Hey guys! Thanks for all your reviews and support! And sorry for the wait. From now on, I'll try and release these chapters as soon as possible. This is a long story, but it also has long chapters, and I don't want to just do a chapter a month like I'm doing now. The reason I abandoned Mother and Son is because I didn't have a clear direction where I wanted that story to go. With this one, I do. Also, this chapter is mostly original, and finally features the return of Adeline!

Adeline was driving down the roads in Maine. It wasn't that bad. She rarely ever went to Maine, it was the state she explored the least. Adeline was found in Maine, but all this time she had not found a thing. The clumsy drivers almost crashed into a sign.

"Stop!" Adeline shouted, before they could hit the sign. It was obviously a new sign, put there a couple of days ago.

"Why'd you stop, Miss White?" asked her camera man, travelling with her.

"I told you, Adeline's fine," she said. "Now, don't you see, there's a sign there, we must be entering a town."

"There is no sign here, Miss White," said the cameraman.

Adeline hated being called 'Miss White'. She wasn't a posh idiot, fame had not overcome her.

She hoped.

She's been putting full focus on finding her family since she was 6. Except her younger sister of course. She can go and die in hell wherever she is.

"Are you sure there's no sign there?" asked Adeline.

"No, Miss White," he responded. "I see no sign. Do you see any sign, Tom?"

"I see nothing," said Tom, the chauffeur.

Hmm, nobody else saw the sign but here. This was suspicious. If Emma wanted to keep the town hidden, maybe this was the way. No one could get in. And the name 'Storybrooke' was incredibly suspicious. Where had it come from? This was it. This was the place.

Her family was here.

Except her stupid sister, of course.

"Hey, I've got an idea," said Adeline. "I'm the only one who can see that sign, so why don't I be the only one to step through here?"

"You're going somewhere alone, Miss White?"

"Yes!" said Adeline. "I'm fine."

"When was the last time you went somewhere alone?" asked Tom, indirectly.

"I don't know, a few years ago, maybe?" Adeline said. "But I think I should try it again. Just tell the press I'm on holiday. I'll still be active on social media and everything."

"Yes, Miss White," said the cameraman, who was still acting like a servant.

Adeline stepped past the sign. She was entering the town of Storybrooke.

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What can he say? Bernard Blanchard was an earlybird. He always got up at 6am. Sometimes earlier if he feels up to it. 6:15 the latest, except if it's the weekends, in which it's 6:45. Some of his friends, however got up at 7:30 on a regular school day, and one of them said they got up at 10am on the weekends! At first, he thought they were kidding, but they were not.

While Bernie was an earlybird, his mother was not. She always got up at 6:45, and sometimes she was running late, while Bernard was never late, and got perfect attendance. But who cares about that? He was always failing his classes. Who cares how much you get in if you never actually do anything when you get in?

Today, he did what he usually does and brushes his teeth, have a quick wash, get changed, and then go into the kitchen to make himself some breakfast, but today, he found an unexpected guest sleeping on the living room couch.

"Mom!" He shouted. "There's a swan on our couch."

He shouted so loud it woke both of them up.

"Hey, I'm not a...," Georgia started. "Oh wait, I guess I am."

Mary Margaret got up from her room in her pjamas.

"Bernie!" she said. "Don't shout like that!"

"Mom," Bernard said, "When you have a friend sleeping round can you at least strongly imply it to your teenage son?"

"Sorry, Bernie," Mary Margaret said. "She was just in her car, and she needed somewhere so..."

"I'm not bothered that she's here really," said Bernard. "I'm bothered by the fact you didn't tell me."

"You had already went to bed when she came at midnight," Mary Margaret said truthfully.

"Seriously? Midnight?" said Bernard. "What time do you eat dinner at? Two o'clock?"

"What time is it?" Georgia asked, finally managing to speak.

"6:15," Bernard said.

"Last time I checked," Georgia said. "Teenagers did not get up at 6:15."

"Well, this one got up at 6am!" Bernie shouted out loud.

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Adeline White was 16. She was going to leave the system in a few weeks, and settle down looking after her 10-year old sister. Boy, she hated this world. They never believed her. Her sister never even believed her and she was supposed to! Why doesn't anyone believe she lived the first 6 years of her life as a princess in a fairytale castle with Snow White and Prince Charming as her parents, and she got here through a magic wardrobe?

And now she was getting bullied by people that were 3 years younger than her.

Great.

"So, let me get this straight," said the new kid in her foster home. "You think that your parents are Snow White and Prince Charming are your parents? Isn't Prince Charming in Cinderella."

"No, that's a lie," Adeline said. "Ella is married to Prince Thomas. Also, she hates being called Cinderella."

"Your parents mustn't have been very in love though," continued the girl, "Since the time they met was when he woke her up."

"Another lie," Adeline said. How stupid were these people? "They had a strong relationship weeks before then!"

"Okay, then didn't the queen fall off a cliff or something?" continued the bully.

"No!" Adeline hated how wrong the Disney version was. "The queen was defeated after so much time, she kidnapped my older sister and raised her to hate my parents and then when she died, my older sister cast a dark curse to make sure everyone lost their memory of who they were."

"Well, how did you escape this curse?" asked the bully, laughing out loud.

"Through a magic wardrobe!"

"A magic what?" she continued to laugh as harder as anyone can.

It was times like this Adeline considered to pretend she stopped believing that the first 6 years of her life were real, but she wasn't going to hide who she really was. People in this world need to wake up and be more open to the possibillities.

"Hey!" Georgia came over. "What are you doing?"

Although being younger, Georgia got bullied significantly less than Adeline. Hell, when Georgia did get bullied, it was usually because she was related to Adeline. And then when she says she doesn't believe these things, they lay off her. She occasionally defended Adeline, not because she didn't find her beliefs ridiculous, she obviously did. She just felt sorry for her older sister.

"Who are you?" asked the new girl.

"Her sister."

"The one who cast the Dark Curse?" said the girl.

"No, the other one," said Georgia. "I'm Georgia. Hi."

"You don't actually believe any of that, do you?" asked the girl.

"Of course not," said Georgia. "But as much as I want to laugh at her for it, and trust me, I do, she's still my sister, and her beliefs aren't really harming anyone, so just leave her alone please?"

"Make me."

Georgia went over and tried to punch the girl, but before she could she ran.

"Thanks," Adeline said, but Georgia didn't look any happier with her.

"Why the hell am I always the one who has to defend my teenage sister?" Georgia said. "I'm 10!"

"I believe and you don't," Adeline said. "But you will. Just wait and see."

"If you were supposed to make me 'believe', you did a really poor job on it," said Georgia.

Georgia was mostly considered to be a lot more mature, sensible, and logical than Adeline. Adeline thought that they didn't even know what those words ment!

"Well, Georgia," said Adeline. "I have got some good news for you."

"What's that?" Georgia said.

"We are getting out of the system!" Adeline exclaimed. "I am old enough to leave, get a job and even look after you!"

"Great, I am so excited for you to be my legal guardian," Georgia said, sarcastically.

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Georgia was walking down the street, she was about to meet up with Regina, but then she heard a siren. Josh Fastake was driving his sheriff car up to her. He got out of the car and walked up to her.

"What's with the siren?" she asked.

"It's hard to get your attention," Josh said.

"Well, you got it," Georgia said. "So are you arresting me again?"

"I'm thanking you," started Josh. "For your help finding that coma patient. We all owe you a debt of grattitude."

What was going on? Was he actually giving credit to someone else? No. He must have an ulterior motive.

"So what do I get?" Georgia asked. "A commendation? A key to the city?"

"What about a job?" Josh asked. "I could use a deputy."

Now she knows what he's doing. He's offering Georgia a job so he has someone to do all the work for him. And since he knew Georgia will be good at the job, he'll take credit for all of it. While Georgia cares about this town a lot more than he does (depsite only being there for a week), this would only help this horrendous man and she didn't want to be used as a pawn.

"Sorry, I already have a job," she lied.

"What? As a bail bondsperson," said Josh. "I'm sorry, if you think Storybrooke's the place for that, then you're wrong."

"What about you being a sheriff?" joked Georgia. "Is that a common thing in Storybrooke?"

Josh frowned. "Well, here's your chance to see it upclose. Why don't you just think about it?"

"Okay," Georgia lied. She would rather see her sister's face again than work with this man.

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Adeline walked into this strange town. It was small, a lot smaller than she thought it would be. Weren't a lot of kingdoms supposed to be here? The curse did take everyone in the Enchanted Forest, right? The first person she saw was a short guy with long hair and a walking stick.

"Adeline White," he recognized.

He had a very deep voice, but Adeline was very surprised that someone here knew her, especially a guy that looked and sounded richer than she was.

"Oh, hey," Adeline said. "It's me. Adeline White. Famous explorer." She had no idea what to say at fan meetups. Especially to old men like him.

"What are you doing here in Storybrooke?" he asked.

Adeline quickly thought of an answer to that question. "Um, because it looks like a nice location. Very interesting. Also seems like it's not well-known."

"Well, we don't get many visitors in Storybrooke," said the man. "I'm such a big fan. Can I have your autograph?"

"Sure," said Adeline. She had signed autographs before, and she had to stay in character. She was sure her family was here, but this random cursed fairytale character, who probably didn't really do anything important apparently knew her. She had to stay in character, so the man gave her a piece of paper.

"Who should I be signing this for?" she asked.

"Mr. Gold."

"Can I have your full name please," asked Adeline.

"No one here knows my first name," said Mr. Gold, "It's something I keep to myself. It can be quite embarassing."

Adeline signed her name, to Mr. Gold, and then gave it back to him.

"Good, now I have your name," he said like that meant something more.

"That has to be the weirdest person I've ever signed for," she said to herself after he had gone.

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After her weird experience with the selfish sheriff, Georgia decided to walk Regina to her school bus.

"Are you sure we can be seen like this out in the open?" Regina asked.

"Enough sneaking around," Georgia said. "If your mom has a problem with me walking you to a school bus, I am more than happy to have that chat.

"You're brave. We'll need that for Operation Cobra," Regina said. "Speaking of, do you think we code names?"

"Isn't Cobra our code name?"

"That's the mission," said Regina. "I mean us, I need something to call you."

"OK, you can just call me...," Georgia started to stay. But she paused as she suddenly saw a face she hoped she would never have to see again.

"Look!" Regina said, pointing to the figure. "A stranger in Storybrooke!"

"That's not a stranger, Regina," Georgia said.

"Adeline!"

"Georgia!"

"What are you doing here?" they said simultaneously.

Regina laughed.

"Who's the kid?" asked Georgia's good-for-nothing sister.

"My daughter."

The bus turned up.

"You have a daughter now?" Adeline questioned. "Were you pregnant the last time we saw each other?"

"I gave her up for adoption," Georgia said.

"Course you did," said Adeline.

"You know what state I was in back then!" argued Georgia. Adeline had no respect.

"So, you're my Auntie Adeline?" Regina asked.

"I guess I am," Adeline said.

"Get on, girl," said the grumpy bus driver. "I haven't got all day."

"See you two later!" Regina shouted to the two sisters.

"Bye Regina," Georgia waved.

Adeline paused. "Regina? Where did that name come from?"

Georgia wondered why her good-for-nothing sister was wondering why her neice was called Regina. "I don't know, you'll have to ask her mother. So I've answered what I'm doing here. Now tell me what you're doing here?"

"You did not tell me what you were doing here," Adeline stated.

Georgia scoffed. Couldn't she just figure it out? "I'm here to check if Regina is okay. She's not being looked after as well as I hoped I guess. Also, I think she takes after you more than me."

"Why do you care?" Adeline questioned. "You gave her up!"

"To give her her best chance," Georgia said. "I wasn't in the right environment or state of mind! You know that!"

"And who's fault was that?" Adeline questioned.

Her's. It was Adeline's fault.

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In New York, after the second time they moved since leaving the system, 14-year old Georgia and 20-year old Adeline were sitting down in a diner. Georgia hated how she had to move so much. Adeline was just so desperate to find their parents. Who she thought were two fairytale characters.

Adeline was an idiot.

But Georgia had to take advantage of that. Adeline rarely punished her, and when she did, it wasn't for long. She says that 'people need to always get a second chance', or 'forgiveness is better than punishment'. It's like in that fairytale world she lived in, barely anyone actually got punished. They just let them free waiting for them to redeem themselves. Georgia basically did whatever she wanted in school.

"I got a call from your school today," Adeline said when they sat down.

Georgia knew she wouldn't care. "What did they say?"

"They said you've been acting up way too much and something needs to be done about it," said Adeline. "You've been pranking the other kids, purposely spilling stuff and being very disruptive in class."

"Yeah, so?" said Georgia. "What is your solution?"

"I keep giving you chances, Georgia, but you never seem to take them," said Adeline. "If we're going to complete this quest, you need to learn how to be good."

Georgia laughed. "One, I don't even believe in this quest, and even if I did, why is being good a requirement?"

"We're supposed to turn a bad person good," Adeline stated, Georgia started. That was obvious.

The waitress, Eve McGowan, came over.

"Do you two want anything or are you just going to sit there and argue?" she asked.

"Actually, Eve, yes, we are," Adeline said, "Georgia, what do you like?"

"Just give me some cocoa," said Georgia. "I don't feel like eating anything today."

"That's not like you," said Eve.

"Eve, what do you think should be done about Georgia and her behaviour?" asked Adeline.

"Nothing!" Georgia spoke up before Eve could answer.

"Do what you see fit," Eve said. "You're her guardian. And for people like you, that's really important."

"People like us?" Georgia questioned. "You mean 'orphans'?"

"Yes, of course," Eve said, obviously lying. What was she hiding? "I'll get your cocoa."

"Sometimes, I really think that woman is weird," Georgia said.

"Well, Georgia, I know exactly what to do about your behaviour," Adeline said. Georgia had no idea what she was implying.

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After her spat with Georgia, Adeline felt really hungry. She looked for a place to eat. She found a place called Granny's Diner, walked in and sat down.

She wondered. Her and Georgia were seperated. But The Dark One said they were destined to do this together. And Georgia should be at least 28 now. So let's say, last week Georgia got here on her 28th birthday. A week later, Adeline came. Does this mean that they both would've come no matter what? Or was it just a coincidence?

Adeline did not want to see her sister again. In interviews, when someone would ask her about her family, she wouldn't say much, she would mention that she's an orphan, and that she's looking for her parents (and occasionally who they are), but she had never talked about Georgia. She assumed Georgia was the same. Pretending she didn't exist. But it was her fault. Adeline just did what was right.

The waitress in the diner came out from behind as Georgia walked into the diner.

It was her Auntie Red! Adeline remembered her from her childhood. She and her were really close. She remembered being at her grandma's funeral when she was just four years old. It was good to see her again, even if she didn't remember who she was.

"Hi," Adeline said.

"Hi," said Red. "What can I get you?"

"Um, just a hot cocoa with whipped cream and cinnamon, please," said Adeline.

"Does everyone like cinnamon in their cocoa now?" Red moaned. "Never mind."

"So, this place is called Granny's, but..."

"Yeah, my granny, she used to own this place," Red said. "She died a few years ago of heart failure."

While this was true, aside from the fact that she did thirty-two years ago, not three.

"Well, why am I asking this?" Adeline joked. "I don't even know your name!"

"Ruby," Red said. "Ruby Lucas."

"Adeline White," Adeline introduced.

Suddenly, someone who, by the way she dressed, Adeline assumed was the mayor, but if this was the mayor, then she would most likely be...

Her long-lost sister Emma.

"How was your walk with Regina?" Emma asked. Georgia looked up. "That's right, I know everything. But relax, I don't mind."

Why would Emma care that Georgia was spending time with her biological daughter?

"You don't?" Georgia exclaimed.

"No," Emma answered. "Because you no longer worry me, Miss Swan. I did a little digging into who you are, and what I found was quite soothing. It all comes down to the number twelve."

"Twelve?!" Georgia said, confused.

"It's the number of addresses you've had in the last 7 years," said Emma. "You move more than my legs!"

12 addresses in 7 years? Well, seems her sister hadn't changed.

"If you're wondering I did find a place here," Georgia said.

Who the hell would let her ex-convict sister into their home? Never mind live there.

"Yes, I know," Emma stated. "With The Blanchards. How long is your lease? Oh wait, you don't have one. You see my point. In order for something to grow, Miss Swan, it needs roots, and you don't have any." She got that right. "People don't change. They only fool themselves into believing they can. It's what my mother always used to say."

Her mother? Regina Mills was not Emma's mother. She was The Evil Queen. A horrible horrible person. She KIDNAPPED Emma and forced her to hate her actual parents. Snow White was her mother. Snow and only Snow. Not idiots like her.

"You don't know me," said Georgia.

"No, I think I do," said Emma. "All I ask is you carry on your transisent life, and you think about Regina and what's best for her. Maybe consider a clean break. It's going to happen anyway. Enjoy your cocoa. I thought that I was the only one who enjoyed cinnamon in my chocolate."

As Emma left the diner, Adeline spoke up.

"Twelve addresses in seven years?!" Adeline exclaimed. "Are you serious?"

"Not like you can say anything!" Georgia answered. "You just stay in fancy hotels in random parts of the world!"

"Why was Emma worried about Regina anyway?" Adeline asked.

"Adoptive mother," Georgia responded.

Wait, if Georgia gave birth to Regina, but Emma adopted her, that would mean that Emma is her biological aunt as well as her adoptive mother and Georgia is her adoptive aunt and biological mother. Which would also mean that Adeline was an adoptive aunt and a biological aunt. Boy, this family tree is complicated.

Adeline turned to Ruby. "Ruby, do you know anywhere to stay here?"

"Granny's Bed and Breakfast," Red, or Ruby, or whatever said. "My granny used to have that too."

"Is that all?"

"Sorry there's no fancy hotels or saunas here, Adeline!" Georgia said.

"So you know about my explorer career?" Adeline pointed out.

"You think I don't know what my sister's been doing?!" Georgia argued. "You've been living in luxury while my life continued to be a living hell!"

While this was true, Georgia kind of deserved that life to be honest.

"So you're her sister?" Ruby said. "She's obessed with you. She just goes on about how much you're apparently a terrible person."

Georgia? Obessed with her? Well, people deal with fights in different ways.

"What?"

"Why would I say good things about a stupid delusional celebrity?" Georgia shouted.

And then it went on.

And on.

And on.

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Adeline was happy. Her and Georgia had been getting along really well lately. Adeline's point system which she started four years ago had worked greatly. Georgia is now eighteen years old and they can finally stop acting like kids and go on the quest together!

One problem still remained though: Georgia still didn't believe.

What the hell could she do to convince her? These people were so closed-minded that they just made her think all this was complete nonsense! Never mind.

Adeline had basically turned her troublesome sister into a goody-too-shoes. And that made her happy.

What could go wrong?

And then she saw it. On a wall. A poster which she kept attention to which read out:

WANTED

For Grand Larceny

GEORGIA SWAN

They got all the information on the bottom right. How is this possible. She even used a fake name! But nothing else is fake. It's like she was proud of this! Grand larceny? Adeline frowned. She had been played for a fool. Georgia hadn't changed at all. Actually, she was worse. Adeline did a terrible job at looking after and raising her. Neal would've been better.

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Georgia and Adeline continued to argue until someone spoke up.

"Hey, sisters!" a bald short guy shouted. "No one pokes insults at each other in this town except me, okay? So can you shut up before the girl over there loses customers? Thank you."

"Leroy's... kind of right," said Ruby. "Seriously, have you two never been close?"

"When we were, it was completely fake!" shouted Adeline.

"No!" Georgia retaliated. "You don't deserve a close relationship with anyone!"

Adeline should've protected her. It's her fault she was a thief anyway!

"So how long have you been here?" Adeline asked.

"About a week," Georgia said. She hadn't really been keeping count. She originally said she was going to stay a week, but decided not to after everything that happened.

"And have you got a job?" Adeline asked.

Georgia quickly raised her voice. "Yes, I have a job!" she lied, and panicked. "And it's... The Deputy Sheriff of this town!"

"Yeh, so they let an ex-convict enforce the law?" Adeline questioned. "Very believable."

She quickly went outside to call Josh. She hated the man, but she hated Adeline more. If she was here, she would have to at least make sure she had the upper hand over her.

"Hello?" he said.

"Josh, it's Georgia," Georgia said. "I was thinking, maybe it wouldn't be so bad. You know, I am kind of use to these things. Is that deputy job still open?" She tried to reassure herself that this was a good idea.

"Absolutley," Josh said, happily. "What made you change your mind?"

"A mix of things," she lied. "Will Emma be okay with this?"

"I don't care," Josh responded. "It's my department. I will see you on Monday morning!"

"I look forward to it," she lied again. What? He was probably doing it too!

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Georgia got home with another day of stealing with her beautiful boyfriend. She was kind of manipulating him into doing dirty work, but it's not like she was going to become pregnant or anything. She enjoyed life. Adeline never suspected anything because she's an idiot. She would probably see a clearly real wanted poster and think it's a fake. She trusted her THAT much. Was Adeline really that naive?

She got home. She loved it there. She knew Adeline would just let her do whatever she wanted.

She walked in, smiling a lot.

"Hey, Georgia," Adeline said.

"Hey!" Georgia said, happily.

"Seems like you had a nice day," replied Adeline.

"Hell ya!" responded Georgia.

"Well, that's surprising," Adeline said. "Because it looks like someone's been getting into some trouble lately."

Georgia paused. "What makes you say that?"

"This!" Adeline said, turning to anger.

"Oh, that," said Georgia. "That's... nothing."

"How stupid do you think I am?"

"Incredibly stupid," Georgia replied sarcastically. "So what are you going to do? Ground me? Give me a warning? Ask me to go to my room for 30 seconds? What?"

"Nothing," Adeline replied. "I'm not going to punish you at all."

Georgia stopped. Adeline never didn't punish her. She always gave her tiny unimportant punishments like being grounded for a single half hour. She wondered what she was up to. "You're not?"

"No," Adeline said. "You're 18 now. I can't control you anymore."

"Great!" Georgia said, smiling.

"With that said though," said Adeline. "There are some people who can."

Georgia knew instantly what she was implying. "You didn't."

"Oh, I did," said Adeline. "Officers, you can come out now."

Two police officers came out of the other door. Georgia stared in anger. Adeline was just as angry.

"You had me fooled for so long, Georgia!" she shouted as Georgia was being taken away. "But now, it's time for me to have the upper hand! Time for me to be the smart one!"

Georgia instantly thought of something. "You know in your little fairytale fantasy, you said we were going to work together!"

Adeline looked like she was wondering how to process that statement. "Guess I'll have to do it alone. How hard can it be? You were never going to believe anyway. So what was the point?"

Georgia was being taken away by the police, forever hating Adeline.

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After a long day, Georgia came home to The Blanchard House.

"Hey," said Mary Margaret. "Tough day?"

"My sister's here," Georgia quickly responded.

"Oh, Georgia," said Mary Margaret. "I know siblings don't always get along, but what happened which made you and Adeline hate each other so much?"

"It's a long story," Georgia responded. "You wouldn't want to hear it. You're not our mother."

So there it is. What do you think? Who's side are you on? Do you think Georgia should've gone to jail, or do you think Adeline should've protected her sister? Next chapter, we will finally find out where the rivalry between Rumplestiltskin and Aaron de Carpente came from. So stay tuned!