Snow White

"I will find you! I will always find you."

Snow White is one of the main characters of Once Upon a Time, as well as the series' leading fairytale character. A disgraced princess posing as the target for her evil stepmother's plans for revenge, Snow White, a fairytale character and a courageous, skilled adventurer, meets the seven dwarves and falls for Prince Charming, with whom she has a daughter. However, the Queen's evil curse traps her in Storybrooke, Maine, where Snow White lives as Mary Margaret Blanchard, a sweet and earnest elementary school teacher, until the curse is finally lifted and both personalities merge in a single person.

Before the Curse
"You... you found me..."

Snow White is riding on an uncontrollable horse and screaming as it runs across fields with her on its back, however, she is soon rescued by Regina, they introduce themselves to one another. Later, Regina is proposed to by Snow's father, King Leopold, for saving his little girl after the tragic loss of Snow's mither. Regina is forced into accepting the proposal by her mother, despite her not wanting to go. Snow White sees Regina kissing a stable boy, Daniel, later that night and runs away crying, notundertsanding since Regina is supposed to be engaged to her father. Regina explains her love for Daniel and tells Snow to keep it a secret, which the youn girl obliges to. However, Snow is tricked by Cora, Regina's mother, into revealing everything about Daniel and Regina, meaning that later that night, Cora killed Daniel. The next day, Snow sees Regina in her wedding dress and assumes it is for Daniel, Regina says that it is for her father before explaining in a lie to a confused Snow that Daniel ran away, after learing that Snow revealed everything to Cora. This makes Regina extremely vengeful towards Snow White.

King Leopold makes an announcement regarding Snow, saying, in front of everyone, that after her mother's passing, she has taken over as the fairest in the land, which makes Regina jealous. Regina pretends to fall in love with the Genie of Agrabah, after the king offers him a stay after freeing him, when he calls her the fairest of them all. When the king reads that Regina loves another, he is furious and locks her away. Regina asks the genie for a rare snake which he delivers, she plans to kill herself but the plan changes to the genie killing the king so that they can be together. The snakes bite King Leopold who dies in his bed, the genie is turned into a magic mirror after having been set up by Regina, Snow has lost her father.

Regina and Snow White mourn the passing of King Leopold, but once Snow is gone, Regina refers to her Magic Mirror and still wants Snow dead for being prettier than she. Magic Mirror suggests she find someone with no heart to kill her, such as the Huntsman. Regina finds the Huntsman and tells him to take Snow White to the forest, kill her, and bring back her heart. Snow can tell almost immediately that the Huntsman is her executioner as he wears too much armor and did not offer condolences on the king's death. Before death, Snow writes a letter to the Evil Queen which the Huntsman reads and spares her her life, leaving her on the run. The Huntsman presents a Stag's heart as Snow's to Regina which she can tell, she then rips out his heart and keeps it to control him with. Another thing fuelling Regina's rage was the apologetic letter from Snow that she read.

Snow White appears in the chicken coop of Red Riding Hood and her grandmother. She needs to give a fake name and after "Frosty" does not suffice, she settles for Mary so that Red has something to call her. Snow stays with Red and her Grandma and the entire village is worried about the Big Bad Wolf which has been plaguing them. Red decides to be a hero and to kill the sleep in its slumber, her and Snow go to track it down and come across its rather large fott prints in the snow, noting how big just a single one of its strides are. The girls soon decypher that the wolf is also man and believe it to be Peter, Red's admirer. Worried that this is true, Red explains the situation to Peter who offers to be tied up as long as Red stay with him. Garnny finds Snow White in Red's bed and becomes worried, she explains that Red is the wolf, and that she never told her to protect her. By the time they get to Red and Peter, Red has already eaten him and, because of the chains, he could not escape. Snow throws the red cloak over the wolf, transforming it back into Red. Red and Snow barely escape from the villagers.

Snow White robs the carriage of Prince Charming and Princess Abigail, taking Charming's mother's ring as she does so. Snow sells it to some trolls but is later captured in a net by Charming, he eventually lets her down and wants his ring back for his fiancee, which she does not agree with due to it being an arranged marriage, however, she has already sold it to the trolls. He recognizes her from the wanted posters, however, when a group of the Evil Queen's soldiers attack her, Charming defeats them, saving her. Due to this, Snow owes him a trip down to the Troll Bridge to get back his ring. When they arrive, the trolls are refusant to give the ring back for money and the whole scene escalades into a sword fight. Snow manages to escape by herself but looks back at Charming being overpowered by trolls, she then returns and uses her dark fairy dust (which she was saving for Regina) to defeat the trolls, rescuing James and saving the ring. Charming tells her that his name is James, he then takes the ring and returns to his fiancee. This saddens Snow.

Snow White feels awful not being able to be with James and so persues Rumplestiltskin to give her a potion to cure her of love. When she meets Rumple, he tells gives her a potion that will wipe her mind completely of James. Snow believes this to be a bit extreme but takes the potion in exchange for some of her hair. James sends a letter to Snow White via dove telling her to come to his wedding so that he may be with her. Upon entering the palace, Snow gets caught and thrown into the dungeons where she meets Grumpy and Stealthy, dwarves. Stealthy gets them out of their cells but he ends up being killed and Grumpy ends up being recaptured. Snow White reveals her identity to free him and is taken to King George. He tells Snow that if she does not tell his son that she does not love him, he will kill him, as he wants to gain power by pawning him off to Princess Abigail. Snow tells James what he doesn't want to here and returns to the forest, she then drinks Rumple'spotion, purging him of her memory completely. She goes to live with the, now seven, dwarves.

James does not want to marry Princess Abigail as he does no love her, he decides to run away on his wedding day to find Snow White. The king's guards begin to search for him but he is found by Abigail herself who reveals that she does not want to marry him either, she offers to help him find Snow White if he helps her recover Frederick, her ex-fiancee who was accidentally turned to gold by her father. James agrees and searches for a particular lake with magical properties to collect its water to pour over Frederick. He meets the siren who tries to seduce him but he denies her, she then takes the form of Snow White and begins to kiss James. He does not seem to fight it and she pulls him down underwater, however, whilst kissing her, James stabs her and her blood is seen floating away as she sinks to the depths, dead. James pours the water over Frederick and revives him meaning that Abigail can have true love. Charming visits Red Riding Hood who reveals that Snow loves him.

Snow White is living with the seven dwarves but she is angry all the time due to the potion she received which subratcted her love for anything. She believes that it is down to her hatrid for the Evil Queen and ecides that she has to kill her. The dwarves convince Snow to go to Rumplestiltskin to get him to undo the potion and James finds out and follows her. Rumple tells her that the porion cannot be undone and goes onto say that true love is the most powerful magic, the one thing that he was never able to bottle, gesturing the empty space on his shelves. After hearing this, Snow asks Rumple for something to help her kill Regina, he obliges and gives her a bow and arrow which never misses. Snow sets off to kill Regina just as Charming shows up to Rumplestiltskin. Rumple tells him that he has to stop Snow or she will become just as evil as the person she kills. In exchange for her whereabouts, Charming gives Rumple his cape as payment. James goes to find Snow and as Snow is about to fire her arrow as Regina, James dives in front of it and takes the arrow to the shoulder. Snow meets James again and gathers that he is the one she forgot, she seems very hostile towards him. James tries to stop her from her task so Snow ties him to a tree as he begs her not to kill, Snow leaves. When faced with the oppurtunity to kill Regina, Snow cannot. She then returns to Charming and the two kiss, returning Snow's memory of him, however, once they are reunited, James is taken away by King George's men, Snow White calls after his carriage and promises to find him.

King George is about to have James beheaded for running away on his wedding day, however, just as this execution is about to take place, Regina storms in and offers George all of the riches King Midas offered him in exchange for Prince James, as she wants to use him to gain leverage over Snow White. Prince Charming is taken into Regina's custody, locked in a magic mirror. meanwhile, Snow has decided to make an attack on Regina with aid of the dwarves, Red and Granny, the attack is successful but still, Snow cannot find Charming. When she does, he is inside the mirror and she can't get him out. It isn't long before she is captured and Regina takes her out to Daniel's tomb, Snow is shocked having been under the impression that he ran away, Regina explains how she lied and tells Snow how she destroyed her. Regina offers Snow a poisoned apple and tells her to eat it, Snow asks her why and Earth she would do that and Regina gives her an altimatum, eat the apple, let James live, refuse the apple, and James dies. Snow admits defeat and takes a bite of the apple, causing her to immediately collapse...

James is freed from Regina's custody with a little help from the Huntsman, James goes to find Snow. On his journey, James runs into Rumplestiltskin who propositions him. Charming defeats the dragon maleiciant in exchange for his mother's ring back which now glows when nearer to Snow as an indicator to her whereabouts. James then ventures on his steed and finds Snow White, he makes it to her glass tomb where the dwarves tell him he's too late, he tells them to lift the lid and he gives her true love's kiss, this sends a burst of true love accross the kingdom and revives Snow White. After this, Snow and James stroll together where Charming proposes, Snow accepts. ("A Land Without Magic"/"Pilot")

Snow White and Prince James get married, but shortly after they say their vows, their wedding is crashed by Snow's evil stepmother, Regina. They ask her to leave but she does not comply. She then goes on to say that she will destroy everyone's happiness if it is the last thing she does, thus threatening the entire kingdom with an evil curse. James finally snaps and throws his sword at Regina, who avoids it by turning into a black mist and disappearing. ("Pilot")

Cinderella attends a royals' ball and meets there, Snow White and Prince James, as well as Prince Thomas to whom takes a liking to her. Snow White and Prince Charming meet Cinderella again at her wedding to Prince Thomas, both James and Snow congratulate her on her big day. They later marry but when Cinderella becomes pregnant, she reveals that she made a deal with Rumplestiltskin which allows him to the baby. Snow, Ella, James and Thomas plan to capture Rumple and lock him in a special cell. The plan to trick him succeeds but Thomas disappears. Snow and James are the first people Ella runs to with the news, blaming Rumple.

Snow White becomes pregnant, which, in theory, is great news, but Snow does not share in the festivities as she believes that Regina will follow through on the threats made at their wedding. James tries to assure her otherwise but Snow wants to visit Rumplestiltskin as he knows the future. Snow sees him in his cell and he tells them that their child will defeat the curse and be the savior, in exchange, Snow tells Rumpe the child's name: Emma. At a meeting, the Blue Fairy tells Snow of a tree made of magical wood that would allow them to build a vessil to take Emma through to the other world safely. They ask Geppetto and Pinocchio to build them a wardrobe for this purpose and the two oblige. It isn't long before Snow goes into labor and births a baby girl. however, almost immediately after, the castle is under attack by Regina's men. James battles them off with a sword in one hand and Emma in the other. He battles his way to the room with the wardrobe but is struck down by a soldier, however, he manages to put Emma in the vessil safely. Snow is sad to find Charming's body and is confronted by Regina who has already begun her curse. The two converse and Regina happily tells Snow that she won't even remember who is is anymore. They are taken into the real world... ("Pilot"/"The Stranger")

Season 1
"Believing in even the possibility of a happy ending is a very powerful thing."

Mary Margaret Blanchard is teaching a class at Storybrooke Elementary School when Regina Mills and Emma Swan arrive to question her about the claims that Henry had stole her credit card, to which Mary Margaret insists that she knew nothing about. Regina, angry, realizes that Mary Margaret gave Henry the fairy tale book, and Mary Margaret defends her actions, explaining that he is a special child. Regina leaves the classroom and Emma talks to Mary Margaret alone, who explains that Henry needed the book so that he could have the hope of a happy ending. Emma realizes that Mary Margaret does, infact, know where Henry is and suggests that she check Henry’s castle. Later on, Mary Margaret is working at the hospital as a volunteer and goes to see a coma patient, David Nolan. She takes flowers to the man and leaves in a hurry.

Mary Margaret, noticing Emma and Henry walking down the street together, approaches Emma and comments on how it's good to see Henry have his smile back to which Emma replies that she didn't do anything. Mary Margaret tells her that it's because she stayed and asks her if Regina knows that she is still in Storybrooke. Emma tells her that Regina does know and asks Mary Margaret how she got elected as Mayor in the first place and Mary Margaret explains that she inspires fear in the people of Storybrooke and that she fears that she has made it worse by giving Henry the book, as he now thinks that she is the Evil Queen. Emma, inquisitive, asks Mary Margaret who Henry thinks she is in the book, to which she answers Snow White. Emma, stunned by this, quickly changes the topic of conversation to Henry's therapy, and Mary Margaret tells Emma the location of Dr. Archie Hopper's office. Later on, Mary Margaret is teaching a class outside when Regina approaches. Regina asks to speak with Henry, and Mary Margaret can do nothing but oblige.

Mary Margaret is out on a date with Dr. Whale but it is cut shory when he keeps ogling at Ruby. Mary Margaret is annoyed with her love-life, and, when at the hospital where she volunteers, she is caring for the comatose John Doe, who Henry tells her is Prince Charming. Mary Margaret is told by Henry to read from his book the story of Snow White to rmeind him of his past self, Mary Margaret obliges when Emma tells her to, thinking it will help Henry get past his curse-dillusion. That night, Mary Margaret reads to John Doe and he squeezes her hand, she quickly alerts the doctor who tells her that it was nothing, probably just her imagination. Mary Margaret is refusant to believe this and is right to as it is revealed that the doctor was told to say what he did by Regina. Later, however, John Doe goes missing and Mary Margaret, Emma, Henry, and Sheriff Graham go out into the woods at night to search for him. They soon come across his name tag with blood on it and begin to worry about him, however, they soon find him and bring him back to the hospital where he is now awake but with anmesia. It all seems well and good until David's (John Doe's) wife, Kathryn, shows up out of the blue, devastating Mary Margaret. Later that night, Emma shows up at Mary Margaret's appartment after Mary Margaret offered to let her stay there, Emma moves in.

Emma brings all her stuff over to Mary Margaret's apartment and Mary Margaret notes how little it is, Emma assures her that it's all she needs as she doesn't own much due to her moving around. Mr. Gold stops around Mary Margaret's place to talk to Emma: he wants to give her a job offer. He asks Emma to track down young Ashley Boyd, a pregnant girl who assualted and robbed him. As Mary Margaret stands witness to this scene, Emma wonders why Mr. Gold would choose her, he tells her that he needs discretion as he doesn't want the girl to get into trouble. Emma agrees to find Ashley for Mr. Gold.

While everyone else is worried about the collapsed mine shaft, Mary Margaret continues to visit David in the hospital and he seems to be enjoying her company very much, however, as they grow closer, Kathryn keeps visiting David trying to jog his memory with aids such as photographs of their past and their old pet dog. David admits to Mary Margaret that he lied to Kathryn about knowing what's in the pictures and that he still doesn't remember her. As they are strolling together, David begins to confess his growing feelings for Mary Margaret and the fact that he feels nothing to Kathryn. The scene is interrupted by Kathryn, however, leaving Mary Margaret threatened and worried that David was becoming more and more attracted to her. This then prompts her to submit her letter of resignation to the hospital as she finds it too hard to be around David.

David is welcomed home to is former house by a party filled with all of his old friends but missing someone very particular: Mary Margaret. At the party, David approaches Emma and Henry and asks them the whereabouts of Mary Margaret, Emma informs him that she decided not to come. Later that evening, David sneaks out of his own party to find Mary Margaret placing a bird house on a tree, he explains to her that he didn't choose Kathryn and he admits that he is in love with her. Later that night, Emma notices how thoroughly and angrily Mary Margaret is washing dishes and suspects it is because she still has David on her mind, Emma tells her to do what she thinks is right and let David live his life, Mary Margaret agrees. The next morning, David shows up in Mary Margaret's classroom and tells her that he has made his choice and that he left Kathryn. A stunned Mary Margaret is told to meet David at the toll bridge that night should she want to be with him. Mary Margaret seeks advice in Emma who tells her to go for it as David actually left his wife for her, Mary Margaret then waits on the toll bridge for David. However, David tells her that he remembers Kathryn and must stay with her. Mary Margaret, devastated, leaves to Granny's Diner and takes solace in Dr. Whale.

Emma finds some flowers on the tbale and throws them out, thinking that they are from Graham, however, Mary Margaret corrects her in sayig that they are from Dr. Whale with whom she had a one-night stand with, Emma tells Mary Margaret that she's proud of her for getting over David and moving on. After this, Mary Margaret tells Emma that she obviously has feelings for Graham whether she wants to admit it or not. Graham later pays a visit to Mary Margaret (after having had visions of him past self about to kill her) and tells her that he believes they know each other from another life. Mary Margaret assumes that he's been talking to Henry and tells him that he, too, believes in that sort of thing. Graham asks Mary Margaret how ling they've known each other and how they met, Mary Margaret realizes that she does not remember, assuming that this si down to it being so long ago. Graham then asks her if she thinks he'd ever hurt her, she denies it before referring him to Henry regarding the book.

Following Sheriff Graham's death, and with a little encouragement from Mr. Gold, Emma decides to run for sheriff, however, thanks to Regina, she has competition: Sidney Glass. Later, Emma rescues Regina from a burning building, making her look a hero. Mary Margaret is one of the people to commend her on her act of bravery and helps to promote the campaign by putting up flyers. However, when doing this, she rund into David who is doing the same job for the apposing side. They suffer through an awkward encounter ended by Mary Margaret pruposefully using up all of her stables and flyers at once and leaving. Mary Margaret is also one of the first to congratulate Emma on her new position of sheriff, having beaten out Sidney.

After a long day of reuniting a fmily, Emma sits down with Mary Margaret to relax. When Mary Margaret spots Emma's baby blanket, it seems to trigger some sort of emotional reaction in her, clearly reaching through to the Snow White in her, however, Mary Margaret dismisses it. Emma then goes on to explain their roles in Henry's book. She tells Mary Margaret that she is Snow White and that Emma, herself, is Snow White's daughter. Mary Margaret and Emma laugh this off, saying that the book Mary Margaret gave to Henry weren't exactly fairytales in the traditionalsense. But after dismissing this idea, Mary Margaret thinks to the response she had at Emma;s baby balnket and suddenly finds the idea not-so-laughable after all, however, she chooses to think of it as nothing.

Mary Margaret rushes out of the door, claiming to be late, and lies to Emma, telling her that she's going to the school's science fair. Mary Margaret is then seen showing up at Granny's Bed and Breakfast at 7:15 A.M. as that is when David and (much to Mary Margaret's dismay) Kathryn get their morning coffee. It is revealed this has been done every morning for a while and Emma, who can always spot a lie, follows her there and catches her in the act, Emma tells Mary Margaret to stop what she's doing as she's bound to end up egtting hurt, Mary Margaret obliges. She then goes to the store to buy some chocolate to drown her woes is and bumps into Kathryn who is buying a pregnancy test, this devastates Mary Margaret. Later in the day, Mary Margaret finds a dove in the forest, trapped by some wire mesh, and takes it to the animal shelter (where David works) to consult a vet. He tells her that she must return the bird to its flock elst it will be left behind and live a lonely life. Mary Margaret refuses to let this happen to another and so ventures out into the woods with the dove to return it to its flock. David follows her despite her telling him not to and, when Mary Margaret trips off the dge off a cliff, David is able to rescue her. She explains that she has feelings for him and that she's been going to Granny's every day at 7:15 to see him, he then admits that he goes there at that time to see her, teh dove is set free and reuinited with its flock. Kathryn's pregnancy scare turns out to be false. The next day, David and Mary Margaret go to Granny's at 7:45 to avoid each other but realize that they cannot stay apart, they soon actually kiss, unaware that Regina is watching them.

Mary Margaret receives a text from someone telling her to come and meet the, she obliges as her and David continue to meet in secret, their kiss having now developed into a secret, explicit affair. David surprises Mary Margaret with a romantic picnic in the woods, which is what the text invite was for, to which she is very grateful. Later, when Mary Margaret meets up with Emma and Sidney Glass in the sheriff's office, where she hangs out presumably to generally be hanging around with Emma, she plays coy and secretive about her relationship with David, not telling anyone, which goes on to create an awakward moment as she cannot say where she's been when out on the romantic picnic in the woods.

At Granny's Diner, David and Mary Margaret talk across to each other from seperate tables to avoid being seen together until they are interrupted by Emma who asks about Henry. They are soon halted by the return of an old friend, Ashley, eho they greet happily, haaving not seen the new mother in quite a while. Ashley does not seem so well off with motherhood and so Ruby suggests a girls' night out with her, Ashley, Emma and Mary Margaret. Later, on the girls' night out, Ruby is trying to convince Ashley to find another guy as Sean is always working, Ashley tells Mary Margaret that she just wants to be with Sean, as appose to him working all the time. Mary Margaret undertsands, her own romantic arrangment being far from ideal. Sean shows up and proposes to Ashley who accepts. Later, David gives Mary Margaret her Valentine's card but accidentally gives her the one intended for Kathryn. Mary Margaret goes onto say that she always believed if two people were meant to be together, they'd find a way, but she tells David that they need to find a different way. She tells him to go home.

Kathryn tells David that she got accepted to go to law school in Boston and tells him that she wants him to go with her. David, confused, tells her that he needs to go take a walk, he leaves out, however, that this walk is to be taken with Mary Margaret to explain to her the situation. Mary Margaret insists that David tell Kathryn the truth about their affair, however, after promising Mary Margaret he would, when actually faced in the situation with Kathryn, he lies and tells her that he wants to break things off because he hasn't recconected with her, leaving Kathryn devastated. David tells Mary Margaret that he took care of the Kathryn situation but is unaware that Kathryn has just found out about the affair thanks to Regina and her photographic evidence. Kathryn confronts Mary Margaret publically and ends up slapping her, letting everyone know that she is a homewrecker. People begin to give Mary Margaret distainful stares and she comes across David washing the word "TRAMP" off of her car. Mary Margaret asks him why he didn't tell Kathryn the truth and David tells her that he didn't want anyone to get hurt, it is noted that he did a bad job of that and Mary Margaret tells him that they don't have love, but something destructive, and it must end. Emma finds a devastated Mary Margaret lying in her bed, crying, and must comfort her. Later, Kathryn tells Regina that she is leaving Storybrooke, realizing that she never loved David, she says that she wrote him a note explaining this and telling him to be with Mary Margaret, however, after Kathryn leaves but before David comes home, Regina stops by, finds the letter, and burns it.

Storybrooke is celebrating Miner's Day and Mary Margaret goes to Granny's to sell gather volunteers to help sell nun-made candles, however, no one wants to help out the "town harlot". She tells Emma that all of her volunteers dropped out meaning that they won't be able to raise much money. On the day, Leroy promises Sister Astrid that they will sell all of the candles, allowing them to pay their rent. The stall fails and Leroy suggests going door-to-door, however, people slam their doors in their faces as no one wants to buy from the town harlot and the town drunk. When asked by Astrid how it's going, Leroy lies, saying that they sold all of the candles. Mary Margaret wonders what he is doing and Leroy assures her that he has a plan, he goes to sell his boat to Mr. Gold but is unsuccessful in the sale when interrupted by Astrid who finds the unsold candles. Later, Mary Margaret finds Leroy on top of the roof, she tells him not to jumo but he tells her that he isn't going to, he then smashes a power box causing a town-wide blackout. This then allows Mary Margaret and Leroy to sell some candles and Mary Margaret begins to be forgiven by the town. Later, Emma arrests David regarding disappearence of Kathryn who's car was found abandoned.

David is let go by Emma regarding the absence of Kathryn as she does not belive he had anything to do with it. Later, when walking through town, Mary Margaret and Emma see Ruby trying to shake off Dr. Whale, she tells them that she just quit Granny's and has no where to live. Emma offers to let her stay with them, Ruby is grateful. Later, Mary Margaret goes to the spot where Kathryn disappears and she runs into David who is acting rather odd. He keeps repeating that he needs to find his wife and leaves, making Mary Margaret concerned. Mary Margaret heads to she sheriff's office to tell Emma everything that's happened, and, laster, Ruby and Emma find David unconcious in the woods, not remembering anything since he was questioned the previous night. Later, Ruby finds something burried in the woods, a box, she opens it and screams at the content. She brings it to Emma who tells David and Mary Margaret that the box contained a heart, they are shocked and David believes him to be the one to kill Kathryn, as he has hazes, however, Emma freveals that David's finger prints were not on the box, however, Mary Margaret's were.

Over at the sheriff's office, Emma takes Mary Margaret's mugshot for her arrest regarding the murder of Kathryn, Mary Margaret pleads that she did not kill Kathryn and Emma says that she believes her but she must follow procedure in the face of such strong evidence because it would look like favoritism otherwise, which means Regina would make it very difficult for them. Mary Margaret is put into the small cell in the sheriff's office. Later, Emma tells Mary Margaret that she should consider getting a lawyer, this is when Mr. Goldentersandoffershisservices, despite having reservations about Mr. Gold, Mary Margaret decides to hire him as she knows she needs help, she has nothing to pay him with but he does not care as he says he is "invested in her future". David talks to Regina, telling her that he believes Mary Margaret's innocence, however, Regina, being herself, makes him doubt his trust in her. David visits Mary Margaret and asks her if she had anything to do with Kathryn's disappearance. Mary Margaret is shocked that David does not believe her and angrily tells him to leave. Elsewhere, Emma fails to prove Mary Margaret's innocence when she finds hunting knife hidden in the vent of her appartment and the DNA tests of the heart prove its Kathryn's, Emma believes someone is trying to frame her, this worries Mary Margaret who finds a skeleton key under her pillow which unlocks her cell. Later, Mary Margaret's cell is revealed to be empty.

It is up to Emma to find Mary Margaret before her trial and before Regina realizes she is gone, as not to make her case worse for her. When searching, Emma finds Jefferson who then kidnaps her and takes her back to his place where he gives her some drugged tea. Emma wakes up, tied up and gagged, however, she cleverly escapes using a cup and a pillow. She wonders into another room only to find Mary Margaret tied to a chair with a gag in her mouth, having been taken hostage by Jefferson who walks into the room, gun intoe, and reties Mary Margaret who Emma tried to free. Jefferson tried to make Emma make hi a magical hat, however, she manages to strike him and run to free Mary Margaret, this time, she unties her as Jefferson runs in again with his gun. Emma tries to overpower him and the two fight, however, when he begins to overpower Emma, Mary Margaret knocks him out from behind. Later, Regina is angry to find Mary Margaret in her cell and it is revealed that Mr. Gold and Regina made a deal to get rid of Mary Margaret.

It's all about to go down in Storybrooke as Mary Margaret apporaches her trial with so much evidence against her and so little defense. It is seen that Regina made a deal with Mr. Gold to get Mary Margaret to leave Storybrooke (via the key under the pillow) saying that bad things happens to those who leave town. David tries to apologize to Emma for saying, accidentally, that Mary Margaret is guilty, Emma tells him that right now, Mary Margaret doesn' need his words, what she needs is a miracle. Later, Regina visits Mary Margaret in her cell to gloat, Mary Margaret begins crying, saying that she does not deserve what has happened to her as she did not kill Kathryn, "I know." Regina tells her, stroking her face which shocks Mary Margaret, Regina then grabs her chin and tells the tearful women, "But you do deserve this." Mary Margaret, crying, tells Regina that she is sorry for whatever she did but Regina tells her that her apology was no accepted. It is revealed that this is all Regina's plan for revenge regarding the fate of Daniel. Later, as Mary Margaret is about to be taken away, Ruby runs out from the parking lot, screaming, saying that there's a body, Emma investigates and finds out the body's identity: Kathryn! And she's still alive.

Mary Margaret is freed from prison, having been exonerated with all charges dropped, she is happily welcomes back by Storybrooke (including a card from her whole class with a message saying "We're so glad that you didn't kill Mrs. Nolan") however, when David shows up at her party, Emma asks him to leave by telling him to take Henry home. The mystery surrounding Kathryn's disappearance is that she was abducted, drugged, and kept in some guy's basement, it is revealed that the DNA results on the heart in the box were indeed faked originally, all for the implication and framing of Mary Margaret. She is currently hospitalized. It is later implied that the mysterious capturer of Kathryn was Mr. Gold.

August installs a medieval-like latch on the door of Mary Margaret and Emma to prevent Regina from ever entering again with one of her skeleton keys. Later, Mary Margaret walks happily among the school she teaches at, having returned innocent, but is halted by Regina. Regina asks Mary Margaret the whereabouts of Henry but Mary Margaret responds with anger, at the same time, she tells Regina that she forgives her for framing her and hopes they can put the past behind them. Telling Regina that she must leave a pretty lonely life if she gets her happiness from making others miserable. After Mary Margaret leaves, Henryb talks to Regina, addressing her as the Evil Queen and telling her that Snow White will have her happy ending and that good will win.

When Emma returns home from trying to abandon Storybrooke, Mary Margaret is furious that she didn't get to say godbye to her best friend, reminding her that when she tried to leave from the trial, Emma told her to stay as she is like family to her, Mary Margaret wonders why she left and Emma tells her that she took Henry but her convinced her to stay, Mary Margaret is further angry yet happy at her friends reappearence. Mary Margaret tells Emma that she has to do what's best for Henry, Emma asks what that is but she is told that she is the mother so that is her decision to make.

David meets Mary Margaret and tells her that ever since he awoke from his coma, the only thing to him that makes sense is her. David tells her that he has plans to move to Boston unless he has reason to stay, he asks Mary Margaret if she can give him reason to stay, Mary Margaret, despite being quite moved by his words, still cannot bring herself to take David back and leaves him alone. Later, as Henry lies in his hospital bed after eating a poison apple, Mary Margaret reads to him from his book and notices him flat-line, he takes a turn for the worse. Later, after Henry's death, Emma gives him a kiss on the forehead giving out a burst of true love across Storybrooke, reviving Henry and breaking the curse, giving everyone their memories back. Mary Margaret and David walk by each other in the street and he exclaims, "Snow!", the two of them embrace, remembering their former fairy tale love. Later, Rumplestiltskin unleashes his purple mist upon Storybrooke and Charming holds Snow as a sign of protection as it envelops them.

Season 2
Snow White and Prince Charming are still clinging onto each other when the purple smoke dissipates, not knowing what just happened, They then run into Red Riding Hood and Granny and have a very, very happy reunion, which is made even happier when Snow shares a group hug with the seven dwarves. It isn't long before Emma turns up, Henry near by, and Snow gives her a happy hug, knowing now who her daughter is, however, when they are walking through town, Emma states how she never thought her parents would be the way they are. They're soon alerted by Jiminy that Dr. Whale has formed an angry mob against Regina, and, after Henry makes the case that she's still his mom, Emma leads her mother, her father and the rest of the crowd to Regina's house where they stop the mob from killing her, however, they lock her up at the sheriff's station. While Snow and Charming think it's all Regina's fault, Emma wants to go to Rumplestiltskin, they immediately begin to question him, however, he twists her words and makes them redundant. They all feel a sudden Earth-tremor and are alerted to the sudden devastation Storybrooke is under, which makes worse the fact that Emma questioned Snow's actions of sending her away as she grew up lonely. Snow, her husband, and her daughter go to Regina, who is being attacked by a Wraith, Snow manages to fend it off, however, with a cigarette lighter and some hairspray, blowing it away in a puff of fire. She wonders if she killed it but Regina tells her she didn't. The four of them head on down to the mayor's office and retrieve Jefferson's hat to fight the Wraith so that they can send it to a land where it can't hurt anybody. Snow White, Charming and Emma prepare themselves with flaming brooms as Regina spins the hat, trying to get it to work, but it won't. As Charming braves the wraith, Emma touches Regina's shoulder, getting magic into the hat, opening the portal. The Wraith goes through, however, so does Emma, and, Snow, not being able to lose her daughter again, jumps in after her, as does Charming, but the portal closes before he can get through. Later, Emma and Snow White are found in a deserted fairytale world by Mulan and Aurora, who think they caused the wraith.

Gallery
Gallery of photographic stills released to promote the character.