Disclaimer: All recognisable characters, locations or words spoken belong to the creators of Once Upon a Time. Also I have gotten the idea for this story from another fanfictiion story by jackofalltrades7, so some of the characters may have names and origins the same as from that story.
A/N: This is my first ever fanfiction, I have been reading fanfictions for years and I have always wanted to write my own so now I am.
"Speaking"
Thoughts
Chapter 1
Before Henry finds Emma
In the small town of Storybrooke nothing ever happened. Literally nothing happened. For 28 years the residents of this small town were reliving the years over and over again. Not many citizens realise this. They all like to believe that everyone knows everyone. How wrong they are. In another life maybe they had previously enjoyed each other's company. But in this life they don't look twice as they pass each other on the street. Each person has their own speciality that they had brought from one life to the next. Granny owns the diner; Dr Hopper is the psychiatrist, and Mr Gold owns most of the town.
On this particular morning Mr Gold walks down the street and stops to admire the simplicity of the citizens lives. He then spies Mayor Regina Mills walking her two adopted children to school via the opposite side walk. While Regina walks with determination and purpose, her children, Henry Mills and Katerina Mills, lag behind like they want to be anywhere else than where they are right now. Both look miserable as they follow their mother down the path. Mr Gold smiles to himself, as he knows what Henry is planning. As he stands there musing about Henrys plans at finding his mother, Katerina, a tall slender girl with luminescent blue eyes and long dark hair, sees him and smirks. No one, save the Mayor and Katerina, in this town would dare stand up to him. So it was kind of a surprise when the girl treats him the same way that she treats everyone else. Like they are equal but she is slightly above the rest. Mr Gold waits until they turn the corner then continues on down the street to his shop, reminiscing about his life in the fairytale world.
Later that night at the Mayors house, Regina is going out to do some "late night paper work" at the office.
"I will be back later, only one hour of TV, do your homework and be in bed by nine". Regina says laying out the rules to her children.
"Yes mother". They reply with a dull monotone voice.
Regina turns, "I mean it no leaving the house with me knowing about it, okay, fine I'll be back later", with that she leaves the house.
The children don't say a word until they hear the car leaving the driveway. When they know they are safe from Regina, Henry and Katerina stand up and grab their coats.
'You know the rules, be back before ten and don't get caught". Says Henry as they leave the house.
" Yeah, yeah that's great. I'll meet you back here in three hours", reply's Katerina. A quick hug and she is gone. Henry watches her go then leaves in the direction of the bus service.
Early the next morning (Henry went to Boston found Emma and then Emma got arrested for drink driving)
Emma awakens to find herself in a jail cell with a teenage girl and little man who appears to be sleeping. As she sits up she tries to remember how she got there.
When she begins to recall the events of last night, sheriff Graham walks in with Regina following behind him.
She glares through the bars at Emma, and doesn't even notice her daughter sharing the cell.
"Last night miss Swan I believe I gave you explicit instructions on where you should be heading, and yet this morning I get a call from Graham that the woman who supposedly found my son, was arrested for drink driving and crashing her car on the side of the road, and now my son is missing again." Regina rants, still not seeing that Katerina is in the cell.
"Well the last I saw him he was being pulled into your house by you, so it is not my fault if he has run off, but seeing as he is my biological son, I might be able to help you find him". Emma replies.
While Leroy is told he made bail, and Regina and Emma are discussing where Henry is, but Katerina had heard enough.
"Oh My God! It is so obvious where he is, he's at his castle by the sea!" Katerina yells sitting up in her seat.
Regina finally notices the fact that her daughter is sitting in a jail cell.
"Young lady what are you doing in here?"
"Um, madam Mayor, she was found wandering the streets with a group of underage teens. They claimed that she had thrown a brick through a shop window and they were escorting her to the sheriff station, I went to investigate and the window was broken, but their was no proof that she was to blame, but protocol states that I had to keep her here over night."
"Yeah and it was not my fault, and I did not do anything." Katerina states with defiance.
Regina stares at her daughters determined expression, and smiles on the inside. She wouldn't admit it out loud but she was slightly proud of her determination to disobey the rules.
'"Fine. Sheriff Graham let them out, Miss Swan go find my son and bring him back to me. Sheriff Graham drive Katerina home, and stay there with her until I get back from the office."
"Yes Madam Mayor." They all say in synchronisation.
Katerina gets in Grahams car and watches as her mother and Miss Swan go in their opposite directions.
That's strange the office is in the other direction, why is she going to the cemetery.
But at that moment Graham gets in the car and drives off. Leaving Katerina wondering what her 'mother' is playing at.