A/N: Beginning of Episode 2, which will probably be written in a few parts depending on whether I decide to tell Sophia's point of view in, drum roll please, in the Enchanted Forest! I have the next chapter in the works and I'll hopefully be posting it sooner rather than later! In the meantime, please read and review! Again, I own nothing but Sophia!
The next morning I woke up early, and couldn't figure out why. Something felt different, something in the air was off. It wasn't a bad off, just an odd off. I threw the blankets off of me, glancing at my alarm clock, trying to figure out what was so different. My room didn't look that different, the mirror across from my bed was still hanging, it's silver frame catching the light of the early morning. The light green walls of my room were washed in a morning light, just as it always was. Yet, something felt so strange. I turned in my room, the wood beneath my feed allowing easy spinning in my bare feet. Unable to find anything wrong in my room, I decided to get ready for the morning then go get some coffee from Ruby. I didn't always get a chance to stop there in the morning, often preferring sleep to an early morning trip for coffee, but being up early meant it was a good day for coffee.
With my uniform on and my hair tucked back in a black headband, I headed down to the coffee shop, passing by the clock without a thought until my mind registered something making me stop. My eyes moved to the clock, my heart doing a dance of happiness at the sight of the time. It wasn't stuck on the same time anymore, it was moving, it was keeping time. Time wasn't frozen anymore, and that had a large smile coming to my face. A large smile was unusual for my normally serious face, so I suppose the odd looks I was getting as I breezed into the coffee shop weren't really that odd. However, my smile fell as I spotted a newspaper in the hands of one of the patrons.
I quickly turned, grabbing a copy of the paper that I could read myself before taking a seat next to the woman gracing the cover. "Good picture," I said, laying the paper down so she could see it. "Ruby, can I get a coffee with milk, sugar, and cream please?" I asked, watching the woman as she pushed the paper away.
"It was a mistake," Was all she said, as I turned to notice Henry sitting at a booth nearby. I made a funny face at him, watching him smile before turning back to Emma.
"Clearly, just a warning, in this town simple mistakes are giant problems, especially when you are trifling with the Mayor," I noted, my face remaining calm as Emma turned to look at me.
"What do you know of the Mayor?" I didn't say anything for a moment, looking around to see who was listening before starting to speak.
"That she has her hands in a lot of different pockets, if that's even a term. She has spies and sources everywhere. Sad thing is, most people don't like her, but people are too scared to tell her that. She's always been in charge, and honestly, her motives are anything but pure," I said, leaving out that Regina was secretly the Evil Queen and that Emma was here to ruin her curse. I knew better than to try and convince her of that one, that was what Henry was for.
"She good with Henry?" Emma asked as Ruby set down my coffee, as well as a hot chocolate.
"From a secret admirer," Ruby said, pushing Emma's hot chocolate towards her. Emma looked disgusted for a moment, and I wondered who she believed her admirer to be.
"Do you know how many kids his age are in therapy? Let me answer that for you, about one. His mother put him there, what does that tell you?" I said, deciding to let that speak for itself as I got up with my coffee. "I have to get to class, and before you send that back, I'd check if your admirer would like that much," I said, motioning to Henry before giving him a wave goodbye.
"Bye Henry," I called as I left, stopping at the door to look at Emma as she headed to talk to Henry. "Bye Emma," I said, leaving the coffee shop and heading towards school, my eyes trailing once again to the clock tower. Its movement was a sign that the ball was continuing to roll.