Chapter 1

"Your majesties! There's no time! You have to get the princess' to the wardrobe!" Gepetto told the royal couple. "Grumpy just warned us of the queen's arrival! She's here!"

Snow bit her lip and fought back her tears. "Take them David. We have no other choice. If Regina finds out, she'll kill them. She hasn't a clue about the prophecy of our girls just yet. They're sisters! They'll protect one another." Snow assured her husband. "Charming. Go."

"I love you." David put both girls in the same bassinet and carried them to the nursery, where the wardrobe was built. He managed to kill or fatally injure every guard of the Queen's that got in his way. When they reached the nursery, He placed a soft kiss to each of their foreheads. "Daddy love you. Find us." He placed the bassinet inside the wardrobe. "I love you Emma and Raven. Always Believe." He told his girls and shut the wardrobe.

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Emma and Raven Swan were in the back seat of the car that belonged to their new social worker, she was much nicer than their previous one, her name's Lucy.

"This sucks." Emma grumbled.

Raven looked over to her twin sister. "Come on Em. At least we're still together. They could've separated us."

Emma smiled at her sister. "Yeah, cause that worked out last time." She said with a smirk. "They practically had to pry us apart."

"What are you girls back there talking about?" Lucy chimed in.

Raven looked up a little shyly. "When our last social worker tried to separate us."

"I'm pretty sure that's why she suddenly transferred to New York." Emma said. "It's okay though. I did not like her."

Their social worker glanced back at the sisters after swallowing a chuckle at Emma's comment. "Well, what happened?"

"We both ran away and met at our secret spot and when they showed up we latched onto each other and refused to let go." Emma said, a bit too proudly.

Lucy chuckled. "Do you guys wanna hear about your foster father?" The car got a little quiet. "Come on girls. I know you don't like it, no one does, but give him a shot, alright?"

Unexpectedly, Raven spoke up. "What's he like? Have you met him?"

"I've indeed met him, he seems a good man. He's the sheriff of the town that I'm taking you." Both girls nodded.

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David was worried. He knows he wants to be a father, he's always wanted to be a father. That's actually why he and Kathryn divorced, he wanted a family, she didn't.

What if he's a terrible father? What if they don't like it here? What if they hate him? What if-? His thoughts were cut off by the knock at the door. "You can do this Nolan. You're the sheriff for Christ's sake. You can handle two eleven year olds. You can be a good father."

He told himself quietly. He opened the door and immediately all his worries melted away at the sight of the girls before him. "Hi. Good to see you again Miss Lewis. You must be Emma and Raven." He greeted crouching down a little bit. "I'm David."

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The girls have been settling in with David for a week now, but now they had to go to school. "Okay girls, wake up, time for school." Nothing. "Okay..." He walked into Emma's room, maybe he just didn't say it loud enough. "Emma. Wake up." He said slightly louder. Still nothing. He sighed. Maybe waking Raven will be easier. He stepped out of Emma's room and went across the hall. "Raven. Wake up." He said shaking her gently. She groaned. A groan. Better than nothing, right? "Raven." He said a bit louder, and a slight shake of her arm.

She opened her eyes. "Huh?"

"School."

She sat up and rubbed her eyes. "Where's Emma?" He glanced back at the room across the hall and she giggled. "She's a really deep sleeper. I can wake her. Show you how to get her to wake up right away." She told her foster father. Raven knew the perfect way to wake Emma. She got over the immediate shyness about a few days after staying with David.

"Okay." He said seeing no harm in it. "Sure." They walked across the hall to Emma's room. David saw a mischievous smirk out of the corner of his eye. "Wait." He said when they got to Emma's room. "Why are you smiling like that?"

Raven gave one last smirk, then jumped up and sat on Emma's back. "Wake up! Wake up!" She chanted.

David's eyes went wide. "Raven-" He was about to get on to her when he heard Emma mumbling something.

"I totally hate you." She mumbled, then rolled over, causing Raven to fall on the floor. Both girls erupted into a fit of giggles, and David just smiled at them. Eventually Emma noticed David in the room. "Oh… Hi David."

He smiled at them. "School starts in an hour, you guys should start getting ready." He told them. "Any requests for breakfast?"

"Anything?" Emma asked, David nodded. Both girls looked at each other and in unison said, "Chocolate chip pancakes!"

David chucked. "I'll start that and you girls get ready for school. Your teacher is very excited to meet you today."

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"Okay girls. This is Miss Blanchard."

Miss Blanchard smiled down at the two girls. "Hello Emma, Raven. I'm very excited to have some new faces in my class this year." She told the girls with an unbelievably wide smile. Emma nearly jumped at how eager the teacher sounded, but Raven embraced it.

"Where do we sit?" Emma asked her when David left. The teacher pointed to two seats next to each other in the second row of desks.

There were only two other kids in the classroom they later learn that they're names are Henry and Grace. After a few minutes, other kids start to pile in the classroom.

Towards the end of the school day, the teacher declared it reading time. Raven saw a book titled 'Once Upon a Time' her eyes brightened when she saw it. She grabbed it and walked over to her desk.

"Whatch'ya readin'?" Emma asked her sister being nosy, then saw the title. "Fairy Tales? Really Rav?"

Raven just rolled her eyes. "Shut up and read your book Em." She grumbled. Raven was reading the storybook, then Miss Blanchard told them to put there books away. Raven looked up from her book and saw- not Miss Blanchard, no- Snow White. "Woah." She breathed out. She closed the book. "Em. Guess what!" She whispered to her sister.

"What?"

Raven smiled. "I think Miss Blanchard is Snow White." Emma rolled her eyes. "Look." She shoved the book in Emma's face. "She looks just like Miss Blanchard, but with more hair."

"Raven. Show White is a fairytale, nothing else. Fairytales aren't real."

Raven sighed. She should've known Emma wouldn't see it. She went back to reading, forgetting that the teacher told her to put the book away.

Miss Blanchard came over to her. "Raven."

"Huh?" She said not looking up from the book.

She chuckled at her student. "Sweetie. Class is about over. Are you liking the book?"

Raven looked up and smiled sheepishly. "Oh…" She said and looked around the class noticing that everyone had already put their books away. "Yeah, I really like it."

"Would you like to keep it? I found it in my closet a few days ago." Raven nodded eagerly, which made her teacher smile. "It's all yours."

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