Once Upon The Underworld (Once Upon A Time)

Chapter 3: Izzy

Snow's POV:

Emma walked furiously ahead of us. She kept saying she was trying to find Granny's and make it our official meeting spot, but I think she was just letting off steam. Completely understandable, but still. I hate to see her so upset. In fact, I think the last time she was this frantic was when she was still the Dark One. Charming squeezed my hand. "She'll be fine," he reassured me. "But how can you know that?" I asked, watching her hair blowing rapidly in the wind. Around us, the red haze thickened, making it harder to see. "I just do, Snow. You heard what she said. She'll always find him." "Taking after us, I see," I laughed a little. "There you go," David smiled. "Just because we're in the underworld doesn't mean we have to fall apart."

Emma's POV:

20 minutes. 20 minutes in the underworld and no sign of Killian. No sign of anyone really except for occasional groups of people looking dazed and confused. As much as I hated to put the rest of the residents of Storybrooke through this, Hook had to come first. We passed the library where the smashed clock tower lay broken in the middle of the road. But up ahead where Granny's should be, there was only a pile of rubble and a girl sitting beside it. I moved closer to her. Maybe she knows something about Hook, I thought. She looked up at me. She had long brown-black hair that nearly reached her waist and wore a red plaid shirt with jeans and boots and looked to be about 13 or 14. She reminded me a lot of myself at that age. As soon as she saw me she gasped. "Emma?" she asked. "You died?" I raised my eyebrows. Did I know this girl? She sure seemed to know me. Had I met her in foster care? Was she a school friend? I didn't know. "I'm sorry, do we know each other?" I asked. She seemed to snap out of a daze when I said that. She stood up. "Oh, no, I'm sorry. Anyways, um, how can I...how can I help you?" I was a little uneasy. She knew my name, yet we didn't know each other. Weird. "Well, sweetie, there's someone who should be here that I'm having trouble finding. I was wondering if you could help me?" At that moment, Mom, Dad, and Henry ran up behind me. "Emma, who are you talking to?" Mom asked. I stepped aside so they could see the girl. "Her," I said. "She may be able to help me find Killian." The girl suddenly smiled. Like, just a huge smile spreading across her face like she'd heard exactly what she wanted to. "Killian," she repeated. "As in Killian Jones?" I nodded. "Yes, actually. You've seen him?" The girl considered this for a moment. "No, not really. But I think I know where to find him." "Emma, be careful," Mom warned me. "You don't know her intentions." "Mom, she's just a kid," I said in a low voice. "I need her help." "She's right," Dad backed me up. "This girl clearly knows Hook. She may be our only chance at finding him." The girl nodded. "Follow me," she said, and started off down the street." I looked at Mom, Dad, and Henry. "Mom, be careful," Henry said. Regina and Gold appeared behind us. "What's going on?" Regina asked. "Who's that?" Gold followed up, pointing to the girl. "Our newest ally," I said. "She knows where to find Hook." As we followed her, she turned around. "Oh, by the way," she began. "My name is Izzy."