Hi! Welcome to my story, Finding Fate. I'm so appreciative of you even just reading the first chapter. I've been throwing this idea around in my head for about a year and am excited to see what everyone else thinks of it. With that being said, if you want to throw an idea out, give commentary, or ask me a question either leave me a review or private message me. I will try to respond as quickly as possible. I also welcome constructive criticism. Well, I'll let you get reading.

Oh! I also apologize for how short it is, I'll try to make the next chapters longer. :)

As Snow stepped out of the wardrobe she was puzzled. She thought, ' Why would Regina send us to somewhere exactly like the Enchanted Forest,' but as she looked around and realized that she wouldn't see her husband for a very long time and that the child she is carrying would grow up without David, she began to understand better. The curse is supposed to rip everyoneseveryone's happiness away, and it did in the form of taking a husband and a father away, as well as everyone else important in her life. Just as the thought entered her mind, her unborn child made her presence known with a soft kick to her mother's back. 'Hmm, maybe not everyone important to me, I still have Emma.' Snow realized. Coming out of her thoughts, Snow observed that it looked to be nearly nightfall and she needed to find somewhere to stay for the night.

Snow tried to make her way out of the forest as quickly as possible, but her very small bag of essentials she brought with her as well as the weight of the child inside of her were making it increasingly difficult. Still, she kept going until she was brought to a road where something that resembled a carriage but not quite, sped past her. Frightened, she quickly crossed the road to a building that a sign in front said, "The LodgeDrive-by Diner." Hoping that someone would help her, she went in and was then faced with an old woman with a kind smile. Snow saw that the woman's hair was turning grey at the roots and could clearly see the lines on her face that clearly came from a life lived with laughter and kindness, and Snow just somehow knew that she could trust her.

"Anything I can do for you dear?" The woman asked while sensing Snow's distress. "My name is Maggie and I own this diner and hotel, do you need anything?" Snow wasn't aware of it before, but as the smell of whatever was cooking carried to Snow'sd nose and her stomach growled. Hearing this, Maggie offered her a meal. Snow refused though, "I can't pay you." In response to this, Maggie offered her a job as a housekeeper in exchange for food and staying in one of the rooms.

"You're too kind, I couldn't possibly take advantage of you like that." Snow told her.

"Honey, you're not taking advantage of anyone. You're pregnant, alone, and don't have any whereanywhere to stay. I'm just doing right by this opporitunityopportunity to help someone. If you were my daughter, I would want someone to be kind to her too. Please let me do this for you and your baby." Maggie stated in a kind but firm tone.

"Thank you so much. You won't regret this." Snow told her. Maggie nodded with a smile and asked Snow what her name is. Flashing back to a time when she had to use the name before Snow smiled and said, "Mary, you can call me Mary."

"Well, Mary let's get you fed and then I can show you where you will be staying for the time being." With that, she led Snow over to a booth and told her staff that she would get whatever she wanted free of charge. While Snow was seated, she looked around the strange place and she saw a very strange box that was making noise and had a scene playing on it. She decided to watch whatever it was and found it very amusing. 'Hmm, maybe I could like it here.' She thought.

Later that evening, Snow sat on her new bed and thought about David and hoped that he was safe, and when the curse that Regina had brought on their land that he remained safe. With those thougntsthoughts and a hand on her stomach, feeling her daughter kick, she whispered, "Don't worry, we will find you, we will always find you."

After the first couple of days, Snow started to feel comfortable in her new home, but not yet used to all the things they didn't have in the Enchanted Forest such as a television, or a telephone, and especially a car. On a trip with Maggie to get groceries, Snow had felt so out of place going 60 mph down a highway, even if she wasn't driving the strange thing. Snow had also begun to wonder when Emma was going to make her grand appearance into the world, as did Maggie. In preparation for when Emma was born, Maggie took Snow shopping for a pack and play, a car seat, clothes, cloth diapers, and any other things for her they could think of. Even though they took time out of their day for that, Snow continued to work and make sure that she earned everything that was being given to her. During the work day, Snow met several other employees that she started to think of as her friends. Amongst them was one of the other housekeepers, Samantha and she lived not far from the inn with her 10 year old son Marcus. There was also the chef named Timothy who always made sure that Snow sat down on her break and had something for a snack. Finally, there was Lindsey, Maggie's granddaughter who was turning 7 in a few weeks. The little girl was everything that Snow hoped Emma would be: kind, polite, beautiful, and generous. Within five minutes of meeting the girl, she asked if she could help Snow with anything. Even though the pain of not having David with her was always there, Snow felt that things were looking up for her.