Stars and Midnight Blue
Fairy Tale Land - Fairy Tale Land - Fairy Tale Land - Fairy Tale Land
Granny draped the red cloak over the wounded wolf and Snow watched in amazement as Red appeared before her eyes…
"I'm the wolf. I'M the wolf."
Red kept repeating that simple sentence over and over again, as if saying it enough times would change it, or help her understand. Sitting around the hearth with both young women, Granny was trying to explain to her granddaughter how she'd come to be the wolf, but Red just kept repeating those three words over and over again, until Granny said the one thing that seemed to pull Red out of her state of shock:
"You inherited it from your mother."
Snow saw the colour drain from Red's face in an instant
"Inherited? Are…are you sure Granny?"
Red's grandmother looked at her intently,
"Red? What's wrong dear?"
But Snow didn't have to ask Red what was wrong, Red's terrified eyes spoke volumes to her,
"You're pregnant aren't you?"
Red didn't say anything. Granny looked appalled
"Red?" she asked "is it true girl?"
Red just nodded her head.
Storybrooke - Storybrooke -Storybrooke -Storybrooke -Storybrooke -Storybrooke
Ruby was cleaning a table when she heard the door open. She turned around to greet the new costumer and saw it was her fiance,
"Hi Lemur!" she said,
"Hi baby" answered Emma giving her a peck on the crimson lips.
"No kissing in my diner!" yelled Granny from behind the counter.
Emma and Ruby laughed, Granny always yelled at them even though she adored Emma and already considered her her granddaughter-in-law.
"Hello Granny" said Emma kissing Granny on the cheek,
"Hello Emma dear, how are you?"
"Fine Granny, having a slow day at the station, and you?"
"Fine, dear, just fine."
Emma smiled and went over to her and Ruby's usual table and sat down next to Ruby.
Azure walked into the diner pulling an indigo trolley behind her; her braids, laced with midnight-blue ribbons, bouncing on her back.
"Good morning Mrs Lucas" she greeted.
"Good morning Azure, how may I help you?" Granny said, looking down to the five year old.
"The nuns sent me to buy cookies. We're having the children from the school over today and they want to give them a snack!" said the little girl excitedly.
At the sound of the child's voice Emma and Ruby turned their heads towards the counter and saw the little girl reading Granny the list of cookies she had to buy. Emma felt her fiance's body tense against hers and tremble a bit.
"Rubes? Baby? What's wrong?"
"Nothing, I… I just felt terribly sad all of a sudden."
Emma looked back at the orphan and, all of a sudden, realised that Ruby always got sad when the girl walked in. She made a mental note to see how Ruby reacted the next time they saw Azure.
Fairy Tale Land - Fairy Tale Land - Fairy Tale Land - Fairy Tale Land
Red hummed a lullaby as she rocked Blue, her baby girl, to sleep. When the babe finally fell asleep, Red place her gently on her crib, kissed her forehead, and left silently. She tiptoed into the kitchen where Granny and Snow were chatting softly while Granny made tea.
"Is she asleep?" asked Snow
"Yes, I was finally able to put her down. May I have a cup of tea Granny?"
"Of course dear."
Granny had just handed Red her cup of tea when Blue started crying. Red slumped against the counter in defeat and was about to put her cup down to go soothe her daughter; when Granny stopped her placing a gentle hand on top of hers and said
"I'll go, girl, you deserve a rest."
Red smiled, "Thank you Granny."
Granny walked into the room Red, Snow and Blue shared, and she picked the infant in her arms.
"Hello darling"
The baby gurgled and cooed in her arms, delighted at having been picked up. Granny smiled down at her great-granddaughter, looking into her beautiful Azure eyes.