*Puck's POV*

I sat down on the beach in Ocean City, MD, crying amidst the happy vacationing families, not caring who saw me. I think I creeped out a few little kids, though. Where was I supposed to go? It's not like I could just fly myself back to New York from here! People would go nuts! Plus, it was a faerie law that we could not fly around humans. Of course, I broke that rule around the Grimms all the time, but...they're technically Everafters now, so...whatever. The "thou shalt not fly in front of humans" rule is the only law I cannot change in the kingdom, as ruler of faerie.

I thought of the Grimms. The Old Lady. Marshmallow. I cringed when I thought of Sabrina's dad. He was gonna find me and murder me with his bare hands once he finds out that I cheated on his daughter. I deserved it. I decided that I would let him beat me to a pulp when the time comes, because after all, I hurt his daughter.

Realizing I was never gonna see little Marshmallow again (although she's not that little anymore. She's about to start college in August.), my tears of guilt and longing for Sabrina became tears or guilt and longing for Sabrina and missing Marshmallow.

With my knees scrunched against my chest, I buried my head in my hands in shame. What could I possibly do to get Sabrina back?!

Suddenly, I heard me name. I looked up from my makeshift chamber of sadness (which consisted of my arms, legs, and tears) to see Mustardseed, my younger brother.

"Oh man, Puck! Crazy running into you here! I-...woah...Brother, you don't look so good. What's the matter?"

I retreated back into my chamber of sadness. "I don't want to talk about it...oh, and hi, how's it going?" I made a poor attempt of trying to talk my way out of talking, to no avail.

"C'mon, man!" my brother exclaimed, annoyed. "When was the last time you cried, like, a few millenia ago? You gotta tell me what's going on! It must be serious if you're crying!" Talk about insensitive!

"You're not helping matters yourself, Seedy," I grunted. He hated when I called him "Seedy."

Mustardseed sighed in frustration. "At least tell me why you're in Maryland, huh?"

"Why are you here?" I asked, trying to get the subject off of me again.

"I'm here, vacationing with my girlfriend! Now, why are you here?"

"Wait you got a girlfriend?!" I couldn't help but smirk. Mustardseed? Girlfriend? The two words would work in a sentence unless "doesn't have a" were in between them.

"Yeah, didn't ya hear? I'm sure Sabrina woulda told you by now. I'm going steady with her sister!" he said cheerfully, unoffended at my meanish tone.

Wait. What did he just say. HE'S DATING MARSHMALLOW?! I GOTTA GET OUTTA HERE BEFORE SHE SEES ME! I panicked.

"WHAT?! NO! SHE CAN'T SEE ME HERE!"

"Wha-" I cut Mustardseed off with more screaming.

"PLEASE! PLEASE, MUSTARDSEED! JUST HIDE ME! I'LL TELL YOU EVERYTHING!"

"Uhh...okay?" I can't really blame him for sounding confused.

Just then, I saw Marshmallow running towards us excitedly. She was sixteen now, but she still had her childish pigtails. Only now, they went down to her waist.

"Yooo-hooo! Mustardseed! There you are! Is that...Puck?!"

I morphed into a sandcastle... it was the only thing that I could think of in my moment of panic. I sighed. If only Sabrina could see me now and see how much I care for her. I turned into a freakin' sandcastle!

The once-tan sand became dark as a dreary-looking storm cloud glided overhead, blocking the sun from view. Almost immediately, a streak of lightening made touchdown in the ocean, far off the shoreline but still close enough to be dangerous. A deafening clap of thunder sounded soon after, followed by large, heavy raindrops.

My mind switched from "ashamed-heartbreak" mode to "people-are-about-to-be-electrocuted" mode. These kids have to get outta the water! People were running for cover, grabbing their towels an picnic baskets. A few even screamed. Daphne practically leapt into Mustardseed's arms, and yelled over the sound of thunder and crashing waves.

"Where did Puck go?! Wasn't he just here?"

I made up my mind to blow my cover in front of Daphne to get these idiots out of the bay before the become fried to a crisp. A lone inner tube with two kids stuffed in it drifted further out to sea. I rolled my eyes mentally as I morphed back into my full glory. There was sand in places that sand shouldn't be.

"Puck?!" I ignored Daphne's screaming and my brother's confused look and sprinted towards the water. Even though the beach was empty of all humans, I still couldn't fly. It was raining to hard, and my wings would get soaked and I would be pulled underwater and drowned. I reluctantly dived in, stolen clothes and all and paddled as fast as I could out to the stranded kids. Where were these kids parents, anyways? Who just leaves their children in the middle of a storm.

The lightening was getting closer, and not only were the kids in danger of getting electrocuted...but I was too. It was funny, though, because I didn't even think about myself dying. I just though about how I was never gonna be able to make anything up to Sabrina, and that she would end up with Peter Pan! Or worse, like that Bradley guy who escaped Faerie's maximum-security prison a few months ago!

Ugh. I am getting way to ahead of myself. She was not gonna end up with a freekin' rapist. What are the odds of that happening! The dude is such an effin' womanizer, she wouldn't be caught dead within 20 yards from him!

My mind snapped back to saving the kids, who were now being washed out of the bay into the open ocean. If that current takes them all the way out, I was never gonna be able to rescue them!

I swam faster than I had ever done anything in my life, and before I knew it, I had reached the bright orange inner tube. They looked about little Basil's age, 9 or 10, maybe. They were huddled together, obviously cold and scared as they clutched onto the flotation device for their dear lives. I couldn't say anything to them, or my mouth would've filled up with water...hey!

Why hadn't I though about turning into something that could swim fast! Gosh, I was so busy thinking about Sabrina, I risked my chances of saving innocent lives! Ugh... what happened to the Trickster King! Here I am, saving drowning kids, when the first thing I tried to do to Sabrina was drown her! Andddd there we go with thinking of Sabrina obsessively again.

I took the piece of twine connected to the inner tube, and fumbled with my freezing hands to tie it to my wrist, all the while treading water. Wasting no time, I transformed into a dolphin. These poor kids were gonna be traumatized. In a few moments, I had the kids brought back to land, and I was one wet, beached dolphin. Daphne ran over to the kids I had just pulled in, and Mustardseed ran over to me as I turned back into Puck, the idiot cheater fairy. That is what I am now, after all. Some may say I'm being too hard on myself, but when you have something as good as Sabrina, it's hard not to beat yourself up after losing it. I want her back. I need her back.