Emma's new baby

Anna wanted a oneshot of Snow and Charming having a baby when Emma was little. Sorry, I completely forgot to check guest reviews for requests as they don't show up straight away on the main feed, that's why these are a bit late!

Emma could hear her mommy screaming from her room. She cuddled further into Johanna, not liking it at all. She'd been playing dollies with her mommy one minute, and then the next her mommy had an accident. Or at least, that's what Emma thought. She put her hands on her tummy and made a weird face. Emma thought she was upset she'd had an accident, but before she could give her a hug and tell her it was alright like her mommy did for her she was gone! Emma wanted to go with her, but Johanna had been called into the room and wouldn't let Emma leave. Even when the screaming started. All she wanted to do was go and give her mommy a big hug and stop her crying. Because big hugs always stop crying. Johanna still wouldn't let her leave, telling her she'd understand when she was older. Nobody had really told Emma what was going on. If she listened really hard, she could hear her daddy talking to her mommy. He was telling her to keep pushing. That just confused Emma. She'd always been told pushing people was naughty. Why was her daddy asking her mommy to push someone?

Johanna wrapped Emma in a comforting hug. She'd had plenty of practise with great hugs from when Snow was a child herself.

"It's alright." She said softly. "Your mother will be ok very soon. And do you know what? When you next see her, you'll have a little brother or sister!" Emma pulled away from her to look up at her. The confusion clear on her little face.

"My baby is going to come now? Are they hurting my mommy?" Emma asked, her features changing from confusion to sadness. Johanna smiled and kissed her little golden head. If only she knew how much Snow screamed whilst having her!

"Again, sweetheart, you'll understand when you're older." Johanna told her. Emma defiantly folded her arms across her chest.

"I've decided, I don't like baby. Not if they're going to hurt my mommy!" She informed Johanna. Johanna held back a chuckle at her innocence.

"We'll see if you're still saying that once you've met them. Now," She said, shifting Emma so she was lying down under the covers. "It's getting late. It's going to be hours yet before anything happens. You go to sleep. If anything happens I or someone else will wake you, don't worry." Emma gave a worried glance towards the door. Johanna understood this to mean that she wasn't sure she could sleep hearing her mother in so much pain. "How about if I sing over it until you're asleep. Would that help?" She offered. Emma nodded, putting her thumb in her mouth a sucking it slightly. Johanna tucked the covers around Emma, singing one of the songs she knew to be one of Emma's favourites at bedtime. It wasn't long before the little princess was fast asleep.

"Emma," Someone whispered. Emma awoke with a start. She could tell when she opened her eyes that it was still night time. She glanced sleepily to the side to see her daddy grinning at her. Emma grinned back.

"Daddy!" She said. She hadn't seen him at all the day before. He'd been busy with the guards. She wriggled out of the covers and into his lap. He laughed slightly, hugging her tightly. "I missed you daddy." She mumbled into his chest. "But why didn't you wake me up in the morning like you do most times? Did you have a nightmare and need a cuddle?" David couldn't help but smile at how precious his Emma was.

"No baby," He said, stroking through her hair. "I woke you up because you've finally became a big sister! Would you like to come through and say hello?" Emma frowned slightly.

"But they were hurting mommy." She told her daddy. "I could hear her screaming." David looked at his now eldest child sadly. He didn't like that she could hear that. Snow would have to talk with her when she had healed. And then again later when Emma was older, but with more detail. He gently picked Emma up.

"I'm sure you'll feel differently when you meet them." He assured her. Emma sighed into his neck. Why did people keep telling her that?

David gently carried Emma through to his and Snow's bedroom. Emma peaked over his shoulder. She saw her mommy sitting up in the bed smiling…with the baby in her arms. David sat Emma down at the foot of the bed.

"Hello my beautiful girl." Snow said happily. "Would you like to say hello to your little brother?" Emma, again, gave a sceptical look. But her mom's encouraging smile moved her slowly forward.

"Careful sweetie." Her dad told her. "Mama might be a little sore. And you don't want to wake your baby brother." When Emma was close enough she snuggled into her mother's side. Snow cradled her little boy in one arm and used her free arm to wrap around her little girl.

"What do you think?" She whispered to Emma. Emma looked at the baby carefully. He didn't seem mean, like she thought he would be. He seemed, kinda cute.

"Did he hurt you?" Emma asked Snow. Snow looked up to her husband, and Emma followed her gaze. Emma was sure they were having one of their "mommy/daddy" talks, where they didn't actually say anything. When they were done, Snow squeezed Emma gently.

"You and I will talk about that another day, when you're older-"

"A lot older." David interrupted. Emma was confused. Maybe they'd tell her when she was seven. That was three whole years older! Snow could hear Emma's breath growing heavier. She knew her son would be settled for at least a few hours.

"Do you want to stay with mommy and daddy tonight?" Snow asked her, knowing that those days would soon be coming to an end. Particularly with their son now in the room. They wouldn't want Emma having broken sleep. Emma nodded, wanting to keep mommy safe, just in case her brother tried to hurt her again. She settled down, still snuggled into Snow. She was fast asleep again within five minutes. Snow smiled over to David, as she set her son in the crib placed beside her.

"We have two extraordinary children, don't we?" She whispered. David smiled as he got into the bed on the other side of Emma.

"We do indeed, my love. One of whom will be awake wanting fed in the next couple of hours if his sister's any example to go by." He said with a grin. Snow grimaced slightly, remembering all the long nights she'd went through with Emma. Now realising she was about to go through them all again. But, Snow thought to herself, the good by far outweighed the bad. And she wouldn't have it any other way.