Missing Moments

Alice Faith

Emma was walking the castle grounds with her four year old daughter, Leia.

"Mama, come on!" Leia laughed as she ran ahead.

"Slow down Leia." Emma panted.

Emma was 36 weeks pregnant, making it harder for her to keep up with her young daughter.

"Look mommy, a flower!" Leia said, as she bent down to pick it up. She put the flower to her nose and smelled it before handing it to Emma.

"For you mommy." She said.

"Thank you baby. It's beautiful." Emma said.

Leia frowned. "I'm not a baby mama. I'm this many!" She said as she held up four fingers.

Emma laughed. "Oh my. You're practically a lady!"

Leia giggled.

Suddenly Emma gasped as she clutched her stomach.

"Mama?" Leia cried. "Mama, what's wrong?"

"Nothings wrong sweetie. But I think we should head back to the castle."

She and Leia started the walk back to the castle. Emma didn't remember coming out this far, but the walk back seemed to be taking forever.

Emma cried out in pain as she felt another contraction, this one much stronger than the last. This wasn't right. She wasn't due for another month. Sure her last three children had been early, but not this early. Suddenly Emma found herself on the ground, unable to get up.

"Mama!" Leia cried as ran to her mother. She grabbed Emma's hand and pulled. "We're almost there mama, come on."

Emma looked up into the worried eyes of her little girl. She tried to get up, but she couldn't. She cried out again.

That's when Leia ran.

Leia ran as fast as she could. She wasn't looking where she was going and she ran right into Regina.

Regina looked down to find Leia, who was crying. She immediately knew that something was wrong. 

"Leia, what is it?" Regina asked.

Leia pointed in the direction she had just run from and said "mama."

Regina tried to hide the worry from her face as she said "Leia, I want you to go find your dad. Go!" She watched as Leia took of for the castle and then Regina started running in the direction Leia had pointed.

It didn't take long for her to find Emma. She was sitting on the ground in obvious pain.

"Emma! What happened?" Regina asked as she kneeled beside her friend.

"Something isn't right." Emma cried. "The baby, I think the baby's coming."

Meanwhile, Leia had just ran through the castle doors when she ran into her dad and her Grandpa.

"Woah, slow down there." Killian said with a grin. His grin soon faded when he saw that Leia was crying.

"Leia? What's wrong? What happened?" Killian asked his daughter.

"Mama, she can't get up. She's hurt."

David and Killian both paled.

"Leia, show us where she is." Killian said frantically.

Leia turned around and ran for the doors, her dad and Grandpa not far behind.

They found Emma on the ground, Regina was next to her.

"Emma?" Killian cried out as he dropped to his knees beside her. "Emma, what happened?"

Emma hissed in pain as another contraction hit. "The baby is coming."