Once Upon A Time: Hook's Adopted Son (Book 1)

Pilot Part 2

(In Storybrooke)

Emma woke up on a bed in a jail cell in Storybrooke. She heard someone whistling in the next cell beside her. She turned around to see a short man in the other jail cell. "What are you looking at, sister?" he asked while being a grouch.

Harry was working on a case file when he heard what the short man said to Emma. "Come now, Leroy. If I'm gonna let you out, you have to behave." Harry said and grabbed the keys and let him go, "put on a smile, and stay out of trouble."

Leroy just faked a smile and left the cell while whistling a tune. Emma looked at him with disbelief that he let this man, Leroy out instead of her. "Let me guess, Regain's drinks? A little stronger than we thought. Graham found you passed out in your car and well, though you were drunk." Harry explained.

"I wasn't drunk. Two wolves were standing in the middle of the road." Emma tried to explain.

Harry didn't even believe Emma's story for a second but suddenly, Regina came running in looking for Graham. Harry told her that Graham went out on patrol for a bit so he'll help her. Henry ran away again and she couldn't find him, she saw Emma in the cell. Regina asked Emma where Henry was but she hadn't seen him since last night. Emma offered to help them find Henry so she could go home.

They headed back to Regina's house and went into Henry's room. Emma looked at his computer but Henry was smart, he cleaned out his inbox. Emma knew a trick to get everything back up on his hard drive. She looked through the many websites that Henry has until she found a receipt for a website called, Whosyourmomma.org which explained how he found Emma. But that website was expensive but somehow he paid with a credit card. "How did he get a credit card? He's only 10," said Harry. Emma pulled out a transaction record for the card and the name Mary Margaret Blanchard appeared.

"Who's Mary Margaret Blanchard?" Emma asked.

"Henry's teacher," Regina spoke with a hint of anger in her voice.

They headed to the school and saw Mary Margaret's students leave as she was cleaning the classroom. She looked a little shocked to see Regina because she thought Henry was home sick with her. But when Regina asked Mary Margaret if she gave Henry to find Emma. She was confused about what Regina was asking so she opened up her purse and started digging for her wallet. "You don't know anything about this, did you?" Emma asked.

"No, unfortunately not." She answered. She opened her wallet and found her credit card missing. "Clever boy. I never should have given him that book."

Regina asked about the book that she kept hearing about. Mary Margaret explained that she gave Henry an old book with the classic fairy tales that everyone knows. Henry is a special boy, smart, and creative but he's also lonely. So Mary Margaret gave Henry the storybook to help him, she said that Henry needed it. "What he needs is a dose of reality. This is a waste of time. Have a nice trip back to Boston, Miss Swan." Regina said, cruelly. She left in anger and knocked down some textbooks on the floor.

Emma and Harry went to help Mary Margaret pick up the books. Emma tried to apologize to Mary Margaret for bothering her but she was fine with it. Something kind of made Mary Margaret remember something but it went away in an instant. "It's okay, I fear this is partially my fault." Mary Margaret stated.

"Ms. Blanchard, it's not your fault. You're trying to help Henry just like me." Harry reassured.

"How's a book supposed to help?" Emma asked.

"What do you think stories are for? These stories, the classics, there's a reason we all know them. They're a way for us to deal with our world. A world that doesn't always make sense." Mary Margaret answered.