SPOILERS UP TO 2X06.

AS EMMA FINDS HERSELF IN A SITUATION BEYOND HER CONTROL IS UP TO HER PARENTS TO RESCUE HER, AND BY DOING SO,THEIR FAMILY .

A/N: THIS IS JUST MY IMAGINATION RUNNING WILD. WHAT IF EMMA ENDS UP TRAPPED IN MR. GOLD'S PAWNSHOP JUST BEFORE SHE FINDS HER PARENTS. IN THE MIDST OF MADNESS SHE GOES SEARCHING THERE FOR ANSWERS AND ENDS UP GETTING MORE THAN SHE BARGAINED FOR?

DON'T OWN ONCE UPON A TIME. JUST MY IMAGINATION.

DEDICATED BEST ONCERS FRIENDS... YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE. I LOVE YOU ALL! AND TO GINNY GOODWIN EVEN IF SHE IS NEVER GOING TO READ IT BECAUSE SHE IS THE BEST AND THAT'S THAT. I AM SORRY IF IT THIS SEEMED A BIT SHALLOW BUT IT WAS JUST TO SET UP THE STORY... :)

HOW AWESOME WAS TALLAHASSEE I AM THINKING OF MENTIONING A BIT OF NEAL HERE AND THERE BECAUSE I JUST LOVED HIM AND I HOPE HE CAN GO TO STORYBROOKE AND FIND HIS FAMILY.

ALSO, I AM A WOODENSWAN SHIPPER TO THE GRAVE BUT MAN! AUGUST! YOU JUST HAD TO DO IT?!

ENJOY.

Chapter 5:

Emma looked at the two people in front of her. They looked her age but were wise beyond their years. Each had shared their handfuls of hardships and she knew it... she knew how much they had to sacrifice for her but she would never truly heal until she let them share their story. Charming pulled a chair in front of Emma's bed and offered it to Snow. She refused to sit down so he just stayed there behind her, a hand on her shoulder.

"I was angry for so long" Emma breathed. "Wondering how you could chose to let me grow up without you... I used to wonder what I had done to deserve not having parents, everyone said it was because I was cursed, and I guess in some way I was" Her parents closed their eyes as a chuckle escaped her lips. "And now you are here and I don't know how to process it"

"We could take it as slow as you need us to" Snow said softly "We don't expect everything to be okay right away, after all we are human"

"We just want the chance to try and be something in your life... friends of whatever you need us to be"

"I guess I could do that" Emma breathed again relaxing. She sensed the salty tears staining her cheeks. Turning to Snow and Charming she could see they had been crying as well. "The first thing I need to do is make sure my kid is safe"

"Of course" Snow said. She bit her lip for a moment. Charming shook his head slightly "But, can I ask you to do something for me?" Emma was startled. Charming touched the back of his neck in frustration. "I need you to be okay, Henry needs you to be okay so just for tonight, sleep on it, let your wounds heal and I promise as the sun rises we will go looking for Gold"

"Maybe not that early" Charming muttered and the other two laughed. Emma gave this deep thought. She was about to bargain something too.

"On one condition." she pointed out smiling "I need to go home, I honestly hate hospitals" She waited as her parents exchanged a few knowing glances. A intimate language that only they understood. "So we have a deal?"

"Yes" Charming smiled. "You've got yourself a deal" Emma smiled in victory.

"Thanks" She admitted "Now, I am going to let you hug me for real this time, becase I need it and I might be a little too exhausted not to refuse" Her parents were caught by surprise but they embraced her slowly, enjoying the feeling of having their baby back.

"Enough?" Snow said after a moment. They let go of her and the three of them smiled as their souls seemed to be a bit more in peace. "I am going to check on Henry and tell him we are going home, Charming why don't you help her into the chair?" Emma eyed the wheelchair that was in the far end of the room.

"That?" Emma raised an eyebrow "Seriously?"

"I wouldn't bet against her Emma" Charming smirked offering her his hand. "She might as well drag to that chair"

"Thought she might" Emma said rolling her eyes. Charming kind of lifted Emma a bit too much helping her and pulling the chair closer. "Easy..."

"Got you" He said Charmingly "I won't let you fall" Emma knew that was two sided.

"There" Red handed Snow two brown bags as she watched Henry and Charming help Emma onto the couch. "Are you sure you don't need need anything else?"

"No" Snow smiled. "Thank you so much Red, you don't know how much..."

"Yes I do" Red hugged her best friend. "Keep her in here for as long as you can, she needs that ankle to heal"

"I am not sure if I will be able to, she has her father's stubbornness you know..."

"And yours as well" Red smirked "Quite an explosive combination, I would say"

"Laugh all you want" Snow turned to face her family "We are just taking it as it comes"

"Good, I'll tell Granny you said hi" Red smiled up at Snow and waved goodbye. "If you need anything, you know where to find me"

"So what's for dinner?" Henry asked once Red had left. "I'm starving!"

"Me too!" Snow said. placing the bags at the coffee table in front of Emma "Let's see here..."

After they had eaten Snow had sort of forced Emma into taking some mild pain killers. Now they all sat in the couch as Henry read his book, occasionally glancing over the other three who didn't say much.

"Maybe we could play a game?" Henry suggested.

"Maybe you could go to bed kid, it's pretty late" Emma smiled at him. "Go on and get ready" Henry rolled his eyes.

"Do I have to?" He asked his grandmother. She nodded. "But, I have no clothes here"

"You can borrow one of Charming's shirts" Snow told him "He had it all packed up in his truck" She glanced at the bags at the door. Charming nodded and joined Henry in the room, leaving Snow and Emma alone.

"We need to go and get his stuff from Regina's" Emma told Snow. She sighed. "What?"

"I know" Snow smiled. "But for now, he is fine so you don't need to worry about that"

"Nope, I just have to worry about the crazy imp" Emma said sarcastically. Snow suppressed a giggle.

"Now what?" Emma asked quite annoyed.

"You sound just like..." Snow trailed off as he watched Charming exit the curtain room. "Your father"

"What did I do now?" Charming asked. Snow smirked. "Henry is almost ready but he wanted to come and say goodnight"

"And leave us to awkward silence again" Emma pointed out. Henry came a moment later and offered each of them a hug and kiss goodnight. "Sleep tight kid"

"Goodnight Mom" Man... Henry had said mom. "Night Gramps, Grandma"

"Sweet dreams Henry" Snow placed a kiss on his forehead.

And there it was, the awkward silence Emma was referring to. She could see her father leaned against the kitchen counter eyeing them both constantly. She saw her Mom play with the ring in her finger with absentmindedness. She herself toyed with her own ear loom A swan emblem on her necklace. Charming smiled at the familiarity of it all.

"That's beautiful" Charming said sitting across from Emma. She smiled tiredly looking down at the necklace "You are anxious"

"What gave me away?" Emma said sarcastically. "I think I should go to bed"

"We should go too" Snow said exhausted "Before we all collapse right here"

"Here, let me help you" Charming helped Emma up and almost placed her whole weight against his body. "Am I hurting you?" Emma gave her head. Snow followed Charming and Emma into the room where Henry slept. Snow brushed the boy's head hair softly as Charming helped Emma into the bed, Snow pulled the covers a bit farther.

"Give us a moment Charming" Snow told her husband. He nodded and smiled at his girls. "I am just..."

"I can do that, I don't need help" Emma said annoyed when her mother handed her a pair of PJ'S.

"I am only going to lay them here, tell me if you do need help" Snow offered her a smile and left.

Surprisingly enough it hadn't taken Emma too long to be ready. She was already in bed when her mother came back into the room. Emma smiled softly at her. She played with Henry's hair.

"Doing that is incredibly soothing" Her mother said. She loved to run her hands along Charming's hair when she was anxious. "Much to play with a locket or a ring"

"I guess" Emma instantly turned to the nightstand where the Swan piece rested. "Goodnight"

"Night Emma" Her mother smiled softly. Snow kept her words to herself. There would be time for that. "Sleep well"

"You too" The blonde said "Thank you" she said "For coming to the shop and get me"

"Of course" Snow smiled. "I will always protect you" Emma only nodded.

"She had someone she cared about" Snow said softly as she and James lay in bed. "Someone gave her that swan"

"How did you figure?" Charming asked. He looked down at her face.

"There is something that makes her feel better when she touches it, much like your mother's ring does to me" Snow pointed out.

"Oh" Charming sighed. "She went trough so much..."

"I know Charming" Snow trailed her fingers along his bare chest. "But we are here now, and now we can keep her safe"

"For how long?" He asked painfully. "I cannot bare to see her in pain, the pain that this world has caused her"

"For as long as she needs us" Snow told him "It will take time and won't be easy but she is here and all we can do is be there for her, maybe one day, she even open up to us about who gave her the swan"

"You have faith" Charming admitted. Snow chucked and moved up to place a kiss on his lips.

"I did learn from the best" Snow pointed out "I love you"

"I love you too" Charming brushed her cheek with his thumb "More than my own life"

That night he invaded her dreams. That dork with a goofy smile that he shared with Henry. The man that had betrayed her and broken her heart. The man who was nothing but a thief and a liar, but still she could not let go of him.

At least she knew that she now had the family she had long craved for. And it would take time but, maybe, just maybe she could feel complete again.

THE END.

I could not help not to throw a nod to Neal in this chapter! I loved Tallahassee too much not to!

So this story is done but I still got a couple more ideas in my head, plus my other ideas..

Liked the ending? Yes? No? Please do share your thoughts.