Touch the Sky
Everyone came to an abrupt halt in the street. Indeed it was a Dragon. Flying, swooping, not to mention breathing fire at escaping Storybrooke residents.
“Does anyone have the Khaleesi’s number.”
Regina glanced at Emma, “I don’t think now’s the time for quips.”
“Probably right,” she met Ruby’s gaze, “Guns?”
Ruby gave a curt nod, and they both upholstered and raised their guns, squeezing the triggers as Maleficent lunged towards them, “No.”
But it was too late. They both had to dive apart as the bullets ricocheted back towards them.
Maleficent pulled Emma to her feet and pointed towards where a woman and man with a hook stood, “Those are who we have to fight. She’s the one in control. She’s Cora.”
Emma nodded as Sidney came limping up to them, “Sid. Take Henry inside somewhere.”
“But Emma…”
Emma shook her head, “Please Henry.”
Henry hurfed, then helped Sidney off the street. Emma squared her shoulders. “Right. Then let’s do this and save Regina... the town.”
Zelena snapped her fingers and swords appeared in everyone’s hands.
oOOOOo
Gold tilted his head to one side. Then he gave the cell door’s lock a push. The mechanism popped out, and so did he, mumbling on two words over and over. “My Belle, my Belle.”
oOOOOo
Cora was really good at firing energy and fire bolts at Zelena. Even so, Zelena seemed to have only gotten singed a couple of times. Unfortunately Cora had also created monsters out of the nearby shrubbery who were attacking the sisters. “She’s too powerful for just me Regina. Sister— you have to use your magic too.”
Regina hacked at the shrub monsters, “I don’t have magic.”
Zelena ducked out of the way of a fireball and gripped Regina’s arm for a moment, “You do. I can feel it still in you.” Zelena was thrown backwards.
Regina watched her sister land instead of attacking the shrubs, and one of them took that opportunity to shoot one of its nettles at her.
Before Regina could do or say anything she was flying sideways. Tackled by Emma. They both landed with an oof, Emma on top of Regina. For just a moment the world seemed to fade away. Emma lowered her head until she was just above Regina, then, after a pause and the briefest of nods from Regina, they kissed.
A shockwave seemed to explode out from the two women. Knocking some people down and dazing others. It traveled until it got to the edges of Storybrooke and disappeared as if it had never existed.
No one and nothing moved for a moment, until the Dragon swooped down again and came inches away from flying away with Mary Margaret.
The chaos resumed as Emma yanked Regina to her feet. “Go to your sister.” Zelena was surrounded by shrub monsters trying to fight them off. “I’ll take care of Hook.”
“Emma— I…”
Emma kissed Regina again, this time with fewer special effects, “If what just happened doesn’t prove you have magic… go save Zelena.”
Regina stared down at her hand, cupping it. She wiggled her fingers, still nothing. She jogged towards Zelena and ducked as a shrub tried to swipe at her head and all of a sudden there was a ball of fire in her hand, and she set the shrub on fire. Doing the same to all the monsters attacking her sister.
Belle meanwhile, was dealing with a problem that had nothing to do with the Dragon or Cora. After the shockwave had passed through them Ruby had morphed into a giant wolf, shredding her clothes, and was advancing on Belle. “Ruby, Ruby… Red— it’s me, Belle. You know me— maybe not from before the curse, but now.” Belle put a hand out, palm up, towards Ruby and the wolf paused and was about to sniff the hand when she was blown sideways by a burst of energy. “Get away from my Belle.”
Gold didn’t look crazy any longer or unkempt. He stood straight and waited until Ruby stood and charged at him once more before blowing her off all four of her feet again. Before Ruby could take another run at Gold Belle got in between them, a hand towards each. “STOP. I’m not yours Rumpel, I never was. I was property traded by my father to you. But this isn’t the Enchanted Forest, there are no Ogre Wars, I am not yours, I will never be yours, and I won’t let you hurt or kill the woman I love.”
Gold stood there for a long moment, the battles happening around them. Then with a short motion he disappeared in a puff of dark purple smoke.
Ruby padded up, stopped next to her, and looked up. Belle let out a breath she didn’t know she’d been holding and picked up her sword. “Let’s go help Emma.”
Emma had never really used a sword, so her fighting style was mostly hacking, slashing, and a bit of praying. She was also scratched all to hell from the shrub monsters. The thought of Regina ministering to her cuts popped into her mind and she nearly wound up with a hook in her head. She fell onto her back and Captain Hook loomed over her. But before he could say or do anything Ruby in wolf form came flying over Emma, knocking Hook to the ground and landing on him.
Belle ran up, “Go, help the rest of them, we’ve got this one.”
Emma looked over to where Cora and the Dragon were taking on Zelena, Regina, Martha, and, Emma did a double take, another Dragon. For a moment, Emma was still, watching the two Dragons dive and fly around each other, sometimes spitting fire, always trying to get the upper hand. Emma scanned the street for Mary Margaret. She sat against a mail box, her left shoulder impaled with a part of shrub.
Emma slid to a stop next to Mary Margaret and knelt down next to her. “Don’t move, I’ll…”
“No, I’m fine, stop Cora, stop the Dragon.” Mary Margaret looked at Emma with new eyes. “The curse, I thought that I remembered everything from before the curse, but I was so wrong. Oh Emma, my little Emma.” She put a hand on Emma’s shoulder, “Go help Regina, all of them. You have magic too.” She put her hand on top of Emma’s. “Save us all.”
oOOOOo
Martha was the first one to get knocked out of the fight. The Dragon raked her right side and she was rushed into Any Given Sundae place by Archie. Seeing their daughter hurt caused Zelena and Maleficent to increase their attacks on Cora and the Dragon. But soon the male Dragon collided with Maleficent so hard that she tumbled to the street in human form. And Cora hit Zelena with so much energy that she was thrown through Any Given Sundae’s glass window.
That left Emma and Regina. Emma still hadn’t been able to use any magic and was taking swipes at the Dragon with her sword. It wasn’t enough though. Regina even had to push Emma to the ground to get her out of the way of the Dragon’s claws. “Thanks— now what?”
“Dragon first. Do you have magic?”
“No—” Emma paused, “Maybe.”
Regina and Emma stood, then ducked as fire just missed both of them. When they’d stood straight again Zelena was up too and sprinting towards Cora. Regina started to go after her, but Emma held her back, “Dragon remember?”
Regina nodded and grabbed Emma’s hand, “Don’t think, just let the magic go.”
Emma rolled her eyes, “Says the woman with five minutes experience.”
“Shush.”
Both women threw out their free hands. Fire came from Regina’s and a white energy from Emma’s. He was thrown halfway across town and they could see a puff of smoke rise from wherever he landed.
While they were dispatching the Dragon, Zelena had seemingly recovered, and knocked Cora’s magical shield down and was attacking her. Regina and Emma joined in too. And it was Regina who finally knocked Cora off her feet. She stood over her mother, a fireball in her hand. Everyone in the street stopped moving for a moment, then Emma put a hand on Regina’s arm, and Zelena moved to the other side of Regina. “Don’t Regina. We’ve won.” Zelena put a hand to the side of her own head and came away with blood, “Mostly.”
Emma put her hand to the side of Regina’s face and after a beat Regina looked at Emma. “If you kill her you’ll change. You told me that you’d done a lot of bad things, have you ever murdered someone?”
“No.”
“That’s not who you are Regina, maybe in another world the death of your Daniel caused you to become evil, a murderer, but not in this one. That’s not the woman I love.”
“Wait, what?”
Hook groaned on the ground, but after Ruby growled at him he didn’t move.
Emma didn’t take her gaze away from Regina, “Oh yeah, like love at first sight, well, sorta first sight, is the weirdest thing from today, from this week. May I remind you that you’re holding a ball of fire in your hand and not getting burned?”
Regina looked again at her mother. “She’ll try again, and again, and again.”
“Not if she has this on.”
Everyone looked over. Martha and Maleficent leaned against each other as Maleficent held up what looked like a wrist cuff. Cora spoke to Regina, “It’s not my color at all.”
Maleficent handed it to Zelena who paused, “Regina.”
Regina stared down at Cora, who looked back up with no regret in her eyes, then at her hand in which she still had the fire ball. She slowly closed the hand making the fire disappear. “Yes, yes, of course, you’re right.”
Emma pulled Regina closer and whispered to her as Zelena put the cuff on Cora, “Never thought I’d be the one who had to talk you off a ledge.”
Regina studied Emma, “You love me?”
“Yes.”
A smile came to Regina’s face, “I love you too.”
Emma traced a line on Regina’s cheek, “Hey, did you know that your scar is smaller now?”
“I haven’t really had the time to look in a mirror.”
A throat cleared, “Ah, Emma, do you think I could borrow your jacket?”
Emma frowned, “Why,” she turned, then turned back, “oh, right, naked former wolf.”
Emma started to take off her red leather jacket, but a longer coat was put in Belle’s arms. “Here, use mine.”
Ruby climbed to her feet and put on the coat. “Thank you Snow… your Majesty.”
Mary Margaret glanced around the street, a good portion of the buildings on it had damage, not to mention the street, and those who had been injured. “I think that Snow is the way to go.” She stumbled and Henry came dashing out of one of the half destroyed buildings. “Mom…” He gripped Snow around the waist and helped her stand. “Are you okay, is everyone okay?”
Granny came running from her diner, and engulfed Ruby in a hug before whirling towards Mary Margaret, “What’s going on?”
Emma spoke up, “It’s a long story, we should…”
She didn’t get to finish her sentence as a pick up truck nearly ran all of them over. Dorothy jumped out, “A Dragon crashed through my roof. Who the hell sent a Dragon to crash through my roof.”
Ruby frowned, “Are you okay?”
Dorothy looked Ruby up and down, “My house is destroyed, how do you think I am.”
“Okay, we’ll…”
Dorothy interrupted Ruby, “You misunderstand. It may have been a Dragon when it, I repeat, crashed through my roof and destroyed my house, but it’s now a human male, and he doesn’t look well.”