A/N: Short chapter, as the next one will most likely be, but bear with me! I'm still trying to see where the story leads me on top of getting back into the swing of writing after a dormant period. I'd like to finish this fanfic before university starts back up again, but depending on how long this turns out to be, I may not. Oh, and all OUAT characters do not belong to me.
Snow hesitated. She knew not to give her true name or the name of the Enchanted Forest—something about them apparently made her seem crazy. Still, she had to give Vicky something. And she'd have to remember it for future reference. She racked her brain for a name that she hoped was as common here as in the Enchanted Forest.
"Mary," she began tentatively. "Mary Margaret. That's my name and I'm from...a tiny kingd– a small town. Near the woods."
Vicky nodded, seemingly satisfied. "And where're you headed?" She prompted.
"Wherever you're willing to take me." Snow answered honestly.
The older woman nodded quietly and they drove in silence for what Snow assumed was a few miles—cars were so fast—watching the town unfold before her. It seemed that there were lights and signs that could control the beasts, the cars. There were plenty of houses, all painted different colors or built in different styles, some with their own small bodies of water behind them or miniature castles built way up in trees that children played on. She smiled, imagining Emma playing in her own miniature castle one day. Her smile faded when she remembered that Emma would never get to see the real castle that was supposed to have been her home.
She bit her lower lip to stop the sting of tears and looked around as the car began to slow. They stopped in front of a small, yellow house with an untamed garden out front and Snow was pleased to find that she recognized the flowers. Roses, lilies, even a few sunflowers, were hidden amongst the steadily growing weeds.
"It's not much," Vicky was saying as she got out of the car, and Snow scrambled out after her after an awkward moment with the lock and the door handle. "But it's something. You can stay in our guest room for a bit, just until you get on your feet and get a job and all." She turned to look at Snow with a smile and she realized that her eyes were a light blue, as blue as the sky on a cloudless day and just as comforting.
"Can't just leave you on the side of the road expecting a baby and all."
Unable to press back the swell of emotion that washed over her, Snow wrapped the older woman in a hug. "Thank you," She breathed. "Thank you so much."
Vicky pat Snow's back a bit awkwardly at first, ensnared in the embrace, before taking a step back. "Now, c'mon. You can meet the girls and get settled in."
She headed inside the small, sunny house and Snow, after taking a moment to look around the new place that would be her temporary home, followed her.