Once Upon a Twin

Prologue: A Twin Surprise

Stepping out of a taxi cab, a tall, short haired blonde stands up with a military duffle bag on her back, decked out in her Marine Officer Uniform. Looking up at the tall building in front of her, she checks the letter in her hand again, before folding it up and placing it in her pocket. Straightening up her back, she walks in, determined to see the person who sent the letter.

Arriving at the door of the apartment room, she pauses, staring at the number, disbelieving that after all these years, she is finally going to see the person she grew up with before being sent off to Military school. The same person who pushed her to do Boot camp, then join the Marines, and keep going, even when she wanted to take care of that person. They just hugged her and shoved her on the bus, and told her to not come back till the two terms she wanted to do were up.

Sighing, she knocks on the door in front of her. Hearing a voice call out to wait a moment, she can't help but grin, knowing that the person on the other side doesn't even know she was in the state, let alone right outside the door. She pulls herself back to reality as the door swings open.

"Can I help..." The person trails off as their eyes go wide and mouth drops, seeing the Marine at the door.

"Hmm, I don't know, are you Emma Swan?" She asks cheekily.

Squealing out loudly, the shorter blonde soars out of the apartment, jumping at the female Marine in excitement before burying her head into the females shoulder, clinging to her with all she has.

"Hey there Em, long time no see." The marine winked as she pulled back from the hug.

"Skylar Swan!" Emma growled out, punching her Twin on the arm,"I can't believe you didn't tell me you were here! You said you didn't have a set date for when you would be able to show up!"

Skylar laughed softly as she pulled Emma back into another hug, "And miss out on my Twin's Birthday?! I've missed seeing you face to face for nearly eleven years Emma, I didn't want to miss out on one more day if I could help it."

Emma rolled her eyes, "You're turning twenty-eight as well you doofus. We share the same birthday, remember? Now come inside, your stuff showed up a few days ago, haven't unpacked any of it yet, but it's all here."

Jumping up and down in excitement, the taller twin asked, "And my bike? Is it here already as well?!"

Laughing, Emma pulled Skylar into the apartment, nodding as she grabbed her twins bag and tossed it on the floor in the apartment, before leading her to the shower in an adjacent room. Telling her to wash up before she puts her to work at making them a Birthday dinner, stating that, luckily, her bounty was done yesterday instead of today as she walked out of the room again, and back into the living room.

Sighing softly, Skylar grabbed a towel from a cabinet in the bathroom, before glancing back to the doorway, hearing the clatter of pots and pans. She found her Twin. She was home...