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Chapter 2

Emma slowly became aware of her surroundings as she started to hear voices from what seemed like far away. She could faintly hear Neal and Henry calling out to her and tried desperately to respond to them. She heard someone else call her name; a voice she didn't recognize. She forced her eyes open and stared back into a pair of eyes that she didn't recognize.

"What….h-happened?" she managed to get out.

"Hey," the woman smiled kindly at her. "My name is Mary Margaret. Can you tell me your name?"

"Emma," she said softly.

"Emma, you were in an accident-"

"Henry," she tried to move around and look in the back seat. "Neal-"

"Your son has a couple bumps and bruises and may have a possible sprained wrist, but he's going to be fine."

"I'm Sheriff Nolan," David came over to assist his wife and the EMT. "Your son is in the back of the ambulance getting checked out-"

"Neal," Emma said softly.

"We just got your boyfriend out and he is sitting in the ambulance with your son," he assured her. "Now let's worry about you. Your boyfriend said that you're thirty weeks pregnant. Is that right?"

"Yes," her eyes started to close.

"Stay with me, Ma'am." David moved aside so the EMT could take a look at her.

"We need to make sure that your baby is all right," the EMT started examining her as David started to unjam the door. "Are you having any pains? Contractions?"

"No,"

"How about fetal movement? Can you feel the baby move?"

"No," she started to tear up as she tried to place her hand on her swollen belly.

"It's ok," the EMT assured her. "It doesn't mean that there's anything wrong. But I'm going to put this fetal monitor on you just in case."

Mary Margaret helped David to finally get the door unstuck and a gurney was rolled over to Emma's door. The EMT helped Emma into a sitting position as an oxygen mask was placed over her nose and mouth. David and Mary Margaret helped move her from the car to the gurney as the fetal monitor was wrapped around her belly.

"Mom!" Henry smiled as he saw her being wheeled towards them.

"Emma," Neal raced over to her as the EMT was getting ready to load her into the back of the ambulance. "Is she ok?"

"So far, so good." the EMT told him. "But we need to get her to the hospital so the doctors can make an accurate assessment."

"Can we all ride together in the back? I don't think our boy wants to be away from his mom."

"No way," Henry stated.

"There's plenty of room," the other EMT told them. "Just as long as you don't get in the way of us doing our jobs, you can all ride in the back."

David and Mary Margaret watched as the stretcher was loaded into the back of the ambulance and Neal helped his son climb up before climbing in as well. The doors closed and the ambulance sped away leaving David and Mary Margaret to watch them.

"We should get to the hospital-" David stopped when he saw that Mary Margaret seemed to be in a trance. "Mary? What's wrong?"

"That was….Emma." she looked at him. "That was our daughter."

"Snow-"

"It was," she insisted. "I know it."

"What makes you so certain?"

"It was before she regained consciousness. I went to take her hand-to give her some kind of comfort-and when our skin touched-I saw all these images-it was her life and-I saw you in one of them."

"Me?"

"It was of you taking our daughter and putting her in the wardrobe. Why would I see that when I touched her hand unless-"

"She's our daughter," David breathed. "So that would mean..."

"We found her," Snow smiled. "You have no idea how hard it was for me to concentrate when all I wanted to do was take her in my arms and never let go."

"We found our daughter," David stated again as another realization hit him. "And we also have a grandson and a possible son-in-law. We really need to get down to the hospital."

Mary Margaret followed him back to the cruiser and they sped away from the accident site.

The ambulance reached the hospital and the doors flew open as the EMTs pulled the gurney containing Emma out. Neal lifted Henry out and followed behind the gurney as the doctor and nurses rushed up to Emma and started to push her down the halls towards the examination room. Henry clutched his dad's hand as they tried to keep up with the stretcher that carried his mom.

"I'm sorry sir, but we can't have children back here." a nurse stopped Neal from going any further.

"I need to be with my girlfriend," Neal stated harshly. "And I'm not leaving my son by himself in a waiting room when he knows no one. That's a kidnapping waiting to happen."

"Excuse me, but are you accusing someone in my town of kidnapping?" Neal turned and saw the dark-haired lady with a stern look.

"I'm saying that I know nothing about this town or the people in it," Neal spat in her direction. "What kind of town is this? All we did was pass over the town line. There was nothing else around so it was obviously shoddy workmanship on the part of whoever fixed the road."

"Now see here-"

"Everyone needs to calm down!" David ran in with Mary Margaret, deputy Graham right behind them.

"I need to get to my girlfriend," Neal kept a firm hold on Henry's hand as he hid behind him. "You can try to stop me if you want-you can even try to arrest me-but I am not leaving my son alone with people that he doesn't know."

"I totally understand," David came forward. "If you want I can stay with your son while you go back with your girl. Some of the things that go on back there might scare him if he sees his mom going through them."

"Plus your son needs to get his wrist looked at. He may have injured it in the accident," Mary added.

"You're right, but-"

"We promise that he's safe with us," Mary Margaret assured him.

"Ok," Neal relented. "Just promise….make sure Madam Mayor over there stays far away from him."

"I never told you that I was the mayor," Regina stepped forward.

"You have a way about you," Neal stared her down. "The superiority that makes you think that you can control everyone and what they do."

"And she said this was her town," Henry spoke up.

"Yes she did," Neal looked down at him.

"She won't get anywhere near him," David assured him. "We'll be in the waiting room just down the hall here."

"I'll be with your mom while they examine her and the baby," Neal got down to Henry's level. "Please just stay with the sheriff and his wife."

"I will," Henry promised. "Go be with mom."

"I'll come find you once I know-" Neal stood back up to look at the Nolan's.

"Just go," Mary Margaret told him. "We'll be fine out here."

The group watched as Neal rushed down the hall and towards the examining room as Henry just watched in silence. Nobody saw Regina slink off with Graham. David and Mary Margaret shared a secret look as Henry looked up at them.

"You remember me?" David smiled at him.

"You're David," Henry said softly. "You're the sheriff."

"Are you hungry?" Mary Margaret asked him. "They should be serving breakfast by now. Would you like a little something?"

"Sure," he shrugged.

"Let's head to radiology to get your wrist looked at," David placed his hand on Henry's shoulder.

"I'll be back with breakfast," Mary Margaret smiled at them as she started to walk away and David led Henry down the hall.

David led Henry into a private room after his examination was over to wait for any word on his parents. Henry now had a splint on his wrist that he would need to keep on for a couple weeks. David brought some snacks from the vending machine as Henry sat down in one of the chairs and he took his backpack off and started pulling things out of it. David sat down in the chair next to him as he saw him take a thick storybook out of his bag. It looked very familiar to him.

"Do you always carry a fairytale book around with you?" David asked Henry.

"I just got this," Henry opened it up. "I found it actually-at the bed n' breakfast we just left. It just appeared. Mom and dad said I could keep it."

"It just appeared?" David looked at him.

"Yep," Henry turned the page. "And it's not just a fairytale book. It's about what happens after the fairytales are over."

"Oh really?"

"There's an Emma in this book, just like my mom." Henry turned to the back of the book. "Her parents are Prince Charming and Snow White. They put her through a magical wardrobe to this land so that she could save everyone from the Evil Queen's curse when she was twenty eight."

"That sounds like an interesting story," David said as he saw Mary Margaret coming back to them with a handful of food items.

"What's an interesting story?" she asked them.

"Henry was telling me about his story book." David told her.

"That kind of looks like the one I found while I was cleaning one day," Mary recognized the familiar cover. "It just appeared."

"That's how I found this," Henry stated. "Mom and dad told me that things don't just appear."

"Well this did apparently," Mary told him. "But mine disappeared again a couple days ago."

"Anyway," David started again. "Henry's book has a story about Snow White and Prince Charming,"

"Really," Mary gave her husband a look.

"And to save their daughter, they sent her through a magical wardrobe to save her from a curse that she would have to break when she's twenty-eight." David finished explaining.

"That's an interesting spin on Snow White and Prince Charming," Mary Margaret shared a look with David.

"Their daughter's name is Emma," Henry flipped through the pages. "Just like my mom's. Weird coincidence right?"

"I've seen weirder coincidences," David told him.

"So they just opened the cafeteria for breakfast," Mary Margaret opened the small bag she had with her. "So I have some bagels, granola bars, a few donuts-"

"Any powdered sugar?" Henry asked.

"I had a feeling you had a sweet tooth," Mary Margaret handed him the donut wrapped in a napkin.

"Dad says that I get it from my mom," he smiled. "She does like her sweets. Dad tries so hard to get her to eat healthy for the pregnancy, but she always has a stash of sweets hidden away."

"So your parents seem so good together," Charming saw an opening to start asking questions about his potential daughter. "Have they always been like that?"

"No," Henry shook his head. "It's taken them a long time to sort through their problems."

"What kind of problems?"

"They just have a complicated past," Henry mumbled, not really wanting to divulge too much to these strangers.

"Sorry if we seem like we're being nosy," Mary Margaret looked at him. "We're just trying to take your mind off things."

"It's ok," Henry shrugged. "Truth is, I didn't even know dad until I was two. Mom tracked him down in Canada."

"Canada? Where were you guys living at that time?"

"Phoenix," Henry shrugged. "Getting ready to move and start our lives in someplace new. Mom decided then that it was time to find him. So we tracked him down."

"I can imagine there was a lot of emotions going on,"

"There was a lot of yelling for sure. But they had a very long conversation behind closed doors. When they came out, dad came with us to start his new life with us."

"I imagine it was hard for you all to adjust," David stated.

"They had their problems, but dad always said that he was there to protect us now. He always says that no one will be able to tear us apart. I think it's a statement for mom. She's afraid of any kind of commitment. That's why she hasn't answered dad's proposal yet."

"Proposal? As in marriage proposal?"

"Dad says she's just scared. She didn't have any permanent family growing up so she's scared that this won't last. Just like when she was younger. But she hasn't said no either. So that's a good sign, I think."

"I believe it is too," Mary smiled at him.

Mary looked over at David, each of them with identical looks on their faces. It was clear that they both were thinking the same thing: they had already missed so much with their daughter. They didn't want to miss anymore.

Emma lay back on the bed clutching Neal's hand tightly as she tried to decipher what the print-out from the fetal monitor was saying. Neal placed his hand on her stomach and kissed her cheek.

"It's going to be ok," he assured her.

"I haven't felt them move," she said softly. "No kicking, nothing."

"That doesn't mean anything. We just need to wait for the doctor."

"Sorry about the wait," the door opened and a doctor came into them pushing an ultrasound machine. "I am Dr. Whale."

"Please," Emma started to tremble. "Tell us, is our baby ok?"

"I just need to ask you a few questions," Dr. Whale set up the machine. "You haven't felt any movement since you regained consciousness at the accident site?"

"No," Emma's grip tightened on Neal's hand.

"Did the airbag deploy?"

"I-I don't know. I can't remember."

"Please," Neal looked at the doctor. "Tell us if our baby's ok."

"Let's take a look," he powered on the ultrasound and took the probe and started to run it across her belly.

Emma held Neal's hand even tighter as she willed the baby to be all right. Neal kissed her forehead as she clung to him. Suddenly the room was filled with the sound of a loud heartbeat.

"That means that they're ok right?" Emma whispered.

"There are no problems," Whale smiled at both of them. "A very strong and healthy heartbeat."

"Thank you," Emma gasped as the tears spilled down her cheeks.

"So that's it?" Neal asked. "Can we go then?"

"I would like you to stay here overnight just as a precaution," Dr. Whale told them.

"So when can we get back on the road?" Neal asked. "We're from New York and we need to get back to work. And our son can't miss anymore school."

"You're going to have to be on strict bedrest," the doctor told them. "And that includes no traveling right now."

"But that's not possible," Emma said

"You're going to have to figure something out." Dr. Whale told them as Emma and Neal exchanged worried looks.

Snow covered Henry as his eyes drifted closed and she smiled at Charming as he watched her. She sat back down next to him as he wrapped his arms around her.

"I think you're right," he told her softly.

"About what?" she looked up at him.

"I think he's our grandson," he smiled at her. "It's just-"

"Too good to be true?"

"After all these years, we might be getting answers."

"We have to be cautious," she warned him. "Regina is watching and Emma has no idea about our world."

Just then, a nurse pushed a metal cart down the hall disrupting the stillness of the night. Henry startled awake and sat up abruptly, taking in his surroundings.

"I'm awake," he stated groggily.

"It's ok to sleep," Charming smiled at him.

"I need to know if my mom is ok," Henry rubbed his eyes tiredly.

"I'm sure she's fine,"

"Henry," they all looked up to see Neal coming into them.

They looked out in the hall and saw Emma on a stretcher as some nurses pushed her down the hallway.

"Mom, Dad," Henry ran to them. "What's going on?"

"First thing," Neal looked at the splint on Henry's wrist. "How bad is it?"

"They said it was just a sprain," David came out to them. "He'll need to keep that splint on for the next couple of weeks at least."

"I'm glad you're ok kid," Emma smiled as he hugged her tightly.

"What about you?" Henry pulled back to look at her.

"Everything is fine, kid." Emma smiled at her son.

"So the baby?"

"Is perfectly healthy. And has a strong heartbeat."

"So can we leave?"

"They want to keep them overnight just in case," Neal told his son. "But if all goes well, we can get out of here by the morning."

"Can I stay with you?" Henry pleaded.

"We already got the ok from the doctor," Neal smiled. "Actually your mom threatened him with bodily harm if he didn't agree."

"Mom," Henry smiled at her.

"What? It's the hormones." Emma defended herself.

"You can only use that excuse for so long, you know." Neal looked at her.

"Which is why she's milking it for all its worth." Henry added.

"We're glad you're ok," Mary and David went up to the family.

"Thank you for keeping an eye on our boy," Neal told them.

"It was no problem," David smiled at them. "He was showing us his new storybook that he got."

"Interesting stories in there," Mary added.

"Thank you again," Emma told them as the nurses started pushing her down the hall again. "Maybe we'll see each other again soon."

"Yeah, maybe." Mary said softly as they watched the family head down the hallway together.

"She's a strong woman," Charming commented. "Exactly how we would've raised her back home."

"I want to tell her," Snow sighed. "But how do you just tell someone something out of the blue like that? She'll think that we're crazy."

"We'll find a way," Charming held her tightly. "Our family will be together soon."

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