*Well here you have it, a second chapter.

ONCE does not belong to me.

Chapter 2: The Photo

Ruby stared at Emma as she continued to bang her head against her desk. She had been doing this for a couple of minutes now.

"So let me get this straight, you know absolutely nothing about her even though you kept her overnight?" Ruby asked taking a sip of her coffee.

"She would answer anything. I didn't even know her name until she gave it to you" Emma mumbled.

She kept thinking about the girl, if she had magic all along why didn't she just use it to get away when Emma first brought her in to the station…hell, why not just use it when she first arrived at Regina's.

Why would she go through all that trouble last night just to poof herself away this morning?

Not to forget those eyes.

"What are you going to do now?" Ruby knew the blonde had to find Elizabeth because now there was the whole 'she has magic' thing going on.

"I'm going to call David to help me look around town" she was already dialing away on her phone "We know nothing about her like you said, she hasn't really been seen around Storybrooke before so we have to find out what her business here is."

After a short talk with her father everything was set to start looking around for the girl.

"Wait. You can like follow her sent right?" Emma asked suddenly when she looked over at the cell the girl had slept in. She made her way there and grabbed the blanket Elizabeth had used during the night.

"Depending on how strong her scent is" Ruby said taking the blanket. She brought it to her nose and took a sniff. "It's really faint and since she used magic I can't really follow the scent I have to wait for a whiff of her scent to come to me but now that I know how she smells it should be easy. I'll ride with you see if I smell anything"

With a nod from Emma the two headed out to the cruiser to begin their search. When noon came around they still had nothing.

Where had this girl gone?

They decided to take a break and get something to eat at Granny's. Before she could go in Ruby stopped and started to sniff around.

"Is it her?" the werewolf didn't answer just started walking in the direction of the diner. Confused Emma followed.

Emma followed Ruby inside and stopped shortly because there sitting at the counter was Elizabeth happily munching on some fries.

Feeling eyes on her the girl looked up and smiled at the duo.

"What up?" Emma felt herself become consumed with irritation. All morning she had looked for this girl and suddenly there she is like nothing has happened.

"You're in a lot of trouble, kid." Emma told her as she walked over to the small blonde. Ruby on the other hand just made her way to the other side of the counter to get a drink.

"Why? What did I do?" Emma gave her dumbfounded look.

"Finish your food, you're coming to the station with me" Elizabeth looked at the blonde for a second before nodding. Emma ordered a sandwich to go and waited for the girl to be done with her food.

"Ruby" Emma called out to the brunette "Can you keep an eye on her for a minute?" the young werewolf nodded and Emma made her way towards the restroom.

"Is Elizabeth your actual name?" she asked leaning on the counter in front of the small blonde.

"Yes" was the simple answer.

"Not much of a talker, are you?"

"I usually have trouble keeping quiet"

"Where are you from?"

"The future" Ruby chuckled at the answer, this kid was something else. To be honest she kind off reminded her a bit of Henry.

"What are you doing in the past?"

"I'm here on a mission"

"What kind of mission?" It didn't hurt to play along, did it?

Before Elizabeth could replay Emma interrupted them asking if she was ready to go. She grabbed her sandwich and started for the door only to stop when she noticed that the girl had yet to move from her seat.

"Well, come on" she urged the girl.

"I can't leave" What now?

"Why not?" could this kid be any more frustrating?

"Haven't paid" she explained "and I don't cash so…" taking a deep breath Emma pulled out some bills and paid for the girl's food.

With that Elizabeth threw a big smile her way and hoped of her seat like a little kid. Ruby shook her head and followed after them because she was sure that if she left Emma alone with the girl one of the two would probably end up hurt.

When they got to the station they found Regina perched up on one of the desks waiting for them. Instantly Elizabeth tried to turn around only for Emma's hand to tighten around her forearm.

"Is this the person that has been going to my house at night?" She asked getting off the desk and walking closer to the girl who was frozen in place. "Well, is she? And is that magic I sense?" she asked.

"Yeah this is her and yeah, turns out she has magic." Emma explained pushing Elizabeth towards Ruby who instantly wrapped an arm around the girls shoulder to keep her from going anywhere.

"You're not from here so how is it that you have magic?" Regina asked the girl who was looking away from her. "Can she talk?" she asked Emma when she didn't get an answer from the girl.

"Come on kid, just answer the questions" Emma tried to reason with the girl. "Look you're not in trouble we just want to know who you are and what brings you to Storybrooke"

Slowly Elizabeth turned to look at Regina and brown met brown. No one spoke or moved for a few seconds. Emma for her part finally knew where she had seen those eyes before, but it still didn't make sense.

"Look you don't want to answer any questions, that's fine" Emma stated and pulled out some papers out off her desk and handed them to the girl "Fill those out"

Elizabeth took the papers and took a seat in one of the chairs and started to write things down. Emma motioned for Ruby to keep an eye on her.

She led Regina into the small office and closed the door.

"From what I see you don't know much about her" Regina pointed out.

"We only know her name, she won't tell us anything else" explained Emma. "Do you really not know who she is?"

"Not a clue"

"She has your eyes" Emma commented after a second.

"What?"

"Elizabeth she has your eyes, I know it sounds weird but she does"

"I think you've been deprived of sleep" with that Regina walked out to check up on the girl. "Is she done?" she asked Ruby who nodded.

She grabbed the papers and looked them over.

"Do you think we are playing around?" She practically barked at the girl who matched Regina's glare head on.

"What is it?" Emma asked pulling the papers out of Regina's hands. There where it asked for a name Elizabeth Swan-Mills was neatly written. "Kid you have to stop-"

Before she could finish whatever she was going to say Elizabeth pulled out a small photo prom somewhere in her hoodie and handed it to the blonde.

"You might want to see this" Emma said handing Regina the photo.

Regina stared at the photo of herself in a hospital bed holding a baby wrapped in a pink blanket, Emma lying next to her, both with big happy smiles adorning their faces.

"Explain" Emma ordered.

"I'm your daughter. I've traveled here to the past using magic. I must stop something from happening" this was one of those times Emma really wished she couldn't tell when someone was lying…because this girl was certainly not.

She looked over at Regina who was staring at the back of the photo. She made her way over and took it out off her hand and looked it over. Elizabeth's first photo was written in sharpie.

"That's my writing" she whispered "She's not lying is she?" Emma shook her head in answer.

"Ruby, can you give us a minute" Ruby nodded and headed for the door "Let's all have a sit and talk this over" Emma suggested.

Regina followed the girls every move until she sat down.

"Regina" she heard Emma call out to her. Shaking herself out off her trance she walked over to take a seat. "You alright?" Regina could only nod.

"Speak" Elizabeth made a face at the command.

"Do I look like a dog to you? You could at least say please, you know." Elizabeth grumbled at Emma, crossing her arms in the process.

"I'm sorry. It's just this is a lot to take in." Emma apologized. "I mean how would you react if your future daughter just showed up one day?" God, could this town get any weirder?

"I'd probably slap her a couple of times for using such powerful magic" she replied doing slap motion with her hand.

"Is that you giving us permission?" Elizabeth's eyes widen a bit at Emma's question.

"What? No!" she was quick to say "That's just a scenario, wouldn't actually happen"

"I thought so" her eyes shifted to Regina who had yet to say a word.

"I think I broke her" Elizabeth whispered to Emma "Aren't you going to like hug her or something, you usually do that when she's like that"

"Umm…I" Emma really couldn't find the right words.

"Don't tell me you're nervous to hold your future wife in front of you future daughter" Elizabeth began "You don't hear that everyday…anyways, I know your guys are like secretly seeing each other, it was one of my favorite bed time stories."

"She has my eyes" Regina finally speaks, interrupting whatever Emma was going to say. Moving her gaze to meet Emma's who gives her a small smile and reaches for the brunette's hand.

"I told you" Emma says thinking back to when they were in the office. "So how do we go about this?"

"I have no idea. I suppose we could talk more about this later on" Regina suggests "Wait, last night wasn't the first time you've visited the mansion…where have you been staying?"

"The family mausoleum, you know our secret hideout" Elizabeth explains "Hey listen, I know this might be strange to ask but can I give you a hug, mom?" okay, so not as strange as she thought it would be. Maybe it was just the situation that made it strange.

"Are you asking me or Regina?" it was a fair question. Henry called them both 'mom' so things got confusing at times.

"Regina, because I'm mad at you" she said "I'm all sore from sleeping in that stupid tiny bed." She decided to elaborate. "So… can I?"

Regina looked over at Emma who just shrugged. She looked over at Elizabeth and nodded not really knowing how to go about the situation. It was all so strange.

Elizabeth smiled and got up to get closer to the brunette. Her smile suddenly vanished from her face and a look of pain took over. With a scream she fell to her knees one hand clutching at her chest and the other at her head.

Regina and Emma were by her side within seconds trying to figure out what was going on. Then out of nowhere the screams stopped and Elizabeth's body started to sway, Emma acting quickly fell to her knees and pulled the unconscious girl to her so she wouldn't hit the floor.

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