Room 30, Granny's Inn

Only a few days ago

It might seem crazy what I'm about to say..

Sunshine she's here you can take a break...

That bouncy tune on the radio had become Polly's favorite tune. And bouncy she was...the preacher's daughter was bopping around the bedroom as she was making the bed. Along with her humming and the song was the sound of shower water as a certain red-headed wicked witch as washing off the remnant of a particularly energetic night...

I'm a hot air balloon that can go to space...

WIth the air I don't care by the way...

The water stopped, and it took about a minute for Zelena to come out, wearing nothing but a long towel, hair and body dripping wet. Suddenly a petite brunette grabbed the redhead's arms and started twirling her around to the music...

Because I'm happy

Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof...

At first the freckled-faced witch was in stunned, what-the-hell-are you-doing-mode...

Because I'm happy

Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth...

But as Zelena's blue eyes caught Polly's brown, a smile wider than maybe any the witch ever attempted became attached to the witch's face as both women started to dance around the bedroom, giggling uncontrollably...

Because I'm happy

Clap along if you know what happiness is to you....

...until suddenly the two fell down on the mattress in each other arms...

Because I'm happy

Clap along you feel like that's what you want to do...

And at that moment the music or the wetness or the fact that one had clothes on and the other didn't did not matter. They were lost in each other's eyes...in each other's embrace.

And then the music seemed to go silent and the only sound heard were breathing and heartbeats. And at that point Polly's thin lips met Zelena's full ones.

And as the kiss went deeper, it seemed both understood one of lyrics in that song...

...happiness is the truth...

In that moment, as they continued to kiss, they understood that their respective dad and mom lied. That happiness IS the truth. That they both could be happy. They could be happy with each other...

That they could just be...happy...

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Zelena and Polly were mentally feeding off each other' psychic connections. Ruby was holding the witch's hand. The werewolf knew she did not have any powers outside of those that Zelena was wielding. The witch mentally now knew that Polly was out of the conveyance she was in and now headed towards a building, but where that building was, Zelena didn't know.

They continued to transmit and receive: Zelena telling Polly to be strong and Polly returning and "I love you." Then a stray thought...maybe a wish...from Ruby: "I love you, too."

Polly's thought: "I got that!" the preacher's daughter was now getting both Zelena's AND Ruby's thoughts. A mental party line.

A party that the other's in the room, which now included Cora and Killian, could not attend because of the inability to hear thoughts.

Everyone other than the witch and the wolf were in some state of frustration, but no more so than Sheriff Swan. Emma needed some questions answered, but she couldn't if the two people who could reach the victim were in some sort of communicative trance. Emma walked close and carefully towards the squatting pair, knowing full well what Zelena could do.

"Yes?" Zelena just kept looking ahead but acknowledged the presence of the Sheriff.

"I need to ask Polly some questions," responded Emma.

Zelena held out her right hand to Emma...her left was holding Ruby's. The Sheriff accepted and held the witch's green hand tightly. Now the chain was of three.

Zelena instructed Emma to continue to hold her hand, and to speak to Polly with thoughts, not spoken words.

Almost immediately afterwards, Emma heard Polly's voice, clear as if she was standing in front of Emma. The thoughts between the three women swirled around their brains.

Polly: "I'm walking in...I'm inside. a room. They're sitting me down...feels like a bed...dear Lord...they're putting...a rope on my wrists..."

Emma: "Good lord..."

Zelena: "Keep calm, love..."

Polly: "Em..is that you?"

Emma: "Yeah, Poll...are you alright...?"

Polly: "They're tying me up Greenie..."

Zelena: "Bloody bastards...!"

Emma: "Keep calm, Poll...we're gonna try to help you..."

Polly: "I don't know where I am..."

Ruby: "It's me, baby...we're all here to help you..."

Emma: "Think...when did they grab you..."

Polly: "Must stay calm...about noon...near the market."

Emma repeated Polly's thoughts loud enough so everyone could hear. Henry ran to the computer and pulled up a special maps app that included Storybrooke (it has to be created since there were no maps that had the town on it.

Emma: "Where did they take you?"

Polly: "I'm on the bed...I'm still...need to stay still...we kept driving...about seven hours, I think..."

Emma said aloud, "She's out of Storybrooke...shit!...7 hours, Henry..."

Henry expanded the map to the proper radius. "They could be anywhere from New Hampshire to Nova Scotia, Emma..."

"Let's narrow it down, Kid..."

Zelena: "We're here, angel..."

Polly: "I'm scared, Greenie..."

Ruby: "We're here for you baby...hold on...Emma wants to ask some things so we can find you..."

Emma: "Did you stop anywhere...? How long before you stopped...

Polly: "We stopped...I think two hours...gas and food...Oh My God!...

Zelena: "Polly..what...?"

Polly: "Cloth...on my face...smells strange...woozy...

Zelena: "Hang on..."

Polly: "Greenie...Ruby...Love...you..."

Zelena screamed out Polly's name as the connection disappeared. The witch's color became greener and she became hysterical. Ruby tried to comfort Zelena. Regina and Snow came over to help. Meanwhile Emma in Sheriff mode went into action. She went over to Henry who was at the computer. "Emma...I have a possible radius of 600 miles...that can be anywhere from Canada to Pennsylvania..."

"Damn!," exclaimed Emma.

Regina had calmed her witchly sister down, though Zelena's skin was still the color or Bermuda grass. The ex-Queen had overheard Emma. "Did Polly say anything else?"

Emma responded that she did stop about two hours in. The Sheriff then instructed her adopted son to shrink the perimeter in half, then add any gas stations within that circle. Still, they needed that one piece of information that can narrow everything down...

"Direction!" Zelena suddenly shouted. "I know the direction!

Emma was a bit confused about the declaration when Regina clarified: "The spell that she used to communicate with Polly...once she connected she would know the direction she sent the connection..."

And with that, Zelena stood up, board-straight, and pointed...

Emma: "Northwest!"

Henry: "On it!" An with that, the newly-teenaged boy manipulated the online map to show a section up to 600 miles. Indicia of various gas stations and motels dotted the landscape. Emma's frustration increased by the second as she wondered how to cover that landscape in a short period of time.

"Air support..." A very familiar voice pierced through. It was Walsh, ex-Sheriff's fiance, ex-Wizard, currently owner of Storybrooke Furniture Mart and part-time winged monkey. "We can cover the area and look for her."

Regina: "You have to remember, a lot of...well...you...were affected by the Original Curse...you'd lose your memories.

Walsh: "But I wasn't...and I'm not the only one who was not affected by that curse..."

Tink: "Like me..."

Snow held up her hands to halt the conversation. "Look, we can't do anything until morning. We need a plan. I'm calling an emergency town meeting. Now!"

The team went into action at point. Cell phones were popping up everywhere trying to gather what could be described as a "war council." And all the while, as Emma and the troops were scurrying around, Zelena continued to be comforted by her sister and her new friend. Regina knew about Zelena's temper...as hot as Regina's own.

"Somebody has her sis..." The emerald-skinned woman stared at the general direction she pointed to indicate the mental connection she had with Polly. "That bloody bastard is mine."

The witch sat there on that sofa. Regina on one side, Ruby on the other. Both feeling a connection of their on with the witch they never thought they would have. And both have seen the wicked side of Zelena. And now, someone has threatened the woman she loved. And she will do anything to save her.

And it was at that moment that Regina knew, that Zelena was part of this family. And no one...no one...fucks with family.

TBC: Next...War council and a family reunion.

I appreciate the follows, and the comments. I hope for more detailed ones...I know it kinda melted in the end, but it will get better. I really need your input on this.

By the way, in addition to the usual disclaimers, the lyric used was from, as I am sure you guessed, the song "Happy," written by Pharrell Williams.