Storybrook, Maine

The sun was trying desperately to break through the gloomy clouds and I was quietly rooting for it. The town hadn't had a good sunny day in over a week and my skin was sorely missing the golden rays.

Slipping through the door, I stepped into Granny's Diner and smiled brightly. If I couldn't have the sun, at least I had my friends. I shimmied out of my jacket as I crossed the room and helped myself to one of the ugly brown booths.

"Hey Iris, how's it going?" Ruby asked, appearing beside my table. I glanced up and wasn't at all surprised to find her dressed in one of her usual slinky red outfits. Shorts that hardly covered her butt and a white button down shirt tired to show off her stomach. "You look good today. Get a new haircut?"

"I did, thank you for noticing," I replied with a smile, running my hands through my thick brown curls. "It was getting a little unruly and boring, so I decided a cut and a few highlights wouldn't hurt. Doesn't seem that anyone but you and I have noticed anything different though. I ran into Mary Margaret this morning and she hardly even acknowledged me. Can't say I really blame her though, poor thing has had so much crap happening lately."

"Tell me about it. I mean, how do you recover from the man you love thinking that you killed his wife? And to think that she stood right by his side when he was in her place. Unbelievable," she scoffed, pulling out her order pad from her apron. "So what'll it be today?"

Once she'd taken my order, Ruby left me to the book that I'd brought with me. It was a torn up thing that I'd found at a second hand shop forever ago. I'd read it probably close to a hundred times, but it had yet to grow old to me. The book, which was Peter Pan, had become close to my heart and the story was always exciting. Captain Hook could easily be classified as one of my favorite villains.

As I was settling into the booth and making myself comfortable, a sort of breeze washed over me. Gasping, I let the book fall from my hands and my eyes grew wide as it all came flooding back to me. The enchanted forest, my father and the damned curse he had given the evil queen.

"What the fuck," I whispered. Turning my head, I met Ruby's eyes, which were just as wide as mine were I was sure. My mind moved quickly and a new name appeared at the front of my mine. "Red?"

"Kyra, the curse, its been broken," she said, her eyebrows furrowed as she looked around. I let my eyes travel over the faces of the other customers, all of whom looked just as confused as I felt. "How did this happen?"

Licking my lips, I shook my head. I had no idea about anything anymore and I sure as hell wasn't in any position to think too hard about them. Kyra. Yes, that was my name in the forest and I'd had powers, because Rumpelstiltskin was my father. My brain hurt as all of the information came flooding back into my head.

Damn it, I had to find my father. I quickly grabbed my things and rushed out the door, ignoring Ruby-Red, as she called out to me. My feet carried me down the street, passed other dizzy looking people who were trying to piece everything together. I passed some that I knew from the forest, but I couldn't stop to talk with them, not now. I had to find papa, who was sure to be at his store.

It was no wonder that I'd always felt comfortable around Mr. Gold when I was under the curse. My heart had known him even if my brain had not. A smile pulled at my lips as I moved quickly down the street and the sign for the pawn shop came into sight. Ignoring the closed sign, I burst through the door.

"Papa, I'm here and I remember," I called, running through the shop and to the back room. But when I reached it, the smile fell from my face as my eyes swept over room and I did not see him. "Papa?"

Nothing.

Grumbling, I turned around, ready to leave and search for him when something caught my eye. Sitting on the counter was something that I'd seen many times, but my curse ridden memories hadn't been able to remember it. I ran my fingers over the thick corded gold chain and down to the ruby pendant which hung from it. It had been a gift from him when I was seventeen and I'd cherished it with my whole heart.

Making quick work, I soon had it off the display and clasped around my neck. It looked odd against the printed blue and white shirt I was wearing, but I could have cared less. I was only glad that I had it back.

Though I probably could have stayed there forever just staring at the piece, the sound of someone yelling caught my attention. Dropping the pendant, I retraced my footsteps back onto the street and caught sight of Leroy or rather, Grumpy as he was known in the forest. He was pointing at something and shouting.

I turned my head and felt shock once again. A large cloud of purple smoke had covered half the town and it was coming right for us.

Hey guys. I just want to say thanks so much for the favorites, follows and reviews on the prologue! It was really great and made me want to get this chapter finished right away. As it is, a heck of a lot of this story is going to be taking place in season 2, which I haven't seen in ages. So the updates may be a tad bit slow because I want to rewatch the season. The storyline isn't going to be exactly the same, but I want to keep in some of it anyway. I hope that you guys continue to enjoy (: