Happy Beginning Captain Swan

Betrayal

Emma and her squad checked up on the children from the Black Fairy's realm at their foster homes. Henry was finished with his finals and on summer vacation. Both Emma and Killian were working on finding the Black Fairy's kidnapped children's families to return to their parents. Emma wakes up early to get ready for the day, and gets Hope from her crib when she is awake. "Good morning, Hope.""Mommy." Emma takes Hope from her crib and holds her on the hip, she was still waking up. "Dada." "Dada is making breakfast. Let's go to Daddy." They entered the kitchen. "Good morning, Killian.""Morning, swan." They kiss. "Morning, little love.""Dada." He kisses Hope on the cheek. She gave him kisses back on the cheek. "Little pirate, breakfast is almost ready." He continues to cook breakfast. "Swan, what are we going to do today?""You and I are going to talk to Gold. We need to figure out how to find these children's parents.""Aye, we need to figure out what realm these children are from?""Yes, I think they are mostly from the Enchanted Forest." Hope babbles. "We are going to talk to him in town." They eat breakfast together. Emma gets a phone call. "Hello?..."Is this Emma Swan-Jones?""Yes, this is Emma. How can I help you?""Emma. I am Jill. My husband Jack and I are fostering Bethany, one of the children from the Black Fairy's realm. Bethany is distant and not talking to us.""I know from my experience in the foster system, it takes time to adjust to a new foster home. I can come by to talk to you in person and check up on Bethany.""That will be great, thank you.""You are very welcome. I will be there soon." She ends her conversation. "Killian, Bethany's foster parents are having a hard time with Bethany. She is not talking to them.""I went over there myself yesterday and she was fine.""I know she is not used to a normal family lifestyle. I will check on her and talk to foster parents.""Aye, I will take Hope with me to see the crocodile.""Ee-on...dada..."Killian laughs. "Yes, little love. You are right." Hope babbles. Emma gives her husband a look. "It is Hope's way of saying crocodile, I did not teach her that."Emma giggles. "Sure, you did not, Killian."Henry enters the room. "What is going on?""Your sister has her way of saying Gold's name?""Aye, the crocodile.""Ee-on...dada." Henry laughs."Killian, I will call you after I check up on Bethany.""Aye, love, call me if you need help.""I will. Call me when you are on the way to talk to Gold.""I will, love." They kiss. Killian gets Hope from Emma.Hope began crying."Mommy...tay...ome."Emma faces her daughter. "Mommy has to be sheriff for a little while, sweetie. I have to make sure Bethany is happy at her foster home. It is my job to make sure that everyone is safe especially in foster homes. I will be back soon. Be a good girl for daddy and Henry." She kisses Hope on the cheek and leaves. Hope was still crying. Killian hugs his daughter. "Little love, Mommy will be back. You can be my little sheriff. You can come with me, I have to ask Crocodile a question." Hope hugs her Daddy. "You are safe with Dada, little love.""Little sis, do you want to do art with me?""No...mommy...ome..." "Mommy will be home very soon, baby sis. You are safe with me and Daddy." They both were trying to calm down Hope.They turned on the television to Barney which made Hope cried louder. "Lad, get Hope's Pluto dolls." Hope fusses and Killian lets Hope down on the floor. Hope went to the corner of the room and cried her heart out wanting her Mommy. Killian knows his little lass stubbornness is from his swan but with Hope's kidnappings, Hope is afraid of not being with both of her parents. Killian goes to Hope and sat on the floor. "Hope, Mommy is coming home very soon, little love.""Mommy...ome...""I know you miss Mommy. Mommy is being sheriff. You are safe here with Dada and Henry. Dada is not going to let anyone hurt you. It is my job as your Dada to make sure that you are safe." Hope looked up at her Daddy. "Afe...dada...""Yes, Hope. You are safe here with me." Hope reaches up for her Daddy, Killian gets his daughter from the carpet and Hope hugs her Dada. "Dada.""You are safe with me, Hope. No one is going to hurt you or take you away from me. You are my daughter. I love you so much, Hope." Hope was crying lessen. "Luv...Dada.""I love you so much, Hope." He kisses her on the head and hugs her. Killian knows Hope is afraid but needs to keep reassuring her that she is safe with him without Emma around is going to take time because Zelena took Hope away from him from his arms. "Little love, do you want a pirate story?""Olly...Wawa..."Killian smiles at Hope's newest pirate word. "Yes, we are going to have a Jolly Roger story in Neverland." Killian sits on the couch and told a pirate story of his days with his crew while Hope was clung onto him. "Luv you....Dada.""I love you so much, Hope. My little pirate princess." He kisses her on the head. He knew Hope was enjoying the story which was cheering his little lass from crying for Emma.Meanwhile, Emma drove to Bethany's foster family in her yellow bug. She knocks on the door, Bethany's foster mother Jill opens the door. "Hi, Emma.""Hi, Jill. How is Bethany doing?""Come in, Emma. We can talk in the living room." They went to the living room. "Bethany is afraid to leave her room. We do not know what to do.""She is not used to love, a normal home or normal routine. You just have to be patient with her. It takes time to get her used to this lifestyle of a normal family.""Jack and I are trying our best.""I know, it takes a lot of time. You have to show that you are there for her and to gain her trust which can take time after all she has been through in the Black Fairy's realm. You will get her to trust her soon." Jack enters the room. "Hi, Emma.""Hi, Jack. Jill is telling me about Bethany." Jack sat next to his wife."Jill and I are trying, everything Emma. Even our son Jack Jr. is trying to tell her that she is safe with us.""I know it is rough, I had horrible horrible foster parents. I always wanted foster parents that told me that they are there for me. She needs that reassurance. She had no one that cared for her, her whole life. It will take time for her to adjust to your family."Jill held her husband's hand. "We found out from Regina that there were orphans from the Black Fairy's realm. Jack and I wanted to help. Jack Jr is 10 years old and we always wanted another child. We thought adoption would be an option for us because we always wanted to adopt children who need a home.""I know you both are doing your very best to take care of Bethany. She needs to know that you two are there for her. It will take a lot of time to gain her trust. All those orphans want is a home.""We will do that Emma. Jack, where is Bethany?""She is playing with Jack Jr. I know Bethany would like to see you.""Yes." Jack and Jill lead Emma upstairs, she saw Bethany's room, a girly room with stuffed animals. They found Bethany with Jack Jr. coloring in her bedroom."Bethany, you have a visitor.""Emma!" Bethany hugs Emma. "Hi, Bethany. How are you?""I am good. Jack Jr and I are coloring. He is making fun of me...I cannot read."Jack takes his son out of the room. "Jack, it is not her fault. Stop being mean to Bethany. She lived in a realm where there was no love or school. You have to be nice to Bethany. You were taken by us when you were a baby almost by the Black Fairy yourself. You could have had that same life as her.""Yes, papa. I will be nicer to Bethany"Emma faces Bethany. "Bethany, you are going to learn to read. You are going to go to school where you can learn numbers, history, science and how to read. There is a library full of books that you can borrow. You can ask the librarian named Belle to recommend books for you to read. I know that Jack, Jill, and Jack Jr. can help you teach you how to read. By the time you start school in the fall, you will know how to read. If you need to talk to Jack and Jill you can. They are very good people.""I am not used to all of this.""I know but you will adjust to this realm's modern time.""All of us were working in the mines...""You are not going to have that life anymore. You will have a bedroom full of toys, parents who are taking good care of you, you will go to school and have friends and can play.""I am looking forward to that." Emma smiles. The two Jack's return. "Emma, Jack jr. is going to help us teach her to read."Jack Jr goes to Bethany. "I am sorry, Bethany for making fun of that you did not how to read. I can help you read by taking you to the library. Belle, the librarian did rescue me from being taken by the Back Fairy from the dark one, her son." Emma was surprised he was the baby Belle rescued in the Enchanted Forest that was almost taken by Rumplestiltskin's mother. "Okay." Bethany smiles, making Emma smile. Jack and Jill and walk Emma back downstairs."If you have any other questions or concerns,please call me.""Thank you so much for coming over. I think Bethany will be more open with us.""I am happy to help and talk to Bethany. I know Bethany will have a good life here with you both and Jack Jr." Emma gets into her yellow bug feeling accomplished on being sheriff and helping a foster family to improve and get a phone call from Killian. "Killian..""Emma, Hope has been non stop crying ever since you left. She wants to be with you and me.""Killian, have you spoken to Gold yet?""Not yet, love.""How about I meet you both at the shop. We can both talk to him and I can calm down Hope.""Aye, love. We will meet you there.""I will be in town very soon. I just finished visiting Bethany." They ended their phone conversation. Killian and Henry walked with Hope into town, Killian was carrying Hope. Emma drove into town seeing her family waiting for her. Emma gets out of her car. Hope sees her Mommy. "Mommy!" Killian sets Hope down as Emma walks onto the side just in time for Hope to run to arms for a big hug. "Mommy!!" Emma smiles. "Hopey. Mommy was the sheriff for a little bit today.""Mommy...Dada...afe.""Yes, we are safe baby girl." She hugs her daughter and sees the look on Killian's face of relief that Hope was happy that they were together again with his swan. "Dada...Mommy...afe.""Yes, Hope, Mommy is back with us, little pirate princess. I told you, Mommy is coming back to us safe." Hope smiles and grabs his hook. "You just want Dada with Mommy, right?""Yes...Mommy..." Emma and Killian looked at each other knowing their daughter's stubbornness is cute and Hope wants them to be together."Hope, you are going to be mommy and daddy's little sheriff okay? We have to talk to Rumplestiltskin." Hope babbles. "Okay.""Love, how is Bethany?""Bethany does not know how to read, Jack jr. teased her. I reassured her that her foster family will help her to read and going to school to learn so much and how she will adjust to a normal lifestyle. I also found out that Jack Jr. was the baby that Gold stole to talk to his mother. Belle returned him to his parents.""Mom, really?""Yes, kid. Jack Jr. is 10 years old now. His parents reminded him that he almost went to that realm. He is going to be nicer to Bethany. They always wanted to adopt. Once Jack and Jill found out we found the children from the Black Fairy's realm, it was the perfect opportunity to foster a child.""Like giving back, swan?""Yes, Killian. I can tell they are going to be good parents for her. They just need a little help, but I know Bethany will be in the best care, theirs.""What about if we find her biological parents?""If we find them, we can reunite Bethany with her biological parents but if Bethany is happy here. We can help her communicate with her biological parents.""Henwy." "Hopey." He gave Hope a kiss on her cheek. "You are feeling better because Mommy is with us?""Yes...Mommy...Dada." Emma smiles.They enter the pawnshop and see Rumplestiltskin cleaning an artifact. "Miss Swan, Hook. What can I do for you both?""We want to return the children we found from the Black Fairy's realm back to their biological parents.""Why?"Emma was mad. "Why? Because your Mom took babies from their parents to her realm.""They have foster homes here, Miss Swan.""Yes because they were taken from their parents and sent here from your mother's realm. They had no family caring for them.." Hope began crying. Henry takes Hope from their Mom so she can continue to fight with the crocodile. "Ee-on... Dada....Mommy and Dada..""Mommy and Daddy are talking to Gideon's Daddy that is all. They are not going to hurt each other." He takes Hope to the opposite side of the room so Hope won't hear the conversation."We want to help those children to be reunited with their families." "Aye, these children were abused and neglected, there. Your own son was raised there, if it was not for Emma, your son would still be evil. Aren't you curious who is sending those children here since you defeated your mom?""I've been looking into that Hook. I just know someone is sending these children here. Just like Pan's realm, the Black Fairy's realm still exists even if Pan and the Black Fairy are both dead. Someone is sending these children here. I don't know how but I have to figure it out.""I spoke to Tigerlily before she left, she is going to send the children in that realm back to their parents. Emma and I just want to return the children who were sent here back to their parents.""Gold, can you help us find these children and their parents?""The way I found Gideon that he was in that realm, I used a lock of Belle's hair and my blood to find out he was in that realm.""Is there any magic you can help us find the Black Fairy's realm children to their biological families? Belle was able to return Jack Jr. to his parents before he was taken away from your mother.""I will see what I can do Miss Swan.""Thanks, Gold." Hope walks over to Rumpelstiltskin. "Ee-on...pway..."Rumplestiltskin kneels to Hope. "Gideon will play with you soon. He is under the weather. When he is feeling better, he will play with you." Hope smiles and walks over to her Mommy and hugs her legs. "Hopey." She holds Hope on her hip. "Ee-on.""Gideon is home with his mommy, Hope, little love."Emma looks at Gold. "I will arrange a playdate for Hope and Gidon soon, with Belle." "My son will like that."Emma, Killian,Henry and Hope left the shop. "Mom, what are you going to do about finding the children's biological parents?""I do not know, Henry. I just know that we are going to reunite those children with their parents, somehow. But not having a paper record trail, or hair or DNA of the parents makes it hard to find their biological parents." Hope babbles. "Killian, I have to do paperwork after we do patrol.""Aye, love.""Mom, I am going to visit Regina. I can ask her if she can help us return those children to their parents.""Thanks, kid." Henry hugs his Mom and heads to his other Mom's office. Emma places Hope in her carseat. Hope babbles. "Yes, Hopey, we are going on patrol." Emma drives her yellow bug around town with her husband and daughter and parked her yellow bug at her parking spot at the sheriff's station. Killian held his wife's hand."Emma, we are going to reunite those children to their families, swan. We will find away." She kisses him on the cheek. "We will find them together. For now, I am happy that they are safe in foster homes.""Aye, they are safe and happy, love." Killian gets sleeping Hope from her carseat and the family went into the sheriff's station."I have to do some paperwork and update Bethany's file.""Hope is going to be with me, love. It is our little sheriff's naptime." She kisses him on the cheek and Hope on the cheek and heads into her office. Emma updates Bethnay's file while Killian was enjoying snuggles with Hope at his deputy desk. Mulan enters the station. "Killian?""Yes, Mulan?""Have you heard from David?""No, I don't, why?""He was supposed to do patrol after you and Emma, but he never shown up?""Aye, that is unlike him." Emma approaches Killian and Mulan. "Killian, Mulan, what is going on?""Your Dad did not show up to patrol. I called him when I did not see him in town, he did not answer." Emma knows this was unlike her Dad not to show up at work knowing it was either her mother or her brother causing him not to be at work. "Mulan, I am going to check up on my Dad. Killian, can you watch the station?""Of course, love.""Mulan, can you do patrol?""Yes.""I will text Lily and Red to do patrol for you.""I tried to call Red, she did not pick up."Emma knows something was not right with her parents. "Maybe she is with my Dad or my Mom. Something is going on.""Emma, do you want me to come with you?""I can do this by myself. I will call you when I need back up, knowing it is my mother or my brother, I do not want Hope to be around them.""Okay, love. Our little lass will be safe with me." They kiss. Emma leaves the station. Hope fusses. Killian gets Hope in a comfortable sleeping position on him and wraps her blankie around his little love. "There you go, little love. You are sleeping on Dada." He kisses Hope on the head. "Killian, you have changed so much since we met you in the Enchanted Forest.""Aye, once I laid my eyes on Emma, I just knew my heart changed forever. Our beanstalk adventure, we learned that we were very much alike. I knew Emma was a lost girl, alone and had no one to trust or be with. I knew I was the person who would tear those walls down from her heart..""Now, you and Emma have a family together.""Aye, yes we do. I would not have a family without meeting Emma." "I will talk to you later or when Emma needs us. I have to go on patrol.""Aye." Mulan leaves the station. Emma hopped into her yellow bug and drove to her parent's house. She knew something was going on with her parents and she wanted answers. She arrived at her parent's farm which felt weird since she has not been to her parent's house in a long time because she is always arguing with her Mom and keeping her family away from her brother. She entered the house. "Dad?" She saw the house looked clean for once but she heard a noise coming from upstairs and went upstairs to check it out. She sees her Dad with her Mom in bed with Leo next to her. "What the heck? Dad?""Emma?""Emma...""You let her out?!" "He did not let me out.""Mommy is home, Emma." Leo hugs his Mom. "Yea...Dad, can we talk?" She leads him into the hallway. Charming goes to his daughter. "Emma, she has been there for a few months.""She was put in there for a reason, Dad! She kidnapped my daughter and almost killed her! You let her out! Letting her let Leo hurt everyone in town! ""Emma, I escaped."Red, "Emma, once your Dad got the call that she escaped, I went to help search for her. We brought her here.""I could not take it anymore being in there anymore.""Red, Dad, let me and Mary-Margaret, talk alone." Charming lead Leo out and Red followed behind them."Emma." Snow White hugs her daughter. "You are here."Emma steps away from her mother. "I am here knowing Dad was not at work and I got concerned. How did you escape?""I am a former bandit, I know how to escape prisons by now." Snow White smiles. "I am happy to be talking to you.""You escape the psych ward.""Emma, I do not belong there. I just want you and Hope in my life!" "If you had not kidnapped my daughter or listened to me, you would not be life!!!""I wanted to watch Hope to prove to you that I can be there for her! Everything I did not get with you."Emma was furious. "You almost killed my baby! Don't you get it by now?! Hope almost died because of you! How can you not see that?!! Why can't you see that or understand that? I cannot let you around my family, because I do not want you to hurt my family!""I did not ....""You are not allowed anywhere near my family." Emma uses her magic to put an ankle monitor on her mother's ankle. "Emma?""What? You expect that I will let you run free since you escaped the psych ward.""No...""I need to make sure that you do not cause any trouble.""I will not hurt Hope or your family ever again.""I do not believe you. You lost my trust when you let Leo hurt Hope and did nothing to stop him! You somehow hurt my family!""What can I do to trust me again?""Trust?! How can I trust you again after what you put my family through?! You think I can get your trust back?!""Yes! That is what family does!""After all of you done to my family, not believing me about Leo, letting him hurt my family and you kidnapping Hope and being in denial?! How can you expect me to trust you ever again! I do not want you around my family!!"Family forgive each other. You can trust me.""No, I cannot!!""How can I get your trust again?!!""Not hurt my family! Admit when you kidnapped Hope was wrong!? I have been trying to get through your head since you almost killed Hope! Which is why you were kept in there! You cannot admit that you almost killed my daughter!! I cannot ever trust you again after all you have done to my family!" "Emma, I want you and your family back in my life!"Emma could not stand talking to her mother anymore who clearly was not listening to her and leaves as Charming chases after his daughter. "Emma!""You betrayed me!""Emma, I did not help her escape. I was called right away when they called me that she escaped. Red helped me search for her which is why we were not working today. Leo needs your Mom!""Yea, like when I needed you both, you chose to give me up and alone most of life! I had no one. I am going to file a restraining order against her. She is only going to make Leo not take his lessons with Gold seriously. She is not allowed near me or my family. Got it!" Emma went into her yellow bug and drove so fast out of her parents' farm wanting to get away from her parents, her father betraying her. Killian was playing with Hope in Emma's office when he got the phone call. "Hi, Emma.""Killian, take Hope home. Now."Killian knew something was wrong, he can hear it in his wife's voice. "Emma, I am going to take Hope home now, love." "Good." Killian ends the phone conversation and packs Hope's diaper bag and they walk home. "Ome?""Yes, little love. We are going home.""Mommy?""Mommy will meet us at home."Killian walks with Hope inside and she goes to the living room to play with her toys. "Dada..pway." He smiles. "I will play with you, my little pirate princess." He joins Hope in the living room playing with her and wondering what was going on with his swan.Emma returns back into town and goes to Regina's office. She finds Regina and Henry talking. "We have a problem.""Mom, what is it?""Mary-Margaret escaped the psych ward. Now she is home."Regina was mad. "What?!""I need a protection spell on my house, Regina. I do not want her to come anywhere near my family. I also put an ankle monitor on her so we can track her. She was not supposed to be released. She still thinks she did nothing wrong to Hope.""I will do the protection spell on your house. Where is Hope now?""I called Killian on the way here, he is taking Hope home.""What are you going to do about your parents?""I do not know, you can decide since you are the mayor. I do not want her to kidnap Hope again..." "She will not kidnap Hope, Emma."Henry hugs his Mom. "Hope is not going to be kidnapped by her, Mom." "Emma, I am going to the spell on your house right now." Emma drove Henry back to their house as Regina drove behind them. Regina does a spell to protect the Swan-Jones family's house. Hope sees magic. "Dada." Hope goes by the window. "Ina...Mommy...Henwy..." Killian goes to his little lass and knows there was something wrong that Emma asked Regina to protect their house."Yes, little love. Mommy and Henry are home. Regina is using magic on our house." Hope goes to the door. "Dada." Killian opened the door."Regina, are you sure this protection spell will keep Mary-Margaret and any possible villain out to get my family?""Yes, Emma I am going to see what to do about her.""Thanks, Regina."Hope walks to her Mommy."Mommy." Hope hugs her legs.Emma smiles and scoops her daughter into her arms. "Hi, Hope.""Ome.""Yes, sweetie, I am home." She kisses Hope on the head. "You are safe.""Dada.""Yes, Dada is the best." She hugs her daughter in relief knowing Hope was safe with Killian and far away from her mother. "Ina!""Hi, Hope. Emma, I will deal with Mary-Margaret. I will make sure she does not cause trouble, if not she will be put back there.""Thank you, Regina." Regina leaves. Killian hugs his swan as she leaned against him feeling safe and everything was going to be okay."Killian.""I am right here, Emma." He kisses her on the head. "Dada...Mommy..." Hope pats her Mommy's face making Emma smile. "I am going to be okay, baby girl." "No...mommy...""Little love, Mommy is sad but she will feel better soon." "Little sis.""Henwy...art.""Yes, Hope, We can do art. Our H & H time. Mom, Hope is going to be with me." Henry takes Hope inside. "Emma.." Emma hugs her husband and begins to cry all of her anger out against her Mom. "You are with me, Emma. Everything is going to be okay." He knew something happened at her parent's farm involving her mother. "Hope is with Henry, love. She is safe inside. Do you want to take a little walk swan?" Emma nods her head yes."Not too long. I do not want to be away from Henry and Hope too long.""Let's sail away." Killian walked his wife to the dock and they sat in their special spot. Emma looked at the horizon just thinking and crying. He held her hand knowing his swan was deep in thought and waited for her to talk when she was ready. Emma sighs and lies onto his chest as he hugs her. "Emma, I am right here."Emma held onto his hook. "Killian..." She cried into him. "I cannot take it anymore...I don't have a family...I cannot get her to listen to me...my Dad betrayed me... I am alone...""Emma, I am right here, yes, you have a family..." He hugs his wife and hates seeing her upset. "You are not alone.""I cannot...with my mom anymore..." Emma cried harder as Killian hugs her. "She escaped the psych ward, Killian..""Bloody hell...""Red and my Dad found her and took her back to their farm...I knew something was going on because my Dad did not show up for work. They brought her back to their farm. Mary-Margaret and I spoked and argued. She still does not think what she had done wrong to Hope and wants my trust! How can she even think that after what she has done to our family! I left her with an ankle monitor on her. I am going to file a restraining order against her. I do not want her anywhere near our daughter.""Emma, Hope is going to be safe with us, love. Your Mom is not going to kidnap her again." Killian hugs his wife. "My Dad betrayed me...I do not have a family..."Killian faces his wife. "You are not alone. You have your family, us, Henry, Hope, and I. Our family is not going to get torn apart, Emma." "I do not want Hope to be any danger caused by her grandmother.""Snow White is not going to get anywhere near our daughter, Emma. Hope has us to protect her.""I want to have a safe town for Hope and Henry...""The town is going to be safe love. Hope and Henry know that they can come to both of us when they need us. We are going to protect them from danger." Emma hugs her husband knowing they are going to protect Hope together. They slowly walk back to their house with hand and hook. When they arrived home, they find Henry and Hope coloring in the living room. Hope was babbling to Henry. "Oh, really? Do you want to use green next?"Yes." "Henry, Hope.""Mommy!" Hope runs to greet her Mommy. Emma hugs her daughter and scooped Hope in her arms. "Art...Henwy.""You are coloring a picture with Henry?""Henwy..""Mom, she is being very bossy on my coloring skills but I am having fun with her."Emma giggles. "I am not surprised. Hope, are you telling Henry how to color?""Yes. Mommy...ome?""Yes, Hope, Mommy is home." Hope hugs her Mommy. Emma smiles. "Mommy...pway...""Yes, Hope we can play. Where do you want to play?""K-en....""We can play with your kitchen set.""Yay!" Emma smiles and carries Hope up to her room. "Dad, how is Mom?""Your grandmother wants your Mom's trust back and still in denial what she has done to Hope.""Why can't she admit that she is wrong? The longer she is in denial, the more Mom does not trust her or able to trust her ever again ""I do not know, lad. Snow White does not want to admit what she had done was wrong. Admitting the truth to yourself can be really hard, especially admitting when you had done bad. From what she had done to our family, it is going to be a hard road for Snow to get her trust back or gain all of our trust back, especially your Mom.""Mom had trusts issues before I found her in Boston...she had trouble trusting people. Losing her mother's trust, that is worse. ""I know, son. I saw the pain in your Mom's eyes, today...I just reminded her that she has you, Hope and I. She is not alone.""She has us, Dad." Upstairs, Hope was playing pots and pans and banging them on the toy kitchen set table. "Uh-oh?""Why uh-oh?" Hope shows the toy broccoli. "Uh-oh.""The broccoli smells bad?""Yes.""You can cook something else?" She shows Hope the corn. "Does the corn smell bad?" Hope sniffs it and takes it to her Mommy and places it on the table and bangs the pot on it. "Hopey. Are you cooking?" Hope babbles. "Oh, you are cutting the corn." "Yes.""You are doing a great job.""Ank...you.""You are welcome, Hope." She gave Hope kisses on her cheek. Hope continues to babble to her Mommy. Emma was enjoying playing with her daughter. Hope walked around playing with other dolls and looked at her books. She goes to her Mommy and hugs her. "Mommy...""Yes, Hope?""Tay...""Hope, I am staying here with you. We are playing. We are having Mommy and Hope time.""Luv...Mommy.""I love you so much, Hope." Hope babbles. "Do you want to read a book?""No.""Do you want to play with your toys?""No." Hope babbles. "You want to snuggle and talk?""Yes."Emma smiles. "We can snuggle and have our girl talk." Emma carried Hope into her room and laid down in her bed and snuggled with Hope. "Hero?""I was a hero today for Bethany, making sure she was afe in her foster home." Hope babbles. "After I went to Bethany's house? Well, I had to figure out where Grandpa was since he did not come to work today. He found Grandma escaping the hospital.""Bad.""Yes, that was very bad. I found out Grandma ran away from the hospital and returned home. She was not supposed to be at home."Hope babbles. "Grandpa and Red found grandma at home. I do not want her anywhere near you.""Bad.""Grandma made bad choices. She is not going to come near you. You have Dada and Mommy to protect you.""Afe.""Yes, sweetie. You are safe with Dada and Mommy.""Hero.""Yes, Hope. We are heroes.""Mommy...hero.""I am your hero?""Yes." Hope hugs her Mommy. Emma smiles as Hope falls asleep on her."You give me the best hugs. I love you so much, Hope." She watches Hope sleep on her. "I will always be there for you, Hope." Killian finds Hope fast asleep on his swan in their bedroom."How is our little lass?""Taking her afternoon nap after having playtime and girl chat.""How about we order in for dinner?""That sounds like a good idea. How about we have a family movie night?""Aye,a Swan-Jones family movie night.""Pizza or Chinese?""Whatever your heart desires?""We can have pizza for dinner tonight.""I will order in.""Great." Emma sighs. "Our family vacation cannot come any faster.""Aye, love. We are going to Florida very soon.""Yes, I have a feeling we are going to enjoy it.""Yes, we will love." They kiss. The family ordered in. Killian and Henry have a sword lesson. When their dinner arrived, Henry carried in the pizza boxes. Emma carries down sleeping, Hope."Dinner is here.""Great." Hope wakes up. "Hopey, we are having pizza for dinner tonight.""We are going to have a family movie night, little sis." Hope babbles. The family had dinner on the couch and watched the movie, Stuart Little. Hope was walking around pointing at Stuart Little wearing only her Pluto shirt and a diaper. "Hopey, come here, little sis." "Henwy." Hope goes to her brother who was sitting on the carpet. "You can watch the movie with me, little sis." Henry puts Hope on his lap and kisses her on the head. "Stuart Little is a mouse. Can you say mouse?""Ows..."Henry smiles. "Close enough, Hope." Killian and Emma were snuggling on the couch. He wrapped his arm around his swan and kissed her on the head. "We are going to be alright,swan."Emma smiles. "Yes, we will as long as I have you on my side we can do anything.""That is right, Emma." They kiss and enjoy family time together with their children.