Ch. 3
"So who was that hottie who came to the palace yesterday, he said his name was Puck. He is so gravy!" Daphne said as she skipped down the hall next to her sister.
"Yes his name is Puck, and well… the kingdom needs and ally for a war. So I might have to marry him…"
"War? Marriage? Really?" Daphne gasped.
"Don't worry the war we have completely under control, and I wouldn't let anyone ever hurt you."
" And the marriage? Are you really going through with this? At Least Puck is really nice! It'd be so fun to have him around all day, every day!" she exclaimed.
"Um, I suppose, anyways he's going to be visiting a lot before the wedding" she mentioned, and cringed.
"So I'm sure you'll get to know him real well," she said and began walking faster to her room.
"See you later Sabrina," Daphne said as Sabrina got to her room.
"See you later Daph,"she said sweetly and entered her room.
A day or so later, Sabrina was climbing into a carriage to go and visit the kingdom of Faerie. They arrived hours later and Sabrina was very tired from the long trip, she forced her body awake and made her way to the palace doors were Queen Tatiana greeted her. Sabrina bowed before her, and Tatiana did the same.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, your majesty." Sabrina gushed.
"Please Tatiana is fine, we will soon be family anyways," she spoke and led Sabrina inside.
"Your palace is gorgeous," Sabrina exclaimed as she looked at it in awe. The ceiling was sky that seemed to go on forever, there were gold decorations on all the walls and tons and tons of gems that were all beautifully radiant colors.
"Thank you, as you can see we spent thousands of years on it, let's continue our tour shall we?"
"We shall," Sabrina sang.
The tour lasted multiple hours, their kingdom was huge compared to Sabrina's. Sabrina got to meet Puck's brother, Mustardseed, King Oberon, and loads of other important people who were rushing around the castle at that time. They ended in the throne room where Sabrina found Puck playing chess with his brother,
"Ha! I win again, I believe that is 23 for me and 0 for you brother." Mustardseed cheered. Puck pushed the board away with a huff.
"That game is junk, I'm going to do something better." He said and was about to walk off when his mother cleared her throat and gestured to Sabrina.
"How about you go do something with Sabrina, she hasn't seen the gardens, she says she loves gardens. It might be special if you showed her."
"Of course, mother," he grumbled and gestured for Sabrina to follow him.
They walked down a long hall towards a set of double doors. "So how do you like the kingdom?" he asked her,
"It's absolutely flattering," she told him
"I think you're going to like the gardens the best," he said and pushed the double doors wide open, revealing a magical garden with all kinds of plants she had never seen before. Birds of all different shapes and sizes flew freely from tree to tree. A pathway made of gems led to a gorgeous fountain. The whole thing was breathtaking and she stared at it all in shock. Puck led her outside and she found a seat on a bench. She let out a small yelp as she felt something land on her shoulder, she turned to see it was a beautiful bird. She petted the bird gently and it began to sing a beautiful tune. Moments later a butterfly landed on the tip of her nose.
"OMG," she whispered to herself. Puck chuckled and sat down beside her on the bench.
"You wanna feed the bird?" he asked and handed her some berries. Sabrina smiled at him and nodded, taking the berries from his hand. She held them up to the bird who ate them greedily.
"Thank you for showing me this place Puck," she said admiring the beautiful scenery.
"You're welcome," he smirked. Sabrina stared down at the incredible gem pathway and then finally looked up to meet his gaze, feeling she should get to the more important stuff.
"Do you know when they expect us to get married?" she said trying not to sound disappointed.
"I have no idea, we'll probably have a lot more of these types of get-togethers before that ever happens, I think they expect us to fall in love with each other."
" Yes, I suppose they do," she sighed. "Your parents have been very kind, you must love them a lot," she told him.
" Ha! They're only being nice because of you Sabrina, they despise me. Tell me about your parents." he egged her on.
"I already told you, there is nothing else to tell," she said not making eye contact with him.
"How did it happen?" he said solemnly.
"I'd rather not talk about it," she said harshly.
"Sorry." Puck said and got up to leave.
"Please don't leave," she said quickly, hating how desperate she sounded. "I don't want to be in here alone. Not with all these wild animals. Ya know?" Puck smiled down at her and went to go sit with her again.
"Will you tell me then, I'm not gonna sit here in awkward silence, sorry I don't do that." she gave in and nodded.
"Only, if you'll listen."
"Course, Princess." he teased.
"Don't call me Princess." she snarled.
For the time Sabrina talked Puck gave her his complete attention and gazed at her intently.
"When I was nine," she began. "There was an attack on the kingdom, I remember a group with blood-red handprints on their chests charging into the castle. Killing anyone who refused to give directions to the king and queen. My uncle came and found me and my sister, he led us to a secret room where we hid until the commotion died down. The whole time we were behind those walls I heard screaming, swords clashing, young children crying out for their mothers. We were terrified when it was finally safe to leave we found our parents in deep sleep, with blood-red handprints on their chests. We tried desperately to wake them, eventually, I think everyone lost hope, they made other things their main priority instead of my parents. They gave up, and I became the ruler at nine years old, I gave up fun, to sign papers and pass laws every single day. And now, the Scarlet Hand, the group that got us into this whole mess, has returned, and they want a war when they know we are at our weakest. They ruined my life and many others lives. They have to be stopped and that's why I'm here, with you." he gave her an earnest look.
"I'm sorry you never really got your childhood, Sabrina, I was a child for 4,000 years, if you can believe it, I'm sorry they hurt your family, if, and when we do get married, I promise that I'll fight by your side, if you'll let me." Sabrina smiled at him sweetly.
"You know when you're not dumping me into ponds, you can be really sweet," she said and smirked.
"Now let's talk about that lost childhood of yours," he said and gave her his hand. They raced down the hall and up flights of stairs.
"Where are you taking me!" Sabrina said excitedly.
"To my room!" he shouted back at her.
"Your room? Whaaat?" she said giving him a skeptical look.
"Just trust me it'll be fun."
"I don't think your definition of fun is the same as mine Puck!" she said as they stopped in front of a door. Before she could argue he pushed her into his room where she stared again in awe, she sorta expected something flattering this time though.
"This is your room!" she babbled, staring into the landscape and then up at the endless sky.
"Yep!" he said and led her over to an ice cream truck. "Chocolate, vanilla, or strawberry?" he asked her.
"Strawberry! You have an ice cream truck in your room?!" she squealed.
"Oh honey, I've got a lot of cool stuff in my room, you just wait and see."
"Show me!" she cheered. He grabbed her hand and ran up to a huge rollercoaster. Sabrina instantly froze at the sight of it, her excitement vanished and she felt herself go pale.
"P P Puck, that's really high up! How about we skip and move on…"
"Come on Sabrina, don't be such a chicken, plus I'll be there with you the whole ride." as much as she tried to escape his strong grasp, she was not able to and ended up on the rollercoaster moments later.
"Puck where are the seatbelts!" she screamed as the ride started to go up the track.
"There are none! What fun would that be!" he shouted as they reached the very top and Sabrina stared down in fright. She grabbed onto Puck just as the ride zoomed down the track and let out an ear-shattering scream.
"Panic button! Where's the panic button!" she screamed. Finally, they reached the end of the track, Sabrina stayed there in the seat, paralyzed.
"Come on it wasn't that bad! You gotta admit it, it was pretty fun!" he waited, no answer. Puck decided he would just carry Sabrina to dinner since she was paralyzed in her seat from the ride. "Ok, let's go," he said and picked up a trembling Sabrina and carried her down to dinner.
The meal was very fancy with all kinds of meats and salads. Sabrina tried her best to show her best manners. She was determined not to slip up in front of the kingdoms very powerful rulers. After the whole ordeal, she was brought home and slept until noon the next morning.
A/N: How was chapter three guys? I know it's not super medieval anymore, cause it's got roller coasters, and other stuff that people would be clueless about back then, but it's still a pretty fun story don't ya think? IDK, leave a review if you can, I'd really appreciate it! :)