p class="MsoNormal"Emma and David where laughing loudly as they made their way up their stairs to the loft, they stopped by the bakery and got a few pies on the way home. Feeling the joy in finally spending a few fun moments together not by burdened by fear of attack. While making their way upstairs David had almost tripped over his own feet and dropped the lot but Emma steadied him before disaster struck./p
p class="MsoNormal""Careful" Emma said she was joking but also somewhat serious as the hunger was all she could feel and she may react harshly if the pies are lost./p
p class="MsoNormal"There smiles disappeared as Emma opened the door to the apartment to a very cross Mary Margret her arms folded and expression was less than impressed as she stood behind the kitchen bench looking at her with disapproval./p
p class="MsoNormal""How was lunch with your friends" Mary Margret asked sarcastically./p
p class="MsoNormal""Not as expected" Emma responded sheepishly./p
p class="MsoNormal""Hey, I already spoke to her about this" David replied/p
p class="MsoNormal""I know, doesn't mean I'm not worried too" Mary Margret replied letting out a deep breath./p
p class="MsoNormal"David placed the food of on the bench giving Mary Margret a kiss on the check, trying to calm her down. She relaxed a little seeing them both walk through the door was enough to bring her anxiety down./p
p class="MsoNormal""Come on let's clean you up" Mary Margret said walking over to the bathroom she had a new dressing and something to clean the cut with./p
p class="MsoNormal"Emma followed her into the bathroom with a sigh, I guess pie would have to wait she thought longingly. Emma sat up on the bench and took of her shirt off and unravelled the now soaked through bandage, the bleeding had barley stopped./p
p class="MsoNormal""Oh, Emma" Mary Margret Gasped looking at all the blood./p
p class="MsoNormal"Mary Margret grabbed a cloth to gently wipe the wound, a slight scab had starting to close it up but it was surrounded by dirt and would soon be infected./p
p class="MsoNormal""This might sting a little" Mary Margret said as she dabbed some wound spray on Emma's cut it already started looking better without all the soot./p
p class="MsoNormal""I'm sorry" Emma said realising she made a mistake today./p
p class="MsoNormal"One look at her apologetic face and Mary Margret's frustration had faded and she smiled at Emma. Mary Margret had to keep reminding herself to be firmer with Emma, but it was hard when the child you were trying to discipline saw you as a stranger and you where desperate for any sign of affection from them./p
p class="MsoNormal""What did you find out there" Mary Margret asked trying to distract Emma as she winced slightly when the wound cream went into her open cut./p
p class="MsoNormal""A possible lead, we will have to do some more research at the library to find out what it means" Emma responded somewhat proud she actually found a clue./p
p class="MsoNormal""That's great and there nothing else going on, you seemed pretty restless last night" Mary Margret asked./p
p class="MsoNormal""No everything's, well you know what's going on" Emma replied referring to the creature stalking residents./p
p class="MsoNormal""That's just it, I'm not sure I do" Mary Margret replied sure she was missing important information./p
p class="MsoNormal""What do you mean" Emma responded rather anxious./p
p class="MsoNormal""I know I said I can wait into your ready to tell us everything, but I'm starting to feel like it will be too late" Mary Margret responded her anxiety surfacing once more./p
p class="MsoNormal"Emma was silent because she was keeping secrets not just about what her friends where up to but about Regina and there past and the fact that Emily seemed to still be in town expressing some interest in what was going on. But she had to take this one problem at a time and right now the most important thing was stopping these attacks, the rest was just too much for Emma right now she wasn't sure if she'd ever feel comfortable enough to share her past./p
p class="MsoNormal""Alright well if you're not going to tell me I'm going to figure it out" Mary Margret announced as she finished putting the clean bandage on Emma's arm./p
p class="MsoNormal""It's like I said this morning, everything's fine" Emma said trying to reassure her./p
p class="MsoNormal""And then you ran off into the woods after a monster" Mary Margret shot back/p
p class="MsoNormal"Emma was quiet but it was more that she had nothing to say, why couldn't Mary Margret just drop it she thought, why did she need to have to be so worried about something that Emma wasn't even sure was of concern./p
p class="MsoNormal""Ok, well your all cleaned up" Mary Margret said as she finished re bandaging Emma's arm gently, before walking off frustrated./p
p class="MsoNormal"Emma got off the bathroom bench putting on some clean clothes she made their way back out to the kitchen feeling guilty. David had plated up some pie and Emma went over to plug in her phone feeling the need to check in with Killian, that task would be easier if it was charged./p
p class="MsoNormal""Cherry or apple" David asked Emma with a smile./p
p class="MsoNormal""Both" Emma replied the smell of the food just made her more desperate for it./p
p class="MsoNormal""Why don't you two tell me more about your little adventure today" Mary Margret asked./p
p class="MsoNormal""Well we made some new friends" Emma smirked holding up her bandaged arm./p
p class="MsoNormal""I wouldn't say friends" David frowned still upset about what happened "Graham also said he found some traps out there like an alarm system for the campsite" He was thinking wondering who would have such sophisticated equipment./p
p class="MsoNormal""Sounds like whoever was out there, really didn't want to be found" Mary Margret replied thoughtfully./p
p class="MsoNormal""Yeah I wonder where there hiding now" Emma mumbled mouthful of food./p
p class="MsoNormal""Nice, pie" Mary Margret laughed./p
p class="MsoNormal""Hey, I'm hungry" Emma replied./p
p class="MsoNormal""Well Emma where ever there hiding, you'll leave it to us to find them" David said, this was met with a sheepish nod from Emma./p
p class="MsoNormal"Emma listened to them discuss as she dug into the food it was hard to pay attention, she was so hungry and already knew what happened today, as she was there for once. Her mind was on her phone waiting for it to turn back on so she could check on her friends after there side of the story./p
p class="MsoNormal""Emma, you want more" Mary Margret chuckled as she finished the two pieces already./p
p class="MsoNormal""span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"Yes please, such a healthy span style="color: #222222; background: white;"nutritious/span meal" Emma replied laughing. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal""Hey new family rule you get shot with an arrow; you get pie" David said handing Emma another slice./p
p class="MsoNormal"Emma could see her phone had turned back on and as all the messages came in at once it buzzed about ten times, she finished eating and quickly got up to go check the messages./p
p class="MsoNormal""What's the rush?" David asked./p
p class="MsoNormal""I just want to check in on Killian, knowing him he probably ran off after me into the woods" Emma answered worried./p
p class="MsoNormal""Oh no I thought he told you, he dropped by" Mary Margret said apologetically realising she had failed to mention it./p
p class="MsoNormal""Why didn't you say so" Emma replied with a frown./p
p class="MsoNormal""I didn't realise your phone had died" Mary Margret responded/p
p class="MsoNormal""Everything's going wrong today" Emma responded/p
p class="MsoNormal""Sorry, I think his asleep, after I assured him you where ok, he went to lie down" Mary Margret said concern in her voice./p
p class="MsoNormal""I bet" Emma replied realising she put everyone through the ringer today she quickly made her way upstairs to check on him./p
p class="MsoNormal"Mary Margret watched concerned still wondering when she was going to fully open up to them. At this rate she was going to end up in another deadly situation alone./p
p class="MsoNormal""Hey everything's fine all we ending up getting out of today was so good daddy daughter time" David said sensing her tense up again./p
p class="MsoNormal""I know but next time" Mary Margret responded anxious./p
p class="MsoNormal""I talked to her; I think from now on there won't be any more incidents like this" David responded not as confident as he would like not sure himself if Emma would ever learn to stop throwing herself into danger and understand she isn't disposable./p
p class="MsoNormal""More pie might help" David replied holding her hand and getting her to look over at him as Emma made her way upstairs./p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; padding: 0cm; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;""There's more going on, I can feel it" Mary Margret said holding her hand in his thinking again about her conversation with Regina and what connection she had with Emma. David came closer giving her a hug the only comfort he could provide./p
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p class="MsoNormal"After sleep deprivation, a day spent hiking and the three pieces of pie, she just ate. Emma was overdue for a nap; she sluggishly made her way up the ladder leading to her bedroom. Smiling when she saw him there waiting for her./p
p class="MsoNormal"Killian was laying at the end of the bed his legs hanging of the edge exhausted but still only half-asleep waiting for Emma before he could properly rest. Emma smiled and let out a sigh as she slumped onto the bed next to him./p
p class="MsoNormal""Swan" Killian said with a smile, his eyes stayed closed but he could still feel her lying next to him and he breathed a sigh of relief./p
p class="MsoNormal""Yeah" Emma responded./p
p class="MsoNormal""Don't ever do that again" Killian mumbled as he drifted off to rest./p
p class="MsoNormal""Ok" Emma replied./p
p class="MsoNormal""Careful" Emma said she was joking but also somewhat serious as the hunger was all she could feel and she may react harshly if the pies are lost./p
p class="MsoNormal"There smiles disappeared as Emma opened the door to the apartment to a very cross Mary Margret her arms folded and expression was less than impressed as she stood behind the kitchen bench looking at her with disapproval./p
p class="MsoNormal""How was lunch with your friends" Mary Margret asked sarcastically./p
p class="MsoNormal""Not as expected" Emma responded sheepishly./p
p class="MsoNormal""Hey, I already spoke to her about this" David replied/p
p class="MsoNormal""I know, doesn't mean I'm not worried too" Mary Margret replied letting out a deep breath./p
p class="MsoNormal"David placed the food of on the bench giving Mary Margret a kiss on the check, trying to calm her down. She relaxed a little seeing them both walk through the door was enough to bring her anxiety down./p
p class="MsoNormal""Come on let's clean you up" Mary Margret said walking over to the bathroom she had a new dressing and something to clean the cut with./p
p class="MsoNormal"Emma followed her into the bathroom with a sigh, I guess pie would have to wait she thought longingly. Emma sat up on the bench and took of her shirt off and unravelled the now soaked through bandage, the bleeding had barley stopped./p
p class="MsoNormal""Oh, Emma" Mary Margret Gasped looking at all the blood./p
p class="MsoNormal"Mary Margret grabbed a cloth to gently wipe the wound, a slight scab had starting to close it up but it was surrounded by dirt and would soon be infected./p
p class="MsoNormal""This might sting a little" Mary Margret said as she dabbed some wound spray on Emma's cut it already started looking better without all the soot./p
p class="MsoNormal""I'm sorry" Emma said realising she made a mistake today./p
p class="MsoNormal"One look at her apologetic face and Mary Margret's frustration had faded and she smiled at Emma. Mary Margret had to keep reminding herself to be firmer with Emma, but it was hard when the child you were trying to discipline saw you as a stranger and you where desperate for any sign of affection from them./p
p class="MsoNormal""What did you find out there" Mary Margret asked trying to distract Emma as she winced slightly when the wound cream went into her open cut./p
p class="MsoNormal""A possible lead, we will have to do some more research at the library to find out what it means" Emma responded somewhat proud she actually found a clue./p
p class="MsoNormal""That's great and there nothing else going on, you seemed pretty restless last night" Mary Margret asked./p
p class="MsoNormal""No everything's, well you know what's going on" Emma replied referring to the creature stalking residents./p
p class="MsoNormal""That's just it, I'm not sure I do" Mary Margret replied sure she was missing important information./p
p class="MsoNormal""What do you mean" Emma responded rather anxious./p
p class="MsoNormal""I know I said I can wait into your ready to tell us everything, but I'm starting to feel like it will be too late" Mary Margret responded her anxiety surfacing once more./p
p class="MsoNormal"Emma was silent because she was keeping secrets not just about what her friends where up to but about Regina and there past and the fact that Emily seemed to still be in town expressing some interest in what was going on. But she had to take this one problem at a time and right now the most important thing was stopping these attacks, the rest was just too much for Emma right now she wasn't sure if she'd ever feel comfortable enough to share her past./p
p class="MsoNormal""Alright well if you're not going to tell me I'm going to figure it out" Mary Margret announced as she finished putting the clean bandage on Emma's arm./p
p class="MsoNormal""It's like I said this morning, everything's fine" Emma said trying to reassure her./p
p class="MsoNormal""And then you ran off into the woods after a monster" Mary Margret shot back/p
p class="MsoNormal"Emma was quiet but it was more that she had nothing to say, why couldn't Mary Margret just drop it she thought, why did she need to have to be so worried about something that Emma wasn't even sure was of concern./p
p class="MsoNormal""Ok, well your all cleaned up" Mary Margret said as she finished re bandaging Emma's arm gently, before walking off frustrated./p
p class="MsoNormal"Emma got off the bathroom bench putting on some clean clothes she made their way back out to the kitchen feeling guilty. David had plated up some pie and Emma went over to plug in her phone feeling the need to check in with Killian, that task would be easier if it was charged./p
p class="MsoNormal""Cherry or apple" David asked Emma with a smile./p
p class="MsoNormal""Both" Emma replied the smell of the food just made her more desperate for it./p
p class="MsoNormal""Why don't you two tell me more about your little adventure today" Mary Margret asked./p
p class="MsoNormal""Well we made some new friends" Emma smirked holding up her bandaged arm./p
p class="MsoNormal""I wouldn't say friends" David frowned still upset about what happened "Graham also said he found some traps out there like an alarm system for the campsite" He was thinking wondering who would have such sophisticated equipment./p
p class="MsoNormal""Sounds like whoever was out there, really didn't want to be found" Mary Margret replied thoughtfully./p
p class="MsoNormal""Yeah I wonder where there hiding now" Emma mumbled mouthful of food./p
p class="MsoNormal""Nice, pie" Mary Margret laughed./p
p class="MsoNormal""Hey, I'm hungry" Emma replied./p
p class="MsoNormal""Well Emma where ever there hiding, you'll leave it to us to find them" David said, this was met with a sheepish nod from Emma./p
p class="MsoNormal"Emma listened to them discuss as she dug into the food it was hard to pay attention, she was so hungry and already knew what happened today, as she was there for once. Her mind was on her phone waiting for it to turn back on so she could check on her friends after there side of the story./p
p class="MsoNormal""Emma, you want more" Mary Margret chuckled as she finished the two pieces already./p
p class="MsoNormal""span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"Yes please, such a healthy span style="color: #222222; background: white;"nutritious/span meal" Emma replied laughing. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal""Hey new family rule you get shot with an arrow; you get pie" David said handing Emma another slice./p
p class="MsoNormal"Emma could see her phone had turned back on and as all the messages came in at once it buzzed about ten times, she finished eating and quickly got up to go check the messages./p
p class="MsoNormal""What's the rush?" David asked./p
p class="MsoNormal""I just want to check in on Killian, knowing him he probably ran off after me into the woods" Emma answered worried./p
p class="MsoNormal""Oh no I thought he told you, he dropped by" Mary Margret said apologetically realising she had failed to mention it./p
p class="MsoNormal""Why didn't you say so" Emma replied with a frown./p
p class="MsoNormal""I didn't realise your phone had died" Mary Margret responded/p
p class="MsoNormal""Everything's going wrong today" Emma responded/p
p class="MsoNormal""Sorry, I think his asleep, after I assured him you where ok, he went to lie down" Mary Margret said concern in her voice./p
p class="MsoNormal""I bet" Emma replied realising she put everyone through the ringer today she quickly made her way upstairs to check on him./p
p class="MsoNormal"Mary Margret watched concerned still wondering when she was going to fully open up to them. At this rate she was going to end up in another deadly situation alone./p
p class="MsoNormal""Hey everything's fine all we ending up getting out of today was so good daddy daughter time" David said sensing her tense up again./p
p class="MsoNormal""I know but next time" Mary Margret responded anxious./p
p class="MsoNormal""I talked to her; I think from now on there won't be any more incidents like this" David responded not as confident as he would like not sure himself if Emma would ever learn to stop throwing herself into danger and understand she isn't disposable./p
p class="MsoNormal""More pie might help" David replied holding her hand and getting her to look over at him as Emma made her way upstairs./p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; padding: 0cm; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;""There's more going on, I can feel it" Mary Margret said holding her hand in his thinking again about her conversation with Regina and what connection she had with Emma. David came closer giving her a hug the only comfort he could provide./p
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p class="MsoNormal"After sleep deprivation, a day spent hiking and the three pieces of pie, she just ate. Emma was overdue for a nap; she sluggishly made her way up the ladder leading to her bedroom. Smiling when she saw him there waiting for her./p
p class="MsoNormal"Killian was laying at the end of the bed his legs hanging of the edge exhausted but still only half-asleep waiting for Emma before he could properly rest. Emma smiled and let out a sigh as she slumped onto the bed next to him./p
p class="MsoNormal""Swan" Killian said with a smile, his eyes stayed closed but he could still feel her lying next to him and he breathed a sigh of relief./p
p class="MsoNormal""Yeah" Emma responded./p
p class="MsoNormal""Don't ever do that again" Killian mumbled as he drifted off to rest./p
p class="MsoNormal""Ok" Emma replied./p