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

Season 1: Episode 16: Heart of Darkness

-Enchanted Forest-

Azalea was tending to the flowers. It was almost dinnertime for her, the dwarfs, and Snow. But it seemed that tonight was finally going to be an intervention of sorts. Snow had gotten worse after she drank the potion the Dark One had given her to forget David. Her heart was turning to the darkness and Azalea had expressed to the dwarfs how quickly the group had needed to try and get the old Snow back. Azalea called on an old friend of hers to try and help Snow see what was going on. Hopefully it would all work out. There was a banging from inside the dwarf house and Azalea turned to see a blue bird fly out of the window, before Snow stood at it, smirking as the bird flew off. Azalea sighed, usually Snow had been so well with animals. But as of late it seemed that Snow thought all animals were 'pests'. Azalea stood up, gathering her things and picking up the flower book from her mother. She held it to her chest as she went inside the house, just as Grumpy was pulling Snow into the kitchen where everyone was waiting for her. "Somebody die?" Snow asked as all eyes were on her. "Snow, why don't you have a seat?" Jiminy, the cricket, asked flying onto the table. "Oh! Why is there a dirty cricket in here?!" Snow said swatting at Jiminy. Azalea ran over to the table and grabbed Jiminy, protecting him from Snow's wrath. "Snow! This is my friend." Azalea explained, upset that she would attack Jiminy like he was some common bug. "Yes Snow, Azalea has asked me to be here tonight. All your friends are concerned about you and have something they would like to say." Jiminy said, not leaving the protection of Azalea's hands. "Grumpy why don't you start?" Jiminy asked, sitting down in the Flower Enchanters hands. Grumpy cleared his throat and pulled out a crumbled paper from his pocket. "Snow White, you've changed. You've become angry, irritable, and down right mean. You broke our tea pot for crying out loud!" He read from the paper. "Changed, and who are you to tell me I have changed?" Snow asked, glaring at Grumpy. "Snow! Please, these are your friends. And we're all here because we care about you." Jiminy said flying out of Azalea's hands to stand on the table. "Can't you see what that potion you took is doing to you?" Azalea asked Snow. "You haven't been the same since you drank it." Grumpy said folding his arms. "That potion helped me forget, who ever, or what ever, I needed to forget about. And I'm obviously better off without them." Snow said with anger. "That potion was the solution, not the problem...my only problem now is the Evil Queen. She is the one who started all of this by killing my father and banishing me from the kingdom!" Snow said in anger. "Snow, your anger to the queen is understandable. But you are letting it control you and push you away from those who love you most." Jiminy said gesturing around him to the Dwarfs and Azalea. Snow looked around, her eye brows raised in realization. "Your right." She sighed. Azalea smiled, had they finally gotten through to Snow? "I need to take it out on the Evil Queen." Snow said. Azalea frowned, apparently not. "No wait, revenge is not the answer! No, it will change you into something darker than you can imagine you don't want to go there!" Jiminy said. Snow looked around as the cricket talked till she found an empty mason jar. She quickly trapped the poor bug in it and Azalea gasped. "Snow! Stop it this is my friend." She said picking up the jar and freeing Jiminy. "You can quit your complaining about me now. Because I'm leaving." Snow said glaring at everyone in the room. "I have more important things to do." She said. "Wait! don't go please!" Azalea said, following Snow as she went to leave the house. "Snow-where are you going?" Grumpy asked as she stopped at the door to pick up an axe. "To kill the queen." Snow answered, before leaving.