The Wolf Among Us: Season Two

Episode 1: Chapter 6

Two days later and Sheriff Bigby had finally finished writing his reports on the Woodsman's destruction of Toad's building. Not that the task was too difficult for the sheriff since most of it was spent being distracted or thinking too much, but it was easily his least favorite part of the job. Well, maybe not quite his least favorite. The heaviest and most nerve-racking part of catching criminals in Fabletown was deciding their punishment. No matter what you do, in someone's eyes, you're doing something wrong. You either let someone off too easy and you're endangering everyone in town, or you punish someone too harshly and you're a monster. Regardless of the emotional baggage, the new Deputy Mayor would most likely want to lead the discussion about the Woodsman's fate, and the sheriff planned on letting her.

After getting up and leaving his office to head into Snow's, he was blocked by a short line outside of the Business Office door. Holding his breath, Bigby walked past the two Fables and hoped he could enter unnoticed; Luckily, he succeeded. The atmosphere inside of the Business Office wasn't as intense as he had prepared himself for. People were upset, sure, but nobody was angry or yelling. Bigby carefully paced over to Snow's desk and waited to be invited into the conversation.

"How can I help you, Bigby?" Snow asks after the Fable she was speaking to leaves.

"It's Woody's case, I need you to come help me decide what to do with him." He explains. Snow seemed to be ever so slightly relieved by the idea of getting a break from her typical meetings that filled her day.

"Alright, let's go." She sighs with a soft smile, standing up from her desk and beginning to follow the sheriff out. "Oh, um, Gabrielle, can you meet with the next few people while I'm gone?" Snow asks from across the room, prompting Gabrielle to respond with a small nod. The two walk in silence until they get back to the privacy of the sheriff's office.

"So, I don't think it very necessary to hold a trial for Woody since almost everybody in Fabletown knows and most likely agrees that he started the fire by now, so my idea is that we just keep him in the cells. He's too incompetent to escape and he's no real threat unless he's out by himself." Bigby explains his ideas about how to handle the matter.

"Okay, I'm fine with just holding him but we do still need to have a proper trial. It's our rules and it's there for a reason. I don't want to start ignoring rules because they aren't necessary at the time because we may end up accidentally ignoring them when they are needed." Snow suggests. Bigby knows she has a point but he doesn't like it. To him, a trial is just a waste of time.

"Alright, when do you want to hold it?" Bigby asks, leaning against his desk.

"We can do it sometime this week, it won't take more than ten minutes. We just need to get a time when everyone who witnessed the fire is free. Maybe we can do it on the weekend if that's easiest." Snow suggests. Agreeing with the proposal, Bigby nods before leaving his office with Snow and returning to the Business Office.

Upon entering the office, there is a strange looking woman sitting in Snow's chair with her feet kicked up on the desk. Her dirty black combat boots seem to go with her messy, short red hair and her torn, tight fitting shirt with a rose emblem right in the center. Bigby doesn't recognize her, but Snow seems to know exactly who she is. After hearing the door shut, the mysterious girl turns to face the sheriff and Deputy Mayor.

"Hey sis, you miss me?" She asks, slinging her feet off the desk and walking over towards Snow. Snow's jaw drops as she stares at Rose. Having not seen her in over two centuries, she was hardly able to recognize her with her hair cut short and her distressed and lousy clothing. Snow turns to Gabrielle for some sort of explanation, her mouth still agape, and Gabrielle is quick to respond, partially out of fear of getting in trouble to allowing Rose to enter.