~Flashback~

"SPENCER ELIZABETH SWAN!"

The woman's voice rang throughout the house causing the small girl to clamp her hands over her ears. Everyone in the house was screaming. What happened to the loving house the girl came to love so dearly.

Emma's voice bounced throughout the house "I don't want to leave!"

Spencer imagined Emma kicking and throwing objects at their dad as he tried to pack up their things. Emma always has been the strong one.

"Spencer stop this right now!"

Spencer impossibly tried to make herself even smaller in the closet she was hiding in. Her mother voice was angry and she knew she was in trouble. She was specifically asked to be a good girl when this day came, but all she wanted to do was hide. Spencer was good at hiding. Emma always had trouble finding her when they played hide and seek.

A voice tried to be overheard by all the screaming, "Ma'am please calm down. We'll try to find the child."

Spencer's looked down to the book next to her. Pete's Dragon. It was the first book she could grab before hiding in the closet. She wanted her mom to come hug her and to say that they were wrong, then she would read the twin sisters a story like she did every night. She did not want to be taken away by some strangers so late at night.

Spencer shut her eyes before whispering, "Dear God, please make me a dragon so I can fly far far away."

She repeated the mantra in her head and hoped someone out there heard her plea. Her mom had told her if she prayed hard enough for something, God would make it come true. If she was a dragon then she could fly away and have some fun adventures of her own. She would never have to listen to what the grown-ups said.

"I want my sister! I want my sister! Spencer!", Emma's hoarse voice reminded Spencer she wasn't alone.

The girl wobbly got onto her feet and put her hand on the door handle. Her mom's voice haunted her thoughts, "Sometimes we have to leave the people we love. I'm sorry, baby girl I hope someday you can forgive us."

Maybe it would have been easier if the Swans just told them they were going to the park instead, they told the two girls they were never seeing them again. Spencer didn't understand. She thought her parents would love her forever and never send her away.

Spencer walked into the hallway, "Emma?"

A flash of blonde crashed into the girl and the two girls held onto each other for dear life.

A man pushed them forward, " It's time to go."

Their parents only watched them as they were pushed into a storage car with strange people. The car took off and Spencer couldn't suppress the sob that came out of her mouth.

Four was too young to know how much goodbyes hurt.

The people of Storybrooke stood by the town's lone waiting for the curse to take them back to the Enchanted Forest, but of course, not everyone was going. The Darling planned to return to their normal lives like Emma and Henry. Spencer wanted everything to pause so she could deal with Peter and Neverland, but the day wouldn't stop for her. She numbly went through the motions as she found out another curse would send everyone back to the Enchanted Forest.

Wendy smiled brightly at Spencer despite the situation they were in, "You can stay with us. Michael and John won't mind. We'll have so much fun and we can finally go do all the stuff we wanted to do together. Don't you think that's great?"

Spencer smiled sadly at Wendy, "I can't go with you. I've never belonged here."

Wendy's smile fell and tears filled her eyes, "...Spencer."

Spencer wrapped her arms around Wendy and held her close. She had promised herself a long ago to never return to the "normal" world and she wouldn't anytime soon.

She let Wendy go and manage to smile as brightly as Wendy would. "Thank you for everything. You'll always be my friend."

Just as Spencer pulled back, Wendy desperately gripped onto her arms, "You come back! You have to come back! You can't leave me again."

Wendy's lip wobbled, "Promise me you'll come back."

Wendy knew she was being selfish, but she had just got Spencer back and now they were being torn apart once more. She would not accept never seeing Spencer again.

Spencer wiped the tears from her cheeks, "I promise."

Spencer didn't like making promises she wasn't sure she could keep, but she would make an exception this one time.

Wendy quickly pulled out a crumbled piece of paper and placed it into Spencer's hand, "I had a feeling you were going to say this so I wrote down Michael's phone number. I don't care if it's one month or 30 years, when you come back you better call me."

Blue eyes looked into Green eyes, "I will."

Wendy finally smiled once again, "Good."

Guilt balled up into her chest as she watched the Darlings car drive away, but she was far from done.

"Spencer?"

The young girl faced her sister, "It's okay to go. You deserve a happy life with Henry."

Spencer wasn't sure what kind of life Emma had lived, but she knew, with everything they have lived through together, Emma deserved this one happy moment.

Emma frowned, "You can still come, there is enough room in my car for all of us."

Spencer shook her head and turned back to her parents, "Someone needs to look out for them. I might not be a savior, but I think I can manage."

Emma gently shook her hair, "Stay safe. Okay?"

Spencer nodded before standing next to her parents. She felt hopeful. She was given another chance to start over just like she had in Neverland.

A new start. It was frightening, but she secretly liked that thought very much.

The purple smoke came fast and they were lifted into the air as if they weighed nothing. Spencer turned to her parent's ready to start a new life, but the girl noticed she was floating slowly away from them. In her panic, Spencer quickly grabbed the person next to her tightly. David turned to console his daughter and what he saw shocked him. Spencer was flying mid-air while gripping tightly onto his arm, it was like a force was trying to tear them apart.

David quickly grabbed onto Spencer's arms, "Snow, something's wrong!"

Whatever force that was trying to pull Spencer away was too strong for David to hold onto. Snow quickly grabbed onto David's torso to put more weight on their side. The action was futile, they were barely hanging onto Spencer by just mere fingertips.

Spencer cried out, "Please don't let go!"

Wind started to push against their bodies making it even harder to hold on and it soon became too much. The Charming parents felt like they were watching in slow motion as they lost their grip on Spencer.

Spencer screamed the words she never thought she would hear herself say, "MOM! DAD!"

"We will find you!", David screamed his heart out, "We'll always find you!"

The end, Just kidding. Merry Christmas guys! I hope you all have a happy holiday.