There is no way I can make this sound original, ever. An attempt to write a believable RrB/PpG in high school fic. Rated M because teenagers use terrible language. "Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal." - Camus

AU: He's the charming, out of control frontman of one of the most successful bands in the world. She's a hard-working rising actress. Sometimes it's hard to find out what's real and what's make-believe when fame's in the game.

Dr Helga Pataki, 24-year-old college graduate, faces her first challenge as PS118's new child psychologist – counselling Angela Sanderson, the very mirror image of Helga's younger self.

AU; Hook delays the curse. 20 years later, the Enchanted Forest is falling into turmoil, but all Emma wants is chance to end the death threats and figure out why magic is suddenly manifesting inside of her. Opportunity arrives when she strikes a deal with Hook, but inevitable changes are coming and Emma begins to see that while the curse may be escapable, the final battle isn't.

In a desperate attempt to put as many leagues between themselves and Hook, Emma and her companions find themselves stumbling into Rothbart's territory; a crazy magician with a less than healthy obsession with swans.