Chapter 20-Hansel and Gretel

Early morning in Storybrooke and Lily sneaks into town to get food. She enters the shop just as Emma does.

"Lily, Hi." "Emma hi." "You`re here for food. I can get you something." "No, I`ll be fine." "I want to and the guy who works here is watching us. " "Fine, thanks."

Emma and Lily want shopping when two kids a girl and a boy walk into the shop. The girl walked up to Emma and Lily.

"Hey you`re Emma you live with Mary Margent?" "Ya." "I`m Ava and this is my brother Nicholas."

"Ava we should go." "Ok, see you around."

Ava and Nicholas started to walk to the front enter when Mr Clark stopped, Emma saw all of this and ran up to them. "Is there a problem because I don`t think you can do that."

"Well I can if I think they were shopping lifting." Mr Clark said as he took the bag from Nicholas and taking out chocolate bars and other stuff.

"I`m calling the Sheriff. "

"You don`t need the Sheriff, I will pay everything and Ava and Nicholas will promise not to do it again." Emma said as she looked at the twins. "Yes, we won`t do it again."

Emma took out her purse but she didn`t have a enough money just Then David who saw everything, came over and gave Emma some money to add to hers.

Half hour later after everyone left the shop Emma followed Ava and Nicholas to a abandoned house, she saw them go through a door at the button of the house. Emma went to the front door and picked the lock and walked inside. What Emma didn`t know is that when she was following Ava and Nicholas someone was following her.

Nicholas sat on the bed as Ava took the stuff out of the bag when they heard a noise from upstairs.

Ava and Nicholas got into the kitchen and looked around.

"You guys are good but I`m better." said a voice behind them. The kids turned around to Emma in the door flame.

"Where are your parents?" "We don`t have any."

Emma took the kids back to the loft and sneaked them to her room.

"Why are you helping us." "Before I came here I was in foster care and kids like us stick together." Emma went over to her baby blanket and picked it up.

"This is my baby blanket the only thing I have of my parents, do you have anything from your dad?"

"Yes." Ava gave Emma a camass. " Our mom kept it. She said it was our dad's."

"I am going to find him for you guys. Stay here."

Emma is leaving when Ava stopped her. "Emma did you found your parent?" "Not yet."

Emma walked downstairs just as Mary Margent walked through the door.

"Hey, your back, I`m just going out for a walk." "Have a nice walk, will you be seeing your friends?"

Emma stopped walking and turned around. "You know?" "Ya, I saw David and he told me. What`s your plan Emma?"

"I was going to find they father." "Emma." "What, why can`t I, he might be here and not know about them."

"Fine but be careful." "Thanks, Emma opened the door and walked out.

Gold`s shop, Emma entered the shop and walked to the counter where Gold is. "Miss Swan what can I do for you today?"

"I am hoping you can help with this." Emma said as she put the compass down on the counter. "Could you tell me about this please."

Gold goes to a box full of cards and takes one out and looks at Emma. "what do you want?" "Tell me why do you want to help them?"

"If I can found they dad it give me hope to find mine."

"The compass was brought here by a Michael Tillman." "Thank you. "

I walked out the shop.

A minutes later at a motor repair shop, a man is working on a car when Emma walks up to him.

"Hello, are you Michael Tillman?" "Yes, I am . Can I help you with something?"

"Yes, is this yours?" Emma said showing him the compass.

"Yes, that`s mine I lost it." "That me guess 13years ago. I met two kids today and Ava gave this to me said her mum said it was yours."

"No, that can`t be. I was camping and I just met her once. Wait I know you, you came here a month ago you live with the school teacher."

" Yes, Mary Margent she`s my foster mum."

"She can take in a 10 years old but I can`t for two. This place is not making a lot of money, I can`t take in two more people."

"Hey dude, they your kids and they just need a home. Ava has the same look I had when I was five and another family dropped me back in the group home."

"Sorry, I can`t." Michael walked into his office leaving Emma standing there.

At the docks, Emma sits cross legged on the bench drinking hot cocoa with cinnamon.

"Hey kiddo." Emma looked up and saw David walking towards her and sat on the bench next to her.

"He won`t take them in." Who won`t." "Michael Tillman, I went to see him and told him about Ava and Nicholas and he said he couldn`t take them in."

"So, what are you doing now?" "Just sitting here wishing this hot cocoa was stronger."

"Emma, The major asked Mary Margent to take Ava and Nicholas to the Boston group home, they leaving now."

"What, I have to stop them." Emma dropped the cup and ran off.

Emma ran through the woods and came out on to the road just in front of the town line. She saw a car coming down the road.

Mary Margent is driving Ava and Nicholas to Boston and when she got near to the town line and sees Emma in the middle of road and stops the car at the side of the road.

Emma goes up to the car and takes her penknife out and sticks it in the wheel.

"Emma what are you doing?" "I can`t let you take them."

"Great now I have to call for help and after all of this you`re grounded".

15 minutes later, Tillman's motto repair trunk drives up to them and he gets out.

"Need some help?" "Yes, I got a flat. Emma go sit in the car." Emma went and seat in the front of the car.

"she means well." "So I`m guessing she did this." "Yes, Emma came into my life. and I didn`t think I could take in a 10 year old but I did and I wouldn`t change my mind. Just get to know them."

After Michael fixed the wheel. "You don`t need to take them to Boston.". He walked up to the car. At the same time Emma got out and walked to Mary.

"Am I still grounded?" "Yes, you are but for two days if you tell me why did you want to help them."

"Ava had the same look I did when another family took me back to the group home."

Mary and Emma hug.