This little blurb it just to let you know that the final words of this chapter will complete Book One of The Watcher Chronicles - Alpha

To all my lovely readers, I do hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Watcher's story will continue in Book Two after a small hiatus.

Please feel free to read my other stories, just be aware they are still in production and so may not be updated weekly.

Happy Readings

R

Mary-Margaret watched the girl run off sadly and then turned an angry stare toward her daughter and step-mother.

"Something serious happened to her when she was injured. She's in a fragile state right now and you two losing your heads will not help in any situation" she stated calmly, but her dangerous tone was not missed on anyone.

"She was here for Henry. She was so close she could've grabbed anyone of them and she was ready to jump in after them-"

"So was I!" shouted Emma

"I'm not done Emma!" She scolded loudly "She was interfering at the right time because it was the right thing to do and she knows it. She was doing the exact same as you"

Emma looked away, still angry and blaming the girl.

"Besides, Watcher may not be able to help us, but there is another Watcher in town who we may be able to force or trick into helping"

Everyone on the pier stared at Mary-Margaret.

"Welcome to the dark side Mary-Margaret" Gold said calmly

"Yeah, well I'm not sticking around" she shot back "I'm going to find Watcher. You find out what you can from the other"

Just as she was about to leave Belle saw something on the horizon "What is that?"

"Hook" Emma breathed.

Watcher leaned against the outer wall of Gold's shop facing the forest.

She was breathing heavily and extremely tempted to beat the bark off one of the trees.
She moved to summon her Nanos...when nothing happened she was sorely reminded that she couldn't.
With the NanoCable cut, the connection between her brain and the NanoPort, where the Nanos maintained and duplicated themselves, was non-existent.
Her Nanos were in permanent sleep mode until she could fix the connection...or she died.

"So that's what you meant by being broken?" she heard Mary-Margaret say from next to her.

Watcher leaned back against her wall.

"You can't help find Henry because you literally can't. How exactly are you able to travel between the worlds?"

Mary-Margaret moved to Watchers side and leaned against the wall with her.

Watcher rubbed away her headache for a moment before answering.

"The Harb. But it's useless if it's not connected to the Nanos"

"How is it connected to the Nanos?"

"Mentally...and wirelessly"

"So, they're like small computers?" Mary-Margaret questioned

Watcher shrugged "Yes and no. Watchers just tend to call them WeaponNanos because we use them for weapons, but they're really called ProbabiliterNanos. They named as such because there is the probability that we can use them in every situation. They gave them that name"

Mary-Margaret looked at her quizzically "They? Who do you mean?"

"I can't. I'm sorry. I can't let you get caught up in this as well"

Mary-Margaret nodded.

"Is there any reason you followed me or did you just want me to feel worse?" Watcher asked her.

"No" Mary-Margaret said quickly, pulling the other girl into a hug "Emma and your sister shouldn't have gone off at you like they did. You were trying to save Henry and they're just scared that they've lost him forever, we all are. You were just the easiest target to vent their frustrations"

Mary-Margaret gently placed her gloved palms on the girls cheeks and stared her in the eye.

"You've done nothing wrong. You're not A Watcher anymore. I can tell you're finding it hard to adjust, but it is still hard for anyone to navigate any situation. No matter if you have magic, no magic, Watcher abilities or no abilities at all"

Mary-Margaret pulled her into another hug.

"C'mon. Hook's on his way back" she told Watcher

"I know"

Mary-Margaret snorted with laughter and threw an arm around Watchers shoulders.

"No doubt. Grumpy's right, you are a know-it-all" she laughed out as they began to walk.

She stopped for a second to remove the belt that held her sword at her hip, having collected it along with other weapons before she'd gone looking for Watcher.

"I think you'll need it more than me, it's one of David's old ones" she stated, handing it Watcher.

There was a whoosh of sound behind them and they turned in its direction looking for the source.

"Is someone there?" Mary-Margaret called.

The foliage rustled heavily, but where it came from exactly neither of them could tell. They moved further in to investigate, but not too far in, in case they needed to make a fast get away.

Watcher secured her new weapon at her side.

May-Margaret pushed Watcher behind her. The girl didn't need any more stress today.

After a few seconds of nerve-racking silence a bird flew out into her face, making them both scream in fright.
It flew off. Mary-Margaret and Watcher turned to each other wide eyed, it took a moment before they smiled to each other and started to laugh a little out of embarrassment, both silently agreeing to never speak of the situation to anyone.

What was odd though, was the bird returned, landing on Mary-Margaret's shoulder and starting to sing shrilly.
Watcher knew Mary-Margaret could talk to birds, but she'd never actually seen her do it before.
It was actually quite interesting to see.

"Slow down, you're not making any sense" Mary-Margaret told it.

Watcher wasn't sure if it did 'slow down' and 'make sense'. It didn't make any sense to her anyway.

"What do you mean?" Mary-Margaret asked it her look becoming fearful and serious as she stared at her friend.

There was another whoosh of air and Watcher felt her feet leave the ground. She barely heard Mary-Margaret calling her name, she was moving too quickly and the air was too loud in her ears.

"Watcher!"

"Mary-Margaret!"

She saw Mary-Margaret chasing or running to the others for help...either one.

Either one wouldn't matter. There was nothing but ocean beneath her now, whatever it was, it was moving quickly.
She looked up to the thing carrying her and saw only a black humanoid shape with glowing eyes.
It was holding her by her arm and shirt, so it obviously didn't want her to die.

She stared at the dark blue water beneath her.

'This day just keeps getting better and better!' she thought.

FIN.