Nine Lives

Life Five: Part Three

Charlie walked down the street of Storybrooke towards Granny's. It had been a few days since Charlie's first day in Storybrooke. Jefferson, Grace and herself had spent those days together inside Jeffersons amazing home. It was 10 times better then it had been shown on the show. Sure it was far to big for just the three of them but with Jefferson and Grace it felt like home. Which was strange because it wasn't a feeling that she ever had before.

"Hey Charlie" Red smiled at her as Charlie walked into the diner. "I never asked but did you ever find what you were looking for?"

"Hey Red" Charlie smiled brightly at the brunette behind the counter. She sat down and looked at the menu. "Yeah I found them."

"Them?" Red smiled brightly. Charlie rolled her eyes and smiled softly. Her eyes wondered from the menu to a booth with Henry and his book. Charlie stood up and slid in the booth across from him.

"Hi?" Henry asked confused.

"Hi Henry my name is Charlie" Charlie smiled softly at him. "Although apparently in this my name is Alice"

"Alice? As in wonderland?" Henry asked flipping through his book and show her a page. The picture on the side showed a picture of Jefferson and Charlie or Alice in a room with a million hats. Alice seemed to be dancing around with a hat on her head while Jefferson was making another hat laughing.

"Wow" Charlie whispered running her hand over the picture with a soft smile. "Can I tell you a secret Henry"

"Sure" Henry said.

"I don't remember this life" Charlie said pointing to the photo with a weak smile. "The curse broke but I..still can't remember it"

"Then how do you know who you were then?" Henry questioned.

"I found Jefferson and he called me Alice." Charlie said. "He looked so happy I couldn't tell him that I didn't remember anything." She said looking up at Henry.

"Why didn't you get your memories back?" Henry questioned more himself then anything. "Have you tried kissing Jefferson?"

"Kissing him?" Charlie asked surprised at the thought.

"Well true love is strong enough to break any curse." Henry told Charlie. She looked at him with another look of surprise. "When Jefferson was trapped in Wonderland you were a prisoner with him. But you always kept him looking forward to finding a way back to the enchanted forest. You were from this world actually. You followed a white rabbit and ended up falling into a portal that took you to Wonderland." Henry turned to a page with a younger Alice following a white rabbit around. "You two fell in love"

"We did?" Charlie ask surprised as she blinked a few times at the page. This life seemed a lot different and she wondered why it was so different. Why did she actually have a story in this life? If she was alive longer in the others would she have had a story in those? That must have been it. She only didn't have a story in the other lives because she didn't live long enough to find it. Maybe this wasn't meant to be a curse. Maybe she was going through so many lives to find the one where she belonged.