October 22, 1983
Snow felt more than saw the flash of light that transported them. She was crying and pushing, she was in some serious pain with no one there to support her. She was alone. "Just you and me baby girl." she cried out.
She screamed as another contraction overtook her and then she heard a whimper near her feet. She opened her eyes, and there he was. Pinnochio cowering in the corner. "That's impossible." She whispered
The little boy was scared and Snow really did not have the fortitude to the little boy had only just become that two months ago. He had to be frightened. And she supposed that she owed Gepetto for saving her little girl and her.
"Pinnochio," she said, "Can you help me?"
"Yes, your Majesty," He said.
"Please, get help. Find people and bring them here for me." she said, sending the little boy away "Please call me Mama. Tell them your Mama needs help"
She told him she was his mama so that the little boy didn't have to that's what she was, his Mama. She would care for him For Gepetto. "But…' the little boy protested.
"Please, I need help."
"Okay, Mama." He said and ran toward a path he saw nearby.
Snow prayed the little boy would be able to find someone because she knew her baby was not about to wait any longer to make an entrance. She climbed out of the Tree hollow and squatted down by its root. She removed her Sweater and placed it on the ground. Kneeling and holding on to the tree as she bore down.
Her little girl whaled as she made her entrance, and her little boy returned with a kind woman trailing behind him. "Kid wait, what..?" the woman stopped short. "Oh my god! Kid stay with your mom I'm calling Rescue." The woman said and ran back in the direction she'd come.
The next few days were a flurry of activity and learning. She gave Pinocchio a new name. Because he was born in August, and the name Pinocchio had a negative connotation. She got a Job at the diner. The local authorities gave her a new name and place to live because she said someone was trying to kill her. So she got her paperwork and was called Snow Swan, and her baby Emma and August now her son were given the Swan name as well.
She learned how to use a Shower and a Toilet. And learned about supermarkets and Jobs. She may have been born to Rule, but right now, she was nobody in a land that was not hers.
The witness protection program also put her through school. She was to become a school Teacher. And she found that she would really like that. August was enrolled in the First grade. And despite the fact that she missed her husband, she enjoyed being a mom.