edward/jonathan nolan x elizabeth/eliza mills
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long-lost love

❝haven't felt like this, my dear
since i can't remember when
it's been a long, long time❞
━ it's been a long, long time; harry james

𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐙𝐀𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐇 𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐒.

Born Elizabeth Colter, she was the girl who grew up with the kindest heart. She had a soft spot for horses due to her father being the stable boy for her mother's family. She was a happy girl despite never living with her parents at the same time. Until she was eleven years old and her father was killed by her grandmother.

When her mother married the King, she was suddenly a princess, stepsister to Snow White, the future Queen. She missed the simple life of being the stable boy's daughter. She hardly interacted with her stepfather and her relationship with Snow White was a tense one.

As her mother's reputation as the Evil Queen grew, so did Elizabeth's; she became the daughter who had as unkind of a heart as her mother. Those who knew the real Elizabeth hardly ever spoke the truth.

But it was the forgotten son of King George, Prince Edward, who broke through her shell and loved her for who she was. Life was going well for her, as a wife and mother of a newborn daughter. That was until her mother's curse swept through the enchanted forest and Elizabeth Mills-Nolan became Eliza Mills, the district attorney of Storybrooke, Maine.

𝐄𝐃𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐍𝐎𝐋𝐀𝐍.

The result of an affair caused by King George, he was the younger half-brother of David and James. When James, who had been adopted by their father, died, George went in search of his twin brother to slay the dragon in King Midas' kingdom. It was something that Edward was never able to achieve.

When David was successful, he immediately became the focus of King George's life and Edward was forgotten, leaving him to fend for himself.

As he grew up, his relationship with his father and half-brother became more strained. He began riding through the forest to escape his royal life and he met Elizabeth Colter, a young girl who was able to calm his frantic horse.

Seeing her again in the village after her mother had become queen, he knew it was a sign that she was supposed to be in his life. He became a husband and a father to a newborn daughter. Until the Evil Queen's curse swept through the enchanted forest and Edward Nolan became Jonathan Nolan, an amnesic man who turns up in Storybrooke, Maine.

𝐕𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐀 𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑.

Raised in an orphanage, she never knew her parents or her family history. She never knew why she was abandoned at a young age, all she knew was that she was alone and had nobody.

When she was eighteen, she became pregnant after a one-night stand and knew she was in no place to raise a child. Giving away her daughter, she was adopted by a lovely woman and Victoria continued living her life.

Until her biological daughter knocked on her front door in Cambridge, Massachusetts and she was suddenly dragged to Storybrooke, Maine, meeting the mayor, the mayor's daughter, and the man who had no memory of his life.

𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐀𝐇 𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐒.

She was a newborn when she was adopted alongside her brother by a single mother. Growing up as the daughter of the mayor meant everybody knew her and she knew everybody. She was beloved by the entire town, especially by Jefferson who was a quiet man.

Hannah always knew she was adopted, and she always wanted to know more about her biological mother. Why did she have blue eyes instead of brown? Why did she have brown hair instead of blonde? Was she the one who named her Hannah?

When her brother came to her with an idea for them to find their biological mothers, she didn't hesitate for a moment. While he went to Boston, she went to Cambridge, finding the woman who gave her away.

Suddenly the clock in Storybrooke began turning when Victoria Hunter and Emma Swan came to town...

❝that night you were talkin'
false prophets and profits
they makin' the margins
of poetry sonnets❞
━ us; gracie abrams

𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐑

━ I do not own once upon a time, its characters, the plot lines, or the various things that occur in this show. all those rights belong to ABC.

━ elizabeth, edward, victoria, and hannah belong to me and only me. please do not steal any of their characterizations as that would be considered plagiarism and that's not cool.

━ some trigger warnings for this book include: dead parents, strained relationship with parents, feelings of abandonment, depression. others will be added as the book continues.

━ I'm just out here making the family tree more dramatic than before. so here's a little summary:

• eliza/elizabeth is regina's daughter and snow white's stepsister
• edward/jonathan is david's half-brother
• victoria is elizabeth & edward's daughter
• hannah is victoria's daughter

━ this is currently being rewritten. chapters will be longer, characters and plot lines will be fleshed out better. hopefully the writing will be better.

━ if you have issues with how some characters are portrayed for the sake of this book, please don't yell at me. you can just leave. no need to announce your departure :) — characters are written in a specific way for my book because it's from elizabeth, edward, and victoria's perspectives

━ this is the og book of the nina dobrev/richard madden universe. if you're so inclined to, i can see you, my ocxoc grey's anatomy book is published.

enjoy the new and improved purest of hearts!