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I woke up smiling. I couldn't figure it out when I remembered. Hansel and Gretel woke up! I smile and get out of bed. I put on a sky blue top, jeans and my jean jacket. I look at the clock and see that it's 7:05 AM. I walk out of the room and find Mary rushing to get ready. She's about to walk out the door when I ask,

"Mary, will you do my hair?" Mary looked from me to the clock and sighed,

"Alright." She braids half my hair and fast. Her fingers move my hair fast and has it braided at 7:10 AM. "I got to go." She said before she ran out of the room. I smiled and put a bluebell at the top of my braid when my phone buzzes. I turn it on and see I have a text from someone I don't know.

Hey it's Ava. Meet Nicholas and me at Granny's. It read.

Ok. I'll invite Henry tooI replied and ran into my room to put my boots on. While I was getting my boots on, I texted Henry, asking him to meet me at Granny's at 7:15 AM. He agreed and I quickly added Gretel to my phone's contacts as Ava. I was about to walk out of my room when I noticed a bag sitting on a chair. I stare at it. It's a satchel and it strikes me as familiar. I opened it and found a note.

Hope,

Here's a bag for you. I thought you might like it.

-Mary Margaret.

I smiled. Mary is so nice sometimes. I grabbed it and ran out the apartment door telling Emma I'm going to Granny's over my shoulder. I ran outside to Granny's and saw Mary walk in. I was confused. I heard her say that she had to go to the school to help with a science project. What's she doing at Granny's? I thought. I ran in and found Henry in the back corner, out of the way so nobody can see or hear us. I smiled and looked at the clock. It read 7:13 AM. I smiled and sat down in the booth.

"Hey Henry." I smiled.

"Hey Hope." Henry smiled, "Have you seen the Stranger?" I frowned. Last night, when Emma and I were walking Henry home, a man on a motorcycle rode into Storybrooke and asked Emma where he could find a place to stay. After she gave him directions to Granny's Inn, Emma questioned Henry on strangers not coming to Storybrooke. Henry swiftly answered that they don't. The Stranger seems ok but I don't really know him and he's, well, a stranger.

"No, I haven't."

"I did. I asked him why he was here."

"Why is he here?"

"He didn't answer." Henry said glumly. "He dodged my questions and drove off."

"I wonder who he is." Just then, the bell on Granny's door rang. I turned around and saw the clock tower. 7:15 AM. Gretel and Hansel walked in followed by…David. Kathryn was outside in a car. I watched David buy two coffees and stop to talk to Mary before leaving. I smiled.

"What?" Henry asked.

"Two things." I answered, "1. Snow and Charming are growing closer together and 2. I have a surprise." Gretel and Hansel walked over. Gretel had her long blonde hair in a single braid that rested on her shoulder and Hansel's brown hair hung on his face. Both wore their school uniforms.

"What?" Henry repeated.

"Hi, Henry." Gretel smiled, "I'm Ava and this is Nicholas but you can call us… Hansel and Gretel." Gretel whispered the last part. Henry's eyes widened and he looked like his face was about to fall off. I covered Henry's mouth with my hand to keep him from screaming. When his eyes returned to normal, he looked at me and I pulled back my hand sheepishly.

"Sorry." I apologized, "Some weird instinct." Henry brushed it off and turned his attention to Hansel and Gretel.

"You're awake?" he asked.

"Yep." Hansel smiled. Henry's smile grew. Gretel hugged me.

"It's great to see you again Hope." She smiled.

"I just saw you last night."

"I mean, I missed you from the Enchanted Forest." Gretel clarified.

"What?" I gasped.

"You don't remember." Gretel's face dropped.

"Wait." I said, "You mean to say that I'm Hope in his book?" Gretel brightened,

"Yes." I sat back, slightly shocked.

"Well that explains the dreams and flashes." I smiled.

"Dreams?" Hansel asked.

"Flashes?" Gretel asked.

"You're starting to remember!" Henry smiled. I smiled at Henry and looked at the clock. It read 7:30.

"We got to go!" I cried and the others looked at the clock. We all rushed out of Granny's.

"Hi, Emma." Henry said as we ran past her. We ran down the street and made it to the school early as usual. Henry opened the school door and we all ran in. Mary was talking with Emma when we left. I heard her say,

"I wish there was a cure for my feelings." It struck me as familiar but I couldn't think about it while running. Once inside, I thought about it and the flash started.

I was running through trees. I was hopping from tree to tree and watching Mary below. She wore an outfit made of fur and had her hair up.

"All clear." I called down. She held a spear and was about to throw it when I heard her say,

"Red." I jumped out of the tree and saw Ruby standing in front of me wearing a red cloak and an outfit that made her look like Red Riding Hood. She wore simple makeup and her dark brown hair was falling in waves with no red streaks.

"Really Snow? The spear?" she smiled and gestured at the spear Mary held tightly. "Who are you?" she asked me.

"Hope Briar." I answered.

"Nice to meet you."

"So how are things out there in the big, bad world?" Snow asked.

"Do you want to know?" Red asked in return.

"Yeah. I helped you when nobody else would. I can handle it." Snow answered. I looked at her, questions written all over my face. "Later." She whispered.

"The wedding is happening." Red said, "Prince James is marrying Midas' daughter in two days' time." Snow sighed and admitted we were hunting to help get her mind off Charming.

"I just wish there was a way for me to forget him." She sighed. Red had a look on her face.

"What is it Red?" I asked.

"N-Nothing." Red stammered and tried to give Snow the food in her basket.

"Red please." Snow begged, "I'm desperate."

"There are stories of a man who has magic." Red explained, "He might be able to help you." Snow asked how to get to him and told me to stay with Red. I protested but she said she would come back for me.

"Hope?" Henry asked. I blinked and saw that Paige had joined us.

"Sorry. Paige, do you believe Henry's theory?"

"About everyone being a fairy tale character? No." I sighed,

"It's true Paige."

"What?"

"The curse. It's true."

"No it isn't."

"Yes it is." I insisted and gave Henry a look. He stepped forward and said a name Paige hasn't heard in a long time.

"Grace." Paige froze when Henry said her name. It looked like she was having a flash. She came back and tears fell from her eyes.

"Paige," I smiled, "meet Ava and Nicholas or, as they are now known as, Gretel and Hansel." Paige's eyes went from Gretel to Hansel and back. She was processing all of it. She seemed to get it when Mary walked in. The school day began and I blacked out only once. At recess, Henry continued Snow and Charming's story.

One day, Snow was out hunting with her cousin to get her mind off of Charming. It only made her think about him more. She came to a field and found her friend Red. Red told Snow about the upcoming wedding and Snow asked if there was a way to forget Charming. After some insisting from Hope, Red told Snow about a man of magic. Snow left Hope with Red and went to meet the magic man. It was Rumplestilskin. He made a potion from the lake water they were near and Snow's hair. His price was a strand of Snow's hair. Just when Snow was about to drink the potion, a dove arrived with a letter from Charming asking Snow if he felt about him the way he felt about her. It filled Snow's heart with joy and she told Hope to stay with Red for a few days while she told Charming how she felt. Snow went to Charming's castle and was captured by knights. She was locked in the dungeon next to a dwarf named Grumpy. When Grumpy's brother Stealthy came to free him, Grumpy showed Snow kindness and let her out as well. Snow tried to get them to go another direction but the dwarves wouldn't listen and Stealthy was killed. Grumpy was spared when Snow offered to take his place. King George told Snow that if she didn't tell Charming she didn't love him, he'd kill Charming. Snow couldn't bare it and did what George told her to do. She left the castle unharmed and broken hearted, just like Charming. Snow was heading back to her cave when the seven dwarves surrounded her and offered her to stay with them. Snow agreed and tried to drink Rumplestilskin's potion but Grumpy stopped her saying she needs her pain to make her Snow. Snow agreed and two days later, Grumpy came rushing into the dwarf house. Charming had cancelled his wedding but he was too late. Snow had drunk the potion and forgot all about Charming. The next night, Prince Charming arrived in the field where Snow was last seen. He cried out to her but Red and Hope came, Hope on a horse. They told Charming that Snow was gone and Charming promised to find her.

"I'll find her." He promised, "I'll always find her." Then, King George's men came and Red hopped on top of Charming's horse with Hope following them and the trio set out to find Snow.

At the end of the day, Gretel, Hansel, Henry and I walked the confused Paige home. She barely said a word at all and we confused her saying herentire life (frozen years) is all fake. Paige believes so now we just have to find her papa to wake her up. As the four of us walked through Storybrooke, the wind picked up very fast and it became hard to stand up.

"What do we do?" Henry asked.

"Yell?" Hansel cried.

"Scream?" Gretel added. I shook my head.

"Run in there!" I pointed at a book store and the four of us ran in. Just as we entered, the storm started.

"That was close." Hansel sighed.

"Yeah." Gretel agreed. Just then, a voice said,

"Welcome!" very happy. A man stepped forward from the back of the store. He had a huge smile and wore a nametag that said his name was Joel. "Who are you?" he asked.

"Henry."

"Hope."

G-Ava."

"H-Nicholas."

"Nice to meet you kids. Feel free to find a book." Joel gestured to the store.

"Happy." Henry whispered. I nodded and started to look around. A book caught my eye. It was pearl white and simple. On the cover was a silver rose like on my necklace. I picked it up and had a flash.

I was running through the forest as fast as I could. I looked back and saw to knights wearing all black and hiding their faces chasing me. I wasn't scared but I couldn't let them catch me. I ran until I saw a vine ahead. I smiled and ran faster. I jumped and gripped the vine. I was at the top when one of the knights started to follow me and I opened my satchel and took out a silver dagger. I held the dagger and cut the vine. The knight fell and I pulled the hood of my forest green cloak up and began to climb up the tree. Once I was high enough, I sat down and opened the satchel. I put the dagger back and took out a hand drawn picture of Snow. I sighed,

"Where are you, Snow?" I looked up at the sun and stuffed the picture back in my satchel and ran through the trees toward a cabin.

"Hope?" Gretel whispered. I looked at her and smiled,

"I'm fine."

"That's your diary." She explained.

"What?"

"From the other world. You showed Hansel and I it once and you opened it with your necklace."

"Thanks. I'll open it later." We paid for our books and left. At that time, the storm died down. After dropping Hansel and Gretel off, Henry ran off to hang out with Emma while I headed back to the apartment. I was walking on the sidewalk when I saw two men staring at me. They were wearing all black and had mean looks on their faces. Quickly, I ran down a path. They followed. I looked back and there they were. I looked along the roofs and saw a rope. I ran faster and jumped. My hand connected with the rope and I climbed it fast. Once at the top, I opened the satchel and gasped. Inside was a silver dagger. I stuffed the diary in and took out the dagger. I cut the rope and the man climbing up the rope fell. Then, I put the dagger back in the satchel and ran. I reached the apartment roof and jumped to my tree and climbed into my window. I sat down and put my necklace's rose against the diary's rose. A soft pink glow emitted from the necklace and a warmth filled me. I pulled the necklace back and the rose on the diary was now a soft pink. I sat down and opened it. The first entry was kind of sad.

Dear Diary,

I just received you from Uncle Leopold. I found you on a step waiting for me. I surprised Snow because I know Uncle Leopold didn't tell her I was coming. Those were the happiest 15 seconds of my life. For there was a commotion outside. I heard the knights outside but I couldn't understand what they were saying. Snow opened her door and demanded to know what was happening. The knight told Snow that Uncle Leopold was killed by poisonous snakes from Agrahba. I was devastated but Snow was worse. She sat down on her bed and leaned against me before the tears fell. I didn't say anything besides telling her that Uncle Leopold was a good man. For us, silence is the best comfort you could give. That was last night. This morning, Snow and I dressed in black and went to Uncle Leopold's funeral. I left him a red rose and Snow left a white one. I hugged her after she said goodbye and saw someone. Regina. I stared at her and felt ice creep through my body. This is the worse feeling. If I feel like this then she is so evil that it'll take a person who she can possibly love to help her and even then it wouldn't melt completely. It would take a battle with the person who caused her to be like this to save her. I glared at Regina and she glared at me. She isn't hiding that she dislikes me. Snow, even though I know you'll never read this, I promise I will do everything I can to help you and, until you know your stepmother is evil, to protect you and keep people like her away from you.

-Hope

Wow. I thought, I must have loved Snow a lot to promise to protect her on such a wide scale. I smiled and flipped to the next entry. It was months later.

Dear Diary,

Well, it's official. Snow has been missing for 5 months now and I'm getting worried. Regina locked me up like Mother and Father did so I can't ask the villagers. Snow disappeared months ago, when a knight invited her on a walk and I had a good feeling about him but a bad feeling about the day, and I'm worried. Regina keeps trying to trick me by telling me that Snow's dead but I don't believe it one bit. If Snow was dead then I'd feel it. We're so close and we share love. True love I believe. There's a struggling at my door. What's going on?!

That was it. I closed my eyes and the memory surfaced.

I was sitting on a bed, tears forming in my eyes as I wrote with a quill in the diary when there was a pounding at the door. I peeked through and saw knights wearing complete black trying to break it. I scribbled the rest in the diary, grabbed my satchel, stuffed the diary in the satchel and went to the window. Just as the door broke, I jumped out the window. I rolled when I hit the ground and looked up. The knights ran away but one came onto my balcony. He took off his helmet and I gasped. It was Graham.

"You!" I cried.

"Run Princess Hope." Graham cried, "They'll kill you and even though you have no right, you have to trust me. I spared your cousin."

"I know you're good." I smiled, "Who are you?"

"Call me the Huntsman now GO!"

"Come with me."

"I cannot."

"Why?"

"Your step-aunt has my heart and I can't leave. Now find Snow!" I turned and ran away from the Huntsman, fear creeping through me.

I snapped my eyes open when I heard the door. It's Mary.

"Mary?" I ask, "Is something wrong?"

"Kathryn might be pregnant." She spit out.

"Oh Mary." Mary sat down on the couch and I followed. Once again, she cried and I comforted her. Emma came back later and took over. I smiled. She and Mary are growing closer.

The next morning, I woke up at 7:30. I put on a soft pink shirt, jeans and my boots. I came out into the kitchen and found Mary holding Emma's hand and smiling. She's avoiding David.

"Mary will you braid my hair like yesterday?" I asked. Mary smiled,

"Of course." I sat down and she swiftly braided half my hair. I put a pink rose at the top and grabbed my satchel to go to Granny's. I have to show Henry, Hansel and Gretel the dagger. I found the three of them in our booth.

"Morning." I smiled. I got right to the chase and pulled out the dagger. They gasped. Hansel confirmed that I've never shown the twins this. Henry started to flip through his book when I heard the bell. Mary entered and seconds later David followed. The two of them froze and then David ran out with Mary following him. "I'll be right back." I said and hid the dagger in my satchel. I followed them quietly and gasped at what I saw.

"It's 7:45 AM." David said. Mary tried to walk away when David grabbed her and said, "She's not pregnant." They stared into each other's eyes and then kissed. I smiled but felt an icy pair of eyes on my back. Regina. I went back into the diner to not get caught and told the other three what happened and we smiled. Operation Cobra was almost complete with Phase: Snow and Charming.

Ok guys. Here's the chapter and this is one of my favorites because I can add in a diary and explore Hope's past through her eyes. Thanks again to PixieDustDiamond! You rock with all your reviews and keep it up! I'm struggling a little with the next chapter because I missed the episode and have to rely on Wikia. I'll update as soon as I get inspiration. I already have a long memory set up for Hope in the beginning of the chapter so you guys might like it. Still not sure which episode Hope should remember in. So far I got one idea for Red Handed so I need more for inspiration. Please review and tune in next time for Fruit of The Poisonous Tree! (Wish me luck in writing it and if you have ANY idea on what to do in that episode, I'm all ears and eager!) Later.