October twenty-third, 1989

"Happy birthday dear Emma, happy birthday to you!" Snow White and Prince Charming sang in unison to their daughter the morning of her sixth birthday.

Charming placed one vanilla cupcake with bright pink icing in front of Emma, delighted by the grin that stretched across her face at the sight of it.

"Thank you Mama and Papa." She said, smiling and turning around to give her parents a hug.

"You're very welcome Emma." Snow said.

Emma turned her attention back to the cupcake and Charming chuckled, "I know this isn't exactly what we imagined Snow, but this is perfect."

Snow pressed herself against Charming's body, grinning, "I agree. And I love you."

He smiled, "I love you, too," He said, "Oh! I'll be right back."

Charming was off, running up the stairs, probably to get the video recorder. Once they realized how to work the thing, and what they were used for, Charming became obsessed with it. Over the past six years he had probably recorded every important thing that had happened in their lives.

Six years, Snow thought, Six years since the curse hit, since they had escaped to this world. They got the chance to do everything they wanted with Emma so far, and even if it wasn't in the Enchanted Forest it was okay. She would never try to find where Regina was going to curse them to if it weren't for her friends. The wardrobe only took two, and sadly everyone else got swept away by the curse.

"Hey Em, tell the camera what day it is!" Charming's voice suddenly filled the room as he came descending down the stairs with the recorder.

Emma giggled, "You know it's my birthday Papa!" She exclaimed.

"And how old are you turning today, Princess Emma?" He asked.

She giggled and held up six fingers for the camera, making Snow giggle herself. She couldn't help it, Emma's laugh was infectious and her daughter had to be the most adorable little girl on the planet (Okay, maybe she was slightly biased).

Charming turned the camera away from Emma and faced it towards her, "Do you have anything to say about this joyous day, my love?" He asked.

She smiled, "Happy Birthday Emma, I love you very, very much." She said.

"I love you too Mama!" Emma called out with a mouth full of cupcake, making both Snow and Charming laugh.

"She's so you." Snow grinned, once again pressing her body against her husband's.

"I know." He grinned, wrapping his free arm around Snow before pointing the camera on them and finally leaning down to kiss her.

Snow smiled under the kiss, she loved him so much.

"Papa, we're gonna be late to school!" Emma exclaimed.

Charming nodded and closed the camera, putting it down on the table before kissing Snow hastily.

"Have a good day." He said.

"You too." She said, and then called out, "Happy birthday Emma! Cake tonight."

She heard Emma's, "Yay!" from outside the door and she grinned.

II

November third, 1983

Regina Mills had lost, once again.

She was so close to winning this time, and it felt as if the world was playing a joke on her.

The curse was cast, and she made sure that it was impossible for Snow and her annoying husband to escape it.

But somehow-like always-they found a way.

She knew it from the first morning they arrived in Storybrooke, a small town in Maine where everyone in the Enchanted Forest was cursed to.

It was brilliant, no one remembered who they were and there was just one small thing missing from all of their lives. It was enough to make everyone in the town look like confused dogs, just walking around with no real purpose and nothing to do.

She was so happy with her plan that she almost missed the fact that neither Snow or Charming was there.

Almost missed, but she didn't.

She had no clue where they were, and no way to find them.

Regina began to get desperate, and even though he was cursed and she really did not want to ask him for help, she had no other option.

She went to Rumpelstiltskin.

"Well hello Madam Mayor." He greeted when she first walked in the door to his pawn shop.

"Mr. Gold I have a favor to ask of you." Regina said, getting straight to the point.

"And what would that be?" He asked.

"I need you to find two people for me." She said.

He raised an eyebrow, "I think you're getting me confused with the sheriff, which is odd because I know that you two are very close." He said with an impish grin.

Regina had made him too much like Rumple, she decided as she glared at him.

"That's besides the point, Gold," She said, "Now can you help me or not?"

She was instantly glad that it was Mr. Gold the pawnbroker, standing in front of her, and not Rumpelstiltskin. He would have taken far too much pleasure in her asking him for help.

"Possibly. It might take some time." He warned her.

She smiled, "That won't be a problem at all."

October twenty-third, 1989

Even though time was all Regina had, the wait for her information still had annoyed her. She knew that it wouldn't take a short amount of time, especially without magic. She also didn't think that six years would have passed without knowing any information from Gold.

She would go into his shop every day to ask him, but his answer had been the same thing every time.

You said you had time, Mayor Mills.

She was about to strangle the imp.

But then Gold came into her office, and the six years of waiting was worth it.

He informed her that he had found two people that had fit her description exactly and they were just living a short half hour away from Storybrooke.

Her first idea was to just kill them and take their child, making sure that she never knows about the curse and that there is no way of her breaking it.

But then she got a better idea; such a brilliant idea that an almost wicked grin spread across her face.

She would kidnap the child.

And then once Snow and Charming rush to save their precious baby, she would kill those two heroes once and for all.

Hi, I know this first chapter is kind of short but I just want to see if I should continue it. Please review if you do like it, thank you!