Wow thank you for all of the positive feedback! All the reviews made me smile and inspired me in the best of ways. There are mentions of abuse in this chapter; so please be aware of that when you are reading this chapter. Again thank you for all of the positive feedback. I hope you are all well. thank you for reading.

Chapter Two: Unspoken Trust

Emma rubbed her eyes as she woke up in a huge bed. She could hear her parents talking downstairs. The blonde couldn't believe she had found her real parents.

Slowly she began to climb down the stairs her blankie dragging down the steps. Four steps remained as her foot tripped on her blanket and before she could think she had fallen down the stairs. Instantly she began to cry; big tears falling down her face as blood started to pool around her head.

Snow and Charming both ran over to their daughter. They didn't want to move her in case something was broken. The brunette did her best to comfort her daughter as her husband called for an ambulance.

Henry stayed quiet as he watched helplessly at the scene before him. He hated that his mom who was now a toddler was hurt and bleeding. He ran home as fast as he could to find and tell his mom Regina what had happened. Tears falling down his face he ran home.

Emma had to have ten stitches in her head and the doctor had confirmed that she had no other injuries besides a slight concussion.

She sat in her daddy's lap and sucked on the rainbow Popsicle they had given her. Tears no longer fell from her eyes but her eyes were bloodshot red from all of her crying previously. A pink Barbie Band-Aid was on her right knee.

Snow was talking to Doc about how to take care of Emma once they got home.

"I got a hold of Emma's medical files. I'm sorry to say but there is evidence of abuse in these files. It seems that the foster family that she was placed in when she turned three years old was very abusive with her." Doc said as he opened the thick manila folder that was held together by a large rubber band.

The brunette gasped from the hallway as she saw; the bruises, cuts, and burns that her baby had received from her recent foster home. "Was she sexually abused?" She said as she tried to keep her sobs quiet so that her daughter and her husband wouldn't hear.

Doc looked at Snow sadly as he nodded his head. "There are signs that she was sexually touched. Though there are no signs of penetration." He said quietly as he wiped his brow with his sleeve. "I have noticed that Emma doesn't talk much. I looked at her throat and she seems healthy; I suspect that her silence is to due to the trauma that she has gone through. When she starts to trust you and those around her, she should start speaking."

"Thanks Doc I'll talk to Charming about all of this once Emma is in bed for tonight. I think it's safe to say that she will be sleeping downstairs. Our couch turns into a bed so it shouldn't be a problem." Snow says not only to Doc but also to herself as she shakes his hand before returning to her family.

Emma didn't say anything but she reached her little arms out when her mom walked back in the room.

Her mouth was sticky from the Popsicle so her mom gently wiped her face with a wet towel before picking her up. The blonde was very tiny in height and weight; weighing only twenty eight pounds.

"Emma are you ready to go back home?" Snow asked as she rubbed her daughters' back.

The blonde just nodded her head as she whimpered into her mother's neck.

"Shhhh it's alright. Let's get you home." Charming said gently as he placed a soft kiss to his daughters' head.

They finally got home and Snow placed Emma on the couch so she could give her some medicine. Emma stiffened and tried to cling to her mother. She didn't want to be alone.

Charming stepped in and offered to hold his little girl. "Here I'll hold you. Mommy needs to get your medicine and some pajamas to wear."

Emma snuggled in her father's arms. Her head and body was sore and she was tired. She felt safe when she was held. None of her other homes held her or took her home after being taken to the hospital. They always left her. She wanted to talk but she promised to only talk when she knew that her family would be keeping her.

Snow returned with a spoon and a bottle of grape flavored Tylenol.

Earlier at the hospital she had called her friend Belle and asked if there was any way she could borrow some of Isabella's old clothes. Isabella is Belle and Rumples' five year old daughter. Belle had put together a basket full of clothes and toys that her daughter no longer needed and dropped it off at the hospital.

The brunette chose a pair of pajamas that were pink and had pink sparkly butterflies on them. "Alright Emma can you open your mouth for me? After you can have this pretty pink sippy cup full of milk."

The blonde knew what medicine was and tasted like. She knew she wasn't going to like it but she opened her mouth anyway. She wanted to be a good girl. She swallowed as fast as she could coughing a little as it went down.

"Great job sweet pea! Here you go darling." Snow said as she handed her daughter the pink and purple sippy cup.

After Snow and charming helped Emma get dressed they fixed the couch so that it would fold out into a bed; they placed large pillows on the side of the mattress so that she wouldn't roll off of the bed in her sleep.

Charming placed his nearly asleep daughter on the bed and covered her up. "Sweet dreams Emma. Mommy and daddy love you very much. We will always be here for you princess; you're safe." He said in a whisper before he placed a kiss to her cheek.

Just when they were about to walk towards their bedroom they heard a small voice behind them.

"Mama… Dada!"

Alright let me know what you thought about this chapter. In my story Belle and Rumple are married and have a little girl named Isabella who will later become friends with Emma. In the next chapter Regina will make an appearance and give us all a few more answers to all the unanswered questions of how Emma will return to being an adult. If you have any suggestions on what you'd like to see please let me know. This will not be a short story so we will be able to enjoy with Snow and Charming, Emma as a child. Thank you again. Until next time. :)