Authoress Note: Welcome to Chapter 2 of Jar of Hearts. I want to thank those who have left reviews for this story. It truly does mean a lot to me that you guys enjoyed the past chapter. I hope that you guys will continue to enjoy this next part of the story. Without further ado Chapter 2. ENJOY!
Chapter 2
A woman with silvery blonde hair in a messed up braid walked by carrying a messenger bag that was covered with paint. She looked well worn out and tired from a day of work.
"Yeah, sure. Well, listen. Um. Have a good night and, uh, you be good, Henry." He said before turning to walk. "Mac." He called to the woman that was walking.
The woman stopped in her tracks and turned to look at Archie. "Yes, Archie?" She asked softly in a timid shy tone.
"I will see you tomorrow right?" He asked hoping that she would be coming in for her session of therapy.
Mac nodded her head. "Yes, Archie, I will be there. That's a promise."
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A woman stood there dressed in men's clothing. Her hair was tied back tightly in a braid. Her purple-colored eyes wandered around the group that had met up. She had been asked by Charming to show up to help with the threat that the Evil Queen had made.
"I say we fight!" Charming yelled, slamming his hand onto the table in a fist.
The woman simply shook her head. It wasn't possible. They were going against something that was darker than anyone else had faced.
"Fighting is a bad idea." Jiminy Cricket spoke up. "Giving into one's dark side never accomplishes anything."
"And how many wards have a clear conscience won? We need to take the Queen out before she can inflict her curse." Charming stated looking at the cricket.
"Can we even trust Rumpelstiltskin?" Doc asked in doubt that they could even trust the dark one at that moment.
The woman closed her eyes. She knew that they didn't know Rumpelstiltskin as well as others.
"I've sent my men into the forest. The animals are abuzz with the Queen's plans. This is going to happen unless we do something." Charming said, trying not to rub his face.
Snow shook her head. "There's no point. The future is written." She told her husband.
"No. I refuse to believe that. Good can't just lose." Charming hissed. He couldn't allow himself to believe it.
"Maybe it can." Snow told her husband softly.
"No. Not as long as we have each other. If you believe him about the curse then you must believe him about our child. She will be the savior." Charming told his wife. He looked up and saw a few guards and the blue fairy coming into the room. He saw that they had a stump. "What the hell is this?"
"Our only hope of saving that child." The blue fairy replied to his question.
"A tree? Our fate rests on a tree? Let's get back to the fighting thing?" Grumpy asked, looking at Charming hoping that they would be able to get back into the fighting. It seemed like the best choice.
"Silence." The woman said, looking over at Grumpy. She looked over at the blue fairy. "Continue."
The blue fairy nodded her head. "The tree is enchanted. If fashioned into a vessel it can ward off any curse. Geppetto, can you build such a thing?"
"Me and my boy. We can do it." Geppetto said, roughing up his son's hair.
"This will work. We must have faith. There is, however, a catch. The enchantment is indeed powerful, but all power has its limits. And this tree can only protect one according to Merlin's power."
"It will work. Merlin does wondrous work." The silvery blonde haired woman said before walking out of the room.
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Geppetto and Pinocchio were working on the magical wardrobe out of the enchanted tree.
The woman who had been with the court was there watching them. "Geppetto."
"Yes?"
"There is something that I want you to do once it is finished."
"And what would that be Madam?"
The woman moved closer to him and whispered in his ear that Pinocchio didn't hear what she was saying to Geppetto.
"You want me to do that?"
"Yes."
Geppetto nodded his head.
"If you think that will help."
"It will Geppetto."
"Alright I will do it Madam."
She turned her head sharply hearing the bell ringing. "The curse… it's here…"
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Emma woke up looking around in the jail cell that she was in. She heard whistling alerting her that there was someone else in there with her.
"What are you looking at, Sister?" A man with a hat on his head asked, narrowing his eyes at her.
"Hey, Leroy! Manners. We have a guest. So you are, uh, Henry's mother? How lovely for him to have you back in his life."
"Actually, I was just dropping him off." Emma explained to the two of them.
"Well, I'd give anything for one. My wife and I, we tried for many years. But, uh, he was not meant to be."
"Well cry me a river."
The sheriff walked into the room with the woman that Emma had seen the night before who had the messed up messenger bag. "Leroy." He said unlocking his cell. "If I'm going to let you out to your sister, you need to behave. Put on a smile and stay out of trouble."
Leroy smiled sarcastically and walked out of the cell.
Mac shook her head. "Seriously. Did you have to get in trouble again Leroy? What was it this time?"
"Mac, why did you have to bail me out again?" Leroy complained looking at the platinum blonde-haired woman.
"When you didn't come home last night it scared the hell out of me. You know that I can't pay the rent on my own to Mr. Gold… you know the man scares the living hell out of me…." Her breathing began to become ragged and labored.
Leroy grabbed her arm tightly in his hand. "Mac… Mackenzie breath baby girl breath…"
Mac closed her eyes and breathed in through her nose and out through her mouth.
"I know that you can't handle Gold. He's rude and a bit of a prick. I would never let you deal with him alone. He's always looking at you and it bothers the hell out of me when he watches you."
Mac looked at Leroy. "Leroy you know that you can't say that about him. He owns the whole town and you know it. He could very well take our home and you know it."
"Mac… calm down… he won't take our home. Let's get you to Archie okay."
Mac nodded her head. "Okay." She said softly.
Leroy wrapped his arm around her and walked her towards Archie's office to her appointment that she much needed at this point.
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Snow went into the room of the wardrobe only to find her husband dead on the floor. "No, no!" She ran over to him. "No! No! No! Please…." She leaned down kissing him twice. "Please come back to me." She whispered against his lips.
The Evil Queen entered the room with a sick smile on her red ruby lips."Oh, don't worry dear."
She laughed. "In a few moments, you won't remember you knew him, let alone loved him."
"Why did you do this?"
"Because this is my happy ending."
Two guards entered the room dragging a platinum blonde haired woman with them.
"You won't get away with this." The platinum blonde haired woman seethed trying to get out of their strong hold.
"The child?"
"Gone. It was in the wardrobe, and then it was gone. It's nowhere to be found." The guard said, looking at his queen.
"Where is she?"
"She got away…" Snow said in bewilderment.A small smile came to her lips. This meant that it was a good sign that her daughter would be able to save them from the Evil Queen's curse in 28 years time. "You're going to lose. I know that now. Good will always win."
"We'll see about that."
The ceiling broke apart and a twister started to form in the room.
"Where are we going?" Snow asked over the noise.
"Somewhere horrible. Absolutely horrible. A place where the only happy ending will be mine."
All the windows shattered and the dark smoke filled the room.
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Mac opened the door to the bed and breakfast carrying a large painting. She held the door open when Emma was right behind her.
"Thanks." Emma told her softly with a smile.
"Anytime." Mac said with a small shy smile.
"You're out all night, and now you're going out again." Granny yelled at her granddaughter.
"I should have moved to Boston." Ruby shouted at her grandmother.
"I'm sorry that my heart attack interfered with your plans to sleep your way down the eastern seaboard."
"Excuse me?" Emma called out breaking the fight between Ruby and Granny. "I'd like a room."
"Really?" Granny asked in shock. "Would you like a forest view or a square view? Normally, there's an upgrade fee for the square but, as friends do, I'll wave it/"
"Square is fine." Emma said with a small smile.
"Now, what's the name?"
"Swan. Emma Swan."
"Emma. What a lovely name." Mr. Gold said who had just come into the bed and breakfast that no one had noticed.
Mac jumped holding the painting close to her body.
"Thanks."
Granny passed a roll of bills to Mr. Gold. "It's all here."
"Yes, yes, of course it is, dear. Thank you. You enjoy your stay… Emma." Mr. Gold said before leaving the inn.
"Who's that?" Emma asked in confusion.
"Mr. Gold. He owns this place." Ruby said, looking out the window.
"The inn?"
"No, the town. So, how long will you be with us?"
"A week. Just a week."
"Great." Granny took a key from the wall and handed it over to Emma. "Welcome to Storybrooke."
Emma took the key and headed to her room.
"Granny." Mac said softly.
"Oh MacKenzie darling it is so wonderful to see you again." Granny said, smiling at the young woman again.
"I have that painting that you wanted for this room."
Ruby turned and looked at Mac. "You finished it finally?"
"Yes… I am sorry that it took so long."
"Leroy being a pain in the ass again?" Ruby asked, crossing her arms.
Mac sat the painting down onto the table taking the brown paper off of the front of the painted canvas. "Yeah, he's been getting drunk a lot. Sheriff's been picking him up a lot and I've been picking him up every single time. Plus my appointments with Archie have been running a lot longer… and work has been keeping me busier than usual." She rubbed her face tiredly.
"Mac honey you shouldn't overwork yourself like that. You are going to work yourself to exhaustion and end up in the hospital." Granny said, looking at Mac in concern. She in a way saw Mac as another granddaughter like Ruby. "Ruby."
"Yes?"
"Can you get the money for Mac?"
Ruby nodded her head and went into the back to get the money.
"Mac you really should get some rest tonight." Granny told her softly.
"I will try to get some sleep tonight." Mac said softly.
Ruby came out and handed the money to her. "Here you go. It's all there."
Mac counted it. "There is fifty bucks too much."
"You worked hard on it, MacKenzie. You deserve it honey doesn't she Ruby."
Ruby nodded her head. "We will see you in the morning at the diner."
Mac nodded her head. "Thanks. Bye." She said softly. "Have a good evening you two." She left the inn and began walking towards her home that she shared with Leroy. Maybe tonight she would be able to get to sleep instead of getting a phone call from Graham about Leroy again about drinking himself into another stupor again.
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This is the end of chapter 2. I hope that you guys enjoyed this chapter. I hope that I didn't make Leroy too OOC, but I see him as a caring sibling. I really do. I see him as a really caring older brother. But let me know what you think. I'm not going to reveal who the woman is at the beginning but it will be revealed in due time. Please leave a review and I hope to have a next chapter up soon. Until next time.
