However, what no one knew last night was that a small figure broke into the inn and had a rather crazy look on their face. Luckily, it was mostly a good night in the new Storybrooke City, especially with its new visitors in town.

The next morning came and Cathleen suddenly woke up as she heard a crashing sound. "Huh? What was that?" she asked herself as she suddenly sat up.

Granny was shown to be looking around downstairs.

"Uh, hey," Cathleen said as she came downstairs to see the older woman. "What's going on down here?"

"I heard a crashing sound and I wanted to see what happened." Granny explained obviously.

"Do you think someone broke in?" Cathleen guessed.

"I'm not sure, but we better go and find out." Granny suggested.

Cathleen and Granny soon went to explore.

"Hmm... I'm picking up a strong scent..." Granny said as she sniffed the air. "Something... Something was here last night sometime after I locked up to meet Martha and Muriel for Game Night."

"What do you think that it could be?" Cathleen then asked.

"Hmm..." Granny narrowed her eyes as she sniffed the air. "I smell a rat."

"A rat?" Cathleen asked.

"Just in case..." Granny said as she grabbed her crossbow and put an arrow in it.

"Whoa! Are you sure you need that?" Cathleen asked.

"I've been through a lot in my years, especially in protecting my granddaughter, I'm damn well sure of anything." Granny narrowed her eyes as she followed her scent.

Granny led Cathleen to the kitchen where they found the kitchen in a total disaster where a small figure was destorying everything.

"Heheheheh~... That'll show 'em! This will make them recognize us!" The stranger cackled wickedly.

"That voice... Why does it sound so familiar?" Cathleen commented to herself.

"Come out of hiding!" Granny demanded. "I can smell you."

The small figure soon scampered around a bit.

"All right, you've forced me to do this." Granny glared as she aimed her crossbow.

"Are you are that's wise?" Cathleen asked.

"Don't worry, I won't kill it... Yet..." Granny glared as she aimed her crossbow and soon launched the arrow in it. "I've been shooting this thing ever since I was 6-years-old with my older brothers."

The arrow soon went flying and the tiny figure yelped as it was suddenly caught and pinned to the wall by its tail.

"All right... Furry little rodent... Let's see who you really are..." Granny glared as she stormed over to see who she caught.

"Hey, old lady! Let me go!" The small figure demanded.

"That voice, it sounds so familiar." Cathleen said.

Granny and Cathleen soon saw a pink possum, trying to get the arrow off, growling at the two werewolves.

"It's a possum," Granny noticed before glaring. "Trying to destroy my kitchen, huh?!"

"It's Sledgehammer O'Possum..." Cathleen realized.

"I'll take care of this..." Granny said as she was about to grab the pink possum.

"What're you going to do?" Cathleen asked.

"What else?" Granny shrugged. "I'm gonna break his neck and probably throw him back into the wild so they can properly get rid of him."

"Granny. Wait. I know him." Cathleen told the old lady.

"Oh, you do?" Granny asked.

"His name is Sledgehammer O'Possum and he was from What a Cartoon to get his own show." Cathleen said.

"Well, I'm not taking my chances if he's going to behave like that," Granny glared. "He'll probably ruin all of my dishes at the diner with his disease and grubby little paws."

"Not that you need my help to ruin that meatloaf of yours, Granma." Sledgehammer mocked.

Granny then looked ready to step on the pink possum to teach him a lesson.

"Bring it on, Granny, bring it on!" Sledgehammer challenged.

"Wait a minute!" Cathleen cried out.

"I don't see why I should because nobody talks to me like that." Granny glared.

"Here's my question," Cathleen interrupted. "Sledgehammer, what are you doing here in the first place?"

"I don't gotta answer to you," Sledgehammer scoffed before he yelped as he was grabbed suddenly. "Yaugh!"

"Just for that..." Granny said, as she grabbed a hold of his neck.

Sledgehammer soon tried to bite down on her hand, but nothing seemed to happen.

"Please," Granny scoffed. "My first husband bites harder than you do. I'm sorry, dear, but the rat brought this out on himself."

"Maybe he doesn't remember who I am," Cathleen said as she walked over to the possum. "Do you remember who I am? Cherry and me helped you with your problems." she then said.

"Who the heck are you?" Sledgehammer scoffed.

"That's a nope." Granny rolled her eyes.

"I should go find Cherry," Cathleen said. "Granny, you can put Sledgehammer in a case, but just promise me that you won't kill him."

Granny narrowed her eyes.

"Just trust me, okay?" Cathleen replied. "I'm sure once I see Cherry, we can get this whole thing sorted out."

"Whatever you try will he hopeless," Sledgehammer narrowed his eyes. "The Fallen Leader said so."

Cathleen then pulled out her phone and dialed Cherry's number.

Meanwhile...

"I see you remembered my recipe..." Cherry said as she sat at the dining table, eating some French toast.

"It always tasted a lot better once we made it together," Gold chuckled. "I do hope you're looking forward to a day of work together."

"Whatever gets me out of here and back home faster," Cherry said before checking her phone. "...Cath? It's pretty early in the morning."

"Sorry, but it's an emergency, do you have your scrapbook?" Cathleen asked.

"Never leave home without it." Cherry shrugged as she ate her breakfast.

"Come to Granny's Inn, I'll explain more later." Cathleen said.

Cherry blinked before shrugging. "Whatever."

"And hurry!" Cathleen urged.

"All right... Be right there," Cherry replied before hanging up. "Sorry, Gold, I gotta go to the inn; it's an emergency."

"What about work?" Gold asked.

"I'll be there later," Cherry said as she went to go to her room. "I promise."

Gold simply watched in silence as he watched her rush off to her room, come back, drop her dishes in the sink, grab her book, and run out the door before running right past Belle.

"Hey!" Belle frowned.

"Sorry, Belle!" Cherry said as she ran out the door as she hugged her scrapbook. "I'm coming."

"Do you think she's figured it out?" Belle asked her husband.

"I know as much as you do now." Gold shrugged bashfully.

Cathleen was looking at Sledgehammer who was in the cage and tried to get out. "Sorry, dude, but Cherry is on her way." she then told the possum.

"One wrong move and the arrow goes between your eyes," Granny said before smirking. "Though with your tiny head, that might take your whole head off."

"You're a dark woman." Cathleen said to Granny.

"I'll take that as a compliment." Granny replied.

"This better be good," Cherry said as she came through the door and held her scrapbook in her arm. "This thing's heavy."

"You're never gonna believe who was destroying Granny's kitchen and we got him trapped." Cathleen told her friend before she then stepped aside to show Sledgehammer trapped in the cage as he looked at her, hissing and growling like a normal possum.

Cherry glanced over before yawning.

"I'll bite you, don't test me, because I will do it." Sledgehammer warned.

"Okay," Cherry said as she held out her hand. "Do it... I dare you."

Sledgehammer soon gave up and just growled at her.

"Cherry, what's going on?" Cathleen asked her friend. "What is he talking about a Fallen Leader and why is he acting like this?"

"I dunno... Guess he's being controlled by some sort of darkness..." Cherry said. "Perhaps this Fallen Leader is a new Dark One."

"That is pretty common once in a while," Granny said before narrowing her eyes. "Like you hanging around Mr. Gold."

"I doubt he did this, Granny," Cherry retorted. "He may be dark and scary at times, but he's not turning evil again."

"You sound like Belle," Granny replied. "She thought that too and then there were those times with Zelena, Hades, The Snow Queen, King Arthur, Henry Jekyll, Edward Hyde, and whatnot."

"Yes, but if you remember, he hasn't been evil since Aurelia was conceived," Cherry glared before looking at Sledgehammer and opened up her scrapbook. "We helped you out a long time ago, buddy. You might not remember, but it happened."

"Yeah, and then you abandoned me and forgot all about me like everyone else in the gang," Sledgehammer crossed his arms. "You just paid attention to folks like Johnny Bravo and the Powerpuff Girls. The Fallen Leader reminded us of that."

"That's not true, we never forgot about you," Cathleen reassured. "And I'm sure Mike Mazinsky and her friends Lu and Og haven't either."

Sledgehammer's eyes then widened as she said those names.

"What should we do, Cherry?" Cathleen asked. "It's like his memories have been corrupted."

"Best idea I have is asking Rumple or Regina for a special serum," Cherry shrugged. "Everyone had their memories already back in Storybrooke by the time I showed up, so I don't know what Emma did, it just sorta happened."

"That seems to be our best choice." Cathleen replied.

"Until then, he's staying in that cage," Granny said. "I know you girls probably know him and trust him, but he's staying in there."

"Does he have-" Cathleen began.

"My Inn, my rules." Granny replied firmly.

"...Okay." Cathleen said softly.

"Now, let me get you some breakfast and you can help Ruby at the diner." Granny then told Cathleen.

"Okay," Cathleen said before she looked over at the pink possum. "Don't worry, we'll get your memory back."

Sledgehammer just growled and hissed. Granny soon put in a bowl of grubs for Sledgehammer and walked off. Sledgehammer's eyes darted around before he soon took the grubs and after he was done eating, he suddenly fell asleep.

"We'll get everybody's memories back," Cathleen said hopefully. "I guess we better get to work now, huh, Cherry?"

"Ah, I won't get yelled at," Cherry replied. "He wouldn't do that to me. Unlike my old jobs before I worked in the bookstore."

"Hey, Cherry, can I ask you something?" Cathleen piped up then.

"What's up?" Cherry asked.

"Well, Sledgehammer was talking about the Fallen Leader; does that mean that the rest of the What a Cartoon gang could be working with him?" Cathleen countered.

"I dunno." Cherry said quickly.

"What do you mean you don't know?" Cathleen asked.

"I just don't, we'll talk about it later, right now, we gotta work," Cherry shrugged as she went away from the inn. "We'll see each other at lunch."

"Well... Okay... See ya." Cathleen replied.

"See ya." Cherry said.

"Come on, kiddo." Granny told Cathleen.

Cathleen looked back at Cherry one last time and soon went to get into a waitress uniform and Ruby led her into the diner.

"So, where are Bubbles and Buttercup?" Cathleen asked.

"They won't be here for another couple of hours," Ruby said. "I hope you're ready to get to work."

"Yeah, I guess so." Cathleen shrugged.

"That's good to hear." Ruby smiled before she soon explained everything to Cathleen as they got ready to start their day working at Granny's Diner together.

The cook in the back waved at Cathleen.

"This is Floyd, he's our best cook," Ruby said to Cathleen. "Now Ashley should be texting or calling any minute now. Hopefully she can come before Bubbles and Buttercup cuz my hands get pretty full around here without her."

"And who is Ashley?" Cathleen asked.

"She was known as Cinderella back in The Enchanted Forest," Ruby explained. "She's around your age and she used to get in a lot of trouble, especially since she was a pregnant teenager and nearly got her baby taken away from her until Emma helped her."

"Oh, yeah. Cherry told me about her." Cathleen nodded.

"I just hope you're more patient at this job than Buttercup is." Ruby said.

"I'll try." Cathleen replied.

"Don't just try, do," Ruby advised. "That's what Granny always told me when I was a kid."

"Right. I won't let you guys down." Cathleen vowed.

"See that ya don't..." Ruby said as she took out a sucker and began to lick it. "You'll get the hang of it, just remember not to carry too many plates at once otherwise ya might fall."

"No, I guess we wouldn't want that..." Cathleen said, though she began to think about Sledgehammer.

Granny soon came into the diner after writing on her special's board and went to get behind the counter while Ruby and Cathleen would work as it was now breakfast time in the diner. "All right, girls, are you ready?" she then asked them.

"Ready!" Cathleen and Ruby replied.

"All right, good, cuz we got a hungry town to feed." Granny said as she moved changed the closed sign to open.

"Well, here's a start to a new life," Cathleen said to herself. "Granny, do you think Sledgehammer will destory the inn or something while we're going?"

"He won't be doing anything for until after my shift," Granny replied. "I gave him special grubs to keep him occupied."

"You didn't kill him, did you?" Cathleen asked.

"Certainly not," Granny shook her head. "He's just gone back to sleep, as he should be since he's a possum, and it's daylight."

"I know that he's crazy, but not like this." Cathleen defended.

"He's been corrupted, it's for his own good, him and those others in the gang and their so-called Fallen Leader." Granny replied.

"I guess we have to find out who this Fallen Leader is." Cathleen then said.

"It has to be Gold," Ruby crossed her arms. "He's always terrorized us before he married Belle and even tried to take Ashley's baby and hurt a lot of people, not to mention being Rumplestiltskin in a former life."

"But he has a daughter now, you really think that he could've done it?" Cathleen replied.

"He's my #1 suspect." Ruby reassured.

"Even if he has a family?" Cathleen asked.

"When he was The Dark One, he had a son," Ruby replied. "No one was allowed to hurt, make fun of, or even do anything bad around him, otherwise they'd get turned into a snail and get stepped on or maybe even worse. One time, Mr. Gold turned our old butcher into a pig and he even had Belle stay in his castle as a caretaker."

"But they fell in love." Cathleen reminded.

"That's besides the point," Ruby said. "Mr. Gold is bad news, trust me. You don't know him like we do."

"I don't understand though," Cathleen shrugged. "He seems like a decent person like with around Cherry."

"Do you trust him?" Ruby asked. "You can never trust Rumplestiltskin."

"That was in the past," Cathleen reminded. "Isn't everyone allowed a second chance?"

"...She does have a point," Granny remarked before she faced her granddaughter. "Unlike your mother... Everyone deserves a second chance."

"Hmm... I don't know..." Ruby pouted.

"Let's not think about it right now," Granny said before looking to the doors. "We've got customers waiting."

"Ah, yes," Ruby nodded as she saw seven short men coming in at once. "The Seven Hungry Men."

"Are they The Seven Dwarves?" Cathleen guessed.

"Yeah..." Ruby said like it was obvious.

Cathleen just shrugged as she simply didn't know.

"You in a decent mood today, Leroy?" Granny asked the grumpy dwarf.

"Just make sure you make my eggs the way I like 'em, sister." The grumpy man replied.

"Over easy, got it." Granny smirked as she walked off.

"Who's the new girl?" Leroy asked once he saw Cathleen.

"This is Cathleen," Ruby introduced. "She's our new waitress around here."

"She better not mess up my eggs either." Leroy said as he went to sit with his brothers.

"I guess he was Grumpy?" Cathleen said.

"Yeah, he's grouchy a lot, but he's a good guy." Ruby reassured.

"And how about the rest of the dwarves?" Cathleen asked. "What are their names?"

"Doc, Happy, Bashful, Sleepy, Sneezy, and Dopey." Ruby and Granny said like it was obvious.

"...Well then..." Cathleen shrugged.

"Though you should probably call Sneezy 'Mr. Clark' sometimes," Ruby said. "He owns the pharmacy in town."

"Well, at least all seven of them are together." Cathleen said then.

"Even if it used to be eight, but of course, people on the outside world like you don't know about Stealthy." Granny remarked.

"Whatever happened to Stealthy and who is he?" Cathleen asked with suddenly piqued curiosity. "I thought that Snow White was only friends with seven dwarves. I mean, that's what I was told when I was little."

"You guys talking about Stealthy?" Leroy asked as he left his brothers.

The other six began to look a little sad and grim.

"Sorry, Leroy, she's new." Ruby told the former dwarf.

"...Then I'll tell her... He was my brother," Leroy said before looking at Cathleen. "Stealthy was another one of my brothers."

"Was?" Cathleen asked.

"I got into trouble in The Enchanted Forest and King George threw me in prison," Leroy explained. "Stealthy came to rescue me and that was where we met Snow White. We were almost out until King George's men surrounded us and an arrow was shot... Then Stealthy met the arrow to protect me."

"Oh, my gosh!" Cathleen gasped sadly. "I'm so sorry to hear that... That must've been really hard on you guys."

"It really was," Leroy said softly. "I was nearly next until Snow White stood up for me and gave herself up and took my place in prison since The Evil Queen hated her guts."

"I know that he wouldn't want you to be upset." Cathleen said softly.

"I know," Leroy nodded. "We all miss him so much."

"Your eggs will be ready soon, guys." Granny said.

"Thanks, Granny." Six of the men replied as the final one held out a notepad that said the same thing.

"Seems like everyone eats over here in town." Cathleen said.

"Tell me about it," Ruby smirked. "You'd swear Granny's diner was the only place to get food around here."

Cathleen chuckled as both girls headed to the kitchen to see if Granny needed any help. Floyd began to cook up in the kitchen, making the dwarves' faovrite breakfast which was mostly eggs.

"Good to see you working for a change and not just flirting with customers." Granny said to Ruby.

"Hey, I care about my job," Ruby shrugged. "...Most of the time... I especially don't need to do that anymore... Now that I have Dorothy."

"Let's just hope the new intern does better than you whenever he decides to show up." Granny teased.

"Oh? A new intern?" Cathleen asked.

"Yeah, he signed up around last week from school to join the Work-Study program with Bubbles and Buttercup," Granny said. "Hopefully he's a better waitress than Ruby." she then smirked.

"Granny!" Ruby whined.

"What's his name?" Cathleen asked.

"Rex." Granny said.

"Rex?" Cathleen's eyes widened. "...No, it couldn't be... Could it...? ...Well, I just hope that Cherry's doing all right at the pawnshop."

Meanwhile...

"I could be stacking books and pointing people where to go, but nooo... I had to come here just because Cath wanted an adventure..." Cherry rolled her eyes as she stood behind the counter. "Now I'm stuck in a boring old place with boring old stuff kept by a boring old man."

"Boring, huh?" Gold teased as he came up behind her.

"Uh... W-What I meant to say was educational..." Cherry grinned bashfully as she slowly faced him, though that didn't scare her like it did with most people in Storybrooke.

"Of course you did." Gold smirked at her.

Cherry just rolled her eyes at him.

"I want to show you something when we have a break," Gold said. "You might like it."

"I don't like most things, so good luck with that." Cherry scoffed.

"Oh, trust me... You will..." Gold reassured.

Cherry groaned as her head hit the table.

"Would you rather be at the library with Belle, Velma, and Aurelia?" Gold asked.

"Maybe," Cherry smirked as she rested her hand under her cheek. "At least Belle's cool to hang around with."

"Oh? Better than me?" Gold asked as he raised an eyebrow.

"Yep." Cherry replied.

Gold rolled his eyes playfully and poked her on her nose.

"Augh!" Cherry glared before slapping his hand away with a small smirk. "Quit it."

Gold chuckled. "You know that you love me~" he then told her.

Cherry soon went over to the door and flipped over the sign.

"What're you doing?" Gold asked. "It's not time for my break."

"People won't know the difference," Cherry said before locking the door. "You said you wanted to show me something."

"...Keep this to yourself and not to anyone else." Gold told her.

"I'll see what I can do," Cherry shrugged as she walked away from the door. "...Even though Cath's having a hard time right now."

"I was sure, especially with your Lycan friend, that this would be too much." Gold nodded.

"I won't say much though," Cherry sighed. "I still feel bad that I haven't told her about the What a Cartoon gang being behind this and their leader."

"I understand..." Gold said as he sat behind his work desk in the backroom of his shop. "It'll all come full circle soon enough."

"I just don't know if I can keep this up," Cherry said. "Have you been doing research on the so-called leader of the What a Cartoon gang?"

"I haven't, but I might do some work tonight if Belle doesn't mind," Gold said before kicked a box over to her. "Check this out."

Cherry glanced at him before opening the box and gasped. "The Cartoon Cartoon Fridays F Disc... The plaque for The Cartoon Theater... A Fancy Anvil Award..." she said as she looked inside the old props before looking at him funny. "How do you have all of this?"

"It's a funny story, even though Edwin's dimwitted friend works part-time at the newer Cartoon Theater that showed up after the Cartoon Network characters recreated our world into this city." Gold chuckled sheepishly.

"Speaking of the Eds, what happened to them in this world?" Cherry asked. "Where are they right now?"

"Like I said, the dumber boy, no offense to him of course, Ed, works at the movie theater, the one who calls himself Double D sometimes helps out in the library after school, and Edwin, or as you called him, Eddy, comes here after school to work." Gold said.

"Does he by any chance try to take some of your stuff to sell them?" Cherry rolled her eyes.

"Yes, and sometimes I have to scare him into not doing that." Gold nodded.

"I'd just hate to imagine if he sold yours and Belle's teacup," Cherry said. "He'd probably have to prepare for his funeral right after."

"You know me so well." Gold grinned.

"Heh... I try," Cherry shrugged. "Did you find anything about getting Sledgehammer's memory back? Maybe he can tell us about who is behind all of this." she then asked.

"He knows who his fallen leader is, but since he's part of the gang, he has no interest in helping you or Miss Ross." Gold replied.

"But can he tell us who did this to all of them if you or Regina didn't do it?" Cherry asked.

"That sounds dangerous..." Gold warned.

"Well, either you find a way for us to find out or you can do spy work for me tonight and watch over the What a Cartoon gang." Cherry crossed her arms, trying to be brave against him.

"Oh, such a bossy type, I see..." Gold teased.

"I mean it." Cherry flashed him a look.

"You have to remember... I was Rumplestiltskin..." Gold reminded with a smirk. "You shouldn't cross me or break a deal with me."

"I remember..." Cherry said as she crossed her arms. "Just do what you can tonight and maybe we'll meet back up if Cath doesn't wanna go anywhere... Any clubs to hang out here? I remember The Rabbit Hole from when I first came here."

"Someplace called Club Paradise," Gold said before shrugging a bit. "I haven't been... Apparently, it's very exclusive about who can go in and out. I had no interest in visiting with Belle since I like having a private evening with her whenever we have Date Night."

"I might take Cath there then to distract her from the craziness." Cherry said.

"That would be a good idea." Gold replied.

"All right then..." Cherry said as she checked the box and saw more old Cartoon Network stuff. "A snowglobe?" she then asked.

"From the Christmas party in December of 2003," Gold told her. "It was a special 10-day event called 'A Cartoon Christmas' where they had a special holiday celebration like Shocktober for Halloween or Grinch Week after Thanksgiving in 2000."

"I vaguely remember that," Cherry said before taking out a Christmas pop-up book and opened it to see a dinner scene with The Grim Reaper, Dick Dastardly, Cow, Dexter, Top Cat, Penelope Pitstop, Johnny Bravo, and Tom Cat at the table with The Powerpuff Girls hiding underneath the table with cupcakes. "Ah... I remember these old pop-up books like with The Powerpuff Girls, Dexter's Lab, and Evil Con Carne... I always wanted one."

"Here's an interesting artifact." Gold said as he pulled up a small spaceship.

"That was from Cartoon Network Invaded." Cherry memorized.

"I see you vaguely remember that," Gold smirked as he showed it to her. "And your mission to help save Cartoon Network at that time."

"That was an adventure?" Cherry asked.

"Believe it or not, yes," Gold replied. "And to think that mess all started with The Broccoloids that The Powerpuff Girls had to face."

"I kinda sorta remember that..." Cherry said.

"Now the question is what happened to those three missing kids." Gold then said.

"Cathleen says that she keeps having dreams about them, but they were foggy in her dream." Cherry nodded.

"Do you have any ideas?" Gold asked her.

"I'm gonna talk with Mother Superior and see if she's seen anything with the other sisters since she's looking after those orphans you guys keep talking about," Cherry said. "Though... I find it odd that Cath has a daughter from the future in this timeline."

"Yes, because she and Rex adopted a child." Gold informed.

"That's not what I mean," Cherry said. "I mean with how she's somehow in this timeline, wherever she came from... Also, did Mike Mazinsky have a brother I don't know about?"

"...You mean Dylan." Gold guessed.

"Yeah," Cherry replied. "Called himself Dylan Mazinsky."

"...You should go talk to Mother Superior and see if you can see those kids in private," Gold replied. "You might not listen to me if I told you the truth."

Cherry gave him a look before shrugging with a sigh. "Whatever..." she then said. "Something really weird is going on around here and it's not just the curse that Henry told us about."

"I'm sorry, Cherry, but if you want to know..." Gold replied.

"Unless there's something you're not telling me..." Cherry said. "...Like you're The Dark One again."

"I'm never doing that again," Gold assured. "I don't want to hurt you or Belle again... Trust me."

"I hope not... Especially since Aurelia is in our family now..." Cherry said softly. "I don't know if I'll stay in Storybrooke forever, but I want to be able to trust you again."

"You know that you can always trust me." Gold reassured her.

"Sometimes I don't know anymore... But I do right now..." Cherry's eyes shifted.

"I'm a changed man, you know that." Gold reminded.

"Blah, blah, blah..." Cherry replied as she kept looking in the box. "Man... It's hard to believe that I used to see this stuff all the time... Now it's just here collecting dust everywhere."

"Yes, I kept it all just in case it was time to show you." Gold said a smirk formed on his face.

"I bet it was," Cherry rolled her eyes. "I'm starting to miss the bookstore right about now."

"Come now, you're glad to be back, I just know it." Gold reassured.

"Well... Maybe a little bit," Cherry shrugged. "Even if I was hoping for a life without crazy and hectic adventures for a while. I was so happy and bored of a normal life for a while."

"And you get to spend more time with me~" Gold added as he soon kissed her on the cheek.

"Ah!" Cherry gasped and blushed from the kiss.

"I have certainly missed that..." Gold said with a small smirk.

"...Mystery first, then we'll have some fluff." Cherry narrowed her eyes.

"That's not what you said the other night." Gold kept his smirk.

Cherry narrowed her eyes as she then continued to look into the box. "Gosh... I sure do miss this old logo..." she then sighed as she took out a T-Shirt that had the classic black and white checkered Cartoon Network logo from 1992 to 2004 before she took out another T-Shirt with the more current logo from 2004 to 2010. "This one's not bad, it's just not as iconic or nostalgic as the other one I grew up with," she then took out a book that said "Cartoon Network of '97". "Huh... I never knew about this..." she then said before opening the book to see pictures of the many different Cartoon Network characters, having fun and taking pictures and one picture was of Mike Mazinsky and the Eds making funny faces with a note that read: "Best Friends Forever".

"Classic Era, huh?" Gold chuckled.

"Yeah... Seeing all these guys just fills my inner child with delight," Cherry nodded as she took a closer look at the image of Mike. "...Looks like Mike Mazinsky and the Eds were good friends."

"They considered her an Honorary Ed," Gold nodded. "May 27th, 2001 was a grim day for Mike, Lu, & Og."

"May 27th, 2001..." Cherry memorized. "The day their show got cancelled after the airing of The Three Amigas and Sleeping Ugly." she then turned to the front page that said "What a Cartoon!".

"What a Carton/World Premiere Toons," Gold said to her. "Launch date: February 20th, 1995."

"I'm too young to remember all of that," Cherry said. "Those were just faint memories. A long time ago before Cath became my friend of course and WAAAY before you showed up in my life."

"That is true, my dear." Gold nodded.

"Hey, I guess that Mike was friends with these guys too." Cherry then said.

"Yes, I suppose she was." Gold replied.

"We're gonna find her eventually," Cherry said. "I don't know when, where, and how... But Mike will be found eventually."

"Yes, I suppose she was." Gold replied.

"We're gonna find her eventually," Cherry said. "I don't know when, where, and how... But Mike will be found eventually."

"And we will, no matter what." Gold nodded at her.

Cherry soon went to put the box away.

"Back to work?" Gold asked.

"I guess..." Cherry shrugged as she went to open the store back up. "I just hope that Cathleen is doing okay."

"I'm sure that she's fine." Gold told her.

"Yeah, now, but how long will it last?" Cherry shrugged. "She tends to get into trouble easily, especially with that temper of hers."

"I have a feeling that Ruby and Mrs. Lucas are showing her all around the diner and showing her some other ways," Gold reassured. "She'll be all right."

"I sure hope so." Cherry said softly.

"You can check on her around lunchtime and check in with Mother Superior," Gold smiled as he hugged her waist from behind. "You're getting so close to the mystery, I can almost feel it."

"Ah!" Cherry gasped from the hug and looked back at him. "Erm... Well... It's no trouble... Even if I'm no detective like Mystery Inc or my good friend Atticus."

"Well, you're my little detective." Gold smirked.

"Well... I... Um... Thank you..." Cherry blushed.

"It's my pleasure..." Gold smirked at her.

Cherry grinned bashfully, leaning back before yelping as she suddenly fell since the door swung open and the store bells jingled once the door opened.

"Gold... My tree is dying." Regina glared as she stormed over, showing a rotten and blackened apple.

"Perhaps it's your fertilizer." Gold smirked as she helped Cherry up off of the floor.

"Eugh... Talk about rotten to the core..." Cherry grimaced at the apple.

"I think the magic we have is dying out because of those meddling Cartoon Network characters." Regina glared.

"We're still solving it," Gold told her. "Don't get your knickers in a twist."

"Making yourself useful?" Regina asked Cherry.

"Yes, Regina," Cherry replied. "At least you're a more competent mayor than The Mayor of Townsville."

"That's not very hard to do." Regina smirked.

"Is there anything else you need, Regina?" Gold soon asked the woman.

"I also need you to get rid of something," Regina replied firmly. "There is a duck in my pool and I was hoping that you could get rid of it."

"Wait a minute... Duck?" Cherry spoke up urgently. "Was it a duckling in a blue shirt and did it have a gator with him?"

"Yes to the first question and no, there was no gator with it." Regina replied.

"Hard Luck Duck..." Cherry realized.

"Though you'd know a lot about a gator, wouldn't you, Mr. Gold?" Regina then asked.

"Excuse me, Killian called me 'Crocodile'." Mr. Gold rolled his eyes, sounding insulted.

"My mistake," Regina deadpanned. "Also, the duckling said something about a Fallen Leader."

"Gold, do you think that we should grab Hard Luck Duck and bring him here?" Cherry asked. "He won't be dangerous like Sledgehammer O'Possum unless Harley Gator is with him."

"Hmm... Well, I suppose that we should," Gold replied before nodding. "Yes. We should. That would be a good idea."

"By all means," Regina replied as she walked off. "And fix my tree while you're at it!"

Gold rolled his eyes. "Yes, Your Majesty."

"Looks like we have a new quest," Cherry remarked. "Getting Hard Luck Duck out of The Evil Queen's swimming pool."

Gold soon put flipped the closed sign on his door and added a note that said "BE RIGHT BACK" on it and soon headed off to Regina's house with the assistance of Cherry.