Hello my pretty! Good to see you drop by for another chapter! As promised, I've brought you more wickedness and I hope you enjoy reading this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it! Alons-y!

She really thought Daniel had left my Mother... I almost pitied her, but I could still feel anger in the pit of my stomach...

It had been just yesterday that I had seen Mother... She had smiled and laughed, most likely because I had no idea on how to ride a horse.

It hadn't taken long, I was a fast learner and even though they say you can't inherit your parent's talents... Well, perhaps that didn't apply to me.

I had so much fun riding with my Mother that I had barely noticed the soreness from riding without a saddle, but now I felt a little stiff just recalling those events.

"Perhaps you should talk to her... That's what I would do. Some people just need to vent."

I realized I was encouraging the exact opposite of what Rumpelstiltskin wanted me to do.

Thankfully, Snow wasn't keen on the idea anyway... "I don't know Jo'Hana, I've already said sorry about Daniel leaving her."

Yet again, I wanted to just burst into a rant and tell her the truth... What really happened, but I knew better, if Mother wanted to tell her, she would.

I sighed heavily, no longer wanting to participate in Blue and Rumpelstiltskin's plan... I just wanted to be with my Mother.

With Mother where I could ride bareback on horses into the sunset that most people called a Happy Ending.

The only problem was, whoever was in charge of those Happy Endings... They hadn't intended on offering one to me.

I heard a knock on Mother's door and I awoke from my daze... "It's me, a maid, my Queen! Time to collect the laundry for today, can't keep waiting!"

I stood frozen in mid-sentence, because that voice seemed painfully familiar to that of a acquaintance of mine...

Snow and I could hear the door opening as my mother let her in, "I'm sorry dear, I do not recognize you... I was expecting Saphira today." she said.

The voice paused momentarily "Oh no, Saphira was very ill this past week... I'm afraid she won't be coming back for a very long time."

"I need to go." I said, pushing Snow towards the tunnels "But I want to stay and listen in, Jo'Hana!" she said.

Of course she would want to stay and pry, but I knew that Saphira hadn't been ill, that voice wasn't another servant in the castle... It was Zelena.

"Suit yourself." I said as I pushed her to the side so I could make my way through... "No, wait for me, Jo'HANA!" she said, now aware I actually intended to leave her.

I hushed her as we made our way out, I ran down the hallways as fast as my legs could carry me... I wished Snow hadn't tagged along so I could teleport to Mother's room.

"Wait!" Snow cried as we made our way past a group of servants... I looked behind, she was caught up in the midst, but I had no intentions of going back for her.

I turned a corner in a blink, instantly teleporting in front of the same door my Mother had let Zelena through.

Well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, I can't seem to get enough of having Zelena pop up everywhere... *burst out into tune of Old McDonald*

Stable Child saw Zelena... OH MY GOSH, OH NO!

Haha, I'll finish that song at the end of Part Two! Zelena's always struck me as an intriguing character and I imagine she did sneak around quite a bit whenever she was in Misthaven (Enchanted Forest) Anyways, as you can imagine, it's been painfully awkward to write about Jo'Hana having both her Aunt and Mother in the same room... Considering we all know about their mucked up family tree and some of us (*points to self*) are dying to just tap Jo'Hana on the shoulder and shake the realization into her. I'm trying to stay as canon as possible, but with all this excitement, it's been hard to steer canon, thankfully I think I've found a nice compromise... Our next chapter promises an Unofficial Meet and Greet with the Mills that per the usual, will not go as you might expect! Until then, if you haven't already, Favorite/Follow/Review this story and come back tomorrow for a story told through the eyes of Jo'Hana, Who I Am: The Chronicles of Stable Child

Script Tease: "I just hate it when people ask so many questions... It truly does annoy me." she said, observing the shape of her nails.