A/N: I am on a roll. Woooo! Here is another chapter. I hope you guys like it.

I wake up to an alarm, which I remembered to set yesterday. I shut it off quickly. Rumple does not need to wake up right now. He stirs a bit, but I stroke his hair and kiss him on the forehead until he is at rest again. I get ready, and leave within an hour. I run out of the house, and to my bakery, as I put my hair up in a high ponytail. As I pass by the diner I see Ruby walk in. She must have decided to go back to work with Granny. That did not last long.

I get to the bakery and unlock the door. I rush in and turn on the ovens right away. It takes a few minutes to get my coat off, my apron on, and started on the doughs and batters. After the order for Granny's is finished, I box it all up and bring it to the diner.

"Well, look at you." Granny says as I set the boxes on the counter. I look at her around the boxes and smile at her. "Back on your usual schedule, I see." I watch as she counts out the cash to pay me.

"Yeah, it took me a bit, but I am back in the swing of things." She hands me the payment for the order and I see Ruby walk out in her waitress uniform. I smile and wave to both of them as I leave. "Have a great day you two." I go back to the bakery to get baking. About an hour later I get a call from Mary Margaret. I answer quickly. "Hey, M&M what is up?"

"Hey, Ava, um, I don't really know how to say this, but here goes." This cannot be good. "I'm being arrested."

"What?! Why?!" I turn my ovens off and throw my apron on the counter.

"They found a box in the woods that had my fingerprints on it." She says. She sounds like she is going to cry, but I am very confused.

"So what? It is just a box." I say as I put my coat on.

"You don't understand, Ava, there was something inside the box." She sounds like she is breaking down over the phone.

"Okay, I am heading over to the Sherriff's station now. You and Emma can explain it to me better when I get there." I hang up the phone and lock up before running to the station. As I turn a corner I see Rumple's car park in front of the Pawn Shop. I am going to get a phone call from him soon, I know it, but I cannot focus on that right now. I take out my phone and send him a quick telling him where I am going and that I will talk to him about it later. I arrive at the station as Emma is taking Mary Margaret's mug shot.

"Please turn to the right." Emma says from behind the camera. Mary Margaret follows orders as she tries to defend herself.

"Emma, this is a mistake. I didn't kill Katherine."

"What?!" I say from the door. They both look at me.

"We found a box with a human heart inside, and Mary Margaret's fingerprints are all over it." Emma says, catching me up.

"There is no way she did that." I say.

"Of course she didn't." Emma says, taking the pictures out of the old camera. "But, while I am her friend, I am also the sheriff. I have to go where the evidence leads."

"Which points to me?" M&M says walking over to Emma. My head is spinning with this information, so I sit down and try to think of some way to help Mary Margaret. "Emma, yesterday it was David. There's something not right here."

"I know." Emma says as she places the pictures in a folder for book keeping. "But, your fingerprints are on that box, and his are not. So, now we have to deal with," she holds up her mug shots. "this."

"Evidence that says that she cut out a woman's heart, put it in a box and buried it in the woods?" I ask. This just does not make any sense. "That is insane."

"If I don't book her, with all this evidence, it's gonna look like favoritism." She says to me. "And then Regina will have cause, and she will fire me. And then you know what she'll do? She'll bring in someone who will railroad her." Emma turns from me to Mary Margaret. "So, please, just try to be patient and trust me. We can't even move forward 'til we verify the heart belonged to Katherine, and I'm still waiting for the DNA test results." Mary Margaret looks over at me as Emma continues. "But, in the meantime, you need to bear with me. I have to ask you a few questions."

"This is crazy." M&M says as she walks towards one of the interrogation rooms. "I would never hurt anyone." Emma follows her after grabbing her leather jacket and putting it back on. I immediately call Rumple. He picks up after two rings.

"Ava, what's wrong?" He says.

"Mary Margaret is being blamed for Katherine's disappearance." I say.

"That's absurd." He chuckles.

"I know right?" I glance down the hall and see Regina walk out of the room with Emma. "Oh my God." I whisper into the phone as I swivel the chair around to face away from the two women, whispering to each other. "Regina is here."

"What?"

"Regina was in the interrogation room. Her and Emma just came out and started whispering to each other."

"What is she doing here?" That woman's voice says from down the hallway.

"I am going to hang up. I will meet up with you soon." I say before hanging up the phone. I swivel back around to face the mayor.

"She just came to visit me." Emma says as she looks at me. I know she wants me to play along. If I was here to visit Mary Margaret, it could look bad.

"Yeah, I had some free time, so I came to see what the sheriff was up to." I stand up as they make their way closer to me. "I was just about to leave. I would rather be doing nothing in my bakery, than nothing here." I wave to Emma and glare at Regina. I slowly make my way back to the bakery. A few hours pass by and I become extremely bored. I watch as the second hand ticks away on the wall clock.

"Hey, Hellooooo." I suddenly notice a hand is being waved in front of my face. "Anybody there?" I focus on the man in front of me. His scruff is the first thing I focused on. I bolt to attention, and look at August.

"Sorry, I was zoning out a bit." I say. He smiles and laughs and my defense.

"It's alright." He looks at the desserts in the display. "Can I get a couple sugar cookies?" He gestures to the flavor behind the glass.

"Sure." I bag up a couple of sugar cookies and set the bag on the counter. As he finishes paying, the bell over my door rings. Both August and I look at the figure entering. "Hello, Mr. Gold." I greet him. August looks to me, and he smiles mischievously. What does he think is going on here?

"Keep the change." August says as he begins to walk past Mr. Gold and out the door. The room is silent. I think I know who this man is, but how can it be? He is so grown up.

"I feel like I know who August is, I just cannot put my finger on who." I say, more to myself.

"Don't worry about him now." Rumple states as he makes his way to the counter. "This morning you said that Mary Margaret is being blamed for Katherine's disappearance?" He asks me. Before answering him I walk to the bakery door and flip the 'Open' sign to 'Closed'.

"Yes." I turn to him. "I think someone is setting her up." I walk up to him slowly as I continue. "Her fingerprints are on a box, and inside that box was a heart. The heart was sent away for DNA testing, but it does not look good." I stop in front of him as he looks to the ground, concentrating on my words. "Mary Margaret would never do anything like that." He does not say anything, but I can tell just by looking at his face that he is pondering something. Suddenly, he looks at me.

"Grab your coat, dearie. I have an idea." He heads towards the door as I turn off the ovens and grab my coat. We walk to his car and drive to the sheriff's office. He still has not told me anything as he parks the car. Both of us get out and head inside.

"I'm saying you should think about hiring a lawyer." I hear Emma say as we walk into the main room.

"An excellent idea." Rumple says. Emma and Mary Margaret look towards both of us.

"Mr. Gold, Ava." M&M greets us quietly.

"What are you doing here?" Emma asks. I look to my love, hoping he has a good reason for coming here. Mary Margaret is my friend, and I do not want him to make things worse.

"Offering my legal services." He answers. I did not know that he had any legal experience. But the more I think about it, he did make deals and contracts with many people in the Enchanted Forest.

"You're a lawyer?" Emma asks. Rumple begins to limp his way towards the women on the opposite side of the room, and I follow him.

"Ever wonder why I'm so adept at contracts?" That is exactly where my thoughts had gone. "I've been following the details of your case, Miss Blanchard. And I think you'd be well advised to bring me on as your council." He stops at the corner of one of the desks. I move around him and walk up to my friend behind the bars of the cell.

"And why is that?" Mary Margaret asks.

"Well, the sheriff had me arrested for nearly beating a man to death." I smile to myself at his admission of harming Belle's father. I know the man did not know why he had been beaten, but it still made me happy. "And I managed to persuade the judge to drop the charges."

"Asserting your influences isn't what's needed here." Emma pipes up. "We need to find the truth."

"Exerting influence may be exactly what is needed here, Emma." I say. The woman looks over to me as she reacts.

"What's needed here is for me to do my job." She says.

"Well, no one's stopping you, I'm only here to help." Rumple says drawing her attention away from me.

"Enough." M&M says, stopping the quickly escalating argument. All eyes turn to her. "Please go." Who does she want to leave? All three of us?

"You heard her." Emma says to Mr. Gold. She gestures to the door with her head.

"No, I was talking to you." Mary Margaret clarifies. Emma turns to her in surprise. "Oh, Emma, he's right. I need help. And you need to do your job or else I'm screwed. So just, please, do your job the best you can." M&M looks so defeated. I feel as if she is about to cry at any moment. "And you'll prove me innocent. Until you do, I need some practical help."

"Trust me." Mr. Gold says as he comes closer to the jail cell. "This is Miss Blanchard's best interests." Emma thinks about everyone's words.

"Good luck, Mary Margaret." Emma says through the bars. "I hope your best interests are what he's looking out for." She directs that sentence towards Mr. Gold as she walks by him. I turn to M&M and whisper to her.

"I will make sure he does. You are my best friend, after all." She smiles and nods at my words. Then she turns to Mr. Gold.

"I can't pay you."

"I didn't ask for money." He states.

"Then why are you doing this?" She asks. She is skeptical, as she should be.

"Let's just say, I'm invested in your future." He answers. The rest of the day Mr. Gold and Mary Margaret talk about legal things. Around lunchtime I was sent out to grab everyone something to eat. I also get some of the leftover cookies in my bakery to bring back with me. The treat ends up cheering M&M up a bit, but soon Mr. Gold and I had to leave.

"I will visit tomorrow, Mary Margaret." I assure her. She will not go through this alone. Emma has to be unbiased, and I do not know what is going on with David. I feel like it is on me to make her feel like someone is on her side. That someone believes her, and I do believe her. There is no way she could do what she is being accused of. It is late when we arrive at our home, so we go straight to bed.

My dreams are filled with memories. Not happy memories, but sad and upsetting ones. I dream of closing myself off, from Rumple, after hearing of Belle's demise. He tries to help me through the heartache by offering me an elixir that would help me forget about my daughter all together. I refuse it. I do not wish to forget any of the time I shared with my daughter. The elixir was instead given to Snow White in exchange for a hair from her head. Rumple had told me that. And the next time that I saw Snow with my own eyes, I knew that she had been desperate enough to consume the potion.

I wake with a start. I am not sure why. I look around the room to find that Rumple is not in bed. My head swivels over to the alarm clock. As I do, the annoying sound starts to ring in my ears. I shut off the alarm and get ready for the day. I shall ask Rumple about him waking early later today. I have to continue my schedule. The day is very slow, after the delivery to Granny's. At the end of my workday, I pack up the leftover sweets and head over to the sheriff's station. I need to talk with Mary Margaret. I know that she would do the same for me.

I walk into the office area, and as I look to the cell my eyes go wide. What is happening? I hear something hit the floor. I look down to see that I dropped the bag of sweets that I had brought with me. I look back to the surprisingly empty cell. Where did M&M go? How did she get out? Where did she go? Should I call Rumple? Emma? Certainly not Emma. Should I go out and try to find Mary Margaret, or leave now and pretend to know nothing of what I am seeing in front of my eyes? Yes, that is what I should do. I pick up the bag of sweets from the floor. As I turn to leave, I see Henry standing in the doorway. He looks into the room and notices the same thing that I did.

"Where's Miss Blanchard?" The boy asks. What should I do?

A/N: What do you guys think? I will tell you that the next chapter will be a flashback to the Enchanted Forest, so be prepared for that. I am so into this show, guys. And I have noticed something. Gradually Robert Carlyle, who plays Rumple/Mr. Gold, has gained weight. I am not saying it is a bad thing. I still like Rumple, and he has a mysteriousness that is attractive to me and I'm sure all of you. I am just saying that I've noticed this as I go back and forth from watching the fifth season to watching the first season for my writing of this story. It is just so jarring sometimes. I didn't notice it as the seasons went on, but when you skip from season five back to season one, you notice things like this. Alright guys. Thank you for reading. Stay tuned for my next chapter. :)