Ch. 2

Sabrina watched from beside a flower patch as the council left for their meeting with the leaders of Faerie. She sat down on the stone pathway and turned a flower around in the palm of her hand. She felt sadness for her lost childhood, and confusion for what it would be like to meet this prince, she hoped that she could come to like him and that he wouldn't be some brat. She also felt confident, she was doing the right thing, this was going to be good for the kingdom, she was saving them from being taken down in war. She wanted to be known for this, for saving them. If she was going to die one day, she wanted to die with honor. Slowly she began to nod off, her sleep was scarce lately with all the nightmares she had gotten as she was seeing what it truly meant to be a ruler. In some ways being a ruler was too much for her to take on so young. Some nights she was so overwhelmed by it all she would cry herself to sleep, and no one was there to help her because Sabrina didn't let them see her cry, she didn't let them see her angry, or confused, she promised herself that she could show no one emotion, except to Daphne, and even then she wouldn't let her see her cry. She laid herself down next to the flower patch, surely a small nap wouldn't hurt anybody, and she fell into deep sleep.

When she woke up she found a young man was shaking her gently. As she came to, she noticed she didn't know him and began to back away, worried about who he was and why was he here.

"Who are you," she asked harshly. Prince Charming appeared behind him,

"This is the crown prince of Faerie, Sabrina, his parents insisted on him coming today. Sorry, it's on such short notice." Sabrina looked the prince up and down, he was very handsome, that's when she noticed she was still on the ground, probably covered in soil. The prince gave her his hand and she let him help her up. Quickly she dusted herself off and introduced herself,

"I'm Sabrina Grimm, it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance," she said and curtsied politely before the prince. The prince stared at her in awe, she was quite beautiful for a mortal and very formal, she was not gonna like his style he thought.

"And I, am Robin Goodfellow, you may call me Puck," he said and very dramatically, bowed. Sabrina raised an eyebrow but didn't ask.

"I'll just be leaving you two be now, I've got some work that I have to get done." Prince Charming said and rushed off leaving Sabrina alone with the prince.

"Welcome to the palace, may I show you around," she said gesturing to the castle and the beautiful landscape around it.

"Sure," he replied. She led him around the palace and showed him almost all the rooms, most of the ones she didn't show him were just unimpressive but there were a few she didn't show him because of various reasons. She didn't dare mention her parents yet and hoped he wouldn't get suspicious about not meeting a king or queen.

"And this is the throne room," she concluded. "Dinner will be ready in an hour or so, and then we will escort you home. I can have one of the maids bring you to your room, but I have work that needs to be done, so I will be in my room," she said quickly and rushed off. Puck raced up to her and grabbed her arm.

"Wait! Don't you want to do something, fun?" he asked.

"Mr. Goodfellow, I will let you know now, that I don't do fun, not when there are papers that need to be signed and laws to pass, I'm sorry but I don't have time, I've never had time," she said and continued walking to her room.

"Don't you ever at least smile! Or anything at all! There is nothing from you, do you have any emotion at all!" this comment made her heart leap, she was doing good she had him believing it. "And what do you mean papers to sign and laws to pass! You don't rule yet that's what the king and queen do!" Sabrina came to a screeching halt and turned to meet Puck's gaze. She shook her head and stared down at the floor. "What!" the prince shouted. He was pushing it, she couldn't give in to her emotions now. She regained her seriousness and spoke

"Because my parents have been in an enchanted sleep for the last 7 years of my life. I have been the ruler since then, I lost my childhood Puck, you will never understand," she told him, showing him nothing, even though she was desperately trying to hold back tears. Then she padded off to her room.

"Fine, be like that," Puck said as a devilish grin spread across his face.

"Wha-" Sabrina tried to say but before she could finish she was in the air clinging onto Puck for dear life. He flew back outside to the gardens and high into the air. She let out a blood-curdling scream as she felt Puck let go of her suddenly. She plummeted toward the ground, and at the last second he swooped back around and caught her when she was just inches from the ground. They flew through the palace gardens and up higher and higher through the clouds. Sabrina looked down at the palace below and began to feel dizzy, the fact that she was terribly afraid of heights didn't help at all. She thought that she had never been so scared in her life and she clutched Puck tightly, afraid that if she wasn't holding on tight enough she would fall. Puck, on the other hand, was getting a kick out of the whole thing. Sabrina buried her face in Puck's chest, trying to keep herself from looking down again, for fear that she might just pass out. She was so afraid she thought she might just start crying, how had this man been able to trigger so much emotion when no one else had for the last seven years? "Stop! Please, you have to stop, you have to bring me down to ground. I'm… afraid of heights." she said trembling in his arms, barely believing that she had told him she was afraid. Puck looked down at her and smirked.

"Afraid, huh? I knew I could get something out of you," he said and abruptly stopped flying and began to hover in mid-air.

"Don't rub it in, just get me down please!" she said pounding on his chest with her bare fists. A single tear streaked down her face and she held her breath, hoping he wouldn't notice his victory. She flicked it away quickly and found he was staring at her. A smile spread across his face. "Put me down now!" she screamed.

"As you wish, princess!" he exclaimed and dropped her. She splashed down into a large pond, and swam to the surface, struggling to get above water with her dress weighing her down. She gasped for air as she climbed onto land.

"How dare you! You jerk!" she screamed at the fairy, but her retort was weak seeing as she was drenched and looked ridiculous.

He flew down to meet her, laughing his head off the whole way down.

"Wow, that was fun! Now apparently I'm a jerk, poor Sabrina I was always a jerk!" he doubled over laughing, and that's when Sabrina finally noticed.

"Y- you're a fairy!" she said pointing at his glories pink insect wings.

"It took you that long to figure out!" he said and continued to laugh at her. Sabrina glared at him and then did something so unladylike, something she never expected herself to ever do. She socked him in the face. The blow knocked him out cold and she stood there shocked at what she had done. Or what he had done, no one had ever been able to make Sabrina get that angry, who was this guy? She stood over him looking down at him with a curiously. What do I do now she thought, what did I do?! This is so unlike me what am I turning into! She sat down next to him and tried to wake him up.

"Wake up!" she shouted at him, she tried nudging and shaking him vigorously, but it wasn't until the chef called out from the castle "Dinner time!" that he woke up.

"Dinner yesssss!" he said and made a run for the dining room, dragging Sabrina along with him,

"Slow down!" she shouted at him trying to free her hand from his strong grasp. "You're not even going the right way!" Puck stopped and waited for Sabrina to give him directions. Sabrina glared at him, still angry from earlier. "Go down the hall and take a right, please tell everyone I'll be there shortly, I have to change," she growled.

"Thanks!" he said and smirked at her, then bolted down the hallway.

Sabrina marched to her room and slammed the door behind her. She locked it and then changed into a beautiful blue gown. She marched back to the dining room, heels clicking on the marble floor, and regained her composure, calmly she walked into the dining room and took her seat next to her sister, who was happily chatting with Puck. Supper was served momentarily, and everyone ate happily, then Puck was brought back to his palace. He thanked everyone for their hospitality and winked at Sabrina, telling her that this would not be the last time she saw him.

A/N: How was it? I don't really know how well the characters are gonna be like their actual selves in this story, but we'll see. It's kinda turning out harder than I thought to write this story. LOL, anyways leave a review if you can! I'd really appreciate it. :)