That's How You Know | Emma Swan

V. Ground That Shook

Storybrooke. Present day.

MOVIE NIGHT WAS a success -- it wasn't  great but Gemma was still counting it as a success, due to the fact that Keira still turned up and didn't look like she wanted to murder someone by the time they got half way through the movie and in the morning Keira left for work looking happy and relaxed like Gemma and Mary Margret knew she was as she was always like that around them but the town had basically always kept away from Keira scared of her attitude and dyed. pink hair (which was only dyed at the ends) and only Mary Margret and Gemma gave her a chance and learned that she was an actual interesting woman and wished that more people would give the twenty three year old a chance 

Gemma and Mary Margret were tidying up the classroom one night after a long day of hard work looking after and teaching nine to ten years old things that they will hopefully they will be able to use later in life or at least know the basics so they can progress and build on their skills when suddenly the ground shook leaving Gemma to fall onto the floor as she looses her balance and Mary Margret to grab onto a table to keep herself steady 

"What the hell was that?" Gemma asked her raven haired friend as she got to her feet

"I don't know" Mary Margret replied, her voice worrisome "But lets go find out"

They walked out the school to see many people looking around to see where the earthquake like ground shaking had come from and many people were heading towards the old mines so with a look towards each other they headed in that direction to see that police tape was already wrapped a section where the old mining tunnels seemed to have collapsed and the mayor having a heated argument with Erica Swan and Sheriff Graham, although Gemma was too far away to hear what it was about 

The mayor then made a speech about public safety and how the old mining tunnels had collapsed but it was nothing to worry about and the town would soon be made safe again when they bulldozed the tunnels in and paved over it all but Gemma was only half listening, her eyes already closing from the long and hard day of work

"Paved over?!" The arrival of Henry Mills and his doctor Archibald Hopper made Gemma snap out of his daze as she looked towards the ten year old boy that she held a liking to, perhaps over some of the other students, she didn't want to but then again he reminded the red head of someone but who she couldn't remember as he continued with narrowed eyes towards his adoptive mother "What if theres something down there? What are you hiding?"

The mayor tugged on her son's jacket as she brought the boy closer to him and out of ear shot from the general public which meant Gemma didn't hear what the heated but hushed conversation was about, only that it it was intense as she leaned into Mary Margret "Why would the tunnels collapse all of a sudden, what's going on?"

"I don't know" Mary Margret shrugged "It's a mystery I guess"

* * * * * 

New York City. Then.

It was the night of a thunderstorm which had kept everyone in the Philip's household awake as the youngest one found herself unable to sleep and found herself creeping into her father and the red headed former princess that she practically considers a mom room in hopes that they would take her mind off the sound of the thunder crashing every few minutes

"Hey Morgan" Giselle stated softly as she tried not to wake up Robert who was surprisingly still asleep and snoring softly as he slept next to her, his arms wrapped loosely around her waist as they had found themselves there during the night "The thunder keeping you up huh?"

The young girl shyly nodded her head and although it was dark, Giselle could still see her little movement, due to the pale rays of moonlight that peaked through the window and heavy grey storm clouds that evening and then there was another crack of thunder which left eight year old Morgan to let out a terrified squeal as she moved closer to the bed clutching the comforter for comfort