Once Upon A Time ~ Book 1

Chapter 59 - What The Storm Destroyed

Emma sat down at the table opposite Mary Margaret, eating her breakfast. Mary Margaret simple sat looking into the distance, her mind thoughtful.
Emma looked at Mary Margaret then turned around to see where her eyes were focused. The clock on the wall. It read 7:15.
Emma looked back at Mary Margaret and took her hand simplistically.
She glanced at her then looked down at the table.
Mary Margaret pulled a slight smile on her face.

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Prince Charming rode through the meadows next to the woods.
"Come on, you." he said to his white horse as he began to slow down. "Snow!" he called. "Snow White!" he looked around then jumped from his horse. "Snow! Are you there?" he called.
The horse whinnied.
From the growing trees near by Red came in her red cloak, holding a basket.
"She's gone." said Red to Charming.
Charming turned to her quickly.
"She never came back after she went to find you."
"Then I'll find her."
Red smiled.
"I will always find her."

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Grumpy ran through the cottage and pasted the rest of the dwarfs eating food.
"Where's Snow? Where is she?" he asked Doc.
Doc pointed to the next room.
"Snow! Snow!" called Grumpy. "The royal wedding! The kingdom's abuzz! It's off. He left her........" he ran into Snow's room in the cottage.
She at up in her bed.
"..........James left Abigail! Did you here me? Your Prince Charming isn't getting married." he smiled.
"Who?" she said confused.
Grumpy glanced down at the small empty glass bottle that lay on the bedside table.

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Ruby handed Mary Margaret a take away coffee and smiled.
"Thanks, Ruby." sais Mary Margaret. She left the money on the counter and the door of Granny's Diner opened. She turned her head to see David in the doorway.
They looked at one another for a moment then David turned and walked away. Mary Margaret followed him, confused.
Ruby watched from behind the counter, suspicious.
David ran from the diner then walked briskly though the streets. Mary Margaret ran after him.
"What are you doing?" she said.
"It's 7:45." he said stopping to turn and look at her.
"I know!"
"Well, I'm trying not to see you."
"Well, I am trying not to see you."
"Well how do we stop seeing each other?"
"Apparently, we can't."
"This is a problem."
"Yes."
He waited for a moment. "She's not pregnant."
Mary Margaret stared into his eyes, then they both fell into one another's arms and kissed, their arms wrapped around one another.
At the other side of the street Regina sat in her car, watching them, secretly, rage in her eyes.

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Henry cycled towards the sea side playground.
Emma sat in the sherif's car near by. When she saw Henry through the mirror she opened the door and got out of the car.
"Hey, kid." she said as he cycled past. "Nice to see you, too." she said when she got no reply.
"The storm!" said Henry as he stopped his bike, then ran towards the playground.
The wooden playground had collapsed a little with the storm.
"It's okay. We can fix it. I'll talk to Marco." said Emma following him.
"Do you thonk it's still here?" Henry crawled sown beneath the climbing frame.
"What are you looking for?"
"My book." he began to dig the sand.
"Why did you bury it here?"
She went down in her honkers next to him.
"So my mom doesn't find it."
"Hiding it under your mattress wasn't good enough?"
"That's the first place the Evil Queen would look." he came accross a red tool box beneath the sand. He took a key and unlocked the lock.
"How about leaving it with me?"
"That's the second place." he opened the lid to reveal the fairy tale book. "It's sill here. Good."
"So you're mom doesn't know about the castle?"
"No." he looked up at her. "This is our secret."
Emma smiled and Henry closed the box and locked it. He then covered it up with the sand.
"Henry! Henry!" called Regina's voice from near by.
Emma and Henry turned around.
"I've been looking everywhere for you." she said walking briskly towards them. "You know you have a session with Archie this morning. I should have known he was with you." she glared at Emma for a moment. "Henry, car, now!"
Henry ran to the car.
She looked up at the castle. "You let him play here?"
"The storm hit it hard. But we can fix it." said Emma.
"Well, can you fix a cracked cranium? Cause that's what you'll have on your hands if one of these boards collapses under his weight. You're not thinking about Herny or his safety, just ways around me."
Emma stared at Regina.
"Miss. Swan, don't let your feeling cloud your judgement. People can get hurt."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"You're the sherif now. It's time to be responsible." she turned and walked to the car.

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Emma sat in Granny's Diner with Mary Margaret.
"Don't let my feelings cloud my judgement? That's all Regina ever does." said Emma.
"We, she's just upset because you and Henry have a special place and she.......she doesn't." said Mary Margaret.
"How did she find out about the castle in the first place?"
"She knows everything about this town. She's the Mayor."
Suddenly Mary Margaret's phone vibrated on the table. She quickly put down her cup of coffee and picked it up.
On her phone was a message from David Nolan. "We need to talk. Meet at our spot."
"Everything okay?" asked Emma as Mary Margaret gazed a the short message on the phone.
"Yeah, I just need to go." she said collecting her stuff and pulling on her coat. "Look, if it makes you feel any better, I think you're right. I see the effect she has on Henry."
"I wish everyone else did too."
Mary Margaret then walked briskly to the door, leaving Emma alone.
As Mary Margaret left the diner Sidney sat down opposite her, a glass of whisky in his hand.
Emma looked at him, inquringly.
"I can grant your wish." he said.
"Wow, oh, Sidney. You want a side of bacon with that whisky?" said Emma.
"You want to show thus town who the Mayor really is? I can help."
"It's gonna be kind if hard to do from inside her pocket."
"The Mayor and I are done." he said sternly.
"Sure you are." she chuckled.
"She got me fired from the paper. She made a fool of me in the election. So I started working on an exposé on the Mayor's office. And I found something she didn't want found."
"Sidney.........you're drunk....... Go home, sleep it off. Be greatful you don't have to answer to her any more." she picked up her keys.
Sidney pulled from his suit his info card. "Call me. Storybrooke deserves to know the truth about her."
Emma took the card, stood up and put it in her back pocket. She then left the diner leaving Sidney alone, drunk.