Caitlynn was walking around as then she came by sheriff station and saw that Henry was walking inside of it and she followed him inside. Henry sat down and grabbed his book as then Caitlynn comes inside and Henry clearly heard her and looked up. "Aunt, Caitlynn." He said to her.
"Hey." Caitlynn said as she walked further and saw that Mary Margaret was gone. Emma had said to Caitlynn that Mary Margaret was convicted for murder. Then Caitlynn walked back. "Mary is gone." She said to him as he looked up.
"She's gone?" Henry asked worried but also enthusiast.
"Yes." Caitlynn said as then they hear someone coming and they saw it was Emma and Mr. Gold.
"Henry. Caitlynn." Emma asked to Henry. "What are you doing here?"
"I came to congratulate you." Henry said to her.
"For what?" Emma asked confused.
"Your genius plan." Henry replied enthusiast.
"And what plan's that, Henry?" Mr. Gold asked to Henry as he didn't answer him. Then Mr. Gold said. "Right." He walked away.
"Sorry. I thought Mr. Gold was in on it now that he's Ms. Blanchard's lawyer." Henry explained it to Emma.
"In on what?" Emma asked curiously about what going on.
"The escape plan." Henry replied to her as then he put his book in the bag.
"The what?" Emma asked confused again and looked at her sister as she just shrugged at her.
"Sheriff, could you join me, please?" They all looked at each other as then they walked to Mr. Gold as then he said to Emma. "She's gone."
"Henry, what did you do?" Emma asked as she walked to the cell, where Mary Margaret was.
"Nothing." Henry replied to her as he held his hands up. "She was gone when aunt Caitlynn and I got here."
"Her arraignment's tomorrow. If she's not there…" He was cut off by Emma.
"She's a fugitive. Doesn't matter if she's convicted for Kathryn or not, she's screwed. I have to go find her before someone notices she's missing." Emma said to them as she walked to her office.
"Oh, you mean Regina? The arraignment's at 8:00 A.M." Mr. Gold said to her.
"I'm sure she'll be here bright and early to celebrate her victory." Emma said as she grabbed a pistol and put it in her jacket.
"You have until 8:00 A.M. then." Mr. Gold said to her as he looked at her.
"Uh, what about me? How can I help?" Henry asked as he walked a bit forwards to her office.
"Go home." Emma replied to him as she walked out of her office.
"Emma. If she leaves Storybrooke…" Henry began as he was cut off by Emma.
"Not now, Henry. Come on." She said to her son.
"I will help you." Caitlynn said to her sister as Emma sighed.
"Caitlynn." Emma began…
Caitlynn at her sister. "Don't Caitlynn me. I'm going to help you, Emma." Emma nodded at her sister while Mr. Gold was watching them, he saw something about Caitlynn, like she believed.
Then Mr. Gold said to Emma. "Ms. Swan, I know time is of the essence, but if Ms. Blanchard doesn't return, her future's in jeopardy, and if you're caught helping her, so is yours."
"I don't care. I'd rather lose my job than my friend." Emma said to him as then she looked at her sister who nodded to her. Then they walked away to find Mary Margaret.
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Emma and Caitlynn stepped into the car of Emma and then they drove away. Then later they were on a road and the weather was bad. They saw a little late the man walking and had nearly hit the man. The man dove and fell on the ground as Emma stopped the car.
Emma run out of the car as followed by her sister. "I'm so sorry!" She called to the man.
"Are you okay?" Caitlynn asked to him as she looked worried.
"I didn't see you there." Emma then said to the man.
"Uh, I-I think so." The man said to them.
"Are you sure?" Emma asked to the man.
"I'm fine." The man replied to her. "I'm not used to sharing the road with cars so late. You're the sheriff, aren't you?"
"Yeah." Emma said to the man.
The man looked at Caitlynn. "And you are girl who walks sometimes with Mr. Gold." He said to her.
"Wow, are you watching me?" Caitlynn asked sarcastic as then she said to him, when he didn't replied to her. "I'm joking."
Then the man asked to them. "What brings you two out here in the middle of the night?"
"Oh, nothing to worry about. We are just looking for a lost dog." Emma replied to the man.
"Well, I hope you two find it." The man said to them.
"Thank you." Emma said to him.
Then Caitlynn noticed that he walked differently. "Oh, you are hurt."
"No, I just twisted my ankle, I think. I live just a mile down the road." The man pointed with his head on the road. "I'll make it okay." He said to them.
"No, let me drive you." Emma said to the man as then Caitlynn said to him. "We insist."
"Thank you." He nodded as then he introduced to them. "I'm Jefferson." He held his hand out.
"Emma." Emma said as she shake hands with him.
Then he let go of her hand and he held a hand out to Caitlynn. "Caitlynn." She said to him as she also shake hands with him.
Then they walked to the car and drove to Jefferson's house.
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Later they arrived at the house from Jefferson. He stepped out of the car as Caitlynn and Emma did the same.
"Wow. This is your house?" the twins asked together. Then Emma said to him. "It looks more like a hotel. You must have a huge family."
"No. It's just me." He said to them as he laughed a little to the twins, when they said something together.
"Here. Wait." Emma turned off her car and walked to Jefferson, to help him with his limp as Caitlynn walked behind them.
A few moments later they were inside and Jefferson was busy with thee. Then a moment later he came inside the living room with thee.
"Here we go." He put it on the table. "I thought you might want to warm up for your search." Jefferson poured thee in the cup and gave it to Emma, then he poured another one and gave it to Caitlynn. "It's cold out there."
"That is kind of you, but I think we should get back to it." Emma said to him.
"I know. That's why I brought this. I'm a bit of an amateur cartographer." Jefferson said to them as he grabbed the map and lay it down on the table. "Mapping the area is a hobby. Maybe this will help you track down your dog."
"Wow." Caitlynn found it beautiful as she took a sip from her drink.
"What's his name?" Jefferson asked to them.
"Spot." Emma replied to him as she also took a sip from her drink.
"Cute." Jefferson said to her.
Emma took another sip from her drink as Caitlynn did as well and walked to the bank and sat down. "Well, route 6 runs the boundary of the forest, so…" They began to feel weird. "So if I just follow that, I should… Be able to…"
"Is something wrong?" Jefferson asked to the girls as he looked to Emma and then to Caitlynn.
"I'm just, uh, feeling a little Oh." Emma leaned at the table as Caitlynn grabbed her head with her hand.
Then Emma almost fell as Jefferson help her. "Let me help you." He grabbed her.
"Dizzy." Emma and Caitlynn said at the same time.
"Let's just lie you down here." Jefferson said to Emma as he lay her down and Caitlynn fell and landed on the bank and she also lay down. "There you go." He walked normal to the window. "Let me get you some air."
"You're limp." Emma gasped.
"Oh. That. I guess you caught me." Jefferson said to her.
"Who are you?" Emma asked before she fell pass out.
"You are mad." Caitlynn said as she also pass out after she said that.
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Then later they woke up and saw Jefferson wasn't in the room anymore. Emma picked up a pillow with her mouth and throws it on the cup. Then she kicked against the pillow and she throws the pillow away and saw that the cup was in pieces. Then she sat on the ground and grabbed one of the pieces and free herself, when she was free, she helped her sister. Then she saw also free and they looked for an open window, but they were closed. Then Emma saw a telescope and whispered to Caitlynn. "Caitlynn, look." Caitlynn walked to her sister and they looked one for one into the telescope.
"The man's crazy." Caitlynn whispered as Emma nodded to her.
Then Emma walked to the door and saw it was not quite shut and she opened the door further. Caitlynn walked to her as Emma looked through the door split and saw that Jefferson was busy to make scissors sharp. Then Emma opened the door a little further so she and Caitlynn could get out. Emma closed the door after Caitlynn went through. They walked silence in the house, but then was a crack, that was heard by Jefferson and they walked now normally to a door and Emma opened it and they went through and Emma closed the door behind her. Then they hear whispers and looked that Mary Margaret was tied up.
"Emma. Caitlynn." She whispered to them. "Help me."
"What is going on?" Caitlynn asked/whispered as Emma hurried to Mary Margaret.
"Emma, thank God." Mary Margaret said to Emma.
"What are you doing here?" Emma asked to her as she freed her.
"I was in the woods, trying to get away. This man appeared out of nowhere and grabbed me. Why are you here?" She explained.
"I've been trying to find you. You escaped, remember? How did you get out?" Emma asked to Mary Margaret.
"There was a key in my cell, under my pillow. Someone put it there." Mary Margaret explained it to her as she stood up.
"Who?" Caitlynn asked as Emma is making her way to the door.
"I don't know. I'd like to know just as much as you." Mary Margaret replied to her.
Emma looked through the door and motion to Caitlynn and Mary Margaret that they could come out. So all of them walked out of the door and they didn't look to the left side as they hear a gun and then they looked to Jefferson, who was standing there.
"I see you found "spot." Jefferson said to them as he have his gun in his hand.
"I've already called for backup. They'll be here any second." Emma said to him.
"You haven't called anybody for the same reason you didn't tell me about her. You don't want anybody to know you're here, which means nobody does. So now tie her back up." Jefferson said to her as they walked back to the room where they found Mary Margaret.
Emma ties her up as Mary Margaret said to her. "Emma."
"It's gonna be okay." Emma does a cloth for the mouth from Mary Margaret. Then Emma stood up. "Your telescope. You've been watching me. Why?"
"I need you to do something." Jefferson said to her as then he looked at Caitlynn. "That goes the same for your sister."
They walked the door out.
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Jefferson pushed Emma and Caitlynn in another room, then Jefferson closed the door as Emma said to him. "I don't know what you think you're doing, but if you hurt my friend, I swear I'll make you regret it."
"Hurt her? I'm saving her life." Jefferson said to Emma.
"How do you figure that?" Emma asked to him.
"Don't play stupid. We both know what happens when people try to leave Storybrooke." Jefferson explained.
"What are you talking about?" Emma asked confused.
"The curse." Jefferson replied to her.
"What curse?" Emma asked as she didn't believe him and looked at her sister, who was very quiet.
"The one keeping us all trapped. All except you and your sister." Jefferson said to her.
"Have you been reading Henry's book?" Emma asked to him.
"Henry? You mean the Queen's father?" Jefferson asked confused.
"Henry, the mayor's adopted kid." Emma replied to him.
"Oh, Henry. Your Henry. And his book of stories, the ones that you choose to ignore. Maybe if you knew what I know, you wouldn't." Jefferson said to her.
"Why have you been spying on me?" Emma asked suspicions.
"Because for the last 28 years, I've been stuck in this house, day after day, always the same, until one night, you, in your little yellow bug, roll into town, and the clock ticks and things start to change. You see I know what you refuse to acknowledge, Emma. You're special. You brought something precious to Storybrooke magic." Jefferson explained.
"You're insane." Caitlynn said as Emma was surprised that she said something.
"Because I speak the truth?" Jefferson looked between the sisters.
"Because you're talking about magic." Emma replied to him.
"I'm talking about what I've seen. Perhaps you're the one that's mad." Jefferson walked around the room.
"Really?" Emma asked as she didn't believe him.
"What's crazier than seeing and not believing? Because that's exactly what you've been doing since you got to our little Hamlet." Jefferson walked to Emma. "Open your eyes. Look around. Wake up. Isn't it about time?" He looked right in her eyes. "Your sister believing it, in a short time that she had been here." Caitlynn looked emotionless to Jefferson.
Emma looked at her sister confused and then she looked back to him. "What do you want?"
"I want you to get it to work." He said to her as he pushed her to the bureau and let her sit down.
"You want me to get what to work?" Emma asked as she looked at the table.
"You're the only one that can do this." Jefferson said as he stood close to her. "And you're gonna get it to work."
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Emma looked confused at the table as Jefferson came her and said to her. "Make one like that."
"You want me to make a hat? You don't have enough?" Emma asked to him.
"Well, none of them work, do they? Or else you wouldn't be here. Now make a hat and get it to work." He demanded to her.
"I don't…" Emma was cut off by Jefferson.
"You have magic. You can do it." He encouraged her.
"The hats, the tea your psychotic behavior. You think you're the Mad Hatter." Emma said to him as Caitlynn laughed at little as she think about it.
"My name's Jefferson." He said to them as he heard Caitlynn her little laugher.
"Okay. You've clearly glommed on to my kid Henry's thing. They're just stories. The Mad Hatter is in "Alice in Wonderland," a book. A book I actually read. Stories." Emma explained it to him.
"Stories? What's a story? When you were in high school, did you learn - about the civil war?" Jefferson asked to her.
"Yeah, of course." Emma replied as Caitlynn nodded to him.
"How? Did you read about it, perchance, in a book? How is that any less real than any other book?" Jefferson asked to her.
"History books are based on history." Emma replied as she sighed.
"And storybooks are based on what, imagination? Where does that come from? It has to come from somewhere. You know what the issue is with this world? Everyone wants a magical solution for their problem, and everyone refuses to believe in magic. Now get it to work." Jefferson said to her as he stood up.
"Here's the thing, Jefferson, this is it. This is the real world." Emma explained it to him.
"A real world. How arrogant are you to think yours is the only one? There are infinite more. You have to open your mind. They touch one another, pressing up in a long line of lands, each just as real as the last. All have their own rules. Some have magic. Some don't. And some need magic like this one. And that's where you come in. You and your friends are not leaving here until you make my hat. Until you get it to work." He demanded to her.
"And then what?" Emma asked to him.
"Then I go home." Jefferson replied to her.
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Emma stood frustrated up. "I can't make it work. What you're asking me is impossible."
Jefferson stood up and walked to the table and grabbed the hat. "No! It has to be. If it's not, I'm never going home. I'll be cursed to live in this house forever." He said that as he lay the hat on the table.
"What is so cursed about your life? Look at this place. It's beautiful. It doesn't seem cursed to me." Emma stood up.
"It's cursed because like everyone else here, what I love has been ripped from me." Jefferson pointed at the window. "Take a look. Her name is Grace. Here it's Paige. But it's Grace. My Grace." He looked outside. "Do you have any idea what it's like to watch her day in and day out, happy, with a new family, with a new father?"
"You think she's your daughter?" Emma asked to him.
"I don't think." Jefferson replied quickly to her. "I know. I remember. She has no idea who I am, our life together, where we come from. I do. That's my curse. To remember. What good is this house, these things, if I can't share them with her?"
"If you really think she's your daughter, why don't you reach out to her? Why don't you tell her?" Emma asked to him.
"And destroy her reality? I'm trapped by knowledge. How cruel do you think I am? You think I'd inflict that awareness on my daughter? It's hard enough to live in a land where you don't belong, but knowing it, holding conflicting realities in your head will drive you mad." Jefferson explained it to her.
"That's why you want me to make the hat work, isn't it? You just wanna take Grace home, to your world."
"It's the one world where we can be together. Where she'll remember who I am."
"I know what it's like to be separated from your kid."
"Yeah, you do, don't you?"
"It can make you feel like you're losing your mind."
"I'm not losing my mind. I'm not crazy. This is real."
"Maybe."
"Maybe it is. You believe?"
"If what you say is true, that woman in the other room is my mother." Emma had teary eyes. "And I want to believe that more than anything in the world. So maybe you're right. Maybe I need to open myself up more. Maybe if I want magic, I have to start believing."
"So you're gonna help me? You can get it to work?" Jefferson asked hopefully.
"I can try." Emma said as Jefferson turned around, Emma didn't think as she grabbed the telescope and hit it on the head from Jefferson. He falls near on the ground unconscious. "Crazy son of a bitch." Then Emma looked at her sister who nodded to her, then Emma grabbed the gun and she and Caitlynn run out the room and run to Mary Margaret's room where she was tied up.
"Hey. It's all right. I'm gonna get you out of here. You're gonna be okay. He can't hurt you anymore." Emma said as she busy to free her.
"Emma, look out!" Mary Margaret said but it was too late as Jefferson came inside and pushed Emma on the ground and took Mary Margaret and Caitlynn with him.
Then Emma and Jefferson were fighting and Jefferson succeeded that Emma fell on the ground and Jefferson grabbed the hat and pointed his gun to her. "Off with his head." He said to her.
Then Caitlynn was pist off and grabbed something and throw it against Jefferson as Mary Margaret kicked him and he fell out of the window. "Are you okay?" Mary Margaret asked to them.
"Yeah." Emma replied as Caitlynn nodded.
Emma and Caitlynn grabbed their stuff and put on their jackets and walked outside to find Jefferson, but they didn't find him. "There's no sign of him anywhere." Caitlynn said to them.
"Who was he?" Mary Margaret asked as she picked up the hat and then gave it to Emma.
"A very lonely man. By the way, have you been taking kickboxing and not telling me about it?" Emma asked to her.
"I have no idea where that came from." Mary Margaret replied to her.
Then they began to walk as Mary Margaret walked for and Emma and Caitlynn walked behind her. Then Mary Margaret called for Emma as Caitlynn followed. "Oh. Emma, look." Emma walked to her car and took the cloth off. Then she walked back to Mary Margaret as she said to her. "So, sheriff, I guess you'll be taking me back now."
"Here. Go." Emma throws the keys from her car to Mary Margaret.
"You want me to run?" Mary Margaret asked to her.
"No, but it's your choice. Just know something running ain't easy." Emma explained. "I've done my share of it. And once you go, there's no stopping."
"Emma, everyone thinks I killed Kathryn." Mary Margaret said to her as Caitlynn stood by the car.
"Mary Margaret, you have to believe me. You have to trust me. I know it seems impossible, but I can get you out of this." Emma said to her.
"Why is it so important to you what happens to me?" Mary Margaret asked confused.
"Because when Regina framed me, and you bailed me out, I asked you why, and you said you trusted me. And then when I wanted to leave Storybrooke 'cause I thought it was best for Henry, you told me I needed to stay because that was the best for him. And I realized, all my life, I have been alone. Walls up. Nobody's ever been there for me except for you. And I can't lose that. I cannot lose my family." Emma explained it to her as she looked at Mary Margaret.
"Family?" Mary Margaret asked to her.
"Friends. Whatever. You know what I mean. Wouldn't you rather face this together than alone?" Emma asked to her as Mary Margaret gave the keys back as then they all heard the clock. "The arraignment." Emma looked at Mary Margaret. "Regina."
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Then they came back to the town as Caitlynn stepped out of the car and walked to the hotel and Caitlynn walked to her room and she changed into her pajamas and she went to bed to sleep for the whole afternoon.
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