Emma Swan

After Snow White and Prince Charming put their baby daughter Emma into a magical wardrobe, it transports her to Earth and she escapes the Dark Curse. As a child, Emma is told the story of The Ugly Duckling by Pinocchio, who accompanied her from the Enchanted Forest, who starts going by the name of August Booth. Emma also crafts herself a surname, Swan, based on the story Pinocchio told her. She eventually grows up with a few foster parents, including a woman named Ingrid, but when she turns to a life of crime, eventually meeting and falling in love with a fellow thief, Neal Cassidy. The two plan to return from crime and live the rest of their lives together, but when Neal is confronted by August Booth, he betrays Emma and she goes to jail, where she discovers that she is pregnant. She decides to give her baby son away for adoption, deciding that she cannot be a mother. After serving her prison sentence, Emma becomes a bail-bondsperson in Boston. When her son Henry found her on her 28th birthday and had her come back to his home in Storybrooke,She did agree to stay in town for sometime at Henry's request, even becoming the town's deputy and then the sheriff even learning quickly how to become an officer. Because of her fighting spirit and tough attitude she has no issue standing up to people, this impressed the town especially when she was able to stand up to Regina and Mr. Gold, both of whom are the two people in town no one has ever stood up to before. She still didn't believe in the fairytales or her destiny from either Henry or even August (who was actually Pinocchio) but it wasn't until after Henry fell under a sleeping curse, Emma then believed the stories were real and she is the savior. Emma then tries to help the town and keep the citizens safe, but also came to see that she had to take the right course of action to help others even promising to help everyone