Hey! So this is my first ever Once Upon a Time fanfic that I wrote. All mistakes are mine and I hope you enjoy.
I am in the process of rewriting this, as it is from 2 years ago and I am not that happy of it now looking back. This chapter has been rewritten.
Italics = Rose's dream
Disclaimer: I do not own Once Upon a Time or any of the characters. Only my OCs.
Rose sat at her desk in her room humming to her self as she drew a scene from her dream the previous night. So focused on her work, she didn't hear her younger brother enter the room, until he made his presence known, "I found her!" Henry ran over to Rose, barely containing the grin on his face.
"Huh?" The girl mumbled not looking up from here drawing as she concentrated on the shading in the background.
"I found my Mum, Rose." Henry bounced excitedly on the balls of his feet.
"That's great." Rose said sarcastically, "I didn't realise she was missing."
"Not her. My real Mum." Henry said putting emphasis on 'her' as he rolled his eyes.
"Henry." Rose sighed as she dropped her pencil on her desk and swivelled around in her chair to face her brother, not having to bend down to his level seeing as the were already eye level due to her sitting down, "We've gone over this. Regina is our mom and she loves us."
"No, she doesn't she just pretends to." Henry said. Rose sighed as she looked down. Ever since Henry had got some book off of his teacher he had been convinced that this whole town was smack bang out of a fairytale and that they had been trapped in this town for twenty-eight years, repeating the same day over and over again. Which, Rose thought was absolutely ridiculous. There is no way that she has been stuck in high school for twenty-eight years. But, nothing anyone says can convince Henry otherwise. And on top of it all, he thinks their mother is the Evil Queen. Sure she can be over protective, strict and a just a plain simple bitch most of the time. But Rose didn't believe that made her evil.
"Fine, whatever you say." Looking at the clock on her wall, "But now, I've got to get you to you session."
"You'll see. Once Emma comes to town and breaks the curse, you'll see who Mum really is." Henry yelled as he out of her room and ran down the stairs, his sister following close behind as she scolded Henry for running.
Once they had arrived at Archie's office, Rose bid Henry goodbye. Watching him run into the build and up the stair she turned around and headed home.
After running around the corner of the stairs, Henry stopped and waited for a few minutes before he was sure his sister was gone. Then he turned around and left Archie's office, running towards the edge of town.
Rose had her earphones in as she was jamming out to One Direction's new album on her phone. She had just walked onto her street when her phone vibrated in her pocket, pulling it out she quickly swiped across to read the message, "Hey Rosie. Meet at the park?" Rolling her eyes at the nickname, she replied back smiling like an idiot, "Sure. And you know I hate that name."
Her phone vibrated again, "I know ;)" Sighing, she shoved her phone back into her pocket and turned back around to go to the park. Walking up to the park she noticed her friends, Bethany, Luke and Robert gathered around on the ground. "Hey guys." She smiled as she sat down next to her boyfriend Robert, who immediately wrapped his arm over her shoulders and pulled her towards him.
"Good, you're here." Said Bethany.
"Yeah." Rose sighed as she let herself lean back against Robert, "Why are we here, anyway?" She questioned confused.
"Well...we were thinking that we might head over to the waterfall." Luke explained leaning back. Rose smirked when she saw Beth stare at where his shirt had ridden up leaving a bit of his stomach exposed. It was no secret that Beth had a major crush on Luke, he probably knew it too. But Luke being the joker type likes to mess around with them first before saying that he knew all along.
"I don't know guys. Remember what happened last time when we got caught." Rose said hesitantly. Clearly remembering the night that they had all snuck out, but someone had spotted them and informed Sheriff Graham who then found them and kindly let them stay the night in one of the cells. Let's just say Regina and the other parents weren't too happy.
"Oh. Is little Rosie going all soft." Robert teased, nudging her.
"No! And stop calling me that." Rose jokingly slapped him. Robert just chuckled in response.
"Well. What are we waiting for?" Bethany said impatiently as she got up and quickly took off in a sprint. Rose, Robert and Luke quickly chasing after her.
"That's cheating!" Luke yelled, only receiving a laugh in response.
"I won!" Yelled Bethany doing a little victory dance as they ran into the clearing.
Rose giggled at her friend's silliness as she replied smugly, "No you didn't. I did." She place her hands on her hips trying to catch her breath as the boys jogged up to them.
"I have to agree with Rose on this one." Robert said with a small smile as he wrapped his arm around Rose's waist and kissed the side of her head. She blushed and giggled leaning into him.
"Seriously!" Bethany yelled throwing her hands up in the air, she turned to face Robert, seeing him smirking as he winked at her. Bethany gave a small smile back as she questioned, "Why do you always agree with her?"
"He agrees because it's the truth." Rose smiled smugly and crossed her arms.
"And I think that the winner should get a special prise." Robert whispered in Rose's ear as he quickly picked her up and started running towards the edge of the waterfall. Rose screamed and wrapped her arms around his neck as Robert jumped off the cliff and into the freezing water below.
"Really!?" Rose screeched when she resurfaced. "Oh, you're going to get it!" She yelled as she quickly swam towards Robert and jumped on top of him, pushing his head under.
Rose glared up at Luke and Bethany when she heard their laughter, "Don't think I've forgotten about you two!" Rose yelled up at them, smirking in satisfaction when their laughter ceased. "Wait..." Rose got off of Robert and let him resurface, "Where's my phone?" Rose asked panicked.
"Right here!" Luke yelled down at the holding her phone out, "You want it?"
"No!" Rose screeched causing them to laugh. "Just put it on a rock or something, I'll get it later."
"Ok!" Luke replied as he disappeared away from the edge and returned back with no shirt on and Bethany next to him wearing a bikini.
Robert watched as they hesitated at the edge, "You two jumping or what!"
"Okay, okay. Hold your horses." Bethany mumbled to herself as she quickly closed her eyes and took a breath before jumping with Luke following soon after. They both hit the water with a splash that came tumbling down on Rose and Robert.
Rose sputtered out water as she regained her breath and waited for Bethany to resurface. As soon as Bethany's head appeared above the water she was met with a face full of water. Sputtering, she coughed and rubbed her eyes, "Rose." Bethany whined as she wiped the water away from her eyes.
They spent a good two hours splashing each other and jumping off the cliff. Had it not been getting dark they wouldn't have gotten out, that and Graham would be patrolling the area soon. "Why is it so cold?" Rose shivered wrapping her arms around herself in an attempt to warm herself up a bit. Robert walked up to her and wrapped his jacket that had been on the rock around her shoulders before hugging her from behind.
Resting his chin on her shoulder he whispered, "Better?"
"Yeah." Rose sighed relaxing in his embrace. He chuckled and gave her a quick kiss on her temple.
"How about we head over to Granny's and get something to warm up?" Luke suggested as he picked up their phone and handed them to them.
"Sounds good." Bethany said as she twisted her hair to get some of the water out of it, before shoving it in a bun.
They then all made their way to Granny's and luckily not being seen by Graham or any other nosey citizens. When they got to Granny's they found a booth in the back corner and when Ruby came over to take their orders they just got some chips to share and four hot chocolates. Robert had yet to let go of Rose, even when they sat down in the booth her still keep one arm wrapped over her shoulder while she leaned into his side.
"See. You had nothing to worry about. We didn't get caught by Graham and if Regina asks just say you went to the beach for a while. " Bethany smiled as she leaned forward and took her hot chocolate when Ruby put it on the table.
"I guess." Rose sighed as she took a sip of her hot chocolate, enjoying how it warmed her up. She snuggled closer to Robert when she felt her phone vibrate in her pocket. Sitting up she pulled her phone out to see a flood of messages and miss calls on her lock screen. She hadn't thought to check her phone before they went to Granny's, she had just shoved it in her pocket and forgot about it.
She sighed as she read through some of the messages, "Oh no." Rose mumble to herself as she read yet another message from her mother.
"What's wrong." Luke questioned as they all looked at her.
"I've got like a hundred messages from my mum. She's kind of freaking out." Rose said as she keep scrolling down, cursing under her breath when it went to all caps.
Robert looked over at her screen scoffing a laugh under his breath, "What'd you do this time?"
"What. Nothing." Rose sputtered out flabbergasted, before looking up in thought confused, "At least I don't think I did..."
Robert laughed and shoved her playfully, Rose glared at him playfully as Bethany said, "If I were you. I would probably head home."
"Good advice." Rose smiled as she quickly texted back that she was heading home. Shutting her phone off she quickly shoved it in her pocket and kissed Robert, giving him his jacket back and grabbing her hot chocolate. She waved them all goodbye and headed home.
As Rose walked down her street towards the mansion, she furrowed her brows when she saw a yellow bug parked out the front. She's sure her mum wouldn't be caught dead with a that car. So who's was it? Not thinking too much about it she quickly made her way past it and up the front steps. Turning the handle she quietly made her way inside and closed the door with minimal noise hoping that her mum was asleep and she could make it to her room and not get questioned about where she was.
Turning around she froze and cursed under her breath when she saw her mother standing looking at her with a stern look and a blonde woman who she didn't recognise. She must own the bug. Her mother quickly put the glass she was holding down and made her way over to her, wrapping her arms tightly around Rose as soon as she was in reach. Rose quickly returned the hug as Regina pulled away, "Where on earth have you been. I was worried sick." Regina questioned.
"Yeah. I figured." Rose rolled her eyes and held up her phone.
"Where were you?" Regina questioned sternly again, "You're freezing."
"I-I just went to the beach with a few friends." Rose stuttered as the cold got to her again, she quickly wrapped her arms around herself.
"Rose." Regina said sternly, "Where were you, really?"
Rose sighed as she looked down and kicked her feet against the ground a bit, "The waterfall." Rose mumbled loud enough for Regina to hear.
Regina sighed and gently grabbed Rose's chin to lift her head back up and look her in the eyes, "Do you have any idea how dangerous that place is? I don't want you going back there again, okay?" Regina gave Rose a stern look.
"I'm sixteen, mum. You don't have to treat me like I'm two." Rose complained as she wiggled out of Regina's grip.
"Go get ready for bed. We'll talk about this in the morning." Regina sighed as she watched Rose quickly turn and run up the stairs, hearing the door slam shut she turned back to face the blonde with a smile on her face she lead her into her office.
Rose grabbed her pyjamas and headed to the bathroom. Once she had showered and brushed her teeth she went back to her room and finished off the last few questions for maths before shoving her books in her bag ready for tomorrow. Walking over to her window she shut it, noticing the blonde lady walking towards her car and looking back towards Henry's room. She wished she knew who she was, maybe tomorrow she would find her curtains she quickly jumped into bed just as the door slowly opened and Regina stuck her head in, "Lights out."
"Okay." Rose turned off her lamp and snuggled under the covers, "G'night." Rose mumbled sleepily.
"Goodnight, Rose." Regina sighed as she gently close the door and went to bed too.
There was a girl who looked around fifteen walking down a road. She had long black curly hair that came to the middle of her back and was wearing an old ruined dress. She stopped walking when she noticed two people walking towards her. One was a man who instead of a hand had a hook and the other was an older woman who was wearing a dark blue gown.
"Hello." The girl said nervously.
"Hello Rosalina." The woman said with a smile on her face, something about it sent shivers down Rosalina's spine.
"Do I know you?" Rosalina questioned confused.
"No. But I know you." Stated the woman.
"What? How? Who are you?" Rose got ready to run if need be. Making sure to get her eyes on the one handed guy too.
"My name is Cora. I'm your Grandmother." Cora smile and took a step forward only for Rosalina to quickly take a step back.
"How do I know I can trust what you are saying is true?" Rose questioned.
"You don't." Cora shrugged simply.
It was at that point that Rosalina decided to make a run for it. Turning around she quickly ran as fast as she could only to freeze in confusion when a something wrapped tightly around her stomach and pulled her up in the air as something else wrapped around her arms too. Preventing her from moving much and more importantly escaping, "Magic." Rosalina whispered in horror, she had heard what magic had done to people and what it had sometimes turned people into.
"Just like your Mother." Cora sighed as she walked towards Rosalina, waving her hand and letting her drop to the ground. Wrapped a hand roughly around Rosalina's arm she yanked her back up, "But, you will soon learn that you can't run from me." With that said, they all disappeared in a cloud of smoke as Rosalina's vision blackened.
Rose quickly woke up with a start and quickly ended up on the floor after trying to get out of the tangled sheets, "It's just a dream...just a dream." She mumbled to herself as she try to calm her breathing down.
Once she had stopped shaking, she got up and walked to her closet grabbing her boots, jeans and top. Looking at the clock she saw it read 7:28am, so that left about forty minutes before she had to leave to get to school by 8:30am.
She yawned and rubbed the sleep out of her eyes dragging herself to the bathroom to get dressed and put her make-up on. Once satisfied with her make-up she walked back to her room and grabbed her bag, slinging it over her shoulder and walking downstairs. She furrowed her brows when she saw no one in the kitchen, stopping she listened but could hear anything. Usually her mum was in the kitchen making her and Henry breakfast.
Sighing she walked to the fridge and paused she she saw the note taped to the fridge, pulling it off she quickly read it,
"Rose,
Henry's ran away again. I've gone to see the Sheriff and we will talk about last night when you get home from school. Have a good day!
Love,
Mum."
Crumpling up the paper she threw it in the bin before grabbing an apple off the counter and leaving for school.
Rose walked up the steps of the high school just as the warning bell rang and the hallways became a rush to get to class. Not even bothering to go to her locker as she already had everything in her bag for her classes. Rose turned left and headed towards roll call. "Hey." Rose said as she yawned sleepily and sat down next to Robert.
"Why are you so tired?" Bethany questioned as her and Luke turned around to face them.
"I had the weirdest dream last night, it felt so real." Rose explained shivering slightly at the thought of it.
"So, you couldn't get any sleep after that." Concluded Luke leaning back in his chair.
"No, the strange thing is that I sleep through the whole night." Rose answered confused.
"What was it about?" Robert asked slinging an arm across the back of her chair.
Rose sighed as she leaned forward on the desk and put her head in her hands with furrowed brows, "I don't know. As hard as I try to remember I can't, It's like there's some invisible wall preventing me from remembering." Rose half lied, she could in fact remember a woman's face, but she couldn't put a name to the face.
"I'm sure it was nothing." Robert reassured her as the teacher walked in to start the day. Rose sighed and tried to consitrate on the lesson, but she still felt that there was something she was missing.
Rose was sitting in Art class, it was the last lesson of the day and she couldn't wait to go home. After a while she found that if you actually watch the clock, the lesson feels like it's lasting forever, "3,2,1...ding." Whispered Rose as the bell rang. Quickly grabbing her bag and practically running out of the building and started walking home.
Making her way home, Rose was dreading the conversation that she was going to have with her Mum. She sighed dropping her bag at the front door before walking into the kitchen where Regina was cooking dinner.
"Hey." Rose mumbled exhausted as she flopped down on a stool.
Regina looked up from what she was doing and greeted Rose, "Hey, how was school?" Regina asked as she went to the fridge and got Rose a glass of apple juice.
"Good. Henry still missing?" Rose took a sip of the apple juice, enjoying how it slightly woke her up.
"Um, yes. His birth mother is looking for him." Regina said as she leaned against the counter.
"Emma." Rose mumbled to herself. She must have been the blonde woman who was here last night. It all made since now.
"What was that." Asked Regina looking at Rose.
"Oh, um. Henry mentioned that he found his birth mother yesterday." After she saw the look her Mum was giving her she decided to elaborate. "But, I didn't know that he was going to run away and find her."
"I'm just glad he's safe." Regina sighed as they both heard a car pull up outside. Regina quickly walked towards the front door while Rose ran upstairs and to her room. Sighing she grabbed her iPod and started listening to it while getting started on her English homework.
After dinner, Rose got ready for bed and just as she was about to close the curtains, she paused and watched as the clock that had never moved in her life, moved one minute forward. For the first time in 28 years, time was moving forward.
How was it? First rewritten chapter done! I didn't change much at all, just added more description to the dialogue and fixed up a few grammar/spelling errors.
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