I do not own Once Upon a Time.

New story, new story! Very excited. So our little Sophia is all grown up and going off to college.

Sophia Eleanor Cassidy looked around her brand new dorm room. Her parents had just left. There were a few tears for everyone involved though her father tried to hide his. The previous night there had been a going away party for her at Granny's. Most of the town had shown up, no surprise there. She got cards and tons of hugs from family and friends. Sophia was sad to leave the only place she had ever called home and everyone she ever knew. But she wanted to start a new chapter. Now she was on her own. It was liberating to say the least.

For the first time in her life, there were no fairy tale characters watching her every move. She wasn't the daughter of a sorceress and a hero. She wasn't the god daughter of the savior and a pirate. She certainly wasn't the granddaughter of the Dark One. Sophia was just a normal student. And she wanted the normal college experience.

Her room was small but comfortable, shopping for everything had been an experience to say the least. There was so much to buy, bedding that had to match, lighting, picture frames, everything for the bathroom, snacks, all the clothes, shoes, jackets, rug, school books and stationary. The room had a single window that over looked the soccer field. Her side of the room was covered in pictures and posters. Sophia had a feeling she would be pulling all-nighters to finish essays.

She had already bonded with her roommate, thankfully the girls had been emailing back and forward for a month before moving in together. Alyssa was friendly and outgoing. She was an only child from a small town in Pennsylvania and was majoring in science and wanted to work in a lab in order to cure cancer.

Sophia only gave the bare facts about her own life. She was from a tiny town in Maine, her mom was a librarian, her dad was a mechanic, she had three siblings.

She looked over her class schedule, all general education classes to start with. She had done well on her placements tests, so she skipped the remedial classes. David had been an excellent tutor back home. The first semester she had math, history, literature, science and a gym class.

As a freshman, she couldn't get away from the dreaded eight AM class. As much as she loved reading thanks to Grandma Belle, thinking critically about literature at the crack of dawn was going to be a challenge.

As far as extra activities, volleyball was a must. Sophia lived and breathed volleyball. She also considered a club, college offered so many choices.

Sophia was an introvert by nature but now she was ready to step out of her comfort zone. Meet people, learn new things, become a more well-rounded person.

She made friends with a few girls on her floor. Fern was a theater major and Delilah majored in art history and played softball. Then there was the occasional guy who tried to sit with them, but it was Sophia's job to chase them away if none of the girls were interested in him.

Her first semester ended quickly, the freshman fifteen turned out to be a myth, maybe it was thanks to volleyball practice, games and running across campus multiple times.

She was home for Christmas, that's when she realized how much she missed Storybrooke. College provided freedom but home was stable.

And she might have lied to her mother, denying that she had ever attended any wild college parties or had any alcohol. But Aunt Emma saw right through it, her and her super power. She had taken Sophia aside and said she trusted her not to go overboard and become a party girl. College was all about discovering oneself in a safe environment.

The holidays passed too quickly and Sophia found herself back at school, ready for her second semester.

Little did she know, her horizons and her heart were going to open up.

OMG AdorkableAlyssa, there is there the character I said I would name after you. I hope you like her.

Reviews please.