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Hello everyone! Some of you may know me from my Twilight, Harry Potter, and Sons of Anarchy Fanfictions, well I got an idea for an Once Upon a Time Fanfiction so I decided to give this fandom a try! Hopefully you guys will enjoy it! :)
This story is about the twin sister of Emma Swan, her name is Mia Gold. No one knew that Snow White was going to have twins except for one person, Rumpelstiltskin. He knew and told the Charmings about the twin, but think that it was some sort of lie or trick refused to believe him, until the day that her and Emma were born. Now she is in Storybrooke with Mr. Gold, so much mystery surrounds this little girl so how will her being there effect the little town?
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"Soon, everything you love, everything all of you love, will be taken from you. Forever. And out of your suffering, will rise my victory. I shall destroy your happiness, if it is the last thing I do."
Those words spoken by Regina had haunted Snow White's thoughts and dreams ever since they left the mouth of her Step-Mother. Charming said that she shouldn't worry about Regina, that the woman was bitter and jealous and would do anything to get inside their heads.
Well it had worked because now that she was pregnant all Snow could do was worry about the Evil Queen's threat. Was it truly as empty as her husband promised her? Or was it full of unhappiness and evil as Regina promised? And Snow knew that there was only one sure fire way to find out, the only obstacle was convincing Charming that they were desperate enough to go to Him.
These thoughts and more were spinning around in her head like a whirlpool as she stood leaning up against the doorway to the balcony that was connected to their future child's bedroom. She was so deep in thought that she did not even realize that her husband had walked into the room until she felt his arms go around, his hands resting gently and lovingly on her swollen stomach.
"What's wrong?" He asked her after a couple of seconds of silence.
Snow sighed and put on her best smile, "Nothing." She replied not wanting to worry him, and also still trying to figure out a way to convince him to let her go visit the prisoner.
Charming sighed and shook his head, he knew his wife was lying he knew her too well, he could always tell what she was feeling and what she was thinking. "You're thinking about what the Queen said again, aren't you?" He stated, not needing to hear her answer knowing that he was right. He shook his head again and moved away from his wife, it seemed that all they did now was talk and argue about Regina, "Snow, please. I can't keep having this conversation."
Snow turned around and stayed silent as she watched her husband started to pace slowly around the room. "You have to let it go." He said as he ran a hand through his hair and stopped pacing and stood beside the bassinet, "We're about to have a baby." He looked up at Snow hoping to get her to see reason.
But Snow White just shook her head and walked over to him, "I haven't had a restful night since our wedding." She said with a sigh as she ran a gentle hand over the lace lining on the snow white bassinet.
Charming nodded and moved over to his wife wrapping one arm around her waist and used the other to raise her chin up so she was looking at him in the face, "That's what she wants – to get in your head." He said gently but with a hint of firmness as he moved the hand that rested under her chin to now run through her soft ebony hair, "But they're only words. She can't hurt us."
Snow scoffed and moved away from him, "She poisoned an apple because she thought I was prettier than her. You have no idea of what she's capable of." She said firmly and shook her head. It was true, while Charming did have some understanding of Regina's power he still had a lot to learn when it came to knowing the true extent of Regina's power.
Charming sighed and slowly walked over to Snow, resting his hands on her arms, rubbing them up and down in a form of comfort, "What can I do to ease your mind?" He asked, at this point willing to do anything to ease the mind of his true love.
This was her chance. Snow knew that if she was going to ask him to let her do what she was wanting that know was the time to ask. "Let me talk to him." She stated firmly, looking her husband right in the eyes.
"Him?" Charming repeated her last word, confused about who she was talking about until it hit him. Charming's eyes widened, "You don't mean…" His voice trailed off, not wanting to say that evil man's name a loud.
Snow nodded her head firmly, "I do."
Charming started pacing again. "No, no, no. It's too dangerous." He stated firmly, that man was too dangerous to be around, even if he was locked away. Charming did not want his wife, the woman he had been through so much to be with, to be near him. Especially now that she was carrying their child.
But of course Snow stood her ground, "He sees the future." She stated.
Charming scoffed and shook his head, his hands resting on his hips as he looked at his queen, "There's a reason he's locked up." He replied.
Snow shook her head and looked back at the bassinet for a second and then back to her king, "Can you promise me that our child will be safe? Can you guarantee it?" She asked seriously, her eyes pleading her husband to look at the situation through her eyes, and understand that they needed his help. "Because he can." Snow stated firmly as she walked back over to her love and took both of his hands in hers.
The king and queen were both silent, Charming stood there looking down at Snow, his mind now truly thinking about what she had just said. Could he truly protect the two people in the world he loved and cared for the most? What if Snow was right and Regina's threat wasn't just empty words like he thought, how was he going to protect them?
Charming looked at the small bassinet and walked over to it, he reached up and ran his fingers over the small crystal horses that decorated the mobile that hung above the small bed that would soon hold their child. He sighed and turned back to his wife, "Alright. For our child." He said firmly as the two of them turned and looked back down at the empty bassinet.
He was resting on one of the top beams above his confining cell, he hated being in there but he still laughed knowing that soon he would be free, and that the beginning stages of his plan were about to unfold.
He was broken out of his thoughts by the voice of the guard calling his name, "Rumpelstiltskin. Rumpelstiltskin!" The deep bellowed and echoed throughout the dungeon, "I have a question for you."
Rumpelstiltskin cackled and started to climb down to his cell, "No, you don't." He called back to the guard as he made his way down to the bottom of his cage, "They do. Snow White and Prince Charming…" He said with a spin tingling laugh lacing his words as he pointed to the cloaked pair standing beside the guard. "You insult me. Step into the light and take off those ridiculous robes." He smiled widely at them as the king and queen stepped forward and removed the hoods from their heads, "That's much better."
Charming then stepped forward and spoke, "We've come to ask you about the…" But Rumpelstiltskin waved his words away and shouted that he already knew why they were here. The Queen's threat.
"Tell us what you know." Snow demanded as she stepped towards the cell of the Dark One.
The Dark One just giggled, "Ooh, tense, aren't we? Fear not! For I can ease your mind." He stated and then smirked before he continued, "But… It's going to cost you something in return." He stepped closer to the cell gate and slowly wrapped his snake like fingers around the bars.
Charming glared coldly at the snake of a man, "No! He's just a waste of time." He exclaimed angrily, not taking his eyes off a Rumpel as he moved to grab Snow's hand.
But Snow moved closer to the cell and out of Charming's reach, "What do you want?"
Rumpel smirked and pretended to think for a couple of seconds, "Oh…" He then snapped his fingers, "The names of your unborn twins? And on the day that the curse is enacted I would like to be freed from this cell. You know, stretch my legs before the end comes."
Snow and Charming turned to each other before Charming shook his head, "Absolutely not!" He exclaimed as he took a step forward.
Snow on the other hand just stood there in shock for a couple of moments. Twins? There was no way that she was having twins. She looked back at Rumpel and was about to tell him that he was wrong but she suddenly remembered why they were even there. "Deal! What do you know?"
Charming's eyes went wide and his mouth dropped open, he couldn't believe that his wife just made a deal with The Dark One without a second of hesitation. He was about to speak when Rumpelstiltskin began to talk.
"The Queen has created a powerful curse. And it's coming. Soon, you'll all be in a prison. Just like me, only worse. Your prison, all of our prisons, will be time. Time will stop, and we will be trapped. Someplace horrible, where everything we hold dear, everything we love, will be ripped from us while we suffer for all eternity. While the Queen celebrates, victorious at last. No more happy endings."
Snow White took a second to process what the dark man had just told them before she spoke up again, "What can we do?" She asked, once again taking a step closer to the cage.
Rumpel giggle and shook his head, "We can't do anything."
"Who can?" She asked taking another step closer and placed a hand on one of the cell bars.
"The first born of the two little things, growing inside your belly." He explained as he reached a hand out of his cell to touch the queen's swollen stomach, only to quickly retract it when the king swung his sword at his hand, warning the Dark One that if he tried that again he would take off his hand.
Rumpel just laughed more and shook his right index finger back and forth, "Tsk tsk." He then pointed it back to Snow's stomach, "The first born infant is our only hope. Get the child to safety. Get the child to safety and on her twenty-eighth birthday, the child will return. The child will find you and a final battle will begin." He exclaimed at the end and began to laugh loudly like a man that had lost his mind.
Charming looked back to Snow and grabbed her hand, "We heard enough." He stated firmly, having had enough of the words of nonsense coming from the Dark One. He then gently started to pull Snow White towards the exit, "We're leaving." But before they could reach the outside Rumpelstiltskin started to scream and shout about the deal he had made with them.
"We had a deal! I need their names! I want their names!" He shrieked and cried as he bounded around wildly in his prison, pulling and kicking at the bars.
Charming turned back to Rumpel and glared, "Her? Their? There's only one. And it's a boy." He said firmly and began to turn away.
"Missy… Missy…" The Dark One called out to Snow White, "You know I'm right. Tell me, what are their names?" He asked more softly than before but still had a devious smile across his features.
Snow took in a deep breath and turned back around to face Rumpelstiltskin, "Emma." She stated calmly, "You are wrong about there being twins. There is only one, and her name is Emma." And with that the Charmings left the dungeon and Rumpel alone with his thoughts.
"Emma…" He said quietly with a smirk, "What a pretty name. She will no doubt be the one to save us all dearie." The Dark One then began to climb up to the top beams of his cell once again, "But she is not the one I will be interested in. Oh no. I have much more in store for the second princess." He began to chuckle and laugh as his plan began to unfold.
It had been two weeks since her and Charming's visit with The Dark One and a week since the enchanted tree was brought and was being fashioned into a wardrobe. Snow White still did not like the plan, she did not want to leave Charming and her kingdom alone when Regina's curse began.
"I don't want to do this." She said to her husband as they sat together in their chamber. She stood up and started to pace in front of him.
This would be the tenth time they would be having this conversation. Charming thought that after their visit with Rumpelstiltskin Snow would be able to relax, but of course that only brought on more worry over how to now protect their baby, the baby that was also supposed to be their savior.
Once they discovered the enchanted tree and its power Charming thought for sure that Snow would be at ease, but once again he was wrong. Now she was worried about leaving, and would panic about what the Evil Queen's curse would bring.
Charming sighed as he watched his wife pace in front of him, "It has to be you." He said calmly as he stood up.
Snow just shook her head, "I'm not leaving you."
Charming ran a hand through his hair before walking over to Snow and wrapped his arms around her, "It's the only way. You'll go in there, and you'll be safe from the curse." He explained softly as he cupped her cheek.
Snow's eyes began to water and soon tears started to roll down her rosy cheeks, "He said it would be on her twenty-eighth birthday." She choked out trying to stop herself from crying but failing.
Charming moved his hand from her cheek to gently cup her chin and lift it up so she was looking right into his eyes. He gave her a smile and rested his forehead against hers, "What's twenty eight years when you have eternal love? I have faith. You'll save me as I did you."
Snow then wrapped her arms around Charming's neck and pulled him into a deep kiss. Charming kissed her back with the same amount of love and passion that she was giving him, when suddenly she pulled away. He looked at her with worry when he saw the pained expression on her face.
"What is it?" As he took hold of her arms as she looked like she was about to fall.
It was silent for a moment and then Snow looked up at her husband with wide and worried eyes, "It's the baby… She's coming!"
Snow White looked down at the tiny baby girl in her eyes as she began to cry, "You have to take her." She said softly to her husband, "Take the baby to the wardrobe." She held her arms out to Charming and motioned for him to take Emma.
Charming took Emma but stared back and forth between Snow and Emma with wide eyes, "Are you out of your mind?" He exclaimed as he held his newborn daughter close to his chest.
Snow shook her head as more tears started to form in her eyes, "No, it's the only way. You have to save her." She exclaimed back at him through her sobs.
Charming quickly shook his head, "No, no, no. You don't know what you're saying." He stated firmly and sat back down beside her. She couldn't possibly mean it, sending their only daughter away some strange world. Alone.
Snow White nodded, "No, I do. We have to believe that she'll come back for us." She said and looked down at her sweet baby girl and gently ran her hand over her soft cheek, "We have to give her her best chance." She then kissed Emma's forehead and then kissed Charming.
"Goodbye Emma…" She said softly as she began to sob openly.
"What's the matter dearie?"
The voice made Snow jump and gasp when she looked up and saw none other than Rumpelstiltskin sitting at the foot of her bed. "What are you doing here?!" She exclaimed angrily as she looked around for some kind of weapon.
Rumpel just chuckled and shook his head, "I originally came here to see dear Emma, but seeing as already made her exit I have decided to wait for the arrival of your second daughter." He answered with a smirk.
Snow glared at him, "I told you there is no…" She froze when she felt a sharp pain shot through her… Just like it was with Emma. "Twin…" She said the word with shock and wide eyes. "I'm having another baby."
She turned to face Rumpel but suddenly the door flew open and in came Charming. His arms empty of the baby Emma as he slammed the door shut and locked it tight. "Emma is safe." He said as he turned around, but the look of relief that was on his face quickly disappeared when he saw the Dark One sitting at the foot of his and Snow's bed.
Charming sprang into action and raised his sword at Rumpel, "What the hell are you doing here!?" He exclaimed angrily, "Get away from her!"
Rumpelstiltskin laughed and disappeared from the foot of the bed and reappeared behind the young king, "As I told the queen I am just here to see the birth of the young princess."
Charming whirled around and faced the small man, "I hate to break it to you but Emma is already gone." He stated with a smirk.
Rumpelstiltskin laughed loudly and shook his head, "Oh no dearie… I have no interest in Emma anymore, her path is already set for her." He then looked over at Snow White with an eerily smile, "I'm talking about the young princess your lovely wife is about to give birth to."
Charming's eyes widened and he quickly turned to Snow and when he saw the pained look on her face he knew that it was the truth. Snow was having another baby. He quickly rushed to her side, his mind spinning not knowing what to do or even what to say.
He looked outside at the ominous dark clouds approaching and then turned back to Snow who was now screaming in pain as their second child began to make its way into the world.
Snow White once again held a baby girl in her arms. This time it wasn't Emma, but instead it was Emma's younger twin sister, Mia. She smiled sadly down at the baby and pressed her forehead softly against Mia's, "I'm so sorry I couldn't protect you Mia like we did with Emma… But I promise that no matter what that your father and I will find you and we will be together." She said softly to the tiny baby before she passed her to her father.
Charming took the baby into his arms, she was a lot smaller than Emma was, and she almost looked like a porcelain doll and that if he held her the wrong way she would break. "Hey there princess…" He greeted her softly as he ran a finger over her one of her tiny hands and smiled when Mia grasped it. "Don't worry your mother is right, we will find you no matter what and we will be together."
The moment was suddenly broken by the sound of a loud laugh, the couple turned and saw that Rumpelstiltskin was still there, a devious smile still on his face. "Well dearies that is all sweet and lovely, but how will you plan on finding her when Regina is on her way right now to kill the child that is said to break her curse." He then moved over towards the baby in Charming's arms and pat her on the head, "It'll be very hard to find someone that's well… Dead." He cackled and threw his head back and then in the blink of an eye he vanished.
Snow and Charming looked at each other and then at baby Mia then back at each other, as if having a silent conversation, before Charming looked out the window at the dark ominous clouds approaching quickly. He gave Mia one last kiss on her forehead before passing the tiny baby girl to her mother, "Remember I will always find you." He said and then looked up at Snow, "Both of you. And Emma will find us." He locked eyes with Snow and then pulled her into a deep kiss and too soon pulled away. He then grabbed his sword and made his way to the door.
"Charming what are you doing?!" Snow called out, but deep down she already knew the answer. "Please! Don't leave. Stay with me… With us!"
Charming just shook his head, "Emma will find us Snow, and when she does I will find you and Mia. Remember that." He said and then turned back and looked at his wife and daughter one last time, "And besides what's twenty eight years when you have eternal love?" He gave her one last smile before he quickly opened the door and left the room, locking it behind him.
Snow sobbed and called out his name until a tiny cry grabbed her attention. She looked down at Mia and gave her a sad smile, "I would give you and your sister the world if I could. But now all I can do is give you your best chance, and right now your happy ending isn't with me…" She said softly as she pulled the baby close to her and then pulled away.
She slowly stood up and made her way over to her wardrobe, she opened the door and started to pull dresses and other clothes onto the bottom of the wooden chest and made a makeshift bed out of them. She gently set Mia inside and gave her one last kiss on her forehead, "I am going to go find your father, and when I do we will find you. I promise once we do we will never let you go. I love you, my beautiful Mia." Snow stood up and gently shut the doors to the wardrobe, tears streaming down her face knowing that this maybe the last time she ever saw Mia.
Snow then took in a deep and made her way towards the door to find her husband.
Once the door shut Rumpelstiltskin appeared in the room and walked over to the wardrobe that held the tiny princess. "Hello there little Mia." He greeted the now sleeping baby as he bent down and picked her up, "I have big plans for you little dearie." He gave Mia his signature smile and then vanished leaving the room empty.
Snow made her way as quickly as she could threw the palace halls, until finally she arrived in what should have been Emma's room. She screamed out when she saw Charming lying on the floor covered in blood.
"No, no! No! No! No!" She exclaimed as she rushed over and collapsed on top of her Prince Charming, "Please…" She begged softly and then quickly pressed a kiss to his lips, she pulled back and waited but nothing happened. She choked out a sob as she tried again making sure to pour all of the feelings she felt towards him into the kiss, when she pulled away she waited but then cried loudly when she realized that he wasn't waking up, "Please come back to me."
She didn't know how long she had been laying on top of him crying, but suddenly she heard a laugh that was enough to make her cringe. It was Regina.
"Oh, don't worry dear. In a few moments, you won't remember you knew him, let alone loved him." Regina stated as she all but strutted into the room, a smirk on her face as she saw the person she hated more than anyone cry over the loss of her prince.
Snow White looked up at the woman she once admired and glared at her, "Why did you do this?" She exclaimed anger and sadness filling her voice.
Regina rolled her eyes at Snow's question, as if she thought it were completely obvious, Regina of course answered it none the less, "Because this is my happy ending." She answered and then looked around the room, "The child? Where is it?" She called to the guards that were outside the room.
The guards entered and began to explain to the Evil Queen what had happened earlier, "It was in the wardrobe, and then it was gone. It's nowhere to be found."
Regina glared at the guards and sent them away to once again search for the so called Savior. She then turned to Snow White who was now smiling in the direction of the wardrobe, "Where is she?" She growled out.
Snow let out a happy laugh, "She got away…" She said to herself but Regina heard her. Snow then turned and faced Regina, a smirk of her own across her face, "You're going to lose. I know that now." Her smirk then turned into a smile as she looked down at her true love, "Good will always win."
Regina chuckled and smirked at her step daughter, "We'll see about that." She stated and then started to laugh as the sound of glass shattering and wood cracking began to echo through the halls until finally the windows in Emma's room shattered.
Snow White kept a tight grip onto Charming but looked as the room around them began to fall apart and disappear, and when she looked up she gasped when she saw a giant twister forming above them, slowly pulling them into it. "Where are we going?" She called out to Regina.
Regina just continued to laugh as she took in the panic and madness around her, "Somewhere horrible. Absolutely horrible." She looked down at Snow one last time, "A place where the only happy ending will be mine."
And with that Snow's vision went black.
"Now, what's the name?" Granny asked as she opened the rarely used guest check in log. They had rarely had visitors in their small town of Storybrooke, so when she heard about the mayor's adopted son find his birth mother Granny was hoping that the woman would come looking for a place to stay. Lucky for her her prayers and hopes had been answered when a blonde woman that seemed to be in her twenties walked in asking for a room.
The blonde woman in question gave her a polite smile before she answered, "Swan. Emma Swan."
The pair jumped slightly when they heard a soft chuckle coming from behind them, Emma turned and saw an older man standing there. "Emma. What a lovely name." He said with a smile before he turned around, "Don't you think so as well Mia?"
As if out of thin air a girl appeared, she was a sweet looking girl that looked to be around Henry's age but height wise she was very tiny, barely reaching the same height as the older man's stomach. She had long sandy blonde hair with bright blue/green eyes, and was wearing a bright yellow dress with a blue jean button up jacket, and a pair of white converse.
The girl looked up at Emma and smiled brightly, "That is a very nice name."
Emma smiled politely at the two of them, "Uhh… Thanks." She then turned back to Granny, who was now looking for something in of one of the desk drawers.
"Your Henry's other mom right?" Mia asked as she pulled at Emma's sleeve.
Emma looked down at the small child that stood beside her, she was slightly surprised that the girl knew Henry was adopted, "Uhh yeah kid... I guess I am. How do you know Henry?"
"He's goes to school with me! He's in Ms. Blanchard's class with me!" She smiled as if she was proud to be in the same class as Henry, "He told me the other day that he found his other mom, I thought he was lying but I guess he was telling the truth." She then explained with a shrug.
Before Emma could reply though Granny jumped in and cut the conversation short.
"It's all here." Granny said coldly as she passed the large roll of bills over to the man.
The man took the money and placed it in one of his coat pockets, "Yes, yes, of course it is, dear. Thank you." He then turned back to Emma and gave her an eerie smile, "You enjoy your stay…Emma." He said with a nod of his head and then made his way towards the door, "Come along Mia, it is time to get you home."
The little girl smiled at the man and nodded, "Okay daddy!" She said and started to follow him out the door, "Good night Ms. Granny! Good night Ms. Ruby! Good night Ms. Swan!" She called and then quickly followed her father out the door.
Once the door was closed Emma turned back to Granny, "Who are those two?" She asked.
The young woman Ruby was the one that answered Emma's question, "Mr. Gold. He owns this place. And the little girl is his adopted daughter Mia. She's so sweet it's hard to believe that man has been raising her."
Emma nodded, "So Mr. Gold owns the inn?"
Granny sighed and shook her head, "No, the town." She replied in an annoyed tone, though the annoyance was not directed towards the blonde woman of course but instead towards Mr. Gold. "So," She said changing the subject, "how long will you be with us?" She asked with a smile.
Outside the Inn Mr. Gold and his daughter Mia were having a conversation of their own.
"Da do you think that Madame Mayor is sad now?" The little girl asked as she followed him down the street towards the family shop.
Mr. Gold looked at his daughter, "Now why would the Mayor be sad?"
Mia shrugged slightly, "Because Henry keeps calling her an evil queen for some reason, and then he told me that his real mom is going to save him and the rest of Storybrooke from the Mayor." She explained as they continued to walk, "I think that if someone I loved called me evil and all that stuff I would be sad... So now I'm wondering if Madame Mayor is going to be sad now."
Mr. Gold nodded as he listened to Mia talk, and it was no doubt in his mind that if you knew the whole story that you would be able to tell who Mia's actual parents were. When Mia finished talking he looked back in the direction of the Inn where the unknown Savior Emma Swan was now staying at and then turned back to Mia. "I do not think she will be sad lovey, I think she will just start to show here true colors." He replied saying that last part mostly to himself, but Mia heard him.
"What do you mean by her true colors, Da?" She asked tilting her head.
Mr. Gold merely chuckled and shook his head, "We will just have to wait and see lovey."
Mia stared at her father for a couple of moments and then simply nodded her head as they made the rest of their way home in comfortable silence.
Okay so there was chapter one of my Once Upon a Time story! I hope you enjoyed it and will continue to read it as I continue to write it!
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