Uploaded January 2013 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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"... as I say goodbye to the way of life I thought I had designed for me ..."

Mulan & Aurora Storybrooke AU (with some Philip thrown in, because he's the cutest thing alive). It can be a "if they had been cursed too" or a "post saving Philip in FTL they come to SB", but if you follow the lyrics, it's better the first option.

General PLOT: Aurora/Dawn is with Philip, but she's also in love with Mulan/Maggie who denies it. So, after a lot of angst Mulan/Maggie decides to leave Storybrooke in order for Aurora/Dawn to be happy with her prince, her one true love since he broke the sleeping curse, but her car crashes - in the hospital she still denies her feelings for Aurora/Dawn, who goes back to Philip but realizes it's not who she wants.

Of all th lyrics, where there's not one line that's not perfect for a Storybrooke character/love story, why "free in our love" for the title? Because I believe you can have more than one true love. I think that Philip was Aurora's true love when he broke the curse... but, in my version of the story, she learns to love Mulan as well and she must choose who she wants, because she is free to do so.


Also, if we only have one true love Regina's not going to be happy ever again and I can't afford to think like that, lol