Once Upon a Time Parent Preferences

First Word or Words

AN: Seeing as some of these people are paired in the How you Were Born section, I'm going to split up the first-word section and have them hear you say different things. That way I'm not writing the same thing twice and it can be different for each character.  I hope you all enjoy the next chapter and I might actually add more characters to the list. 

David Nolan/Prince Charming: He wasn't around to hear your first word because of the curse that Regina the evil queen had put on the Enchanted Forest. But the matron at the Storybrooke Orphanage did hear your first words. Along with your mother Mary Margret/Snow White. 

Mary Margret Nolan/Snow White: Your mother had been helping out at the Storybrooke Orphanage where you were after the curse brought everyone to the land without magic. 

Your mother had been helping out at the orphanage that morning and you had started to cry because your diaper was wet. No one seemed to be paying much attention because some of the older children had gotten into a fight and most of the staff was busy dealing with them and doling out the punishment they were about to receive. 

"What's wrong, little one?" she asked, bending over your bassinet to check on you. 

Unbeknownst to either of you, you were mother and child. She picked you up as the matron walked in hearing your sounds of distress too. Seeing that you were being taken care of she was about to walk out of the room when you said your first word. 

"Wet," you cried, looking at your mother with sad eyes and begging to be changed. 

"Don't worry," she said, smiling at you. "We'll get you all clean up in no time."

Emma Swan: Seeing as you were adopted by Regina and Emma didn't raise you. She didn't hear your first words which were sort of painful for your adoptive mother to admit to her later on. Your first word had been mama like any other child was. 

Henry Mills: You being the youngest child felt the need to prove yourself by being the first of the two of you to speak. You looked over to see your twin sister babbling as she looked up at your father. You couldn't help the pang of jealousy that went through you. Lucy had been the favorite ever since the day the two of you were born. 

You started to fuss in hopes of getting at least your mother's attention but she was too busy talking to Aunt Tianna. 

You looked over once more to see if your father was even looking in your direction. But he was still intent upon watching Lucy. The golden child. The firstborn. 

Slapping your little hands on the floor you shrieked at the top of your lungs gaining the attention of all the adults. You smiled happily seeing this and then toddled over to your father and held your arms up. 

"Me," you said.

Henry looked at you in shock and picked you up. He turned towards your mother with a huge smile on his face. 

"Did you hear that Ella, she/he just talked?" he asked, looking at you in awe. 

Regina Mills/Evil Queen: Regina had been ranting on and on about Snow White for hours on end. You were beginning to feel a tiny bit jealous of the woman you hadn't even met. Why was this Snow White so much more important than you? 

You looked up at her and vowed to ask her. Not realizing that you weren't as articulate as you thought you were. 

"Why White?"

"You wouldn't understand," she said looking at you as she finally understood what you were trying to say to her. "At least not yet."

Graham Humbert/The Huntsman: Your mother had been planning up one of her horrible schemes to make Snow White pay. But she couldn't take you along with her and her father had flat out refused to watch you like he usually did. He was still on his kick about your mother not getting her revenge on Snow White.