The Girl With a Rose on Her Forehead -Once Upon a Time Fanfiction-

Season 1: Episode 4 :The Price of Gold

(Azalea outfit^^^)

-Storybrooke, Flower Shop-

Azalea walked around her flower shop, checking up on all her plants to make sure they were healthy. She held a flower petal between her fingers, so gently, with the most care her hands could muster. She touched the flowers in her own hair, yellow and red today, woven with her braid. After the craziness of what had happened with the glowing flower that had helped find David....Azalea found peace in her shop. She was surrounded by her favorite things. She had no explanation for what had happened with the glowing flower, she looked through all her flower books, checked over all the flowers that were the same one she had used to actually find him, and she had even googled 'glowing flowers finding lost people', but she couldn't find an answer. It had been in the back of her mind since that fateful night David woke up. She had been avoiding the found man with amnesia all together, scared for some odd reason of what he would say to her. The bell to her door chimed and Azalea was pulled from her thoughts. "Hello Dearie." Azalea turned to the to see none other than Mr.Gold walking in with his cane. Azalea nodded to him and walked over to the counter, opening the cash register and pulling out the money she owed him for the months rent. Not even Azalea could get away from Mr.Gold's taxes on all the shops in Storybrooke. "How are you today flower girl?" Mr.Gold asked as he took the money from her. "Good," Azalea said quietly, folding her hands in front of her and avoiding eye contact with the man. "It would seem so, tell me if the rumors around town are true... you helped in finding David the other day correct?" He asked with a grin. "I-I was just looking with the sheriff, Emma, and Mary." Azalea said shifting nervously. "ohh, but I heard that you were the one who actually got an eye of him first....if I may ask, how did you find him?" He asked Azalea, who was blushing. "I just saw him. We -uh, were looking and I saw him in the water." Azalea said, her shoulders locked and her feet frozen to the floor in some odd fear she couldn't name as she finally looked Mr.Gold in the eye. The man smiled, but it didn't comfort Azalea at all. "I see, well I thank you for the rent money. Have a swell day." He said, taking his cane and walking to the door. Azalea's shoulders relaxed as he got further away from her. "Oh my!" He said stopping by the display of dark green flowers beside the door. "These are quite pretty, they are the one's you took to the hospital correct?" Mr.Gold asked. Azalea nodded, watching as he plucked one from the display. He looked over the flower, as if he were examining it. "So these were in David's room when he woke up? What a lovely sight to wake up too.... I must be going, but I hope you don't mind if I keep this - just in case I ever have to find anyone." Mr.Gold opened the door and left the shop. Azalea let herself breath again as the fear fully left her body. It was as if he knew everything! He knew about the glowing flower, about how she found David with it. How could he know?! Azalea hadn't told anyone, if she did no one would believe her. What would happen if others found out? Would they think she was crazy? "Maybe I am going a bit insane." Azalea said to herself looking at the dark green flowers. She sighed and pulled a book out from under the counter and set it beside the register. She smiled, letting her fingers run over the cover of the old book. It read "Flower Book" from what she had been told this was the last thing she ever had from her mother. It was just a children's book full of made up spells and potions made from flowers. But it always made Azalea feel better, no matter how many times she flipped through the pages. She started to look over the hand drawn pictures with flowers and magical words. She stopped when she got to a new page in the book. "How can that be? I've looked through this book a million times...I've never seen this page though." Azalea asked herself, the picture of the flower was dark green. Just like the flowers that she had left for David, and Mr.Gold had peeked interest in. Azalea read the title of the page. 'Locator spell: Find people using this flowers glow.' Azalea shut the book quickly, the echo of the pages smacking together echoed in her ears. "I'm actually losing my mind." Azalea said, shoving the book back under the counter and busying herself with the flowers around the shop, trying to forget what she had just seen.