A/N This is way more fun than I thought it would be! This never mentions the word dye, but it is implied. Hope you enjoy!

Chapter 3. Dye

"I can't believe this!" Puck wailed, stomping around the living room. "How can this be happening? I'm the King of Faerie, no old woman should be able to tell me what to do!"

"You can't believe this? I can't believe this!" Sabrina ground out. "I've been grounded! I haven't been grounded in forever."

Puck sneered. "Forever? How about since last week?"

"Shut it!"

Sabrina kicked the front door angrily, then glared at Briar Rose, who sat demurely in the dining room, ignoring the two children.

Sabrina walked over. "Come one, Briar, she's got to be kidding! Right?"

Briar sighed. "I am sorry, really. But Relda feels that the two of you have been fighting more than you've been working together, and she doesn't want to deal with a fight while she's out with you."

"Okay fine, but did she have to take Daphne along?" Sabrina asked plaintively.

"Yes, Sabrina. Daphne has been an angel these past few days, and you and Puck have been fighting nonstop. I know you want some company, but-"

"Company? Who cares about company? I just don't like that Daphne was smirking!"

Puck chimed in. "Yeah! She's no angel! The marshmallow was cackling! I swear! She's been bespelled! She's drawing Granny from the house, only to capture her!"

Sabrina sighed. "No Puck. That would be Red. Or it used to be, anyway."

The little girl looked up from her coloring. "Did you say something?"

Sabrina shook her head. "Don't worry about it. Puck was comparing Daphne to the old you."

Red's eyes widened. "Oh dear. She was really that smug, then?"

Sabrina nodded. Red patted her hand kindly, then went back to coloring.

Puck snarled. "You're missing the point, okay? Daphne's gone evil! I'm supposed to be the smug one, not her!"

"Daphne's always been like this though."

Puck blinked. "Really?"

"Yeah…ever since we were little. She likes winning."

"Whoa… never noticed…"

Red piped up. "That's probably because you were always on her side."

Puck nodded thoughtfully. Red smiled, then petted Elvis' head.

Briar Rose glanced around hopefully. Maybe the storm had passed?

Puck burst out, "But Granny didn't have to ground me! It's not fair!"

Sabrina nodded sharply, then stormed back into the living room and sat on the couch, huffing.

Puck paced around the dining room table a few more times, then joined Sabrina in the living room. Briar bit her lip, hoping that they wouldn't start fighting. She never had any idea what to do about it when they did, they were both so stubborn!

Sabrina muttered, "If only we could get back…"

Puck turned to her. "At Granny? Or the marshmallow?"

Sabrina grinned. "Granny. It's no fun getting back at Daphne. She just gets offended. But Granny….this could be fun…"

Puck sat down. "I'm all ears. What do we do?"

Both kids thought for a few moments, glanced at each other, and shrugged. Minutes passed by, and the two stayed silent, wondering what they could possibly do to get back at Granny. Nothing too awful, since the punishment wasn't that bad, but something that she would remember…

Red wandered in, Elvis following behind. The little girl blinked at the two kids, holding a piece of paper. Sabrina said, "What's up?"

"I wanted to show you my picture. Ms. Briar is reading, and she just said it was nice. But she didn't really look."

Sabrina shrugged. "Show away." Red held up her picture.

Silence reigned, then the Puck leaned forward. "Why is Granny's hair all funny?"

Red smiled sheepishly. "I ran out of gray crayon, so I had to use a different color."

Sabrina suddenly laughed. "That's it!"

Puck blinked. "What's it?" Red looked curiously at Sabrina.

"That's how we'll get back!"

Puck looked at the picture closely. "Huh. Continue…"

Red looked back and forth. "Is something wrong?"

Sabrina hugged the little girl. "No! Nothing's wrong! You're a genius, Red!"

"I am?"

"Yup!"

"Oh. All right then." Red wandered back into the dining room, clutching the drawing tightly and smiling to herself. 'They liked it…'

Puck turned to Sabrina. "How will we do it?"

Sabrina tapped her chin. "Don't you have anything?"

"Dunno. I can look."

"You do that. I'll go look in the kitchen."

"The kitchen? For what?"

'Food coloring." With that, Sabrina skipped into the kitchen, giving the startled Briar Rose a cheerful hello. Red beamed at Sabrina, and Sabrina high-fived her as she went by. Puck made his way upstairs and began to look.

Hours later, the plan was finished. Puck wasn't entirely happy with it, since they wouldn't be able to watch their prank play out, but Sabrina said that some things were worth waiting for.

Briar Rose was caught between being relieved that there hadn't been a fight and terrified at what the two might have got up to. Red decided not to tell Briar what was happening, since Sabrina had said she was a genius. She liked the feeling that she was in on the prank, since both kids would grin at her when they walked by, and Puck even gave her a thumbs up.

Granny came into the door, holding groceries and supplies for their latest detective job. Daphne skipped in, smiling smugly. The smile left when she realized that neither kid was glaring at her or even looking jealous. On the contrary, they were greeting Granny and her politely and offering to help carry in the groceries.

Briar Rose spoke to Granny briefly, "They were fine. It was very easy! I suppose they decided that it wasn't worth getting angry over this!"

Granny nodded. "Oh good. I was hoping that they wouldn't be too angry! Look, they're even helping to get ready for dinner! How was Red?"

"She was darling. She did lots of drawings. She said they were for Sabrina and Puck, since the two have been so nice to her."

Granny blinked. "Whatever do you mean?"

"Oh, Red showed them a picture, and they were very nice to her about it. They also offered to make her food when she was hungry. It was very sweet."

"That's good. I was hoping that Sabrina would accept her. She can be so supportive when she wants to be. Thank you for baby-sitting."

"Anytime! Do you know where Jake is?"

'Oh, probably out and about. He might be at your shop."

"Thanks. I'll see you!"

"Bye Briar."

Sabrina and Puck watched the exchange, and then grinned at each other. "She doesn't suspect a thing!" whispered Sabrina. Puck nodded. The two went back to the kitchen to finish unloading the groceries.

Daphne sat with Red, sulking. They weren't jealous at all! What's the fun of going somewhere alone if you can't even hold it over anyone?

Red smiled blandly at Daphne. "How was your day?"

Daphne mumbled, "It was fun. But it was lonely being the only kid."

Red nodded. "I'm sorry. Sabrina and Puck missed you. It would have been fun to go with you."

Daphne perked up. "Right! It was fun! It's too bad I was alone, but I'm glad Sabrina and Puck weren't too bored!" Red smiled and pushed some crayons over to Daphne along with some paper. Daphne happily accepted them and the two started drawing.

Dinner passed smoothly, and Sabrina offered to help clean up. Daphne protested that it was her job to wash the dishes, and Sabrina shrugged and wiped down the table. Granny went up to bed that night feeling relieved that it had been such an easy day. It was so good to see Sabrina and Puck getting along! They worked wonderfully together when they let themselves!

Granny yawned and went into the bathroom to shower. It had been a long day.

The next morning, Puck tiptoed into the girls' room. Sabrina curled up on one side of the bed, and Daphne and Red were sprawled on the other side of the bed. He gently shook Sabrina awake and whispered, "It worked. Operation revenge was successful!" Sabrina shot up and grinned at him. Puck grinned back and the two sat down on the floor, careful not to wake up the other two. Sabrina fished out a deck of cards from under the bed, and the two started playing war. Every now and then, they would pause to listen for Granny's footsteps to the bathroom. She'd been tired last night, so she wouldn't have noticed their little prank.

Finally, the two froze when Granny's door creaked open and she made her way to the bathroom. Sabrina met Puck's eyes and the two held their breath.

A scream echoed through the house and Sabrina and Puck burst into laughter. Red jolted awake, then said, "Oh. It worked, then?"

Sabrina nodded, trying to catch her breath. Puck cackled, tears coming down his cheeks.

Red smiled, and then glanced at Daphne. "Is she alive?"

Sabrina nodded again, and Red poked Daphne curiously.

Granny's voice reached a dangerous pitch as she shrieked, "What did you do?"

Sabrina crawled to the door and opened it to peer down the hall at Granny. Puck crawled after her, and the two grinned at Granny as they laughed.

"You said we should work together!" Sabrina let out in between bursts of laughter. Red peeked around the two kids' bodies and then smiled timidly at the embarrassed woman.

"It's okay, Granny. Pink hair suits you."

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Tam