Three years. Sabrina Grimm had been kidnapped two years previous, when she was fourteen, and they had been looking for her ever since. One would think that the stubborn, hot-headed girl would have gotten herself freed by now, but nobody had heard from her...

Daphne had been devastated, but the not-so-little-anymore girl had stayed hopeful, and was growing up to be quite the useful little witch.

Much to the surprise of everyone (it actually came as a very small surprise, though he wouldn't admit it) Puck had put himself in charge of the everlasting search for Sabrina. He hated to admit it, but it was unavoidable now. He was growing. He'd matured, at least a little, and now looked about 17. He stood nearly six feet tall, and had actually become quite helpful to Jake and Canis.

Most of them had given up hope, given up on the thought that they might actually find her, but Puck knew it would happen eventually. And now it had.

He was standing in a small park in a small, human town in Maine, when he saw her. They'd checked all the big cities, and were moving on to the smaller ones, and she was there. He almost winced when he saw her, but just barely stayed calm. She looked...Well, horrible. She'd hardly gotten any taller at all, though he knew she was sixteen now, and she looked nothing short of fragile. Of course, he could just think that because of the way she carried herself. He'd always known Sabrina as the confident one who walked with her head held high, but now? She kept her eyes on the ground, every movement she made was almost cautious. Quite frankly, it pissed him off to see.

He moved into her path just as she was about to pass him, and she ran right into him, a gasp escaping her lips.

"I'm sorry," She murmured immediately, moving to step around him, but he grabbed her arm, putting his finger under her chin to push her gaze to his.

It took a moment for realization to set in, and she immediately stepped back, her eyes widening quite a bit. "Oh no...No, you can't be here," She said, and dropped what she was carrying, taking off in the other direction. Oh, like he was going to let her get away with that one. He let his wings flutter out, and flew after her, grabbing both of her arms. A moment later, they were in a tree, where she couldn't run away without injuring herself. He kept ahold of her, of course...At this point, he wouldn't put it past her to injure herself trying to get away, though he wasn't sure why.

"No, Puck, let go of me!" She exclaimed, struggling against his grip.

"Grimm, what the hell are you doing? Hell, I'm trying to take you home!"

She opened her mouth to say something, then paled slightly, hearing a voice.

"I see you've made a friend, Sabrina...Why don't the two of you come down here?"

Puck frowned, glancing down. The male down there was rather large, and very, very built. He looked a little older than them, maybe eighteen or nineteen, and Puck immediately hated him.

"Or here's a better idea: How about you give me Grimm back, and I don't kill you?" Puck nearly growled, pulling her closer to him.

Much to his surprise, however, the other boy jumped straight up into the tree, pulling both of them back to the ground with him. That was no normal human boy...

Puck and Sabrina hit the ground hard, and as much as he wanted to make sure she was okay, he had to take care of this guy. He leaped up from the ground, tackling him hard into the tree behind him, and slammed his fist into the boy's nose. Puck had grown up at least a little; sure, he still loved pranks, but he knew the time and place for them. This simply didn't happen to be one of them.

Bringing his knee up into the boy's gut, he shoved him back, grabbed Sabrina's hand, and took off, pulling her along without giving her a chance to protest. As soon as they were out of the possible sight of more humans, he flew into the air over the water, his arms around her waist so she wouldn't drop into the water.

Sabrina just let herself hang limp in his arms, deciding against explaining anything to him yet...She knew he'd ask for an explanation when they got back. Everybody would. Everybody would've expected her to make her way back on her own...But this was only causing more problems.

Puck finally touched down hours later when they got through the barrier into town, in front of the house. He glanced at her, sighing lightly. "Sabrina...Why didn't you come back? What happened there?" He asked her.

"I couldn't," She murmured, then put her head into her hands, a quiet sob escaping her. "I just couldn't, they wouldn't let me."

He wrapped his arms around her, pulling her into a hug. "It's okay now, Grimm. You're fine now, they can't come here. C'mon, let's go inside and let them know you're back."

She just nodded silently, quite thankful for the arm he kept around her shoulders reassuringly. He pushed open the door, glancing around at everyone gathered in the living room, poring over books and journals.

He cleared his throat to catch their attention, and they all just stared in shock at the bruised, weary looking Sabrina in front of them.

It had been so long, and yet, she'd hardly changed. The house looked the same as it had before, and while Canis looked as if he were about to growl, none of them had changed too much, with the exception of growing. She'd missed so much in that time that she was gone...

Daphne was the first to get to her feet, and she basically tackled Sabrina into a hug. "Sabrina! Oh my god, what happened to you? Did they feed you at all? Hell, -I'm- bigger than you now."

"No you're not," Sabrina muttered, hugging her back. "I'm tired...I think I'm just going to go upstairs and-"

"Well...Actually, our room was...It's being used," Daphne said, looking slightly guilty. "We took in another Puck."

Puck scowled, shaking his head. "He is -not- another Puck," He growled. "The guy's a jerk."

"But...Where have you been sleeping?" Sabrina asked, looking as if she were about to pass out.

"She's been in Relda's room...Come on, you can have my room, I'll take the couch until we find another sleeping arrangement," Puck said, putting his arm around her waist again.

"Your room? Ew, but-"

"It's been cleaned up quite a bit," Relda told her quickly. "Go on, you should get some rest...We'll talk more in the morning, liebling."

Sabrina nodded a bit, and just let Puck lead her along. He pulled her into the room that she previously only entered when she needed to drag him out against his will. It really had changed a lot...

"Relda made me take everything else outside...The chimps and things, they're all in the forest now," He told her, pushing her shoulders lightly to seat her on the bed.

She nodded again; it really seemed to be the only thing she could do. Finally, after a moment, she spoke again. "You'd think they'd be happier to see me..."

"Of course they were happy to see you, Grimm. They were just in shock, and...Well, you're not looking too great. They just want you to get some rest before they attack you with hugs and kisses and all that sappy junk you humans love so much." He sat next to her, frowning a bit. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine...Just tired. Thank you for letting me use your room," She murmured. He nodded, and stood up.

"Come get me if you need me...I'll be on the couch."

With that, he left, though rather reluctantly, closing the door behind him, and she fell into a rather restless sleep.

((A/N: I know it went along a bit too quickly. =D Only 1,312 words. Next chapter will be better. It's my first time putting anything on here, so woot!))