"Are you sure this is the place?" I asked my twin brother, Henry. "I'm positive, this is where she lives," Henry told me. "What if she doesn't come with us, what if she doesn't want us? She didn't want us back then why would she want us now?" I asked with tears.

Henry hugged me. "No matter what happens I will be with you. She gave up on us and that's her fault because you are an amazing sister and I love you a lot. And she will too," Henry told me. I smiled and hugged him back. "Go ahead, ring the doorbell. It's time to meet our mom," I said.

Henry nodded and rang the doorbell. A lady opened the door. She had long blonde hair and was wearing a pretty dress. I looked up at her. This is my biological mother, Emma Swan. I resisted the urge to cry.

"Uh? Can I help you?" Emma asked. "Are you Emma Swan?" I asked. "Yeah, who are you?" Emma asked. "My name's Henry and this is Ava. We are your children," Henry told her. Emma's eyes grew. She remained silent as she stood there.

We pushed by her and went into the apartment. "Whoa! Hey, kids! Kids! Kids! I don't have children! Where are your parents?" Emma asked. "Ten years ago. Did you give up a pair of twins for adoption? That was us," I told her.

Emma looked at us and I thought I saw recognition but it was gone as quickly as it had appeared. "Give me a minute.." Emma told us. She walked away from us and into some bathroom. "I'm thirsty," I said. "Me too," Henry agreed.

"Hey, you have any juice?" Henry asked as he looked around Emma's fridge. He picked up a bottle of juice. "Never mind, found some," Henry said. We each took a sip of juice and then Emma walked out.

"You know, we should probably get going," Henry told her. "Going where?" Emma asked. "We want you to come home with us," I explained. "Okay, kids. I'm calling the cops," Emma said as she walked towards her phone.

"Then I'll tell them you kidnapped us," Henry suggested. "And they'll believe you because I'm your birth mother," Emma said. "Yep," Henry and I said in unison. "You're not going to do that," Emma told us. "Try me," Henry said.

"You both are pretty good. But here's the thing - there's not a lot I'm great at in life. I have one skill. Let's call it a superpower. I can tell when anyone is lying and you two, are," Emma said.

"Wait.. Please don't call the cops. Please, come home with us," I pleaded. "Where's home?" Emma asked. "Storybrooke, Maine," Henry answered. "Storybrooke? Seriously?" Emma asked. "Mmhmm," Henry said. "Alright, then. Let's get you back to Storybrooke," Emma said.

We followed her out of her apartment and got into her yellow buggy. She started driving and Henry and I sat in the back. Henry got out his book and we started reading it. After 10 minutes my stomach started making noises.

"I'm hungry. Can we stop somewhere?" I asked. "This is not a road trip. We're not stopping for snacks," Emma answered. "Why not?" Henry asked. "Quite complaining, you two. Remember - I could have put your butts on a bus. I still could," Emma told us.

"You know, we have names. Henry and Ava, why don't you try it?" I said. Henry laughed a little. Emma went silent and we continued to read our book.

"What's that?" Emma asked. "I'm not sure you are ready," Henry said. "I'm not ready for some fairy tales?" Emma asked. "They're not fairy tales," I said. "They're true. Every story in this book actually happened," Henry explained.

"Of course they did," Emma said sarcastically. I knew she wouldn't believe us. "If you don't believe us then use your so called superpower. See if we are lying," I said.

"Just because you believe something, doesn't make it true," Emma said. "Just because you say you have a superpower, doesn't make it true," I said. Emma ignored me.

"That's exactly what makes it true. You should know more than anyone," Henry said. "Why's that?" Emma asked. "Because you're in this book," I told her. "Oh, you two. You've got problems," Emma said. "Like you don't?" I mumbled.

"Yep, and you're going to fix them," Henry smiled. I don't understand how he can just already forgive her for giving us up. She knows we are her kids and she is already bringing us back home just to give us up again? I just can't forgive her, not yet.

She went silent and we just continued to read our book. After a while I noticed us passing a sign. I looked closely at it. It read 'Welcome to Storybrooke'. I tapped Henry and pointed towards the sign.

We can't go home. Our adoptive mom is the mayor of this town and she is really the Evil Queen. Sure, I love her but what me and Henry are trying to do is save the town from her curse. She is going to do terrible things to us when Emma brings us home and when her curse is finally broken. No matter what happens she will always be the Evil Queen.

"Okay, kids. How about an address?" Emma asked. "Forty-four Not Telling You Street," I answered. Emma stopped the car and got out. Henry and I got out also. "Look kids, it's been a long time and it's almost..." Emma started and looked up at the clock that was broken, "8:15?"

"That clock hasn't moved our whole life. Times frozen here," Henry said. It was true. Because of the Evil Queen's curse that clock hasn't moved at all. When she threatened Snow White and Charming, Snow needed to see Rumplestilskin. When they went to see him, he told them that time would stand still and there was nothing we could do about it until their kid, who is Emma, came to save them.

"Excuse me?" Emma asked. "The Evil Queen did it with her curse. She sent everyone from the Enchanted Forest here," I explained.

"Okay, the Evil Queen sent a bunch of fairy tale characters here," Emma asked, disbelief hinted in her voice. "Yeah, and now they're trapped," Henry told her.

"Frozen in time, stuck in Storybrooke, Maine. That's what you're going with?" Emma asked us. "It's true!" We exclaimed. "Then why doesn't everybody just leave?" Emma asked.

"They can't. If they try, bad things happen," I explained. Emma just stared at us. "Henry! Ava!" A voice yelled. I looked and saw Archie with his dog Pongo.

"Henry, Ava, what are you doing here? Is everything alright?" Archie asked as he walked up to us. "We're fine Archie," Henry answered. "Who's this?" Archie asked. "Just someone trying to give them a ride home," Emma answered.

"She's our mom, Archie," I explained. "Oh, I see," Archie said. "You know where they live?" Emma asked. "Yeah, sure. Just, ah, right up on Mifflin street. The Mayor's house is the biggest one on the block," Archie told her.

Henry and I looked down at our feet. "You both are the Mayor's kids?" Emma asked. "Uh," Henry whispered. "Maybe?" I shrugged. "Hey, where were you today, Henry and Ava? Because you both missed your session," Archie said.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you. We went on a field trip," Henry said. Yeah, a field trip to find our mom, with no adults, and just us two. "Henry, Ava, what did I tell you about lying? Giving into one's dark side never accomplishes anything," Archie lectured us.

"Oookay. Well, I really should be getting them home," Emma interrupted. Thank you. I mean I get that Archie is Jiminy Cricket but if he doesn't remember then does he really still have to give lectures?

"Yeah, sure. Well, listen. Um. Have a good night and, uh, you be good, Henry and Ava," Archie told us. Archie smiled and walked away with Pongo walking happily beside him.

"So that's your shrink?" Emma asked us. "We aren't crazy," I said. "Didn't say that. Just, he doesn't seem 'cursed' to me. Maybe he's just trying to help you," Emma said.

"He's the one that needs help because he doesn't know," Henry explained. "That he's a fairy tale character?" Emma asked. "None of them do. They don't remember who they are," I explained.

"Convenient. Alright, I'll play. Who's he supposed to be?" Emma asked. "This isn't some game, this is real life. You can't just push this away, you're just scared to believe because something bad could happen and you don't want to loose anyone," I said. Emma looked me in the eyes and I thought I saw hurt but it was gone quickly.

"Anyways, he is supposed to be Jiminy Cricket," Henry said. "Right, the lying thing. Thought both of your noses grew a little," Emma said. "We're not Pinocchio!" I exclaimed.

"Course you're not. Because that would be ridiculous," Emma sighed. We all got in the car and Emma started driving us to our house. We finally arrived in front of our house. It was a big house, it was white and had a lot of rooms. It was the biggest house in the town all because well our mom is the Mayor.

"Please don't take us back there!" I cried. "I have to. I'm sure your parents are worried sick about the both of you," Emma said. I groaned and we all got out of the car. We started walking up when Henry said, "We don't have parents. Just a mom and she's evil."

"Evil? That's a bit extreme, isn't it?" Emma asked. "She is. She doesn't love us. She only pretends to," I explained. "Kids... I'm sure that's not true," Emma told us. The front door opened and our mom came running out.

"Henry! Ava! Are you ok? Where have you been? What happened?" Mom asked. She hugged us and I noticed Sheriff Graham by the door. She wasn't worried, she was too busy probably kissing the sheriff. "We found our real mom," I said. We ran inside the house and away from mom. We ran up to our room that we shared and jumped on Henry's bed.

"You don't think she's going to leave, do you?" I asked. "I don't know, I hope she doesn't. We'll just have to wait and see," Henry said. There was a knock on the door and Sheriff Graham walked in.

"Hi Sheriff Graham, did mom send you?" I asked. "No, I came up on my own to check on you guys," Sheriff Graham answered. "We're fine," Henry answered. I yawned and so did Henry. "Tired?" Sheriff Graham laughed.

I nodded my head and went into my bed. "Well, get some rest kids. I'll see you two tomorrow, I'll tell your mom that you guys are ok," Sheriff Graham said. "Ok, thank you. Good night Sheriff Graham," we both said.

He smiled and then left, closing the door on the way out. As soon as his footsteps couldn't be heard I sat up. "I can't believe he fell for that!" I laughed. "I know right," Henry laughed. "How will we know if everything is going as planned?" I asked. "I don't know. What will change when she stays?" Henry asked. I sat there thinking.

Something that will change when she stays.... The clock.. "The clock!" I said. "When it moves we will know that she stays because it hasn't moved our whole life because of the curse. When Emma stays it will mean the curse is going to start to break. I can't believe I didn't think of that before!" Henry exclaimed.

"Let's wait and watch the clock tonight," I suggested. That's what we did. As we watched Emma's car leave our house we watched the clock. Nothing happened. I woke up the next morning and noticed Henry and I had fallen asleep on the windowsill. I looked up and at the clock. It was still not moving. I knew it. She left us. Abandoned us.

"Henry, come on. We have to leave this place," I said. "But Emma," Henry said as he woke up. "Emma left, look at the clock, it hasn't moved. You saw her car leave, she left us, just like she did 10 years ago," I told Henry. His eyes looked at the clock and sadness covered his face.

"I know where to go," Henry said. I smiled and grabbed the book. "Let's go then," I said. "Wait, hold on. We have to delete everything and make sure nobody can find us," Henry said.

I agreed and went to my computer while Henry went to his. We deleted our inboxes and left the room quickly. Mom was still asleep so we snuck by slowly. We ran out of the house and across town. Henry and I had a place. It was were we went when we wanted to escape the world. It was like our castle.

It was really a playground but it was shaped like a castle. We climbed up and opened the book. "Let's read from where we left off," I said. Henry smiled and said, "Ok." Henry then began to read.

"Snow White was on her bed. She was giving birth to a girl. "I can't have this baby now!" Snow White yelled. "Doc, do something. It's going to be ok. The wardrobe is almost finished, just hold on," Charming said as Snow White sat panting on the bed."

"Geppetto came running into the room. "It's ready," he said. Charming smiled and started to pick up Snow. "It's too late. We can't move her," Doc said. Snow then gave birth to a healthy baby girl, Emma. Snow held her in her arms while Charming stood next to her smiling."

"Snow's face dropped as she remembered something. "The wardrobe... It only takes one," Snow said. "Then our plan has failed. At least we're together," Charming whispered. "No. You have to take her. Take the baby to the wardrobe," Snow told Charming."

"Charming asked, "Are you out of your mind?" "No, it's the only way. You have to save her," Snow said. "No. No. No. You don't know what you are saying," Charming whispered. "No, I do. We have to believe that she'll come back for us. We have to give her her best chance," Snow whispered with tears in her eyes."

"Snow and Charming both kissed Emma's forehead. Charming took Emma in his arms and Snow whispered, "Goodbye, Emma...." Charming and Snow shared one more kiss before Charming left with a sword in one hand and Emma in the other."

"Snow sobbed loudly as she was left alone on the bed in her room. Charming ran out into the hallway and noticed two of the queen's black knights. He charged up to them and went into a fight. He kept Emma safe in his arms. Blocking attacks from them that were heading towards Emma. He was sliced in the shoulder but quickly recovered in time to knocked out the two knights."

"Charming ran into the room with the wardrobe. He opened the doors to the wardrobe and placed Emma inside. He kissed her forehead and whispered, "Find us." Charming closed the wardrobe and locked it. The two knights came running into the room. Charming, weak from the slice to the shoulder, tried to fight back. Sadly, one of the knights plunged his sword into Charming's side."

"He fell to the ground and the knights started to open the wardrobe. When the knights opened the wardrobe, much to their surprise, it was empty. Charming smiled lightly as his vision grew blurry and his eyes shut," Henry finished reading.

"Why did you end there?!" I asked. Henry looked up at me. "Shh, someone's coming," Henry whispered. We quickly sat up and Henry hid the book. We both looked up at the clock. I heard footsteps and someone walked up behind us.

"Still hasn't moved, huh?" A voice asked. It was Emma. She.. She didn't leave? "We were hoping that when we brought you back, things would change here. That the final battle would begin," Henry whispered. "I'm not fighting any battles, kids," Emma told us.

"Yes, you are. Because it's your destiny! You're going to bring back the happy endings!" I exclaimed. "Can you both cut it with the book crap," Emma said.

"You don't have to be hostile. I know you like us - I can tell," Henry started. "You're just pushing us away because we make you feel guilty," I said. "It's okay. I know why you gave us away. You wanted to give us our best chance," Henry finished.

I still don't think it was ok. I don't forgive her but Henry does. I don't understand. I need her to save the town though, so I have to stick up with her for now.

"How do you know that?" Emma asked. "Because it's the same reason Snow White gave you away," I said. "Listen to me, kids. I'm not in any book. I'm a real person. And I'm no savior. You were right about one thing though. I wanted you both to have your best chance. But it's not with me. Come on, let's go," Emma said.

"Please don't take us back there. Just stay with us for one week. That's all we ask," Henry pleaded. "One week, and you'll know we aren't crazy," I said.

"I have to get you both back to your mother," Emma said. "You don't know what it's like with her," Henry said. "Our life sucks!" We exclaimed.

"Oh, you want to know what sucking is? Being left abandoned on the side of a freeway. My parents didn't even bother to drop me off at a hospital. I ended up in a foster system and I had a family until I was three, but then they had their own so then they sent me back. Look, your mom is trying her best. I know it's hard and I know sometimes you think she doesn't love either of you, but at least she wants you both," Emma said.

"Your parents didn't leave you on the side of a freeway. That's just where you came through," I said. "What?" Emma asked. "The wardrobe. When you went through the wardrobe you appeared in the street. Your parents were trying to save you from the curse," Henry explained.

"Sure they were. Come on, Ava and Henry," Emma said and we reluctantly followed her. Henry ran up to her and I did too. We each grabbed one of her hands and held on tight. She looked down at our hands in hers surprised but held on tightly.

We finally arrived back home. The door opened and mom appeared. We ran past her and upstairs. We ran up into our room and sat on Henry's bed. Henry put the book on top of his dresser and we both got in bed. I faced the opposite way from the door and so did Henry. Hopefully, mom would just leave us alone.

I heard footsteps and ignored her. When they were gone I sat up. I looked at the dresser, the book was gone. "Henry, the book. It's gone," I whispered. Henry looked for it. "It is gone. What are we going to do now?" Henry asked.

"If Emma actually stayed the first night then we have to believe that she will stay another night. I feel like this time the clock will move. So, I'm going to watch it and you should too," I said. Henry smiled and nodded.

We sat by the window and I laid my head on Henry's shoulder. We waited and waited. Then waited some more. Finally the clock ticked. Henry looked at me and smiled. The clock hand moved and I smiled more. Maybe this would actually work.

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Hi guys! So welcome to my new book! Let me tell you about it! So basically each chapter is one episode of Once Upon A Time. That's why they are so long, each one is one whole episode. This one was the pilot! Hope you liked it!

I don't know when I will update next but maybe one tomorrow? I'm busy with my other book called 'The Story Of Us (Henry Mills Love Story)' so check that out! Have a great day guys!

❤️Luv you❤️
-K

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