chapter 24-sneaking out the window

The next day, Emma got up early and went for a walk in the woods. She heard something behind her so she picked up a stick and hid behind a tree.

"Who`s there? I have a weapon and I know how to use it."

She could hear the person walk closer to her, she held the stick like a baseball bat and when she saw a shadow by the tree she swinged the stick and hit the person.

He hit the ground hard. Emma went over to him and saw that he was a boy. Holding the stick out like a sword.

"Are you hurt?" "No but that a hell of a hit, Emma".

" How do you know my name?" The boy got up and Emma could see that he was the boy from yesterday.

"You, you're the boy from yesterday. Are you following me?" Emma said still holding the stick like a sword.

The boy got up off the ground and saw Emma holding the stick and smiled.

"Why are you smiling"?

"Oh it`s nothing you look like your father holding the stick like that."

"I have never sword fight before but I think being the daughter of Prince Charming I think I would be good at it. Should I try it out."

"You are a lot like your father Emma. Don`t worry Emma I don`t want to hurt you. I know you Emma."

"Who are you? How do you know?" My name is August and we were in the same home when you were a baby. I ran away with some other kids".

Later, Emma climbed back into her window and was about to sit on the bed when she heard a voice say."I used to do that when I was your age."

Emma turned to where the voice was coming from to see her father standing by the door. "How long have you been there?"

"I wake up and looked out the window to see you walking to the woods".

David went over and sat on the edge of the bed next to Emma. "Emma I know that you like to sneak out but maybe you could tell us when you go to the woods and maybe use the front door."

"Ok, it`s just that having a home where I don`t have sneak out. It`s new to me."

"I know sweet heart but you can come and talk to your mum and me."

David stood up and kissed Emma on the top of her head and started walking to the door when Emma stopped him and he turned around.

"Dad, can you teach me to swordfight?"

"I would love to, tomorrow."

Afternoon, Emma took Killian around town after having burgers and milkshakes at Granny`s. Emma showed Killian lots of different places and ended up at a castle playground.

Emma and Killian sat on the edge of the castle.

"So Swan what`s your story? "What do you mean?"

"I went to Neverland and the lost boys have the same look in they eyes, the look who was been left alone."

"Before I come to Storybrooke, I was a orphan. I grow up in foster care. I didn`t know my parents until someone gave me a storybook that lead me here and I found my parents. What`s your story?"

"My mum died when I was young, my dad left me and my brother on a ship and my brother was killed by a man with a scar and his face and I have been looking for him since then."

"You had a brother that must of been nice. I had this dream where I lived in a house with a white picket fence with my parents and a brother or sister and a dog but every foster kid dreams of something."

Emma and Killian talked for hours until she had to go home.

What Emma and Killian didn`t see was someone was watching them at the playground someone very bad with a scar on his face.