A/N: Once Upon a Time is owned by ABC.

Chapter 1

NYC

Gold, Emma, and Henry were getting out of a cab in New York. Hot on the trail of Gold's son. Emma was replaying her debt to the awful man. Emma was in her element, this is what she did, finding people. Then she saw him, Neal Cassidy. Henry knew something was wrong with her the moment they set eyes on each other and then the man looked at Henry as if he was going to cry.

"Emma,"

"I don't have anything to say to you."

"Is that…"

"He's my son." Emma cut the man short then grabbed Henry's hand and pulled him away from the man. Henry looked back at the man, who was running his hand threw his hair.

"Who was that?"

"No one."

"Emma." The man came running up to them. "Is he mine, please just tell me, is he mine."

"He mine, that's all you need to, know."

"Let me explain please. Just give me 5 minutes and I will stay out of your life forever. "

"No." Emma said pulling Henry along.

"He's my dad isn't he, you said my father died, you lied to me."

"That isn't your father just the guy who got me pregnant."

"Maybe he wants to be."

"If he did he wouldn't have done the things he did to me." Emma said pulling Henry along, to find Gold.

"Gold we are out, I am going home figure this out all by yourself." Emma said grabbing Henry and hailing a cab. Emma had to get Henry as far away from Neal as she could. She wasn't going to let that man hurt her son the way he hurt her.

Story Brook

Regina sat in her study deep in thought; she was missing her son terribly. She tried to be the person he needed and wanted but in the end, he left her. She tried so hard to do the right thing. She even saved the person she hated most for him. It was already too late she lost him.

Regina was pulled from her thoughts by a noise she heard outside. It sounded like giggling and scratching at the same time. Regina walked outside to see a small child had climb up her apple tree. The child was trying to eat an apple but was having trouble. Regina walked into the house and got a knife, then went back outside and started to cut an apple up.

"Are you hungry, if you come down from there you can have a piece?" Regina said while eating a slice she cut. The child sat there for a moment then decided to climb down. The little girl had deep scars on the left side of her face; the same scars were on her left arm and hand. Her left arm looked like it had been broken and healed wrong. Regina could not believe she could climb a tree with it. Where her left eye should have been was deep, dark scar tissue. She had long ratty dirty raven colored hair, and her right eye was a navy blue. The girl was dressed in rags and was skin and bones.

At first, the child was terrified to come near the brunet, but Regina crouched down and held out a slice. The child ran up, took the offering then ran behind the tree. The child quickly ate the slice and poked her head out from behind the tree, and Regina offered her another slice. The child ran up and took the slice, but this time she stayed right by Regina. Regina ended up feeding the child the whole apple slice by slice. The child then hugged her.

"Flower, there you are." An Asian warrior was running and out of breath when she reached Regina and the girl, the girl ran to her and jumped in to her arms.

"Don't do that again, you had me worried sick. I should have known you would end up dirty and be able to find the only apple tree in this weird place." The woman said as the little girl hugged her and handed her a half-eaten slice of apple.

"Lonny, apple," the little girl said trying to smile with the good side of her face, and pointing to the tree. Regina stood up and walked over to the warrior.

"Ok who are you, and why are you dressed that way? You look absolutely ridiculous." Before the warrior could answer, Snow and Charming came running up to them. The girl buried her face in the warrior's shoulder as soon as she saw them approach.

"You found her." Charming said.

"Ok will someone please tell me what is going on here?"

"We have come from your old land. Snow and Emma said they had advanced healers here, and Flower needs one. I went to great lengths to get here."

"There not as advanced as you would think. I might be able to heal her with magic." Regina said to the warrior.

"Is it safe?" The woman said holding the child closer.

"Yeah it won't hurt her one bit."

"Do you really think that's a good idea. You gave up using magic." Snow said interrupting there conversation.

"I promised Henry I wouldn't use magic for evil, he is ok with me using it if I help people and I can't think of any reason I shouldn't try to fix the little girl.

"It's settled you heal her, and we will be on are way." The warrior handed the girl to Regina. Snow and Charming both looked surprised that the little girl did not run in fear of Regina.

"What." Regina said looking annoyed at Snow.

"She bites." Snow said, holding up her bandaged hand.

"And kicks," Charming added pointing to his black eye, Regina look down at the little girl who was now clinging to her.

"She was just a scared. She is usually a very sweet child; all of this is just very traumatic for her." The warrior added.

"I knew there was a reason I liked her." Regina smiled at all of them.

"This is a bad idea that thing is evil, look at her." Charming said to Snow when Regina and the warrior were walking to her house. Then the warrior pulled out her sword.

"Mind your tongue unless you want it cut out. Flower may not be able to speak very well but she can understand everything you say. "

"Mulan put your sword away, Charming says things without thinking." Snow said getting in front of her husband.

"I can't believe you are friends with her." Charming said looking at Snow.

"We were respected partners but friends we were not." Mulan said and turned to follow Regina into the house.

Regina sat the little girl down on a chair in the kitchen then went to her cabinet and took out her mother's magic book. As she searched for the right spell, Mulan came in and sat down next to the child. Regina found the spell she was looking for then walked over to the child. She had grown much more powerful since she absorbed the magic from the wishing well. She opened the page and had the girl put out her arm. She blew the spell at the child then focused all her magic on healing the child. A bright purple glow envelopes the room. When the smoke clears the child's arm remains the same. Regina tries again, with the same result.

"That's the most powerful healing spell I have, I don't understand why it's not working." Regina said starting to get frustrated with herself. "Whatever did this to her it was extremely powerful."

"Do you think anyone can heal her?"

"Gold maybe, but that will come at a price and he isn't in town right now. He is off with my son and Miss Swan." Regina said deep in thought.

NYC-

"I can't believe you lied to me, your no better than the evil queen and she at least wanted me. You never wanted me did you admit it. " Henry said.

"It's not like that, I was trying to protect you, he isn't a good person and I never wanted him to hurt you the way he hurt me."

"You said he was dead, not only is he alive but you could have found him and we could have been a real family you never wanted to be a family. You didn't even tell him about me. "

"It's not like that, you have a real family maybe not a conventional one, but it's a family."

"You and I are not a family."

"You have your mom, Snow and Charming. Trust me you don't need that guy in your life."

"Why do you hate him so much?"

"He set me up Henry, I though he loved me but he didn't. He framed me and I ended up in jail, pregnant, he is a thief. He isn't someone you need in your life." Emma said and Henry sat there thinking about everything for a long time.

"He left you he didn't leave me; it wasn't fair of you to make that choice for me. I just want to go home and see my mom, at least she wants me." Henry said not looking at Emma.

Story Brook

Regina decided that maybe the science of this world would be the only way to help the child.

"First you world travelers need to freshen up." Regina did not want ether for them getting into her car.

"You need to shower; I don't really want you in my car like that."

"I have no idea what ether of those things are." Mulan said.

"The shower is in my bedroom 3 doors down, on the right it's like a magic spring where if you turn the handle water comes out. So go wash up and then I will show you what a car is."

On her way to the shower, she knocked over the remote control and the T.V. turned on startling Mulan. Without any hesitation, she stabbed the T.V. It sparked and Mulan yelled it causing Regina to run in the room.

"Ok, I'm taking your sword away and give me any daggers. You can have all your weapons when you leave town. You're going to end up electrocuting yourself. If I let you die the Charming's will literally have my head."

"I don't think I will ever understand this world."

"Yeah I know what you mean; it took me years to figure everything out. My first day here I started a fire, broke several appliances, and thought the toilet was a weird little sink. Do not wash your hands in the toilet; it's to relive yourself by the way. I would just stand there staring at objects while everyone knew what they were. It gets easier here trust me. "

"I have no idea what you are taking about," Mulan said.

"I will show you things are actually much easier in this world then they appear." Regina left Mulan to shower.

While Mulan was in the shower, Regina gave Flower a bath. Flower had even more scars covering her back. Flower was smiling and playing with the bubbles. Regina thought that the child was adorable, scars and all.

"Bubble, bubble, bubble," Flower keep repeating as Regina washed her hair, and played with one of Henry's old toys. After Flower's bath, Regina tried to get all the tangles out but could not so she opted to cut it to the child's shoulders. Regina got her to hold still by giving her apple slices.

When Mulan came out of the shower, Flower was in Regina lap playing with a toy. Mulan could not believe what she was seeing. With the child's hair, short and clean, it was a shiny black just like the older woman and seeing the two sitting there, they looked like mother and daughter.

"She looks like she could be your child." Mulan said shaking her head.

"I know the more I look at her she reminds me so much of myself."

Regina set up an appointment with Dr. Whale that day. On the way out to the car Mulan and Flower both stopped when Regina told them to get in.

"You want me to get into the Iron demon with the glowing eyes."

"This is a car, not a demon think of it like a magic carriage that happens to be made out of metal. It's perfectly safe. I even have Henrys old booster set still. Flower can use it." Regina said as she started putting the booster sit in car. The she picked up the child and strapped her in. Mulan was not so sure about the metal carriage but she promised herself she would do anything to help the child.

"I fought a nine tailed demon fox I can do this too." She said under her breath then got in the car.

Dr. Whale assessed the child, checked her vital signs, and drew some blood. Regina talked to Dr. Whale privately his office while Mulan stayed with Flower. "Her labs are all normal; I have taken some tissue samples and sent them off to be tested as well. I don't know what's causing the scars. I have never seen anything like. They are not burns and it doesn't look like trauma. It is seem like it's some kind of autoimmune diseases. There is a specialist in Augusta I can recommend. She is very good with strange skin conditions. I also know a few plastic surgeons who might be able help reconstruct her face. Her arm is going to have to be re-broken; the injury is on her growth plate. She going to need to see an orthopedic who specializes in that kind of trauma. She's going to need multiple surgeries just to have somewhat normal function in her hand. I never thought I would be saying this but you know her condition is most likely magic. No matter how many Doctors you take her to, I doubt they will be able to help her. Regina do you think maybe you're biting off more than you can chew. This kid has some serious help problems."

"I understand everything you just said but I have to try. Give me the number and address to the Doctor in Augusta we will leave immediately. "

"Is she yours, she has his eye color. Is that why you want to help her so much?"

"How do you remember that?"

"He ripped my arm off I remember everything about his face. You didn't answer the question."

"I don't recall having a daughter, but you know as well as I do that doesn't mean anything. I want to help her because no child should have to through life like that."

"Do you want me to find out, if she's yours?"

"Yes."