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Chapter 1

"Well son, I'd say that was another job well done." David felt his boss and partner, Officer Anderson, pat him on the shoulder. "You had that suspect apprehended in record time. I tell you, in all my years in the field, I've never seen anyone take to this job quite like you."

David shrugged. "What can I say, it feels like I've been doing this almost my entire life."

"Well you are one fine cop, Nolan. I'd say you definitely have a future as a Detective." Officer Anderson said as they pulled into the Sheriff's office.

David had been a police officer for the past 2 years in Madison, Massachusets. He spent the first year in this realm working odd jobs here and there, ranging from janitorial work to working with animals. It was a friend of his at the animal shelter in Boston who had noticed David had a knack for finding things, and also an extremely protective side as well. It was his friend's suggestion that he maybe look into joining the police academy, and after one year of training, David was now a full fledged police officer. Truthfully, he kind of loved the job. In many ways, it was about the closest thing this realm had to being a knight and it allowed him to use many of the skills he had acquired back in his land. It also afforded him the luxury of using the station's computers to try and track down his missing wife and their friends. So far he had found nothing, but that did not mean she was not out there. He would find her one day, he had hope.

Officer Anderson allowed David to pull the break-and-enter suspect out of the vehicle and take him inside to be charged and put into lock-up. After the paperwork was completed, David looked at the clock and his eyes widened. He was running late!

"Uh sir, I need to go." He looked over at Officer Anderson and gestured to the clock.

The officer waved him off and gave him a sound nod. "Of course, go. And tell that little girl of yours, my Katie wants a play date real soon."

David smiled gratefully and nodded. "Of course." He bolted out the door of the station and found his slightly beat up old pick up truck in the back parking lot. Driving in this land was something he was still getting used to, but it made life so much easier. Although he sometimes found himself missing how simple things were back home, he found a lot of this land's modern convenieces very helpful as well.

He pulled up to the front door of the pre-school that Emma attended, half expecting her to be standing outside with her teacher, but no such luck. With a heavy sigh, he realized they must have went back inside. This wasn't the first time he was late picking his daughter up, but it was never by more then a few minutes. Sometimes his job made it hard, but he insisted that he be the one to pick Emma up. She was his responsibility. He was just lucky the station recognized the fact that he was a single father and that, coupled with the fact that this was a small town where nothing happened, allowed him to have certain privileges that others might not get.

He walked inside to the front office and smiled when he saw Emma seated on the floor colouring. She was so engrossed in her picture that she didn't even notice him come in. "Well, well looks like I've been missed." He joked.

Emma's head shot up at the familiar voice and she turned to see her father standing in the door.

"Daddy!" She got up as quickly as she could and ran into his arms as he picked up her tiny form and swung her around.

"Hey Princess!" He greeted her with the same enthusiasm and kissed her temple before placing her back on the ground. "So you did miss me?"

Emma gave him a huge nod. "Uh huh. I always miss you."

David smiled before looking over at the receptionist who had been keeping an eye on Emma. "Sorry I'm late...again." He apologized.

The young woman shrugged. "It's perfectly fine. We enjoy having Emma in the office. She's always so full of stories." She smiled at the little girl who giggled in return.

"Were you telling stories again Miss Emma?" David laughed and tickled her. "What story this time?"

"Goldilocks and the Three Bears. The one you told me last night."

"Right." He shook his head with a grin. Emma loved telling stories as much as she loved hearing them. Every night before she went to sleep, he would read her a bedtime story and the next day she would tell her class. It was rather adorable if he did say so himself. "Well do you think it's time to go?" He asked her.

Emma nodded before going over to the table and picking up her picture. She walked over to the administration desk and handed the receptionist her picture that she had drawn of something resembling a unicorn. "Here Ms. Lucy, it's for you."

The woman smiled gratefull and took the picture from the little girl. "Well thank you Emma, we will put it right back here along with your other pictures." She pointed to the bulletin board behind her.

Emma beamed. "Okay!"

Sometimes it was hard to believe the amount of compassion and generosity his little girl had. She was constantly going out of her way to help people or even just say something to make their day. He supposed it shouldn't surprise him, Emma possessed her mother's heart after all. The kindest heart of anyone he'd ever known.

"Are you coming Daddy?" Emma's voice broke him from his thoughts as he noticed that Emma had gathered all of her things up, backpack included, and was now standing beside him with her hand in the air, gesturing for him to take it.

"I'm right behind you Em." He smiled down at her.

That night, after having dinner and having her bath, Emma was ready for bed. Normally it was a monumental task getting the little girl into bed on time, but tonight Emma seemed more tired than usual. He guessed she had just had a long day at school.

After having tucked her into bed and getting her glass of water, David settled into the small space Emma had left for him to tell her a story. Instead of having picked out a story book however, Emma had decided she wanted to hear an original one. David tried to think of which one to tell her, he knew it was getting to be time that he started telling her stories of their homeland in order to begin prepping her for the time she would break the curse, but that was still a long way off. He decided to start from the beginning for now and build up from there.

"What kind of story would you like to hear tonight baby?" He asked.

Emma shrugged.

Suddenly David knew just which one to tell. It wasn't his story, but he knew the story backwards and forwards, having heard it many times from his wife.

"Once upon a time, in a land far far away, there lived a King and Queen, the happiest King and Queen in all the realms. The only thing these two were missing was a child. Fortunately for them, their prayers were answered, and they were given the gift of a beautiful little girl. The most beautiful little girl in the world. She had hair black as night, lips red as blood and skin white as snow. She was born in the harshest winter that anyone could remember and for that reason they called her Snow White."

Emma sat listening with rapt attention as he told her about Snow's life as a princess all the way up to her mother's unfortunate passing. "It was Queen Eva's wish that Snow grow up to be kind and loving, honest and fair and she did. Upon her mother's passing, Snow grew to be the kindest and fairest of them all."

"Daddy?" Emma interrupted, something she rarely ever did. It was for that reason he knew that something must have gotten her attention.

"Yes love?" He replies and looks down at her sleepy form.

"Is what happened to Snow White's mommy the same thing that happened to my mommy?"

David sat there stunned, unsure of how to answer. Emma had been curious about her mother from a young age, but he always just told her how much her mother loved her and wished she could be here, and that always seemed to be enough. She never really questioned what happened until this point. He knew this was a moment of truth, one that would probably change Emma's world forever, but he also knew that he could never lie to her. That was one thing he had always promised to never do. Lie to his daughter.

Realizing that Emma was staring up at him expecting an answer, David let out a deep breath. "No baby, that's not what happened." In truth he didn't know what had happened to Snow, he just knew she wasn't dead. She couldn't be, he was positive he would be able to tell.

"Where is she?" Emma asked.

David sighed. "She's...missing."

"Well can't you find her? You're a police man." The little girl reminded him.

"I know Em, but it's not that easy." David said. "I've tried to look for her for years now, but it's not simply a case of a missing person. There's so much more to it than that."

"I don't understand."

"I know you don't princess, I'm not sure I understand either." He kissed her forehead. "But I can tell you this, your mommy risked her life and her happiness to save you because she loved you that much."

"I want to meet her. I miss her." Emma said. "I know I didn't know her, but sometimes I have dreams and I see her, or I think I do and she's so nice and we always have fun together. Can we go find her Daddy?"

"Sweetheart I promise, when I do get a lead on your mommy's whereabouts, you will be the first to know. We will find her someday. I'm not promising you it'll be tomorrow or even a year from now, but someday you will meet her." David assured her.

Emma nodded sadly. "Ok."

He knew from that moment on that Emma would become more and more determined to find her mother and he couldn't help but think that maybe the time had come to tell her about her destiny. If she had the slightest inkling about it, he knew it would guide her and give her hope at the same time. And that was the first step to reuniting with his lost loved ones.