Charming Family One Shots

Playing the Law will Always Find You

Disclaimer: I've been thinking of this idea for a while now and it has just taken a while for me to come up with ideas. So this idea was taken from the episode of Once when David let's Henry drive his car. This is going to be a Child Punishes Parent one shot and it is mostly coming from Emma's point-of-view. All rights go to Adam and Eddie (the creators of OUAT). I do not own anything other than a few parts of the plot and if I did I probably wouldn't be on here.

Warning: Punishments such as groundings and other given to parents but there are no spankings in this. Don't like, don't read.

*OUAT*

Emma was still in the station when she heard what had happened today and couldn't understand why it had happened. Her Dad had let Henry drive his car just for a point of proving he's cool, or at least that's what Emma gathered since he had mentioned to her about how Henry didn't view his Grandfather as cool as he viewed Killian. He can't have done that! My father works beside me as sheriff and being involved with the law he should know what's illegal and what's not! Not only that but Mom was also there so she could've stepped in to stop David from letting my 12 year old son from driving the car. This isn't only illegal but it does call for quite serious action and so instead of addressing the situation with just a ticket, I will be doing a lot more.

Emma could feel her anger becoming even more worse and as time went on, she started thinking of the ticket she would be taking home to the loft tonight. Would a ticket for 1 billion dollars get the message through? As she walked over to the board that had all the fining details on it, Emma saw that unfortunately the option for 1 billion didn't exist but there was still an option for 12000 so she went back to her desk to write this ticket up. After doing so she stormed over to the door and went out while still clutching the ticket in her hand. At least this is all sorted.

It took a few minutes for Emma to get from the station and over to where her parents' loft was but by the time she did it she was getting even more angry. Just wait till I get in here guys, Emma thought as she got out of the car and slammed the door before heading up to the loft.

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In the Loft with Mary Margaret and David

Mary Margaret and David had been shouting at each other since that incident this morning. Neither of them had managed to agree with each other and they were both arguing the opposite point to each other: Mary Margaret knew how dangerous it was that Henry was allowed to drive the car, and David was using the same point he had constantly been arguing about, how he wanted to be seen as cool by his Grandson.

"David; you're the sheriff alongside Emma! You know allowing a child to drive is illegal! What's not clear about this?"

"Henry is constantly saying how cool Killian is for letting him drive his ship! Why can't I be that cool?"

"There is a difference between letting your 12 year old grandson drive a ship and drive a car!" Mary Margaret scolded as if she was losing control.

Just then the sound of footsteps were heard just outside the loft and Mary Margaret and David looked at each other.

"I'll see you later." David said while walking over to his and Snow's room.

"You are not escaping this to let me get all the blame!"

David just walked away while ignoring everything he'd been told and Mary Margaret sighed into herself. A few seconds later the door opened and in walked Emma who looked angry and was looking even more angry with something that looked like a ticket in her hand.

"Hi Emma." Mary Margaret said quickly.

"Where's David?" Emma asked with an obvious hint of anger in her voice while she ignored what her mother asked.

Mary Margaret's only reaction was pointing over to her and David's room and Emma walked over to it without talking. However, she did look at her Mom in a way that showed she was not going to get away with it.

"David!" Emma shouted as she got into the room.

"It's Dad to you, Em." David replied firmly.

"Whatever! Why did you let Henry drive your car?"

There was a moment's silence.

"I wanted him to see me as cool." David answered while showing he didn't care.

"You work with me at the station! Why would you even think of breaking the law yourself?"

"At least Henry can now see me as fun as Killian is." David replied.

"Don't you even think of involving him! As for you Mom, why didn't you stop him from doing this?"

"Excuse me! I tried to stop your father from putting your son's life at risk! Do not involve me in this young lady!"

"I am the only one who is allowed to be angry here and right now I am beyond angry! You do not let my son do anything like this until he is old enough and for that you two are grounded for a week! You will not leave this room for the rest of the night unless it is an emergency!"

Mary Margaret and David both gasped at that. They are her parents and she couldn't ground them, right?

"Emma Ruth Swan we are your parents and you do not ground us!" they scolded.

"Yes; I can. Now, I hope you both learn from this and Dad; here's something to get you thinking." Emma said as she threw the ticket at her father.

David just looked at the ticket in disbelief for a moment and couldn't get his thoughts around it. My own daughter's just given me a ticket? I've taught her a lesson about tickets being given out to family members and she knows that should I ever find her breaking the law I will not hesitate to give her a ticket but I never thought she would give me one.

"You've given me a ticket for twelve thousand dollars?" David asked in disbelief.

"Yes, and I want it paid back within a week!"

"You can't do this!" David wined.

"Yes I can, and I don't see why I should be threatened with a spanking and you don't get any punishment! Grounded for a week, both of you are only allowed out for work, and a ticket to pay back within a week!"

"Sounds fair." Mary Margaret said realising what her part in this was.

"Good. Now I don't want to hear anything else from you two for the rest of the night and me and Henry will be having that dinner ourselves."

"Sorry." Mary Margaret and David said together with their heads down.

"I forgive you." Emma said and walked out after.

This was the end of the problems for the rest of the night.