i do not own OUAT. if i did graham would still be alive.

Chapter 2

Red was walking to the nursery to see Emma when she heard Snow screaming. She started running down the hall to see what was wrong. When she got into the room, she saw Snow crying. "What's wrong?"

"Someone…someone…took Emma," James said fighting back tears.

"Who would take Emma?" Red asked, but remembered what it was Regina had said at Snow and James' wedding: I shall destroy your happiness. If it's the last thing I do. "Regina…" Red said quietly to herself, "It was Regina, I'm sure of it."

"Red can you track Emma's scent?" asked James.

"I will try; do you have anything with her scent on it?" she asked.

"Yes, the towels that Doc used to clean her off. They should be in our room." James ran into the bed chamber with hope that Red could find his daughter. He returned with the towels and gave them to Red.

Red held the towel to her nose, inhaling the smell deeply. She handed James the towel, a sad look on her face.

Snow looked at Red in worry. "What's going on? Red? Can you track her?" she asked.

"Emma's scent doesn't leave this room. I am afraid I can't find her," Red said; she felt as if she'd let down her best friend as Snow cried into James' chest.

"What do you mean it ends here? She didn't just poof out of here out on her own!" James said, his voice raising.

"You're right, but whoever took Emma knew I wouldn't be able to track her. I believe that whoever did this has been planning this and has magic," Red said sadly.

Grumpy and the other dwarfs entered the room. "What's going on in here?!" Grumpy asked.

"Someone t-took Emma while we were sleeping last night," Snow sniffled, wiping the tears from her eyes.

"Grumpy I want you and the other dwarfs to gather all the guards; tell them to search every home in the kingdom. If they still cannot found Emma, I want them to search every inch of the forest. Red, I want you to call an emergency council meeting. I want everyone there. Snow and I will change and meet you there," James said, trying to hold in the rage he was feeling.

"Will do, Your Highness," Grumpy said. He motioned for the dwarfs to follow him out of the room. Snow, James, and Red followed behind them. Red turned to close the door and said quietly, "We will find her."

In their bedroom, Snow and Charming were putting their clothes on. "It has to be Regina who did this," Snow said angrily, "It's the only thing that makes sense."

"You're probably right darling," Charming said. After they'd gotten their clothes on, the pair headed to the council room.

Red went to Granny's room to wake her up and tell her about what happened to Emma. As Red got the door she composed herself, wiping the two tears that remained on her cheeks. She walked in the room and over to the bed. Red shook granny and whispered, "Granny…Granny! Granny, you need to wake up!"

"Why did you wake me?!" Granny snapped angrily.

"Someone took Emma last night. I believe it might have been Regina." Red said sadly.

Granny got up off the bed and began dressing immediately. "Regina would be my first and only guess too, girl."

Regina put Emma back in the crib after feeding and changing her. Even with Emma being less than a day old, Regina could already feel the powerful magic the child had. She did not plan on doing any taking care of the child, that is, until her father said that taking care of Emma would strengthen the bond between her and Emma. As she watched the baby fall asleep one thought ran through her mind. I will be a better mother to Emma then mine was to me. I have to get Emma to want to kill Snow and her "Charming". Since I cannot harm them—no thanks to that little imp—Emma will. And she is going to have to love me to do that .She walked into her chamber and changed her clothing. After changing she went to the mirror and said: "Show me Snow White."

"Yes, Your Majesty," replied the mirror. The image came into focus, showing Snow, on the floor of the nursery, crying.

"Perfect," said Regina, an evil grin formed on her face while she rubbed her hands together.

Snow and Charming were in the council room awaiting everyone's arrival, when the captain of the guard, Willian entered. "Did you find her?" Snow practically screamed with the smallest sense of hope remaining in her voice.

"No, Your Majesties, we did not find her in the village. But, the rest of the guards are searching the forest as we speak." said William as he sat down in the chair, waiting patiently for the meeting to begin. After that everyone started to come in the room and sit down so the council meeting could begin.

"First off, Snow and I would like to thank you all for coming on short notice; as you probably all know now, Emma has been kidnaped earlier. I had all the guards search the village and now they are searching the forest," Charming said as another guard walked in the council room.

"Sire, I apologize for interrupting the meeting but I thought you might want to see this," he said while handing Charming a note.

Charming began to read the note aloud. "I have taken our precious daughter and no matter how long or far you search; you will never find her. R." The note ended and Snow started to cry again. "We will find her; no matter how long it takes," Charming reassured his wife softly.

"I thought it was Regina who took Emma" said Red.

"Why do you think it was Regina?" asked Charming.

"Because, don't you remember what she said at your wedding? 'I shall destroy your happiness; if it is the last thing I do.' And she can't physically harm Snow and you so this is her revenge taking Emma." The room fell silent.

Authors note:

i want to thank SnowandJames4eva, and also for the good reviews. also the more reviews i get the sooner i update, sorry i messed up udating the story.