the lonely hunter

Back with you // Graham and Emma

Emma ignored every cast off he threw her about his well being, focusing only on getting him upstairs. "I really should be taking you straight to the hospital..." she mumbled as she ushered him inside of their temporary housing. "Sit down over there.." she motioned towards the bed. "Let me look at you. Are you all right? Were you hurt?" She began searching him for wounds, running her hand through his hair. "Tell me everything that happened." She sat down on the bed next to him, shrugging out of her jacket as she spoke. "You know, for...legal reasons." She smirked, taking his hand in hers and sqeezing tightly.

"I'm fine honestly," he said as Emma took him upstairs. It felt like months had passed since he had seen an actual room so when Emma told him to sit on the bed he practically ran to it and fell back into the pillows. Before Emma got to him he sat back up, not wanting everything to become strange. "I was fine. You forget I lived in the woods for almost my entire life before the curse and was raised by wolves." As Emma ran her hands through his hair he enjoyed the feeling of her touch especially being as close as she was to him. "I met some people over there from Stroybrooke and we stuck together for the most part. There was an incident though. I was arguing with Regina over everything she has done to me and my chest started...well I don't know...it started hurting again. And she healed it." He couldn't help but look at her as she took of her jacket. God it felt like he had been gone for longer than a few weeks.

#charminigemmaswan

Back with you // Graham and Emma

Emma laughed through her tears. Even now, he was making jokes and brushing the whole thing off like it was nothing. Still as infuriating as ever. "Yeah, it's you." She smiled up at him, wiping her teardrops away from her face. "Glad I didn't end up....where? where...was.." Emma looked around. "Where were you all this time?" She knew it was a portal, and that meant it led to another land...but by now Emma was aware that there were multiple "other world"s. Possibly more than even Regina or rumple could comprehend. "Come on...let's get you inside where we can talk about it." She wrapped his arm around her shoulders and led him back in to Granny's. "As you were, people." emma commanded the bystanders and onlookers all trying to get a good look at Graham and maybe ask a few questions of their own. "He's been through enough, leave him be." She pushed through the crowd, angrily as Granny handed them a key to an upstairs room. "You must be hungry...exhausted...." Emma focused on Graham as though he were a survivor of some kind of trauma rather than someone she had gone crazy over losing. She was good at compartmentalizing, at least for now.

"Neverland," Graham replied looking only at Emma, "I didn't see much danger but that's because I was in the jungle area. I know how to survive in similar surroundings. No need to worry," he said smiling down at Emma as she led him into Granny's.

As soon as he walked through the door he saw everyone trying to get a look at him and was thankful for Emma being the sheriff and telling the bystanders to get back to whatever else they where doing before he walked in. He couldn't help but smile at how worried she was though it seemed to the huntsman that she was worrying when she didn't need to. "Just a little hungry. I was with a small group of people back there and we took turns during the night watch. I missed my wolf though. And you of course."

#charmingemmaswan

Back with you // Graham and Emma

Emma had physically and emotionally exhausted herself. Ever since the portal had shown up...she had spent night and day trying to find information about it..and why it had robbed her of her partner. Why it had taken only certain people from the town. She was grateful that she and Henry had been spared...but she was distraught. Her cool exterior may have been firmly in place but inside she was screaming. She had left no stone unturned, tore through the books until her fingers bled, even considered throwing herself into the portal. It was Henry that kept her sane and grounded and from doing anything irrational.

Emma was at Granny's. alone in the booth she often shared with Graham before.....things got complicated. She was thinking so deeply, staring into her hot chocolate that she probably wouldn't have even noticed who was making their way back into town if someone hadn't yelled "Isn't that Graham?!" Emma's attention was instantaneously grabbed. "What did you just say?" Emma stood up, heading towards the window as people began exchanging whispers.

All it took was one glimpse of the tan shades of his jacket, and that was good enough for Emma. She shoved the door to Granny's diner open and strode into the street with purpose. The anger in her face was counteracted with the glimmer of tears. She had hoped this moment would come for a long...long time. "Is it you?" She choked back the sobs. Skepticism be damned. Logic be damned. Her partner was back and all she wanted was to be in his arms. Emma never stopped walking, and didn't stop until her arms were around him and she was burying her face into his neck.

#rapunzelonthego #thought it could be a one shot kinda #emma we'll do ours next

Traveling between worlds had drained the huntsman of almost everything he had. His eyes drooped and tried to close but he used almost all the strength he had to keep his eyes open and legs moving. There was a churning in the pit of his stomach as he remembered the last time he was alone and groggily walking through the town. He had just returned from the dead the last time but now it was different. He hadn't died but still felt just as crap.

Not before long he started to make his way towards Granny's for a drink and some rest when he heard someone shout his name. He ignored them and kept walking until he heard Emma's voice before feeling her arms around him. Holding her close he wrapped his arms around her tight and whispered in her ear. "Yeah it is.." he breathed no longer feeling tired. "Did you miss me?" There was a small chuckle released from him as he meant it as a joke but knew he probably but her through hell with disappearing through the portal. "I'm glad you didn't end up there."

Back with you // Graham and Emma

Graham was temporary blinded from walking into the bright blue light that hit Neverland. He didn't know if it was really a way to get back home or not but he was desperate to get back to make sure that Emma and her family where still in Storybrooke and didn't end up in Never land with him. As soon as his eyes adjusted he saw that he was back in the town centre of Storybrooke. A grin stretched across his face as he recognized the towns night sky and the big clock town that could probably be seen throughout all the town.

There where so many places that he thought Emma could be. She was the only person he was wanting to see, the only one that truly mattered to him as well.

#charmingemmaswan

The Way Back // Graham and Rachel

Graham had been wondering around with Rachel looking for anyone else in Neverland. Their search had hardly begun when a large shake shook the land so much that Graham had to steady himself to stop from falling. "Did you feel that?" he asked Rachel but turning around mainly to see if she was okay. Out in the distance he saw a bight blue flash of light. It didn't take him more than a second to realize that it looked just like the portal they had fell through. "That must be our way back!" he shouted taking hold of Rachel's hand and starting to run towards the light.

Rachel and Jefferson, I replied to you

A new friend // Rachel, Graham and Jefferson

Rachel looked curiously at Jefferson. She was pretty sure that she hadn't seen him before, but that wasn't too unusual – she hardly knew anyone in Storybrooke yet. She looked into his eyes, and something that she thought she recognized in his eyes made her take a little step back. He had piercing green eyes and looked a little on the edge of insanity. Well, maybe that wasn't too surprising if he had also fallen through the portal, but somwhow Rachel doubted that. There was something suspicious about him, but she couldn't put her finger on it.

She blamed Graham's warning about the hidden dangers of this island for her sudden paranoia. She looked at Graham to see if he was suspicious about Jefferson as well, but couldn't read his mind. He appeared relaxed. Since there wasn't much she could do about her feelings, she decided to ignore them for now. She gave Jefferson a small smile and asked, „How long have you been here on this island?“ Hopefully, he would also reveal how he got here. If there was another way to get to Neverland, they might be able to use it to return to Storybrooke.

Rachel swayed lightly, she was feeling a little light headed. There was so much happening, and she felt like she couldn't manage to catch a break. She had just started to settle down in Storybrooke, she had even found a place to live, and now she was homeless again and at a loss at what to do. She was more than a little worried about the fact that they had no place to stay, no food, or any sort of plan to get out of this mess. She took a deep breath, she really had to pull herself together. „Okay, so let's take a look around,“ she said to no one in particular and started to walk away. After a few steps she she turned around to see if they were following her.

Graham looked closely at Jefferson, he thought it looked as if Jefferson knew him but in both of the huntsman's lives he had never seen him before or even knew of his name. He turned to face Rachel and agreed with her. They needed to find food which normally would be no problem to him but he didn't know this land or the creatures in it. "Can either of you hunt?" he asked Rachel and Jefferson.

A new friend // Rachel, Graham and Jefferson

Rachel nodded as Graham talked about Regina and Daniel. It seemed like Graham and Regina Mills weren't on the best terms. She cringed a little when he said that Regina only hurt those who she thought had turned against her, another similarity to her stepmother. Hopefully, they didn't have more in common. If so, Rachel would stay as far away as she could from her. Admittetly, Regina scared her, but she had seen the way she had looked at Daniel. She knew he would be fine with her.

Neverland...Rachel thought. Sje had heard stories about this place, magical and mysterious ones, but mostly dark stories. A memory of a story her stepmother used to tell her came to mind. It was about creatures who lived on the ocean floor around the Island, waiting to drag people under the water...She shuddered at the thought. She doubted that the story was true, but she would better keep her distance from the ocean for a while.

Rachel was relieved to hear that Graham was experienced in the wilderness, this wasn't really her area of expertise. To be honest, she wasn't experienced much in anything, she had been stuck for too long in that unpleasant place. and now she was once again stuck on this island...At least this time she wasn't alone, and compared to a cell, this was heaven. She took a look look around, it didn't look very dangerous to her. It looked paradise-like. She could manage to stay here a little longer, and she had found nice company in Graham. „I haven't met anyone else, but I highly doubt that we are the only ones who fell into the portal. Daniel and I tried to swim out a little farther to get a good look at the island - it didn't really work out that well. What do you say, shall we take a walk through this beautiful forest? I would love to see more of this place!“ She was a little excited about this new world. In the back of her mind she remembered Graham's words of warning, but she couldn't bring herself to care. She was looking forward to go on a scouting expedition – she thought she found the perfect guide in Graham

#its ok for you to jump in Jefferson

"We can explore it if you want," Graham said standing up and then holding his hand out for Rachel to get up, "it would be good to scout out the land to see if there is any better shelter and maybe we can find someone from the town. Hopefully a friend." He would hate it if someone he had grievances with came through the portal and was trapped but after more than a seconds thought the huntsman decided that wouldn't be such a bad idea so long as he could find a way out.

While exploring a little deeper in the forest Graham heard a small rustling of the leaves and thought that it could either be an animal or a person. If it was either he knew he wouldn't fare well against either one without a weapon so he mental made a note to make himself one from whatever he could find on the island. Moving closer to the noise he saw that it was a person not an animal and one that didn't look from this world so he assumed he was from his own. "Hello there!" he shouted, "I'm Graham and this is Rachel. Who are you?"

A new friend // Rachel and Graham

Rachel was relieved that Graham didn't appear suspicious about her behavior. He seemed trustworthy, but she wasn't so sure about the Mayor. She was relieved that she didn't have to face her again, but she was a little worried about Daniel. Was he alright? She looked closely at Graham's face. He looked like a kind and honest guy, so she decided to just aks him. „Umm, so do you think Daniel will be fine?“ She didn't add with Mayor Mills, but she assumed he would understand exactly what she meant. She was hoping he would speak verbosely, so that she could gain some information on her.

Rachel was glad to hear that he wasn't much interested in the cave. She didn't want to go back there. „Maybe we can find another place. There must be other options here.“ She wondered if they would find inhabitants on the island. It would be extremely helpful to find out more about this place. „Do you know if there are other people besides us four on this island? It seems pretty deserted...“

Graham sensed that there was more Rachel wanted to add on the end of her question but knew not to ask directly. "Daniel? I assume so. Regina only hurts those who she thinks have turned against her. I know that more than anyone. She said she has changed so maybe she has. She doesn't look like she will hurt him." Graham looked behind him to where Regina and Daniel where staying. "She seems to care for him."

When Rachel said she wanted to find another place and not cave Graham agreed. "I'm a huntsman. And one who lived off the wild and raised by wolves all my life so finding shelter is easy for me." Anyone else on the Island? He thought."I hope not. Regina said this place is Neverland. It's meant to really dangerous and I just hope Emma, Henry or anyone else from Storybrooke are here."

A new friend // Rachel and Graham

Although Rachel had been looking for Graham, she was a little startled when she suddenly heard his voice. Lost in thoughts she didn’t hear anyone approach her. She was relieved to see that it was Graham. „Hi!“ She smiled at him. Rachel was glad that she had found him because she didn’t know how to handle the whole situation on this weird island all by herself. She was aware of the fact that she didn’t make a very good first impression. She had just ran off. She was pretty clueless about this island, but she didn’t want to admit that. She was tired of always being the damsel in distress, so she said, „I guess you are wondering why I just left. I was checking out something I saw on the beach.“ She felt a pang of guilt because it wasn’t really the truth, but if she told him the real reason why she had ran away it would only make things more complicated and result in endless follow up questions. She gave him a small smile and said, „I’ve discovered a cave on the beach, and I was originally planning on staying there, but…“ She stopped in her mid-sentence, unsure if she should continue. She couldn’t very well tell him that she thought she heard someone sing in an ominous tone, freaked out once again, and ran for her life. She decided to tell him a semi-truth. „It’s a little tough to describe, but when I was inside the cave, there were some sounds. It almost sounded like a melody. I don’t really know. What did you do while I was gone?“ She really didn’t want to go back to the mysterious cave, and she almost started to panic at the thought of it. She was hoping that he didn’t want to go there.

"I'm not wondering why you left," Graham said looking straight at the girl, "it's complicated between them two and I would have left sooner but I kinda wanted to see who he was to Regina." He knew that she was lying about why she left but didn't press her on the subject but he did have a thought why she did leave and he suspected Regina might know as well which would be bad news for Rachel. "We didn't do much. Just looked for some shelter. I'd say we could use that cave you where talking about but it doesn't sound safe."

A new friend // Rachel and Graham

Graham had decided it best to leave Regina and Daniel to talk in private seeing as they had a lot to catch up and, it seemed, a complicated history. "I'm going to find Rachel," he said not sure if the two where even paying attention to him.

It wasn't hard to spot the girl with the long blonde hair, the sun was practically relfected from it. He walked over slowly and sat down next to her, "Rachel right?" he asked.

#rapunzelonthego

OOC @ Regina, Graham & Daniel

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I’m back, and I wanted to know if we should split up the group. It feels like Regina and Daniel could use some alone time. Or would you rather stay together? Either way is fine with me…

call-me-mayor-blog

Perhaps Graham could leave for a moment just to find you. That would give Regina a few moments to asks Daniel some questions. ????

Sounds like a plan to me. Does everybody agree?

theoncestableboy-blog

i like it but it would be better from an organisational point of view to split ‘em

sounds good

A New World // Regina, Rachel, Graham, Daniel

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Regina’s mind was a mess right along with her thoughts and confusion. Following Graham into the dark, she wondered if her night could get any worse. Not only had she lost her son but now seemed to have met her amnesia-stricken long lost love. Regina’s energy was completely exhausted from her bit of magic. Her heart raced with anger, sorrow and the tiny bit of hope that perhaps Rumple would know something about returning the man’s memory.

“Where are you taking us?” Regina asked sharply. Already forgetting that Graham seemed on deaths door just moments ago.

"Anywhere there is shelter safe enough to stay," Graham replied as if panting a little from that little bit of speech, "but it will have to be soon because I'm already tired and still a bit unsure of myself from that...heart attack." He had no idea what to call it but he thought heart attack seemed most accurate. After a while he had led them to a small clearing where it looked just big enough for the three of them to stay. It was well covered but not as much as the huntsman hoped. <\p>

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