The Swan Residence

Emma felt the warm water hit her skin, she was barely awake but the warm water felt so nice, over the last 5 years Emma had become a new person, she was tired of being a victim

Bae had helped her harden, no one would be able to hurt her anymore, Emma was doing well for a runaway, she was able to find a place to set up roots and with some time and patience she graduated high school, and with help from her social worker and her boss Emma had found herself attending Brooklyn Law School on a scholarship

BEEP BEEP BEEP

Emma sighed and turned off the water "another day"

She stepped out of the shower and turned off her phone, she dried herself up and got dress, she looked in the mirror and smiled as her hair had already grown back, she remembered it took her hair allot longer to become blonde again

She smiled at herself and tied her hair in a loose pony tail

She threw her white hoodie over her pink t-shirt and tiptoed out of the bathroom, the hallway of the house was dark, Emma opened the white door, and saw the sleeping 5 year old

Emma smirked this was the best fun she has everyday, Emma grabbed the mat and started shaking up then Henry bouncing up and down on the bed "Up and at em kid!"

"No!…5 more minutes!"

"No Henry, I have to get to class and you have to get your first day of Kindergarten"

"but I…"

"no buts now, get dressed so we can get you some breakfast"

"are Ron and Micky gonna be there?"

"Yeah they'll pick you up right after school buddy"

Henry jumped out of bed and ran to the closet as Emma went downstairs

She admitted she wasn't much of a cook, but one thing she could make without fail…Waffles!

She opened the box and dropped the frozen waffles in the toaster oven,

"enough for 2 more?"

Emma smiled as Ron and Mick came in, they were Emma's neighbors and they were brothers, Mick was always so silent but he helped Emma in with her groceries or picking Henry up when Emma was running late

Ron was the more social brother, he had thick rim glasses and always knew the right things to say, and Emma had to admit…he was cute in a dorky way

"could you grab the syrup?"

Mick smiled and pulled the bottle out, Emma dropped the large plate full of waffles on the table, "So Ron any buyers?"

Ron readjusted his glasses, he had been writing a novel for about 2 years now, and only a month ago he had finished it

He had a few offers and they were really making it hard for him to decide who to sell to

"I was thinkin a publisher, Panlee"

"how much is he off…"

"Ron!"

Henry ran over and sat right on Ron's lap, Ron ruffled Henry's hair "how you doing buddy?"

Henry grabbed a waffle and started munching on it

Mick smiled "you nervous?"

"nun uh"

Mick smiled "good cause after your done, we can all go out for ice cream"

"promise?"

"Promise" Mick reached into his coat and handed Henry a bear keychain "here keep this for luck"

The School

Ron and Mick followed shortly behind Emma as she led Henry into the school, Emma hugged her son and promised him again about the ice cream

None of them realized they were being watched by the hooded figure

Hours Later

Emma typed away on the computer, she knew she was just a secretary in this law office, but in only 2 short years she would get her law degree

Emma thought back to August and Bae, when she did it broke her heart that Henry would grow up not knowing his father

Beep….Beep…Beep

"time to clock out"

Emma grabbed he purse and came into her Boss's office " ?"

"Yes Emma?"

"I'm leaving now"

"Okay give Henry my best"

"Will do" Emma came downstairs and hailed herself a cab

When she sat down "Covville Elementary Please"

"No prob"

Covville Elementary

Emma left the cab and looked around looking for Henry, she laughed to herself and started dialing "Hey Ron…did you guys pick Henry up?….what do you mean you didn't!?"

Emma ran over to the teacher "Hey I'm Henry Swans mother, where is he?"

The teacher smiled "Henry Swan?…hmm let me see, oh he was picked up by his father an hour after he arrive, poor thing he was sick"

"Henry's father's dead?"

Police Station-An Hour Later

The cop started writing down the statements, the secretary sat nervously in the chair, "he had brown hair, and well…he was really beautiful"

The detective almost laughed "What else can you tell me?…like what was he wearing?, did he mention where they were heading?"

"No he just picked Henry up and they left"

"and did the boy try to get away from him?"

"No he looked like he knew him"

"Okay well thank you for you statement"

The Swan Residence

Ron paced around the room while Mick flipped a rainbow coin in the air, "We've messed up big time brother"

"Yes I know, we've messed up, but we don't know for sure who took Henry"

"How can you be so blind J…"

Both turned when they saw Emma leaving, Ron ran over to her "Emma where are you going?"

"Well the cops are useless, ;m gonna find Henry myself, Mike can I use your car?"

Mick flung his keys to her

Emma grabbed her red leather jacket and ran to Michael's red convertible

Central Park

Henry sat in the back of the small car, he enjoyed the sundae his new friend had bought him, "ice creams pretty good huh?"

"uh huh"

Henry knew he just met his new friend today, but he emitted a aura that kept Henry calm

"Are you sure mommy isn't worried"

"of course not buddy, like I told you I'll have you home before sh….oh crap!"

The hoodie man started up the car "I'm sorry buddy, lost track of time"

They drove along as fast as the hoodie man could, he looked in the rearview and saw the red convertible speeding toward them "On no!"

He took a deep breath and swerved onto the grass, finally he saw a opening and drove until he reached the dead end, he parked the car, and locked all the doors

He slammed his door shut and ran as he saw the red car approaching

Emma stopped the car, and ran after the hooded man, she knew Henry wasn't going anywhere, she could catch whoever this bastard was,

He hopped on the fence and nearly tripped, but leaped back up when he found Emma approaching, "Get Back Here!"

The hooded figure laughed, he was enjoying the chase, before he could decide on a new direction Emma tackled him knocking the hooded man to the ground

"Okay you bastard, I got you!"

He started laughing his hood had fallen off and Emma could see the back of his head, he had dark shaggy hair, "man who taught you how to fight like that?"

His tone sounded almost sarcastic

"Why did you abduct my son?"

"abduct?…no Emma you got it all wrong"

"how do you know my name?"

He rubbed the back of his head and stood up, he laughed then turned around,

Bae had grown some stubble, he was obviously a few years older then Emma last saw him

"Bae?….how!?"

"Long story, let's just say Pan's a crappy shot"

Emma's House-Later That Night

Emma sat at the kitchen table staring at Bae playing with Henry, something wasn't adding up "Where have you been all this time Bae?"

Bae looked up at Emma, she saw from behind the hair covering his eyes, her Bae was still there "a crazy adventure, got hit by a car the very minute I got here, spent sometime in the hospital, then I was put in foster care"

"but you got out?'

"yup ran away, but by that time I wasn't in New York anymore, ended up all over until I found Storybook"

"wait you've been there?"

"Yeah….I stayed there for 2 years, and I have something for you" Bae walked over to his brown leather jacket and pulled out a large envelope "this has all the money I've been saying, I want you to have it"

Emma looked at all the hundreds "Bae this is $5000, how did you get this?"

"I…well y'see….I "

"you stole the money didn't you?"

"well it wasn't like It would be missed the owner of it doesn't he remember me"

"Who was the owner"

Bae smiled "his names , owns a Pawn Shop in Storybrook"

"wow he must be loaded"

"and cursed"

Ding Dong

"Pizza's here"

Bae got up "c'mon Henry let's eat"

Emma placed the pizza on the table and the 3 eat in a strange silence, Henry stared at Bae for a few minutes "momma who is he?"

Bae laughed, and gave Emma a look "well he's your….your dad"

"but…Daddy's dead"

Bae looked at her "you told him I was dead?"

Emma shrugged and kept eating "excuse me if seeing you shot before I fell through a portal, gave me that impression"

Bae smiled and kept eating "so where are you staying Bae?"

"y'know around"

"you live in the car don't you?"

"yup"

"Would….Would you want to live here?"

"really Em?"

"why not I mean you and August took me in when I was all alone in….y'know where, and besides who could throw a handsome face like yours out on the street"

Later That Night

Henry laid in his bed watching as his mom picked up the large leather bound book, "momma did these stories really happen?"

"yeah…who do you want me to read about tonight?"

"read about daddy"

"Okay once in the small village of Hileden, there lived a crippled spinner named….?"

"Rumplestilskin!"

"right, and Rumplestilsin had a young son named Baelfire, Rumple loved his son very much, but soon Bae was called to fight in the ogres war"

"then Grandpa became the Dark One!"

"right, but soon the power corrupted him and your father fell to our land, but 200 year….asleep already?"

She smiled and put the book away, she yawned and got changed in her PJ, she had remembered to call the cops and explain the misunderstanding, they had told her a social worker would be stopping by the next morning to make sure everything was okay

She also left a message for Ron and Mick

"god how I've missed showering" Emma turned and saw Bae with nothing but a towel wrapped around his waist "So I've been thinkin"

"thinkin about what?"

"Well I don't know what we are, are we together now?….are we not?….just so I understand"

"well it's complicated, I mean I love you and I want to be together, but I don't want you to give up whatever life you have just to be with me"

Bae smiled "Em I live in a yellow bug, with nothing but the clothes on my back, trust me I'm not giving anything u….do you here that?"

"no what?"

"it came from Henry's room"

Both of them ran in, and saw Henry's bed was empty "look I don't want to be that guy, but do you notice that Henry keeps getting kidnapped from his parents?"

"shut up...how are we gonna find him?"

Bae smiled and reached in his pocket "easy I have a way to track him" he pulled out a small baggy with white powdered in it

Bae shut his eyes "find Henry" his hand glowed green and he flung the dust in the air, soon it created and trail "let's go!"

Central Park

Ron checked to make sure the knocked out boy was still alive, Mick kept flipping the coin "You sure he's okay John?"

John Darling readjusted his glasses "Positive Michael…now do it"

Michael Darling flipped the rainbow coin higher this time, when it reached the sky, it glowed white and opened a portal

"any minute now"

The black figure emerged from the portal, "we have the boy"

It shook it's head "and Pan will be pleased?"

It shook it's head once more and grabbed Henry

"Stop!"

Emma and Bae ran as fast as they could over to the 3

"let him go…and I'll go with you"

Suddenly a loud echoing laughed erupted from the Shadow "You Don't Matter anymore kid, now that I have The Heart Of The truest Believer, our plan is near in completion"

It moved it's hand and sent Emma and Bae flying

"You boys have done well, Pan will be pleased"

"what about Wendy?"

"1 matter at a time boys"

It then flew off with the unconscious Henry

"You bastards!" Emma ran and punched John, knocking his glasses off "I TRUSTED YOU!"

Bae looked at them "John?…Michael?"

"Who are you?"

"It's me Bae"

"No…it can't be…Pan killed you!"

"No he didn't I've been alive all these years….where's Wendy?"

"Pan has her prisoner, that why we've done all this, he says once we do he'll let us go"

"He's lying, and you've played right into his hands"

"how are we gonna get him back Bae"

Emma was freaking out, until Bae smiled again "c'mon Em who do you think your talking to" he pulled out a magic bean "next stop NEVERLAND!"

He grabbed Emma's hand and the 2 jumped into the portal

Storybrook Maine

was closing up shop, it was late and he was tired

"are you ?"

"Yes who's asking?"

The tall boy with the scar across his face approached "names Felix"

"well Felix, I'm sorry but we're closed"

"I know, I guess I'll just take you then"

The Shadow flew in and slammed Gold against the wall, soon he lost consciousness