AU: No curse. Red is Emma's godmother and cares for Emma like the daughter she's always wanted. Emma loves her Auntie Red more than anything in the world. But Red, Snow, and Charming are hiding something from Emma, something that is very dangerous. And Emma will stop at nothing to figure it out.

I got the idea from a post that went around Tumblr for awhile. It was brought up by adventuresinstorybrooke and mysnergy and it was along the lines of: what if there was no curse and Red was Emma's godmother? Red would be that fun "aunt" who helped Emma sneak out of the castle to meet the boy in the village, let her blow off her princess duties, and then Red holding hands with a little girl with a red cape and golden curls. I just kinda went off of that and this story was born:)

Disclaimer: I don't own Once, if I did the Mary and Emma would be back in Storybrooke already;)

Dedicating this to three people:

Laugher. Lover. Fighter, OncerSware(k)JateBazeGirlscout22, and adventuresinstorybrooke. They are some of my really good Oncer friends and they're always supporting my writing:):) Thanks girls!

An hour later than Friday but close enough right? Hope you guys enjoy this vignette, (I'l admit that this was one of my favorites to write so far) it takes place about five-ish months after Red tells Emma she is pregnant. Enjoy guys!

I walk into our bedroom and close the door behind me. "Hey," I say, sitting down on the bed beside my wife.

She leans into his chest. "Hi," she mumbles. I set my hand on her stomach. The baby should be coming any time now. I'm nervous, but I am so ready to meet my son.

"How's Jacob?" I ask, kissing her hair as I rub circles on her stomach.

"Graham, we don't know if the baby is a boy," she chides, trying to hold back a smirk. I chuckle and kiss her on the head.

I stand her up and scoop her into my arms, spinning her around. Red wraps her arms around my neck and giggles. "I love you Red," I whisper in her ear.

She kisses my beard. "I love you too Graham."

I set her down and we stand beside our bed, foreheads pressed together. I kiss her nose. "I can't wait to meet Jacob."

Red smiles and opens her mouth to respond but freezes. "Graham…" she whispers in shock looking up at me.

I give her a worried look and put my hands on Red's stomach. "What's wrong love? Is it the baby? Is everything alright?!" I ask frantically, trying to stay calm.

Red nods. "It's time…he…he's coming…" She lets out a scream. I quickly scoop my wife back into my arms and sprint as fast as I can out of the house to the village where Granny now lives.

"Are…are you sure Red? I thought you had another four months?" I question while running.

Red just nods her head as another ear-splitting scream escapes her lips. "I did…he's coming…now!"

I nod and break into a full sprint. "I'm going as fast as I can love. We're almost there." Red buries her face in my chest to muffle another painful scream. I am scared out of my mind. I'm worried for my son. And I'm horribly worried for my wife. I finally arrive at Granny's cottage. "GRANNY!" I scream. "GRANNY!" I kick open the door and run inside as Granny comes out of her bedroom holding her knitting needles and the baby blanket for our little Jacob.

"What's the problem Grah—" She stops and looks at Red in my arms. She has taken a slight pause from screaming and is now shaking horrendously. "Quickly, bring her to her old bedroom," she says calmly. I can only nod. I follow Granny into Red's old room from before we were married. I set her down on the bed as she lets another cry out.

I take her hand in one of mine and stroke her hair. Red grips my hand tightly. "You can do this love. Just…breathe."

Red must not be able to hear me over her screaming because she squeezes my hand until it turns bright red. "I CAN'T…HAVE…THIS BABY NOW! IT'S TOO EARLY!"

I wrap my free arm around her and hold her close to me. "Yes you can. You can do this Red," I whisper in her ear, "Have faith." I kiss her temple as another scream echoes through the room. I look at Granny. "Granny, help her!"

Granny shoots me a death glare. "Boy, you best be quiet. I know what I am doing believe me. I helped birth Red and I'm going to do it the exact same way with my grandson," she snaps. "Sit her up and prop her against the bed." I do as she instructs while Red continues to cry out in pain.

"It hurts Graham…" Red moans, "Oh dear god it hurts!" Red lets another cry out. Tears stream out of her eyes down her cheeks and she grips my hand even tighter.

"Calm her down! She needs to be somewhat calm before we can start," Granny tells me.

I rub my hand up and down Red's arm. "Red, love, listen to me. I need you to breathe. Deep breaths, in, out, in, out." Red sucks in a breath, than lets it out. "Good, keep breathing and listen to Granny, love. Jacob will be here before you know it."

We go on like this for at least another two hours. Finally Granny says, "I see his head. One last time Red. You're almost done girl."

I wipe the sweat from Red's forehead as she lets out one last scream of pain. She falls back onto her pillow. Granny smiles and brings up Jacob wrapped in his blanket. I kiss Red on the lips softly. "You did it love. He's here, our son is here."

"Can…" Red coughs, "Can I hold him? Can I see my little Jacob?" Her voice is hoarse from all of the screaming but I can see the look of joy in her eyes.

Granny doesn't' say anything. In fact, she's been silent since she started cradling Jacob. I look up at her, her smile has faltered and two tears glisten on her cheeks as they slowly slide down her face. She looks into my eyes and just shakes her head; suddenly it hits me, I realize what she is trying to say. He was too early. Jacob came too early. He wasn't fully developed. His lungs weren't strong enough and neither was his heart. Not to mention that it's the dead of winter, which meant that it would've been next-to-impossible to save him. I feel tears well up in my eyes. "No…" I whisper in unbelief.

Granny just nods. "I am so, so sorry Graham…"

Red looks between us in confusion. "What's wrong?" she asks, "Let me see him! Let me see my baby!"

Granny gives Red a tender look. "Red…I'm sorry sweetheart." She nods at me as if to say, You know what to do. She walks out of the bedroom, carrying my son's cold body with her.

"Graham…please tell me she isn't serious," begs Red, "Tell me everything is going to be alright. Tell me…please…Graham…" she sobs, coming to the realization at last. She collapses into my chest, shaking with sobs. "NO!" Red screams. "No. No. No! He can't be dead! NO!" she shouts, her voice is airy and shaky.

I rub her back and let my tears fall into her hair. "It's going to be alright Red…" I promise her.
"We will get through this. Whatever it takes, we can get through it. Together." I rock her back and forth gently, keeping my lips pressed to the top of her head. I will never break this promise. I shall keep it forever and ever. I will make sure that I will do whatever it takes to help Red through this.

So...yeah...Sorry...? I promise things will work out for the better! I have literally this entire story planned out in my head and so every chapter is already planned out:)

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proudlesbian-I ADORE writing Charming as an over-protecting father. So you will be seeing a LOT of him;)

adventuresinstorybrooke-I'm glad the pieces are falling in place. Hope the future chapters do the same!

HarrylovesGinniy09-Thanks! Henry may be in the epilogue as Emma's son with whoever it is I choose...;)

Marcie Goure-Did you read the other 3 chapters?

schroederplayspiano-That was my favorite line from the entire chapter:):) Yeah Red is the best isn't she?!:)

Mary-Alice-Brandon-Cullen-OHMYGOODNESS! Thank you SO MUCH for all of your reviews! They were fantastic:) I'm so gad you like the story! Hope you enjoyed yours:)

OncerSware(k)JateBazeGirlscout22-Glad you like it all so far! Thanks so much:)

Katerina-That's a pretty good idea! I may use it sometime:)

Guest-There's your update;)

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Okay I am SUPER tired and I still feel sick about what happened in CT today. RIP those victims.

Up Next: The aftermath of the last chapter with the wolf-bite. ;) Hope you guys are willing to wait another week!

NOTICE:

Just a Dream: Hoping for Sunday, not 100% done with the chap but let's shoot for Friday!

SWF-Next week sometime. Maybe Wednesday or Saturday.

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