DISCLAIMER! I do not own any of these characters the writers of Once Upon A Time and Disney do!

David is not mentioned or 'seen' in this chapter as it is mainly an introduction to Regina, Snow and Emma and some bits and pieces of their backgrounds. :) This story will be updated every Tuesday so… enjoy :)

"Regina, you up yet?" Emma knocked on the brunette's door before growing impatient and twisting the doorknob and pushing the door open. "Yo Mills, wakey wakey." A low groan was heard from under the sheets as the white covers were ripped off of Regina's body.

She jumped from her bed in shock, cold air hitting her used to be warm skin as she rubbed her eyes of sleep and mentally wished death upon her friend. "What the hell, Emma?" She groaned, her body warming up slowly as let out a big yawn and relaxed while Emma stared at her with annoyance, an emotion the brunette mirrored.

"Regina… it's eight fifteen! Our first class starts at nine-thirty and I know how long you take plus it's a ten minute drive from our apartment to the campus." The brunette rolled her eyes at Emma who was already dressed and packed to go.

"Calm down, Em. I've already picked out my outfit and I can't be bothered to put on a huge amount of makeup so we've got plenty of time."

Regina slipped off her bed, her feet touching the cold wooden flooring before exiting her room and into the hallway. Emma had walked the other direction and into the kitchen, leaving Regina to get ready.

The brunette walked to the end of the hall and rolled her eyes as she heard faint humming coming from inside the bathroom. She knocked on the door with some force. "Come on, Snow. I need to get in there." No answer. She knocked a little harder before the door swung open.

The petite brunette rolled her eyes and huffed. "I heard you the first time, Mills. The bathroom is all yours." She padded away back into her room with her towel wrapped tightly around her body. Unfortunately, the three girls only had one bathroom between them meaning none of them got long in the shower every morning which is why Emma started showering in the evening and got up before the two other women to get ready so her time in the bathroom was extended. Regina and Snow would have done the same in the morning but neither of them could be bothered to wake up at six every morning and they secretly enjoyed the banter they shared each day.

Once they were all ready they hopped into Emma's yellow bug which was given to her on her eighteenth birthday from her parents. Although she never saw much of them after that as they were always travelling around the world after they both retired and received their pensions. Emma was adopted by them at the age of thirteen and they were the only parents the blonde ever knew as her biological parents passed away in a car crash when Emma was only a few months old. Fortunately, Emma was staying with her grandparents, whom she doesn't visit very often, so she never sustained any injuries.

Emma met Regina and Snow when she was fourteen while in the playground after her parent enrolled her into a public school. Regina and Snow were sitting on the grass as they had known each other since they were little and Emma was new so she asked if they could join them and the two girls happily accepted the new girl into their 'group'. Ever since then the three girls were inseparable, they applied for the same university and they were all accepted, it was a miracle as the chances of them all being accepted were slim. They gathered all their pennies together and bought a three-bedroom apartment. Luckily their parents agreed to pay for their enrollment at Boston University. They were lucky they started working at Granny's diner which was only fifteen minutes away from the university so they could earn money instead of their parents paying for everything. The three of them started at the age of sixteen and that's where they met Ruby Lucas, the granddaughter of the woman who owned the diner, Granny, or as others call her, Eugenia.

They were known as the core four. Ruby had decided she didn't want to go to college and although Granny wasn't all too happy with it, it meant she could keep an eye on the tall brunette through the day as she now worked at the diner full time. Ruby was known to be the party animal in the group, always getting into trouble and had no care in the world. In their group, she was easily Ginger Spice.

Emma was known as Sporty Spice and a little of Scary Spice as the blonde aspired to be a police officer, like her dad, her adoptive father before he got shot and had to retire but he thankfully had an honourable discharge as he saved many lives in a shooting in a mall. Only two people were injured, Emma's dad and someone else but everyone else was fine. Thankfully, Emma's dad was there on a break and was one floor above where the first shot was fired and he quickly intervened before anyone else was shot.

Snow was Baby Spice, she was innocent and was the anchor of the group, whenever there were any fights, even if it included Snow, she would be the first to apologize or bring everyone back together again. That girl always hated controversy.

Lastly, Regina was Posh Spice. She always had perfect grades and acted quickly in serious situations. If there was ever a fight she never argued, she explained. She was the mature one in the group and mainly wore dresses or had a blouse tucked into a pair of black high waisted black jeans. It was just how she was raised.

But no matter how different they all were, they loved each other to death and always stuck by one another. Through break ups, deaths of pets or loved ones and bullies, the rest of the group had ice cream and a stack of movies ready for comfort.

Now here they were, pulling up into the University parking lot where they started their last year of Uni, it was scary and hard work but they were all ready to become the best versions of themselves they could be and to graduate to live their dreams.

Ruby was set on owning the diner and running it after Granny passed. Emma was ready to be a police officer, she had already taken up training from her dad's buddies part-time after school and enrolled in a police academy on the weekends. She was lucky the University held a self-defence class every Friday after school so she kept the muscle in her bones. Snow aspired to be a teacher, she loved kids and even babysat a few throughout the years to earn more cash for movie nights with the girls. And finally, Regina, she didn't know what she wanted to be yet. Which is why she took a wide range of classes for choices. Chemistry which she excelled at, English Lit, Higher Mathematics and Art. The last one was purely a hobby which she enjoyed. She didn't know if she wanted to be a teacher or a writer. She was leaning more towards a teacher in College, mainly for maths as she loved maths and chemistry. Her four chosen subjects were the ones she was best at which is partly the reason why she chose them because then she knew her last year of University wouldn't hold too much stress.

Emma parked her bug and sighed as she turned off the engine. The three of them staring at the large building in front of them. "You guys ready for the last year of University ever in our lives?" Snow asked, looking between the two women in the front seat who looked just as nervous as she did.

"Well… we can't just sit here the whole time, can we? Let's go, classes start in twenty and I want to get my schedule and pick my seat." Regina replied, although not actually answering Snow's question. They exited the bug and made their way towards the front doors. Students already hanging outside with their friends while waiting for the bell to ring.

The three women walked through the halls in comfortable silence as they made their way to the administration office which they could already see had a line. They realized then that they weren't the only ones who forgot to print out their schedule before this morning. Although the three girls weren't surprised, it was like this every year and every year they stood in line for a good five minutes to receive their schedules. Yes, they could always take a screenshot and save it on their phones but some teachers, like the Art teacher wouldn't allow you to have your phones in class and you only had five minutes to get to your other class so you were better off having it on a piece of paper but you would eventually get the timetable imprinted in your brain in two weeks so you'd just have to be careful and not lose that one slip of paper by then.

"So, what are your guys' classes for today?" Emma asked, looking up at the girls in front of her. "I've got Art, Journalism an hour of lunch, Education, a study hour then maths." The blonde took a deep breath as she finished her sentence then stuffed the piece of paper in her back pocket.

"I've got Art, English Lit double Lunch then Education then a study hour. Ugh, so we're not in the same Education class. Alteast we have art together, what about you Regina?" Snow replied, she's taking classes she would usually never take except for Education which is why she only chose three

"Mmm, art, higher-level chemistry, double lunch, English Lit then maths. I'm allowed to have a study hour after maths but it's best if we all only do six hours so we finish at the same time. Plus, I could use my double lunch for a bit of studying." Regina said, following Snow and Emma's actions by stuffing her schedule into the back pocket of her jeans. "But hey, at least our lunches intertwine, even if we only got an hour of lunch with you Em. Plus, we all have art first lesson together and Emma and I have high maths together, right Em? Or are you just doing normal maths?"

Emma hummed before replying to Regina. "I'm doing higher, might as well." Regina nodded before facing Snow. "Unfortunately we only have Art together, Snow but at least we have the same double lunch so on the second hour it's just you and me. But hopefully next semester our classes will be the same when the new schedule comes out."

"Yeah, but Regina, who do you have for maths? Because on my sheet it says Mr Nolan, which it must be a mistake because we normally have Mr Gold, actually, we've always had Mr Gold for maths and he intended on being here till he retired which isn't for another five years."

Regina pulled out her sheet and looked back up at Emma. "It says Mr Nolan on mine too, but… I've never seen a Mr Nolan before and even though it's a big school I've never heard of a Mr Nolan."

"Maybe Mr Gold doesn't teach the last year of Uni." Snow said and wondered why they were both so confused. "No, that's not it, he said he was excited to be teaching us next term," Emma replied. "Oh well, let's just hope this Mr Nolan isn't much of a hardass as Mr Gold, even though he was rude most of the time he was a good teacher." Regina said, folding her schedule back up and shoving it back into her pocket."

Suddenly the bell rung loudly in their ears as the girls were unfortunately quite close to the speak attached the to the wall. "Alright… let's head to the first class of the day then."