- Emma investigates Kathryn's sudden disappearance and Mary Margaret and Leroy help the Nuns sell candles at the Miner's Day festival, as flashbacks show when Grumpy fell in love with a fairy.
- Mary Margaret teams up with Leroy, Storybrooke's resident trouble maker, to help him sell candles during the Miner's Day Festival. Emma investigates Kathryn's sudden disappearance. Meanwhile, in the fairy-tale land that was, the Seven Dwarfs are made known as well as Grumpy's romance with the beautiful, yet clumsy, fairy Nova.—robo_1990
- We open on a couple of fairies hanging out in the clouds. One warns a newbie, Nova (Amy Acker), about the value of fairy dust, and challenges her to get home safely without losing any. Sure enough, as they take off, a bit of fairy dust shakes loose and lands on a giant egg being tended to by some dwarves. Out of the egg comes another dwarf.
We next see the Storybrooke version of this dwarf, a grumpy fellow named Leroy. He's met by another little person (this one sneezes a lot), who'd like to sit near him at the diner. Mary Margaret (Ginnifer Goodwin), meanwhile, announces the town's nuns are selling candles for Miners Day. She's looking for volunteers to help sell them and no one steps up. On his way out, Leroy tells Mary Margaret he won't help because he's the only person the town hates more than her. "Town harlot, town drunk," he says, referring to the two of them.
Later, Mary Margaret explains Miners Day to Emma (Jennifer Morrison). The nuns used to make candles and trade them with the miners for coal, and the tradition continues as a fundraiser. Mary Margaret is getting shunned by everyone because of her status as a "home wrecker." Emma gets a call and has to leave, telling Mary Margaret to "hang in there," and offering to help.
Volunteers are decorating for Miners Day when some glitter falls on Leroy, who's just passing through. He looks up and we see it's the Storybrooke version of the fairy from earlier. She's fumbling with the lights and Leroy, suddenly smiling, offers to help. She tells him her name is Astrid. Leroy fixes the lights and she thanks him. He tells her he's in the custodial services, despite the fact that he wanted to be a sailor. He wants to sail around the world. Astrid tells him someone once told her, "You can do anything as long as you can dream it." He starts to believe her. She leaves and they're both smiling.
Emma is looking at Kathryn's car, which crashed near the Storybrooke town line. Sidney (Giancarlo Esposito) shows up to take some photos as a freelancer, having been fired from the Mirror. Emma finds Kathryn's packed suitcase is still in the trunk of the car. Sidney says he can get Kathryn's phone records to help with the investigation. David (Josh Dallas) pulls up. Emma says she's about to find out how much he knows.
Back in Fairy Tale Land, the newly hatched dwarf is being cleaned and asks about the woman he saw just before he hatched, and the dwarf cleaning him up tells him there are no female dwarves. The new dwarf gets the lowdown on the situation: Dwarves are hatched from eggs and they work (they love working -- "We even whistle while we do it," the veteran dwarf tells him). They mine the diamonds that get crushed into dust that give light to the world. He's told that he and his seven brethren will work together. They grab axes which give them their dwarf names. Sure enough, they get their axes: Stealthy, Happy, Doc, Sneezy, Sleepy, Bashful, Dopey and finally, our new dwarf, who we know is "Grumpy," gets an axe that names him Dreamy. "The axe never lies," the veteran tells him.
In Storybrooke, Leroy goes to Mary Margaret to volunteer and sees Sister Astrid being scolded for having ordered 12 dozen helium tanks instead of the 12 they needed. The nun who is scolding her is the same fairy who was giving her orders earlier in the clouds. She explains to Leroy they'll need to sell "like, a thousand" candles in order to make up the difference and pay their rent to Mr. Gold (Robert Carlyle). Last year they sold 42. He'll evict them if they don't pay. Leroy says they only sold 42 candles last year because they didn't have him. "This year, you're going to sell all of them," Leroy says. Astrid calls him her hero. Mary Margaret is surprised by all of this.
David tells Emma he doesn't know anything about Kathryn's disappearance, and they haven't spoken since he ended things with her. He says Kathryn told him she was going to Boston. Emma vows to find her.
We see Kathryn's phone records being pulled -- by Regina (Lana Parrilla). She calls Sidney to let him know she has them, "and I think you'll find them quite helpful."
In Fairy Tale Land, we see Dreamy shoveling for diamonds and the conveyor belt that grinds it up into fairy dust. Nova, the clumsy fairy, has trouble shutting off the valve of fairy dust. Dreamy comes over to help. He recognizes her, but she doesn't know who he is. Distracted by their conversation, she loses her bag of fairy dust and watches helplessly as it is nearly moved into an incinerator. Dreamy chases it down and saves it. She tells him she just wants to be a fairy godmother, but she's too clumsy. He tells her he believes you can do anything you want, "as long as you can dream it." She introduces herself as Nova, and he's Dreamy. She tells him about her plans to see the fireflies that night. He tells her it sounds fun, and hopes she'll have a good time. She thanks him again and calls him her hero.
In Storybrooke, Mary Margaret struggles to get anyone to buy her candles. Leroy suggests they go sell them door to door, saying they're so despised the customers will pay them just to leave.
Emma finds Sidney playing a game at the carnival. She tells Sidney that Kathryn never showed up in Boston. Emma asks him for the phone records.
Mary Margaret and Leroy get many doors slammed in their faces.
In Fairy Tale Land, the dwarves are having a great time, but Dreamy isn't feeling like himself. Belle (Emilie de Ravin) overhears him telling another dwarf about his woes and she says he's in love. She says love is the most amazing feeling in the world, and if he's in it he needs to enjoy it "because love doesn't last forever." He wonders why he feels so bad. Belle explains to Dreamy that Nova wasn't just telling him about fireflies, but suggesting he go see them with her. She encourages him to go find his love, his hope, his dreams.
In Storybrooke, Leroy comes to tell Sister Astrid some bad news. Mary Margaret expects him to tell her they didn't sell any candles, but instead he tells Astrid they were all sold. She gives him a huge hug.
Mary Margaret is livid. He's committed to $5,000 worth of candles and there's no way they can come up with that. Mary Margaret asks why this is so important to him. He says he doesn't want the nuns to leave town. Mary Margaret realizes he likes Astrid and wonders if he could possibly have fallen for someone less available than a nun. He says he's going to get the $5,000.
In Fairy Tale Land, Dreamy gets to the hill just in time to catch Nova. She tells him flying over the world and being a part of it aren't really the same thing. He suggests they could see the world together in a boat and sail. The fireflies come out, and Astrid kisses him and says they should meet the next night and run off together.
In Storybrooke, we see Leroy offering his boat to Mr. Gold for $5,000. Leroy finally tells him he'd like him to forgive a month's rent for the nuns, but Mr. Gold won't budge. He says he'll be within his rights to evict, and he'll be glad to be rid of "such distasteful tenants." Mr. Gold says he has his reasons for not liking the nuns, noting he has a long and complicated history with them.
Astrid shows up at the boat and gives Leroy a pie to thank him for his help. She sees the stash of unsold candles and wonders why they're there. Leroy confesses he didn't sell them all. He was afraid of letting her down with the truth. He apologizes for lying, and says she "believed in the wrong guy." She leaves.
Sidney brings Kathryn's phone records to Emma. They include an 8-minute call she made to David just an hour before the accident. Emma says that can't be right because David said he hadn't talked to Kathryn that day. Sidney tells Emma not to beat herself up over being fooled by David because she's not the only one he's fooled.
Leroy shows up at the diner to tells Mary Margaret he didn't get the money from Mr. Gold. Mary Margaret tells him he was right -- she was "just dreaming" to think the town drunk and the town harlot could do anything.
In Fairy Tale Land, Dreamy tries to make a quiet exit to meet with Nova, but the rest of the dwarves wake up and ask why he's leaving. He tells her he's meeting Nova and he's in love. Happy offers him a pick axe, but Dreamy doesn't take it. The dwarves hug him and seem to wish him well.
On his way out, he's stopped by the dwarf boss who tells him he can't leave. He says Dwarves aren't capable of love. Then, the other fairy shows up to reiterate to Dreamy what he's feeling is not love, "it's just a dream." She introduces herself as Nova's teacher. She says Nova will lose her wings if she and Dreamy run away together. She tells him to return to the mines and the dust he makes and Nova spreading it will bring "untold joy to the world." She tells him Nova will be a great fairy "if you let her -- the choice is yours."
In Storybrooke, Mary Margaret tells Leroy he can never have a relationship with Sister Astrid. He brushes this off, saying Astrid was the first person who told him he could do anything, and he didn't want to disappoint her. Mary Margaret tells him there are consequences to following through when the world doesn't want you to. He asks her about her good memories with David and whether she regrets them. She no no, and Leroy says life is all about holding on to good memories. He says all he wanted was a moment with Astrid to give him hope "that any dream's possible." He tells Mary Margaret she's had that, "so stop feeling sorry for yourself and enjoy it -- because I am." Mary Margaret says if she had the dream it wasn't worth it. He tells her sitting there drinking won't end her pain, and he can't only think of one thing that will.
We next see Leroy on a roof above the Miners Day carnival. He isn't going to jump, he's going get his moment. He knocks out the transformer, cutting all the power to the whole town. Mary Margaret asks what he's doing, and he says, "I'm selling candles, sister."
In Fairy Tale Land, we see Nova waiting for Dreamy and he arrives. She hands him a telescope and he sees a boat waiting for them. She says it has everything they need to explore the world, but Dreamy sadly tells her he can't go with her. He tells her he's a dwarf and he belongs in the mines, and she belongs with the other fairies. She tells him he's special, but he questions what makes them different from any other dwarf and fairy. She says their love makes them different. She knows he talked to the blue fairy. He says it doesn't matter what the blue fairy said. She tells him she loves him, and asks, "Don't you love me?"
"I'm a dwarf," he says. "I can't love."
Dreamy goes back to the mines and asks where his axe is. He gets it and it doesn't work. He slams it until it breaks. He asks the boss to hand him another axe. He gets it and the name reads "Grumpy." He gets back to work.
In Storybrooke, Leroy and Mary Margaret have sold out of candles and Leroy is ecstatic. Leroy looks over and sees Astrid, and Mary Margaret tells him to go deliver the news and get his moment.
Leroy brings her the cash box with $5,000. She says she doesn't know what to say, and he says, "You're welcome." He tells her he's going to fix up his boat and she can be his first passenger. She says she'd love that.
Emma is looking at Kathryn's phone records with the 8-minute call with David highlighted. Regina shows up and asks for an update on Kathryn's case. Emma says she's found something but she isn't yet sure what it means, and at this point in the investigation she doesn't want to reveal what she's found. Regina tells Emma if she's covering for someone and not doing her job, she'll find someone who will.
Mary Margaret smiles as she puts up a "sold out" sign on the candle stand. She gets back to her car and sees the word "Tramp" scrawled on the windows. She walks away and a kind older lady relights Mary Margaret's candle with her own.
Emma finds David at the carnival and tells him he needs to come to the Sheriff's station and tell him everything.
"I thought I already did," he says.
"So did I," she says, and she puts him in the back of the Sheriff's car while some of the carnival attendees watch.
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