Finding You Always

Home Sweet Home

Finding You Always

Chapter 31: Home Sweet Home

Storybrooke Maine. If one didn't know any better, it could have almost seemed like this place was just another sleepy little town in America. Everyone knew everyone for the most part. Crime was fairly low. Family was an integral part of life. And while all those things were true about Storybrooke, Maine, it was far from an ordinary town.

Its inhabitants were of a cursed land and though memories had returned, most remained frozen in time. No one visited Storybrooke. Which was probably a good thing.

If they did, they might discover that the Mayor of Storybrooke was Snow White and her husband, Prince Charming himself, was the Sheriff.

They also might discover that the Evil Queen was not so evil anymore and that she had found love to heal her in the form of one Robin Hood, former thief and that she was daresay actually somewhat friendly toward Snow White, her one-time long enemy.

Of course, the Queen blamed her beloved outlaw for that. His insistence on being friends with the Prince had forced her to be nice to her step-daughter and her shepherd. It wasn't because she herself had become fond of the Charmings, perish the thought.

It might also be discovered that even in a land without magic, if you're the product of the truest love in existence, it makes you far from ordinary.

If they lived in the Enchanted Forest, Emma and her siblings would most certainly have had an abundance of light magic at their disposal. If magic were to ever come to Storybrooke, Emma and the twins would certainly be a rarity, for few were born with magic, especially light magic. But even without magic, the Charming children still possessed abilities that other did not.

Emma had restored memories with true love's kiss and she had the uncanny ability to discern if someone was lying.

Leo and Eva also had abilities that were not normal. Leo's, perhaps, were the most pronounced. If he had only developed the ability to speak to birds, Snow and Charming would have chalked it up to something he had just inherited from the former.

But Leo's ability went beyond birds. Not only could he communicate with all animals, they sought him out, loved him, and were protective of him, especially the dual eye colored wolf that had once loved Graham. Leo and the wolf had been nearly inseparable since he was two and that's how he had become the Charming family protector and pet.

Leo had started calling him Graham when he was four, before Snow and Charming had even told him about Graham, so he became Graham the wolf.

If one wasn't from Storybrooke, it might seem alarming to see a wolf trotting along the streets after school with the Charming twins. But for those that lived in this strange little town, this sight was normal.

The wolf followed along with the seven-year-olds, as they made their way to the station. Though they were twins, they were far from identical. Most in the town had affectionately dubbed them, Mini-Snow and Charming Junior, for their resemblance to their respective parents was uncanny. However, traits from Snow could be see in Leo, most notably his green eyes and wavy hair. It was blonde like Emma and David's, but wavy like Snow's had been when it was long.

Eva was nearly the spitting image of Snow, except Charming's blue eyes. While her brother talked to animals and always wore a wooden sword in a scabbard on his back, strapped there with a cross body strap, Eva's gift was more related to people.

She was very empathic to the point she could sense when others were in a physical pain and was very good at reading emotions and people in general, even at her tender age. Where as her big sister loved her jeans and leather jackets, Eva loved dresses, skirts, and everything girly. And she loved being a princess.