Me: So this is the pilot of Once Upon A Time done my way! I will of course have some surprises and stay with the plot of the show…kind of….I will add new things but not change the major point of the show. Cora will be in this story!

Emma: (grumbles) I can't believe that you turn me into a teen.

Peter: (Leans back and smirks) I don't know, I sort of like it. It brings some kind of aura in you.

Emma: (Glares) Not helping!

Me: Uh…Let's go on with the show!

Chapter 2- How it all started…

Emma was exhausted. She went from walking to running around to who knows where. She was looking for the boy she bumped into earlier. Who thought that one small kid could be hard to find? Emma stopped short and caught her breath. She closed her eyes. This was a bit hard. Emma was never good at finding people. She was good at catching them but never well at finding lost people. People thought it was her gift to find people but…Emma never tracked down her parents. If she couldn't find her parents, what would make her think she can find this boy?

Emma sat down to the nearest bench and put her head down on her knees. Emma breathed in. Stupid...how could she?

Emma steadied her breathing. No...don't think about it. When she was looking for this boy, her feelings were starting to pour out. That lost little girl...NO! Don't think about it... When she was running away from the system... When she went from one home to the next. When she was with…him. Emma shook her head. She didn't want to think about that man anymore. He betrayed her.

"Never even think about him," Emma thought to herself. "You can forget him. You can..."

Emma breathes in and held a shaky breath.

"Forget it," Emma whispered. "Today just focus on your task and then you can celebrate your birthday in your sleep."

It was Emma's birthday that day. Emma knew running away on her birthday was a mistake. But it helped a bit. She would spend less time thinking about her pathetic life and more on running away. Emma sometimes wished she never had a birthday. Every year was a lonely year. She always spend her birthday alone. Alone with one cupcake and a star twinkling on the midnight sky. Emma softly looked up. The star...

"Another banner year," Emma whispered up at the star. Then she thought of one thing. Something she desired the most. Emma closed her eyes and started to wish. "I wish I don't spend this night alone."

Emma sadly smiled and opened her eyes. Forget it...it was never going to happen.

Emma knew that this life didn't exist without any problems and her being abandoned was an example.

"Are you Emma Swan?"a voice called from behind. Emma sharply turned and saw the boy with black hair. Emma frowned.

"Yeah," Emma answered. "Who are you?" The boy smiled widely.

"My name's Henry," the boy said. "I'm your son." Emma was both shock and creep out. First, she has to find this boy, now she has this boy tell her that he is her son! Henry officially reached creepy mode. You don't first meet people and claim your parents!

"Um…kid…you're cute and all, but I don't have a son and I'm pretty sure I would remember giving birth to you," Emma answered. "I hate to be a downer and all but you have to clear all your thoughts and come back to the real world."

Henry sat down next to her.

"No! It's true! Ten year ago, do you remember a baby at the orphanage in Phoenix who you traded foster homes," Henry questioned Emma. Emma paused. "That was me." Emma sighed and put her head on her hands. This kid was annoying and was getting a great first impression for her. Why did this kid get annoying? She rather have him be the cute baby she found at the doorstep.

Then Emma thought for a second. She remembered when she was young and was at a foster home in Phoenix. It was a good foster home for once... She remembered….a crying baby boy that she picked up. She remembered her taking care of him for a short time and scowling at the thought of parents abandoning this poor baby.

"We should get going," Henry said. Emma looked at Henry.

"Where," Emma asked.

"To my house," Henry smiled excitedly.

Emma sighed. Yep…this kid was nuts.

"That's it kid," Emma sighed. "I'm going to take you to the police."

"It won't work," Henry said. "I'll tell them you kidnapped me." Emma put the pieces together in her mind.

"And they won't believe me because I ran away too," Emma murmured.

"Yep," Henry smiled.

"You won't do that," Emma rolled her eyes.

"Try me," Henry smirked which Emma wasn't sure where he got that from.

"You're good," Emma admitted. "But if there is one skill that is not claimed by people in life that I have, that's a super power. I have the power to tell if anybody's lying and you little dude are." Emma got up and searched for a phone.

"Wait," Henry begged. "Please don't. Please come home with me."

"Where exactly do you live?" Emma asked.

Henry sighed.

"Downtown," Henry responded.

"Seriously," Emma sighed. Henry nodded.

Emma sighed and pushed Henry up.

"Okay," Emma murmured "Let's get you back home."

Emma started walking with Henry down the street.

This kid was officially tiring her. Emma desperately wanted to sleep.

Emma looked at Henry and noticed him multitasking. He was reading a large book with golden words on the front.

"What's that," Emma asked.

"A book," Henry answered as he turned the page. "I'm actually reading."

"Are those fairytales?" Emma asked. Fairytales are cute, but they always have a happy ending but when in real life, they don't. But sometimes Emma read them when she wanted a dose of an escape from real life when she was sad that she failed to find a home.

"These are different," Henry argued. "These are not fairytales. Every story in this book actually happened. See if I'm lying." Emma looked at Henry for a second and looked away.

"Just because you believe something doesn't make this true," Emma scowled.
"Then you should know better than I am," Henry looked at Emma. "Because you're in this book." Emma sighed. This kid had problems. Who thought that this kid would end up nuts? Emma was silent for a while. She didn't know what to say to him. After awhile, she finally realized what to say.

"Okay kid," Emma said. "Where do you live?"

"44th not telling you street," Henry answered.

Emma stopped walking and looked at Henry annoyed.

"Look," Emma said annoyed. "It's been a long night for me and it's almost-"Emma looked up at the clock tower and squinted."8:15?"

Henry shook his head.

"That clock is broken. It's never moved my entire life," Henry said to Emma. "Time is frozen here."

Emma looked at Henry in disbelief. This kid is crazy. Time can't stop at all. It wasn't possible.

"What," Emma questioned.

"The evil queen did it with her curse," Henry answered while clutching his jacket. "She sent everyone from the Enchanted Forest here." Emma raised her eyebrow.

"Let me get this straight," Emma said slowly. "An evil queen apparently sent a bunch of fairytale characters here?"

"Yeah," Henry answered gravely. "And now they're trapped." And after that comment, Emma thought the kid was crazy.

"Frozen in time and stuck in Storybrooke, Maine?" Emma clutched her jacket and asked. "That's what you're going with?"

"Yeah," Henry begged. "It's true."
"Why don't they just leave?" Emma asked. Technically, people can leave as long they're not locked up in a prison. Henry frantically shook his head.

"No! No one can leave," Henry answered. "If they try, bad things happen."

"HENRY!" a voice called. The pair turned around and saw two figures. It was an older man with a dog and a boy abut Emma's age.

"What are you doing here," the man asked.

"I'm fine Archie," Henry answered. "Hi Austin!"

The boy smiled and ruffled Henry's hair.

"Who is this," Austin asked.

"S-someone who is t-trying to give a ride h-home," Emma said to the man and the boy. Henry looked at Emma and raised his eyebrows. Why was Emma stuttering?

"This is my mom," Henry introduced. Emma sighed. Yay…..more people to tell….

Archie looked at Emma. Emma weakly smiled.

"Oh," Archie said, realizing what was going on.

Emma just shook her head and sighed.

"Do you k-k-know where he l-l-lives?" Emma asked.

Austin looked at Emma and stared at her. Emma quickly avoided his eyes. Why was he looking at her?

"Yeah," Archie said. "Just on Queen Street and the biggest house, you can't miss it. The mayor's house is the biggest one on the block." Emma raised her eyebrows at Henry.

"You're the m-m-mayor's k-k-kid?" Emma raised her eyebrows.

Henry scratched his head embarrassed.

"Uh….maybe?" Henry quietly said.

Archie looked at Henry.

"Henry," Archie said. "You missed our session today."

Henry looked up.

"Oh yeah, "Henry remembered. "I forgot to tell you I went on a fieldtrip."

Archie got on one knee.
"Henry, what did I tell you," Archie smiled. "Getting on someone's dark side never accomplishes anything."

Emma sighed.

"Okay," Emma said. She pushed Henry forward. "C-c-come on little man. We g-g-got to get y-y-you h-h-home." Henry sighed.

"We got to get going," Archie smiled and nudged Austin to get going. "Just keep him safe."

Archie smiled and Austin pushed the dog, Pongo forward. Soon the pair left the Emma and Henry.

Emma waved to the pair awkwardly, and then looked at Henry.

"So that's your shrink?" Emma questioned Henry.

"I'm not crazy," Henry argued.
"Yeah uh…sure," Emma said. "He seems normal to me. But he doesn't look cursed. Maybe he just wants to help you."

Henry shook his head.

"He is the one who needs help," Henry argued. "Because he doesn't know."

"That he's a fairytale character," Emma finished.

"None of them do," Henry stated. "They don't remember who they really are."

Henry ran forward and Emma followed him with ease.

"Convient," Emma laughed. "Okay, I'll play. Who are those guys suppose to be?"

"I can't tell you about Austin," Henry said. "But Archie is supposed to be Jiminy Cricket."

"Right, the lying thing," Emma laughed some more. "I thought your nose grew a little bit."

Henry looked at Emma.

"I'm not Pinocchio," Henry told Emma with pointed look on his face.

"Right," Emma said sarcastically. "Of course you're not because that would be ridiculous."

Done! The first part of the pilot is done! I better work on more chapters so I can have Emma gain more confidence. I'm getting tired with Emma's stuttering even though it's significant with herself and her mind. I will not tell you who is Peter Pan is until I think it's important! Mary Margaret and Regina will appear at the next chapter. The next chapter will be changed for some of the plot lines a bit but not entirely. I wanted Emma to act what a regular person at the outside world would reacted to Henry's beliefs. Emma's teenage look will be posted on my profile and some of the outfits she will wear in the show. Some of the outfits she wears will be posted when each chapter is posted.