Hello, so my sister Charmings88 got me into writing OUAT stories. I have written several but never posted any:) I hope you enjoy it!
I do not own Once Upon A Time or the wonderful Characters:) All are Eddie and Adam's show and characters!
Life as it should be
"A complete reset." Regina told the group surrounding her with shocked faces. "Except it will be here in Storybrooke."
"What does that mean for me?" Emma asked dumbfounded.
"David, Snow, you ready to be parents of a five year old?" Regina smiled as she turned to the just as shocked parents.
"But what about Henry?" Emma all but shouted not wanting to scare him.
"He will still be but it just will come later like it would have originally. Just here in Storybrooke." Regina went on to explain, "It's the cost of this curse. I have to give up my original curse and give you all your happy endings."
"Will we remember this life?" David spoke up.
"No, you won't. You will have the life you were always intended to have." Regina explained. "It's either this or Emma and Henry completely being cut out of all of our lives. Emma would go back to her life the way it was as an orphan and Henry would be in the foster system most likely like Emma."
"No, we can't. Mom, Dad, I can't let Henry go through that. I am willing to do it over again if it means that he has a better life. I won't risk his life being as terrible as mine was." She winced, "Sorry."
"No Emma, you are right. We don't want either of you going back to a life where we are not together." Snow agreed, "Regina we will do it."
"Ok, we are running out of time. You will be five years into Emma's life and living in Storybrooke. You will be yourselves just not in the Enchanted forest. You will remember all of your life there though."
"Ok. One sec. Kid, come here." Emma motioned for her son, "I love you Henry and I know this is best for you. We will be together soon and have the life we always wished for."
"I'll be ok Mom. I will see you soon. I love you Mom." Henry choked out as he gave his Mom a hug.
"I love you kid. It will feel like no time. I promise." Emma smiled at him and gave him a hug back.
"Ok, it's time." Regina said as she ripped the curse and a huge purple smoke filled the sky and surrounded them all. Emma held Henry close as tears spilled from there eyes. Charming held onto Snow on one side and Emma on the other. A few moments later they were all swept away in their rightful lives.
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Charming woke up and turned to his side and smiled at his beautiful wife sleeping peacefully beside him. Life was just as it should be. An amazing wife, beautiful baby girl, a good job and a wonderful town. He couldn't ask for more. Life was perfect. He sighed and crawled out of bed. It was nearing 7am and he had to get ready to head into the station. Before jumping in the shower he grabbed his cup of coffee. It was his morning routine after all. He downed his cup of coffee and decided to check on his little girl.
She had her own room upstairs. She after all she was his princess and deserved the very best. He peaked in the room and smiled. She was sprawled diagonally across her bed and the blankets kicked off on the floor. She was a very small five year old but filled with stubbornness and spunk. Charming went over and grabbed the blanket from the floor and put it back on his little girl. He hated leaving her every day. He just loved her so much. He kissed her on the forehead and went to hop in the shower.
Meanwhile Snow was waking and saw that Charming was up. She got up and started to cook her Prince and princess some breakfast. They both loved waffles and eggs.
Charming came out of the bathroom and saw his wife cooking his favorite, waffles. He went behind her and wrapped his arm around her kissing her on the cheek. "Morning my love, smells delicious."
"Morning Charming, I hope your hungry. I made enough for a whole army." She joked and gave him a kiss.
"You know me, I'm always hungry." He growled playfully.
"Yes I do." She giggled. "Now, while I finish could you go wake up your daughter please?" She asked.
"I would love to milady." He gave her his best charming smile and went up the stairs to wake his sleeping beauty.
"Emma" he sat on the side of her bed trying to wake the five year old. This task was not the easiest. Little five year old Emma tended to be quite cranky in the morning. She loved her sleep. He tried again patting her arm, "Emma, honey it's time to wake up."
A grunt could only be heard as she flipped over opposite of her father.
"Emma, breakfast is almost ready. It's time to get up." He tried a third time.
"Breakfast?" she said groggily and turned towards her father, "What are we having?" She asked. She was just like her father, always hungry.
"Your favorite and mine." He smiled.
"WAFFLES!" Emma practically screamed.
Charming laughed, "Yep and eggs! But we have to hurry or your mother will give it all away to the dwarves!" He teased.
Her face was very serious, "No we can't let her do that!" She jumped up and started pulling on her father's arm in effort to try and get him to follow her.
Charming laughed again, "Ok, ok let's go!"
They both bounded down the stairs and Charming lifted his daughter up in the air and landed her in her chair. Emma giggled she just loved when her father played with her.
"Morning Mommy!" Emma smiled.
"Good morning Baby! Did you sleep well?" She asked as she gave her daughter a kiss on the head and put her plate of waffles in front of her.
"Yea I did!" Emma grabbed her fork and started digging in.
"Emma, let your father cut those up for you." Snow reprimanded lightly.
"Mommy" She whined, "I a big girl I can do it." She pouted and proceeded to try and cut it herself.
"Emma." Snow sternly said and gave her daughter a warning glare.
"Emma, listen to your mother." David warned and grabbed her fork and knife and cut her waffles up for her. "And no more pouting so early in the morning. Your face will get stuck like that." He joked with her hoping to turn her mood around.
"Daddy!" She exaggerated his name and giggled. "It will not."
"David, how long will you be today?" Snow asked as she sat down to eat her breakfast as well.
"Well, I've got paperwork to do today so it should be normal time. About 4:00pm if not earlier." He answered.
"Daddy can I come with you to work?" Emma asked with a mouthful of waffles.
"No I'm sorry Em." David answered.
"But Daddy!" She shouted with a grumpy face.
"Emma, it's dangerous. No place for a little girl. Now eat your breakfast and don't talk with your mouthful." He said in a no-nonsense tone. They had been going through this a lot lately.
"Daddy you're no fair." She crossed her arms across her chest and pouted.
David tried to cover his smirk with his napkin. He couldn't help but see so much of Snow in his little girl.
Snow chimed in, "Emma you heard your father the first time. The answer is no. Now I suggest you drop it." She said in a no nonsense tone as well.
"Daddy is just mean." She muttered under her breath.
"Emma." They both said sternly together.
Emma knowing that tone from both of them meant no good. She gave up for now but still inside wasn't happy. She started to eat again but didn't look up at her parents. "I'll just ignore Daddy and Mommy. That'll show em!" She thought.
Snow and David gave each other amused looks to one another. They all finished their breakfast, Emma was still ignoring her parents and went into the other room to play with her toys. David and Snow started cleaning the dishes.
"That little girl is not happy about you leaving her today." Snow said. "She sure is giving us the silent treatment."
"Who does that remind me of?" He nudged her and smiled.
"Oh hush you." She giggled.
"Well I'll talk to her before I go. Hopefully that will help and will give you both a better day." David said
"Yes that would be nice." She said sarcastically. "She has been a little bit of handful lately. Trying to be independent when she is only five."
"She sure is a stinker. I wonder if she is starting to test us. I think this is the age for that." He wondered. "Nothing we can't handle. Well I better go talk to her. I don't want to be late for work." He gave Snow a kiss and went to go talk to his little girl.
"Hey Squirt, I am about to leave for work." He told her as he sat by her on the couch.
She continued to ignore him.
"Em, I'm sorry you can't go to work with me. We can play when I get home, ok?" He tried again.
Again nothing. She ignored and continued to play with her little bear.
"Emma." His patience was wearing thin with this silent treatment.
Emma kept ignoring and was thinking to herself, "Be strong, keep ignoring him. Maybe he will give in and feel sorry. Keep going."
"Emma Ruth I want you to stop this silent treatment now." He was absolutely exasperated that she kept ignoring him. He thought to himself, "She sure is like her mother, stubborn, she wants me to give in but I won't."
Emma walked away completely ignoring him and walked to the other chair with her bear.
David walked over to her anyways, "Emma, I have to leave now but I hope you will change your attitude. You are not being very nice ignoring your mother and I. You won't always get your way in life and you are just going to have deal with that. I love you. Be good for your mother." He kissed her on the head and walked away.
David walked over to Snow and sighed, "She is still ignoring. If she keeps this up…" He started.
"I'll take care of it. Don't worry she will get tired of not talking after awhile. And when she does we will be having a good talk about being rude and calling her father names." Snow said assuredly. "She will apologize too. She is better than this."
"Well if it gets worse, call me and I can talk to her or if I need to come home I can." He said hating leaving when there was trouble. "Love you Snow. Have a good day."
"Love you too Charming and don't worry we will be fine." She smiled and gave him a quick hug.
"See you tonight. Bye Baby." David came over to Emma once more and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "I'll see you tonight."
Emma ignored him again hoping he would break down now. She heard the door shut and was completely shocked. She looked at the door and was getting very upset. "He really left without me! Daddy is so mean!" She whispered to her bear. Deep down she just hated that he had to leave her. She couldn't explain it just felt like he wasn't coming back.
Snow finished the dishes and walked over to Emma praying that she had snapped out of her mood. "Em, you want to watch some tv while I go take a shower?" Snow asked trying to stay cheery.
Emma continued to ignore her.
Snow was not having this anymore. "Emma."
Nothing.
"Emma Ruth. Look at me." She sternly said.
Emma was starting to feel not so brave. She tried to keep ignoring but felt her mother's hand under her chin shift her face towards her. Her mother was kneeling in front of her with a very serious face.
"We are done with this silent treatment. Do you understand me?" Snow asked.
Emma gulped nervously. "Yes, Mommy."
"You were acting very naughty. It's not nice to ignore people. It is very rude. Not to mention being mean to your father who just wants to keep you safe. You hurt your daddy's feelings. You are better than that Emma. What do you have to say for yourself?" Snow asked looking directly at Emma waiting for her answer.
Emma's resolve was starting to break, "I'm sorry Mommy! I didn't mean to be naughty or hurt daddy's feelings." She started crying and fell into her mother's arms.
"There, there, it's alright Sweety. It's over now. I forgive you. Let's start over, k?" Snow smiled and wiped the tears from her daughter's eyes.
"Ok, Mommy. But what about Daddy? Is he still sad?" She asked her voice full of concern.
"Well, part of being a big girl is apologizing when we do something wrong. I expect you to apologize to your Father when he gets home." Snow explained.
Emma again gulped nervously, "Ok, is Daddy mad at me Mommy? She asked looking down at her hands.
"He's not mad honey. Just disappointed but I know he will forgive you just as I did. We love you Em." She smiled and kissed her on the forehead again.
"I love you too Mommy." Emma smiled at her Mom.
"Now, no more crying. Mommy is going to take a shower. Do you want to watch your show?" Snow asked as she stood up.
"Yes Little House Little House!" Emma jumped up and down.
Snow laughed, "What do you say?"
"Pretty please Mommy?!" Emma said and sat on the couch with her favorite bear, Baby Blue.
"Alright here you go. Be good while I take a shower."
"I will Mommy!" Emma said and cuddled up on the couch with her bear.
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