Without You... (Iron Fey Fanfiction. 2nd book to Meghan's Life.)

Chapter 4

Puck's P.O.V

"Meghan!" I hear Ash scream from afar.

Must be still looking for her, I thought. Not even a second later though, I hear another scream; one that I could recognize any day and anywhere. Meghan's scream.

Shit. What's happening now?

Using my faery skills I jumped up onto the abandoned rooftop from the middle of an alleyway to get a better look. Straight ahead, it looked like a teenage party on steroids, bright white lights were clearly being flashed around except they were pointed towards the ground instead of the sky.

I'm definitely checking there first.

Jumping from roof to roof I couldn't help but think about Meghan's unexpected announcement. She was no doubt taken by the Reds that one day, because no one else is foolish enough to mess around with the Erkling's daughter. Except Ash, ha! After laughing at myself and sobering down I had finally made it to where the lights were just flashing at. Now, all that's left is a kneeling Devin covering his eyes and a disturbed prince who had one hand pressed against the brick wall and the other covering his eyes.

What the hell?

"Oi!" I yelled. Both faeries quickly looked up at me, shock and disturbance clearly written on there face.

"I heard a scream and came as fast as I could. What happened? Where's Meghan?" I asked, but got no answer as both of them just stood there like a deer in headlights. Shaking my head, I got ready to snap them both out of it until a piercing scream made me avert my attention elsewhere. The baby screamed hail mary, kicking her little legs and flailing her arms everywhere. Acting on instinct, I jumped off the roof I was on and jogged over to pick up the helpless baby, cradling her in my arms and rocking her back and forth.

"Shh, it's okay now. It's okay, shh." I hushed as I swiftly put a sleeping spell over her. When her tiny brown eyes finally closed, I let out a sigh and wrapped her purple bonnet tighter around her. "Where did you come from?" I whispered staring at her sleeping face.

"Dammit! She's gone. Meghan is gone! She had that baby in her hands right before they shined those bright lights in our eyes." Devin yelled, slamming his sword back into it's hilt and running a hand down his face. My eyes quickly looked to Ash, to see his face emotionless as always but aura around him was black and red which could only mean rage.

"Hey Ice-Boy, let's not get any ideas, alright?" I said in a nice soft voice.

His icy blue eyes flicked too mine and I drew in a tiny breath from the look on his face. "They took her," He whispered, almost to himself. "Just like that." He clenched his teeth as he turned away from me, the cloud around him becoming bigger. "No." He said and gripped his sword handle.

"Prince..." I said.

"Screw this." He said and ran in the opposite direction of me.

"Ash! Dont- Hell." I started but got cut off. I looked down at the baby in my arms and bit my lip as I tried to think of who to give her to. Johnathan rounded the corner a second later with sweat dripping down his face.

"Rob-" He started but I cut him off by giving him the baby and then running after Ash.

Meghan's P.O.V

Groaning, I slowly crack my eyes open, ignoring my pounding head.

"Ahh..." I whispered as my head throbbed in three different areas. Finally remembering what happened, I looked around at my surroundings and noticed my hands and feet were tied up good.