Author's Note: The part in italics is borrowed specifically from 'A Once Upon a Time Tale: Reawakened' by Odette Beane novel.

That scene, though it wasn't used in the tv show was used in the book and it gave me the idea for this fanfic.

Oh and for the sake of this particular story, Tamara isn't involved.

Prologue

"You can't eat it," he said, "It's poison."

"What?"

"Don't you see," Henry said. "The deal? It was all a trick. To get you to eat this. To get rid of you once and for all. This is exactly how she got rid of Snow White, except this time, you don't have a Charming her to come wake you up."

This stung Emma a bit. In less than forty-eight hours she had been reminded that her parents had abandoned her, that she had given up Henry with the purpose of giving him a better life and now she was reminded that other than her son and current roommate, Mary Margaret, she had no one, no better half. She was cursed just like the rest of the town.

Emma shook her head. There was no curse. She was closer to the table than Henry.

"Henry there is no curse," she said to him, her arms crossed.

"YES THERE IS!" he yelled back. "I'll prove it to you."

Emma didn't need to be a mind reader to know what her son was thinking.

"No, I'll prove it," she said beating him to the apple turnover.

Before Henry had time to react Emma had all ready taken a bite, making sure she got the apple bits and not just the flakey crust.

They both waited.

Nothing.

"See," Emma said, "I'm completely f-,"

Before Emma could say the rest of what she wanted, to prove to Henry that the curse and Regina wanting to poison her wasn't real, Emma collapsed to the floor.

Henry quickly rushed over to her. "Emma!" he said shaking her shoulders. "Emma, wake up! MOM!"

He knew his actions were pointless. He knew this would happen and that she wouldn't wake up. He didn't bother checking for a pulse, knowing there was one. She was Snow White's daughter so she wouldn't die.

He got up from his spot and raced to Mary Margaret's room picking up the phone.

"It's Henry," he said when he got an answer. "You need to come home right now!"