A/N Disclaimer: all medical details are for the convenience of the plot and should in no way be taken as fact.

Paging Doctor Swan

Chapter one

The loud honking of car horns made Regina open her eyes against her better judgement.

She knew that it was pointless trying to be good, it had seemed as though she had failed to prevent Zelena's plan. The time portal had opened and all present had been sucked into its void.

She expected to wake up back in the Enchanted Forest, a place she never wanted to go back to, no matter how dire things got in Storybrooke.

As she cracked an eye lid, the artificial light confirmed that she was certainly not in that dammed forest.

Raising to her knees, she looked around to see the sprawled bodies of all those who had been in her 'hero' party, with the addition of someone she hadn't expected to see.

"Henry?" she asked, trying to sound angry, but as he sat up rubbing his head, any anger fell away and she came over to look for any damage. "I told you to stay with Ruby," she sighed.

"Sorry," he laughed as charmingly as possible, "I wanted to see the Enchanted Forest."

Determining that he was fine, she pulled him into a one armed hug, "I'll punish you when we get home."

Henry's shoulders slumped, until he noticed the others around them beginning to stir, "grandma," he almost shouted as he scurried over to the pregnant woman.

Zelena had intercepted their trip to the hospital, and now she didn't look particularly good.

Regina quickly looked around and determined that they must be in some kind of alley way, and that they were certainly somewhere where people didn't even acknowledge something unless it was right in front of them. She supposed that was a stroke of luck considering that they more than likely just appeared out of thin air.

Regina furrowed her brow as she noticed Emma standing at the entrance to the alley, intently inspecting the street, "something wrong?" she asked her girlfriend.

Emma's eyes shot up almost as if she had been caught doing something wrong, and seemed to just notice her mother clutching at her stomach in pain.

Promptly, she shook her head and replied, "I know where we are."

Regina tilted her head and was about to ask further questions, but was interrupted by the other woman pulling out her cell phone.

"I need an ambulance to Hodge Road," she said once she had a connection, "there's a thirty year old woman in labour with the possibility of Meconium Aspiration."

Regina, Henry and David each shot the woman a disbelieving look, but she ignored them and continued to listen to the operator on the other end of the phone.

"One more thing," the blonde said quickly, "ask the driver to take her to Princeton Plainsborough Hospital."

David continued the breathing exercises with his wife, which left his grandson and possible future daughter-in-law to give his daughter a questioning look.

Emma gave a look to her mother and offered her a supportive smile, which made the tension fall away slightly from her face, "I'll go and find a hotel room."

"You're not coming with us?" Mary Margaret squeaked.

"I want to, but I can't."

A siren rang out from down the street, and Emma sighed. Just before she slipped out of the alley, she said, "You'll find out soon."

"Why hasn't anyone seen to her yet?" David asked angrily.

The nurse he had accosted at the desk looked up disinterestedly from her paperwork, she replied almost in parrot fashion, "cases are dealt with based on the level of risk, a primary assessment has determined that your wife does not need immediate attention."

David looked over to the bay that Snow lay in, she did look noticeably calmer now that she was in the safety of the hospital, if he was being honest, he was just anxious to meet his son.

"Can we at least have a private room?"

She sighed and shook her head, "as soon as a labour room becomes available, she will be taken to it."

"How long will it take to see a doctor?" he almost growled.

The nurse sighed heavily this time and turned to the woman working behind her, "does House have a case this week?"

The other woman furrowed her brow in concentration before she shook her head, "no, the last three referrals to his department were refused."

The nurse nodded in relief, "then we can poach Cameron."

Her companion nodded and turned back to answer the phone.

"It could take a while, but I'll page one of the best and see if she's willing to help you out."

"If she is one of the best, why would she have nothing to do?" David asked sceptically.

"Believe me, you do not want me to get into a conversation about Gregory House, now was that a yes or a no? Because I could easily have just told you to wait."

David nodded vigorously and the nurse grabbed her phone, a moment later she said, "she'll be down in five minutes, now would you mind leaving me alone to work?"

David considered whether he should question her attitude, but thought better of it and made his way back over to his wife.

Snow sighed and mumbled, "I wish Emma was here."

David raised his eyebrow at his wife, he wished she was as well and they had yet to find out the blonde's reason for bailing.

"No offence Snow, but how would she make you feel any better?" Regina sighed, the mayor was more than bored, she mentally vowed that she would smack her girlfriend for leaving her to this.

"She's the only other woman I know who would understand this," Snow admitted, it had hurt to realise that he daughter had given birth and she hadn't been there to support her, and she felt particularly selfish for wishing that her little girl was here to support her, but that didn't change the fact that she wanted it.

"It's going to be okay, Snow," David assured, "he'll be completely healthy, we'll find a way home and then he'll grow up with an amazing older sister."

Snow grinned at the thought, and was interrupted by the sound of heels clicking against the floor.

As soon as the group looked up to the new arrival clutching a chart, each of their mouths fell open in shock.

The doctor didn't seem to notice as she pulled the curtain across and turned with a welcoming smile, "sorry for your wait, I'm Doctor Allison Cameron."

A/N Hope you guys enjoyed XD let me know if you're interested in seeing more of this fic :)