Disclaimer: I do not own Once Upon a Time.

Prologue

"Emma!" Lily screamed as Emma stepped into the car which was going to take her back to the life she hated.

She had trusted Lily, had thought she was like her.

An orphan.

Someone who understood her.

Her friend.

Her best friend.

Someone who had her back.

But she had a family... A foster family! Something Emma had spent most of her life dreaming of having!

But a foster family she hated...

A foster family she was planning on running away from! Just as the door was about to shut, Emma dived out of the car and ran towards where Lily was still hanging out of the window of the other car. Lily's foster-father had just started the engine and Lily smiled through the tears, which were running down her face.

As the car started to move, Emma ran as fast as she could. Behind her, her social worker was yelling and the police officers got out of their car, thinking Emma was trying to run away again. Emma finally reached the car and grabbed the piece of paper from Lily's out-stretched hand. Hiding the piece of paper in the pocket of her jacket, Emma turned and walked back over to the car she had escaped from.

She and Lily had made and promise and Emma didn't plan on braking it, not now, not ever. They were going to be friends for life.

They were both orphans at heart.

They both understood each other.

They were friends.

They were best friends.

They had each other's backs.

Emma made a silent oath, as soon as everything had calmed down, she was going to find Lily and they were going to find a family that loved them. Somewhere they didn't feel invisible. Somewhere the bigger kids didn't steal their food... Somewhere, where they would be happy.

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Hey, this is my first 'Once Upon a Time' fan fiction, so I hope you like it! Until next time,

Blessed be,

TreeOfLife1997.