The Last Alpha

Chapter 16

Chapter 16

Five years passed in a blink of an eye, and suddenly Henry was a freshman in high school, and Hope was in Mary Margaret's fourth grade class. The Pack was growing each month, as couples started having children, each being welcomed into the Pack the first full moon after their tenth birthday, as if they were to shift. Life seemed nothing less than perfect.

"Dorothy!" Emma yelled from her chair in her office, too lazy to get up and walk to the woman's desk.

"What can I do for you, Sheriff Swan-Mills?" Dorothy asked, rushing over to Emma's office door.

"I told you, call me Emma, please." Emma laughed, watching as her newest Deputy relaxed a little. "You're on call tonight, why don't you head home early today. David and I can hold down the fort until the night dispatcher gets here."

"Are you sure?" Dorothy asked nervously, afraid this was a test.

"Absolutely. Go, enjoy your afternoon." Emma smiled, as she sat back in her chair. "Oh, before I forget. David and I might be a little late for the next couple mornings. Do you think you can handle the office alone for a little while?" Emma asked.

"Oh. Yeah. I'm sure I'll be fine." Dorothy said.

"Great. See you tomorrow!" Emma waved, as Dorothy made her way out of the station, moving towards her car.

Dorothy Gale had been working at the Storybrooke Sheriff's department for almost a month now, being the newest Deputy in the small, quiet town. She had been on a mission to find herself, and when she stumbled on the job listing for a new Deputy in Storybrooke, Maine, she thought it was too good to be true. Less than a month later, she was moving to the sleepy town, accepting the job and starting her life over.

She let herself into her small apartment, boxes still littered the corners, waiting for the motivation to unpack them, as her best friend greeted her at the door, ecstatic to see her again.

"Good afternoon boy!" Dorothy said, as she scooped Toto into her arms, kissing his little head as he licked her face, his tail wagging with excitement. "Did you have a good day?" She asked, chuckling at herself, as she kissed him one more time before placing him back on the floor. She made her way into her small kitchen, quickly setting out to make a fresh pot of coffee, just enough for two more cups before dinner.

Once the coffee was made, she sat down on her old lumpy couch, turning on her laptop, sipping her coffee as the machine booted up. Minutes later, her second cup of coffee already half finished and abandoned on the table in front of her, Dorothy began digging through the internet, searching for answers that never came. She had been searching for so long, so very long and she was nowhere closer to finding her answers.

"What am I missing?" She asked Toto, who had curled up next to her on the couch. "You know what? I give up! I guess I'm never going to know." She said, slamming the lid to her laptop, jumping up to dump the remainder of her coffee before deciding to head to the local diner for dinner. She suddenly stopped dead in her tracks when she heard a noise outside.

A single Wolf howl.

Moments later more and more Wolves joined the first voice, as their voices carried all across the small town of Storybrooke, Maine.

"On second thought, Toto..." Dorothy said, as she grabbed her keys from the table. "...I think maybe my luck has just changed." She smiled, making her way out of the apartment to pick up dinner.

Across town, Regina, Emma, Ruby and Henry said goodbye to Hope, who was already counting down the days until she shifts, as they ran full speed into the forest on their first night of Wolf's Time.