Chapter 4

Prince Eric sat on the edge of his father's large ship. He sighed and watched the water around him, it was dark and stormy today. The fleet was supposed to have left yesterday to sail to Queen Regina's borders where his father was supposed to meet the Queen and begin talks of peace. But this storm had suddenly blown in, forcing them to wait until it cleared.

Eric wasn't sad at all with the fact of going to a new shore. Especially to meet this Queen he had heard so much about. He knew she was one not to be crossed and that she always got her way. He had told his father that they shouldn't even be meeting her. There was no reason to, there had always been peace between their lands.

The King nodded and had agreed that with Princess Snow Whites father there had indeed been peace. But now that he had died so suddenly, and had not introduced this new Queen that many things could happen now. In times of change such as these, the worst people could come fourth and destroy Kingdoms, just as it had during the Ogre wars. He insisted that he and his son travel to meet this new Queen and to pay their respects to the Princesses father.

He sighed and turned around, getting ready to jump off of the edge and onto deck, be he stopped as he heard something so haunting that it would stick with him for the rest of the days. It was a woman's voice, so soft and sweet and lovely he whipped his head around and scanned the grey waters surrounding him. It was so beautiful it brought tears to his eyes, in that moment he knew he must find whomever had a voice as lovely as a sunset, as stunning as the moon sparkling on the ocean.

"Roger!" He yelled towards the men behind him, "Bring me my looking glass!"

Chapter 5

August watched as the ambulance pulled into the hospital entrance, he was about ready to head out of town as he said Emma's car come speeding right up to the hospital as well. His heart skipped a beat, his first thought was that something was wrong with Henry. He jumped off of his bike and ran over to the Sheriff's car, throwing her door open and peering inside.

"Is Henry okay!" He gasped, looking around he saw the boy sitting in the back seat holding tightly onto a dog.

"What the hell are you doing?" Emma demanded, pushing him out of the way. She jumped out of her car and ran to the ambulance. They were pulling Adam out, Evelyn jumped down right after him. She was clutching onto his hand.

Evelyn began signing, trying to tell Emma something, though it was very difficult with only one hand. Emma shook her head. "I'm sorry! What's wrong?"

"She says he wont let go of her hand," August chimed in, he sauntered towards the women.

"Well be that as it may," came striding out, "We need to get this man checked out and out of this rain." It had begun to drizzle as soon as they had arrived at the hospital.

"You should check her out too Doc," Emma commented as they all walked quickly in beside the stretcher. "Evelyn jumped in to save him."

"I'm sure she did," looked at the young woman. "And I'm sure she's fine. She's lived on the water all of her life."

Evelyn nodded, she was trying to pry her hand out of Adams grasp. Finally August stepped forward to help her, when she was finally let free she looked up at him and began frantically signing. "I have to go back out to my boat. My father will be worried when he tries to radio me. And I have to go look for that necklace!" August translated.

"No!" Henry ran forward, the dog close at his heels. "You can't go back Evelyn! You have to stay with him."

Evelyn leaned down and looked at Henry, a frown on her pretty face, even that did not take away from her beauty. She then looked up at August and began signing again. "Henry, I'll come back. I just have to tell my father what happened. That was my mother's necklace. I lost it," she paused and hung her head, August paused as well.

"Did you lose it the day you lost your voice?" August asked. Evelyn looked up sharply, shock on her face. She nodded slowly.

She stood up and began walking out of the hospital, turning around she signed one more time. "When he wakes up let him know I'll be back." August translated.

Emma nodded. "Of course I will. I can help you find your necklace as soon as I'm sure Adam's okay." Evelyn smiled and walked out into the rain. The dog sat down and began to whimper softly.

Emma turned to August, her hands on her hips. "Since when do YOU speak sign language."

"It's a skill I've picked up over the years," he grinned, then looked down at Henry. "Come on sport, lets go get some hot chocolate, then Emma can take you back to your mom's when she's done here."