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Fragile Future

Chapter 1: A Strange Occurrence

In the town of Story Brooke, Maine you will meet some very interesting people with very interesting lives. One person is Mr. Gold and his family. Belle, his beautiful wife and Bay is very smart 4 year old son. Now Mr. Gold is the town's pawnshop owner but he also owns pretty much everything in the town. But he is a very fair but strict man. He has dirty blonde hair with hazel eyes and walks with a limp so he always has a cane with him. One day Mr. Gold was doing business as usual when Sidney Glass the local reporter of the town came strutting in through the door. Sidney had short gray hair with chocolate skin and deep brown eyes. "Good day Mr. Gold I am here for my camera you promised me", Sidney said with a toothy grin.

"Here you are Mr. Glass that will be $100 dollars for the repairs", Mr. Gold said in a soft tone.

"Thank you Mr. Gold here is your money", Mr. Glass said happily. Just then the bell from the door made a small ding noise and Belle came walking in.

"Belle darling what are you doing here?" Mr. Gold asked in a soft voice as a smile graced his lips. Belle had reddish blonde, curly hair with emerald green eyes and a light peach skin tone. She wore a simple blue sundress with white sandals. In her arms she held a small 4 year old boy. He had black hair with turquoise eyes and a dark peach tone.

"Hello honey I just wanted to see if you were done with work and wanted to go eat dinner at Granny's tonight.

"Of course darling I was just about to close up shop", he said happily. Now when Mr. Gold wasn't looking Mr. Glass kept on staring at Belle with a look full of lust but just as Mr. Gold looked his way Sidney quickly looked away and left before his eyes did anything else stupid. Now moving on there is another couple that is very interesting in Story Brooke. The mayor named Regina and Emma the sheriff. Together they live happily married with their two year old son named Henry. Regina had short brown hair with a light skin tone with dark chocolate eyes and ruby red lips. She was driving home to her wife when it began to rain. "Oh perfect and I just got my suit dry cleaned", she mumbled under her breath. Pulling into the driveway she quickly ran inside before she got completely soaked. Inside she hung up her jacket and went in search of her wife and son. Instead the house was oddly quiet and it was pretty late but usually Henry was very troublesome when it came to bedtimes. Still something really good entered Regina's nostrils as she saw that Emma had made her famous chicken noodle soup. The bowl was still hot and a note was folded neatly by it that read Enjoy. A smile spread on Regina's lips as she gratefully ate the soup then went upstairs to come to another surprise. In a small crib laid a two year boy with a pale complexion with black hair and his blue eyes were closed and he was sleeping peacefully. She placed a kiss on his forehead and went into her bedroom. She took off her work clothes and put on a blue night gown. Lying in the bed was her wife Emma. Emma had long blonde hair with emerald green eyes and a peach complexion. She was sleeping peacefully as Regina crawled in on the other side of the bed and wrapped her arms around the blonde. Emma stirred a bit as her eyes opened and a smile appeared on her face.

"Welcome home", Emma said sweetly.

Regina placed a kiss on her lips and said softly", It is always good to be home as long as I got you and Henry". Then they curled up to each other and drifted off to a deep but peaceful sleep. Now you would think that this town was pretty ordinary but today something strange happened. At the Welcome to Story Brooke sign a flash of lightening hit the ground and four strangers appeared out of nowhere. Two men and two women walked into town in the dead of night. The oldest was 24 years old with spiked black hair with turquoise eyes and a dark complexion. He wore a black t-shirt that revealed some muscle with black jeans and black boots. The other man was 22 years old and wore a black t-shirt as well with blue jeans with white tennis shoes. He was pale with a bit longer black hair and blue eyes. The oldest woman was 20 years with long brown hair with blonde streaks with chocolate colored eyes and a dark complexion. She wore a blue t-shirt with a white star on it with tight blue jeans that showed off her curves with brown boots. Finally the youngest girl was 18 years with long curly reddish brown hair with hazel eyes and a peach complexion. She wore a pink t-shirt with a butterfly on it with blue shorts and blue tennis shoes. They walked to Granny's Bed and Breakfast and firmly knocked on the door. A young woman in her early 20's appeared as she turned on the lights. She had long red hair with green eyes with a curvy figure. She wore a bra and shorts and was barefoot.

"What do you guys need do you have any idea what time it is most people are asleep what do you want?" she demanded.

"Excuse me Ms. but me and my friends need a place to stay do you have any rooms available", the oldest man said in a soft tone.

"Ruby who is it?" asked a gruff voice. Ruby allowed the group in as they faced an elderly woman. She had silver hair with a light complexion but hard eyes with wrinkles she got as she aged. "My granddaughter says you need a room what room would you like?" she asked politely.

"Just two one for me and my brother and one for my girl and her sister", the older boy said as he motioned to the dark haired girl with the blonde streaks.

"Ok that will be $150 a week if that is how long you plan on staying", the lady said.

"We don't know how long we will be staying but here is the first weeks money Mam", the man said as he handed her $150 dollars in cash.

"Thank you Mr. um say what are your names my name is Sally May but people call me Granny", she said.

"My name is Joseph and this is my brother William", Joseph said pointing to the man behind him.

"Please to meet you boys and what are your names dears?" Granny asked the two girls.

"My name is Faith and this is my baby sister Sophia", Faith said politely.

"It is very nice to meet you mam", Sophia said in a kind voice.

"How nice young people with manners well welcome to Story Brooke hope you enjoy your stay", Granny said politely as she handed Joseph the keys to the rooms.

"Thank you mam I am sure we will love it here", Joseph said politely as Ruby led them to their rooms.

Author's Note: Hope you guys enjoy this chapter and please review.