"Are you sure this is going to work" said the Snow Queen looking at gold with disbelief.
"Yes dearie, when you enact this spell, you will receive what you want...Emma"
"She loves his parents, I've seen it, how are you so sure that she won't go back to them?" The Queen demanded, "I want her to be MY sister and not their daughter. You said that she is the product of true love, and the love that she feels for those people won't be easy to...persuade."
"I've lived many years dearie, and one of the most important lessons that I've learned is that the people that you love the most are the ones that can hurt you the worst"
"So this spell is going to make Emma destroy her own parents?"
"No, as I explained to you before, I don't have a spell strong enough to make Emma hurt the people she loves the most. But that doesn't mean that I can't make THEM hurt Emma to a point where she will be so broken, so helpless and vulnerable that she will accept your so called love"
The Snow Queen smiled. She had to admit that this was a great plan to have Emma and her love. "How long? And how are they going to drive her own daughter away?"
"Oh it is really simple actually. One of the things that Emma fears the most is to lose the love of her parents, to be replaced and be let down as she's always been. The arrival of the new member of the charming family will make everything so much easier" Gold said in a dark voice "You will have to be patient dearie. This will probably take a couple of months but once she is completely broken again...she will be yours" He ended with a wicked smile.
The Snow Queen let out a little laugh. "That is exactly what I need, I need her to think that they don't love her, that I am the only one who truly loves her, who cares about her. What will happen to them? Are they going to live under the influence of the spell forever again?"
"No, you see the spell only has one purpose, to make them break their own daughter's heart, once that is done, they will come back...they will see what the spell made them do. It will be as if they were never under any spell, there won't be any trace of any kind of spell."
"So if there is no trace of the spell..."
"They will have no prove that what they did was under the influence of the spell, they won't be able to prove to Emma that they weren't themselves. I am also sure that this spell will not only break the heart of the savior. Once her mother comes to her senses again, I am sure that she won't be able to live with herself knowing that she broke her daughter's heart"
Emma opened the door of the little apartment that she had share with her family. The first thing she saw was her mother looking at her baby brother with such love that made Emma smile. She loved that little squirrel as much as she could. She took off her jacked and said "Hey mom! Today was such a busy day, all I wanted to do was to come home and just relax, and have dinner " she turned and saw that Snow hasn't moved much from the position she was in, as if she didn't even heard her. Henry noticed that and he instantly took his backpack off and went to see what Snow was doing. She was doing the usual, looking at her baby in her arms; he was awake and was smiling at Snow. "You are so cute, yes you are", said Snow, while bouncing the baby. "Hey grandma, can I play with him? I will support his head don't worry" Henry said when he noticed Snows eyes thinking if he could do it. Emma noticed her mother's hesitation, so she said, "Hey kid, you should go and take a shower, and do your homework too"
"But it's Friday!" He argued "I have the entire weekend to do my homework, and I don't have much, and school starts until Tuesday so I have even more time to finish it"
"Well if you want to go to your so called "boys-only camp" you should start your homework now" said Emma firmly.
Emma turned and looked at her mother with a concerned face, it seem that she wasn't even listening to anything that was going around her, as if her own little world only consisted of her and the baby. Henry noticed her mothers worried face and said "Just tell her that you fought a dragon, every time she hears about you been in danger she returns to planet earth and freaks out" he said playfully. He didn't know if this was going to work out; his grandma had been acting weird since they killed the Snow Queen.
Emma smiled at her soon and said "So as I was saying, today was such a crazy day, a dragon appeared all of a sudden and I had to fight him with my sword" Emma said winking at Henry.
"Oh, that's great Emma" Snow said laughing at Neal's laugh, not even turning to see Emma.
Emma's faced changed from worry to pure hurt, she couldn't believe that her mother was so...so not her mother. What had happened to the woman that wanted to talk to her all the time? To listen to how her day was, even if it was a normal boring day? She understood that she was practically experiencing being a first time mother, and she was excited for her, she really was, but she never expected that answer for her, for God's shake she wasn't even listening to her! And that broke her heart. It's been a month since her mother had been acting distant to her.
Henry noticed her mothers hurt face and shook his head in disappointment. "Grandma!" He said a little harsher that he intended to sound. Both Emma and Snow turned to him in disbelief. Henry had never talked to Snow in that tone before.
"Excuse me!?" Snow said blinking with a hint of disappointment in her face.
"I was just asking you what are we going to have for dinner", Emma said in a sheepish voice, trying to hide her real feelings. Trying to diffuse the tension and the stares between Snow and Henry. They were both looking at each other and unfortunately Emma realized that Henry was looking at Snow with disappointment, disbelief and a hint of anger.
"Oh, well I didn't make dinner tonight, you know I was busy with Neal and all" Snow said looking at Emma with a hint of gilt "We had an appointment with his pediatrician today...I forgot to tell you"
"Oh no, that's ok" Said Emma a little hurt "We can just order something from Granny's and eat here"
"Well...I actually told David to go pick up something from Granny's in his way home" Snow said looking back at Neal who was playing with her hair "You can join us"
You can join us was all Emma was thinking, those simple words were said as if she was just a friend, a guest. What the Fuck was happening? Emma had noticed that Snow was a little absent but has it come to this? Not telling her anything, forgetting about calling her to let her know. Even when Snow was only Marry-Margaret, her roommate, she would've called her or something.
"Lets go to Granny's mom" Henry said bringing back Emma from her thoughts.
"Ok, kid" was all Emma could say.
They both turned and put their coats back on, and headed downstairs, none of them said anything. Not even a goodbye
Once they got to Granny's they sat down in the last table by the window. Emma noticed that Henry still had that face of disappointment, but at the same time she noticed that he was sad.
"What's going on kid?" She said as she sat down
"What is going on with her?" he said angry looking at Emma
That's when it hit her, she has let her son watched her get hurt by his grandma. She had tried so hard for the last month to hid her emotions in front of her son.
"Well...she is" Emma said lowering her eyes to watch the menu, trying to hide her Emotions from her son "busy? I mean a baby can be a lot of work"
"Mom I am not blind, I have seen her change. From the last month she has been..." He stopped knowing that what came next was going to hurt his mom
"Been what?" Emma asked
"She has been ignoring you in a way" He said instantly noticing the sad expression in his mothers face "I'm sorry mom, but she has! I have notice it...I know it hurts you"
"I am fine kid" Emma said trying her best to smile and reassure her son that everything was fine.
"No you are not", he said firmly looking into her eyes "I know you mom, you have been trying to hide it, but you can't fool me"
When did he get so grown up? How was she supposed to answer that? She saw her son's face when Snow basically ignored her. She saw the disappointment in her son's face. He used to think so high of them and she wasn't going to ruin that.
"Well when you put it like that...yes I am hut" She smiled at her son "But maybe I am over-reacting about it. After all your grandparents are Prince charming and Snow White, they will never try to hurt anybody"
"They think they might not be hurting anybody", Henry said in a really low voice
Emma heard him but decided to ignore it for now, she didn't knew if she was able to defend them right now.
Red approached them and took their orders. While they were waiting Henry couldn't help but remember her mother's heart broken face. He felt so angry with her grandparents right now. They were supposed to look after both their children, but apparently they only had eyes for Neal. He didn't blamed Neal of course, he was only a baby, but he sure blamed his grandparents. He remembered what her mother told him once, about a family that she had when she was a kid and how they replaced her when they had their own child. Was this how his mother felt right now? He had to help her, he had to prevent Snow and Charming from breaking his mother heart. He will protect it.
"Why don't we get our own house mom?" Henry said abruptly
"What?" Emma choked a little
"Yes, you know. We are going to stay here, so we need a house for the two of us...and maybe hook?" Henry finished mischievously.
Where was this coming from? Emma thought.
"Come on mom!" Henry said suddenly exited. He knew that if they got a house they will not really see his grandparents and maybe then. They will realize what they have been doing to his mom. "It's going to be just like in New York, but better! Please mom!"
"I really missed you two" Red said as she approached them with their food, smiling to see Henry so exited about something "Specially Henry"
"Hey!" Emma said
Red just gave Henry a wink and leaned on the table "So, what has you all exited Henry?"
"He wants us to buy a House" Emma explained looking at Henry
"Yeah" Henry said, "Just like the one in New York mom...it's going to be..."
"Wait a minute, wait a minute" Red said raising a hand to stop Henry "Are you guys planning to go back to New York?" She couldn't help but panic a little. She had become really good friends with Emma and she loved Henry, she couldn't lose them.
"No!" Henry yelled "No, I'm just telling my mom that it will be a good idea if we get our own place here, in Storybrooke. We lived in New York alone and it was actually pretty good, but now is going to be better because mom has Hook and I have my other mom and Roland. And of course we have you and Granny and Belle and Will and..."
"Ok, I think she gets it kid" Emma said smiling to see Henry so exited again.
"And you guys have Snow and David too" Red said, she couldn't help but notice that Henry forgot to mentioned them. "Um, did I said something wrong?" red asked as he saw Henry's face change from excitement to...anger or was it sadness?
Emma also saw Henry's change and realized that he wanted to get out of his grandparents house. Dam it! She let her emotions show today. She had fought so hard for the last month to not let her son see how hurt she was feeling. She didn't want Henry to be mad at Snow and David.
"Oh no Red. Everything is fine" Emma said trying to reassure red "And yeah we have them too"
Red could tell that something was wrong. Maybe Emma hasn't told Snow and James that Emma and Henry want to move out? "Have you told them that you want to move out?" She asked Emma "I know is non of my business, but Snow wants you Emma. I don't think neither of them is ready to let you leave. After all you just practically found each other"
Emma let out a bitter laugh that made Henry and Red look at her
"Yeah right"
"Excuse me?", Red said sitting in the both next to Henry. Now she definitely knew that something was wrong, very wrong.
"They don't really care if we are there or not" Henry said looking down at his hands.
"Henry?" Red said trying to make eye contact with Henry "They both love you, the both of you. Why did you say that?"
"Oh, it's nothing Red. Henry is just tired" Emma said as she began to stand up. "Let's go kid, let's take a walk"
"Oh no, no, you are not going anywhere, you haven't eaten your food!" Red said as she reached out and pulled Emma down at the booth "You two are going to tell me what is going on"
Emma and Henry remained silent. Emma was looking out the window and Henry still looking down at his hamburger.
"Oh I see that you both inherited Snow's and Charmin's stubbornness" Red said crossing her arms "Well guest what? I've made them talk and I will make you talk too. We will just wait here until one of you talk"
Ten minutes passed and Red was still waiting for a response. She had to bite his cheek to keep herself from laughing. She thought that Emma and Henry didn't know how much they resemble Snow and James right now.
Emma didn't understood why she was still in the booth, she was Emma fucking Swan, she should've told Red that she had no right to do this. A part of her was mad at Red, but an other part of her wanted to tell someone what was going on. The little girl in her wanted some reassurance that his parents weren't going to leave her again.
Henry decided to star eating his hamburger. He wasn't going to tell Red anything.
"I am sorry mom", Henry said looking up sheepishly at Emma. He knew that his mother didn't like to tell other people about her feelings, but when Red mentioned Snow and Charming he couldn't help but say how he felt. The only other person that he had talk about what was going on was his mom Regina.
"It's ok kid", Emma said looking down at her fries and taking one "Red, I think you should go and attend your other costumers"
"Emma" Red said in a very Marry Margaret tone "I know you see me as your mother's friend, but I am more than that Emma. I am...I want to be your friend too"
Emma looked up and stared at Red, she could tell that she wasn't lying. "Thanks Red" was all she could think of saying.
"Hey kid, don't feel bad about it ok" Emma said to Henry. She could see that he was feeling sad again. She needed to change that "So, do you have any ideas...I mean like housing ideas?"
Henry immediately looked up smiling again "Really!?"
"Yes, really" Emma said smiling, a smile that didn't reach her eyes "As you said, it was pretty good just living the two of us"
"There is this one house near the lake" Henry said as he bitted his hamburger "It has three bedrooms and two bathrooms and a big back yard and a really nice kitchen, not that you will use it but it looks good"
"Don't talk with your mouth full Henry" Regina said as she approached her son "I know Miss. Swan here doesn't care, but I do"
Henry looked up at his mom with an apologetically smile.
"Hey, Regina. Nice to see you again" Emma said in a sarcastic tone.
"Is nice to see you as well" Regina said with the same sarcastic tone.
"Really?" Henry said pretending to be upset "You two fight like a married couple"
Emma was eating the last bite of hamburger she had and almost choked thanks to Henry's comment.
Regina saw this and smiled "She wishes...anyways what are the two of you doing here? Why aren't you with the not so charmings" Regina immediately saw Henry's face fall. Henry had told her that the two idiots were acting distant to Emma. Was this was made her son upset?
"Is everything ok Henry?" Regina asked, "Do you feel sick?"
"No mom, I am fine" Henry answered "Mary Margaret was busy so she couldn't make dinner today."
"Henry!" a little boy's voice said
Henry turned and saw his little new stepbrother walk in. He immediately smiled and got out of the booth to say hi.
"So, Marry Margaret uh" Regina said "Since when does Henry calls her Marry Margaret?"
"I have to go" Emma said as she began to stand up "I have to work early tomorrow"
"Come on Henry! We have to watch the movie together!" Emma herded Roland tell Henry as she approached them "You also read the book with me, so we have to watch the movie together! Please!"
Henry saw his mother approach and gave her a "Help me please" look.
"Hi, Roland" Emma said
"Aunt Emma!" Roland said as he reached up to hug her. The kid started to call her Aunt no long ago and she had to be honest she didn't mined. The kid was really sweet.
"Hi Emma" Robin said
"We have to go Henry" Emma said once Roland was in the booth next to his father again "I have to work early tomorrow and you still have to finish your homework"
"Can Henry stay with us today Aunt Emma?" Roland asked "I want to watch the Potter movie today"
"We can watch it another day", Henry said looking at his mom. He wanted to go and watch the movie but he also wanted to be with his mom, especially after what happened today.
"Roland, we can watch the movie another day" Regina said
Roland started to pout.
"That's ok, you can go Henry" Emma said smiling at Henry. She knew that he wanted to go. "I will see you tomorrow for lunch?"
"Are you sure Miss. Swan?"
"Yeah, I mean watching the first Harry Potter movie for the first time is exiting. Right Roland?" Emma asked. Roland nodded happily "You will love it by the way"
Henry hugged Emma and Emma hugged him back. "I will see you tomorrow kid"
"Ok" Henry said still hugging his mom. He knew she needed it. "I love you mom"
"I love you too kid" She said.
Emma walked back to the apartment alone. She was thinking about what her son had said back at the dinner. Moving out? Should she move out? A part of her wanted to stay with her parents, she had finally find them. She finally had what she always wished for when she was just a little girl...a very lonely little girl. But did she really? Her parents were not the same. They didn't ask her how her day went anymore. They didn't check on her every minute of every day. Her father had stop bringing her bear claws to the station. Her mother hadn't share a hot chocolate with her in what felt like forever. What had she done? Was she loosing them? A part of her wanted to believe that she was imagining things that her parents weren't going to replace her or forget about her, but an other part of her was scare.
She finally arrived at the apartment. The first thing she saw was her father sitting at the kitchen island by himself.
"Hey dad" She said as she approached him "Where is mom?"
David didn't move, he continued to just sit there.
"David?" Emma said a little alarmed, touching the shoulder of her father to get his attention " did something happen?"
"What? No, no" He said a little exasperated "Why would you think that?"
"Well I called you and you did even acknowledge me", She said a little hurt.
"Well sorry" He said standing up, not even acknowledging her feelings "I'm going to bed now" He just walked away from her without saying good night.
Emma didn't move from the place she was standing. She felt tears beginning to form in her eyes. Her vision blurred because of her tears.
She angrily wiped the few tears that did feel from her eyes. She walked upstarts to her room. She lies down in bed and finally lets the tears fall freely realizing that her worst fear was becoming reality. She was losing her parents.
This is my first fanfic. Please let me know what you think! Should I continue it? By the way there is going to be a lot of angst and definitely a lot of Charming family feels, and new and strong friendship bonds between Emma and some of our favorite female characters.