Unforgettable

Chapter 32

Storybrook

"What are you doing?" A voice asks from behind us. Mary Margaret and I both jump, and she quickly slams the box close.

"We were umm..." Mary Margaret hesitates, "Claire had an idea." She puts her arm around my shoulder and smiles at me. Great.

"And what was that?" She looks at me, slightly glaring.

"Umm well I asked Mary Margaret why your mom was trying to hurt everyone." I begin to explain, "and she said it was because your mom didn't have her heart in her. So I thought maybe you kept it in your vault, so I asked Mary Margaret if we could find it and give it back to her." I try to sound as innocent and naive as possible. Hopefully I was convincing enough.

"Is this true?" She asks Mary Margaret, ignoring me.

"Yeah," Mary Margaret informs her. "At first I was worried we couldn't find it, but even if we did you might be mad. Claire said it was worth the risk for her."

"Well thank you." Regina says as Mary Margaret hands her the box. Then she walks out of the vault, leaving Mary Margaret and I behind.

"So what did she send you here to do?" Mary Margaret asks me.

"Who?" I ask her.

"Cora, or the Queen of Hearts. Whoever she is to you." She informs me.

"She wanted me to keep an eye on Regina. That's sort of a big task for someone my age," I reply. "But I figured Mad Hatter would do most of it."

"I see, but you aren't still loyal to her or anything. Right?" She asks me.

"No, she kept me trapped in Wonderland for years." I inform her, "she kept me from aging. Even when I thought I escaped, it turns out I'm still trapped."

"That's okay, we'll get back home soon." Mary Margaret puts her arm around me to comfort me.

"Yeah back to the Enchanted Forest right?" I ask her and she nods, "well I'm not really from there either."

"Where are you from?" She asks me.

"England." I inform her, "but my family is most likely dead. I can't ever go back home."

"Oh, I'm sorry." She glances at her watch. "We should probably go meet back up with the others."

We leave the vault, and head back to Mr. Gold's shop. We get out front and see that everyone is okay. Well almost everyone, I glance down at the floor and see Cora, laying there.

"Did it work?" Mary Margaret asks them, and I reach for her hand. I've never seen a dead person before. This is just scary.

"Yeah, it did." David confirms and Mary Margaret puts her hand over her mouth in shock. We did this. Mary Margaret tears her hand away from mine and leaves the shop.

"Where did Regina go?" I ask David and the others.

"I'm not sure, once Cora, you know, she just disappeared." Emma explains to me.

"Where's Henry right now?" I ask her.

"Granny's, you should probably go there to." David tells me, "we'll go find Regina and Mary Margaret, before either of them do something stupid." I nod and leave the shop alone.

I walk straight to Granny's knowing it's probably not the best idea to walk around town with a mad Regina. Especially not since I helped her inadvertently off her mom... but then again that was Mr. Gold's idea. Right? I hope she's not mad at me... I was just covering for Mary Margaret. I feel a weight on my chest, why did we have to end this battle violently? Couldn't there have been at least one peaceful way to end this dispute?