AN~ Yay! the majority of people do want Daphne to be an everafter, myself included! So she will be, eventually! The misspellings when Sabrina first wakes up are intentional. The rest are not, and so have been edited out.
coolicious: It does help, and she does, deosn't she?
elliegoat: see, I think Baba Yaga is being evil to protect her feelings. See my story Hundred, ch. 21 for details. 1) All animal powers will be Daphne's domain. 2) I don't think she's gonna lose her powers. 3) No, she like being powerful, remember? 4) Eventually. patience, grassjopper. 5) Yeah. See Hundred ch. 14.
"Can I talk to Sabrina?" Bella asked.
"Umm..." Puck hedged, "I'm not sure..."
"Please?" Bella asked, half begging. "It's really important."
"I'll see what she's doing." Puck turned and headed for the stairs, praying Sabrina was busy.
Sabrina woke up to Puck calling her name... sort of. "Grimm?"
"Mhm?" Sabrina rolled halfway over so that she could see the door.
"You doing anything important?" Puck asked. "Please say you are."
Sabrina thought for a minute. "I wa'sleepin', 'zat count?"
"I'll tell her you're busy." Puck said, turning around.
Sabrina was about to fall asleep when it dawned on her what Puck had said. "Wait-"
Puck stuck his head back through the doorway. "Yeah?"
"Who're you tellin' 'm busy?"
"Nobody." Puck said.
Sabrina got up, mostly awake now. "No, really?"
"You don't want to talk to her, Grimm."
"If she- whoever she is- wants to talk to me, it's probably important." Sabrina persisted. "Now who is it?"
"You don't want to talk to her, Grimm, trust me." Puck said resignedly, following Sabrina down the stairs.
"I do." Sabrina said. "But you know what they say, curiosity killed the cat."
Puck shook his head and rolled his eyes. "You're ridiculous."
Sabrina rounded the corner below the stairs and stopped dead. "You." She whispered.
"I told you so." Puck said, leaning on the wall.
"Shut up, fairy boy." Sabrina said, not looking at him. "What are you doing here?" She hissed at Bella.
"I needed to talk to you." Bella said nervously.
"What gave you the idea to come near this place?" Sabrina was glaring daggers at Bella. "What made you think, even for a second, that you'd be welcome here?"
"It's really important." Bella muttered.
Sabrina just kept glaring at Bella. After a few seconds, Puck noticed a distinct increase in the room's temparature, and realized that he'd seen the look in Sabrina's eyes yesterday, when she'd burned the majority of his hair off. He headed towards her.
Bella was eyeing Sabrina nervously. "Are you alright?"
"Grimm." Puck said. "Grimm? Answer me. Bella, could you go outside for a minute? Grimm, come on, look at me! Granny! Can you come here? Grimm, snap out of it! Bella, you'd better leave. Sabrina? I mean it, Bella. Outside, Now. Grimm!"
Bella finally took the hint and walked outside. Sabrina didn't move; she just kept staring at the door. Puck put a hand on Sabrina's shoulder tentatively, got no response, found he could touch her without burning himself, took a deep breath, and grabbed Sabrina's chin, yanking it so that she was facing him. For a moment, Puck felt an immense heat, then Sabrina blinked, lost the frightening look in her eyes, and glared at Puck.
"What were you thinking?" She whispered harshly to Puck. "I could've burned your face off!"
"I was thinking about keeping you from burning a hole through the door, or worse, Bella's face." Puck whispered back.
"Couldn't you have done it some other way than sticking your face in the line of fire?"
"I called your name about five times and tapped you on the shoulder. You didn't notice. So, no. Calm down."
"I can't believe she came back here." Sabrina muttered.
"But she's here, and you said you wanted to talk to her, so you're going to." Puck said.
"I hate you." Sabrina glared at Puck.
"It's mutual." Puck said calmly. "Now, I'm going to open the door and let Bella in. What are you going to do?"
"Pretend I can stand her, and listen to what she has to say." Sabrina pouted.
"And what are you not going to do?" Puck asked.
"Burn her, freeze her, soak her, bury her, or blow her into next Tuesday." Sabrina muttered again.
"There we go." Puck said. "Now, is that so hard?"
"Yes." Sabrina muttered mulishly.
Granny walked into the room at that moment. "Yes, Puck?"
"You remember Bella from school?" Puck asked. "Well, she's outside and she wants to talk to Sabrina, but-"
"That didn't work so well." Sabrina said. "We could use someone who doesn't hate her guts."
"Well then, Let her in." Granny said.
Puck let her in, Granny sat her down at the kitchen table and told ther to tell them her story.
So Bella began. "I got kicked out of my house because I finally 'fessed up that I don't want to be in the Hand, and I need a place to stay. Could I- Could I stay here?"
Before Puck or Sabrina could say anything, she rushed on.
"I know things. They trusted me before, and I could help you. I have their plans, I can tell you where they're going to strike next. I warned the old witch inthe woods this morning. Please?"
Granny smiled. "Of course you can."
Sabrina and Puck just stared. "That's it, she's cracked." Puck muttered.
