud of you." Her father said with tears in his eyes.

"Thanks Dad! I love you and missed you so much! Oh, and this is J-" Mina began saying.

"Jared!" Her dad said hugging Jared.

"I missed you James!" Jared said with tears in his eyes.

"You two know each other?" Sara asked confused.

"Yeah, he helped me with the curse. He promised me that if I died he would do anything to protect Mina." James said smiling gratefully.

The day went by quickly and by the time it was night everyone was happier then they had been in years. Jared and Mina sat on her bed talking.

"Jared, I love you!" Mina said.

"I love you too. I have been waiting for you to say that for three years." He said smiling.

Mina leaned over and kissed Jared.

They smiled at each other and for the first time in forever Mina realized life wasn't as Grimm as she thought.

The End