A/N: thank you for following and reviewing! if there are any mistakes, my apologies, but English is not my first language and I have dyslexia, I hope it doesn't bother anyone too much.

There she was. Just a few steps away from the town line of Storybrooke. Storybrooke, funny name. she was glad that her book at least gave her some information on where to find them. She knew her mother and fathers name, but she didn't know if their name would be the same here. She was hoping they were, that would make it a lot easier to find them.

Sophia took a deep breath and stepped over the town line. She didn't know what to expect, and when nothing happened she let out a sigh of relief. She was lucky that her last foster-parents lived close by. Asking a taxi to bring her would be too risky, instead she walked, walked all night and was now exhausted. But she couldn't rest now, she had come so far and wasn't going to waste any time. So she walked, following the road.

Then, finely, after what felt like an hour walk from the town line, she saw some buildings come into view. She looked up at the sky and saw the dark sky becoming lighter and the stars fading. Has she really been walked all night? That would explain the ache in her legs. Still she kept walking, she knew that if she stopped for just a second she would collapse to the ground.

The further she walked in the town the more nerves she got. What is they didn't like her? what if they don't want her because she wasn't their sweet little baby anymore? What if she couldn't break the curse and failed them? She shook her head to get those nonsense out of her head. She'll be worrying about that later, now she first had to focus on finding them. But where would she start?

"Excuse me," she heard from a voice behind her. She turned to see a woman with brow and red hair, "hi, uhm… I saw you walking and… uhm… are you lost? I haven't seen you here before, are looking for someone? Perhaps I could help."

Sophia looked at the woman for a few second, but then it hit her, Red Riding hood, also known as Red. She was a friend of her family. "Uhm… actually, yes, I'm looking for my… I mean, someone named Emma, do you know anyone with that name?"

"Oh, yes! Emma Swan, she is the Sherriff in this town. The station is a few blocks from here, just follow down this road."

"Thank you" Sophia said before turning around and walking towards the station.

"Wait!"

Sophia stopped in her track and turned slowly. "You look familiar, do you have family here or something?" Red asked as she looked Sophia up and down one more time.

"No" Sophia said a little too fast and sprinted towards the station. They couldn't know who she was, if they knew they would inform Arthur and if Arthur knew who she was than…. Well, then all hope was lost. She pulled the hood of her hoody over her head and hid her face in its shadow.

"Mother please, I don't need a thicker cloak, this one is perfectly fine. An even heavier would only slow us down!" Emma said to her mother as she tried to give her an thick and heavy cloak. Emma was always exited for her surviving trips with her mother. Once a year she would leave the castle with her mother or father and they would try to survive in the forest for an few weeks with only the clothes they wear as they leave, a few weapons and a canteen with water. They would hunt and Emma would learn all the tricks her parents knew and she loved it. It was the only time she didn't have to feel like a princess.

"I'm sorry, you're right." Snow said as she put the cloak on the table, " So, are you ready to go? I have a very special location in mind where we are going too."

"I can't wait!"

Emma rushed out of the doors as Snow followed her outside where David was waiting for them. Emma gave her father a tight hug before stepping back and tried to be patient as Snow said goodbye to her husband. Snow grabbed Emma's hand is they walked out the gates into the forest.

"Which way do we go?" Emma asked as they stood on by a multiple way road.

"East" Snow answered.

"To the docks? I thought our trips were always about survival, not just getting on a ship and doing nothing," Emma frowned, she loves the sea but sitting on a royal navy boat was not much surviving.

Snow started walking to the east and Emma followed right behind her, "that's why we aren't going with some of our navy ships, we are going with an pirate ship."

Emma's frown turned into an bright smile. She always wanted to be part of an pirate crew and sail the seas on a pirate ship when she was younger, "does father know?" she looked at her mother and saw a glim of mischief shining in her eyes.

"No, so don't tell him."

As they arrived that the docks Snow turned to Emma, "okey so we are going to look for a pirate ship, we can't let them know we're royal. That means fake names and everything." Snow smiled bright as her daughter lit up. Emma always wanted to experience it when you have to be someone else, always wanted to know what it was like to be treated like any other peasant. "from now on my name is Mary Margaret Blanchard and you are Emily Swan, got it?"

"Got it!" Emma said exited.

"Good, let's go!"

As Sophia saw the station come into view she let out a sigh of relief. The sun was now up, she looked at the big clock tower and frowned as she saw that is hadn't moved an inch since she first saw it. Probably broken or something. As she arrived at the front doors of the station she just hoped they weren't locked. She said a small thank you to whatever force that granted her with this luck as she opened the door.

"Hello?" she called through the station.

"From the other side!"

She jumped at the sound of the male voice. It had an accent, British? Sophia followed the sound of the voice as the man kept humming the rest of the song. She entered an room with two cells and a few desks. In one of the cells was an man, he was lying on his back on what seemed like an very uncomfortable bed. The man didn't look up as she walked in the office, still humming the song.

"Uhm… excuse me but I'm looking for someone and-" she stopped herself as the man finally looked at her. Blue eyes like the ocean and the same dark hair as she had. Is that… is that her…?

"My apologies, lass. I was expecting someone else," -yup, definitely her father. No one talked like that anymore, even in the Enchanted Forest was it old fashion-, "where are my manners?"

He stood up from the bed and made a low bow, "Killian Jones, at your serves." He gave her a smile that she returned without noticing. "you must be new here, who exactly are you looking for?"

She pulled her hood down and took a few steps forward, "I'm looking for Emma Swan, the town Sheriff? Do you know when she'll be back?"

As he looked her in the eyes it seemed like he had gotten in some kind of daze. His smile faded just a little. She knew she had her mother's eyes but if it was that obvious than maybe she should buy contacts or sunglasses to hide them somehow. He looked away after a while and shook his head as if to shake a thought out of his mind.

"Sorry, uhm… she's not here," he said as he cleared his throat, "she should be-"

"Already back," said a voice from behind her. She turned to see a woman with golden hair and green eyes, the same eyes as her. That was her mother, her mother and her father only standing a few feet away from her. She wanted to laugh, to cry and pull them in a hug because she finally found them, but she couldn't. They didn't know who she was and only the thought of it made her eyes sting with tears but she quickly blinked them back and settled on a small smile.

"Ah! Swan there you are, we were just talking about you. Only good things of course." Killian said and winked at Emma. Emma simply rolled her eyes and turned back to Sophia. Emma exchanged her hand and Sophia hesitated before accepting it.

"Emma Swan," Emma said with an easy smile, "and what's your name, kid?"

"Sophia Jo-" Sophia cut herself of before she could say her last name. she should have thought about this earlier, she couldn't walk around town saying she was a Jones since her father clearly still has his original name. "-ker, yeah, Sophia Joker. It's nice to meet you Emma."

Emma smile faded as she tilted her head and crossed her arms, "okey, your last name is clearly not Joker, try again."

Sophia opened her mouth but Killian cut in before she could say anything, "I should tell her the truth if I were you. You see, the beautiful Emma Swan over here can see it if someone is lying."

Great! This will be harder than I thought. She let out a sigh. "Jones, my name is Sophia Jones."

"Now was that so hard?" Emma said as she walked over to Killian's cell and opened it, "stay out of trouble or you'll be spending more than just one night in there."

"Will you keep me company? It could get really cold in there at night," Killian said in a husky voice, leaning close to Emma.

Emma snorted, "in your dreams."

"Every night"

Emma ignored him and walked back to Sophia, "you know, you two could be family, who knows? You do have the same ears."

Sophia quickly tried to hide her ears with her hair. Killian walked out of his cell and gave Emma a smirk, on with she responded with an eye roll, before he walked over to Sophia and pushing away her hair that covered her ears. He looked at them and turned his gaze back to hers, "don't be ashamed of them, love, they look beautiful on you, better than on me." He gave her a wink, it was not the same kind he gave Emma, it was more fatherly. He gave her one last look over like he was looking for something, trying to remember something but than just shook his head again and walked out of the office. Before he was gone he called over his shoulder, "See you later, Swan."

Emma and Snow decided to split up which made searching for a pirate captain easier. Emma looked up at the ships as she walked by. One ship really stood out from the others. She walked over to it and read its name, "The Jolly Roger" she muttered to herself. She was about to go back to searching for a captain when she was got pushed by someone in a hurry and lost her footing. She prepared herself for the blow but is never came. Instead she felt two strong arms that kept her upright.

"Are you alright there, love?" a very attractive male voice asked. She looked up to see the man that was holding her. He was wearing a red vest with a leather coat. His eyes we a beautiful bright blue colour which was stood even more out by the darkened line under his eyes. For a second she forgot that she was still in his arms and still staring at his eyes.

She cleared her throat and found the ground under her feet again and wrung herself out of his grip and said, "Thank you." Now that she was standing before him she noticed that he had an hook for a hand, "Captain Hook?" she asked before thinking.

"The one and only," he said as he made a deep bow, "at your serves."

"Good, because me and my friend need to get somewhere and we need a ship to get there" she said. He raised an eyebrow at her forwardness. A playful smirk started to form on his lips.

"And what is it in for me?" he asked.

"Gold, jewellery, what do you want?"

"That sounds nice but I already have that, what I don't hav-" before he could finish his sentence he was cut off by a woman who walked towards them.

"Em…ily! There you are, I found a captain who is willing to take us with him, come on." She said while tugging on Emma's arm.

"It was nice to meet you, and thank again" Emma said before turning to leave with her mother.