Fairytale Ending

Hey fans, the reason I am having the cast working on season 3 is because at this point in time the actors for Snow White and Prince Charming do not have a son together yet. And I have no idea what those amazing writers are planning for season 4. Anyways I know I've done this before, but trust me this story is going to be a bit darker for poor little Emma, but don't worry there's always a light at the end of the tunnel. I have a feeling this might be my longest story yet so long as those lovely reviews keep the inspiration in me alive. ;)

Chapter 1

Ten year old genius Emma Swan was getting ready for high school, that's right high school. Despite coming from a broken background she knew that the only way she could hope for a brighter future was through education. She started reading at a very young age, thanks to the only kind foster mother she ever had.

"Get your ass down here Emma, now!"

The ten year old sighs and glances at her mirror one last time to make sure her look was decent. She had on old torn up blue jeans, a black t-shirt that had the words Shatter Me on the front with the names Lindsey Stirling and Lzzy Hale on the back, sneakers, and her favorite old red hoodie. Knowing that this was the best she could do, she quickly but carefully grabs her black backpack and heads down the stairs.

"About damn time, some of us have to work around here you know" Her foster mother grumbles. This woman who constantly made Emma's life hell was no princess. She was about 5ft 5inches tall, thin, had a perfect tan, long red hair, with light green eyes. She was actually really pretty but she constantly brought home random guys overnight. Emma ignores her and is about to open the pantry so that she could grab herself an apple but the older woman quickly pulls her by her long blonde hair causing her to cry out. "What do you think you are doing?" She questions angrily.

Emma flinches and looks down at her feet once the woman finally released her grip on her. "I…I…wa…was…hu…hungry" She stutters quietly. Emma hated talking, not only was she painfully shy, but her speech was far from perfect.

"Oh you were hungry! Well maybe next time you'll remember this feeling when you decide not to get all your chores done before dinner" The hateful woman growls. Emma looks up at her with pleading eyes, but Angie huffs and walks over to the counter to grab her purse. "Let's go. I can't have the perfect little genius being late for school" She sneers.

Emma nods and follows her foster mother out the door. She knew trying to argue with the fact that she had a lot of homework last night would be completely pointless.

When they made it to the school parking lot the girl couldn't hop out of the old pick-up truck fast enough. She turns to look up at her foster who just glares at her as Emma closes the door and she finally drives away. Emma sighs tiredly.

"No way, you have to be lying!"

Emma blinks and glances over at the voices who have caught her attention. To her right where a bunch of juniors hanging out by their cars, Emma didn't know any of them personally. But they looked like a bunch of cheerleaders and jocks to her.

"I'm not, the Once Upon a Time cast is coming here today!"

Her heart pounds heavily against her chest at hearing this; that clearly had to be some kind of made up rumor. Once Upon a time was Emma's favorite show! It was the only thing she watched on TV. Although normally Emma was known to be a quiet girl at school except when having to answer questions in class she had to find out if this rumor was real or not. Despite being terrified of strangers she silently demands her pounding heart to calm down and slowly makes her way over to the small group.

"Umm…umm ex…excuse…me" Emma tries really hard not to stutter, but knew that was a complete fail.

Five pair of eyes turned to look down at her. There were three boys, and two girls.

"Who are you?" The tallest boy questions. All three boys wore a football school jersey, jeans, and sneakers. The tallest looked way above 6ft tall, he was very muscular, had short dirty blonde hair, and light brown eyes.

"I think that's the genius kid everyone was talking about at the beginning of the year" The raven hair girl speaks. She was about 5ft 3inches tall, she also had light brown eyes and wore a short skirt, heels, and a tight top, much like her friend who was probably just an inch or two shorter than her.

"What you want little one? Some candy or something?" Another jock snickers.

"Todd stop picking on the kid" She punches his arm.

"Owe damn it Lil I was just kidding" Todd grumbles. Todd was only about an inch shorter than the muscular looking jock who first spoke, he also had dirty blonde hair, but with light blue eyes.

"What you need sweetheart?" Lil asks with a friendly smile.

Emma isn't sure if the teenager is being genuinely kind or not, it was sometimes hard to tell with teenagers, but all she cared about was the information she wanted from them. "Umm…umm….I he…heard you….say….th…that….the…Once…Up…on a Ti…me…cast…..was com…ing…..here" Emma was exhausted, talking took too much work.

"What's with the stuttering, I thought you were some kind of genius"

"Knock it off Sam" Sam, the tallest jock receives a punch in the arm.

"Owe! Damn it Rose I was just curious" Sam grumbles annoyed.

"Not so fun is it" Todd mocks.

Rose ignores the boys as she rolls her hazel green eyes, Emma notices the red high lights in her short black hair. "Sorry about them they can be idiots"

"Anyway you were asking about the Once Upon a time cast right? Are you a fan?" Lil asks.

Emma nods shyly.

"Well today's your lucky day kid" The tallest jock speaks again.

Rose grins. "Yeah, the whole main cast is actually coming here at River high!" Rose throws her arms in excitement and Emma can't believe it.

"Really?...B…but…w…why?" She tilts her head curiously.

"Apparently because they want to film their third season here. Since we have so much land in this old town the writers of the show thought our town would be perfect. They're going to set up a Storybrooke look-a-like over here and use our forest for the Enchanted scenes as well as the Neverland scenes, it certainly is big enough, and I guess use the extra space for new places they may possibly want to write into the series" Lil explained excitedly all in one breath.

"Dang Lil breathe why don't you"

"Oh hush Jim, you know you are just as excited as I am" Lil huffs and folds her arms over her chest.

"But…are…they…co…coming…h…here…to…the…sch…school?" Emma stutters still in disbelief.

"Yup, apparently they need more extras so there going all over town announcing the news and letting people know" Rose chirps in happily.

"When?"

"When will they be here?" Rose asks. Emma nods. "Good question" Everyone looks over at Lil.

"What?! You all act like I know everything"

"Oh please Lil, there isn't nothing that goes on in this town that you don't know about. You always have the latest gossip" Rose rolls her eyes.

Lil grins playfully. "Well there are perks to being the mayor's daughter after all. Anyway my dad did say that they would be here around lunch time" she finally answers.

"This is so exciting! So kid who's your favorite character?" Everyone looks at her and she blinks suddenly feeling nervous.

"Umm…umm" She looks down at the ground. "I don't…really…ha..ve…a…fav…favorite…I like…th…them…all"

"Ah that's so lame, Regina is obviously the coolest" Lil says excitedly.

"No way! Ella Star is the coolest!" (Ella Star will be the main character's name in Once Upon a time, since Emma Swan is the main character in this story)

Now that she had her information Emma really wanted to just slowly back away and disappear, but she wondered if she could without the teens wondering why she wanted to leave. She just simply wasn't good with people. She knew that if she was around someone long enough they would eventually grow tired of her, frustrated with her, maybe even beat her, it's just how her life has always been. Nobody ever wanted to be with her for long, she would most likely always be alone, but at least when your alone people can't hurt you.

"Umm…tha…thank…you for…tel…telling me…abo…about…th…the…cas…cast…I have to…go…to…my…loc…locker…no…now" Emma quietly announces to the chattering group.

"No problem sweetie, hope you get to meet all your favorites today" Lil winks with a smile. Emma nods shyly before finally making her way into the school. By her observation she could see that those teenagers weren't too mean, the girls were very kind maybe a bit airheaded but kind. As for the boys Emma didn't sense any hateful nature from them, just most likely really obnoxious and prideful.

Once inside she sighs tiredly, why did talking have to feel like such a chore for her? All she wanted was to be normal like everyone else, but after the years of abuse she felt like she was constantly walking on egg shells. She was always afraid that she was going to say the wrong things, sometimes if someone yells at her enough she's been known to have panic attacks.

The day started out as a normal typical day, but all throughout her morning classes she constantly heard her older peers gossiping about the Once Upon a Time cast coming to visit the school later. It was exciting to think she might actually get to meet her favorite actors, but also terrifying. What if they hated her stuttering, what if they thought she was annoying, most people did. When lunch did finally roll around Emma was grateful that there was free food at school, it was the only time she really ever got to have anything anymore. Her stomach growled angrily at her for denying it food. The weekends were always the worst; it wasn't rare that her foster mother wouldn't allow her any food for the whole weekend, she was lucky enough to be allowed to have water at least. But that was because she would get water from the sink in the bathroom that she used upstairs. Her foster mother's master bedroom was downstairs.

When she got herself a tray of food which was filled with an apple, a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, a small bag of chips, and a small cup of white milk. Normally she would just eat the sandwich and stash the chips and apple into her backpack as a late night snack to eat at home after her foster mother went out, or fell asleep completely wasted.

Once she finished her sandwich alone, she stashed the apple and chips into her backpack. She jumps when she suddenly hears her peers cheering and screaming. When Emma turns to look over at the front entrance of the cafeteria her eyes are stunned, it was the cast of Once Upon a Time! There was Jennifer Morrison who played Ella Star, Lana Parrilla who played Regina, Josh Dallas who played prince Charming, and Jareed S Gilmore who played Henry! But before she could even react, the other students quickly rush over to the actors as she was slowly getting up from her seat. During the chaos she is knocked down to the ground which causes her to flinch in pain from her beaten body. She tries to get up but the noise and the constant movement of her peers caused her to freeze in fear. Once the students were all pretty far on the other side of the cafeteria Emma couldn't even see her idols over the sea of students anymore. Fighting back frustrated tears she carefully pushes herself off the ground but not without her body screaming at her in protest. When she was finally up Emma carefully had to lift her backpack off the ground and place it back over her shoulder. She fees her back screaming in agony, as well as her swore arms cried out to her. If she could just go a few nights without a cruel beating then maybe she wouldn't feel so weak and fragile all the time. Emma glares at the screaming students with annoyance before finally leaving the cafeteria through the back doors . Sure she would have loved to been able to say hi to the celebrities, but she knew that with her small size and bruised body she would never be able to get through the chaotic fans. When Emma steps outside she breathes a heavy sigh of sadness. All she wanted to was escape, she didn't even want to deal with school today, not when she felt like she was broken.

"I said no!"

Emma blinks when a shout of protest catches her attention. Judging by the direction the tone was coming from she makes her way around the small school and can't believe her eyes. In the empty parking lot aside from the cars stood Ginnifer Goodwin and Meghan Ory, the stars who played Snow White and Red Riding Hood! Emma hides behind a tree that isn't far from the two actresses and pokes her head out so that she can hear what the ladies are saying. The actress Ginnifer Goodwin and she looked angry as she spoke on her cell phone, while the other actress Meghan Ory looked concerned.

"I don't care how much they want to pay me, I am not letting that reporter ask questions about my past!" She hangs up on the other person and sighs heavily.

"You ok?" Meghan asks carefully.

"Just tired. Do we really have to do this today of all days? I love seeing the fans, but"

Meghan places a comforting hand on her coworker and friend. "Lana said that this was the last place, after that we get to hang out and do whatever we want for the next week before we start filming"

Emma couldn't believe what was she was seeing, she was actually seeing some of her favorite characters without any screaming fans nearby. Her mind screamed at her to go over to them and introduce herself, but her heart pounded violently and she was afraid the gorgeous stars wouldn't want anything to do with her.

"But today of all days Meghan" The actress looks at her companion with pleading eyes. Emma can see a great deal of sadness in those forest green eyes. She feels bad for the woman who gave her hope when she watched Once Upon a Time. "She would be about 10 years old now Meg" The woman quickly wipes away stubborn tears. She couldn't let herself break down like this, not when she was about to be surrounded by her fans.

Emma's heart pounds heavily as she watches Meghan try and comfort her friend. She couldn't stand to see the beautiful actress crying like this, she had to do something. An idea pops into her head as she carefully swings her backpack in front of her so that she can unzip it as the strap still hangs on her shoulder. She takes out her sketch book and flips through some of her old art work. A smile appears when she sees the sketch of Snow White, Prince Charming, and baby Ella in her arms smiling. She did this piece of sketch just a few months ago when things had gotten really bad for her, drawing helped Emma feel like she could escape her world, like she did when she watched Once Upon a Time. She rips the page carefully out of the sketch book and places the sketch book back into her backpack. As Emma finally makes her way over to the stars her body goes stiff when they turn around and see her coming. Ginnifer Goodwin quickly wipes away the tears with her arm as she turns away from Emma's gaze completely surprised at being caught. Emma silently screamed in her mind for her legs to move, but she just couldn't believe it, she was just a few steps away from two people who have brought light into her dark world but she just couldn't move.

Emma uses her free hand to shyly wave at them. "Umm…h…h….hi" She stutters as her cheeks redden.

Meghan gives the child a small smile and walks over to the girl while she allows Ginnifer some space. "Hi there little one. What are you doing here at the high school?" She questions as she kneels down to Emma's level. Emma stares in awe as she gets a closer look at the beautiful actress. Her long dark hair was straighten down perfectly, those bright green eyes looked so kind and inviting. She wore expensive looking clothes. She wore a red long sleeve sheer shirt, black leather pants, black laced boots, and a studded bracelet, it was one of the outfits Emma recognized from the show!

Unable to say anything she holds out her piece of artwork to the actress. Green eyes look at the sketch and is stunned, the details put into the artwork was amazing. As she holds the paper she looks back at the shy quiet girl. "Did you do this?" She asks stunned. Emma nods and looks down at the ground wishing she wasn't so nervous. She didn't want to stutter in front of these people. What if they couldn't stand her speech problem, not many people had much patient for her, the teachers here were only able to tolerate her because of her genius status. "This is amazing!" Meghan praises with a beautiful smile. This causes Emma to look up at the actress completely surprised by the praising words. Emma has never been praised for anything, not even reaching high school at such a young age. People just saw her as another genius kid gaining attention, someone who was trying to look better than normal kids. She never tried to appear better than anyone, she just wanted to get out of the foster care system as fast as she possibly could and she knew that instead of just having to wait until she was 18 the quickest way was through studying every minute she was able to. While she wasn't studying she was drawing. It was usually just cartoon like sketches at first, but when she turned 8 she started working on real life people and found that to be extremely challenging which she loved, it helped improve her art skills. The woman turns her head over to Ginnifer Goodwin who was finally making her way over to the actress and child. "Gin you have to see this" Meghan stands up so that her friend can get a good look at the artwork.

"She did this?" Gin asks with wide eyes while taking the sketch into her hands. Emma sees that Gin's clothes look just as expensive as Meghan's but it's nothing she's seen from the show. She wore a pretty white dress with a V-neck and pocket detailing on the side, as well as light grey Christian Louboutin pumps.

"Yeah, pretty amazing huh? I could barely stay in the lines when I colored in those coloring books at her age" Meghan shakes her head in awe as she places her hands on her hips.

"How old are you deer?" Gin asks with a warm mother like tone.

Emma blinks, why did she just think that her voice reminded her of a mother's gentleness? She wouldn't even know what a that was like. "Umm…u…umm…10"She stutters with a heavy sigh. Here she was with two beautiful amazing actresses and she couldn't even talk normal just this once! Emma looks down in shame, unable to look at them. "S…so…sorry…I…I….stt…stu….stutter" She explains softly and shamefully.

This time it is Gin who kneels down to the child's level. "Hey it's nothing to be ashamed of sweetheart. You're stuttering is a part of who you are; which is apparently a very talented young girl. I have no doubt that you can draw better than most adults out there in this world. I know for certain that I could never draw something this amazing. Do you think I could keep this, I could pay you for it"

Emma's head snaps up and her eyes go wide. "Yo…you…wa..want…m…my…a…art?"

"Sure do, and I would love your signature on it to. I have no doubt that you'll become famous one day" Gin winks at the speechless Emma.

"Gin, don't you think we should find this child's parents?" Meghan questions.

"Oh yes of course. Sweetie what are you doing at the high school? I'm sure the elementary teachers must be freaking out over you" The woman says calmly as she hands a pen from out of her pocket over to the child.

Emma signs her name on the sketch and hands it as well as the pen back to the actress. "I…g…go….h…here" she explains.

"What do you mean you go here?" Meghan asks with curiosity in her tone.

Emma smiles shyly. "I…umm…I'm…kin…kind…o…of…a…geni…genius" She shrugs.

"So you can draw, and you're a kid genius. Is there anything you can't do?" Meghan winks with a playful grin.

Emma blinks unsure of how to answer that. "Gin, are you and Meghan coming, the bell is about to ring and the students will be going back to their classes soon" Emma turns around and she can't believe her eyes. It was Lana Parrilla! Emma absolutely loved Regina's story in Once Upon a Time and she couldn't believe that she was looking at another one of her role models. Just like the other actresses Emma is mesmerized by the beautiful clothing she wore. Lana was dressed in a gorgeous black and white jacquard blazer top, black leather pants, and patent leather peep-toe pumps. She had her hair in a bobby-pinned updo with long side swept bangs.

"Lana you have to meet this kid, she's a genius and a talented artist!" Meghan praises excitedly.

Emma blushes when those dark chocolate eyes meet hers. "Hi sweetie, I hope my friends haven't bothered you too much" Lana smiles kindly. Again Emma felt as though her smile was genuine. Usually she could easily see through a person's false smile, she could also sense when someone was a threat to her. However while being with these people even for just a short while she hadn't felt any sense of danger or fake kindness.

"Look at this Lana, this little girl drew this all on her own" Gin hands the drawing over to her friend.

Eyes instantly go wide with awe, once again she looks at the quiet little girl. "You did this, by yourself?" Emma nods quietly. She still couldn't believe she was talking with these people, well they were doing most of the talking but still. It was Ginnifer Goodwin, Meghan Ory, and Lana Parrilla! She was sure that her heart was pounding loud enough that they could probably hear it.

"Your name's Emma?" Lana asks as she looks at the name written on the drawing. Gin glances at the name again completely surprised for she hadn't really looked at the name yet during her encounter with the child. There written on the beautiful sketch at the bottom right hand corner was the name Emma Swan. That name made her heart ache with a painful memory; her eyes looked as though they had become lost in the past. Emma instantly noticed the sudden change at Gin's attitude, she was always good at reading people, it's saved her on more than one occasion. Emma walks closer to the actress after nodding to Lana and gently pulls on her dress to gain her attention.

Gin blinks back tears that had been threatening to fall. "A…a…are…y…you…ok?" Emma stutters in her quiet voice.

Gin smiles sadly at the small child and nods. "I'm alright sweetheart, I was just lost in thought for a moment sorry about that" She answers calmly. Meghan and Lana share a concern look. Suddenly there is a loud ring that causes Emma to jump which causes her to flinch from her banged up body. "Oh dear it looks like we missed everything" Gin regretfully announces. "I'm so sorry Lana, it's just that Meghan and I were having such a nice conversation here with Emma" Gin smiles at the little girl and all her sadness is gone in an instant. Emma worries that the woman is hiding some kind of pain, but she doesn't ask, she didn't want to annoy the kind actress.

"Yeah this kid is really cool" Meghan grins.

"It's no big deal, the fans were plenty satisfied with who was there. We should get going though" says Lana.

"Oh yes, and this little one needs to get going to class as well" Gin gives Emma a friendly warning tone.

"She's a genius Gin, she could probably skip the class and still pass" Meghan replies.

"Genius or not she still has to go to class" Gin shakes her head at her friends teasing.

Emma smiles as she watches the three friends while wondering what it would be like to have friends like this. "I..it…wa..was…n…n…nice…mee…meeting…you…a…all" Emma once again talks in her tiny voice. These actresses may have been nice, but she was still insanely shy and always scared that she may say the wrong thing. So if spoke low enough and someone asks what she said in angry tone it would give her the chance to quickly change her answer.

"It was really nice to meet you to Emma. Thank you again for this amazing artwork, I can't wait to show it to Josh. He'll love it"

"Have a good day sweetie" Lana smiles.

"Yeah go kick those older kid's butts with your academic skills" Meghan cheers.

"Meghan!" Gin gasp.

"What?" She grins at her friend innocently. Gin and Lana just shake their heads. Emma smiles and wishes she didn't have to go but she was going to run late at this point if she didn't hurry. Ignoring the aching cries that came from her body Emma picks up her walking speed but not quite running as she waves goodbye to the stars and heads back towards the school. When she reaches to her class just barely making it in time she takes a seat in the back due to the front row already being filled. The child could feel her heart earning to return back to the parking lot to the wonderfully kind celebrities, but she knew they would be long gone by now and had probably already forgotten about her. She was simply just another fan they had to entertain, though very kind that was how they always acted towards their fans. And although the kindness wasn't an act, she wasn't anything special and they were around plenty of fans all the time. She was just another number in the fan pole, for them to remember her would be incredible. But even if they didn't remember she felt truly grateful that she got to meet them. She didn't have any autographs or pictures, but what she had was something more precious than any of those things, she had a happy memory. This would be a memory that she would never forget, when things get bad again at home she would put her mind back into the happiest moment of her life and it would help her make it through the painful moments that were destined to come.

During the rest of the day the teachers and students couldn't stop talking about the famous appearance from the Once Upon a Time cast. As for Emma she hated it when the day had finally ended as she gathered up the books she needed from her locker. Although she hated coming to school when her body was constantly aching, it was still better than being home. When she made it outside to the parking lot after gathering everything for tonight's homework she saw the familiar pick-up truck her foster mother drove. The woman was texting on her phone while she parked near the school, Emma sighed she knew that she was most likely texting to another random boyfriend. When Emma carefully hops into the truck the woman looks at her than places her phone down.

"Took you long enough. I got a date tonight so you won't have to worry about dinner. But I expect the rest of the chores to be done tonight. I don't want my new man toy coming home to a dirty place now do I" She grins cruelly.

Emma nods and looks down at the floor of the truck as Angie starts up the engine and pulls out of the parking lot. While on the way home Emma couldn't stop picturing the beautiful warm inviting smiles the famous celebrities gave her, she already missed Meghan Ory's playful attitude, Lana's gentle voice, and Gin's genuine kindness. It would be so nice to be able to see them again, even if only for just a few minutes but Emma knew that it would never happen. Sure they would be living in River Town while they worked on their new season, but she was certain that her chances of her running into them would be next to none. They would be on the fancier side of River Town, an area Emma has never been to. Emma sighed as she closed her eyes and leaned her head against the window. She replayed the happy memory over and over knowing that once she got home her fairytale would be over.

Gin was grateful to finally be back at the hotel. The day had been long meeting the fans all over River Town as a thank you for allowing them to record their show here, and letting folks know about the auditions for extras. The hotel that she and the rest of her coworkers were staying at was insanely gorgeous and the most expensive hotel in River Town. It was at least 13 stories high, it was a brick building hotel, though the place is one of the oldest buildings in River Town it was beautiful inside, completely modernize while keeping the history of the town alive as well. Among the wall had pictures of the important people from River Town's past.

"Gin you ok?" Lana asks concerned.

Gin blinks as she looks up at her friend. They had just entered the elevator to head for their rooms. The rest of the group were either at the bar or hanging out with Jared in the game room. "I'm fine" Gin replies with confused eyes.

"It's just, you haven't stopped looking at that picture since we left the school" Lana points out.

Gin sighs as she leans back against the wall in the elevator while it slowly moves up to the top floor. "Her name surprised me, that's all" Ginnifer finally explains.

"I thought that's what it was. You know that she isn't her right" Lana says carefully. She knew how hard this topic could be for her friend.

"I know, I know. My Emma is long dead, but she would have been that Emma's age. I can't believe it's been 8 years to this day when I lost my sweet baby girl" Gin tries to fight back the tears, but the aching emotions of a childless mother became too much. She had been putting on a brave face all day, especially for her husband. She knew that this day was just as painful for him as it was for her. Lana places a comforting arm around her friend and allows the woman to cry on her shoulders. The older woman wished that she could somehow help her friend, but all she could do right now was be there for her. It was strange that they met such a unique little girl with the same name and age that Gin's own daughter would have been. But both woman knew it was impossible to be anything more than a coincidence. There was no doubt that Emma Dallas had died tragically when she was just a tiny toddler.

To Be Continued!