Author's Note: I had originally posted this one my Holiday oneshot book Mommy What Are Holidays? But I feel like it would fit better in here especially now that I'm reviving this story.

Evie was immediately woken up by a loud crash and then extremely loud screams and cries of pain. Evie didn't even hesitate as she immediately jumped out of her bed and ran to the screaming toddler who was sobbing in her crib trying to touch her bleeding forehead as Mal had jumped in her crib again despite Evie's warning and scolding about not doing it as it was dangerous and she had hit her head against the side. Evie just grabbed the toddler and immediately began to freak out as she placed her on the bed and began to check the toddler for signs of a concussion or any other serious injury.

Evie knew how dangerous head injuries could be especially for a two year old whose brain was still growing. Evie immediately grabbed the first aid kit that she had bought since Mal was very accident prone and always getting herself hurt no matter how much Evie tried to stop it. Evie then pulled out a small flashlight as she turned it on and shined it in the sobbing toddler's eyes making the toddler try to push it away since she didn't like having the light in her eye, but Evie needed to see if the toddler's pupils were dilated or not.

"Aw baby girl. I know you don't like that. I don't like it either, but I need to check something. Can you please let me keep doing this," Evie told the toddler and sighed in relief as the toddler managed to let her continue without freaking out and her pupils weren't dilated which were both good signs. Evie then put the light down and decided to test Mal's reflexes as she knew that slow reflexes was a sign of a concussion since Evie not only was constantly doing research on toddlers, but she was also taking first aid classes at Auradon Prep to help her, and they had just covered concussions a few days ago to her relief.

Evie just held up her finger from the hand that wasn't pressing on the wash cloth that she had immediately put on the toddler to stop the bleeding. "Okay Mal now I'm going to hold up my finger. I want you to follow my finger with your head. Can you do that," Evie asked the toddler who was still crying and didn't answer her. Evie just sighed as she decided to do it anyway. "Okay Mal look here. Follow my finger. Good now this way. Okay good I'm done. Good job Mal. I know it's hard since your head hurts," Evie told the toddler in her calming and gentle voice as she was beginning to freak out less and less as Mal wasn't showing any signs of serious injury.

Her bleeding had stopped and Evie had just finished disinfecting it and then placing a bandaid on it, and Mal was able to respond to her and didn't seem to be drowsy or nauseous. Plus she didn't look like she was sick, and Mal was allowing her to examine her and her behavior while off wasn't as off.

"Mal honey I need to know. Do you feel sick? And are you dizzy? Please be honest with me. I know you're only two, but I need you to be a big girl and tell me if you're not feeling good because I need to know," Evie told the toddler as she knew that Mal was still just a baby, but she really needed to know how Mal felt and she needed her to tell her since everything seemed fine, but she couldn't know for sure without Mal telling her, and she was trying to avoid another trip to the ER since the people at the ER were so used to them being there with how easily Mal seemed to injure herself despite how overprotective Evie was.

Evie was pretty sure they were suspicious of her as last time she had been there they started asking Evie a bunch of serious questions that sounded a lot like they were trying to accuse her of something, and they kept looking at Mal the entire time as if analyzing her for any fear which was just wrong as they were at an ER and Mal was just a baby. Of course she was going to be frightened, but never of her. In fact Evie was the only one that could get Mal to calm when they were there, so she didn't get why they kept giving her accusing looks.

Evie was brought back to reality when the toddler responded to her. "No mommy I no diby! An I no few ba! Bu mommy my boo boo huws! Cawn you ma id few bewow," the small toddler told Evie who just smiled as Mal was acting like herself again. Evie just kissed Mal's forehead where the injury was and smiled when Mal began to smile a bit as she was liking the kisses on her injury as it made her feel better and safe.

"There you go my little apple," Evie told the toddler and laughed when Mal started to giggle as she was finally feeling like her normal self again. "Hehe mommy you siwy! I no awpwuw," the small two year old told Evie while laughing her little head off as she thought it was funny that Evie was calling her that. Evie had started to call Mal her little apple as Mal was precious to her just like her love for apples and despite what their mother had done.

She didn't want Mal to never have any sort of connection to their mom as it wasn't right for Mal to never know who her real mom was despite how much Evie didn't want Mal to ever know. Plus Evie had made apples her thing and, so calling Mal her little apple was giving Mal a connection to both her and her real mom even if Mal didn't know that.

Before Evie could respond to the toddler she heard loud knocking as there was someone at her door. Evie immediately picked the toddler up as she made her way towards the door worried about why there would be someone at her door so early in the morning. Evie completely froze in fear/panic when she saw that it was a CPS worker at her door and she did not look happy.

"Um excuse me. Can I help you," Evie asked the social worker as she couldn't believe that someone called CPS on her. The lady just gave Evie a stern look as she took one look at the toddler who was clinging to Evie in fear of the stranger and had some bruises from her fall earlier along with the bandaid on her forehead. Evie began to panic as she realized how bad this looked right now since Mal had literally just gotten hurt which was definitely not good when trying to prove to a social worker that she was a good parent.

"I have been called by some people who have claimed that they are worried about the safety and well being of your baby sister Mal Bertha Queen as they feel you are neglectful and abusive.They have claimed that the toddler is constantly injured, extremely small, clearly not getting enough food, and is very shy and clingy as if looking for much needed attention. Not to mention who your mother is," the social worker told the young teen as she was trying to explain the complaints that she had been given.

And she didn't want to admit it to the girl as she didn't want to seem biased and she wanted to give her a fair chance, but as soon as she had been given the complaint and seen who the complaint was filed against she had immediately made it her job to check the complaint over right away as she knew that Evie was a villain kid. She had nothing against them, but the complaints that she was getting were just too worrisome to ignore.

Evie just looked at the CPS worker in shock and offense as someone was really out to get her right now and try to make her seem like an abusive parent which she wasn't and never would be since she was not her mother.

"I'm very sorry for wasting your time, but I can assure you that I would never ever ever ever abuse my sister nor would I neglect her. I love her with all of my being and she is my complete pride and joy. And I am definitely not neglectful. I'm with her pretty much 24/7 unless I'm in school, but even then I'm always finding time in between classes to check up on her and during my lunch break I go over to where she's staying and I just spend time with her before having to go back to class which even then I'm hesitant about and sometimes I don't even go back because I'm having so much fun being with my baby girl and not wanting to leave her again. And trust me if my teachers would allow me I would take her with me to school, so I would never have to be apart from her. And as for her being small. For the last time I can't control that. She was born that way. She was basically a preemie and she eats healthy meals and snacks constantly throughout the day, so she is eating enough and if she was still hungry then I would easily go out of my way to make sure that I get her more food to eat. In fact I'm the one having to force her to eat when she doesn't want to. It's not her trying to get me to feed her. She is shy and clingy because that's just her personality. And the injuries really? Little kids get hurt all the time despite how much you try to prevent it. Now what about this says abuse or neglect?" Evie told the CPS worker as she couldn't believe that someone would dare call CPS on her when she was a good parent and she would never even think about ever being abusive or neglectful like her mom. The fact that someone actually thought that about her just hurt as someone out there actually thought she was capable of committing child abuse, and wanted to take her baby sister away from her.

The social worker just looked at the toddler who was clinging to Evie for protection while she had her head rested up against Evie's shoulder for warmth. She just smiled as she looked at the little toddler. The toddler definitely didn't seem to be scared of Evie at all and was in fact the opposite as it looked like the toddler was feeling warm and safe with the young teen. Who was smiling at the toddler and holding her protectively to her while looking at her with a look of love and affection. That she could clearly see was not fake. Plus the room was completely baby proofed, the toddler had a crib that she had just examined that was definitely stable, the young toddler also had plenty of toys and clean clothes that were all brand new looking.

The social worker just looked at Evie with a smile, but also a look of sadness and regret as she couldn't believe that anyone would think that the teen was abusive or neglectful. She had only been there for about thirty minutes at the most and she could already clearly see that the teen was a good parent.

"I've seen enough. You are clearly a loving, kind, and caring guardian who is definitely not abusive or neglectful. I'm so sorry that I have wasted your time. I'm going to be telling Snow White that she was wrong and that you are a very loving parent despite who your mother is," the CPS worker told Evie as she ripped up the complaint paper and then waved goodbye to the toddler before leaving.

Evie just stood there frozen as the words processed through her brain. It was Snow White who had called in the complaint against her and tried to get her baby sister taken away from her. Evie couldn't believe it. How dare that stupid princess accuse her of being like her mother. Evie had wanted to give Snow White a chance since she felt horrible for what her mother had done to her, but what Snow White had done was just horrible and unforgiving. Snow White just thought that she was exactly like her mother and would try to hurt her own child.

Evie was immediately brought out of her anger and thoughts about Snow White as Mal had started to tug at her sleeve. The small toddler had been listening to what the stranger was saying. Mal didn't understand what the lady was saying, but it was making Evie upset. The toddler had heard the words abuse and neglect a lot though and she was curious about what those words meant and why her big sister was so mad that someone had said that she was those things.

"Mommy whas aboose an newec?" The toddler asked Evie as she was curious about the words. Evie just froze again as she hadn't realized that the toddler was able to understand what they were saying. Evie just sighed as she sat down on the bed again with the toddler in her lap. Evie was really getting sick of having to have grown up conversations with a two year old, but Evie couldn't ignore this question because Mal was a very curious toddler and if Evie didn't tell her then Mal would just ask someone else and if Mal asked someone what those words were it wouldn't be long before CPS would be back at her door with questions.

Evie just sighed as she looked at the poor innocent toddler. "Mal abuse is when someone is hurting another person. It can be hurting them by hitting them or it can be with really mean words that make them feel really really really bad about themselves. And neglect is when a mommy or daddy doesn't care about their baby. They barely spend time with them and they don't care if their baby gets hurt or sick. They also forget to feed their babies or buy them clothes and toys," Evie told the toddler hoping that her dummied down version would be enough to ease the toddlers curiosity.

Mal just looked at Evie in even more confusion as the stranger lady had called Evie those things, but Evie didn't do any of that. "Bu mommy why da swanwew ay you aboose an newec? You no do da," the toddler asked Evie as she didn't understand.

Evie just let out a small smile. "I know that baby girl, but Mal honey remember when I told you about mommy and daddy. It's the same thing. Someone thinks that because our mommy wasn't a good mommy that I'm not a good mommy too. Which isn't fair for them to say, but I can't avoid the accusations," Evie told the toddler with sadness as she realized that she was constantly going to be judged and accused all because of her mother.

Mal just nodded her tiny head as she looked at Evie with a serious yet innocent look. "Mommy is my weaw mommy aboosibe?" The small toddler asked Evie, making Evie freeze in shock as the toddler had just asked about their mom again, but not just that she had just called their mother her real mom. Evie knew that technically yes the Evil Queen was Mal's real mom, but Evie was the one raising her and it stung a bit to have Mal call the Evil Queen her "real" mom despite the fact that it's true.

Evie just sighed again. "Yes Mal our mommy was abusive and neglectful. She was a very bad mommy. And I'm so glad that we have gotten away from her. And I'm very happy and relieved that I get to be the one raising you and not our horrible and abusive mommy. Since despite the fact that you're my baby sister you're actually my little baby and no one can take that from me despite how much they try. I love you my little apple," Evie told the toddler and laughed when the toddler launched herself onto her as she held on tightly to her.

"I wob you too mommy!" The toddler told Evie, making Evie smile wide as she held the toddler close to her enjoying the toddler's warm and loving embrace. "I no nee aboosibe mommy! I hab you mommy! You my mommy. I wob you mommy! An you wiw awabs be me mommy," the small toddler told Evie as she hugged her tightly.

Evie was her mommy and she was happy to have Evie as her mommy despite the fact that Evie was supposed to be her big sister. Evie just smiled affectionately as she held the toddler close to her. "And you are always going to by my little apple. I'm glad that I get the chance to take care of you and be your mommy," Evie told the toddler happily. Mal just smiled as she held up her dragon to Evie making Evie laugh as she placed the small girl down and grabbed the toys to play with the happy toddler that she was getting the privilege of raising and she would never let anyone take that from her.