Hey guys! This is my first fan fic (so please be nice?)! I was originally going to make it a one shot, but i think it's going to go on for a few chapters. Call me lazy, but I really didn't want to rewrite what happened in the finale so while I didn't make it super clear with my writing, lets just assume most everything that happened in the finale happens in this story, at least with Emma and Hook going through the portal (except Marion doesn't come through, and some other things). I'll be the first to admit my second paragraph is super sloppy but I promise I will try to make everything else more put together.
This chapter and the next will be similar to the finale though, after that this will be more independent of the show.I have a lot of Charming family feels, so I will mainly focus on them, but there will definitely be some Captain Swan and other character interactions as well. Alright, I hope you enjoy this, if not...lie to me! ;).
She knew the stories frontward and backwards, more than she ever lead on. That's all they were, stories . Snow White and Prince Charming. The Evil Queen. Beauty and the Beast. etc. It was hard for Emma Swan to accept that some of her most beloved Disney movies and favorite stories weren't just fairy tales, they were real, and she was connected to that world. They were her friends and family. Family. Something she always longed for. The stories that brought her comfort when she had no one were actually her parents, her step grandmother, her sort of father in law and his girlfriend. And while she's grown to learn who David and Mary Margret are as people, she battled daily accepting them for who they really are, Her parents. Could anyone really blame her? She'd gone 28 years without a family, thinking her parents left her on the side of the road, to finding out she was the product of true love, destined to save her family and their people from an evil curse. On top if it, her parents were the same age as her! While she spent the past few years getting to know them and the town of Storybrooke, it wasn't home. She was tired of living a life so foreign to her. One of magic, portals, potions and curses. Her mom had just given birth to a healthy, beautiful baby boy. She was about to get what she always wanted to experience with Emma, but never could because of the curse. Emma was truly happy for her parents, but she needed to depart from this town. She had her bags packed, ready to leave days after his coronation. She would write and call of course. Maybe visit once in a while, but just as Snow longed to have another child, Emma longed to go back to the "normal" life she had always known.
Well, until Emma once again fell into a portal. She and Hook had witnessed, disturbed, and helped her parents meet again. It was beautiful watching what was once a story to her become a reality. Becoming apart of it? Emma grew to appreciate these "stories" in ways she never thought she could. She became apart of them and while she wasn't sure she would ever admit it, she loved every moment of it. However, the thought of losing Mary Margret broke her. She had lost her best friend once already when the curse broke 2 years ago when her friend turned out to actually be her long lost mother. And while it took some getting used to, and she still struggled with it, Mary Margret was her mom. Pushing away what she wanted most was second nature to Emma, and not getting a chance to tell her mother that she loved her? She wasn't sure if she could ever forgive herself. When the Blue Fairy turned Snow back into her human form, Emma was relieved! She finally had the chance to tell her mother how much she loved and needed her. She hugged her, with all the love she had in her. If only Snow knew who Princess Leia really was. A complete stranger was giving her such a heartfelt hug and was so happy she was alive. It confused her. Emma was once again broken when Snow looked right through her. Would she ever get the chance to make right with her parents?
Once Hook and Emma got Snow and Charming back on track to their original love story, they made sure not to change anymore of the past and worked on getting back home to Storybrooke. With the help of Rumplestikin, and Emma accepting who she really is, they were able to return to the land they hadn't meant to leave in the first place.
