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Chapter 2

No matter how hard she tried, Hanna could not pay attention to Miss Blanchard's reading lesson that morning. Her mind was racing. She was still trying to wrap her head around everything Henry had told her that morning. Everyone in Storybrooke was under a curse. Henry was adopted by the Evil Queen, who cast the curse. She had a twin sister, who was oddly 18 years older than her. That same twin sister was Henry's birth mother, which made her Henry's aunt….weird. She knows who her mother is. Her mother is Snow White. Her mother is…standing right in front of her.

"Hanna, can you continue reading for me please," Miss Blanchard asked.

"Huh?" Hanna said blinking her eyes and shaking her head.

"Please continue reading the story from where Paige left off," Miss Blanchard repeated.

"Oh, uh…" Hanna had no idea where Paige had finished reading. She hadn't been following along with the story. Her mind was too preoccupied. Hanna started to panic. She never wanted to disappoint her teachers, especially now that her teacher was her mother. She looked over at Henry, who sat right next to her. He knew that look of panic in her eyes. He just gave her a smile and pointed to where she should continue reading. Hanna let out the breath she had been holding and began to read.

"Thanks for covering for me in reading," Hanna told Henry as they were walking outside for recess.

"Yeah, now you totally owe me," Henry said with a grin. "I saved you from getting in trouble with your Mom."

"Shut up," Hanna said as she playfully shoved Henry's arm. "You know, you should show a little more respect. I am your auntie after all."

Henry just looked at her, eyebrows raised. "Seriously?"

"Mhmm," Hanna stated raising her chin up in the air, but she soon let her chin fall and slumped her shoulders as she sat down at the picnic table. Henry and Hanna did not have any interest in playing today. They had important matters to discuss. "For real though Henry, I don't know about all of this. I mean I've never had a family before. Besides you, I've pretty much been on my own. I don't know what it's like to have a mom, or a sister, or a dad…wherever he is. I just…don't think I can do this. And besides even if I did think I could do the whole family thing, how in the world are we going to break the curse? How are we going to find Emma, let alone convince her to come to Storybrooke and make her believe on top of it all. I mean I don't know if we can do it. We're just kids. We can't….." Hanna continued talking about a mile a minute, letting out all the thoughts she had been holding in that morning.

Henry knew once Hanna started going on like this there was no point in trying to stop her. The best thing to do was just wait and let her get it all out. After a few more minutes, Hanna's rambling began to slow down and there was finally a pause where Henry could get a word in. "Hanna, relax. I have a plan," he assured her. She just looked at him, eyebrows raised, wanting to here his plan.

Henry continued, explaining to Hanna his plan about how today, according to the information he found, was Emma's 28th birthday. Today was the day she was destined to come back and break the curse. Henry knew he had to be the one to go find her. He was going to Boston tonight to find Emma and bring her to Storybrooke. He was going to take the bus into Boston, then find a cab to take him to Emma's apartment.

"Okay, say you actually make it to her apartment," Hanna started, "how do you plan on convincing her to come back here with you?"

Henry shrugged his shoulders, "I'm not sure, yet. I'll figure it out."

"Doesn't really sound like much of a plan, but I'm in. I'm totally coming with you."

"Uh…Hanna, I don't think you can come," Henry winced. He knew she would not be happy at all about staying behind.

"What? Why? I want to come with you. I want to help!"

"You can't leave Storybrooke. Nobody can."

"How are you going to go then?" Hanna asked, starting to get annoyed.

"I wasn't part of the curse. I wasn't born here. You are part of the curse, bad things will happen if you try to leave. Please, just trust me."

Hanna thought about it. She really wanted to go with him. She wanted to help him find Emma, to find her sister. Plus, she has never been anywhere besides this town. She wanted to go on an adventure. She knew he was right though. There was no way the Evil Queen would cast a curse and not have something in place to stop people from leaving the town they were cursed to live in forever. Unfortunately, she was one of those cursed people—well not entirely since she was aging, but enough that she probably wouldn't be able to leave the town. Henry was right, she had to stay here. She didn't want to risk something bad happening to her and miss out on breaking the curse and finding her family. "Okay, fine," she said.

Hanna had been staring at the same problem on her homework for about 20 minutes. She knew the answer, but couldn't focus long enough to write the answer down. She was too worried about Henry and hoping that his plan would work. She had spent the afternoon trying to keep herself busy. She went for a walk along the beach. She went to the docks to see if there were any ducks around she could feed. She even walked all the way to the stables to pet some of the horses. Now, she sat at Granny's trying to finish her last bit of homework. Ruby brought her the grilled cheese she had ordered, but she hadn't touched it yet. Sometimes Hanna was able to save up enough money to actually order food while she was at Granny's, and tonight she had just enough for her favorite sandwich.

Just as she finished her homework, got it put away, and started to take a bite, Hanna heard somebody sit down on the other side of the booth. She looked up and dropped her grilled cheese back onto her plate as she stared into the eyes of the woman sitting across from her.

"It's Hanna, isn't it?" Regina asked, glaring at the young girl. Regina had spent the better part of the evening looking for her son. Henry hadn't come home for dinner, and she could not find him anywhere. She had the Sheriff out looking for him as well. The mayor went to Miss Blanchard to see if she knew where he might be. Miss Blanchard had no idea; she hadn't seen Henry since she dismissed the class at the end of the school day. Regina continued to pressure her, becoming irritated that she had no information. She asked Miss Blanchard if she knew of anyone that might know where Henry was. That's when she was told that Hanna was Henry's best friend and that they spent a lot of time together. Regina had never heard of this "Hanna" before, but she never really paid much attention to the kids in Henry's classes anyway. She left Miss Blanchard without so much as a "thank you" and went to find her son's friend.

All Hanna could do was shake her head "yes". She couldn't speak. The Evil Queen was sitting right in front of her. Growing up, Hanna always found the mayor intimidating and avoided her at all costs. Now that she knew Mayor Mills was also the Evil Queen, she was even more terrifying.

"I hear you're friends with my son," she started with an almost threatening look in her eyes, "where is he?" she demanded.

Crap, Hanna thought. She didn't know what to say. She couldn't just sit here and not say anything. Hanna knew she had to come up with something quick, or the mayor was going to know she knew where Henry was. She couldn't blow his cover, he had to fine Emma and bring her back to Storybrook. Okay, pull it together Hanna thought to herself. She had to shove her fears of the Evil Queen down, be brave, and face her with confidence. "I am not Henry's friend anymore," she said as she shrugged her shoulders, "he got me in trouble during school today and I haven't talked to him since."

"Oh, really?" Regina said as she glared into the girl's eyes trying to detect any hint of a lie.

"Yes," Hanna said matter-of-factly meeting the mayors gaze not letting her eyes flicker once. Luckily for Hanna, she was an excellent liar. Not that she went around telling lies very often, but it came in handy when a good lie needed to be told.

"Alright…fine. Let me know if you hear from him," Regina said as she stood up to leave. She didn't sense that the girl was lying, so she would leave her alone…for now.

Hanna let out a sigh of relief when she heard the final clicks of the mayor's shoes leave the diner. Her heart was beating so fast. She wasn't sure how that was going to play out. She hoped that if she put on a strong enough front Mayor Mills would believe whatever she told her. Her lie seemed to have worked, for which she was thankful. She didn't know what would happen if the Evil Queen knew the truth. No one else knew about their plan to bring the savior to Storybrooke, so now it was up to Henry to accomplish that plan.

Hanna could hardly wait to get to school the next day. She couldn't even sleep. She had to know if Henry succeeded. Did he find Emma? Did he convince her to come back to Storybrooke? Was she here already? Hanna had to know the answers to her questions. She quickly got ready and practically ran the whole way to school. When she got there, she didn't see Henry. She looked around and realized she was the only one outside the school, she hadn't realized how early it was. He'll be here soon. As more and more students arrived, Henry was no where to be found. The bell rang and she reluctantly went into the building. Maybe he's coming in late today. Hanna was just trying to keep herself from thinking about all of the horrible scenarios that could have happened last night. As Miss Blanchard started class, she forced herself to pay attention. She needed to keep her mind off of Henry for the moment, she couldn't do anything about it right now—plus he wasn't there to help her out if her mind wandered.

By recess she couldn't take it anymore, she had to go find Henry. She waited until the teacher on duty wasn't looking and slipped through the fence. She took off for the one place she knew—or hoped— he might be.

When she arrived at his castle, she let all of her worries fall away. There he was, just sitting there, eyebrows furrowed, deep in thought. "Henry! Where have you been? I was so worried. What happened last night? Did it work? Did she come back with you?"

Henry just stared ahead not answering any of her questions.

"Henry, what's wrong?"

"The clock, it still hasn't moved. I thought when I brought her back it would start to work again and the final battle would begin," he said.

"Wait, so you got her to come back with you last night? Please tell me what happened." Hanna begged him.

"Yeah she came back with me," he started. He continued to tell her the whole story about how he found her at her apartment and how he convinced her to bring him back to Storybrooke.

"So, she left then?" Hanna asked. Thinking that since the clock hadn't moved and he didn't seem as excited as he did yesterday, that she must have dropped him off and left right away. Thinking that Henry's plan failed and that he had gotten so close. He had succeed in bringing her to Storybrooke, only to have her leave.

"Nope," Henry said with a smirk, "I made sure she would have to come back, even if she did leave."

"What did you do?"

"I accidentally left my storybook in her car, so she would have to bring it back to me," Henry stated seeming to be very proud of that part of his plan.

"How do you know she's still here though? What if she didn't realize you left the book?"

"I overheard my mom talking to the Sheriff this morning. Emma kind of ran her car into the Storybrooke sign and got arrested." Henry winced.

Hanna just stared at Henry, eyes wide with shock.

"Yeah, but she's okay," Henry told Hanna quickly, not wanting to worry her, "and at least she's still in town. She'll bring me my book back, I know she will. That's why I'm waiting here."

Hanna let out a sigh of relief. That would have been really bad if Henry went through all that trouble to bring Emma here just to have her get hurt trying to leave.

"You look like her a little bit, ya know?" Henry told Hanna.

"Well, we are suppose to be twins aren't we?" Hanna said elbowing him.

"Yeah you are," he started, looking over her, "except for the fact the she has blonde hair, and I think your eyes are more blue than green."

Hanna just rolled her eyes. It didn't sound like she looked like her sister at all. Hanna's hair was almost black. And her eyes were blue. According to Henry, Emma was blonde and had green eyes.

"Okay, okay," Henry said, "maybe you have hair more like your mother's, but trust me. Wait 'til you meet her. You'll see…"

Henry and Hanna spent the rest of the afternoon hanging out at the castle. They talked about what they needed to do to get the curse to break while snacking on some of the food they had stashed in their book bags. They came to the conclusion that maybe it doesn't just break all at once. Maybe, slowly things will start to happen before the curse is gone for good. They just both hoped they would figure it out soon and that Emma would decide to stay…after she got out of jail first.

In the middle of their conversation, they were both startled by someone coming up behind them and sitting down on the other side of Henry. Hanna's mouth fell open when she saw her. Henry was right, besides the hair color and the eyes, her and Emma did kind of look alike. They could definitely be sisters.

"Hey, kid," Emma said as she handed Henry his book, "you left this in my car."

"Thanks," Henry said taking the book back.

"And who are you?" Emma asks leaning forward, looking over at Hanna—who has yet to close her mouth.

Hanna didn't know what to say. Why wouldn't her lips move? She couldn't speak. At least she had finally managed to close her mouth. This was her sister, but Emma didn't know that. Should I tell her I'm her sister? Or are we keeping that a secret? Why didn't Henry and I talk about this? Hanna's mind was racing. She looked to Henry for help.

"This is Hanna, she's your sister," Henry stated.

Apparently not a secret…."Hi," Hanna waved to Emma smiling.

"Hi," Emma said raising her eyebrows confused. "My sister, huh?" she looked at Henry questioningly. "So, first off my mother is Snow White and now I have a sister…interesting."

"It's true," Henry said shrugging his shoulders, "And we're going to make you believe one way or another. You're the savior. You're going to break the curse." Henry said all of this very matter-of-factly.

"I am no saviour kid," Emma said as she stood up, "Come on, I'll walk you home."

Hanna got up and walked with Henry and Emma. They arrived at Mifflin Street just as the sun was about to set. Emma and Hanna said their goodbyes to Henry. As he ran up the sidewalk and into the large house, the two sisters stood together awkwardly not knowing what to say next.

"Uh…I guess I can walk you home too," Emma said, "it is getting dark."

"You don't have to, I walk around town all the time after dark," Hanna told her feeling a little uncomfortable. She didn't need anyone to walk her home, but she kind of wanted Emma to. She wasn't used to this feeling. She was just so used to being on her own.

"It's not big deal. Come on, lead the way."

Hanna just shrugged her shoulders, "Okay."

The walk was silent. Neither one knowing really what to say to the other. Hanna felt nervous, she didn't know what to say to her sister. Her mind was racing with thoughts about what she should say to her, but nothing came out. Emma's silence stemmed from not really being around kids all that much and not knowing how to talk to them. She definitely didn't believe Henry's story about Hanna being her sister, but she also wasn't just going to let this little girl walk home alone at night.

As Hanna began to slow down, Emma realized they must finally be at her house. She looked up, read the sign in front of the building, and realized where they were. Storybrooke Orphanage. Emma's heart broke for the girl. She was an orphan, just like Emma had been. Emma wondered if Hanna had grown up without parents her whole life. Or did she have parents at some point and lose them to a tragedy of some sorts? Or did they abandon her? Thoughts were racing through Emma's head. She could definitely relate to the ten year old standing in front of her. She didn't know what to say.

"Is this it?" was all Emma could manage to get out.

"Yupp," Hanna replied as she walked toward the side of the building opening the window.

"What are you doing?" Emma said as she raised her eyebrows questioningly. "The door is right there."

Hanna sat perched in the window and shrugged her shoulders. "I like the window better. Thanks for walking me home," she smiled and dropped into the bedroom.

"Yeah, no problem," Emma waved with a confused look still on her face. She turned and made her way toward the bed and breakfast she saw in town. After seeing how Regina was with Henry,—and maybe this other kid, her "sister," perked an interest in her too— Emma decided to stay in town, for a week…just a week.