User:Roacher27/My Own Episodes/Cliffhangers

Based on: King Thrushbeard

Opening Quote: "This was all done to humble your proud spirit, and to punish you for your insolence with which you mocked me."

When a young senior at a local high school is found injured on a Rocky Butte trail, Nick and Hank are put on the case. They arrive at the home of the victim, a girl named Anne Marcus. As they enter the large house, her father strides towards him. Ryan Marcus is a slightly pudgy, bespectacled man, with unkempt hair and a tired, fatigued face as if he overslept too often. He bring the two men to his daughter's room, where she is lying in bed waiting. She complains to her father that she doesn't need help, but Ryan firmly says that they are needed.

They discuss and question Anne, who answers them calmly, in her usual haughty manner. She had been climbing up on one of the common routes, and when she got to a trail she stopped for a break. That was when she got attacked, hurting mostly her head and a few ribs. However, when Nick asks her if she remembered what the person who attacked her, she hesitates. After a while, she says slowly that it was another kid from school, Satchel Pine. He had snuck up on her and tried to talk to her, got angry, and then hit her. When she says this she morphs into a Wesen, and so does her father when she names her attacker. Nick sees them both, and tries to feign ignorance, but Ryan notices, fear clouding his face. He quickly ushers them out the door, saying that Anne must get her rest because she frequently gets severe headaches, leaving the two cops (especially Hank) bewildered.

They go to Satchel's house next, where he is home alone. Satchel is noticeably less wealthy than Anne Marcus, and lives in a smaller house in a poorer neighborhood. He says his parents are both gone on a work vacation, and they have been for almost a week. He is surprised when he hears about Anne Marcus, asking if she is alright. However, when they tell him that he is a main suspect and is under arrest, he suddenly gets very angry and morphs into the same Wesen as the Marcus', yelling that he is innocent and raving wildly. He eventually calms himself down after he realizes Nick is a Grimm, and (not wanting his head to be chopped off) allows himself to go with them. His face is still angry, but his eyes, still morphed, hold fear.

When they arrive, they put Satchel in remand while they call around for witnesses. It is nearing the end of the work day and Nick leaves for home. He takes a quick detour to the trailer, calling Monroe to come with him. When Monroe arrives, Nick is already looking through the books for the Wesen he saw earlier, telling Monroe to "look for something with lots of spikes on it". Monroe finds it, calling it a Wütendorn. The book tells of them as a cowardly species, one running away from the author at first sight, even though he had no intention of harming it. However, Monroe contradicts this, saying that they are actually braver than the average human. He states that the author had a skewed point of view, as Wütendornen have a deathly fear of Grimms, as well as Jägerbar and Blutbaden. They discover that Wütendornen are skilled climbers, often overweight and shortsighted when they grow older, and are easily angered and provoked.

Nick and Monroe talk about the case, with Nick saying that he doesn't think he knows the entire story yet. They continue to discuss it, until Juliette calls Nick and he has to rush off. When he arrives at home, Juliette questions him about why he was out so late. He explains the case to her, and tells her about how he was working with Monroe (whom she still believes is just a private investigator) to help solve the case. She accepts this, and offers to help if needed.

The next day, when Nick gets to the Precinct, there are already some witnesses there. Most of them are high school students, friends of Anne Marcus. They go through the kids, and based off of most of the questionings, the detectives begin to learn more about the background of the case. Anne Marcus is popular, and Satchel Pine is not. Despite this, they dated a while back. However, Anne dumped Satchel, and he became a main target for bullies, while Anne rose to the near top of the social ranks.

Two students in particular interest Nick. One is Peggy Erwina, a friend of Satchel's and Anne's both. When Nick interrogates her, he discovered she was a Bauerschwein. Luckily, she didn't notice that he was a Grimm, and continues speaking. He learns that the two were a couple, but Anne was pushed to break up with him by her other friends. Instead of standing up for Satchel, she dumped him and left him to become one of the biggest bully targets. However, he turned out to put up a good fight, and eventually he was just left alone, neglected.

The second one is Bernard Cyrill, Anne's current boyfriend. Bernard seems cocky, arrogant, and overconfident. He points out that Satchel is a loner, and is easily angered. After he was dumped he began to start fights with him and his friends. When he is done giving his description of the background, Hank asks him if he believes Satchel could have beaten Anne, and Bernard morphs into a Jägerbar. Having realized that Nick is a Grimm, Bernard, suddenly cautious with his word choice, slowly confirms the affirmative.