"I'll look you up in the book. You seem really nice."

"Thank you Henry. But you don't have to look me up in the book, I'm not that interesting." She tries to say calmly. She hopes he'll listen to her. She doesn't want pity from anyone. "I should be going. Belle and I need to finish shelving the books at the library. It was nice meeting you both." With that she pays for her beverage and walks to the library.

"I wonder why she doesn't want me to look her up in the book. I wasn't too up front about it, was I Killian?" wonders Henry.

"No, mate, I think she has a past that she doesn't want us to know about. Maybe we'll talk to her again. We should get you off to school." They leave the diner and walk the streets of Storybrooke to the school.

"I want to read her back story. If she's scared, maybe we can help," says Henry to Hook.

"Just be careful Henry. She maybe is hiding something for a reason. Emma will pick you up after school." With that they head their separate ways, Henry to school and Hook to the police station.

A/N: Updates will be probably be frequent. Again, like I said, this is VERY MUCH AN AU FANFICTION. I don't own any of the characters except maybe the personality of Rapunzel. Thanks for anyone who reads this! This is the second part of the first chapter, it didn't upload with the story.

Chapter 2:

During lunch Henry opened the storybook to Rapunzel's chapter.

Once upon a time a poor husband and wife had gotten pregnant. They did not wish to keep the child and called for Rumplestilskin for a deal. He arrived promptly.

"Hehe, I believed you called on me," chuckles the Dark One. The husband stepped forward.

"My wife is with child. We do not want this child, we are willing to give you a deal. We will give you this child for all the priceless jewels in this realm." Rumplestilskin pretended to ponder the deal but had already made up his mind.

"Deal, but you cannot change your mind when the child is born. It's permanent, dearie."

"Then it is done," said the wife.

A few months later the wife gave birth to a daughter. The Dark One took the infant a few moments after her birth. Rumplestilskin named her Rapunzel and kept her in his castle until she was ten. Then he put a potion in her shampoo to make her hair grow faster until it was eighty feet in length. He banished her to a faraway tower where no one could see her. He would visit her at least once a day and test out various charms and potions on her. She never cried or screamed during these treatments so as to never give him the satisfaction. She was never told any current events and when the Dark Curse hit she was taken off guard.

When she was in Storybrooke she was given the name Audrey and her hair was cut to her mid-back. She was in the asylum part of the hospital and roommates with Belle. Belle and her were very close. She was released by the Mad Hatter with Belle.

Henry finished her story and was shocked by what he read. She seems so nice, how could someone be that cruel to her. And her friend married the Dark One. No wonder she didn't want to be called Rapunzel. He decided he would show Emma her story after school and see if she could do anything to Mr. Gold.

School ticked by slowly for Henry but eventually the last bell rang. He met Emma outside the school and cut straight to the chase.

"Mom, you have to read this. Look what Mr. Gold did to Audrey. Can you do anything?" Emma scanned the book and her eyes filled up with rage. She has had a few conversations with Audrey and she seemed very kind.

"I don't know what I can do Henry. I'll talk to Audrey and she could press charges."

"No, you can't. She doesn't know that I know her story. She might be mad at me."

"Oh, kid, Audrey is one of the kindest people I know. She may even beat Mary Margaret. Don't tell her I said that." Henry smiled.

"Now come on, let's go home."

At the library, Audrey looked at the clock. It read three and she sighed. She had a few hours before she would finish up for the day. She lived in the apartment above the library and she was grateful she wouldn't have to walk into the cold weather outside. She heard the door open and she turned around to see who entered. She saw Mr. Gold walk up to the front desk to talk to Belle. She tried to hide herself behind the bookshelves. She was happy Belle found someone to love and who loved her in return, but she was a little upset that it happened to be Rumplestilskin. After a few minutes of hiding Belle came up to her.

"Audrey, do you mind if I go home a bit early? Rumple made dinner." She smiled guiltily. She smiled back at Belle.

"Go ahead, there's not a lot left to do tonight. I'll see you tomorrow."

"Thanks." Belle walked with Mr. Gold to the car and then they drove away. She sighed and continued working on stocking the shelves. After a couple of hours of finishing work she locked up the library and went upstairs to the apartment.

She made herself a quick sandwich and sat and watched a sitcom on her television. After washing her dishes she got a phone call.

"Hello?" she answered into the receiver.

"Audrey? It's Emma. I was wondering if you wanted to have dessert with Granny's with Henry, Hook, and I tonight? Henry really wanted to invite you." She smiled, Henry was a really sweet kid.

"Sure, what time?"

"Is eight okay?" Emma asked.

"That's fine. See you then." Audrey hung up the phone and looked at the time. She had a half hour before she had to meet them at the diner.

Emma and Henry showed Hook Audrey's story. He was very angry.

"She's a very kind lady, when I see Mr. Gold next I'm going to—"

"Hook," Emma warned, "we don't even know if she wants to press charges. Let's just wait until we talk to her tonight." Emma thought for a moment. "You have feelings for her, don't you Hook." Killian tried to cover his blush but didn't work.

"Aye, Swan, I guess I do."

"Good, you need somebody. Besides I think you and her would be a good together. Now come on, we should be heading to the diner."

A/N: Emma and Hook have a nice friendship in this story. They aren't together. Anyway, here's the next chapter. Audrey will figure out that they know during the next chapter. I'm going to let you suffer for a bit. Anyway, thanks for reading.