Lost, abandoned and no way home.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own anything to do with once upon a time.

STORY: This is a sequel I would suggest reading my first story called

Trials and tribulations of Princess Emma Swan

SUMMARY: the curse is broken and a deal with rumple allowed everyone to go back to the enchanted forest. Problem is rumple didn't make it as straight forward as everyone hoped, and what is Regina up to.

PREVIOUSLY: rumple has a plan to get his heart back, Regina is well Regina, snow and James are together in the woods, Emma and henry are together in the woods somewhere else. Oh and there's a hell of a lot of howling going on.

NOW:

Emma was stood and ready to fight the beast that was howling and coming towards her. Before she had time to react and swing her weapon a man about her age stepped out from the bushes, accompanied by a wolf, a panther and a bear. Emma first thought was no way. There was no way this was mowgli. Mind you what could she expect she had left what she knew and had come to a place where fairy tale characters were real?

"Please, don't fear me. We mean you no harm" the man said gently

Henry had woken up and was stood next to his mother eyeing the stranger and the animals with him.

"My name is Emma and this is my son henry." Emma told him but she wasn't quite ready to lower the weapon in her hand.

"I am mowgli, welcome."

Elsewhere a wolf came bounding towards snow and James. As the wolf came into view the pair saw red, grumpy and the others following it. Snow remembered the wolf, he was grahams friend. Grey is what Emma had named him.

"Snow, Prince James we have been so worried when you didn't appear with us. Why are you all the way out here in the forest? We arrived at the palace." Red asked the two stood before her.

Neither snow nor James had heard anything red had said since they had been looking for the two people they most wanted to see in the newly arrived group. As the looked for Emma and henry it was grumpy who came beside snow and placed his hand on her arm.

"Snow. Where is Emma and henry?" grumpy asked.

The slight smile which had adorned snows face when the group first arrived completely disappeared.

"What do you mean grumpy. Emma's not with us. Isn't she with you." Snow scanned the crowd again for Emma and henry but just like it had been the first time, henry's nor Emma's face was present.

James looked at grumpy expectantly waiting for him to answer snows question. But grumpy looked shocked. "No snow she nor henry appeared near us and for the last few hours grey has been leading us here. We haven't seen them." Grumpy stared at his feet, snow sank to the dirt in despair, but James well all James did was shout. "Rumple so help me you will pay for this." James gathered snow in his arms walked in the direction the others came from hoping they had transportation so he could take snow home and start a search, for his child and grandchild.

BACK TO EMMA

It was henry who spoke first since Emma was too busy trying to figure out the whole jungle book character being real.

"Hi mowgli, I am snow white and Prince James' grandson. Can you tell us where we are and how to get to the palace? Please."

"I can tell you where you are but I am sorry, I don't know anything about Prince James or snow white or even a palace. But I know someone who might. So first you are on the isle of lost souls. Now if you would follow me I can take you to someone who might be able to help."

Henry grabbed his mother's hand and the both followed mowgli. Henry could be too trusting sometime, Emma thought. They didn't know mowgli or where he was taking them but henry was following him anyway.

THE PALACE.

They had all returned to the palace and James had asked everyone to join him in the meeting room. He and snow had been speaking on the way back about getting a search party out to find Emma and henry tonight. But as much as snow hated saying it, it was too late to start a search and could get the others lost. It was decided the search would start at first light, he just need to know who would help.

REGINAS PALACE

Regina had been watching snow and James through the mirror. She still couldn't see henry clearly yet so she was keeping tabs on snow. Regina knew something was wrong when snow had seen the others and spoken to one of the dwarfs. Because snow had virtually collapsed to the floor. Well just because they were home if it had something to do with henry then it had something to do with her. With that thought Regina watched and waited for them to arrive home before she paid them a visit.

THE MEETING ROOM

Once everyone had been seated James decided to start.

"I know it is late and everyone must wish to return to their homes. I just wanted to ask if anyone is willing to help me search for Emma and…"

James was cut off mid-sentence.

"Goodnight, how come I wasn't invited to the party." Regina smirked.

James wasn't in the mood for Regina but before he could hurl some pretty bad things in her direction snow answered Regina. "Sorry Regina, but we didn't have time to stop at your palace before coming here. Emma and henry are missing. They didn't appear with the others. We are just trying to sort out a search party for them." Snow looked at James then so he could continue.

"As I was saying is anyone willing to help me search for them tomorrow? Since snow and I had been close to Emma before the return, it is possible that they are somewhere else in the forest. I am leaving at first light if you wish to join me I would be more than thankful. If not I understand. It has been 28 years since we were here and things must need attending to. You are all welcome to stay at the palace until you are ready to leave." When James had finished he bid everyone a goodnight.

He remained in the room along with snow and Regina. Regina was angry that they weren't searching now but, she held her tongue it was better to keep them on her good side at the moment, for she knew that they would find Emma and henry no matter what it took. They had lost Emma once and she knew they wouldn't let history repeat itself. Once she had informed them that she was planning to help she left them alone.

"They will be alright won't they charming." Snow said in a small voice.

"Emma is tough snow and she won't let anything happen to henry." James kissed his wife and they retired to their bed to get some sleep before morning and the searching began.

ISLE OF LOST SOULS

When Emma and henry had arrived, the man they were supposed to see had gone to bed so mowgli had shown them where they could sleep for the night. Now the morning had arrived Emma had been shown into a tent of sorts where the man she needed to speak to sat with his eyes closed. She had been nervous about coming in here to him since mowgli had taken henry to play with the children that where there.

"Please come, sit I will not bite." The man smiled at Emma, and although she relaxed a little she still decided to be cautious.

"There, now that's better. Much more comfortable than standing, isn't it. Mowgli tells me you have some questions you need answering. So go right ahead and I will answer as many as I can" the man seemed nice Emma thought. Not that it mattered she needed to pick his brain in order to get to her parents.

"Ok first do you know off or about snow white and Prince James?"

The man didn't speak he just nodded his affirmation to Emma's first question.

"Is this island anywhere near the palace?"

Again the man didn't talk but instead of nodding this time he shook his head to let her know that it wasn't close.

"Ok can you tell me, a draw me a map on how to get to the palace please."

Emma waited for him to nod his head but the man didn't he shook it negatively.

"NO, WHAT DO YOU MEAN NO. I NEED TO GET TO THE PALACE I NEED TO GET TO MY PARENTS."

Emma shouted at the man who wasn't speaking. Emma got up and stormed out of the tent.

OUTSIDE THE PALACE

James sat on his horse, ready to begin the search. Almost everyone who had been in storybrooke had come to help him find Emma. The only ones who hadn't were people like granny and Ella. Granny because of her age and Ella because of Alexandria. James had also forbidden snow to accompany them. He used the only thing he could think of to keep snow there. By saying, what happens if Emma wanders this way towards the palace and no one is here?

Snow understood what he was saying but she didn't like it. Regina was even going with them by horse back, and not in her carriage.

The sun was starting to set when snow finally heard the sound of horses. She silently prayed that Emma was with them. She ran to the entrance hoping to be able to hold her daughter in her arms once more. But the look on charming's face told her that they hadn't found Emma and he was at a loss.

RUMPLES PLACE

Rumple was watching what was happening and realized his plan hadn't worked. Snow and James were very much at home. To say he was pissed would be an understatement. He was so angry that the potion hadn't been successful he had taken his temper out on belle. He didn't hit her but he shouted and then avoided her which he had done in the beginning. He was confused though as to why they were riding out and what was Regina doing but he didn't linger to long on those thoughts because his potion hadn't worked.

ISLE OF LOST SOULS.

With the sun setting all Emma could think about was that this was her second night in a new land and her parents were not with her. She had henry though and after she had stormed out of the tent she had gone to him and they had tried to look around the place for something. Problem was Emma didn't know what she was looking for.

Emma heard a noise behind her. She didn't turn as see assumed it was mowgli who had been following her and henry since they had left.

"Please let me explain to you what I meant." It was the man from the tent. He was there not mowgli.

"I don't want to hear anything you have to say. I am going to find a way off this place and go to my parents. With or without your help." Henry hugged his mother because he could hear in her voice how angry she was. Emma went to walk away with henry. Walking in the direction of the forest and away from the village and the man.

"Wait please. You don't understand, I can't give you a map of where to go because, since I came here many years ago I have never been able to leave. There is no way off this island once you get here. It is the isle of lost souls and if we weren't lost before we got here. We become the lost. There is no way home. I am sorry." The man's face was full of sympathy for Emma and henry. "Please at least stay in the village. I can have mowgli show you around the isle during the daytime if it is your will to do so." The man walked away back towards the village.

Emma knew it was more sensible to stay in the village until she knew the layout of the island and had a way to get off it so she started to follow the man back. But as stubborn as ever Emma called to him.

"We will get off this isle, my parents will come for us and they will take us home." That's what Emma said out loud but inwardly she heard her subconscious telling her. 'They will find you because; you don't have a curse to break. They wouldn't abandon you again.'

The man had heard Emma's reply and he had seen this before. The ones who didn't believe they were lost to the world became lost to themselves and ended up a broken down shell of who they had once been. He hoped for her son's sake she learned to face the reality.

She was stuck here until she died with no hope of escape.

AUTHORS NOTE.

Hi everyone. My computer decided it didn't like my writing and the keyboard gave up, and since I was on a laptop it really didn't sit well. I couldn't handle writing with the onscreen on so I decided to wait. I have just got a new laptop so I should be able to get back to uploading chapters pretty quick as long as work allows it. Hope you liked it.