Time Period: An Alternate Universe

Place: Regina and Rumple's little cottage in Avalon

Scenario: What if Avalon was a stillborn?

Regina's p.o.v

Desperately, I try to bring forth my firstborn. The baby has started to crown, but the head isn't

moving that much. I think the head is stuck. All my fears give away into endless tears, screams, and

tearing. "The head is almost out. Keep on pushing, deary" Rumple encourages me. "I can't do this.

Something is wrong" growing tired, I complain. "If you don't deliver soon, you and the baby can die.

Please don't deprive her of this life" Rumple stresses. Adding to the drama, the umbilical cord is

tied around Ava's neck. Rumple is able to untie the cord, but our daughter dies in the process. Heart

failure and lack of oxygen cut her life short. Magic nor breast milk are powerful enough to

revive her. "I am sorry, deary" remorseful, Rumple apologizes over and over again. He has been

down this road before with Milah. We bury Avalon in the backyard. We hug and weep together

until something else occupies our minds.


Time Period: The Present Reality

Place: StoryBrooke-The Cemetery

"Ava, I miss you so much" I cry placing a teddy bear next to Avalon's tombstone. Even now, my heart

breaks over the fact that she is gone. We will never see each other again. Rumple's presence

startles me. "Hello, deary" he addresses me as usual. "Ava is dead. She is never coming back to us.

You need to stop trying to resurrect her" I confront him. "It could've been a whole lot worse. Ava

could've been a stillborn" he mentions.