Emma smiled.
"Come Henry. We need to get to the market. Sell this cotton." Emma said, holding her basket. He smiled as he ran to her side. They walked out of the home. They walked to the market, getting gasps and looks that the quiet citizen Emm- Jennifer had walked with this child that had begged their home earlier. They walked into the market, and to the tailor who bought Emma's cotton. As they walked home, Henry noted how she never talked. Then Henry spotted a book. He was drawn to it. He learned to read on his own. Emma saw him looking at it. She turned to the man selling it. She pointed at the book labeled Once Upon A Time and handed the man a golden coin. He handed her the book, and Emma passed it to Henry who's eyes lit up.
The two entered their home.
"Why don't you speak?" Henry asked.
"Let me tell you a story. Once upon a time there was a pirate named Captain Emma. She was the captain of the Jolly Roger. One day she stole a child- One with no parents and brought him back to the Jolly. After a big storm, the ship crashed into the land. The captain thought she was the only one alive, so she left and came to this town. She changed her name and the scars hid her face. She thought the child went down with the ship." Emma said. She left out the bad parts.
"Are you Captain Emma?" Henry asked. Emma nodded.
"I stopped being a pirate 11 years ago."
"You... This is great! This would make a great story. My new mother.. A famous pirate.." He exclaimed. Emma chuckled.
"You can't tell anyone." Emma said. He nodded and just smiled.
"If I can't call you a pirate.. Let me call you Mom." He held his hand out for a deal.
"Deal." She took his hand shook it, smiling.
They heard a rough knock on the door. Emma got up to answer it. She out her hood on. She opened the door to see a man with short black hair with blue eyes. He seemed familiar.
"I'm looking for this woman." He held out a scroll, it looked like Emma years ago- Clean blonde locks and a clean, un-scarred face. She tried to keep her eyes down. Last thing she wanted was him to see her eye and know her.
Henry came running to his mother's side.
"She can't speak." He said to the man. He nodded. He starred at the boy a little long that he should of, because he saw his brother's face.
Emma knew who it was. It was Killian. Emma directed him in, and sat him at the table. She motion for Henry to step back and close the door as she pulled out her knife and held it to his neck.
"Killian." She breathed. He looked confused, and sorta scared.
"Who are you?" She lifted the hood from her head and revealed her green eyes and her dirty hair. Her face was heavily scarred.
"Emma?" He asked. She nodded.
"Your parents need you." He said, still scared from the knife pressed to his throat.
"I don't have parents." She said to him, almost a growl.
"Snow White and David." He said. They requested that I find you.
"You want me to believe that?" Emma said.
"Quite frankly, yes." He said.
"Give me a reason to go with you." Emma said.
"They will give you 30,000 gold coins." He said. Emma smiled.
"Henry, come here." She said. He came to his new found mother. She dropped the knife and grabbed a hold of both of them, poofing them into the castle.
"You have magic?" Both boys asked.
"I've had 11 years to learn." She said. She poofed her empty hand, turning the empty space into a hook.
"That's better." Emma said, examining the hook. Killian started walking away.
"Jones. Take me to the king and queen." She growled.
"That won't be needed." They looked up to King David standing about 30 feet infront of them.
"You requested me?" Emma said, showing no respect for the man in front.
"Who's the kid?" He asked.
"My son." She said.
"Lets test that." He said. He smirked.
"Guards." He said. A dozen of guards came out the get the two. Emma summoned her magic, getting fire balls and attacking the two. She poofed Henry onto a balcony attached to the long room. He watched his mother attack the guards. After they were down, David wasn't David; He poofed.
It was Regina.
"Don't worry; it was a test." She said.
"I love my son also." She said as two figures emerged, a man and a child.
"Emma, meet Robin and Roland. My husband and son." Regina said. Love changed her.
"Why does this even matter?" Emma said, poofing her son to her and holding his tightly.
"That test was to see if you had magic." She said.
"And?" Emma snapped.
"Your parents were either true loves or had magic." Regina said.
"You think Snow and David are my parents too?" Emma said voice full of anger.
"Let me prove it." Regina said. She walked to Emma, plucking a hair and looking at Emma then saying a few things.
"If indeed Emma is the daughter of Snow White and David, turn blue." Regina said, preforming the spell.
She dropped the hair, and of course the flask turned blue. Emma gasped. Snow and David came out from a room.
"Daughter." Snow said. Emma looked at the two figures in front of her.
"You are not my parents. I went through hell. I was... Abused."
Emma looked at the people standing in front of her. She then felt sick... She lost her air as she fell to the cold hard ground. The air was sucked from her as she heard muffed crys as she slowly let the darkness engulf her.