I apologize at the start for mistakes, misspellings, OOC, and verrings from canon.

This could be long because I want this to be where the series starts. One other thing, everyone in this has the potential for "going dark" but the reasons will be heroic.

EvilRegality93: Thanks for pointing the mistakes out. I plans lots of interactions and cooperations in this.

Victoria Black: I wish you were not just a guest, but this is my opportunity to thank you. Your review is the type of stuff I really need. And I guarantee you that there is a bigger reason for this coming together.

LOCISVU: You are not far off, but not in the way you think. The true drink stirrer has already been in the story. Heh heh heh.

The usual disclaimers....

Just so you know, this will NOT canonical. There will be some elements from the TV, but this is a much different story (for instance, the Author here and there will not be the same...) More of my feelings in future notes.

Anyway, here goes nuttin'...

The next day: 6am.

The Convent/Storybrooke, ME

The public persona of Ruehl Ghorm was that of proper, every-red-hair-in-place perfectionist. Nothing was out of place when you saw her. The type of person that if butter would touch her, the butter would freeze.

But it was 6am. The sun was yet to rise. And Ruehl Ghorm was nothing like the Mother Superior or even the Blue Fairy that they were used to seeing. Hair all wild. No make up. Freckles in full ago view. Dried drool spilling from the lips. This Ruehl Ghorm was a complete, total, absolute blessed, magnificent mess.

And there have been times in the past that Blue reveled in that. The public Blue Fairy starts at 9 in the morning and ends in the evening. the private one stumbles around in her chambers wearing flannel and a robe, more often than not with a bottle of Orange Crush and a bag of Humpty Dumpty Potato Chips in bed, binge watching Netflix (currently half way through Bates Motel. with Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt on queue).

She lived alone until a few months ago when her "protege" needed a place to stay...with her rather grumpy boyfriend. But with Leroy at the mines and Nova "on assignment," The Blue Fairy had the place all to herself this morning.

She thought.

Blue was on her way to the kitchen to grab some Froot Loops and milk when the aroma of sausage, eggs, and toast filled the hall and her senses. She didn't have to ask...Nova's back. Probably because her assignment failed.

Nova was a clumsy fairy, but for someone so clumsy, she was also skilled in the kitchen, enough to get that Fairy Corner spot on Good Morning Storybrooke. It was also more enough to keep Leroy happy, considering that he has not touched a drop of liquor since he and Blue made a truce and allowed the dwarf and Nova to be together.

Also for such a clumsy fairy, it seemed that the pink fairy could set a nice morning table. A table at which, at the moment was set for two.

"When did you get back, Nova?" The younger fairy was the only one that she called by name...all the other fairies were referred to by their assigned color.

Nova a a bundle of energy, part natural...part a potion that Maleficent said her partner Holly imported from Boston...codenamed Monster. "About an hour," the fairy replied to Blue. "I just had enough time to make some breakfast and give you an update, then poof back to Los Angeles..."

"I wish you stop using the word 'poof' like it was a accepted technical term, Nova. The correct term is 'materialize...' By the way, this smells good."

"Should taste better." Nova's cooking seemed to be one of the few things she was confident in doing, but of late, it seemed that she was more confidant about more things. Blue would have to admit that maybe that dwarf she's been with has had a positive effect. And she also would have to admit the effect was reciprocal: Leroy has been alcohol-free for a month.

Breakfast was rushed, but not that rushed. Blue asked to report progress. Nova' story went like this:

Once upon a time there was a young man named Daniel Decker, who fell in love with a young woman named Eva Cameron. They fell deeply in love, And as it happens to people who fall deeply in love, a child was created. They named the lad Gregory, and he was a beautiful boy. They made quite the family.

And then young Gregory became sick. Very sick. The disease he came down with was a very rare one, ones that require constant attention, medications, and hospitalization. And as good as the doctors were, they require payment for their services. And the payment or steep. The bills ran into the tens and then the hundreds of dollars. And the Bills had to be paid, or else young Gregory would die.

Danny and Eva where is the end of the ropes. Danny already was working 3 jobs just to make the minimum payment for the hospital and doctor bills. But the bills were starting to overtake even the ability to do that. But then he did not intend to see his beautiful young son die.

Denny's main job was working at the Port of Los Angeles. one day one of his coworkers told him about a part time job that he did...a delivery job that paid very well. One thing led to another, which led to Danny actually doing one delivery, and at that time Danny found out two things. 1 the job. Only paid very well unbelievably well delivery paid him $25,000. When he found out what he was delivering. Wrapped up in plastic bags 4 pounds and pounds of cocaine.

Both Danny and Eva were against drugs. But he promised Eva that that he'd do whatever to keep young Gregory alive. So Jenny went on board and he made a lot more money. and went to doctor bills. every last cent. Soon, Danny and Eva were able to breeze a little easier, and little Gregory was able to stay away from the hospital for long periods of time. But even while he was being cared at home, the bills for Gregory's care continue to mount. and so did he continued his deliveries. Of course Eva knew that he was making deliveries. But then he never said what they were. And if Eva knew what was being delivered, she kept it to herself.

Then one day, there was a knock on the door. When Eva opened that door, several heavily armed men rushed in. Gregory was crying, Eva was terrorized. Two men in suits who apparently have seen too many Jason Statham movies shoved the young mother against the wall and started to bark orders. She was handcuffed and sent downtown. While they led her to the car, Gregory was taken by someone else.

It was at the station that Eva found out about what her love had done, and where the money was going. The legal system seemed to be on the the couple's side, and one judge...a Ms. Wright...seemed very much on their side. Her words to Danny were encouraging: she recognized that what he was accused of was wrong, but she also realized why he did it. The inference of those words was a guilty verdict would equal a sympathetic response if Judge Wright.

But such was not the case. Danny's case was taken over by another judge: Richard Johnson who was elected on a hardline stance about drugs. Dark money from the usual suspects also helped. It was almost guaranteed that Danny would not get a light sentence from Johnson, that Danny would probably die in prison. And Gregory would die before his time without seeing his dad again...

"...and today is the verdict...," as Nova was concluding her story, and her scrambled eggs. "I'm holding Eva's hand through this. Danny's probably going to be convicted, and if so we have a month before sentencing, that's when we go to work."

Blue was listening, but the older fairy seemed pensive. Nova asked about it.

"The Author and I had a very long talk last night. He told me what the initial plan was, but he went further...this...exercise...is just part of a preparation for something larger. They don't know it yet, but we are here for a reason. The real story that is being written..." Blue stopped for a second, closed her eyes, and resumed. "He told me that evil and good must learn to work together for a much larger horror is coming. And it will take all of our abilities to stop it. And it will come soon, if it is not already here..."

TBC

This concludes the pilot episode. The next few chapters will be episode one. I'd appreciate any ideas of what challenges the heroes and villains can face on their way to the Big Bad. You can leave those in my private account. And, again, comments to let me know what I am doing.

Thank you.