Chapter 1: Orphanage

It was just like any other day at the orphanage. The other children were playing outside, but 12 year old Emma sat on the back porch reading another book. Emma was interrupted when Annie, the orphanage director, brought out a new girl. Annie left this quiet, little confused girl on the porch with Emma. The little girl didn't say anything but she looked so scared curled up in almost a ball and looking around in utter confusion.

As afternoon in the yard turned into evening, the children made their way into the hall for dinner. There was not a lot of food and it didn't taste the best but the children were happy to eat dinner with their friends. Emma watch as the other children talked and laughed amongst themselves, everyone but the new girl. She just sat their staring at her food quietly never moving an inch. This didn't really surprise Emma, it wasn't the first time a new kid showed up and didn't jump into the group activities. Emma sometimes had a hard time participating in all the happy group activities and she had been in the foster care system her entire life.

As time went by, Emma grew more concerned about the little girl. She never said a word to anybody and refused to participate in any activities. Emma hadn't even seen her eat anything and she was so small already. Emma tried to talk to her and get her to open up to her. The girl didn't say anything but did seem to follow Emma closely. She even made sure Emma was OK after she tripped and hurt her ankle.

It was the middle of the night, when Emma woke up to crying again. Emma made her way to the little girl and sat on the edge of the bed. As Emma stroked the little girls brown hair out of her face and sang a rare lullaby that she had no clue how she knew, the crying quieted as she hummed along. Within minutes, she drifted off to sleep for the rest of the night.

The next morning after eating breakfast, she sat with Emma on the porch and said, " 'Emma,' I don't belong here, but I can't figure out how to get back home." This wasn't the first time Emma had heard this. Heck, she thought it herself sometimes. But when Emma tried to explain this to her, she cried, "No, it's me, Britney. I am not supposed to be here. Not this place. Not this time. I need to get home before something horrible happens!"

Chapter 2: Let it Snow

In the middle of the night, Emma was awakened by the cold wind howling around her. With a shiver Emma got up to close the window but when she adjusted to the darkness, she realized she was outside. Looking around Emma sensed that something was off; nothing looked familiar expect the little ball curled up on the ground a foot from where Emma's blanket lay.

As Emma approached Britney, she noticed the little girl shivering in the cold, so Emma grabbed her blanket and lay down on the ground next to Britney. Emma was thankful Britney was sound asleep when Emma covered both of them up with her blanket and thought this must be a dream as she fell back asleep.

It was hours later when Emma and Britney were awakened by people talking and shaking them. There was a young woman, maybe 19 years old or so, on a horse telling the young girl to leave them alone. "They could be hurt. We should make sure they are ok," said the young girl, about Emma's age, as she tried to shake them awake. As the woman got off her horse sighing she said, "Would you at least be careful. We don't know who they are or why they are here. And your father will be very upset with me if you get hurt while riding with me."

When Britney giggled at the black-haired woman, she got annoyed and asked, "What's so funny?" Britney stopped laughing but couldn't seem to answer, "um, well…. It's…just…I…ah…" Emma got up in front of Britney and answered, "It's just that we are children. You're an adult. Why would you think we could or would hurt you?" The younger dark brown-haired girl responded, "I think, she is concerned because you are on private property and she is worried something bad to happen while I am in her care."

Emma understood this worry, she felt it for Britney. They were somewhere she had never been and they weren't supposed to be here. Emma knew they could get in big trouble for trespassing on private property so she quickly answered the girl, "I promise, we will not do anything to harm either of you. We are not from around here. And we seem to be lost." The girl looked and them with sympathy and concern in her brown eyes before insisting that they accompany them back to the house for some refreshments and help finding their way home.

Chapter 3: Let it Snow - part 2

Once at the house, they were greeted by a middle aged couple. While the woman looked rather annoyed at the new guests, the gentleman looked amused and welcomed them into his home. He seemed to think that his daughter Regina looked good with children, while his wife was more interested in pushing the other girl towards Regina. It must have worked because young Snow was excited that Miss Regina would be marrying her daddy, King Leopold. Snow even left to help Regina put the horses away while Mister Henry, Regina's father, was busy entertaining the girls while they ate.

However, when Snow and Regina returned, they both seemed upset. Snow sat down to talk to Emma and Britney when Regina went back to work. Apparently, Snow walked into the horse stables and found Regina kissing some man named Daniel. Regina claimed to love Daniel but Snow didn't see how she could love Daniel and marry her father. Britney said, "Adult relationships are complicated enough but royal relationships are beyond all comprehension." Snow seemed to understand this but was still unsure what she was supposed to think about everything.

When Emma explained, "there are different types of love and more to marriage then just deciding that you want to marry someone. Both people have to love the other for it to even stand a chance and even then you need more than love to make things work in the long run." Snow thought that must be why Regina was planning to run away and marry Daniel instead of her father. After discussing things, with her new friends, Snow was ready to wish Regina well with Daniel.

However, when Snow went to find Regina, she came across Regina's mother, Cora. Cora sensed that something was up with the girls. After stressing that she loved her daughter and wanted her to be happy and manipulating Snow, Cora got Snow to tell her that Regina was going to run away with Daniel that night and marry him as soon as possible. Cora even got Snow to believe that it was a good thing that she told her so that they could have a family wedding and she could see her daughter. Cora was lying when she said all this and went to destroy Daniel.

Snow came back to sit alone with Emma and Britney because Henry was busy trying to figure out where the girls were from. Then again it wasn't like Emma had any clue where they were either so she couldn't blame Henry. Snow told the girls how Cora said that she was happy about Regina with Daniel and wanted to have a wedding there at the house. Britney scoffed at the idea, which Snow thought was a little rude, but Emma tried to explain that Cora seemed really intent on Regina marrying King Leopold.

Then Regina came in extremely upset about Daniel's death and heard the girls talking. Prompting Regina to get mad and yell at Snow, "you told my mother about Daniel. I told you specifically not to tell her. How could you do this to me?" Snow tried to explain that it was a good thing but when Regina said that Daniel was dead because of Snow, she didn't know how to explain or what to say. Britney tried to say, "Regina, it will be ok. I know you feel lost right now and that you loved him, but you will love again. And it will be true love."

This caused Regina to get even more upset and scream at Britney, "You stupid child. I love Daniel and he is dead because no one seems to know how to keep their mouth shut" as she approached Snow and Britney with a raised arm. Emma jumped up and stood in front of the others and yelled back at Regina, "Snow didn't mean to hurt you or Daniel. She honestly thought she was helping you. That you would want your mother at your wedding. Because you don't understand what it is like not to have a mother. Snow, Britney and I would love to have a mother that cared for us. She didn't know what would happen. Snow truly wished for you and Daniel to be happy. You can't blame her for this."

Regina seemed to calm down a bit. She stepped back from the girls to sit down and think about things. Regina was still hurt and started to cry silently. Henry came into comfort his daughter but she said that while she understood she could not go through with this. She didn't want to marry King Leopold and felt that it was best for her to leave. And get away from her mother for a while. However, Cora came in and said that Regina had to marry the King. Then she blasted the room with what seemed to be red smoke and forced Emma and Britney leave.

Author's Note: I apologize if I got any of the descriptions (age, hair, eyes) wrong. I think they are both black hair but it looked dark brown.

Author's Note 2: Don't forget to check out additional chapters for more information and adventures. And please review. Thanks for reading.