Puckabrina: What's Going on?!

Agony

damn shawty over 2 years since the last update lets fucking GOOOOOOO. i hope getting this notification made the og readers cry.

I sit up with a gasp.

Pain shoots through all my body, starting in my fingertips and burning through my veins. I swallow a scream and clench my fists. The muscles in my body tense up and twitch.

When the pain subsides, I force open my closed eyes and blink away the tears. I hear a exasperated sigh from my left. I turn my neck, wincing at the stiff muscles. I see Master, who still hasn't told me his real name, sitting in a chair looking down into his lap and shaking his head.

"How pathetic," he scoffs. "How do you expect to be queen if you turn into a sobbing child at a bit of pain?"

I snarl, my body growing hot. "A bit? A bit?! I can assure you, master, that was more than a bit,"

He stands up and walks over to my bed. As he towers over me his features twist into a mixture of disappointment and disgust. "You're weak," he says. "And I have no use for weakness."

He walks out leaving me with shame burning in my throat.

***

I swallow thickly, my mouth dry. Nothing registers for a moment, my mind blank, until the pain begins. Burning, and aching in my limbs and wings, sharp scrapes on my hands, knees, and elbows. My head still foggy, I groan. I shift to the side, my muscles screaming in protest. I bite my tongue to stifle a yell.

Gradually, things start to register in my head other than the pain throughout my body. My mouth and throat feel like cotton, my stomach growls in protest of not being fed, and... I'm sad? No, beyond that. I feel angry and worried, sad and afraid, though I can't remember why.

I open my eyes. I'm home. Not in my room though, in Sabrina and Daphne's. Sabrina, Daphne, where are they? It comes back in flashes of a dungeon. Flashes of Master's voice and taunting laugh. Flashes of days spent on cold stone floors without Sabrina. Flashes of her on fire, freezing, drowning, killing. Using powers she's not supposed to have to do things she would never do. Changing into... someone else. Whoever stayed behind and let me leave wasn't Sabrina, not really.

I feel empty, like I've already cried all that I can. Yet a few still slip out as I lay there and blink. Across the room I hear shuffling. I look over to see Daphne coming in. I try to say something and get her attention, but all that comes out is a croak. Her head snaps around to see me awake. She rushes over.

"Puck! Granny, Puck's awake!" She yells. "Puck I-I can't believe you're okay, it's been so long-" she cuts herself off with a sob.

I clear my throat. "I'm fine, marshmallow." I say hoarsely. The nickname only seems to make her cry harder, though.

Jake rushes in, and then Granny. She comes over, also crying, and hugs me tight enough that I almost pass out. Jake gently moves her aside and waves a few wands, stones, and other magical items over my body,  presumably checking for something. He doesn't seem to find anything, though, judging from his lack of expression as he does so. 

He steps back, bringing Granny to the other side of the room to whisper something to her that I can't quite catch. I watch their expressions, trying to get a feeling for what they're talking about. Nothing good, from the way Jakes lips are tight and eyebrows creased. Granny looks tired, mostly. Another aching twinge in my heart.

"Do you want some food?" Daphne sniffs, seeming to have composed herself a bit. "I know how hungry you always are, and I don't know how much you ate while you were..." she trails off, tearing up again. 

I want to give her a hug, but the weakness in my limbs stops me. I simply swallow around the lump in my throat and nod, giving her what I hope is a reassuring smile. She returns it, a bit more watery than mine, and leaves the room. 

Granny returns to my bedside, picking up and gently holding my hand. 

"Puck... I don't know how much you remember about the past couple weeks but..." she trails off, trying to find the words.

"I saw Sabrina. I was with her." I say. Jake's eyes snap to meet mine. 

"Where? Who was she with? Was she okay? Who took her?" He rapid fires questions at me until Granny places a gentle hand on his shoulder.

"Jake, please, he's been through a lot. Give him some time."

"No, Sabrina... I don't think she has much time." They both visibly tense after I say it.

"What... what do you mean?" Granny's eyes are hollow, it seems like she's bracing herself for the worse.

"She's alive, or she was when I left but she's... different." I say carefully.

"How so?" Jake say, monotone.

"She's... she has..." I struggle to find the words. "We were trapped together, they... they wanted something from her but she got... powers." I finish.

"Powers? Magical? What are they?" Jake says, and I see his grip on the wand in his hand tighten until his knuckles are white. 

"There's a lot, actually. I don't even think I saw the half of it. She used them to let me out but... she wasn't herself. She stayed. She chose to stay with them." My tone is even, masking the turmoil I feel remembering the events. 

"Stayed..?" Granny whispers, distraught. 

Jake's attention switches to her when he sees how upset she is.

"You shouldn't be here, I don't think you're quite ready to hear this yet." He say softly. 

She nods and leaves the room, no energy behind her actions.

"Now I need to know everything you can remember, no matter how much it hurts." Jake says. I can tell he's steeling himself for what I have to say. 

I take a deep breath, wincing once again as my whole body twinges in pain. Then I begin.

(1001 words)

ain't even gonna lie i had to reread the previous chapters to remember how i wrote this. believe it or not i have a planned plot for this thing, it's just. idk. i started this in 2016, approaching 5 years ago. literally half a decade. and. yeah. i had the first half of this chapter written in july 2020 and then didnt look at it until today where i speedran the rest lol

anyway how we feelin w the update over two years after the previous one? bet you thought i forgot about this huh. well jokes about you. i did and just re-remembered it. take that.

will i update regularly? will it be another 2 years? who knows. probably not either of those. probably something inbetween :P 

also comment new title ideas bc the title is the og one from when this was just poorly written fan service and it feels weird to have that title w this content idk

c ya later dudes, dudettes, and assorted cool people :)