Chapter One: Home is where the hardware is.
"Why are we moving again Mom?" Henry asked me looking with eyes that were expecting a full explanation that I couldn't give. "We're moving hun, it's for my new job as a deputy." I answered and smiled politely, the kid's smarter then he looks.
But the roads were long, and it was the middle of nowere, quite different from Boston, that's filled with people and excitement. I hoped Henry would like the changes, because work would mean more of my absence. "Watch out ma, you almost hit that deer!" I snapped out of it and steered off the road against the "Welcome to Storybrooke sign." Well this sure is an entrance, at least the repairshop and the Sherriff's departement know who I am when they see this crap."
"Miss Swan, were you under any alcoholic influence?"
I couldn't remember the last time I had a drop of alcohol, It must've been on my birthday or something. "No Sir, I didn't drink, there was a deer on the road, and I didn't want to hit it. So I steered away." I looked the officer in the eye, It was a man with bright blue eyes.
"Okay Miss Swan, I'll let you go off with a warning. Let me open the cell door."
"It wasn't really neccesary to put me in a jail cell, I'm not a serial killer or something." I looked at the man with a smile, because nothing works better than a joke in a small town. "Yeah I guess, I apologize. But with the news and all and what's happening out there in the world. I'm getting a bit paranoid on my own." The man answered and looked down at his feet.
"Well you're lucky because I'm your new deputy Emma Swan. I'm going to live in this town. So we'll be seeing lots of each other." I smiled and held my hand out, he shook it.
"Well I'll see you on Monday, my name is David it's nice to meet you." David smiled warmly. He seemed like a nice fella after all.
"Henry it's time to go home." I waved him to follow me to the street. "That took you long enough, I was waiting for you." Henry looked a bit worried. "Yeah, the sherriff was a bit protective of this town. Seemed like He could use my help." I answered and gave him a nudge. "That's great mom, it'll be so cool to have a mom who works at the Sherrif's station."
Luckily the Sherrif's station was close to the apartment so we didn't have to walk long. "We'll get our stuff tomorrow let's just sleep in our new apartement first, I think Mary Margaret is already there." I smiled and walked down main street this town sure looked quaint.
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"Welcome home you two, it's a bit later then I expected." Mary Margaret answered cheery. "Yeah I crashed against the "Welcome to Storybrooke" sign and had to go with the Sheriff to the station and he locked me up. That man is a bit crazy, the way he looked around himself. But when we talked a while he cooled down a bit and let me go. I need to get my stuff tomorrow though, it's still in the bug."
"Well that's okay I already made the beds and there's some food in the fridge. So let's sleep on it okay? We can take a tour of the town tomorrow." Mary Margaret smiled and waved me off to bed.
I looked around the apartment a bit, It had a rusty vibe, but it looked like an old loft you see in the movies. I took the stairs to my room and looked out of the window for a while. The town had a bit of a weird vibe, the clock wasn't working and the streets were so silent at night, it was really quiet. My mind wandered because tomorrow would be different. Tomorrow is the day my walls were about to go back up. I needed to prepare myself for all the lies and things I needed to do to get the "mission" done.
I hoped this would feel like home.
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"Goodmorning Emma, you know what you have to do today? It's time to memorize her routines. So you'll take my car it's less obvious then your bug, and you shadow her for a week. After that week you decide when you want to make contact. You need to think about a convincing story, she needs to believe you. You need to figure out a way to give her a bug that she plants in the office of her superior. The mission is simple, place the bug. She also needs to provide files. But don't worry the first step is gaining her trust. She is supposed to become a source, someone who gives information on a regular basis." Mary Margaret smiled and looked a bit uncertain. "Are you sure you're up for this Emma? You've changed this past seven years. You grew as a person, as a mother." She grabbed my hand and squeezed a bit.
"Here's a picture of her, her name is Regina Mills and she works as Mayor in this town. You'll cross her path eventually as deputy so that's why they chose that job for you."
"She's beautiful." I stared at the picture for a while and put it away in the file.
"Yeah, but don't get too attached, you're sure you're ready?" Mary Margaret asked again.
"I'm sure mom, but it's a bit early for all this information. I'll go when I'm ready and I understand all of the stuff you just said. I need to discover the first most important thing. Where's the diner?"
"It's Granny's on main street. It's close to the Sherriff's station."
"Allright, let's go there to get some breakfast. I'm starved."
The walk to Granny's felt really weird, It's probably small town stuff. Because everyone was looking at us like we had three heads. It was really weird and uncomfortable.
"Welcome to Granny's what can I get ya?" A girl with a very short skirt and red extensions asked cheery. The look was a bit slutty but I had to be honest, the girl had guts. "I'd like a bear claw and a hot chocolate with cinnamon."
"Same for me" Henry said with a big excited smile on his face.
"I'd like the omelet and some tea." Mary Margaret looked very dissaproving to the girl.
"Allright let me just write that down. You guys are new here huh? My name's Ruby. I work here too much, and the old yelling lady is my grandma." She smiled and I saw something sincere.
"My name's Emma, and this is my son Henry and my Mom Mary Margaret." I expected more, because she seemed like the type who liked to talk, but her grandma gave her a look like daggers so she hurried back to the counter. "It's nice to meet you guys she yelled back at us."
The food was delicious, I mean I never had such a good hot chocolate. But I had to remind myself that this place was only one big temporary mission. When they suspect or when the intellegance is bad I have to go to the next target. But let's not think about that, the mission hasn't even started yet. "Mom let's go walk trough town."
"Yeah just a minute Henry, I was just thinking." I answered when I heard a tiny bell announcing someone was entering the diner.
"Ding."
