You don't know it but you've been waiting for this chapter, yup. If only a little bit. Enjoy it!

Warning: mentions of child prostitution.

Disclaimer: I don't own OUAT, sadly.

Sister don't cry anymore.

There was a feeling of anticipation hanging in the air as everybody stared at the TV.

"Ten, nine, eight…" they chanted.

Tayler made sure her party-hat has straight and clutched the party horn in her hand. A giddy feeling spread through her chest and she shared an excited smile with Paige next to her.

"… four, three, two, one. HAPPY NEW YEAR!"

Tayler blew on the horn, her squeak followed by several more. Confetti and serpentine streamers rained over her and tangled in her 2012 glasses.

Paige crashed over her. "Happy new year!" she screamed in her ear and Tayler replied in kind.

Finn toppled over them, his carefully stacked tower of party-hats tilting dangerously on his head. "Happy new year, guys! This year is gonna be AWESOME!"

They screamed back at him.

"Tayler!" her father appeared, a suspicious wobble on his step. "Happy new year, darling."

Tayler wrinkled her nose. "Did you just call me darling?"

He patted her head. "Have you seen Granny? I think I'm going to give her un bacio."

"Un ba-what?" muttered Finn.

Tayler made a gagging nose. "Ughh, Dad! I didn't know to hear that. Gods, are you drunk?"

"Solo un po'," he told her seriously.

"Is he trying to summon the devil?" Finn asked Paige in a whisper.

Tayler shook her head. "Go home, Dad. We'll talk tomorrow morning, alright?"

Marco nodded and dragging his feet he disappeared through the thick of people wishing each other a happy new year.

Paige giggled. "You sounded like the parent there."

Tayler scrunched her eyes shut. "Ughh," she shivered. "I can't get out of my head the picture of my dad and Granny kissing"

"So that's what un bacio means!" Finn exclaimed.

Tayler wrinkled her nose. "He's an old man, he shouldn't be wanting to kiss women anymore."

"He's still a man," Paige reminded her. "And I don't think he wanted to only kiss her," she stated.

It took Tayler a few minutes to comprehend and when she did she gagged, disgusted, and glared at Paige. "Oh my gods! I didn't need that mental picture!" she shivered. "You've ruined my night now."

"I don't understand," Finn said. "Why are you so upset that Marco wanted to hug Granny? I think that's nice."

Paige and Tayler burst into giggles.

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The tavern was dirty and almost falling to pieces. Just like any other tavern in those parts. The Frontlands, on the south of the Enchanted Forest, were not a safe place.

They could hear the drunken singing of the people inside and the smell of beer, among other things, filled the air unpleasantly. Lily wrinkled her nose.

"God, this is awful," Wendy said beside her with the same disgusted expression.

Lily clenched her teeth. "Come on, let's get inside."

"Are you sure your father is here?" Wendy asked.

"No, but I know him. He'll be in the cheapest tavern in a town near the water. We just have to keep trying."

Wendy pursed her lips. "You know I'll follow you to wherever you want to go but this is a terrible plan."

Lily sighed. "I know, but it's the best I've got," her face fell. "I have to find him."

Wendy grabbed her hand. "We will," she promised.

"Let's get in," Lily said and took a deep breath.

Wendy mimicked her and, steeling themselves, both girls entered the tavern.

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"I'm sorry we didn't find anything," Wendy said.

Lily just took a bite of her apple morosely. "I don't know what I expected," she said after chewing. "I mean, this realm is huge and we could be months away from where he is. And it's not like he's going to stay put in one place."

They were on the outskirts of the village, next to the main road. Both girls were sitting on a big rock, a basket with apples, cheese and bread between them.

"You can't give up, Ty," Wendy said. "We came here so you could find him."

Lily looked down at her lap. "It's just so difficult," she said.

"I bet is this place that's bringing you down. Come on, let's find a nicer village."

"Oh, I don't believe you will do that," a man said.

Wendy and Lily turned to the man walking towards them. He came from the town, two huge brutes behind him.

Lily scoffed at the threat and unsheathed her sword. "Are you sure about that?"

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Tayler and Finn tossed rocks at the beach, trying to see which on managed to make it bounce more times.

Tayler was supposed to be home after midnight, but with her father too busy having shots with Leroy she took it as an extension of her free time.

And Finn kept her company seeing that his mother didn't really care for his curfew.

They could see the lights of a bonfire on the distance. It was probably from the older teenagers, who each New Year's made some legendary parties on the beach. Tayler guessed they chose that place because they wouldn't bother anyone and the police wouldn't come (though Emma Swan was actually trying to drink Ruby under the table at that moment), but she really didn't see how it could be fun when it was freezing cold.

Tayler sniffed the air. "I think it's going to start snowing soon."

Finn shivered and rubbed his hands, inside the new gloves Tayler had gotten him, together. "Maybe we should be getting back," he said. "I can't feel my nose."

Some giggling behind them caught their attention and both kids turned. A couple made their way stumbling through the sand but they seemed more preoccupied on each other's lips than on their steps.

"Uggh! Gross!" Tayler wrinkled her nose and turned her head to look back at the horizon.

"The party is that way!" Finn called.

The couple tore apart and the boy tried to fix his reddish eyes on them. He blinked and squinted in the dark. "Hey!" he exclaimed too loudly. "You're Heidi's sister!" he pointed at Tayler.

The girl giggled. "Who's Heidi?"

"She's the girl who was dancing with Kyyyyle," the guy sang the name.

Tayler frowned. "Heidi doesn't dance," she stated.

"I know why now," the girl snorted. "She wasn't very good."

"She was very drunk," the guy said with compassion. "I don't know how she could stand," he shook his head. "And it wasn't that bad."

The girl frowned and swayed on the spot. "You only say that because she's hot!" she exclaimed suddenly angry. "Why don't you go fuck her instead?" and she stormed off.

The boy kept looking at the spot where the girl was for a few seconds, completely transfixed. And then he suddenly straightened up and looked for his companion. "Christie! Christie come back! You know I only want you!" he tripped over the sand on his way after her.

Tayler shared a worried look with Finn. "My sister's drunk," she said. "Do you think I should go help her?"

Finn's face was serious. "My mom had me when she was drunk and she always says it ruined her live."

Tayler jumped to her feet. "Come on! Let's go before she does anything stupid. I'm too young to be an aunt and if Heidi is drunk there's nothing stopping her from jumping at Kyle's bones."

Finn also stood up. "Maybe he'll stop her."

Tayler rolled her eyes. "He's a guy."

"Hey!"

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Heidi was easy to spot. She was surrounded by guys, wearing only a thin tank top. One of the guys had a guitar and he strummed the same accords while they all sang out of tune. Kyle had his arm over Heidi's shoulders and a bottle on his free hand.

"Hey! Little kids!" one of the awful singers shouted.

"Get out of here!"

"You're not old enough!"

"Scoot midgets!"

"You have to be at least thirteen!"

"Thirteen?"

"Well, thirteen is technically a teen."

"Huh, that makes sense."

One of the guys stood up. "That doesn't matter. They are little kids. They can't be here," he said. "Go away," he told them.

Tayler completely ignored him. "Heidi! We have to go home. Dad will be back soon and he'll be absolutely mad when he finds you like this."

Heidi's eyes were glassy. "Like what?" Tayler just looked at her unimpressed. "I'm fine," Heidi said breezily.

Tayler knew she wasn't fine. "Okay," she said. "Do the test."

It took the older girl a few moments to understand. "Oh, gods, not that stupid thing," she huffed. "I'm fine, promise."

"Then do it."

Heidi huffed and stood up. Immediately her arms went to her sides to help with her balance. Heidi then walked, stumbled more like it, to stand in front of her sister.

"I don't understand why Uncle Graham had to show us this," she muttered in a slur.

And then Heidi lifted one leg, drawing her knee closer to her face. Her hand closed in a fist with the thumb and the little finger sticking out and she pressed it against her knee. Already having problems maintaining her balance like that, Heidi leaned in so that her forehead could touch her thumb.

And then she promptly fell to the ground.

Most of the guys laughed and even Finn had to hold in his snigger. Kyle jumped to his feet and rushed to the girl on the floor in a more graceful manner than hers moments before.

"Heidi! Are you okay?"

"Ooooow!" Heidi screamed belatedly.

Kyle smirked at that. "Come on," he helped up and passed her arm over his shoulders, holding her close to him. "We'll get you home."

"I don't wanna go home!" Heidi whined. "DON'T LET THE PARTY END!"

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They were surrounded by thugs, ten of them. Mazes, swords and hammers glinted dangerously in their hands.

Lily's grip on her sword tightened. She could fight with three at the same time, but ten… She shared a look with Wendy and gulped.

"What do you want?" Wendy asked bravely. "We haven't done anything to you."

The leader, the shortest of them all, smirked. "We want money," he said. "And she is going to help us get it," she pointed towards Lily.

"I think I'll pass," Lily said.

"Oh, that's such a shame. You are a cute little girl and I bet Big Mama would make good money with you."

Wendy turned green. "Wait, are you talking about… prostituting her?" her eyes widened scandalized. "She's just a kid!"

The man narrowed his eyes. "Be grateful we're not taking you, too. Big Mama only wants little girls and you are too old."

"Too old? I'm thirteen!"

One of the guys, the younger one, pipped in. "Thirteen. See? That's technically a teenager. Too old for us."

"You are sick," Lily told them. "And you are going to hell."

The leader smiled. "Maybe, but you're coming with us," he turned to his guys. "Seize her."

"What do we do with the teenager?" the youngest asked.

"Try not to kill her," he shrugged.

And then the nine armed thugs launched towards Lily while their boss just looked with a glint in his eyes.

As hard as she fought Lily was no match against nine full-grown men. She managed to deal with two of them before another one grabbed her arms and confiscated her sword.

"A feisty one," he said. "Big Mama will like that."

Two of the thugs were restraining Wendy, who was giving it her best. They seemed amused if nothing else; Wendy wasn't really something to worry about.

"LET HER GO!"

Lily kicked her captor in the balls and made a mad run towards Wendy. They could do it, they could escape.

But then she felt white blinding pain and everything went black. Lily fell face-first to the ground, unconscious to the world.

The technically-a-teenager guy stood behind her, his wooden maze high in the air. He smiled. "There, all done."

Wendy screamed.

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Heidi started to sing. Loudly.

"Shhh! Shut up! Is two in the morning!" Tayler scolded her.

"You're no fun. I wanna have fun. Kyyyyyle, do you wanna have fun with me? Let's sing! What's your favorite song? I play the piano, did you know that?"

Kyle looked almost completely sober and also very tired. "Don't you want to sleep? I bet you are very tired right now."

Heidi shook her head. "I wanna dance!" she started to spin but stopped when it went to her head. "Funny, the world's dancing too," she leaned on Kyle's arm. "You have very pretty eyes," she told him.

Tayler knew her sister was going to regret this in the morning. "We have to get her home fast; she was supposed to be there one hour ago while I… well," she laughed to herself. "Let's not think about it. If my dad catches us, we're dead."

"I don't think he will be happy to see Heidi drunk, either," Finn added.

Tayler grimaced. "I know. She wasn't supposed to drink until she was at least seventeen."

Heidi dropped Kyle's arm and leaned on Tayler's shoulder. "What are those sounds I'm hearing?" she asked in a whisper.

Tayler frowned. "What sounds? I don't hear anything."

"Why am I on a cloud?" she wondered throwing her arms open. "Everything feels fuzzy."

Tayler groaned. "Because you're drunk. Something else you wanted to ask?"

Heidi nodded with energy. "Yeah, tell me, why does the air-?"

"I didn't mean it! Shut up please!"

Heidi pouted. "You're no fun," she repeated.

Thankfully they could see the girl's house not far away. The lights were on in the first floor and Tayler bit her lip.

"Dad's home. How are we going to do this?"

Kyle spied the surrounding of the house. "Which one is your room?" he asked Tayler.

"The second one," she pointed. "The one with the blinds open."

"You mean the one with the tree right on front?" Kyle wasn't really asking, more like suggesting.

"Oh, boy, this is going to be very messy," Tayler groaned.

As if to prove her point Heidi threw up on the ground.

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Tayler glanced worriedly at the bathroom door. They had managed to get through the window and then Heidi had run for the toilet.

Tayler had been a good sister and she'd held her hair as Heidi puked once again. She had closed the door of the bathroom, hoping that their father would stay asleep through all the noise Heidi was making.

"I feel awful," Heidi croaked with her cheek against the cold porcelain.

Tayler sighed. "I know. Do you want me to get you some water?" she asked softly.

Heidi made a face. "Yeah. Everything tastes bad."

When Tayler got into the bathroom a couple of minutes later, this time a glass of cold water in her hand, Heidi was still in the same position she had left her in.

"Was Dad downstairs?" Heidi asked.

Tayler shook her head. "I think he's still in his room. He must have forgotten and left the lights on," she watched as Heidi drank the glass. "Do you want to go to bed now?"

"Can you stay with me?" Heidi asked with wide eyes. "I feel like everything is spinning and I need something to hold onto," her eyes softened. "And thanks for all this, you're the best sister I could ask for."

Tayler smiled back. "Well, I just hope you don't throw up all over me."

Heidi mock glared at her.

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Everything was dark and the air smelt like potatoes. She could feel her breath against a cloth all over her head and her hands were tied up tightly behind her back.

«Brilliant» Lily thought bitterly.

She was bouncing up and down on a not-very comfortable seat so she guessed she was on a cart. Probably a closed one by the lack of noises around her.

There was a knocking and the sound of wood sliding. "One of the girls is awake, sir."

Oh, so she wasn't alone.

In fact Lily could now hear the breathing of other people and feel their fidgeting moving the seat. Heat against her sides told her that two other bodies, probably more kids, were surrounding her.

"Let her be, she won't do anything from where she is," answered another man and Lily recognized him as the leader.

The ropes where tight against her wrists and when she tried to untie them her fingers met chubby hands. Lily frowned and caught one finger in her hand, the finger squirmed and a scared whimper broke out behind Lily.

Well, since she couldn't untie herself…

Working the other kid's knots wasn't easy but living on a ship for a long time she was an expert on them. The fell apart under her skilled fingers and Lily caught the kid's hands before he (or she) could give them away.

Thankfully the kid understood and as quietly as they could they started undoing Lily's restraints.

Once they were both free Lily got rid of the potato sack covering her head. The guard in the cart with them, a rather big cart she had to admit, turned at the sound and his eyes widened.

Lily jumped over him before he could shout out in alarm and her eyes met two green ones across the cart while the body beneath her stilled. Lily cleaned the man's sword on his own body and started freeing all the other girls in complete silence.

They were scared; the older one looked to be around eleven. Lily felt a flash of fury against their captors and her eyes flashed dangerously.

She brought a hand to her lips and then pointed to the ground. "Stay here," she mouthed. Some of the little girls nodded.

And then Lily kicked the door of the cart open, sword high and fire in her eyes, ready to fight for her freedom and for the girls with her.

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"What are you going to do?" Diana asked.

Lily had defeated the men with ease. They hadn't been expecting one of the little girls to attack them and, much less, defeat them. Even some of the other girls joined the fray with the weapons of the fallen in their hands.

The girls had all looked at Lily then, an unspoken agreement had fallen over them and Lily had become their leader even if she wasn't the oldest in the group.

They had searched the bodies and the horses, piling up their new loot. The bodies were rounded and thrown in the cart which was then set on fire.

Lily organized the twenty or so girls so that each could be on top of a horse, even if on some of the animals' backs rode three. Then they had set off, trying to put some distance between them and the burning bodies of the horrible man.

After riding all day and most of the night Lily had finally accepted to stop and they all had installed a quick camp and huddled around the bonfire. Lily had divided their loot in equal parts between them and then went to stand on the boundaries of the meadow they were in to look at the stars.

"I'm going to find my father and Wendy," she said.

Diana laded her head curiously. "Your sister?"

Lily wasn't about to explain the complicated relationship to a six year old. "Yeah, my sister. She must be pretty worried about me."

"I bet my Papa is worried too," Diana's face fell. "I want to go home."

Lily steeled herself. "I'll get you home," she promised and her eyes went back to the camp. "I'll get all of you home."

"But what about your family?" Diana wondered.

Lily felt a pang of pain and sadness but she pushed it down. "I'll find them later. Once all of you are safe."

«You'll have to wait for me, Wen," she thought to the skies.

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Her neck hurt and there was something heavy on her stomach, making it difficult to breathe. Her legs were trapped, too, and her hand was tangled onto something soft. And worst of all, there was a wet patch of her PJ's clinging to the skin of her stomach.

Tayler opened her eyes.

She was on her room, in her bed. The sun coming from the window told her it wasn't very late, maybe ten in the morning. Her trapper was Heidi, who was sleeping all over her sister and drooled over her stomach.

Tayler made a face. She was sitting up and her head had dropped when she'd fallen asleep, which explained why her neck hurt so much.

"Heidi, wake up," Tayler shook her sister.

Heidi just grumbled. Tayler kicked her out of the bed and Heidi fell to the floor with a squeal. Tayler knew her sister would have jumped over her and started a fight if she wasn't so hungover.

So Heidi just grimaced, winced at the sunlight and covered her eyes with her hand.

Tayler sniggered and ran downstairs to fix herself some breakfast. She froze on the lasts steps at the sight of her father sleeping on the couch, a pool of drool in the cushion.

Heidi had dragged herself down the stairs, too, and she made a face at the sight of their dad on the couch.

"Hello?" Archie's voice came from the streets. "Is anybody up? Marco? Marco, are you up?" Archie knocked on the door. "Marco?" he called.

"Polo!" Tayler and Heidi shouted back.

Tayler grinned; it never got old.

The young girl when to open the door at the shrink and smiled happily. "Hi, I'm afraid he's still isn't up."

Archie seemed amused. "I really don't blame him. At four in the morning he was still partying, Sheriff Swan had to bring him home."

Tayler's face fell. "What? He wasn't home?" she huffed. "And to believe I almost broke my neck sneaking Heidi up my window when we just could have used the front door."

Archie's eyes glinted. "What?"

Tayler smiled innocently. "Nothing. Would you like some tea?"

The man laughed out loud but accepted nonetheless.

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So… do you know who's Heidi now? I'm sorry for the lack of Killian in the chapter!

Katymint: Hello there! I have to confess that I spent a long time thinking what could Henry get Emma, also knowing that he had little money, but I refuse to believe he wouldn't get her anything just because he couldn't give it to her. I'm so glad you liked it! (Now, don't ask me what Emma got Henry because I really have no idea).

Ollie: Don't worry, there will be more Lily and Bae (Tiger Thief, maybe? Tiger Fire? IDK) It's funny you ask me that because right now I'm writing about it, but that doesn't mean it has to be on the next chapter. Nop, not going to answer that, it may or it may not have been an escape. You'll have to wait.

MW.