Chapter 4

Waking up slowly but not opening her eyes yet, Regina buried herself more into Emma's neck and tightened her grip around the blonde's waist with a smile. Feeling the movement against her, Emma subconsciously runs her hand along the arm that had hold of her and presses a sleepy kiss to the brunette's hair.

At the feel of a kiss, the brunette opens one eye, screwing her face at the light and glances up at her wife groggily. "Good morning dear..."

The blonde yawns then peers down at her with a smile. "Good morning, my beautiful wife"

The Queen grins with a chuckle then gives a content sigh. "Why did it take us so long?"

Emma sniggers. "Because we had Henry to deal with, then you had to take care of your kingdom and finally when things settled down there was Scarlett because she was just too impatient like her mother"

Regina pouts. "Hey!" The brunette pulls her arm back slightly and starts drawing patterns on the blonde's tummy with her finger. "Well, I, personally would not change a thing..certainly not your mini me"

The blonde nods and squeezes the brunette tightly. "Neither would I, I love our little family"

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After not much sleep due to Scarlett's constant waking, Rumple headed straight downstairs for breakfast while Ingrid went to get the children up.

Upon walking into the room, the older blonde found Scarlett stood up in her cot with tears rolling down her face. Approaching her quickly, Ingrid lifts her up giving her a hug. "Hey beautiful what's the matter?"

Scarlett pouts and gives a small hiccup. "..Enry..." Allowing another tear to fall, the tiny blonde pouts to the end bed by the open window.

Ingrid follows to where the girl points and her eyes widen seeing the empty bed. "Henry?!"

Rushing out the room with Scarlett, the woman checks down the corridor. "Henry?!"

Heading up the stairs having heard Ingrid shouting, Rumple looks over confused. "What is it?"

Scarlett sobs again and buries herself into her frantic looking nanny. The older blonde looks to the imp. "Henry wasn't in his bed! Was he downstairs with you?"

Rumple looks worried and shakes his head. "No he wasn't"

Ingrid looks panicked and passes Scarlett over to him. "I'll contact Emma..they need to know"

The imp looks to his granddaughter and rubs her back trying to calm her. "Scarlett..dearie is Henry hiding?"

The upset blonde shakes her head and points to the window in their room. "..Enry..."

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The Queen watched as her wife got out of bed and had started to get changed. "I know it is normally the other way around but come back to bed..."

Emma looks over to the pouting brunette with a smile. "I wish but you and I both know that there is a lot to do here before the children come home"

Regina huffs and sits up, crossing her arms. "I hate when you're right"

The blonde chuckles and heads for the door. Upon opening, she comes face to face with a guard who was in the midst of knocking. "Hi?"

The guard looks nervous and peers over to the Queen. "I..I am sorry I have to say this..but I..just got a message from the dark one's castle.."

Regina raises an eyebrow concerned and gets up, walking over. "What is it?"

The guard takes a breath. "Your majesty..Henry is gone.."

Emma's eyes widen as she feels a hand suddenly grab hold of hers tightly. "Gone?! What do you mean gone?!"

"Erm..well..he is not in the castle ma'am..and..your daughter appears quite upset"

The blonde gulps back a lump, looking towards her wife who appears to be in a state of shock.

"We need...to go"

Regina uses her magic to dress then looks to Emma who nods. Taking the blonde's hand, the Queen covers them in smoke as they disappear.

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Running into the castle, the women go straight to their daughter who sobs more at the sight of them. Emma takes her off Rumple and hugs her tightly. The brunette looks towards the girl and holds her grasping hand. "It's okay..princess..we will find Henry"

Rumple sighs. "It would appear that she may know more..than..she said he wasn't hiding. If something happened, she would know but.."

Regina looks over understanding. "She can't use her words.."

The imp nods. "There is a way to find out what she may of saw..if you will let me. I..this should never of happened.."

Ingrid looks guilty standing beside him. "We should of kept them in with us"

Emma looks to her mother while holding the small blonde as tight as possible. "That doesn't matter now..what matters is finding him and bringing him home"

The Queen agrees with her wife then grows pale. "..Cora?.."

The blonde looks panicked again at hearing the dreaded woman's name and turns to Rumple who shakes his head. "Still in her cell"

Regina looks relieved briefly before fear takes over again as it has not solved anything. "Then what do you suggest we do?"

The imp looks between the worried parents. "I could..take Scarlett's memories..from last night using a spell. She will not feel anything and it will not affect her memory in anyway..it will just allow us to see what she saw"

Emma and Regina share a look then the blonde steps forward as she had hold of their daughter. Scarlett looks towards her grandpa confused as he places a hand on her head.

Seeing a vision appear in the air, they all watch as they see two people enter the children's room. A woman who tries to distract Scarlett who woke from the noise and a man who lifts Henry out of his bed while still sleeping and carries him away.

When Scarlett looks up to see what they are all looking at, she gets frightened and desperately holds her hands out to Emma. The blonde takes her back with a tear falling down her own cheek. "I have never seen them before.."

Regina blinks a few times trying to get her head around it. "No..Emma's right they are not people from this kingdom.." The brunette looks down teary, trying to stay strong. "Henry...was still asleep..he..he's going to wake up alone..and scared, not knowing where he is..where we are"

Emma walks over to her again and pulls her into a hug as she can see her wife starting to get upset. "We will get him back, like you said we will get him back"

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Returning back to their own castle, the couple had left Rumple to search for the people himself while Ingrid researched through books for any magical solution. Once word was let out by the guards, a search team were gathered together to look for the boy. Emma had persuaded Regina to let her go too as she knows the ins and outs of the streets while the Queen stayed back to look after their daughter and receive any updates.

Placing Scarlett into her playpen, the brunette looked towards her wife sadly and wraps her arms around her waist. "Come back safe..I can't lose you too"

Emma grips Regina tightly and kisses her head. "I will..I love you"

The Queen inhales sharply taking in the blonde's scent before pulling away. "I love you too"

Leaving the two most important girls behind, Emma walks out towards the group in the courtyard and mounts her horse, praying that Henry is okay and that they will see him again, hoping it is not too late.

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Peering around the dark, empty room, Henry sniffles and tries to wipe his face but is prevented as his hands are tied to the bed post to prevent him from running. There was one thing about the situation that was even more worrying. Regina feared of their son waking up alone and scared of where he was.

Unfortunately for Henry he had recognised his surroundings and he knew exactly where he was and who had him.

His parents...

A/N: ooh it's so sad! Poor Henry! Let's hope he gets to go home.

P.S. yes what they did to Scarlett was what they did to Pongo!