P.O.V. Change

Mary-Margaret dusted the newly dug grave with a handful of dirt, as a way of paying her respects to the woman who had been a mother figure to her after her mother had died.

Her eyes stung with tears as she gazed at the Snow Bells that had been carefully planted.

She stood as David reached for her "It was a beautiful service"

"That never should've happened"

Mary-Margaret took a breath before continuing, trying to hold back more tears that threatened to fall.

"Johanna was an innocent"

"You can't blame yourself" David said quickly and sighed "You did the best you could do in an impossible situation"

"And yet Regina's family Mausoleum remains untouched" She answered absentmindedly.

David let his eyes flick between the Mills Mausoleum and his wife realising her train of thought couldn't be good.

"Mary-Margaret..."

"I've followed the same rule my entire life" she said, cutting him off.

She paused dramatically.

"Hold onto goodness. It's what my mother taught me. How many more lives is following that lesson going to take away from me?"

"You can't let Cora make you lose faith in who you are" he said, desperately trying to turn her mind away from the disaster that he assumed she was thinking of.

"Someone who does the right thing. You know, that's exactly what she wants"

"I made the "Right" decision when I stopped Regina's execution all those years ago" Mary-Margaret stated not even breaking her gaze from the Mausoleum "When it could've saved us all of this heartache"

She allowed herself to look to her husband.

"I made the "Right" decision when I sent Emma through the wardrobe alone, and we didn't see her first steps"

David looked away from her, his regrets for that particular fiasco surfacing.

"I made the "Right" decision" she continued "When I let my own mother die from Cora's poison"

David gripped at her desperately "And we keep beating them"

"At what cost? All I want is our happy ending. It's time" Mary-Margaret said decisively

"We've earned it. No more lives lost, no more hearts broken"

David realised he was fighting a losing battle.

"The Dagger, it's useless until Gold returns to Storybrooke. We have time, we'll get it back. And when we do, we can bring Cora and Regina to justice"

"I don't care about justice anymore"

She shook her head as she made her point "We keep thinking that people will change. What if that's wrong?"

She paused again "What if I'm the one who has to change?"

David could now see a dark glint in his wife's eye.

"Change how?"

There was no eye contact between them.

"I'm going to kill Cora" she said determinedly.

P.O.V. Change

Hours later, night had fallen and Watcher had been confined to a room with minimal contact with either Cora or Regina. She didn't mind Regina, but she despised Cora.

There was a light knock on the door and it opened a little.

"Hi" Regina said gently "Can I come in?"

Watcher pulled open the door gently and smiled at her sister.

Regina handed a plate to her through the doorway, as Watcher went to take it from her she was zapped by the force field Cora had installed.
This had already happened once before earlier, shards of glass and crockery in a bin.

This time though Regina kept a good grip on the plate and Watcher was finally able to have something to eat.

"You're gonna have to teach me how to bake this good" she said to Regina taking a bite of the apple muffin she'd been given.

"And no you may not come in. I don't want you being fizzled by that stupid force field!"

Regina smiled sadly and moved a hand between the door frame, only to pull back as she was shocked.

"Well what do you expect?" she stated cradling her stinging fingers "You did attack her. That reminds me, where did all that power come from?"

Regina looked seriously at her sister, but was shocked to see fear across her features. Watcher gulped before answering.

"I don't know. I was just so angry and hurt. I was with Johanna at her house, she was showing me how to bake muffins, when she just disappeared, it took a few seconds to realise what had happened. Mind you, I never thought I was that slow"

"That would explain why you had crumbs all over your jacket" Regina stated, feeling a little jealous that it hadn't be her teaching Watcher.

"Well, we're leaving for the night"

Regina waved her hand, turning the small nothing room into a small bedroom.

"Unfortunately you're gonna have to stay here over night"

"That's okay I guess" said Watcher "As long as you promise me something"

"And what's that?" Regina asked.

Watcher chuckled and grinned at her "You have to teach me how you do that!"

Regina laughed with her smiling sister, wishing for more times like these.
Then she realised, now that she was here, there would be times like these. And when she got Henry back, they could be a real family.

Watcher fell asleep fifteen minutes after Regina left and woke up the next morning feeling refreshed.

But her heart still ached.

'You shouldn't be feeling so sad sweetheart, I'm in a better place'

She moved to the window to look out onto the morning Storybrooke, she placed her palm against the glass.

"I've taken so many lives and watched so many be taken. It's hard to believe that there can be something better afterwards"

The little vision she was having of Johanna was reflecting in the glass.

"I feel like it's my fault. Like I could've done something more to stop it happening"

'There was nothing you could do! What's done is done. If it was my time to go then that's just it. You shouldn't feel guilty for occurrences out of your control'

Watcher turned to the empty room "But all occurrences are within my control! I have pre knowledge at my fingertips and my training has taught me not to use it!"

'You may have the knowledge but that doesn't mean you can control every little thing' said the voice next to her.

"You're just my conscience right?"

'Yes, I am'

"Then tell me what to do now!"

Johanna's voice was silent for a moment.

'You're a smart girl. I'm sure you can figure out what you're supposed to do next...and what you're supposed to let happen. But I can tell you this. The one thing you need to do now, is get out of here'

Watcher looked over her shoulder out the window again.

"I think you're right"