A/N I know, I know. I have been away for a while. I have been writing 2 novels, a script and helping a friend with another. My wife has made me promise that would be my priority. Not to mention the end of season 3 was a bit discouraging. I just could NOT shake this one. I started this just after the finale. It's my version and I am sticking to it.
Chapter 1
The young girl walked down the street of a town and seemed so familiar, yet so different at the same time. She had walked these streets since she was young girl. Her, her younger sister of two years and her older brother. She knew these streets and this town like the back of her hand. Tonight though, it seemed lonely and cold, giving her a creepy feeling. It seemed distant and unfamiliar. She made her way to diner where she stood just outside and watched the party that was going on, looking around to see several faces that she knew, she jumped back into the alleyway as she heard someone exiting the diner. She watched closely as the woman and man sat at the table and they began to talk. She couldn't hear what they were saying, but she didn't have to. She knew what was being said. She watched the man kiss the woman that she knew so well. Unable to stomach the scene, she pulled her head back into the alley.
"What's happening?" A voice whispered.
The young blonde jumped and looked at the other girl in surprise. "What...what are you doing here?" She whispered angrily.
"I can come if I want, Elsa. You can't stop me."
"Obviously. Where is Henry?"
"He went to check on Mama."
"Anna, you know that he is going to kill me, right?"
"Why? You didn't do anything. The portal was still open, so I jumped in behind you."
"Do you know what could have happened?"
"You weren't afraid." The younger girl fired.
"He knows that I have- abilities to protect myself. You don't."
"You may need help."
"Anna, this isn't about me needing help and you know it. This wasn't a good idea."
"Well too late now. I'm here and you can't send me home until you go home too."
"Crap." The older girl huffed. "Mama is going to kill me."
The younger girl huffed and lowered her head. "Mama won't even notice that we're gone."
"I don't understand what happened." Elsa walked around her sister with a confused look on her face.
"Why? What's wrong?"
"We went back way too far." Elsa looked around. "We gotta get out of here before someone sees us." She took the other girl by the arm and led her down the alleyway to the next street over. There was only one place that Elsa even knew to try. It was getting late and the girls needed a place for the night.
They stood in front of the large building that read 'Granny's B&B'. Elsa stopped just before the door and turned to her sister. "Just remember, you don't know these people."
"I got it."
"I am serious, Anna. You can't run in here screaming 'hey Granny'. They don't know us, and we don't know them."
"Okkkkaaay". Anna drug the word out as if insulted.
"I mean it."
"I got it!"
The girls walked into the B&B and were greeted by a very familiar smile. "Well, hello there."
"Hi." Elsa said.
"How can I help you two?"
"We would like a room, please."
Granny looked that two young girls. "Okay. How many will be staying?" Granny gathered up the guest log book.
"Just my sister and myself."
Granny looked up at the girls over her glasses. "Where's your family?"
"They aren't here at the moment."
"And when will they be here?"
"My sister and I will need a room for the night, while we're visiting."
Granny closed the book. "Girls, are you in some kind of trouble? Running from someone? This isn't a town that sees visitors and, even though my mind may be slipping a touch, I've never seen either of you."
Anna looked up nervously at Elsa. A look which didn't get past Granny. "We would like a room, please. One with two beds, as my sister kicks in her sleep, but one large will work as well." Granny continued to look at the girls. "Do you have a room available?"
Granny sighed while turning around taking one of the keys from the wall. "It's the second room on the left at the top of those stairs." Granny watched as the oldest girl pulled some money from her pocket. She raised her hand. "Don't you worry about that dear. Just let me know if there is anything I can do to help you two. Young girls shouldn't be wondering around in the dark like this."
"Thank you. We'll be fine. I promise."
Granny watched the two girls walk up to their room and wondered if she should make the next move. After only a moment's thought, she reached for the phone and dialed the number.
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Emma felt the man's lips on her neck as his hand stared underneath her shirt when a load noise caused him to huff. Emma looked over at the phone that was ringing on the table. "I have to get that."
"Let it go, love."
"I can't. It's the Sheriff's phone and Regina..." Emma got up off the couch. "...she's pissed. Swan." Emma answered. "uh huh." She replied. "Alright, I will be over." She hung up the phone.
"What? Did the Queen insight another curse?"
"No." Emma said tying her shoes. "There's a problem at Granny's. I just need to go and check it out."
"Can't someone else do that. We are kind of busy here."
"Who? Snow just had a baby so David is with her and Ruby is at the dinner with the party." She grabbed her red leather jacket and headed for the door. "Maybe another time."
Emma left the apartment more excited than she thought she would be. She didn't know why in the hell that she had left with Hook. She didn't care about him that way and was about to make a huge mistake. She would have to remember to thank Granny for the block.
Within 10 minutes the Sheriff was walking into the B&B. She smiled at Granny upon seeing her. "Good evening, Emma."
"Granny."
"I hear that you did it. I knew you could." Granny smiled.
"I did and apparently I returned with some unwanted items...or people." Emma looked around the room. "So what's the problem?"
"We have visitors?"
"We as in..."
"Storybrooke."
"What?" Emma immediately worried. Lets hope that you didn't bring anything else back with you. Emma could hear Regina's voice again.
"Are you alright?" Granny noticed that Emma turned very pale.
"Yeah." Emma smiled playing it off. "Where are they?"
"They are two young girls. I would say early teens if that. The young one may not be."
"Two girls?"
"Yes."
"No parents?"
"None."
"Why are they here?"
"With all due respect, Sheriff, if I knew that I wouldn't have called you.
"Alright. I'll check it out." Emma turned to walked toward the stairs.
The girls were sitting on the bed talking. "Where are we?"
"We're home. You mean when are we."
"Whatever, Elsa. Granny seems too young. I think that we went too far."
"No kidding. I'm the one who almost had to poke out my eyes seeing that man with Mama." There was a knock at the door.
"Girls?" They both stopped at the sound on the other side of the door. It was an all too familiar sound. A sound, and word, that they'd heard often in their very own bedrooms- from that exact voice.
"Hide!" Elsa whispered.
"Where?"
"The bathroom."
"Girls." They both looked at the door.
"Why do I have to hide?"
"Look at you, Anna. You are the mirror image of Mom. She can't see you."
"Granny saw me!"
"Girls? Is everything ok?" They looked at the door again.
"Granny is a old lady that is half blind, Anna." Elsa pointed to the door. "She is not."
"Girls, I am going to give you to the count of three to open this door, then I am coming in."
Elsa panicked. "THIS is why I left you behind. You are here on some crazy mission..."
"ONE." Emma's voice was loud on the other side of the door.
"Anna, go hide!"
"TWO."
"Don't screw this up, Anna. We have to fix things."
Just as Emma was about to say 'three' , the door quickly opened.
"You girls alright?" Emma said trying to look around the young girl.
Elsa couldn't hardly make eye contact with Emma. "Yeah. Sorry. My sister is in the shower and I had already gone to bed."
"With your clothes on?" Emma looked the girl up and down.
"Is that unacceptable?"
Emma raised an eyebrow. "We don't see many visitors around here and you look to young to have driven yourself in, so how did you get here?"
"Do you question all the towns visitors this way, Sheriff? Maybe that's why you don't have any."
Emma grabbed the girl by the arm. "Ok, you are coming with me."
"Why? What did I do?" Elsa protested.
"What you did was call me Sheriff."
Elsa was shocked as she being pulled down toward the steps. "And?"
"And I never told you I was the Sheriff" As Emma passed Granny she spoke. "The other one is in the shower. When she is out, call me. I have to get this one to the diner."
"What? Why?" Elsa was still trying to pled her case. This wasn't good. They had only been here an hour and already things were out of control.
Emma stopped and looked at the young girl in the eyes. "Who are you?"
"What?" Elsa was suddenly scared. This wasn't a scenario that her brother had warned her of.
"Who are you?" Emma shook the girl by her arm. "You have about a second to start talking, kid." Emma said as she put her face close to the young girl's.
"I don't know what you're talking about. Why are you being so mean?" It was all the young girl could do not to cry and Emma saw that.
"This isn't the day, kid. Some...funny things just happened and suddenly you two show up?"
"What? What funny things?"
"Who sent you here?" Emma said in a very serious voice.
Elsa started to struggle under the hand that was becoming more tight around her bicep. "You're hurting me." She said almost in tears.
"Then tell me who you are?"
"My name is Elsa."
"Who sent you?" Elsa didn't answer and Emma shook her again. "I said, who sent you?"
"Please. I'm not someone bad. My sister and I are just visiting."
"No one just visiting Storybrooke. Just Pan and flying monkeys and wicked witches and crazy people from some home offices. No one just visits Storybrooke."
Emma took the girl by the arm and drug her into the diner. The commotion stopped as the pair entered the room. Everyone watched as Emmy escorted the kid quickly to a stool at the bar. The young girl looked around the room. What happened? Where did they go wrong? Why does everyone look so young? When is this?
"This is Elsa." Emma announced to the people who were still left in the diner. "Her and her sister just checked into Granny's and they are... " Emma gestured quotes with her fingers. "...are visiting."
"The witch sent her! Off with her head!" Leroy screamed.
Elsa started to panic and Emma spoke to her again. "Speak up, kid." Elsa looked around the room again. "Who. Sent. You!"
Elsa found a soft pair of eyes across the room in a young boy. Somehow, in that moment, those familiar eyes gave her the strength that she needed. She took a deep breath and answered the question. "Henry."