Chapter One: A Son, A Fairy Tale, and Knight Jokes...


"Come on old woman, we ain't got all day for you to knock off them heels. You're blockin the door and the path to my nice warm shower." Andy said in her mezzo-soprano southern drawl, laughing as she lightly pushed Emma out of the doorway and further into their shared apartment.

Emma huffed as she narrowed her eyes towards the brunette, a slow smirk eased across her face as she straightened up, "Old, am I?" She asked, slowly turning to face the younger woman completely.

Andy's eyes went wide as she noticed that 'older sister prank incoming' look on the blondes face, turned on her heel, and darted into the apartment's living room, easily leaping over the coach to get away from Emma.

Spinning on her heel again to see where the blonde was now at, Andy threw her hands up as she caught sight of Emma no longer having heels on and was standing near the backside of the couch, "Now Emma..." She said with a nervous grin, "there's no need for tickle fights... right?"

Emma just continued smirking with her arms held out and up near her sides, knowing that Andy didn't like tickle fights simply because when tickled, the tall brunette couldn't defend herself because she would be laughing too hard to do so.

Andy quickly pointed towards the door and put on a shocked look, shouting. "Look, it's Angelina Jolie!"

The moment Emma had a 'what the hell' look on her face and looked said front door, Andy let out a laugh as she leapt over the nearby side table and darted into the bathroom, thankfully having her change of clothes from putting them in there before they left earlier.

The moment the door snapped shut and she clicked the lock, she could hear Emma stop right in front of it.

"I will get you back for that Andy!" Emma said, biting her lip so she wouldn't laugh as she poked the door sharply, getting a 'eep!' noise from the younger woman, followed by a throat clear.

Andy snickered as she responded, "You're just jealous that you keep fallin for that old trick!"

Emma just rolled her eyes, yelling through the door for Andy to hurry up so she could shower too, before walking into her own bedroom for a change of clothes.


Once Emma was out of the Bathroom as well, hair blow dried and all, she joined Andy near the kitchen island.

Seeing the two cupcakes with candles, she side bumped Andy, sharing a soft smile with her best friend.

"So, I see we're still doing the old celebration, eh?" Emma asked as Andy lit the two candles with a match she had, before blowing out the flame left on said match.

"Yep," the brunette nodded with a grin as she pulled Emma to lean forward on the kitchen island table with her, "now make a wish and blow out the candle, I have a good feeling about this year!"

Rolling her eyes, Emma joined Andy as they both closed their eyes, locked hands, and blew out their candles.

*ding dong*

Both pairs of blue and green eyes snapped open staring at each other with confusion.

"God I hope that's not the land-lady..." Andy muttered as Emma gave her a 'what the hell' look again, this time at the comment.

"What?" The brunette continued as she walked slight behind Emma when the blonde started moving towards the door, "I can't help it, she's a five letter word for a female dog."

Emma let out a snort of agreement as she pulled open the front door looking confused before hearing a cough that dragged her and Andy's eyes lower, catching sight of a little kid.

"Are you Emma Swan?" The brown haired boy asks Emma, and at her nod he continues. "Hi! I'm Henry, I'm your son!" Before sliding past and heading into the living room.

When Emma went after him and snapped Andy's jaw shut for her on the way, Andy let out a throat clear, telling Emma that she'd be right back, and jogged into their shared room to pack two duffle bags, knowing that based on the boys accent, he isn't from Boston. Since he isn't from Boston, she knew she should pack a bag each from her and Emma of a change of clothes at the very least.

Once she had both bags packed, she put the long straps on both shoulders and booked it back into the living room, just in time for Henry to ask who 'the brunette lady' is.

"Oh," Emma said before throwing an arm around said brunette's shoulders, "this is Andromeda, my sister in all but blood. However, everyone calls her Andy."

Andy stuck out her hand to the apparently awe struck boy in front of them as she smirked, "Hi there Henry, nice to meet you!"

When the kid just continued to stare at her, Emma cleared her throat, knocking him out of whatever train of thought he had, and he jumped forward and started shaking her hand before pulling back to hug the giant book he had.

"Oh look at that," Andy cooed a little as she turned her smirk to Emma, "he's just as shy as you are!"

The blonde narrowed her eyes at her younger friend, but before anything could be said, the kid in front of them spoke up about Emma having to drive him back, and Andy needing to come with. Once Emma finished the argument about her calling the cops, before finally agreeing to drive him back, she looked back at Andy.

Catching sight of the look from Emma, Andy just shrugged her shoulders, gestured to the bags with a head tilt, before bowing a little.

Seeing this, Emma rolled her eyes with a grin as she turned back to Henry, "Alright kid, let's go, and yes," Emma paused, holding up a hand to stop Henry's argument when he opened his mouth and looked towards Andy, "Andy is going with us... just probably not in the bug."

When the boy grinned and latched on to Andy's hand, tugging her to follow after him and Emma as they headed towards the apartment door, the brunette snagged her own vehicle keys right before she was tugged outside and Emma shut and locked the door.


As Emma drove out of the last gas station on the way to taking Henry back to Storybrooke, she heard the roar of an engine right before a Blue blur zoomed past her.

When the blue blur shot past while doing a wheelie, Henry's head snapped up and he caught sight of the blurred figure, cheering with a beaming grin as he bounced in his seat at how awesome he thought his non-blood aunt was.

When Andy shot by the yellow bug, she grinned when she caught sight of Henry cheering before turning her attention to the road and dropping out of her wheelie, enjoying the freedom of the open road and loving the gas mileage her bike has.

Of course, when Emma had first found out about her bike, she bought Andy a medium-dark blue full mask Helmet (that looked a lot like the head of a wolf, much to her amusement), a pair of black and blue dirt bike gloves, a padded black with medium-dark blue designs leather jacket and riding boots. Not that Andy minded, she liked the howling wolf made of blue smoke on the back of her jacket. So with her military style tactical backpack on her back that carried her sneakers, shades, water, etc... Andy continued to cruise at her high speed.

Seeing bright lights flash twice behind her before cutting off, Andy looked back to see a left turn blinker click twice before shutting off as well. Knowing that meant they were coming up to a left turn they needed to take, Andy revved her bike's engine twice before slowing down a bit for the upcoming turn, letting Emma know that she understood.


As the bug and motorcycle pulled into Storybrooke, Andy let out a sigh of relief at no longer having to drive through that rain storm. Thankful that she just had to follow Emma's tail lights until the rain quit, and while the rain was gone, she was still cautious about driving too fast because of the extremely slick roads.

Seeing how empty the town streets seemed, Andy drifted off to the side of the bug a little ways, in awe of how calm this small town was.

Hearing a screech of tires to her right, she whipped the bike around and cruised up to the bug, wondering what happened.

As Emma argued with Henry, Andy took off her black and blue dirt bike gloves before unclipping her helmet. Unknown to her, Henry's shrink had just walked up as she ran a hand through her hair, hoping for no helmet hair.

When Emma got an address from the man, she caught a curious sight of him stumbling slightly when he saw Andy and an innocent clear eyed recognition flashed through his eyes before he shook his head, eyes clouding slightly again, said his goodbyes and left.

'Hmm...' Emma thought as she turned her attention to the younger woman, wondering what could cause a look like that as she gestured Henry to get back into the bug.

"Andy!" Emma called out to get the brunette's attention, deciding it was nothing, "Hey, I got the kid's address, if you want I can drop him off, you can go ahead and get gas, and I'll meet you there before we head out?"

"Yeah, no problem... might take me a minute to find it, but sure!" Andy answered, smirking at Emma as she placed her gloves back on, but left her helmet off and strapped to the slight passenger seat handles behind her. Revving the engine, Andy spun the back tire as she spun the bike to face back to the direction where they were originally headed, and gunned the engine again to shoot forward.

Emma rolled her eyes with amusement at the sight of rebellion as she dropped into her bug's driver seat, sighing when she noticed Henry pouting in the passenger seat. Closing the door with a snap, Emma drove off towards the Mayor's house...


Hearing a familiar mezzo-soprano voice singing, Emma's eyes snapped open as she sat up, holding a hand to her head. Looking up, she noticed Andy standing on a nearby desk doing her normal gesturing, having the attention of the man in the cell next to her and the older man with hand tools as she sang the last verse of 'Chicks Dig It' by 'Chris Cagle'. Seeing the grin from the grumpy looking one, and hearing the laughter from the older man, Emma sat back against the wall behind her and let out a cheering long whistle, earning her a relieved look, followed by a finger point and amused grin from Andy as she finished the last few lines.

Once she was done, a still grinning Andy gave a bow to the now clapping and cheering audience of three before jumping off the desk as she heard the station door open.

The laughter slowly dies off as the sheriff walks over to the other cell next to Emma's. He told the man to smile more, and 'Leroy' gave the sheriff the most sarcastic smile possible before whistling some tune as he started leaving. Before he left completely however, he gave an amused wink and grin to Andy and Emma, and as well as a slight wave of goodbye over his shoulder as he turned the corner and left.

When Andy looked over at the man she now knew as 'Marco', he seemed to be back to his work of fixing some of the cabinets and desks, so she turned her attention back towards Emma and the sheriff who was now near her friends cell.

Feeling a rumbling growl build in her chest, Andy darted forward and leaned her back against Emma's cell, arms crossed in front of her as she glared at the sheriff and was silently daring him to try to get closer to her friend as a quiet growl rumbled from her.

When the station door swung open again, Andy's posture straightened up and the growl she didn't know she was doing stopped suddenly as the clicking of heels rang out through the station.

Moving to the corner where the front of the cell met the wall, Andy watched the scene of 'Regina' and Emma's tennis match of smack talk play out and smirked when Emma introduced her, causing the woman to whip her head towards where the brunette was silently standing and smirking wicked with a single raised eyebrow at Regina.

When Regina also had a flash of recognition before she slightly shook her head for a moment, Emma's eyes narrowed once again with suspicion as Regina introduced herself to the younger brunette and vice versa.

Once Emma 'smooth talked' her way out of her cell, she pulled Andy off to the side a little ways once they left the station and muttered, "Hey, would you mind asking around to see where the nearest hotel is? Maybe also seeing if my bug is out of the local shop?"

Nodding, Andy spoke up, "Sure, not a problem at all Em. I'll see about the bug first, and if it's ready, I'll drive my bike to wherever the hotel is and go back on foot for the bug... should be back to the bug by the time your ready for me to come pick you up in it?"

Receiving a nod from Emma, Andy grinned, playfully shoved her blonde friend into a stumble, and booked it over to her bike as she laughed. Pulling on her helmet and gloves, strapping both down quickly, she grinned when she caught sight of Emma pointing at her with narrowed eyes, knowing the blonde will seek retribution. She faced forward again, revved the engine, and took off down the road to find the local auto shop while forcing herself to not speed like she wanted to.


Hanging up her cell phone, Andy scowls at having to drive the bug across town to pick up Emma and Henry.

"Now I remember why I prefer my bike..." She groaned, shifting the gears fluidly, but being annoyed at drive something with more than two wheels.

After a few minutes, the young brunette pulls into a parking spot near a nearly empty wooden castle playground. Placing the bug in park and hopping out of the driver's seat, Andy drops to the concrete path as Emma and Henry walk up to the bug.

"Oh I beg of you... no more driving four wheeled vehicles... please..." Andy muttered over dramatically as she lunged and clung to Emma's calf as Henry started giggling at her antics.

Emma rolled her eyes with a grin, gesturing for Henry to hop in the bug as she hauled her friend up off the ground.

"Okay drama queen, go hop in the passenger seat. I can drive from here on out." The blonde said, grinning as Andy threw her arms in the air and cheered as she ran for said passenger side door.

Once everyone was settled, Andy laid her head sideways on the seat to look back at Henry with a grin, "So, how have you been today Sir Henry?"

Playing along, Henry puffed out his chest and struck a pose, "I've been awesome like I always am, thank you for asking. How've you been, Knight Andy?" He asked right back with a beaming grin as he waited for her answer.

"Fantastic as always, Sir Henry, and might I say you do look mighty awesome today!" Andy chirped back, causing Henry to break out in a fit of laughter with Andy, as Emma grinned at the two, muttering about how they were 'completely silly' as she rolled her eyes.

Placing a dramatic hand over her heart, Andy spoke up to Emma, "Now, now, older squire... no need to be jealous of our knight status!"

Emma puffed up, deciding to join them, "Oh, ye only wish I was but a squire," she paused here as she and Andy listened to Henry giggle away for a moment before continuing with dramatic flair, "but the truth of the matter is... I am thy kingdom's Knight-Commander, and ye could only wish to be half the knight I am!"

Andy let out a dramatic gasp, seeing Henry watching the two like a hawk with a grin on his face, before letting her attention go back to Emma, "Naysayer! I hath slain thy Dragon guarding thou kingdom's queen! With nothing but a boot dagger, may I add!"

"Ah ha!" Emma called out as she continued driving down the road, eyes focused ahead as she grinned, "but thou stumbled away with a slash upon thine stomach and thou needed the aid of thine kingdom's healer! What say ye to that, eh?"

"Ah, tis but a scratch!" The brunette stated, pointing her right pointer finger high in the air with a look of finality and a smirk.

The moment Andy finished her last sentence, all three people in the car shared a look before they all burst into a gut wrenching, tear inducing laughter as Emma pulled up to the Mayor's house, placing the bug into park.

"Oh, oh man..." Emma drawled out as their laughter started to slowly fade, "I don't think I've laughed like that in ages..."

Still giggling, Henry nodded as he hiccuped, causing more giggles to flow out as he slowly calmed down as well.

"Oh, I agree Em... that was awesome." Andy said, sighing with a few giggles of her own as she started relaxing again.

"Alright Henry, let's get you inside, okay?" Emma asked unbuckled and started getting out.

Before Henry could protest, Andy helped him out of the back of the bug once she got out, and pulled him to her as she kneeled.

"Hey, look at me Henry." Andy said, pulling his chin up to look him in the eye when he tried to hide his face. "Henry, from what Emma's told me, I know you think your mom's an Evil Queen but remember... there are always many sides to a story and I want you to promise me that anything you read, you'll remember that the book is basically the trailer for a movie... and not everything before, in between, and during... okay?"

Seeing Henry slowly understand as he nods, "So, you're saying that the book is just showing enough to get attention from those who read it, but isn't the whole movie?"

Nodding at him once he seemed to understand, Andy continued, "Exactly. So when you go in there, I want you to remember... Sir Henry," she paused, having a hundred percent of his attention once she used the 'knight' title, "that you might have seen the trailer, but you haven't seen the movie yet. So... don't judge it too harshly, okay?"

Henry smiled and nodded, hugging the woman he's beginning to adore as an aunt, before turning around and jogging after Emma with a grin.

When Emma shot her a confused look, Andy just shrugged with a grin of her own before climbing back into the passenger seat of the bug.


Pulling over to a nearby parking spot, both women hop out of the bug and link arms as Andy pulls Emma in the general direction of the hotel.

Walking through the dense small trees, they start up the small hill towards the hotel's entrance, Andy holding the door open for a friend with a bow and a smirk.

Emma just rolls her eyes and drags her friend inside with her by the scruff of her leather jacket, grinning when she hears the tall brunette stumble before seeing her righting herself with a blush.

Two sets of eyebrows went sky high at hearing two voices arguing as footsteps thundered down the stairs near them.

When the elderly woman commented about being sorry for medically stopping the brunette from 'sleeping her way down the eastern seaboard', Andy just lost it, and had to turn away as her shoulders shook with the effort of trying not to laugh.

"Excuse me?" Emma spoke up before they could continue arguing, digging her elbow sharply into her friends side, causing her to clear her throat and straighten up, eyes still lit with laughter, "We'd like a room with two beds, or two rooms?"

"Really?" The older woman asked, stunned, as the brunette who had previously left into another area leaned back into the room as well.

When the older woman caught sight of Andy and stumbled, Emma saw, yet again, the increasingly odd flash of recognition before haze settled back in.

Andy, of course, dove forward and helped balance the woman, asking if she was okay.

"Um... yes..." The woman mummered before shaking her head and walking behind the desk nearby with a smile, "Would you like a forest view or a square view? Normally there is an upgrade fee for the square but as rent is due, I'll waive it."

"Square is fine..." Mumbled Emma as the older woman beamed at the two in front of her.

"Ah... normal price for the square though." Andy jumped in, unable to fight the urge that the fee waive would feel like a hand-out, earning a thankful nod from Emma.

Unknown to Emma and Andy, the brunette behind them was leaning against a nearby wall still seemingly stunned and feeling an overwhelming family type bond with the younger brunette next to the blonde.

"Now," the older woman asked, opening the leather bound book and grabbing the desk pen, "What are the name's?"

"Swan," Emma spoke up as Andy seemed amused by the check in/out book, "Emma and Andromeda Swan."

"Emma and Andromeda..." A males voice suddenly rang out, causing both women to turn on their heels and stumble back a foot from how close this new person was as he continued, "What lovely names..."

"Thanks..." Emma drawled out, not noticing Andy's eyes start filling with the Ember flecks as she let out a low and deep rumble neither of them noticed, but had the man smirking at the brunette.

Seeing this, the older woman (who they have figured out by now is Granny) pulled out a wad of cash from the desk drawer and handed it to the man as both Swans moved out of the way when they heard the drawer open.

Once the man accepted the money, he turned back to the new women, "Enjoy your stay... Emma and Andromeda..."

When the man left, Andy could barely make out Emma asking who that man was, as she tried to calm down. Staring at the door, she could still feel the rumble in her chest and the protective anger flowing freely until a hand clasped her upper right arm. Almost immediately, the rumble stopped and the anger sizzled out, and now refocused, she turned her attention to the owner of said hand to see the brunette who was arguing with Granny earlier. Tilting her head to the side a little, Andy wondered why this woman was able to calm her so fast.

Ruby, the other brunette, was curious at to why this 'Andromeda' had Ember flakes show up in her eyes, before they started fading as her vision focused back on the remaining people in the Inn.

"You okay?" Ruby asked softly, oddly feeling the need to be assured Andromeda was feeling better.

"Yeah... yeah I'm... I'm okay, thanks." Andy stuttered for a moment before shaking her head a little.

"Andy," Emma called out as she looked at the scene in front of her with more than a little confusion, "are you ready to hit the hay? We've got an early day tomorrow."

Looking at Emma, she glanced back at the brunette in front of her, nodded her thanks, and turned back to her blonde friend completely, "Yeah, I'm ready Em. I'm feeling pretty tired is all." Andy muttered as she walked over to Emma, letting the blonde place a hand on her back and lead her up the stairs.

When the two disappeared completely, Granny and Ruby both shared a look of confusion before looking back at the staircase. Things sure are going to get interesting...


(*AN: Hello everyone! I know I now have five stories that I'm juggling, but... I couldn't help iiiiiiiiiit! This idea just yanked the reigns from "Once Upon a Twin" and the others, and just took off down the road! Anyway... here's chapter one for THIS idea, hope ya'll enjoy it!*)