AN* I know everyone and there cousin has done a story like this, but I keep coming back to it. I think it would be fun to explore.

Snow White couldn't explain what woke her up but one second she was sound asleep the next she was sitting up listening.

David rolled to his side without opening his eyes "Are you okay?" He mumbled

She placed her hand on his arm and nodded into the dark "I am fine, but…" She paused and listened "Emma's not" She said throwing off her blankets

This now had David's attention as he too sat up "Do you need help?"

Snow shook her head "No, I'll go check on her and if I need you I'll call you."

David nodded understanding some things were better if they were just mother and daughter.

Snow made her way to the stairs just as Henry was coming down rubbing his eyes looking concerned "Oh Grandma" He sighed with relief seeing her "Emma, she's having a nightmare but I can't wake her. She's thrashing around. She's made her nose bleed."

Snow ran her fingers through Henry's hair "It's okay honey, she'll be fine. I'll take care of it. Why don't you go crawl into bed with Gramps"

Henry threw a questioning look up the stairs and then to Snow before he nodded "You're her mom. You'll make it better" He said more to himself then her before he disappeared behind the curtin. Snow could here David's groggy voice welcoming Henry. Now that she knew he was settled she ran up the stairs stopping in the bathroom for a box of Kleenex before entering Emma and Henry's room.

Snow flipped on the light hoping that would wake her daughter up on its own. Emma wasn't thrashing anymore, but she was in a fetal position. Her breathing heavy, a light whimper escaping her lips every so often. Her face scrunched up showing agony. Sweat blood. Snow's heart began to break for her daughter. Her tough daughter looked very small at that moment. Very fragile.

"Emma" Snow called as she climbed onto Emma's bed and quickly put a Kleenex to Emma's nose to catch the blood. Her nose wasn't bleeding heavily but just enough to be running down her face and dripping onto her pillow case. Once she was awake Snow would clean that up. "Emma, honey it's time to wake up" Snow said in a louder tone then she'd normally take with Emma. She just wanted her to wake up. She forcefully rolled her onto her back.

This motion caught Emma by surprise and she let out a panicked cry and tried to hit Snow away before her eyes flew open.

"NO" She screamed before she tried to sit up quickly as tears now began to roll down her cheeks.

"Hey, hey, hey" Snow grabbed her shoulder's "It's just me, you're okay. It's okay. Everything is okay"

Emma stopped fighting her breathing still heavy a few tears were falling.

"Your nose is bleeding" Snow explained calmly as she grabbed a fresh Kleenex and brought it to Emma's nose and was surprised when Emma didn't try to fight her on it, or take the matters into her own hands holding it there herself. Snow held the tissue to her daughter's nose. Her green eyes locked with Emma's green eyes.

"Henry?" Emma finally managed to say as her breathing began to steady.

"He's down stairs with David, probably dead to the world." Snow smiled as she pulled the tissue away from Emma's nose to see if the bleeding had stopped. Once it had she got up and tossed the tissues and disappeared to the bathroom. After wetting a rag and filling a glass of water she returned back to Emma.

Her daughter was sitting on her bed her knees pulled up to her chest, chin resting on top of her knees as she stared off into space.

Snow carefully wiped Emma's face with the rag, slightly worried her daughter barley flinched at the touch. Once she was sure any traces of blood was gone she put both hands on either side of Emma's face and held it there locking her eyes to her daughter's "What happened? This was more than a nightmare wasn't it?"

Emma bit her lip her eyes still locked with Snow's "A memory"

"Will you talk it out with me?" She asked softly "Maybe that will make you feel better"

Emma's eyes filled with tears again as she shook her head "I want to forget!" The tears began to fall and Snow used her thumbs to wipe each tear away. "You aren't alone anymore. I am here. You don't have to go through anything alone anymore."

"I have magic inside of me"

Snow paused at the sentence "Yes, we discovered that with Cora"

Emma nodded "That means I've always had magic inside of me!"

Snow nodded not sure where Emma was going with this. "Well yes."

"I wish, I could go back in time! Use my power to protect myself! I would have showed this world that little Emma Swan was not to be messed with!"

Snow was about to say something when bright white light engulfed Emma. So bright that Snow had to turn away to shield her eyes from it, and just as quickly as it came it was gone.

"What?!" Snow gasped at what she saw once the bright light was gone where her grown daughter once sat was now a very small child. Long blonde curls and an oversized night engulfed her. "Emma?"

"What?!" Emma snapped "Why are you looking at me like that?"

Snow raised her eyebrow "Em, do you feel any different?"

Emma shook her head "No…" She stopped and looked down at her hands "Why… Why are my hands so little compared to yours" She said grabbing Snow's hand and pulling it to her.

"You…" Snow couldn't form words as Emma scrambled to get out of the bed tripping over the blankets she was tangled in taking a nose dive from the bed but Snow as able to quickly grab a hold of her before she hit the floor.

Emma blushed "Thanks" She mumbled and once her feet were on the floor she took off running into the bathroom. "I can't see myself in the mirror. I can't reach" Emma cried out in shock as she grabbed onto the sink and began to hop to look at herself in the mirror.

Snow came all the way into the bathroom her jaw still practically hanging as she watched Emma struggle to see herself in the mirror. Her daughter was the size of a very small child maybe the age of three or four. She was beautiful her perfect little pout, her big green eyes her curls. Emma was a gorgeous woman and a beautiful child at that.

"What happened?" Emma demanded whirling around on Snow stomping her foot and placing her hands on her hips as if it was Snow's fault she was little.

"I don't know honey"

"Fix it!" Emma demanded as her voice cracked "Fix it now!"

"Emma, I don't know how to fix it" Snow said kneeling in front of Emma as she brushed some unruly curls away from Emma's face.

"I can't stay like this!" Emma yelled as her eyes got big and tears began to roll down them as she angrily wiped at her own tears and sniffed "I don't even know why I am crying!"

Snow took a hold of Emma's hand and led her back to the bed room.

"Why?" Emma started to protest, but Snow cut her off quickly

"Listen for a minute" Snow said pulling her up onto the bed which made Emma grumble.

"It's two thirty in the morning"

"Yeah but.." Emma whined as she threw her hands down on the bed

"Emma!" Snow warned placing her finger on Emma's lip causing the girl to go crossed eyes to look at the finger on her lip. She thought about it biting it but quickly stopped at Snow's voice.

"If you bite me, you'll be extremely sorry! Do I make myself clear?"

Emma was in shock at how well her mother could read her.

Snow gave her a warning look before she took her finger away from her daughter's lip.

"It's two thirty in the morning, whatever happened is not life threatening"

Emma went to speak but was quickly cut off by the finger on her lips again.

"It's not life threatening Emma, it's annoying to you at the most. I get it. It's nerve wracking I get it too. However there are two people in this town that can help us figure out what is going on. However if we approach either one of them at this time of night it could become life threating. First thing in the morning we are going to go and find Regina and Gold and we will talk to them about it, but not right now."

Emma sighed knowing Snow was right on this. "I don't like it!" She snarled crossing her arms over her chest.

Snow could tell her Emma was in side of this little version of herself, but she could also tell that the child character traits were there as well. It was going to be a fight for Emma that was for sure.

Snow caught Emma angrily rubbing her eyes and she could tell she was tired.

"I think we should get some sleep" She smiled taking the pillow case off the pillow that had blood on it and tossing it to the floor "The quicker we get back to sleep, the quicker we can find out what is going on."

Emma's eyes got wide "Nooo" She actually whined "I am not tired."

Snow could see the fear in the little girl's eyes. The nightmare had done a pretty good job at terrifying her daughter, and now her daughter was "Fun size" As she had so lovingly put it she could for see a meltdown coming.

"I am going to go watch TV" Emma declared as she moved to crawl off the bed only to be stopped by Snow grabbing her now oversized night shirt and held onto to it tightly not allowing the little version of her daughter go anywhere.

"Hey not fair" Emma whined "You're going to be stronger than me now! Let me go Mary Margret" She whined trying to struggle out of the woman's grasp. "I am still an adult."

"You're not really acting like one" Snow said calmly as she used her hands to fully grab a hold of her squirming daughter to pull her back onto the bed all the way and to lay her on her back propped against some pillows and keeping Emma from getting up.

"Let me go" Emma yelled "Let me go, I am not going back to sleep! Mary Margret let me go!" She demanded as again tears began to fall.

Snow quickly gathered Emma into her arms. Emma didn't fight her she just wrapped her now tiny arms around Snow's neck and sobbed into her shoulder.

Snow began to rock with her as she rubbed circles onto Emma's back. "I am not going to leave you Emma" She promised "For the rest of the night, I am going to be right by your side" If Snow wasn't so concerned for her daughter she would have cherished this moment of holding her small child.

Emma's sobs died down and she just sniffled against her mother's shoulder. "I don't know why" Emma mumbled as Snow lay her back on the pillows again, smoothing out Emma's hair. "I think you're tired, I think whatever you dreamed about tonight was a trigger for all of this and I think your now tiny form has something to do with it."

Emma rubbed her eyes with her tiny fists as she looked at Snow and nodded "Yeah"

"Do you want to tell me about it?" Snow asked laying on her side propping herself up on a pillow so she could look at Emma as she played with her curly mop.

"Not, now" Emma shook her head "It's making my stomach hurt"

Snow frowned and then began to rub Emma's stomach as she watched her daughter's big green eyes fight sleep.

"It's okay Emma, no matter what you dreamed about earlier, you're safe now. I am here. You're not alone. David's down stairs" She brought her lips to Emma's tiny cheek and kissed her twice causing the girl to roll her tired eyes. "Henry's down stairs" She whispered as she went back to rubbing Emma's stomach, he's safe and Emma my sweet Emma you're safe. Right now, this second you are safe"

This seemed to be all Emma needed as her eyes slowly closed and stayed closed.

Snow spent the next ten minutes just whispering "You're safe and loved to her" Until her breathing became steady.

Once Emma was asleep, worry began to fill Snow's own stomach, what had happened? What had scared her daughter? What caused her to become a trapped in a child size form? How were they going to fix this?