A/N: So this is a new story that have been working on for a long time. If you like it, let me know because I have a lot more written that I can put up. Hope you like it! It's just some charming family fun! :) Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Once or its characters!

Curse Broken at Eleven

Chapter 1

Premise: Instead of Emma breaking the curse at 28, she breaks it at 11 after she came to Storybooke as a foster kid with David Nolan. David decided to take in a foster kid after he divorced his wife, Kathryn. David had given her the house and rented an apartment. Emma moved in with David at age 10. Although it had been a bit of a challenge for David, he never regretted getting Emma. He had loved her from the moment he met her. They seemed to have a special connection from the start, now he knew why.

Right after Emma breaks the curse...

I did it! I broke the curse! I need to go see my mom and dad! Emma thought as she rushed from the hospital.

At first she was excited as she left the hospital, but then she realized that this was the first time they would be seeing her as their daughter. What if they didn't like what they saw? What if she wasn't enough? What if they had wanted to be rid of her? Or what if they did want her?

She walked down the street towards the apartment thinking that she would run into her parents at some point. Suddenly, the ground shook and she found herself falling to the ground. "What the.." Emma started, but stopped because her Dad had been getting at her for swearing lately.

Once the shaking stopped, Emma got up and walked a little faster. She wasn't sure what was going on, but she needed to find her parents.

There was another earthquake causing Emma to fall through a crack in the road, but she managed to hold on to the edge.

"Sister!" Leroy or more correctly, Grumpy said as he reached down to pull Emma up out of the hole. "There you go!"

"Thanks." Emma said as she brushed herself off.

"You better head to safety young lady. It's dangerous out here." Grumpy said to Emma.

"I'm trying to, but have you seen my parents?" Emma asked.

"Who are your parents?" Grumpy asked.

"Prince Charming and Snow White." Emma answered feeling like a lunatic after saying it.

"Your the...savior!" Grumpy said with a huge grin. "I'll get you to your parents."

"Thanks, but I can find them by myself." Emma said.

"Ok, but I'm going to find them too. Mind if I tag along?" Grumpy asked.

"Ok." Emma said as she shrugged.

"I'm guessing they are near Granny's." Grumpy said as they started out.

Emma nodded in agreement.

They rounded the corner and saw a group of people. Emma recognized a few of them, but she really only had eyes for two of them.

Grumpy ran ahead to his brothers leaving Emma to walk up alone. She watched as her parents greeted their old friends. She walked slowly up to them.

"Now I find my daughter." Snow said as she looked at Charming.

David nodded with a grin.

"So it's true." Emma found herself saying.

Both of her parents turned to her and looked at her with awe. This was it. This was the moment she had been waiting for. Would they like her? Would they want her?

Her mom walked up to her reaching her arms out to frame her face with her hands before bringing Emma in for a hug. "You found us."

Soon David joined in the hug with one hand cradling his daughter's head.

She found herself being pulled into her father's side as the earth shook. "What's going on?" Emma asked after the earthquake ended.

"We don't know." Snow answered with a grimace.

"It's just the effects of the curse breaking." The blue fairy said as she walked up.

"How long will it last?" Grumpy asked.

"I don't know, but it would be best everyone went home, especially the Savior. There will be people after you." The blue fairy said.

David and Snow held onto Emma tighter knowing it was true, but they weren't going to let anyone take her from them.

"Blue is right, everyone get to safety and once the earthquakes stop we will reconvene for a council meeting." David said to the group that had gathered around them.

After they started to disperse, David turned to his family. "We better get home as well." David said with a grin.

"Your home or mine?" Snow asked.

"Why don't we get our stuff from mine, but stay at yours. " David said.

"Good idea." Snow said as she reached up and kissed her husband.

Emma grimaced as they kissed above her head. For some reason, it was gross seeing them kiss now, knowing they were her parents.

"Come on, lets get going." David said as he put an arm around each of his girls.

As they were almost to David and Emma's apartment, there was another earthquake causing Emma to slip from her parents' grasp and fall to the ground.

"Emma!" David and Snow yelled at the same time.

After the earthquake ended, they ran over to Emma and picked her up off the ground. They quickly looked her over. "Are you okay?" Snow asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Emma said feeling a bit embarrassed that she lost her balance in front of her parents.

David took her chin to turn her head to the side to see the scrape on the side of her head. "Did you hit your head when you fell?" David asked softly.

"Maybe." Emma said with a shrug.

"Emma." David said in a disappointed tone. "Did you hit your head when you fell?"

"Yeah." Emma admitted reluctantly.

"Does it hurt?" Snow asked softly.

"Only a little." Emma lied.

David and Snow exchanged a look that told each other it must hurt pretty bad if Emma was admitting to it hurting at all.

"Let's get your stuff and get home." Snow said as she and her husband flanked Emma on the way to the apartment.

Emma rolled her eyes at the protectiveness of her parents, but it was a nice change from what she was use to before living with David.

They got to the apartment and they insisted that Emma sit and rest as they got her stuff and her father's stuff. She tried to protest, but they wouldn't let her get up from the couch.

After about ten minutes, they had the stuff packed and ready to go.

"Wait! My movies!" Emma said as she ran to the living room and got her movie collection of seven movies. One of them being Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

"Emma." David called after her. "We can get those later."

Emma was already back with them.

"Ok. Give them to me." David said as he stuff them in one of his bags.

"Oh my back pack!" Emma said as she went to the living room and picked up her bag.

David and Snow smiled as she came back to them with her backpack.

After a short walk, they were at Snow's apartment. She opened the door and they walked in putting their bags by the door for now.

"Snow, do you have a first aid kit?" David asked.

"Yeah it's the bathroom." Snow said.

"Dad, I'm fine." Emma said, not even realizing that she went ahead and called him Dad.

David froze for a second before looking back at Emma.

"I'm sorry, is it okay if I call you that?" Emma asked as she looked down to the ground.

Soon she felt his hand lifting her chin up so that she would look at him. "Of course it is. I'm your Dad after all." David said with a smile before kissing Emma's forehead.

Emma smiled sheepishly.

"Now why don't you sit down? Ill be right back." David said as he went to the bathroom for the first aid kit.

"Emma, are you hungry?" Snow asked from the kitchen. She had heard their exchanges and felt a little jealous that she was calling him Dad. Would she call her mom?

"Yeah, I actually am." Emma said. "Mary Margaret? Is it alright if I call you mom?" Emma said quietly.

Snow walked over to Emma with a sandwich and a glass of juice. She wanted to jump up and down with joy at hearing that her daughter wanted to call her mom! "I would love that." Snow said softly.

Emma smiled. "Ok, mom."

Snow smiled before heading back to the kitchen to make a sandwich for her husband and herself. A couple of happy tears fell down her face as she made them.

David came back with a first aid kit and moved a chair so it was across from Emma.

"Dad, it's fine. Really." Emma said as David looked at her face. She has a bump starting on her head and a couple of scrapes on one side of her face.

"It's not fine, but it will be after I clean them out. Do you have a headache?" David asked.

Emma shrugged.

"I'll take that as a yes." David said with a smirk.

Snow came back with a sandwich for her husband and herself before heading to the bathroom.

She came back with a bottle of medicine. "These should help with your headache, but make sure you eat some food before you take them." Snow said as placed two pills by Emma's plate.

"Thank you." Emma said.

"Your welcome, Emma." Snow said before going back to the kitchen to get drinks.

"Ok, this may sting a little." David said as he dabbed at the scrapes causing Emma to jerk slightly away.

"Sorry, sweetie." David said with apologetic smile. David cleaned all the scrapes. "Ok, that should do it. After you eat dinner, we will find an ice pack for your head." David said, mostly to himself.

Emma rolled her eyes as he walked away with the first aid kit. She didn't need an ice pack. She was fine.

Emma began to eat her sandwich, she hadn't realized how hungry she had been until now. She practically inhaled the sandwich.

"Wow. You must have been hungry." Snow said as she came back to the table. "Do you want another sandwich or something else?"

"Can I have another sandwich?" Emma asked with a sheepish smile.

"Of course!" Snow said.

"I can make it, you don't have to." Emma said, feeling bad that her mom hadn't ate yet.

"No I don't mind to make it." Snow said. She hadn't had anyone to make things for and take care of for 11 years. She wanted to take care of her daughter.

David came back to the table and on the way he kissed the top of Emma's head. He always knew that had a special connection, but he had wonder why they had so many similarities. Now he knew.

They all sat down at the table. A family at last and ate their sandwiches. Snow and Charming kept an eye on their daughter. Both in awe of her and afraid that if they blinked she would be gone again. They glanced at each other and smiled because they knew they were thinking the same thoughts, but they were together finally and that was what matter most.

After dinner, Emma sat on the couch with a bag of frozen peas. Her parents had insisted that she rest and keep her head iced for at least 15 minutes.

Although, she kept insisting that she was fine, she really didn't feel the greatest. Her head was pounding and she was exhausted. Also she was still trying to wrap her head around the fact that all the fairy tale characters she thought were fake are actually real. Not to mention that two of them were her parents. It was a lot to take in and she was just trying to keep face in front of her parents.

"David." Snow said as she looked across the room.

"What is it Snow?" David asked, but then looked where Snow was looking. Emma had fallen asleep on the couch with her head leaning on her hand, the frozen peas forgotten in her other hand.

"She's exhausted." Snow said softly.

"She had a long day." David said with a smile as they walked up to their sleeping Emma. "She's all ours." David commented as he lightly brushed some of Emma's hair from her face as she slept.

"I can hardly believe it. She is so beautiful, so wonderful, and she is our daughter." Snow said as she slipped the frozen peas from Emma's hand before checking the bump on her head.

"I know. She is so amazing." David agreed. "I guess we should get her to bed." David said after a moment.

"She can have the room upstairs." Snow whispered to her husband.

David nodded before slipping one arm behind Emma's back and one arm under her knees before lifting her up. Emma moved a little closer to David and latched on to his shirt, burying her head in his chest.

David carried Emma upstairs as Snow followed along. Snow quickly pulled down the covers and David laid Emma on the bed. They took off her boots before pulling the covers up to her chin. David tucked her in and then kissed her forehead. "Goodnight, princess." David whispered for getting up to let his wife say goodnight as well.

Snow sat gently on the edge of the bed and tucked in her daughter. She was absolutely beautiful and she was her daughter. "Goodnight, Emma." Snow said as she kissed her daughter's forehead.

Snow got up slowly from the bed and then closed the door on her way out. David gathered Emma's bags and quickly brought them up to Emma's new room.

He set them in the room quietly and turned to leave when he heard Emma.

"You guys tucked me in?" Emma mumbled.

David smiled as he walked over to sit on Emma's bed once again. "Of course." David said with a smirk. "How are you feeling?"

"Ok." Emma said.

David narrowed his eyes. "I know this must all be a lot to take in." David said softly.

Emma shrugged. "Yeah it is, I guess." Emma admitted quietly.

David nodded. "It will take time to get use to and that is okay. If you have any questions, you can ask your mom or I." David said as he gently touched Emma's cheek.

"Why am I in bed already? It's only seven forty-five." Emma said after a moment.

"You need the sleep, sweetie." David said softly.

"But it's only 7:45? I normally don't have to go to bed till 8:30." Emma said with a pout.

"Forty-five minutes earlier isn't going to hurt you and like I said you need the sleep. Not to mention that your head has to be hurting and sleep is the best thing for you right now. Now, young lady it is time for you to sleep." David said firmly.

Emma sighed. "Ok, but I'm not tired." Emma said with a yawn.

"Not tired, hm? Goodnight, Em." David said as he kissed her forehead again. "Sweet dreams."

"Goodnight, Dad." Emma mumbled before closing her eyes.

David smiled softly at how fast Emma fell asleep although she 'wasn't tired.'

David walked downstairs to the kitchen and wrapped his arms around his wife, kissing the side of her neck before she turned around in his arms and kissed him. "I'm so glad we are back together." David said with a smile.

"Why don't we head to bed early?" Snow said softly.

"Sounds good to me." David said quietly with a grin before moving to the bedroom.

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