Once Upon a Time in Storybrooke

The story takes place in the fictional seaside town of Storybrooke, Maine, in which the residents are actually characters from various fairy tales and other stories that were transported to the "real world" town and robbed of their original memories by the Evil Queen Regina, using a powerful curse obtained from Rumplestiltskin. The residents of Storybrooke, where Regina is mayor, have lived an unchanging existence for 28 years, unaware of their own lack of aging. The town's only hope lies with a bail bondsman and bounty hunter named Emma Swan, the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming, who was transported from the Enchanted Forest to our world as an infant before she could be cursed. As such, she is the only person who can break the curse and restore the characters' lost memories. She is aided by her son, Henry, with whom she has recently reunited after giving him up for adoption upon his birth, and his book of fairy tales that holds the key to ending the curse. Henry is also the adopted son of Regina, providing a source of both conflict and common interest between the two women. Despite Emma having broken the curse, the characters are not returned to the fairy tale world, and must deal with their own dual identities.

Henry Mills is living in the middle of all this mess with his one and only friend Grace Williams, the daughter of the mad hatter and evil witch Zelena. They have been best friends from the start with the odd and strange coincidence of being born on the same day at practically the same time. This budding romance filled with magic, evil, and adventure is one not to be missed.