Prompt: Emma listens to a song that always made her feel better.

Author's Note: Forgive me if this isn't as sophisticated as other stories. I've also made the time this song came out a little different, so pretend it came out when Emma was eight or something and just think that for being an orphan she got picked on.

Disclaimer: I do not own Once Upon A Time or it's characters they belong to Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. I do not own the song 'Who Says', it belongs to Selena Gomez & The Scene.

Who Says

I wouldn't want to be anyone else, hey

I use to always want to be someone else. I never wanted to stay in my life.

You made me insecure

Told me I wasn't good enough

But who are you to judge

When you're a diamond in the rough

You know, all the bullies and all the tormentors, they weren't perfect - no one is. But they were just like me, even if I was an orphan. I don't think I deserved to be bullied.

I'm sure you've got some things

You'd like to change about yourself

But when it comes to me

I wouldn't want to be anyone else

Na na na na na na na na na na na na na

Na na na na na na na na na na na na na

I'm no beauty queen

I'm just beautiful me

I always wished I could say this about myself but I couldn't... until now.

Na na na na na na na na na na na na na

Na na na na na na na na na na na na na

You've got every right

To a beautiful life

C'mon

God, hearing this again now just makes me realise how much I needed these things to be said to me, no. Made me realise how much I needed this song.

Who Says

Who says you're not perfect

Who says you're not worth it

Who says you're the only one that's hurting

Trust me

That's the price of beauty

Who says you're not pretty

Who says you're not beautiful

Who Says

I used to cry, whenever I thought about why this song was amazing for me. I used to answer it liked I was actually being asked these questions. Everyone. Everyone would tell me; I wasn't perfect, I wasn't worth it, that I wasn't pretty, that I wasn't beautiful. And I knew I wasn't the only one who hurting, I knew there were people in worst situations but it was so hard to remember that in between all the insults.

It's such a funny thing

How nothings funny when it's you

You tell 'em what you mean

But they keep whiting out the truth

True. All of that is true. It was true then and it's true now. It's not funny when it's you, if you got harrassed by bullies you got knocked down and stayed down not you got knocked down and got backup to insult them right back. If you did, you payed the price. And them doing that had you making sure you were invisible, whitened out, or else you got harrassed again.

It's like a work of art

That never gets to see the light

Keep you beneath the stars

Won't let you touch the sky

Growing up I never knew there to be anything good about me, nothing extraordinary, nothing amazing. They made sure of that. Then I turned twenty-eight and then Henry knocked on my door...

Na na na na na na na na na na na na na

Na na na na na na na na na na na na na

I'm no beauty queen

I'm just beautiful me

Na na na na na na na na na na na na na

Na na na na na na na na na na na na na

You've got every right

To a beautiful life

Until I met Henry, I didn't know I could have happiness or a happy life... and until I met Killian, I didn't know someone could think of me as beautiful. My boys have proven wrong again and again.

C'mon

Who Says

Who says you're not perfect

Who says you're not worth it

Who says you're the only one that's hurting

Trust me

That's the price of beauty

Who says you're not pretty

Who says you're not beautiful

Who Says

As I got older, I would still answer these questions, crying to myself. But there were times (most of the time) I would just laugh and dance and sing happily to myself when this song was playing, because it made me happy. I'd always end up thinking 'I really hope I can play this song to someone later in life and just make their day better, just make them feel better'.

Who says you're not star potential

Who says you're not presidential

Who says you can't be in movies

Listen to me, listen to me

Who says you don't pass the test

Who says you can't be the best

Who said, who said

Won't you tell me who said that

Yeah, oh

I know most people would realise they were lonely when they ended up talking to a song (Hell, who am I kidding? No one talks to songs) but for me it made me feel like I had someone. For three minutes and fifteen seconds, I had someone. Someone asking me if I was ok, who said these things to me and who told me I'd be ok in the long run.

Who Says

Who says you're not perfect

Who says you're not worth it

Who says you're the only one that's hurting

Trust me

That's the price of beauty

Who says you're not pretty

Who says you're not beautiful

Who Says

I heard Henry and Killian outside, laughing and yelling at me to hurry up, and I just thought happily 'Who's saying all these horrible things to me? No one'. With that, I got up and walked outside to my boys.

Author's Note: If you guys liked it please review, I would love your feedback. I just wanted to say, I wrote this because whenever I'm extremely upset or have had a really bad day this song always calms me down and makes me happy. I have a problem with liking myself for who I am and this song came out when I was eight and it really helped back then and it still helps now. So I wrote this for people who; feel how I feel, are being bullied or just need something to help them feel better and also because I'm against bullying and wanted others to be aware. One last thing, listen to Selena Gomez & The Scene - Who Says, it's a really amazing song.