Emma cursed inwardly and walked over to the box, knocking on the door. It opened after a second. "Hello?"

"Doctor?"

"Yeah, hi, who are you?"

"I'm Emma Swan, we met about a month ago?"

"Oh, well, um, I'm a time traveler, a month for you could be a century for me. Or in my future."

"Right, well... I was with a baby, my brother Neal."

"Ne-oh, you were the fairytale girl!"

"Yeah, right, that's me."

"Yes, right, how could I forget? Had some dark curse on you or something."

"Well, that's... that's broken."

"Oh, good. Well, could you tell me where I am? There seems to be some sort of anomaly."

Emma chuckled. "Yeah, you're in fairytale town. This is Storybrooke, Maine, and it was created by Regina's dark curse."

"You're kidding."

"No."

"Well then. Would you mind showing me around?"

"Sure. Where's Clara?"

"Clara?" His face clouded over for a second. "She's... er... not... not here, anymore."

"Okay... well, I was just going for some breakfast, care to join me?"

"Alright."

Emma wasn't sure what to make of the Doctor. She had met him only briefly, a month ago, and Clara had somehow disappeared. Then again, as he said, it could have been years for him; maybe she had retired and gone home or something. Regardless, he seemed nice enough; he did apparanetly go around saving people, so there was that. Walking into Granny's with him behind her, she went over to the counter.

"Who's your friend?" Granny asked.

"Uh, well, this is Doctor... what's your name, Doctor?"

"It's just 'The Doctor.'"

"You don't have a name?"

"I do, I'm just the only person alive who knows it and it's going to stay that way."

"Well, alright then."

"What do you want to eat, Doctor?" asked Granny.

"Oh, I'm not really that hungry."

"You sure?" Emma asked. "It's on me."

"Really, I'm fine."

"Alright. Granny, I'll have my usual."

"Got it."

When Granny had left, Emma said, "So, this is Granny's Diner, the place where pretty much all of Storybrooke goes all the time to eat and hang out. There are other eateries, but they're not nearly as popular. Afterwards I guess I can show you the mayor's house, and introduce you to my son.

"Wait, the mayor is your son's adoptive mother? The Evil Queen?"

"Yeah, long story."

Granny gave Emma her food and went off again, and she began to eat. A few minutes later, Rumpelstiltskin and Belle walked in. "Ms. Swan, who's your new friend?" Rumpelstiltskin asked.

"Mr. Gold, this is the Doctor. He's visiting town, and we met a while ago, so I agreed to show him around."

"You agreed to show a stranger around this town?"

"Like I said, we met."

"And Tamara and my son had met."

"He's not going to kidnap Henry."

"You know that because?"

"Rumple," said Belle, "Let's just... go over there. Okay?"

With a sigh, he followed Belle across the diner.

"What's that about?"

Emma sighed. "Well, Mr. Gold is actually Rumpelstiltskin. His son, Baelfire, also known as Neal-my brother was named after him-is my son Henry's father."

"Oh."

"Yeah, and Tamara was Neal's fiance; she came into town and turned out to be working for Mr. Gold's father, who is evil and sent her and her boyfriend Greg to kidnap Henry for some magic stuff."

"Oh. Wait, you and Henry's father aren't together?"

"We haven't been together since about 8 months before Henry was born, when I got arrested for stealing some watched he stole. Turns out he was told to turn me in so I could eventually find my way here. We might have gotten back together, but then he died."

"Oh." He glanced over at Rumpelstiltskin.

Emma finished her food. "Okay, off to Regina's house."

Emma knocked on the door, and it was quickly opened by Regina. "Hi Emma." She glared at the Doctor. "Who's the stranger?"

The Doctor frowned. "She's like that Gold fellow."

Regina's glared hardened. "I don't know who you are, but don't you ever, ever compare me to Rumpelstiltskin!"

"Right. Sorry." He shot Emma a confused look.

"Mr. Gold isn't exactly the most... well-liked person in this town."

"Well he's a bit suspicious, but..."

"He's done a lot of killing, conning, and attempted killing."

"Oh."

"He's supposedly changed, but... well, anyway. Regina, this is the Doctor, we met a while ago then he ended up here, so I'm showing him around."

"Hmm. He ended up here?"

"Regina!"

"Okay, okay. Why are you here?"

"I'm giving him a tour, plus I thought I could introduce him to Henry."

"Alright. Henry!"

Henry came downstairs. "Hi Mom. Hi Mom. Who's this guy?"

"Hello, nice to meet you, Henry. I'm the Doctor."

"You got a name?"

"What is it with you people? Yes, I have a name, no, I'm not telling it."

"Alright. Do you have any cool adventures you can tell?"

"Well, as a matter of fact..."