Emma is in her room in the loft, Finally some peace and quiet she can do what she loves-. A phone goes off.
"Ugh" Emma did not want to be bothered, she was tired of everything, of being the savior, the daughter, hero, she just wanted to be Emma Swan for a while again.
"Sheriff Swan" Emma answer with a groan
"Miss Swan , its Mr. Gold I think you should meet me in the forest for a hike" Gold sounded like he was grinning through the phone with and sounded calm for once which was a shocker to Emma.
"Why do you want to have a hike with me, I don't even know where to find you" She really was looking to find a way out of this.
"I Left you a map at your door just go to the X" He was getting very annoying. 'Little Imp' emma thought
"OK fine meet you their , if this is a trick-"
"Believe me it's not, and it's a surprise for you I set up for you, per se something like a hideout for the Savior of the realms"
"Fine, I'll be there"
"Ok, oh one more thing, the location must be kept secret at all cost ,it will be a sanctuary and training place to harness your powers for you, only i myself and you shall know of its location once you get here it will be in your memory and wouldn't need the map anymore, I would suggest you burn it"
"Bye, Deary"
"Bye" Emma was lost for words, she grabbed her note book and car keys and was out the door in five minutes flat.
Emma arrived at the forest edge and looked around to see if anyone was looking and went in. Emma took out the map gave her and found where she was and headed toward the X. When she reached where the X should be she paused she thought she was lost until-
"Right here Deary" gold said scaring the crap out of Emma.
"God Gold, you really don't know how to not be scary for once, and how come you popped out of nowhere"
"Oh that , it's a barrier spell to cloak the Sanctuary from curious peoples eyes"
"Oh okay, lead the way" she shook her head getting the scare out of her and followed the Pawnshop keeper.
Emma walked through the barrier it shimmered and looked like flowing invisible water. When she finally saw it she was amazed and saw it was huge. There was a Clubhouse the size of the apartment which looked like an actual house which had a spiral staircase leading all the way up it. There was a stable with horses, an armory with practice dummies, an archery with targets, so many weapons you can think of, including special swords which were magical and had "Savior" written on them all. She was looking all around taking it in and was overwhelmed.
"It's kinda small isn't it" The Dark one said grinning from head to toe.
"You built this all" Emma asked wondering one thing
"Why" She looked at him with a confused expression.
"Because 'Emma' you are the savior you need a place to train and learn, plus I feel bad because I saw your childhood deary and you need to train for the final battle or how would I put this in your words 'Screwed'" This caused Emma to laugh and smile
She looked at him smiling "Thank You"
"No Problem, Princess Emma"
"I think you would like a tour"
"Sure" Emma agreed, but inside she was excited to see what was inside the house like treehouse
They went up the steps which was carved of the forests wood which looked beautiful. When they reached the door it had her name 'Emma' carved in it. Inside was beautiful it had loads of furniture, bedrooms, a kitchen, an office with a computer maps and globes and papers she has no idea what they are, a bathroom with plumbing and electricity, but what really struck a cord with Emma which she fell in love with instantly was a grand piano which was red colored like her jacket.
"How did you know I play" she looked at gold wounded
"Like I said deary I saw your childhood" He actually looked sad.
"The house has a security alarm and magic protection which wards off intruders" He spoke as she examined the piano with awe.
"Is there anymore question you would have, about anything if you do just call me, I will see myself out" He turns to leave and then-
"Oh, miss swan when you leave everything locks up itself, and when you come here you can turn the security on or off, which I don't think anyone would find this place" and then he was gone in a puff of black smoke.
Emma went home to get a few things from the apartment to bring to the sanctuary. She went to her room and put most of her stuff in boxes which wasn't much, because she was used to moving a lot , but she wasn't moving into the Tree house just putting her private things there such as books, journals, old mementos from her past and lastly her childhood box, to keep from prying eyes such as her parents they would never find it. She got her two boxes and went down the stairs to her little VW yellow bug.
Emma was putting boxes in her trunk about to close it when-
"What's with the boxes Emma" her mother had impeccable timing with everything. She slammed the trunk quickly.
"Just some old things I am taking to a storage unit" she lied smoothly trying to convince Snow, But unknown to Emma Snow saw right through it but didn't want to press the issue.
Emma turned to her mother looking at her with a look of distain. "I am going to be gone until dinner time, I have stuff to take care of"
Mary-Margaret looked hurt and confused "What stuff do you have to take care of, I can help you if you li-
"No, I mean thank you I will be fine, if you want to talk to me I will have my cellphone" Emma said too quickly trying not to let anyone bother her or find out about the sanctuary.
"Ok, be home for dinner at 7:00" Snow smiled at Emma and walked into the apartment. 'Phew close one' Emma thought, she got in her bug and drove away toward the forest.
Meanwhile in the apartment-
Snow put her bags down on the counter and went toward the phone. If she knew Emma at all, she could tell when she was lying and immediately hiding something and she was going to find out.
RING-RING" Charming we may have a problem with Emma"
Emma drove her car all the way through the woods to the Sanctuary and parked in the parking space behind the Tree House. She got her boxes in went inside and unpacked her things. In about an hour the place looked like she had been living in it for days, Emma explored the grounds she went to the stables and saw there were three horses she named them Champion, Avaroth, and Richard. She didn't have to take care of the stalls and feed them because everything was taking care of by magic automatically. 'Wow Gold thought of everything' Emma thought while looking around the place, she went back inside the tree house and saw a box that she didn't put there. Emma went over to the box in big writing with a marker it said 'Photo's and Things' she opened it and almost cried there were photo's of her when she was growing up every year had a photo, she had not gotten a lot of photos being in the system, but these were collected through people who had them for her how gold got them she did not know and didn't care, there were other ones as well some of her with snow, david, henry, and all of them together. She placed them on shelves and tables all around the house decorating it like a true home. Emma thought of all the foster homes she went to to the torture she endured at the hands of sick people,'Foster Home' she scoffed at the name 'home' in the name, because never any of them were a home, but now she was home and she was not leaving.