Emma loved her mother. She really did. But eventually she got too much for even Emma to handle. They had gone into the mines to take a look at some sort of possible fairy dust problem. According to the fairies, there was just too much of it.

Regina had other things that she needed to get done, so Emma took Snow and David with her to do some investigation. David was being helpful, but Snow was driving Emma nuts.

"Why can't you just use your magic to clean things up?" Snow asked. Emma rolled her eyes.

"You already asked that," she said. "It's not that easy. Both magic and fairy dust is very unpredictable. Combine those two, and it never ends well."

Snow nodded like she understood. "So what do we need to do?"

David smiled sheepishly at Emma. He could tell that she was getting annoyed. "Snow," Emma said. "I need you to stop talking before I fireball you."

"You know how to create a fireball?" Snow asked.

Emma rolled her eyes again. Her eyes were getting lots of exercise. "I live with Regina. I've managed to pick up a few things."

"I knew she was going to be a bad influence on you," Snow mumbled. That was it. Emma snapped.

"You are so like a parrot," Emma hissed. "Just repeating back things that you know over and over again. She's changed!"

"I am nothing like a parrot!" Snow exclaimed.

"Yes you are!" Emma argued. "Parrots just repeat the same thing over and over again, and that's exactly what you're doing. I wish you were an actual parrot just so you could compare notes!"

Emma realized too late what she had just said. She had wished for something. And they were standing in a mine full of fairy dust.

"Crap."

"Regina!" Emma called, running into the mansion. She had screwed up. Big time. Because of her, Snow was now an actual parrot.

"Right here," Regina said, walking into the room. She immediately grew concerned at the look on Emma's face. Then she saw David. Holding a bird.

"What the-" Regina said.

"IaccidentallyturnedSnowintoabirdandIneedyourhelp," Emma blurted.

Regina raised her eyebrows. "Was that even English?" she asked. Emma whimpered.

"Okay, just take a deep breath," Regina said soothingly. "Try again. Slower. What happened?"

"Snow made some comment about you and it was just the icing on the cake, so I got upset and called her a parrot. She disagreed with me, and then I wished that she would turn into a parrot so she would have something to compare to. We were kinda standing in the mine full of fairy dust," Emma said. She took a big breath after she finished.

Regina's jaw dropped. "You turned your mother into a bird?" she asked. Emma groaned and sank into a chair.

"Yes," she mumbled. "I was just upset. I didn't actually mean for it to happen!"

"Fairy dust, dear," Regina said. She kneeled down in front of Emma and pulled Emma's hands away from her face. "This can be fixed, I promise."

"How?" Emma asked. "I thought every wish was permanent."

Regina shook her head. "You just have to be more clever than the fairy dust," she said. "We'll just go back to the mines and wish for her to be back to her normal self."

"It's not working," Emma whimpered. Regina squeezed her hand.

"You have to actually mean it," she said. "The wish won't work if you don't really want her to turn back into her normal self."

"She's so quiet," Emma said. Regina chuckled. She wasn't wrong.

"You need to turn her back," Regina said, nudging Emma's arm. "I think David would like his wife back."

Emma sighed before looking at her mother. "Fine," she grumbled. She thought of some of the best memories that she had with Snow before wishing for her to be turned back into her normal self.

"Thank goodness!" Snow exclaimed, back into her human form. "I love birds and all, but I'd never want to be one again."

Emma groaned. "Here she goes again with the talking," she moaned. Snow launched into talking about how interesting her time as a bird had been. Regina just laughed and kissed Emma on the cheek.

"She may be a parrot," Regina said. "But she is your mother."

Emma laughed. "Snow White: Parrot Edition." Regina snorted.

"I can hear you!" Snow said. Emma and Regina just laughed.