Henry Mills has always believed in fairy tales, but his twin sister never has. She believes in nightmares instead. For as long as Clara Mills has remembered, she has found herself running from the shadows that whisper her name, wait outside her bedroom door and they always seem to get closer. She's spent years trying to tell the difference between reality and illusion, but she knows one thing for certain that Regina Mills is her mother. When Henry brings their birth mother to Storybrooke, Clara's carefully built world begins to fall apart. As the town awakens and magic returns, so does the ancient darkness that has been waiting for Clara all along. *first person OC* Starts at the beginning of S1

"I know you," Astoria whispered, her eyes tracking the elegant lines of the Mayor's office. "I just don't remember from where." Astoria Marié Swan always felt like a piece of her soul was missing. When she follows her twin sister, Emma, to a sleepy Maine town called Storybrooke, the missing piece suddenly starts to ache. To Emma, Regina Mills is the tyrannical Mayor trying to steal back Henry. But to Astoria, Regina is a walking contradiction-a woman who looks at her with a devastating mix of profound longing and suffocating guilt. Regina knows the truth. She remembers the secret nights spent in each other's arms, the way they raised Henry together, and the moment she forced a memory potion down the throat of the only woman she ever loved to protect her curse. Now, Astoria is back, looking at Regina like she's a monster. Regina has to choose: let the love of her life hate her, or tell the truth and risk Astoria realizing what she stole.