So, this is my latest story. I really hope you like it. It was a request sent in by Demisavedme. I just want to thank Demisavedme for sending in the prompt. I have really enjoyed writing this. I hope it lives up to your expectations! :)

This story has Captain Swan and some other shis that I can't tell you otherwise it will spoil some of the story.

I will update every Friday and if I can't, then I will let you know.

I do not own Once Upon a Time.

Chapter One

News

Emma Swan's life has never been easy. She was in the foster system up until she was 18 and never found her birth parents. When she was 19 she started dating a guy named Neal and within a few months, he had proposed. A month after they were married, they found out they were expecting a baby. Neal didn't want to have anything to do with the baby so he left Emma 3 months into the pregnancy.

When the baby was born, Emma was surprised with twins. She had no idea she was having twins, but she still wasn't strong enough to keep them. All she knew was that one was a boy and one was a girl.

When Emma was 28, she met a man named Killian Jones while working. They started dating a few months after they met, and after 2 years of being together, they finally got married.

Killian wanted kids, but Emma didn't know if she was ready. She didn't know if Killian would leave her, even though Killian had told her time and time again that he wouldn't, but Emma still wasn't ready to have kids.

The day of Emma and Killian's wedding anniversary was the day her world changed forever.

Group Home, Boston

"You can't be serious," Emma explained. This could not be happening. No. Not now, not today. Please, no.

The woman in front of her nodded. "I am quite serious. We need your help, if you're willing."

Emma stared at the floor, she didn't know what to do.

"Can you give us a minute?" Killian asked the woman, who nodded and left the room.

"Killian," Emma began. "What do we do?"

Killian took a hold of Emma's hands. "Emma, honey, I know this will be difficult for you and if you don't want to do it, you don't have to, but please consider it."

Emma looked at him. "Killian, they want me… us, to adopt my daughter that I gave up 11 years ago, before she get's put with another foster family. This is crazy."

"Yes, I know, but you grew up in the foster system and I know you didn't like it."

Emma nodded. "You're right. Can I… have sometime to think?"

Killian nodded. "Of course. I'll go ask how long we have to decide." Killian stood up and left the room, leaving Emma alone with her thoughts.

Emma didn't know what to do. She had given up her baby, thinking she would never see it again. After a few months, she had regretted it, but now that she had a choice to see her daughter grow up, she didn't know what to do.

"We have 2 weeks," Killian explained walking into the room. "They said they have a foster kid coming in 2 weeks and they need Lia out by then, even if that meant she was placed with another foster family."

Emma looked up at him. "Lia? Who's that?"

Killian sat down. "That's your daughter."

Emma smiled. "Lia, that's a cute name." It was at that moment that Emma knew she wanted to meet Lia and bring her home. "Killian."

"Yeah?"

"Let's bring Lia home."

Killian smiled and hugged her. "I can't wait."

It had been a few days since Emma and Killian decided to open up their home to Lia. They had shopped for clothes and toys for her every time they had a chance to. The guest room in their house had been transferred into a purple bedroom with everything an 11 year old would want. Books, dolls, stuffed animals, throw pillows. There was a twin sized bed that had pink and purple striped bedding.

Emma and Killian couldn't wait to meet Lia and they hoped she was excited to.

"Lia! Come here!"

Lia looked up from the book she was reading and ran out of her room in the group home that she shared with a few other girls. "Yeah?"

"I have some exciting news," the woman said.

"What is it, Mrs. Alex?" Lia asked. She was nervous about this.

"Come, sit down," Mrs. Alex said as she led her and Lia to a couch. "So, as you know. You were only going to be here for a little while before you had to leave again."

Lia nodded. She didn't like where this was going.

"I have done everything that I possibly could to find you an awesome home, and I think I found one."

Lia smiled. "Really? With who?"

There was a knock at the door.

"They're here right now. Stay here, I'll bring them over," Mrs. Alex explained. She stood up and went to open the door. "Come in, Mr. and Mrs. Jones."

Emma and Killian walked inside and smiled.

"Where is she? I can't wait to meet her," Emma exclaimed.

Mrs. Alex whispered something to them, something Lia couldn't understand. A moment later, the three of them were walking over to Lia.

"Lia," Mrs. Alex said. "This is Emma and Killian Jones. They want to be your new foster parents."
Emma smiled and waved and Killian did the same.

Lia smiled. "Hi." She put a piece of her dark hair behind her ear.

Emma couldn't stop smiling. This was her daughter. She had been waiting for this moment for so long. She just wanted to hug her and say that she was sorry for giving her up, but she restrained herself.

"Lia," Mrs. Alex began. "There is something very special about Emma, do you know what?"

Lia shook her head nervously. This is usually the part when she's told that she was being placed with someone who is just a foster parent and won't keep her forever.

"Lia," Mrs. Alex took Lia's hand. "Emma is your… birth mother."

Lia sat there, making sure she heard right. "W-what?"

"Emma is your birth mother," Mrs. Alex explained slowly.

Emma waited for a response, but when there wasn't one, she got nervous. Killian squeezed her hand, signaling everything would be alright.

"Lia, are you okay?" Mrs. Alex asked.

Lia shook her head slowly. What was going on? She had just lost her old foster parents and now she was being told that her birth mom wanted to be her mother again. Lia stood up. "I need… I need some time… alone." Lia walked back into her room.

Mrs. Alex turned around to face the Jones's. She could see how worried Emma was. "Don't worry, Lia just has trouble opening up to people. She had enough trouble doing it with foster parents, but now that she knows that her birth mom wants her back, she's going to have a lot more trouble opening up."

Emma nodded. "I understand. It's just… when I gave her up, I didn't think I would ever see her again. She's grown up so much." Emma laughed. "Well, of course she did. The last time I saw her was when she was just born, and I didn't even see her then."

Mrs. Alex stared at her, sympathetically. "Lia has gone through some hard things as well. Since I'm her social worker, I'm supposed to find the best homes for her, but I haven't been able to do that. When she was five, she was adopted by an amazing family. She loved it there. But, almost a year ago, the were killed in a car crash." Mrs. Alex paused to make sure Lia wasn't listening, which, of course, she wasn't. "A few days after that happened, she was placed with another foster family, it was not a stable home at all. I took her out of that place as soon as I could, which was a few days after she was placed there. Ever since then, she's been living here."

"So, how long has she been here?" Killian asked.

"7 months. Almost 8," Mrs. Alex explained.

Emma looked down. She couldn't help but feel that this was her fault. "Well, I'm glad that you called us."

"Me too," Mrs. Alex said. "I've been trying to find out who her parents were the past few months so I could contact them. I found out who Lia's father was a few weeks ago, but he didn't want anything to do with her so he told me to find you, Emma, and I did."

Emma couldn't believe it. Neal, her ex-husband, had refused to take their daughter in. "Well, I'm glad you called me."

Mrs. Alex nodded. "Now, let's see if you can actually talk to your daughter, Emma."

I really hoped you enjoyed this first chapter! Please let me know what you think and if there was anything confusing about this chapter, please let me know and I will clarify it!