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In answer to a question: The potion was to make Emma love her. I thought about it making her a little girl but decided that Snow is too smart to forget about her grandson and take Henry's mother away from him however I agree that would have been interesting!

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"Something of significance... Where am I supposed to find that?"

Snow muttered to herself as she rummaged through Emma's belongings. Breaking the boundaries between her and her daughter even breaking the boundaries as roommates. She would never have thought this is something she would end up doing but she felt that to be truly happy, she would need to take a risk. She started looking through her draws and desk when suddenly she stopped. The light was reflecting off something in a box, something glass. She started to look through the box, pulling out her special embroidered blanket which snow held close to her chest in memory. She reached in once more and started to pull something out of the box, something that made her heart drop. She froze, holding the glass unicorn mobile in front of her.

"Mary Margaret?"

"Emma!" Snow jumped up quickly, hiding the potion in her coat.

"What are you doing in my room? Why- why are you holding that? You went through my stuff?"

"No, I- well yes but... Emma, why do you have this?"

"Well not that it's any of your business but I got it from gold."

"Do you know what it is?"

"No but, I feel like I should and I quite like it. Why does it even matter? It's just a stupid ornament."

"No, Emma it's much more than that. It's the mobile that used to hang over your crib, it was specially made just like your blanket. I picked unicorns because I love how beautiful and magical they are, just like I knew you would be."

Emma paused and looked up at Snow. The reminder of the childhood she was supposed to have was so painful, all she wanted to do was scream and shout about how unfair everything had been but she just put up her walls and blocked out the emotion. Snow reached up to squeeze Emma's arm in comfort but she shrugged it off. She didn't want this, she couldn't cope with this. She turned to walk out of the room, Snow walked after her.

"Emma please! Why can't we ever just finish a conversation?"

"Because I don't want to! I don't want to think about all this childhood crap, I don't care anymore. I don't want these explanations or memories, I've grown up, I got past the idea of having a perfect family and maybe you should too!"

"I can't! I'm sorry but I can't! Do you know how happy I was when I found out I was pregnant? I thought I'd never be able to have a child but your grandmother gave up her life so I could. You were going to be the most important thing in my life, in your fathers life too. I had planned everything out, we made you a beautiful nursery, Emma all we wanted was for you to have a happy childhood. It broke my heart when I had to give you away, that was never my intention, I was always going to go with you but you came to early and if I wanted you to be safe I had to let you go. David, he risked his life to keep you safe, he almost died. What happened, was not my fault I just wanted to give you your best chance. Why can't you see that?"

Emma sighed and walked over to snow. She could see the tears welling in her mothers eyes. Emma looked at Snow and slowly wrapped her arms around her and hugged her tight.

"I know, I understand all that it's just a lot to take in you know?" Emma dropped her arms and took a step back. "My whole life, I knew one thing: my parents abandoned me. I thought up a lot of explanations my parents would give me when I finally met them... But I didn't expect it would be to save fairytale land because my parents are Snow White and Prince Charming. I read about you in books, through the whole second grade I wanted to be a princess and the fact that I was actually meant to be one... It's so hard to believe."

In that moment Snow realized her daughter was trying, it was hard for her but she was trying. Forcing love up on someone doesn't make it real, they have to come to it on their own terms. What was she doing?

"I know Emma. I'm so sorry."

"Stop apologizing, it's fine."

"OK I'm sorr- ... OK."

"Well I better be heading back to work, I only came back for my walkie talkie in case Henry tried to get in touch with me."

"See you later. Dinner at grannies?"

"Sure. Just one thing though, Mary Margaret, why were you in my room?"

'Just tell her, explain, she will understand' Snow thought to herself. She shouldn't make matters worse by lying to her face. It was time to be better, time to be honest.

"I- I was looking for a sweater, I don't like my wardrobe so much."

Emma laughed and grabbed a sweater from her bed and tossed it to Snow before walking out of the apartment to get back to work. Snow held the sweater close and walked out of Emma's room, leaving her coat behind.