(The way this story is written is like an episode. There will be 11 episodes of this story, but more than 11 chapters. Not every episode will have a flashback. I post a new chapter every Saturday.)
**This story takes place after the season 4 finale.
Chapter 1
Episode 1A
On a calm Sunday afternoon in Storybrooke Maine, the residents were unaware of the storm that was about to come in just a few minutes.
Regina Mills, the town mayor, sat in her office doing paper work. David Nolan, the only sheriff was walking with his wife Mary Margaret, a school teacher, and their baby son Neal. Mr. Gold, a shopkeeper, was in the back room going through his unique merchandise. Belle Gold sat in her library reading a Harry Potter book. Robin Hood and his son Roland were in the mayor's living room with a small bag of their belongings. Henry Mills, a teenager, was walking back to the Mayor's mansion with a backpack over his shoulder containing a large Storybook. Killian Jones, a one handed pirate, remained inside his ship, the Jolly Roger, drinking rum on the lower decks.
The whole town was quiet since the savior sacrificed herself to save another, becoming the Dark One in the process. She disappeared afterward, vanishing to another world. It was only a few weeks ago, but the town felt the loss.
The town was so...still. Nothing spontaneous had happened since Emma Swan-the former savior-disappeared. But all that was about to change.
In the middle of the street several feet away from the library, a sort of tornado broke out. It was about 15 feet about the street and 10 feet wide. This tornado or storm if you prefer created a loud swirling sound.
Henry stopped in his tracks. Belle looked out the window of the library. David and Mary Margaret turned to face the tornado on the other side of the road. Leroy and the other minors rounded up near the tornado. Ruby walked outside of Granny's Diner to see what was going on. Archie held his dog Pongo back. Several other residents gathered outside to get a closer look at the disturbance.
The tornado was staying in the same spot for a few minutes doing no harm.
"What do you suppose that is?" Leroy asked David and Mary Margaret.
"No idea," Mary Margaret replied.
"What should we do?" Ruby asked them.
The tornado formed a blue color and blew a harsh wind down on the town's residents standing nearby. Ruby, Henry, and a few others backed up at the change of the tornado. David clutched his gun in his holster.
A moment later something fell out of the tornado and hit the ground. After is landed it was clearer to see what it was: a teenage girl.
Wearing her really long orange hair up in a high ponytail, this teenage girl landed stomach first into Storybrooke. Her hair covered her face buried in the road. The girl used her arms to lift herself up and stand. She was wearing a long dress with short round sleeves on her shoulders. The top part of the dress was white and the bottom part was green. She looked up and saw Ruby first. The girl turned her head to look at all the others looking at her.
Everyone was staring at her and vise versa.
The storm turned a darker blue hue and the girl look up above her.
Another person fell from the tornado. This person was younger and had long curly dark brown hair. She wore clothes that resemble Snow White's bandit outfits.
The teenage girl helped up the second girl and said, "Mary, are you alright."
"I'm fine, Lena." The second girl said.
"Where is she?" Lena look up.
"Coming." Mary assured her.
A few second later another girl fell. She had curly blond hair with a few streaks of brown. She was older than the second girl and younger than the first girl.
Just after she landed, another girl fell through and the tornado shrunk and vanished.
The tallest girl, Lena looked at the last girl who fell in anger. "What did you do!?"
The one called Mary looked up and panted.
"Now's not the time, Lena" the girl with dirty blonde hair said. She looked around at all the people gathered around them.
The residents all started at these four girls who just dropped into Storybrooke.
This ought to make the headlines.
***Roll opening credits***
Several Storybrooke residents stood outside still staring at their new arrivals. So many questions ran through those minds. So many concerns too. The four girls stood up and looked around.
"Who are you?" David asked after a minute.
The two younger girls looked at the orange haired girl, Lena, who said, "We are...Where are we?"
"You're in Storybrooke, Maine," Belle answered.
"Who's in charge?" The older girl with dirty blonde hair asked. "I mean who's the police?"
"I'm the sheriff," David answered.
"The only sheriff?" The girl asked.
"Yes," he confirmed.
"Where the hell have you taken me?" The younger girl with short dark hair asked.
"Shush," the orange haired girl said.
"Perhaps you should come with me to the station," David suggested.
The girls nodded and followed him. Ruby, the deputy, went with him. The dirty blonde haired one looked confused by Ruby.
In the Sheriff's station the four girls sat in three chairs across from David. A metal desk separate them. The orange haired girl sat down first and the younger girl with long dark hair sat on her lap. The other two sat down looking quite annoyed. Ruby stood behind David as he asked them, "What are your names?"
"Lena," the Orange haired teen said. "I'm 16 years old."
"So I take it your the leader here?" David said.
The girl with curly hair rolled her eyes and David looked at her. She folded her arms and leaned back in her chair. She glanced at Lena and Lena gestured her to talk. "Lyra."
The girl on Lena's lap spoke next, "And I'm Maryanne. I'm 12 years old and I'm from London."
Everyone looked at the girl with short dark hair next. She huffed and sat up. "Melody. Ironic I know. I'm 13 and would appreciate it if you could get me back home!"
"Perhaps we could if you all told us how you ended up here." David said.
Lena stammered while Lyra smirked and leaned forward. Lena stopped her and said, "We're from the Enchanted Forest. You may have heard of me. I'm Thumbelina, but I prefer Lena." she said quickly.
"What day is it?" Maryanne asked them.
"September 4th, 2015," Ruby said.
Lena nodded.
"Why did you all come here?" David asked.
"We wanted to see Storybrooke," Lyra said.
"You know, modern technology," Lena added.
"Do you have any family here?" He asked them.
Lyra started laughing and Lena glared at her then elbowed her. "We'll manage," Lena said.
"We know each other," Maryanne said, referring to herself and the three other girls. "We'll be fine. If we cause any trouble, which isn't likely, you can send us back."
Ruby and David smiled at her.
"That was quite a storm you girls caused," Ruby said, "How did you conjure that?"
"Oh it was just something we pulled out of a hat," Lyra said before trying not to laugh. Maryanne started laughing a little.
"Never-mind them," Lena said, "They're immature. I'm like their babysitter."
Lyra's eyes narrowed at Lena.
"I suppose you'll all need a place to stay tonight?" Ruby said.
Ruby escorted the four girls over to Granny's diner where they met Granny. "Hey Granny," Ruby said, "uh, these girls need a room for the night. Or are you girls staying longer?"
"We're staying for as long as we can," Lena said. "As long as we're welcome."
"Let's just have a two week trial and go from there," Lyra said. Lena looked at her.
Granny nodded and asked the girls if they would like anything to eat or drink. Lyra asked for cookie and Granny look at her. "I meant real food," Granny said.
"That is real food," Melody argued.
Granny looked at her through her glasses.
Ruby took them to the back of the diner where the office was for the motel. She opened a binder and had Lena sign a form. Then Ruby took two big old fashioned keys off a hook and handed them to Lena. Ruby walked upstairs with them and told them about their room. "There's a bathroom, two full sized beds, and a TV with Netflix."
They entered their room on the forth floor and scoped it out. Maryanne ran up to the bed and started jumping on it. Melody looked out the window. Lyra asked Ruby, "Does this town have a school?"
Ruby laughed, "Of course it does."
"What about a clothing store?" Lyra asked.
"Yeah, it's just two blocks down." Ruby said. "But I don't know if you can do much shopping without money. We'll pay for your room and food if we need to but we have a business to maintain."
"Right," Lyra said and started to close the door.
"Oh," Ruby stopped her, "Dinner is on the house tonight, but please don't go overboard. Have a great stay."
Lyra closed the door and turned to look at the three others. "Okay Lena, time for your master plan."
"We could have just told her we do have money," Lena held up a wad of $20 bills.
"Where did you get that money?" Lyra asked.
"My dad," she said simply. "So now that we're here, I think we should discuss the plan."
"The plan?" Maryanne asked.
"Why we're here," Lena said. "We have to be careful not to tell anyone where we're from," she looked at Lyra who rolled her eyes, "or who we're connected to them. We're here for one thing."
Maryanne nodded.
Melody said, "I'm not with you on this. I wasn't even supposed to come here."
"Yeah, I know," Lena said.
"Do you really want to get into that now? Let's focus on the mission." Lyra said.
"You make it seem so top secret, which it is," Lena said. "For starters, two of us will go out there and start looking around, getting familiar with this town and such. Melody, do want to come with me?"
"I guess," she said.
The two girls left their room and walked out through the diner. They turned left, where the library was across the street. Several Storybrooke residents looked at them as they walked by.
Regina visited David at the sheriff's station. David heard her high healed boots coming into the building.
"Regina," he acknowledged.
"I heard there were some drop ins today?" She said.
"Yeah, four girls entered from some kind of portal. I talked to them, they seem alright." David said.
"Why are they here?"
"They wanted to see the town. They're from the Enchanted Forest."
"Are you sure about that?"
"Yeah, one of them is from the book." He said.
"Then why weren't they here in the first curse?" She folded her arms.
"You know Zelena is in your book and she wasn't in the first curse." He pointed out.
"So we're just going to trust them?"
"We don't have any reason not to."
"How about they came here with no warning, no one here knows them, and they want to stay here in the cursed town plagued by danger?"
"What do you want me to do?" He sighed and leaned back in his chair.
"Nothing, I'll deal with this myself." Regina decided.
Inside Granny's diner, a few residents asked the waitresses about their visitors. Leroy asked Ruby for some information about them.
"I really don't know that much, yet. They seem...Two of them seem okay." Ruby said.
Lena and Melody continued walking down the sidewalk of Storybrooke. To their right was a breeze from the nearby sea. Melody looked in the direction of the wind and saw the sea. She stared at it until Lena said, "Come on," crossing the street.
They entered the library where a pretty young woman behind a desk greeted them, "Hello. Welcome to the library-" she noticed it was the new girls who dropped in a few hours ago. She leaned over her desk as they went down the first isle of bookshelves.
"Why are we here?" Melody whispered.
Lena looked attentively at the books on the shelves. She walked down the shelf and then moved to the next isle.
"What are you looking for?" Melody asked.
"Shh!" Lena warned her. She peeked around the corner and saw Belle looking back at her, and turned away, leaning her back against the bookshelf.
"Who is that?" Melody whispered.
"It's Belle."
Melody gasped, "I know of her! I need to talk to her." She lunged forward but Lena held her back. "She can help!"
Lena covered Melody's mouth as she shushed her.
Belle moved from behind her desk and started walking towards them. She was just about to turned the corner where the two girls were when the library door opened.
Lena and Melody ducked down and moved the books out of the way to peek through. Lena saw a cane and covered her mouth.
"Who's that?" Melody mouthed.
Lena answered her and sat up.
Mr. Gold greeted his wife with a kiss and asked, "How is everything going?"
"Actually two of our new-comers are here." Belle said.
"What sort of book are they looking for?" He asked.
"I don't know. At first I thought they just might be looking but they're acting strange."
"Perhaps I should have a word with them."
"That might be a good idea. They said they're from the book, so you probably know them."
He smiled, "What are their names?"
"Uh, I don't know all of their names. I think one is named Mary and one is Lena?"
"Doesn't ring a bell." He said.
Lena nudged Melody and motioned her head towards the door.
Melody gave a look, as if asking for another option but Lena shook her head and stood up. Melody sighed and got up with her and ran out of library. Belle called after them, but they kept going.
Back inside the room at Granny's bed and breakfast, Lyra was writing in a notebook she had inside her small bag, while sitting on the bed. She looked over to Maryanne, who was napping on the sofa. Lyra sighed and leaned back. She looked over to the phone with a curly cord. Lyra folded her lips and picked up the phone. "Can I get room service?"
Lyra opened the door for Ruby when came up to their room with two plates of food and a pitcher of iced tea. As she left out the doorway, Lyra stopped her. "Who were you in the Enchanted Forest?"
Ruby turned around. "Oh. I was Red riding hood. Why do you ask?"
"Just wondering." Lyra said.
"Is there someone you're looking for?"
Lyra paused, "Still trying to get used to this town, really."
"Okay then," Ruby left.
Lena and Melody showed up back at their room after they ate dinner at the dinner. The girls all gathered on the couch and watched TV. Lena grabbed the remote and channel surged until they found a show called, "Doctor Who," which intrigued them. Later that night, Lena got into her bed with Maryanne and Lyra shared her bed with Melody. There wasn't much of a discussion on the sleeping arrangement. They covered up and Lena said, "Good night," just before turning off the lights.