Chapter 10

Half way to the playground Emma realised she'd left her pencil case back in the class room so had to turn back.

She huffed and spun on her heels before walking back through the locker covered hall of the school, dodging all of the children that ran through the corridors trying to get to the playground as fast as they could.

When Emma reached the classroom she heard miss Blanchard talking to Mr Noland, which wasn't something that surprised her considering that she could see that they like each other.

She was about to walk in when she saw that they were in a tight loving embrace, not wanting to ruin the moment she turned to walk away but the mention of her name stopped her, she couldn't quite make out what exactly what they said but one thing she did definitely hear, was the word daughter.

Her heart quickened, the book was true, they were in love so they must be snow white and prince charming, they looked like the characters from her book, from the book Ms Blanchard had given her, was it her way of her trying to tell her they were her parents.

She watched as the couple in front of her parted. Snow lifted her head and in doing so noticed the ten year old standing in the door way looking wide eyed.

"Emma" Ms Blanchard mumbled looking at her student and daughter.

Upon hearing the name leave his wife's lips, he turned to look at their daughter.

"The book's real" Emma stated more than asked them.

"Yes" charming nodded slowly, snow was a little too choked up to speak.

"So you guys are my…." She trailed off not sure if she could say it because that would mean that Regina really was the evil queen, the very women that had raised her, loved her was the very person that ripped everyone away from their home, that had taken her real parents from her.

"We're your parents" Snow told the blond ten year old, finally able to speak, wanting Emma to know the truth to understand why she always paid a little closer attention to her, why she gave her the book.

Emma smiled before running the show and tackling her in a hug, finally feeling safe and almost home.

Snow/Mary was shocked at first but then it became a natural thing to put her arms protectively around the girl and hugged her tight, charming then wrapped his arms around his wife and daughter, vowing to keep the together, to not let either of them get away from him now the family was reunited.

Meanwhile a little down the road in the town centre Regina sat in her office, she felt a shiver run down her spine.

She braced her hand on her desk as she looked up, she felt strange, she felt weaker, like she was in less control, like some big change had happened.

Getting up from her desk and ignoring her paper work the raven haired women got up and looked out of the large window behind her and looked out at the town below her, she was worried to see if the curse had broken but from what she could tell everything was fine, everyone was normal.

Then someone caught her eye, Gold. She glared at him as he crossed the street, his cane in hand, then she rushed to the stairs hoping to catch him so she could talk to him.

"Gold" she called his name when she approached him, he turned and his face dropped into a deeper frown.

"What can I do for you now?" he asked sounded fed up with talking to her about every little problem she was having.

"We need to talk" she told him as she dragged him to the nearby ally way beside granny's.

"About what?" he asked her as his hands rested on his cane to keep his balance as he stood opposite her.

"Can't you feel it?" Regina asked him, cocking her head to the side.

Rumple took a moment to take a breath, to try and figure out what she was talking about "Feel what?" he ask her feeling something but wanting her to admit it.

"The curse has gotten weaker, I want to know why?" she asked him.

"Well, true loves kiss can break any curse" Rumple told her with an almost evil smirk.

"Snow and Charming" she stated, her heart beating a mile a minute, if they'd broken from the curse this could mean she could lose Emma, and then she could break the curse. "How can I stop them?" she asked him.

Rumple took a breath "For once dearie work that out on your own" he stated before walking off, he was tired of her always asking him, he already knew how it was all going to work out no matter what she did.

Regina stood in the ally for a minute, trying to get her mind to work again, trying to find a way to stop snow and charming from taking Emma from her, she had to find a way to separate snow and charming.

A smile spread across her ruby red lips as an idea hit her, it was evil, devilish and would work, now all she needed was a man with a magic hat.

TBC…

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