A/N

I don't owe Once Upon A Time. If I did, the show would be different. If you want to know how Rosemary looks like, think of her as Emily Rudd. And think of another oc character as the actor Dylan O'Brien.

Rose Mills, Regina's niece, was waiting nervously while she sat on her cousins, Henry's bed. The girl was worried sick ever since her aunt informed her that her cousin went missing and didn't attend school that day. Where was that boy?

Then, she heard a car drive by and then stopped. She looked out the window and saw a woman, with blond hair and a red jacket, getting out of the yellow bug car. Another figure came out as well. That person was a small boy she recognized.

"Henry!" She yelled and began running out of his room to go downstairs. Of course, having cystic fibrosis has caused her to have an oxygen tank, slowing her down. But still, the young teenager did her best to run down the stairs as fast as she could.

"Aunt Regina! Henry's home!" she yelled out to her aunt, who was in the living room with the sheriff, to hear. She opened the entry doors, and made her way to the boy, crushing him in a hug.

"Where have you been, you booger? I was worried sick! Aunt Regina is so-" She cut herself off when she remembered that another person was there as well. The blond woman in the red jacket.

"Who is this?" Rose asked him.

"Rose, meet my real mom, Emma Swan. Emma, meet my cousin, Rose Mills." He introduced them to each other. Before any of them could sat anything , someone else did. Regina Mills.

The family reunion was then cut short when Henry got upset and ran to his room. Roses excused herself to check up on the boy as the two older women got… acquainted.

Rose walked in Henry's room and found him looking out the window, a habit of his . Dreaming of something better out there, thanks to that book she gave him. Maybe I shouldn't have gave that book to him. She fixes his bed, like always. Only this time, it's quiet. Too quiet.

"Emma Swan, huh? How did you find her?" She asked. She was surprised that he answered back.

"Online." He answered.

"How?"

"I have my ways." He said with a smug smile. She knows he was hiding something.

"Henry." She said with a stern tone.

"What did you do? And tell the truth." She continued saying to him.

"How do you know I'm not going to tell the truth?" He teased.

"Truth is singular, while lies are words." She simply stated. The child was amazed by her explanation. Simple but strong.

"You sound like one of those older wise people."

"You mean teachers?"

"No. More like one of those prophecies people. Like seers." Now she really regretted giving him that book.

"So how was the adventure?" She asked to change the subject. This time, no response. She stops herself from getting his pajamas and looks to see Henry. He looked sad as he stared out the window. She headed towards him to see what was going yellow bug that Emma showed up in left. She was leaving.

"Henry -"

"I'm too tired. I'm going to bed" The boy said and quickly and went straight to bed, not even changing to his pajamas. Rose felt sorry for the boy.

Being the mayors niece may have caused some trouble for Rose. But so does her medical problems. Of course, she was determined (for some reason) to overcome her fears and to find other new things to do. For example, joining the school paper and tutoring after school. Nothing big or active. Something easy that she could do. She didn't have any friends. No one was mean to her just… not close to her. Instead of socializing with other's, she likes to read an study. Alone in the school library. Where Emma and Mary Margret find her in.

The two adults were informed by Regina that Henry never went to school, but he wasn't at home either. Regina was not happy with them due to the fact that they didn't have the answers that she wanted. She left them feeling worried and confused about Henry.

"So that's Regina's niece? I don't see any family resemblance." Emma commented. She was studying the young 14 year old girl closer than the night they met for about a second.

"That's because she's not entirely hers. She's adopted, like Henry. That's why those two kids are so close. In Rose's case, she has no family to claim her." Mary Margaret explained. Was this girl abandoned like I was? Emma thought.

"What's her story?" Emma asked, now curious.

"Car accident. She was the only one alive, and now she needs the oxygen tank to help her breath. After the accident, Regina took her in."

"How long ago was this?"

"I…. I don't know. I don't remember. But because of Regina and her condition, she's alone. Like how Henry is. Except, she tries to distract herself with something to do. One of those is Henry, because she understands him."

"I got that. Gotta say, that girl s a survivor for putting up with Regina for so long." The two made their move to confront Rose, who was sitting at a table, about Henry's whereabouts.

"You're here about Henry, aren't you?" Rose asked them while she continued reading her book, surprising them. She shook her head and closed the book.

"I shouldn't have given him that book." She muttered to herself.

"That Fairy Tale book he has?" Emma asked, trying to connect the dots.

"Yeah."

"Why did you give him that book if its only causing him trouble?"

"Why do you think stories are for? They're classics, we all know about. They are a way for us to deal with our world. They give us something important."

"Which is?"

"Hope. Believing in the possibility of a happy ending is a very powerful thing"

"You know where he is. Don't you?" Rose couldn't help but smile at Emma for figuring her out.

"You might want to check his castle."

After tutoring, Rose came home to the sounds of Regina lecturing to Henry in his room. When she headed up thee stairs, she watched Regina closing his door with the 'once upon a time' book in her arms.

"Henry is under punishment. No T.V, hanging out, and no book nonsense." Regina said as she walked down the stairs, passing Rose. Rose was feeling hurt and started to get worried for Henry. She hurried after Regina as fast as she could because of her tank.

"Aunty, please don't do this. He needs it!" Rose begged.

"You are the reason why he's acting this way. Putting all this nonsense in his head. Go to your room, young lady!" Regina ordered.

"But-"

"Now!" Rose did as told. But instead, she snuck into Henry's room to join him to look out the window.

Norman, an orphan teenage boy, was sweeping the floor by the desk entrance of Granny's Inn. He chucked to himself when he heard Granny and Ruby arguing again. Same old, same will it end?

He stopped when the doorbell rung and someone entered the Inn. He was expecting to see Mr Gold to collect the rent. But it wasn't him, it was a blond woman in a red leather jacket. Someone new for once. In a long time, really.

"Uh, hi." She said to him with a wave.

"Hi... Can I help you?" He asked feeling a bit weirded out by this.

"The sign outside says 'Bed & Breakfast' so..." She was cut off when people came entered the room from upstairs, still arguing. An older woman and a younger one.

"Excuse me, I'd like a room." The blonde stranger said out loud for them to catch her attention. And it did. While Granny was checking her in, Ruby and Norman were observing the new person.

"Who's the new chick?" Ruby asked Norman.

"Don't know." He answered with a shrug.

"Is she seriously staying here? Why?"

"Probably passing through to go somewhere better."

"Probably. Crap! It's Mr Gold!" The two watched Mr Gold complimenting Emma for her name. Weird. And watched the old man take a roll of money from Granny for payment., then left. They continued to watch him walking away from the window.

"Who's that?" Emma asked, confused by the tension.

"That would be Mr Gold. He owns the place." Norman answered.

"The Inn?"

"No, the town." Ruby corrected.

"Anyway, how long will you be with us?" Granny asked

"A week. Just a week." Emma decided.

"Great. Welcome to Storybrooke."

A the two cousins looked outside. The clock's hand moved.

"It moved!" Rose said in shocked.

"It did!" Henry cheered.