Episode 4x01 "A Tale of Two Sisters"
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Takes place in the Storybrooke sheriff's station after Marshmallow terrorized the town but before Elsa put up the ice wall.
Features an old character I wrote into my first fanfiction "A Mermaid's Tail"; Rain, the wolf character from the German fairytale "The Golden Mermaid".
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Emma fought the urge to roll her eyes, trying to maintain a somewhat professional demeanor. She doubted very much that any sheriff in the state of Maine, or the entire country for that manner, had ever had to deal with the kind of unusual cases that always seemed to find their way towards her. In between a giant leveling people's homes, a giant snow monster running down Main Street, a band of Sherwood outlaws roaming the woods now she had to explain law and order to…a wolf!
Rain occupied a chair in front of Emma's desk at the sheriff's office, clearly unhappy.
"But I still do not see why I have to stay here and…'file a paperwork' is it? Why can't we just say I defended myself when I was clearly in danger?" the young woman growled at Emma, seated at her desk filling out a report of the incident. "He was the one who tried to put an arrow through me!"
"Because, as I already explained to you, that fellow saw a wolf running down the streets of town and thought it was dangerous. Granted, he probably deserved that black eye you gave him but we still need to do the paperwork," Emma heaved a sigh and glanced upward. "You know if you would stop running around on all fours these kinds of things would happen less often."
"As I already explained to you, that is my true form and I prefer four legs to two when I am in a hurry." Rain narrowed her golden wolf eyes and scowled heavily. "This 'paperwork' thing seems silly. I had no such trouble in the Enchanted Forest."
"This is not the Enchanted Forest, trust me kid. Here, in the real world, we have a different way of doing things."
Rain sighed, giving Emma a sad look. "I know Saviour, I know."
The wolf looked so gloomy that Emma chided herself for not being more understanding. After all, Rain was still getting used to living in Storybrooke. The second curse and the defeat of the Wicked Witch of the West (it was still weird to think of that) had brought several groups of people over from Fairytale Land, who had not a clue on modern living. She had already arranged night classes at City Hall for people who needed education on modern conveniences, overseen by Archie Hopper, Ruby, and Belle, but cases like this still popped up every once in a while.
"This land…it is hard to get used to sometimes," Rain's voice spoke up again, drawing Emma back from her musings. The wolf sighed and leaned back in her chair, gazing out the window towards the town. "I miss our world."
"You mean your world don't you?" Emma corrected.
Rain turned to her again, her voice a little more serious. "You should not deny that part of you Saviour; all of us here, including you, belong in the Enchanted Forest." Rain smiled that wolf smile of hers. "And we will all go back on day, you'll see."
Emma gave a small shake of her head. "I would not count on that kid."
"Oh we will, trust me." Rain looked out the window again. "This 'snow monster' as you call it, it is a sign of changing weather. It's almost as if…winter is coming early to Storybrooke."
Emma answered. "Well it's always cold in Maine at this time of year."
Rain only smirked. "Not like this."