Younger older sister
Bobby Brown asked for a oneshot of Emma accidentally getting deaged to 7 years old by 7 year old Neal. Not wanting to get into trouble, he begs Emma to keep it a secret until they can fix it. They manage until Neal notices Emma is slipping out of her adult mind more and more. Worried, he tells their parents the truth. They take her to Regina who gives them a potion and says she'll be back to normal within a couple of hours.
Neal knew he was going to get into massive trouble for this, but he couldn't keep this a secret from his parents any longer. He had to tell them.
Yesterday, Neal and Emma had gotten into an argument. He loved his big sister, but he hated that she was already a grown up and could boss him around when their parents weren't around and she was babysitting him. She even did it when their parents weren't around! Like yesterday, she was trying to make him turn off the TV in his room and he wasn't done watching his movie. They got into a fight and Neal had shouted that he wished Emma wasn't such a big sister…then he quickly wished that he hadn't. As soon as the words were out of his mouth, a cloud of orange smoke engulfed Emma, and when it was gone, his big sister now wasn't quite so big. Unfortunately for Neal, she still had her adult mind, so she quickly gave him a piece of it. Emma tried to change herself back, but couldn't. All both of them could agree on was that their parents couldn't know. Emma hoped she would be able to change herself back before they would have any reason to be worried. So she sent them both a text saying there was an emergency with an old foster sibling in Madison, Wisconsin so she was immediately taking the red eye over there to help them out. All the while she was hiding in her little brother's bedroom right under their noses.
But only a day later, Neal knew this couldn't go on. It seemed Emma's adult mind was flitting back and forth with the age of her current body; seven. Emma kept getting confused about where she was and Neal was worried she was going to get hurt or run away and be stuck like this forever. So he made the decision to tell their mom and dad, even if it meant Emma might be mad at him as well as their parents.
To Neal's surprise, his parents weren't really mad at all. They understood it was an accident, and had just wished he and Emma had come clean sooner so they could have gotten this sorted…and so they could have seen Emma.
As Neal suspected, Emma was livid with him (she was then in her adult mind) when he brought their parents back up. She hadn't wanted them to see her like this. She knew fine well they'd get all mushy. That was before they brought their phones out.
"Put the cameras away!" Emma ordered huffily, covering her face with her hands.
"Sorry Em." Charming chuckled. "We can't help ourselves…Em?" When Emma brought her hands back down, she looked terrified. Neal knew what was happening.
"She doesn't remember us." He whispered to his parents. "This is what I was telling you about." Charming crouched down.
"Emma, do you know who we are?" He asked, gesturing to himself, Snow and Neal." Emma shook her head.
"Where am I?" She asked. "I should be at home."
"Emma, this is your home, sweetheart." Snow assured her. Emma shook her head again.
"No it's not. I've never seen you people before. Where's Susan?!" Emma wailed.
"Emma, calm down honey! Who's Susan?" Charming asked her.
"My-my social worker." Emma sobbed. "I want Susan!" It pained Snow and Charming that their daughter was crying for an adult other than them, but they understood.
"We can't get you Susan Em. But we know someone who can help." Charming explained. "Can we take you to them?" Emma looked curiously at Charming before nodding. She trusted him. Snow and Charming were relieved, as was Neal. As much as the Charmings loved being able to see a younger Emma, they wanted their Emma back. So they all got into the car and drove off to Regina's house.
Regina had seen this kind of thing happen before. Neal was young, his magic was new and he had limited control over it. It was an easy enough thing to reverse. Regina gave the young Emma some juice with a potion mixed in that would change her back to her original self within a few hours, which she privately told her parents.
"What do we do with her until then?" Snow asked in a hushed tone. Regina smiled warmly at the couple.
"Enjoy your time with her." She answered simply. "You won't get it again." She reminded them. Snow and Charming then looked at quickly before quickly leaving the room.
"Thanks again Regina!" Snow called behind her as she and Charming quickly ushered their children out. Regina smiled as she watched them go, presumably to enjoy the small amount of time they had with their young daughter.
