Sorry everyone who wanted me to write watching OUAT but I have decided against it. This will be a Swanfire (and all other Cannon ships) fic. If Neal chose to come to Storybrooke of his own accord, I will be doing all the episodes and it won't just be Neal centric I will be adding other stuff as well. Hope you enjoy.


Neal got home just as the rain started, as he walked in he glanced over at the dream catcher he still kept and noticed the windows were open. He didn't remember leaving them open but shrugged and tried to close the window; he dropped his phone he sighed giving up, this was not his day.

As he went to turn around he noticed a dove coming with some sort of note. He took the note or postcard as it seemed to be that read 'Welcome to Storybrooke' and 'Broken' on the back of it, he then realised it was from August saying that Emma had broken the curse.

That was great news, it meant that he had a chance to gain Emma's forgiveness after abandoning her and leaving her to take to fall for him. Neal knew that it would be unlikely that she would forgive him anytime soon though if at all, but he was going to try no matter how long it takes him.

Now able to close the window he went down to get his phone thinking about what he was going to do. He had seen August a few months ago when he told him that he had started becoming wood again and time was moving forward in Storybrooke again.

He had debated then about going to Storybrooke himself but had changed his mind but now after breaking up with his girlfriend there wasn't much for him in Manhattan.

As much as he knew Emma wouldn't want to see him unless August had explained everything which he doubted very much. He knew he wanted to explain himself and see her again, there was also the problem of his father if he went to Storybrooke he knew he would encounter him again and that was the last thing he wanted to do. There was a small hope that his father had changed since he abandoned him and let him go through the portal alone but that hope faded almost instantly.

He went back up to his apartment after getting his phone, he looked back at the dream catcher picking it up and trying to work out which he wanted more, to see Emma or to avoid his father. Deciding on the first he picked up his phone and dialled the number he had for August waiting for it to ring he placed the dreamcatcher back.

"Hello," He heard August say into the phone.

"August it's Neal," He said to him.

"Ah, so I assume you have received my postcard." He said on the other side of the phone. August didn't realise how hard it was to hold a phone while being wood but decided not to tell Neal about that predicament.

"I have and I've decided to come to Storybrooke myself," He says.

"Emma won't want to see you," August said.

He thought about maybe deciding to tell him about Henry, but he thought that was a conversation Neal needed to have with Emma if they had one.

"Well abandoning her wasn't my idea!" Neal exclaimed slightly annoyed.

"Your father is looking for you," August said, changing the subject trying to persuade him to not come, as August knew how much Neal would not want to see his father if he could avoid it.

"Well he can keep looking I'm coming for Emma, not him." Neal said before adding, "nothing you say is going to make me change my mind so either help me by sending me directions or I'll find my own way!" Neal said before hanging up.

He had abandoned her once due to August he wasn't going to let August stop him just because his father wanted him, he had made his decision he was going to Storybrooke.


With August

August sighed when he realised that Neal had hung up on him, well it seemed that Neal was still very annoyed with him about what happened with Emma. How did Neal expect him to give him directions when he had hung up on him?

He hoped that when Neal did get to Storybrooke, because there was no chance of him not coming that he would be able to get Emma to talk to him before Neal's father found out that the he was in town. If not then he didn't know if Neal would be able to work it out with Emma as he knew how much Emma hated being lied too.


I have already planned how I am going to do this so if there is an episode you want to know a bit about how I'm changing it give me the episode and I will give you hints. Please Review.