Wickedly Clever

Part Five – 'Tis the Season: Emma

Boston, Massachusetts

December 22th, 1994

Emma was devoid of all emotion. She was numb.

But inside… she was dying.

Emma followed her case worker out of the house. She only had two boxes.

She clutched one while her case worker gripped the other one.

Tears clouded her vision.

She was going back into foster care.

–ooOoo–

Christmas

Boston, Massachusetts

December 25th, 1994

Emma stared out the window. It was snowing outside.

She held the Christmas card Margaret, her case worker, gave her.

Inside, Margaret wrote:

To Emma,

You are special and you are loved.

Margaret

She closed her eyes.

Clutching the card and her baby blanket, she sobbed long into the night.

A/N – 12/24/13: First, I apologize in advance if any of you cried. This drabble is a tear-jerker. I had tears in my own eyes as I was writing it. Also, Emma is eleven years old and her case worker is not Mary-Margaret/Snow White. I just thought of her as I thought of what name to give the case worker. I also personally like the name, and think it suits her.

One last thing: in this fic, Margaret is one of the few people from Emma's past who gave her hope, who inspired her, and made her believe in herself. She was like a mentor to Emma.

I don't know if case workers can or cannot give the kids they supervise Christmas cards or get to know them on a one-on-one level. But in my story they can 'cause they're basically like teachers/professors and such. Thus, Margaret's card to Emma was genuine and came from the heart. :)

Second, Merry Christmas! Hope you guys are having a wonderful time with your families and friends. But please stay and be safe during this holiday season. Thanks again for all of your in-put and reviews. Love you guys. Until next time!

Third, I don't like responding to reviews like this. But since some of you are guests/anons, I don't want you to feel like I'm ignoring you or something.

Clarice: Yes, his forearms are to die for. I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks so. ;) Thank you! Those are really good scenarios. Great minds think alike because I've been thinking of adding in quite a bit of Hook/Pan scenes in the coming future. :) And I'm definitely going to write quite a few Jealous!Pan drabbles, especially when he sees Captain Swan kissing. In fact, this was one of the scenes I thought of in the beginning, but I won't have it posted up for a while, lol.

Skylark: I totally love your reviews. They're so detailed yet to the point at the same time. About Robbie: you are so right. Robbie is totally God's gift to all of mankind/womankind. He gives me so many feels; it's unreal. I'm actually going to have an almost Peter/Emma kiss after the Captain Swan kiss. IMHO, I feel like it will be a little too soon if they almost-kiss before CS kiss. But we are totally on the same wave-length. Peter and Emma will kiss eventually. But I'm gonna take their relationship nice and slow. ;)

Happy Birthday! I hope my fic has been one of the many wonderful presents you've received this year!

Guest (from Chapter 2): Yep. It's called a profile pic. ;) I made it myself. And I've been in love with Dramione since 2003. They are perfect together. But since I'm a multi-shipper, anyone but Ron will do for Hermione. ;) (I can't stand Ron/Hermione!) Oh, and don't get me started on Swan Fire. I can't stand them either. They're like the 9.0 version of Ron/Hermione! Blech! *rolls eyes*

Any-way… Captain Swan for the win! They're so wonderful, epic, and just perfect for each other. They give me so many feels! :D And I'm glad you love my drabbles. :)