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Watcher sat with Mary-Margaret by her side, playing a friendly game of cards.
"Gin!" Watcher placed down her cards.
"Another win for you. That makes...four in a row" Mary-Margaret said exasperatedly with a chuckle.
Watcher chuckled "Don't play against me at Poker"
"Noted. So, what exactly happened the night you were...injured?" Mary-Margaret asked, choosing her words carefully. She didn't want to say that Ruby had attacked the girl as it would imply forethought. And she still wanted to think it was an accident.
"I had this massive fight with Regina-" Watcher started
"About what?" Mary-Margaret asked quietly
Watcher gave her a sad but pointed look.
Mary-Margaret 'Ahh'ed softly as realisation dawned. She was the reason. She was the problem that had started it all.
"Anyway, I went to the Toll Bridge to cool off and I heard something in the woods behind me. So naturally, I did the stupid thing and went to investigate. I saw something, but then it disappeared and then Ruby attacked"
Mary-Margaret looked at her quizzically "I thought you were this great fighter with all these...abilities? I mean, you had Regina running scared when you fought her! Why didn't you use them when Ruby attacked? Don't get me wrong, I'm glad you didn't! But you didn't defend yourself at all?"
Watcher nodded on in agreement "I get what you're sayin' and the only reason I didn't defend myself was because it all just happened too quickly for me to comprehend. Ruby and I must've seen the same thing and when I wandered to where it'd been before it disappeared, Ruby must've been preparing to attack it, thinking that it was something dangerous. I was just collateral damage. I got in the way. I'll never hold that against her, because in my line of work...I've had the same experiences"
Mary-Margaret was relieved to hear that. Though not about 'same experiences'
Regina had been seething when she heard what happened, so it was good to know that there was at least one person from the Mills family that was level headed enough to not throw a fit over every little thing.
A thought crossed her mind
'Speaking of the Mills family'
"There's nothing else...unusual, that you need to talk about? Anything that's happened over the past few weeks?"
Watcher looked at her strangely before looking away awkwardly.
"There is something" Mary-Margaret pushed "Well don't be afraid to tell me"
Watcher stayed quiet for a moment longer.
"Is magic a genetic thing?" she asked Mary-Margaret. The question was so soft that Mary-Margaret barely caught it
"Magic? Do you think you have magic?" She asked the girl in the bed.
"Well I know I have something and it's not what I'm used to!" Watcher told her.
"Does Regina know?"
"She does. She's started teaching me a bit, but I think I might need more help" Watcher stated sheepishly.
Mary-Margaret looked at her as only a mother would "Did you do something?"
Watcher shied away even more.
"What did you do?" Mary-Margaret pressed, a slim brow raised in expectance a playful smile dancing quickly across her features before Watcher turned back to her.
"I broke Regina's floor...and the door" Watcher said quietly "I didn't mean to, but Cora had barricaded me in and I needed to get out"
Mary-Margaret stared at her with shocked wide eyes "You broke Regina's floor and door? How do you mean broke?"
"I cracked the floor and broke the door frame. Like, literally, caused the door frame to break apart" she demonstrated this with her hands as best she could
"And you succeeded? You broke Cora's spell?" Mary-Margaret asked in wary disbelief.
"Yeah, but I put this down to no real practice. You know, breaking things. I can summon things though and move things. Regina showed me how to move things and after that it was pretty easy to summon stuff"
She made a ripe pear appear in her hand and presented it to Mary-Margaret.
Mary-Margaret carefully took the pear from the other girls hand and looked it over, dumbfounded.
"You know...being from the Mills family, I did expect you to have some sort of powers" she admitted finally.
"I sorta guessed that" Watcher said offhandedly with a grin.
It grew quiet for a few minutes after that.
"I've just had a thought" Watcher said suddenly.
"A dangerous thing that" Mary-Margaret teased.
Watcher gave her a look Regina would be proud of, but gave a dry laugh all the same.
"Seriously though. Ruby bit me in her Wolf form, does that mean I'm a Werewolf now?" she asked
Mary-Margaret started at the question, no one had thought of that. Was it a possibility?
"That's a very good question. I don't know. Maybe I should call Granny, she would definitely know"
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Henry decided that instead of reading forward, he would read backwards and see exactly what Watcher knew.
So far, everything had pretty much played out as it was supposed to. As it was, she was just another player in the game, an extra character. But the fact that she had all this information scared him. It made him realise the power she actually had...over everyone.
She knew all their secrets. She knew what they would say and do next. She knew how to defeat them all.
There had been other documents in the envelope too. Ones on people who weren't from Storybrooke or the Enchanted Forest.
He didn't understand why they were there, but they were there.
He felt he'd read enough and put the documents back in the envelope and the envelope back behind the brick.
He was upset. He felt betrayed.
He pondered everything as he trudged back home to Emma.
The sky above threatening to cry down upon him and emulate what he felt inside.
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Mary-Margaret had contacted Granny, who was now standing in the doorway staring disapprovingly at Watcher, who shrunk down under the covers trying to disappear.
"I hadn't realised we were forgiving Mills women" Granny stated
"She's not like that" Mary-Margaret told her.
"She's good. She's my friend" she insisted
Granny sniffed "If you say so. But don't expect me to be thinking that anytime soon"
Granny made her way further into the room.
"Now. What are you wanting with me? I've left Ruby in charge, but she's been a mess since the other night. I don't know why, she won't tell me"
Mary-Margaret and Watcher gave each other a wide eyed glance
"Maybe this wasn't such a good idea" Watcher stated softly.
"I don't make it a habit of making house calls for no reason" Granny stated roughly "Now what were you wanting me for?"
Mary-Margaret moved around the bed to Watcher's side and helped to manoeuvre the younger woman's arm and sleeve so Granny could examine it.
The old woman placed her glasses on her nose and moved around next to Mary-Margaret.
"There was...an accident the other night, involving Ruby" Mary-Margaret peeled back the bandage covering the wound to show Granny.
Granny's anger immediately flared "The stupid girl!"
"Is it that bad?" Watcher asked with an even tone.
"Yes girl, it's that bad. Your life will never be the same again. And Regina's going to kill Ruby when she finds out" Granny told them.
"Well what do we do?" Mary-Margaret asked desolately.
"Ruby has control over her change, I suppose I can give you her hood to help while you adjust"
"No, I don't wanna take that option from her" Watcher stated "Is there another way?"
"We can't have you running around on four legs during the next full moon" Granny said chidingly.
"Maybe Mr Gold can help?" Mary-Margaret said out of the blue.
Granny gave her a look "You know that man doesn't do anything for nothing. What has he to gain from helping her?"
"Maybe he'd help if I was his student" Watcher stated, her gaze directed at the wall in thought.
The others heads snapped towards her.
"For helping me, he'd get me" Watcher continued, looking to Mary-Margaret pointedly.
Mary-Margaret's eyes widened in realisation and a wide acknowledging grin began form, meaning she was picking up what Watcher was putting down.
"What does she mean?" Granny questioned, but her question was unanswered.
"No, that's good" Mary-Margaret said.
"He likes power and you told me you were able to move and summon things after a few hours lesson, and you broke through Cora's shield. Even 'The Great Rumplestiltskin' had trouble doing that when she was alive! Cora had years of practice...you've only had two days max! You told me that while we were waiting for Granny. Gold would be stupid to ignore that!"
"You're getting excited" said Granny gently.
"And you're scaring me" stated Watcher with a wide eyed worried look.
"And he's a spinner!" continued Mary-Margaret "He could make you a hood like Ruby's!"
"Mary-Margaret, that's actually a good idea" said Granny "But you need to calm down" she insisted.
Mary-Margaret breathed out and apologised.
"We need to talk to Gold" Granny agreed, finally realising what they were on about.
She felt she should've known with Watcher. She was, after all, a Mills.