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

Season 2: Episode 18: Selfless, Brave, and True

(Azalea's outfit^^^)

David sighed as he put a few of Azalea's flowers into a small vase and added it to the tray of breakfast foods. He looked over at Mary as she lay in the bed, where she had been for days. "Breakfast in bed? Seriously?" Emma asked as he picked up the tray. "What happened to Mary has been really hard on her, the least we can do is make sure she is eating." David said looking away from Mary to his daughter. "Well I think that It's time to give the hot coco a rest. It's time to get her ass out of bed and move past this." Emma said. David put the tray down on the table and turned to Emma. "That's a little harsh don't you think? She took Cora's life." David said with anger. Emma was about to say something when they heard footsteps from up stairs, Azalea and Henry hopped down the steps. "Is everything okay?" Henry asked as Azalea walked into the kitchen to grab her backpack. The teen wasn't blind to the two arguing, but she was to busy with the flower shop, school, and the garden with the magic bean seeds to try and help them work through their issues. She had learned from past experience of trying to help Mary and David with their issues that sometimes it's best to just let the two talk things out. "Everything's fine kid. Get your coat, were going to be late." Emma told Henry. Azalea walked by David to get her flower crown off the kitchen table and put it on her head, David giving her a hug and Emma patting her back as she walked with Henry out of the door. "Bye Gramps!" Henry called as Emma talked to him for a few more seconds before following the two so she could take them to where they needed to go for the day. "Got everything you need for your secret project?" Emma asked Azalea as they walked out of the apartment to her car. "Yep, I should be able to tell everyone in town what we've been working on soon if the weather is good for the next few days." She said with a smile.

-Azalea's Pov-

"Hey, whats up?" Emma asked as Mary walked into Granny's Diner. She had called Emma, Geppetto, and I and told us all to meet there, she the had something important to tell us. "It's August, I found him." Mary said. "My boy, he is alive?!" Geppetto asked looking hopeful. "Yes but...he is completely wooden. Hes been living in an abandoned trailer down near the troll bridge." Mary explained. "Well what can we do to help him?"  Emma asked. "We can't do anything...but." Mary said looking at Azalea. "I'm not sure what I can do. August's magic that turned him into a real boy is very specific. Mother Superior is the one who cast that spell on him. She would know more about it." The teen explained. "Yes, the blue fairy, she helped once she can again. She must." Geppetto said standing up, we followed him as he left Granny's Diner to find the blue fairy to see what we could do for our friend.

"I know about August." Mother Superior said as we stood in front of her. The group had driven to the nuns house right after leaving the Diner. "August came to me shortly after the curse broke and asked me if I could return him to the way he was before." She said. "Why didn't you?" Emma asked. "It isn't that simple." Azalea explained, trying to calm Emma down. "Because what he was is what he is. Do you remember the morning I found you on the beach?" She asked Geppetto. "Yes, it was the happiest day of my life, you turned my puppet into a real boy." He said with a grin. "I told him that as long as he stayed true, unselfish and faithful he would stay a real boy. But I'm afraid he did not...that is why he changed back." Mother Superior explained. "We all have done things that we regret, can't he have another chance?" Mary asked. "That isn't up to Mother Superior, if he wants to redeem himself he has to put in the work for it." Azelea said, defending the fairy. "The flower girl is right, August has to do this on his own or it will not be true." Mother Superior said. Geppetto looked down at the ground with a frown hearing this. "Don't despair Geppetto, we will help him. He was able to be a real boy before and he can be it again. It is in him somewhere." Snow said with determination. Azalea pulled her bag out and got a location flower from it. "So lets find him." She said, giving a hopeful smile to Geppetto.