Sabrina POV

" Oh, honey, I can't believe you're leaving for college today!" my mother half said, sobbed as she pulled me into a smothering hug. Yes, that was Veronica Grimm, all right. Weepy like an infant, arms like Sasquatch. " Mom, I will be fine. Superb, even," I silently apologized for my first day of preschool. The Great Depression walked in. Not the little girl I knew for so long. Daphne Grimm had changed since her 'Marshmallow' days in Ferryport Landing. She had traded her brown pig-tails for Gothic black hair with a dark blue streak that touched her heavy eyeliner clad face. I extended my arms for a hug, but she just stared. I hugged her anyway. Depression pulled away, silent like a mime. I almost wanted to hear her call me a jerkazoid again. My Dad was in England as my mother squeezed to death (Twelfth time today), helping the Anderson Triplet's establish a rehab center for Everafters. Yeah, it doesn't get any more random than that, I'll admit, but I was just glad I was out of there. On the bus to the airport, I clutched the bracelet he had given me when we were 13. It had been half a decade, but, I still loved him. He told me to add a new charm each time I kissed a boy. Then we kissed, unsure of who kissed whom. I could still feel his lips on mine, the only I'd ever felt. Puck

Puck POV

The Old Lady and Elvis (Don't ask. PLEASE,) were hugging me yes, I'd heard it all before, 'Oh, I'll miss you .It was like raising Jake and Henry all over again.' And more blah blah blah. Yep college. Penultimate place on a Puck stalkers list of places to look. Right before the last place to look: With the love of his painfully long life. Off the topic before, you're probably wondering how I plan to get out of Ferryport Landing. When Baba Yaga was murdered, the spell on Ferryport was not lifted, but changed. One could only get out if they had no intentions of harming the world-now or ever. I spilled onto the old fashioned train. It would take me North, to the Big Apple, where I'd catch a flight to Pretend City*, California. I had to wonder if I'd see her there, how many charms she'd added to her bracelet. She had given me a leather bracelet with little strings at the end. She told me to add a bead every time I kissed someone else. Sabrina