Summary: He jumped up in the air, towards Snow, and started to push her out of the way as the dagger hit its mark. Emma's mouth dropped and a blood-curdling scream escaped her lips as a body fell limp to the ground…

Sequel to Something Was Missing: You really really REALLY need to read that first;)

Disclaimer: I do not own Once Upon A Time...I wonder if Eddy and Adam would like to share with me...hehe

Dedications:

1) Laugher. Lover. Fighter-She's one of my closest friends now. She reads EVERYTHING and I mean EVERYTHING before I post it. She came up with the title idea. She edits and gives me ideas. I love her to death! :) She's AMAZING.

2) OncerSware(k)JateBazeGirlscout22-Another one of my closest friends now. She gives me so many ideas and this whole series came about thanks to her! She's the best!

3) red lightning-she gave me the idea about Emma telling Henry about how she found out about being pregnant with him. That idea gave me the shape of the entire end of Something Was Missing and this sequel. So a HUGE thank you to her!

Okay so I think I'm kinda on time with this update!:) It's NaNoWriMo so I've got to meet my daily quota of 1667 words which means these lovely updates will be MUCH more frequent!:) Anyways here's Graham and Mulan's backstory by popular demand! No present day FTL though...Sorry!


The Huntsman sat with his wolf by the fire. He patted Luke's side. "We did good today brother." He leaned back and looked up at the night sky at the stars.

There was a crack of a branch behind him. The Huntsman whipped around. "Who's there?" he demanded.

A woman's voice came out in a whisper. "Please sir, I'm lost…" she said softly. She walked out from the trees. She had black hair in a long braid down her back. She wore men's clothing but looked freezing cold.

The Huntsman stood up and held out his hand. "Are you alright?"

The girl sighed. "I…I don't know. I think I am lost. I was on my way to take my father's place in the Ogre War but I took a wrong turn along the way. I don't know what to do…" she said softly.

The Huntsman took her hand and led her to sit next to Luke by the fire. "Well, my brother and I will help you learn the ways of the forest until you can find your way to the front lines of the Ogre War."

"Brother?" she asked confused.

The Huntsman patted Luke. "My family is the wolves. I was abandoned as a child and was taken in by Luke and his family."

The girl touched his shoulder. "I'm sorry…"

He shrugged. "The wolves are my family now. There's no need for you to apologize."

She held out her hand for him to shake. "My name's Mulan."

He shook her hand. "Huntsman."

"Don't you have a name?" Mulan asked.

"No. Just Huntsman. Always has been. I'm going to stick with it for now. Anyway, rest up Mulan. We've got a long day tomorrow if you want to learn how to survive in the Ogre War," The Huntsman told her before lying down on the ground to look up at the stars once more.


Snow sighed and put her head in her hands. Charming had been talking with Rumple, Regina, and Red the past hour at their apartment trying to think of a way to get Henry, Emma, and Graham back. She looked over at Belle who was curled on the couch reading a book. Snow stood and walked over to sit next to her. "What're you reading?"

Belle looked up and smiled. "Pride and Prejudice," she said. Belle marked her page and patted the couch for Snow to sit next to her.

Snow sat and tucked her legs up behind her, placing her left hand on her stomach where a small bump had started to form. "I love that book! It was one of my favorites!" Snow told her.

Belle laughed and set the book on the coffee table. "It's amazing so far!" She paused a moment and looked down at Snow's stomach. "Can I ask you something?" Belle asked softly.

Snow nodded. "Of course, Belle. I know we don't know each other all that well yet but I want you to know that if you ever want to talk, I'm here," Snow said and took Belle's hand with her left hand.

Belle smile. "What's it like? Being pregnant I mean…" She looked down at her lap blushing.

Snow squeezed Belle's hand. "It's…magical. Knowing that you're carrying your baby is just…magical. I remember when I first felt Emma kick. I started crying because I was so overjoyed. Belle…" she paused cautiously. "Are you…I mean are you and Rumplestiltskin…are you pregnant?" she asked softly.

Belle bit her lip. "No! I…I want to be one day though…I want to have a child…I want to be a mother…and I want him to be the father…"

Snow's eyes lit up. "C'mon." She stood and pulled Belle off the couch with her. "Charming?" she called. James turned around. "Belle and I are going to the store. We're…out of milk…"

James nodded. "Okay sweetheart, be back soon." He turned back to the table and the four continued to talk in hushed voices.

Snow rolled her eyes and led Belle out of the apartment.

"We aren't going to the store are we?" Belle asked skeptically.

Snow grinned mischievously. "Nope. We are going to pay a visit to your boyfriend's shop," she teased gaining another blush from Belle. "I believe he has what I'm looking for."

"Which is?" Belle questioned as they walked.

"You'll see," Snow sang.

Ten minutes later they walked into Rumple's pawnshop. Snow started to scan the aisles of junk. "It has to be here somewhere…" she mumbled beginning to search.

"So what exactly is it we are looking for? Maybe I can help. I did start sorting through everything when I started taking inventory yesterday. Rumple wasn't all too good when it came to that," Belle called to Snow.

There was a crash as Snow hit her head. "Ow…" she muttered. "Um…it's a necklace. No more like a pendant I guess. It'd be in like a jewelry box." Snow continued to search through the odd trinkets.

Belle had seen the necklace yesterday during her sorting of the back room. "It's gray?" she asked, walking into the back room and grabbing the silver jewelry box. She set it on the counter and opened it, pulling out a gray pendant.

"YES!" Snow claimed. She came back to the front and smiled at Belle. "Here," she took the necklace. "Hold out your hand."

Belle gave her a confused look. "Okay…?" She complied allowing Snow to hold the necklace over her hand.

"This necklace was my mother-in-law's. It tells you the gender of your first-born child before you are even pregnant. That's how I knew Emma's was a girl. If it swings north to south, it's a boy. East to west, a girl. So you want to see what your child will be Belle?" Snow asked.

Belle bit her lip nervously and nodded. She held her breath. She watched the necklace a moment than closed her eyes. She couldn't bear the thought of being unable to have a child. To be not only a wife but a mother too. That's all she's wanted, all she's ever wanted…Belle heard Snow whisper her name. She opened her eyes and saw the necklace swinging. "Is that what I think…?" Belle whispered.

Snow nodded and grinned broadly. "Yes Belle. You're going to have a child someday. A beautiful baby girl."

Belle felt tears of joy come to her eyes and she all but leaped into Snow's arms, wrapping her arms around her friend. "Thank you," she said softly.


Mulan threw the bow against the tree in frustration. "I quit! I'm never going to figure this out!" she shouted.

The Huntsman laughed and handed her the bow once more. "Come on Mulan. One last try. Hit the apple from the tree."

Mulan shook her head. "No. I'm not going to do it. I've tried a dozen times already Huntsman. I can't figure it out."

"Here look, watch me once more and see if that helps." The Huntsman took his stance with the bow. "Step one, select your arrow." He pulled an arrow from the quiver on his back. "Step two; hook it to your bowstring. Step three; pull back slowly and gently until your fingers brush the corner of your mouth—I call this your anchor point. Step four; breath in, aim, breath out, focus, and release." He released the arrow and it knocked the apple right out of the tree. He walked over and picked up the apple, taking the arrow out of it, he sets it back up on the tree branch. He came back over to Mulan and handed her the bow. "Now, it's your turn."

Mulan sighed. "Okay…" She took her stance, reached behind her and drew an arrow from her quiver. "You can do this Mulan…You can do this…" she told herself. The Huntsman watched from her side, his arms crossed in thought. Mulan put the arrow into place, pulled back to her chin. The Huntsman placed a hand on her shoulder—not saying anything—and moved her hand farther back to the corner of her mouth. Mulan smiled softly. She aimed at the apple, breathed in, out, in, out, and released the arrow. She watched as it flew directly into the apple and knocked it from the tree. Mulan's eyes widened and she let out a shriek of excitement. She threw her arms around her friend. "Thank you Huntsman!"

The Huntsman paused before slowly wrapping his arms around her too. It feels nice to have a friend, she's like…familyhe decided. "You're the one who shot it, all you needed to do was focus," he teased. "Now to celebrate would you like to accompany me to the nearest town for a good cooked meal?"

"But…do we have money?" she asked confused.

The Huntsman pulled his coin bag from his pocket. "Selling off deer meat, as much as I hate it, pays for my dinner most nights."

Mulan laughed and draped her arm over his shoulders. "Then what're we waiting for?! Let's go!"


"So what do you propose we do James?" Red asked taking a drink from her coffee.

James sighed. "For now, rest. That's all we can do." Regina opened her mouth to protest but James held up his hand. "No. Listen to me. I want Emma and Henry and Graham back just as much as you do, but we aren't going to find them if we sit around a table trying to come up with ways to contact them. We need to sleep on it. Ponder over all the information we have. Here's what we know, our land still exists, Graham knows the our land better than any of us so if there was anyone I'd want Emma and Henry to be with, it's him; we have Jefferson and his hat, that could be essential to getting them home, and we have magic. Now I suggest that once Belle and Snow come back from wherever it was they went, we all go home and rest. Tomorrow I want all of you back here at noon; we'll have lunch and discuss more on the issue. Alright?"

Everyone nodded in agreement. Red stood and went into the kitchen for a glass of water. Rumple was deep in thought. That just left James and Regina. "David—um James, sorry, could I talk to you for a moment?" Regina asked.

James nodded cautiously. "Of course Regina, what's wrong?"

Regina looked down at her hands. "I…I'm sorry. For everything I did to you and Snow. I kept all this anger of Daniel's death bottled up for so long and…I took it out on you and your family and I just want to apologize for that. I need to let Daniel go in order to move on…with my life…with everything and I'm willing to do that. Once we get them all back—with yours and Snow's and Emma's consent of course—I'd like to still be able to spend time with Henry. I understand that he is Miss Swan's son but he's my son as well. I truly do love him. I just want to be able to be there as he grows up, whether we're here in StoryBrooke or back in our land. Please…" she begged, tears forming in her eyes. "I just want to be his mother for a bit longer."

James rested his hand on hers. "Regina. This isn't up to me, it is Emma's choice; I believe that something in you has changed and that you are willing to stay this way to be with Henry. I'm alright with you being a part of Henry's life, but it is not my decision. When we get them back, you'll have your answer." He paused and looked her in the eyes. "I think that if you keep this up, Emma will understand that you care for Henry more than anything and she will accept that you want and need to be a part of his life."

Regina smiled at him. "Thank you David…" She sighed. "I'm sorry. I don't think I'll be able to call you James."

James laughed. "It's quite alright. My actual name is David. James just stuck better, mostly everyone knew me as that excluding my mother and Snow. But she prefers Charming anyways so you can call me David if you can't get used to James."

Regina stood and smiled again. "I'd best head off now. It's been a long day and I'm assuming that I'm going to need to begin to pack up the mayor's office tomorrow morning anyways. I highly doubt I'll remain mayor for much longer." She picked up her purse. "And you may want to be ready for a new job as mayor. Good night David, I'll see you and Snow tomorrow afternoon." She turned and walked out of the apartment.


Earlier that Afternoon

Jefferson froze. "He…um…Henry is…well you see Grace…" he stammered trying to decide whether or not to tell his daughter the truth.

Grace gave her father a stern look. "Papa…please tell me. I'm worried about him," she pleaded.

Jefferson took his daughter's hand and led her to the bench. "Grace sweetheart…Henry…well you see…he fell into my hat…"

"What do you mean Papa?" Grace asked confused.

"I have this hat that allows me to access different realms. Do you remember when I left you with the neighbor's all those years ago?" Grace nodded. "I was taking Queen Regina to Wonderland. She needed to retrieve something…and she left me there. That's why I was unable to come back to you Grace. And now Henry, his mother, and Sheriff Graham have all fallen into my hat as well. I believe they are back in our land." Jefferson saw his daughter's fallen face and watched a tear trail down her cheek. He wiped it with his thumb. "But I am going to find a way to get them back sweetheart; I promise."

Grace wrapped her arms around his neck. "I know Papa. I believe you. We'll get them back."

Jefferson smiled. If he couldn't have Emma, at least maybe Grace could have Henry.


Mulan and The Huntsman walked side-by-side up the hill to where—according to The Huntsman—the training camp for the Ogre War was. "Thank you…for everything." Mulan told him.

The Huntsman nodded. "It was no trouble."

Mulan stopped and touched his shoulder. "No, really. Thank you, Huntsman. Without you, I'd probably be dead by now," she said, remembering how she had gotten caught by the trolls and he had saved her.

The Huntsman shrugged. He never was good at goodbyes. "Well you're welcome then," he said and held out his hand for her to shake.

Mulan rolled her eyes and wrapped her arms around his neck tightly. "I'm going to miss you Huntsman."

"And I you Mulan. But you needn't worry, we'll cross paths again. Believe me," The Huntsman told her.

"And how is it you know that?" she teased crossing her arms.

"You can't stay out of trouble Mulan," he told her and winked. "Now, go, join your army, make your father proud."

Mulan gave him one last hug than turned around and walked up the hill. When she turned around at the top, The Huntsman was gone. She took a deep breath, Be brave Mulan. Just be brave. She told herself before stepping down towards the training camp.

The Huntsman turned around and walked back to the forest to Luke. He was going to miss her. Mulan. The first person in the world who'd ever cared for him. She was his family. Family watches out for family. He'd watch over her until they met again. He picked up his satchel from the tree and turned around to face the hill. "Goodbye Mulan." The Huntsman refaced the trees and walked with Luke back into the forest. Back to their home.


So there's the very very VERY basic beginning to Mulan and Graham's story. BELIEVE me when I say it IS NO WHERE NEAR over! There's very much still to tell with those two! Also Belle will be having a girl eventually!;) Not for a while though! Can't have too many sub-plots yet;) I do have this story planned out though so I know when Belle will be pregnant.

As for Present FTL, they'll be the majority of next chapter don't worry! I've got it all planned out (for the most part...) Anywaysss Review time!

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Guest(Laugher. Lover. Fighter;)- Thanks girl! Silly Aurora;) But even though Aurora woke Philip up...Mulan still exists does she not?

red lightning-Thanks! I hope you like the continued connections that I'll be bringing in further on as well!

adventuresinstorybrooke-Next chapter!;)

missie33-I promise you that Snow being pregnant is just a sub-plot in this story. It will in no way deter from the main point of the story. Getting Emma Henry and Graham back;) As for good fics, The Princess and the Puppet community has all the good Wooden Swan fics and just check out my favorites for some AMAZING Snowing fics! There's so many I can't name my favorites haha!

renesmee2006-haha for sure write one! (I'll beta for ya if you want;) Hope you liked the outer flesh of Graham and Mulan's story! There is much more I'll delve into later on! After all, they can't just meet one time! Ditto! That was HILARIOUS:D So ready for Tallahassee tonight!

Reminder-thanks! Glad you liked it all! LOTS of Graham Emma and Henry in FTL next chapter:) haha thanks! Also is your pro pic for Arrow...? It just looks like it haha

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