P.O.V Change

Cora stared up at her young daughter as she hurried up the stairs, completely understanding her point of view.
After all she had been sent to another world at only three years of age.

"Mother!"

Cora turned back to her other daughter.

"When were you going to tell me about this?!"

"When I was sure . I don't understand what the problem is?"

Regina advanced on her mother.

"The problem is, this 'Watcher' turns up in Storybrooke and all of a sudden she's my sister! Excuse me if I don't believe that this is a coincidence!"

Cora placed a hand on Regina's shoulder"It is! I was just as shocked as you were when I saw her"

A look of realisation came over Regina's face.

"That's what you meant at the Sheriff's Station. That's why you reacted the way you did when you saw her"

Cora nodded at her.

"So who is she?"

Her mother kept her hand on her shoulder and looked at her hard "You already know her"

Regina could only stare at her mother "No..."

"Yes"

"But you told me she died!"

Cora remembered that conversation well. The way Regina broke down over her baby sister's supposed death, her words unintelligible over heavy sobs.

But Cora had to get rid of the child.
Regina had become incorrigible and over protective of the child and if Cora hadn't gotten rid of the child when she did, Regina might never have become Queen.

Regina moved to the stairs but Cora waved a hand and the barrier reappeared, giving a zap and causing the elder sister to bounce back.

"What is the matter with you?! Let me see my baby sister!"

"I can't allow that. Let her adjust to this. She doesn't even remember you!"

"Did you erase her memories?!"

"No"

"Then I'm in there somewhere!"

They stared each other down for a minute until Cora gave an exasperated "Fine" and with a wave of her hand the invisible barrier fizzled into non-existence.
She rolled her eyes, folded her arms and sighed as Regina disappeared upstairs.

'Children!'

Car tires screeched outside, but she paid no mind.

She thought back on the days that led up to the girl being sent away;

Regina had just celebrated her twenty first birthday a month and a half earlier, and within the month the little girl had become ill. Not severely so, but enough to make matters problematic.

She'd heard that the King was on look out for a wife and this was her chance to achieve her goal.

And so, just as the girl was recovering well, Cora sent her youngest daughter away and vowed the physician into silence.

Then conjuring a false body, had claimed that the girl had worsened and died in the night.

The King had arrived three months later.

Footsteps were heard thudding down the carpeted hall above her and Cora met the scared eyes of Regina as she almost threw herself over the railing above.

"What did you do?!" She screamed accusingly.

Cora remained calm, Regina was always accusing someone of something "I don't know what you mean?"

Regina made her way down as she spoke.

"She's gone! What did you do! Where did you send her?!"

"I didn't send her anywhere! I want her here as much as you do!"

"Well she's not here! Where could she have gone?! I doubt she's stupid enough to throw herself from the second floor! She could break something! You remember how fragile she was!"

"You don't know her now Regina! You saw how she was the other day when she went up against you, she's fearless! She scared The Evil Queen into remission! Maybe she is just stupid enough to jump from the second floor! Maybe she even landed on her feet without hurting herself, you don't know!"

her baby's words at the station echoed in her mind;

"I like to think I'm stupidly brave"

It seemed as if the baby of the family was exactly that.

P.O.V Change

(Ten Minutes Earlier)

Watcher hadn't exactly landed gracefully, in fact she had to bite down a yell as her ankle began to swell.

She had to drag herself out of Regina's yard and was now halfway down the block, gagging on bile at the thought of Cora being her mother.

'What would push a person to send away a child?! I could understand if they couldn't provide for it or something, but knowing Cora, it would be some sick reason about power and plans!'

She hobbled further on trying her best to forget everything she just found out.

A car pulled up in front of her, a red sports car, and out jumped Ruby.

"I have been looking everywhere for you! Where did you go?!" she paused momentarily as Watcher quickly wobbled over to her and she jumped forward to take her arm.

"What happened to you?!"

'Cora' was the only reply she got as she bundled the injured girl into the passenger seat.
Ruby ran to fall into the driver's seat and the tires screeched as Ruby executed a fast u-turn and made a beeline for The Hospital.

"So what did you do?" Ruby questioned when they were a fair distance away

"Jumped out a second story window..." Watcher said quietly hoping that She hadn't heard, but obviously she did if her next words were any indication.

"A second story window?!" she turned a corner viciously, narrowly avoiding another car.
She screamed a 'Sorry!' out the window but kept going, same speed and everything, arriving at The Hospital in fifteen minutes.

Ruby had to pull Watcher's solid grip from the stabilizing handle above the door to get her out and helped her limp through the emergency doors calling for Doctor Whale, who actually happened to be close by.

"What happened?" he asked.

"Cora grabbed me. I had to jump outta second story window to escape. I landed wrong"

He helped to set her in a chair before examining her legs, gently twisting and pulling her joints to define what was wrong.

"Well you definitely landed wrong. Nothings broken, probably just a sprain. It's pretty quiet so I can set you up in a bed for a few hours, I'll check in later to see how you're healing"

He moved away to find someone to take her to a room while he tended to other patients.

Surprisingly enough, Watchers bed was situated in the same open room as Greg Mendell.

Ruby tried to strike up conversation, but failed, Watcher could feel her nervous shaking from where she sat.

"Uh, Ruby. Don't you suppose you should tell David and Mary-Margaret what happened?"

Ruby's eye lit up at the thought of an escape route "Yeah! I'll just go...do that."

'If she leaves any quicker, she'll be running'

A Nurse came by with a pair of crutches placing them against the wall.

"So what're you in for?"

Watcher tore her eyes away from the Nurse to the man lying in the bed across from her; she feigned interest in the conversation, ignoring the sick flip of her stomach as she remembered what havoc he was to cause later.

"A possible sprained ankle..."

The Nurse turned to Watcher, informing her that they would perform an X-Ray to make sure everything was alright

"...What about you?" she continued after the Nurse had left.

Greg cleared his throat and smiled at her,

'Yeah that's right! Smile while you can!'

"I got into a car accident" he gave a chuckle "The other guy's probably worse off though"

Watcher faked a smile of her own.

"Oh, you're the one Emma was talking about!"

He gave her a confused look, but she wasn't buying it

"Sheriff Swan"

He gave a silent 'Oh' and a nod of acknowledgement.

'Maybe I should play on his good side?' so she continued on

"Yeah, she's great. I just got to town a few weeks ago, but she'd been taking care of me. I'm looking for someone"

This really caught his attention. Greg's face became excited.

"Can I ask you a strange question?"

She waved to say 'she was listening'

"Have you seen any...strange things happening around here?"

She pretended to think about it before she gave an unsure answer.

"No, I don't think so. Why do you ask?"

He checked around to make sure no-one was nearby and indicated for her to come closer.
She too took a quick look around, to keep up pretences, and grabbed the crutches from the wall. She pulled a chair close to the bed, and he situated himself in a more comfortable position.

"Before I had the accident, I saw someone, a man, throw a fireball!"

She pretended to look shocked, but then narrowed her eyes.

"Are you sure it's not the meds making you dream things?"

He seemed to understand her speculation, even if it was false, but that didn't stop his anger seeping through

"No! It's not the medication! I really did see a man throw a fireball!"

"Okay! Okay, well have you told anyone else this?"

"No, I haven't. I told them I was texting and wasn't looking at the road when I hit the guy"

She leaned forward "Well don't tell anyone else. They might think you're crazy and I've heard that they actually have an institution somewhere in the hospital!"

He looked at her shocked and appalled but intrigued "Do you know who they keep in there?"

"Well not really, but rumour has it that there's a man in there that's supposedly obsessed with the mayor. Almost to an unhealthy level"

His eyes brightened, but dimmed once again at her next words

"But I think he was the previous editor of the newspaper..." she said thoughtfully.

They sat in silence for a while before she thought niceties were in order "You didn't give me your name"

"Oh, its Greg. Greg Mendell"

"Well, hello Greg, Greg Mendell. I'm Sadie, Sadie Miller"

They shook hands as Dr Whale walked in with a wheelchair

"Making friends are we?" he said as he moved over to her "X-ray's ready"

She struggled out of one chair and flopped into the other

"I thought it was only a sprain?" Greg asked

"I just want to make sure it's only that and nothing more serious" Whale answered

"Well, I'll see you later then" Greg said to her with a smile and a wave. She sent him a wave with a small smile of her own.

As soon as they were through the doors, she asked if David and Mary-Margaret were aware of her situation.

"They are. Ruby called them earlier"

That was all that was said on the matter.

The X-Ray proved that there were no broken bones, Dr Whale concluding that it was actually a serious sprain, but that she could actually leave the hospital. He marvelled at the fact that she hadn't reacted more when it happened and even more so when she said that she'd been walking on it, her own conclusion was that in the process of escaping Cora and Regina she didn't have time for pain.

Things were pretty easy from then on.

David came to pick her up and, even though she wasn't feeling any pain, Dr Whale gave her some medication just in case.

She didn't know then how much she would need it. And didn't know how much she would come to regret that decision later.

It was in the early hours of the morning.

Mary-Margaret had let her sleep at the Loft again after Watcher told her story of how Cora had got to her in the shop, everyone coming to the conclusion that;

'Obviously if Cora could break through the, inevitable, defences of the shop, then she could break through the defences Gold had placed on the house' So nowhere was safe.

Watcher rolled over in bed and a shooting pain went through her leg. She'd twisted her leg wrong agitating her injury.

She gave a yell and within a matter of seconds, Mary-Margaret was in the room.

"I'm sorry! I didn't mean to wake you." Watchers guilt was overflowing, what with the conversation with Rumplestiltskin and she hadn't told anyone about being related to Cora and Regina and now the simple act of accidentally waking Mary-Margaret.

"It's alright. I haven't really been sleeping since we learned that Cora was in town and I have a lot of things on my mind, because of that" she replied placidly.

She stared into Watchers face and her brows furrowed as a look of trepidation found its way into her eyes.

"I know that look, what's the matter?"

Watcher wondered if the guilt was really that evident "Can I tell you something?"

"Of course" Mary-Margaret helped her to sit up then sat down next to her and pulled her close with an arm over her shoulders.

"You're not gonna get mad at me are you?"

"Well that depends what it's all about"

"'Coz Gold got angry at me..."

Mary-Margaret paused momentarily "Why would Rumplestiltskin be mad at you?"

Watcher breathed out trying not to let her imagination think of the consequences.

"I knew Belle was gonna lose her memories..." she was met with only silence.

Mary-Margaret moved away to stand in front of her, looking appalled.

Watcher continued as quickly as she could.

"She was supposed to lose them the night she met me at the diner! But things have gone outta whack! The timing and the story aren't running the same! I couldn't have saved her even if I wanted to!"

with mouth open and arms folded across her chest, Mary-Margaret posed a question irrelevant to the conversation "How's your ankle?"

"I twisted it wrong while sleeping"

"You want the medication?"

Watcher figured it was a good idea and nodded, but she didn't expect her medication to be thrown toward her and for Mary-Margaret to stomp unceremoniously down the stairs, out of the room.

Watcher did something she wasn't used to after that, but had been doing for a while now.

She silently cried herself to sleep.