Hey guys! I was wondering the other day what would happen if the author of 'Once upon a time..' (Henry's book) appeared in Storybrooke. This chapter is actually more of a prologue, it doesn't mention the main characters that much because is just an introduction of the new ones. The first chapter will have all of our loved characters as main, don't worry :)
The black car stopped as the tall brunette got out. It felt alive. Everything felt alive around her. She walked with long steps to the dinner's door; a cold breeze followed her into Granny's. Snow White turned around alarmed by the sudden cold that had managed to come in. It wasn't long until confusion crossed her face as she didn't recognize the new customer; she grabbed Neal tighter in her arms and headed towards the green eyed stranger.
The woman simply sat by the bar not aware of the slight commotion she had already made, she asked for coffee and waited as she tried to get her nail polish out of her nails.
"I'm sorry, is this seat taken?" Snow White asked with a wide smile on her face. The woman simply shook her head and grabbed the coffee the waitress was handing her. "So I'm guessing, you're new in town?" Snow White inquired still smiling and rocking Neal back and forward.
"Yes" The woman answered rather awkwardly. "Sorry, I'm not good with introductions" a nervous laugh escaped her mouth as she looked down on her nails again.
"Oh it's okay, I'm Snow…" Snow White stopped herself and her smile faded, as far as Emma had told her; people out of Storybrooke thought she was a fictional character and they wouldn't take things the right way. "Mary Margaret" she stated handing her hand out with a new welcoming grin.
"I'm Lizzie" she said shaking her hand gently. "Lizzie Grimm" The woman smiled back this time and Snow White's worries were confirmed, she wasn't from the Enchanted Forest and yet she had managed to cross the town line. She felt Neal starting to struggle in her arms but Snow White still had to make a few more questions.
"So Lizzie, for how long have you been here?" she questioned as friendly as she could, she needed to make this new stranger feel that she could trust her.
"Not long really, I actually got here today" Lizzie smiled at her but she was looking at her anymore, instead her eyes were watching Neal's every move. "And who's this little guy?" she asked feeling more comfortable.
"My son, Neal" Snow White felt him move harder now. "So why did you come?"
"Oh that" She paused for a second and got her attention back on Snow White. "I just needed to get away from home, and this was the closest town I found" Lizzie grinned and looked at Neal once again. "Can I hold him? He is wonderful." She smiled at him but Snow White was quick to take a step back. Lizzie stared at her confused and chose not to ask again.
"I'm sorry but the last stranger who grabbed him was" Snow White had to stop herself for a second time. "Let's say she didn't have good intentions." She regained her smile and decided to ask one more question before leaving. "Are you gonna stay for long?"
"Probably, things were kinda rough back at home" Lizzie uttered whilst her smile became blue. Snow White started heading towards the door but looked at her once more.
"Well then I hope you have a good time in Storybrooke" Snow White said before she closed the door behind her, and Neal went completely insane in her arms.
"I hope so" Lizzie muttered to herself.
"Why are they here again?" Regina snapped at Charming. "She's a failed true love's magic child and he" She looked over at Robin Hood from across the wooden table in her mayor's office. "Well, who knows? He showers now so he clearly isn't a Merry Men anymore. And of no use to us since now he has two weaknesses." She explained staring at him while trying to drain her face from any kind of emotion she would feel any time she gazed him. Emma looked up from the table and glanced at Robin, the expression she received scared her enough to look down again. The man seemed destroyed and lost in his own thoughts. Big black shadows had decided to remain on his face long after morning time and his usual joy was now fading.
"Because Emma's the Sheriff and Robin's Merry Men protect the town line, so they both can help us figure out who this Lizzie is and how did she cross the town line." Charming explained looking at Regina straight in the eye. The Queen seated back on her chair and accepting the defeating, she let the Charming's go on.
Right after Snow White had left Granny's dinner, she had gathered everyone from the council to discuss the arrival of their new guest. But it wasn't until Regina realized that something must have had gone wrong with her magic that she made the reunion official.
"I don't understand, wasn't the barrier you made supposed to be unbreakable?" Snow White asked from her own seat right across her.
"Well it's not, dear. But I believe I warned you" Mr. Gold inquired smirking at Regina. "You were the one who told me not to make a barrier myself, so don´t come around complaining, dearie."
"You would've asked for something in return." Regina said.
"But I would have succeeded, wouldn't I?" He held her gaze as he stood up from his seat and walked towards the door. "When you come around with something smart enough, do bother me" He stated leaving the room after shooting one last smirk towards the worried group.
"He's right, we'll have to make a deal." Fear had taken over Emma's voice. Snow White took her hand but Regina who took the word yet again.
"Have you lost your mind?" She said making it seem more of a threatening than a question. "He won't do this for us; he'll do this for his own reasons which usually mean nothing good for anyone but himself." Regina's eyes sent pure hate in Emma's direction, the only feeling she seemed to hold on to. "Besides, my magic is fine." She reclined against the chair once again.
"No, it's not." Emma replied for the first time in days, she hadn't been able to look at her feeling guilty for ruining her happiness. "And you know that. Until you discover how this light magic works we gotta do something with the people from the outside." Emma sought for support in Snow White's eyes, and she gave her a heartening smile. "It's settled. We'll go for Mr. Gold to put on a new barrier." Charming smiled at her and Regina sighed loudly.
"We've still got the foreign woman here" Robin whispered staring straight to Charming, blocking his view from anything else. "I have my Merry Men watch the town line day and night, there's no possible way they could have not seen a black car come in" The look in his eyes had Charming wondering how much sleep had Robin had for the last few days. Regina looked at him upon hearing his voice, this time she wasn't fast enough to hide everything. It was Snow White who saw the longing and concern for him that the Queen held in her eyes.
"Maybe she came in through the forest" Charming suggested.
"That's impossible; she would've got lost unless she knew the forest well enough" Snow White said looking for answers on Charming's eyes yet again. He stared back at her, both completely clueless.
Once Emma and Hook had made their come back through the portal, everything was bounded to go back to normal. But it hadn't. Winter was not coming to an end and the temperatures kept dropping; after a week of worries and constant flus, Emma finally decided to take the matters into her own hands. Although it didn't take her long to withdraw; an ice footsteps trial began on the stable, but would simply end in the woods pointing in no direction. Once they finally came up with a solution, Regina set the barrier on, dividing Storybrooke from the real world even though no one knew if it would work with her new magic.
"Maybe it isn't" Emma said receiving a puzzled look from Snow. "The Toll Bridge, no one has been there in a really long time and it leads straight to town." She stared at Charming now. "I'll need to ask her some questions, but it'll be best if she didn't know me as the sheriff" Emma's severe glance was all it took to make Charming put an end to the meeting.
"Elsa?" A young ginger called giggling, "Come out!" she yelled in a sing-song voice. The tiny girl kept dancing through the woods looking for her older sister. Winter had officially set in Arendelle a month ago; the kingdom was buried under a layer of snow everywhere you looked. Arendelle's princesses didn't waste a second to run off the castle and reach the entering of the woods. The King had forbidden everyone to cross the forest, it was no secret The Dark One lived on the other side.
A cold breeze smacked her from the back and she chuckled louder, she turned around expecting to see her blonde sister. But when she confronted her, a small snowman had taken her place. She felt the chill weather hit her again, only this time is was not a gentle breeze but a gigantic snow ball. The girl was fast to make one herself and throw it at her adversary, taking down her sister.
"Anna that wasn't fair!" The blonde girl said standing up and cleaning her blue dress. "I didn't have a comeback yet" Her young sister laughed at her filling the forest with her enjoyment. It only took Elsa a few seconds to cover Anna's mouth, but it was not fast enough.
"Someone's having a good time" Elsa turned around, backing her sister while she took her hand. "Hello there, dearies" The man's voice went on. The blonde girl remembered him the moment she saw him, the crocodile skin, the yellow eyes and his childish voice. Rumplestinskin, the man who had cursed her.
"What do you want?" Elsa snapped at him, hiding Anna behind her.
"Oh, feisty" He said smirking. "Last time I saw you, you didn't know what it meant." He circled the sisters keeping his eyes on Elsa. "But you are now all grown up" He continued, waving his hands. "Just like your mother" Rumplestinskin told her leaning forward, Elsa stayed still while Anna fell to the ground frightened. He looked behind the older sister's shoulder, glazing the young ginger with his sore eyes. "And who would this be?" The Dark One asked without staring straight into the girl's eyes.
"Anna, run" Elsa barely whispered letting her sister's hand go. Anna ran through the forest as fast as she could but Rumplestinskin was faster.
"She can't run from me, dearie" He said with his childlike voice, holding Anna five feet from the ground. "And neither can you" This time he pointed at Elsa.
"Let go of her!" She roared at him, and she felt it. The magic was burning in her veins waiting to be set free. The magic he had cursed her with, which now she was planning to use.
Elsa threw her hands in front of her and a bright blue light shot Rumplestinskin through his chest. He lost his grip from Anna, and the little girl ran to the entrance of the castle. "You might be The Dark One, but don't you dare touch my sister" Elsa said to a frozen Rumplestinskin who was now lying on the ground and trying to make his magic work.
Granny's door opened once again. The temperature seemed to have lowered even more when the blonde woman came in. She looked around but the place was still unrecognizable, she sat at the bar and gazed the woman besides her.
"I'm sorry, I'm a little lost" She said mumbling. "Where am I?" The brunette next to her looked at her frowning.
"They call it Storybrooke, but I'm new too" She told her taking a sip from her coffee cup. The dinner was crowded and listening became a difficult task for the blonde girl, she leaned closer but the brunette didn't seem to bother to answer again.
"I'm Elsa" she said giving up and pulling her hand out.
"And I'm Lizzie" she told her grinning and looking at her this time. "You are not from here?" Lizzie wondered truly interested.
"No, I've actually been trapped for a long time." Elsa explained looking around one last time before she saw the one thing that would make her breath stop.
"Prison? Been there, done that." Lizzie said staring back at her cup, but the woman was long gone when she turned around to ask her why.
She found her walking towards a man, a brown haired man who was probably around his forty and sitting with another woman.
"You" Elsa said in a raspy voice, the anger was boiling in her blood and she didn't hesitate a moment to hold him by the neck against the wall. Blue smoke was circling around his collar bone while magic took his air out. "Rumplestinskin what did you do to me?" her yelling got louder. Lizzie watched the blonde woman from her seat and fear took all over her. She took a glimpse of the door and a second later she was crossing it. Out of the dinner she bumped into someone but didn't bother enough to look who.
Emma entered the dinner to see the blue smoke coming out of a blonde's hand; she was surprised to see that the woman Snow White had talked about before had magic, but was not from the Enchanted Forest.
Mr. Gold felt it again; her magic was blocking his powers and once more he didn't know how to stop it. He looked at Belle and barely whispered her to run, but Elsa was faster sending her against the glass and letting her fall unconscious. Emma got closer as slow as she could, trying to get the woman by surprise.
"She is not going anywhere until you answer me" Elsa tightened her hold around his neck.
"Elsa" Mr. Gold whispered trying to get some air. "She's dead"
Elsa lost her grip and Rumplestinskin fell to the ground, heading towards Belle the moment he could stand up again. Elsa watched him for a few seconds, until she felt a pair of arms had grabbed her and were pulling her out of the dinner.
Lizzie got to her car moments after she left Granny's, she started the machine but the car remained still. She looked to her right and saw the book lying on the seat. She grabbed it in a nervous manner and stared at its title for a while. It read 'Once upon a time…' but she could barely remember when she had last seen it.
So… what did you think? Lizzie is gonna be a mystery for now, but if you know what "Grimm" means then you might guess it right ;) this was mainly an introduction to the new characters, but from now on I'll focus a bit more on the other ones.
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Hope you liked it, Redqueen
