Hi everyone!
I'm ScaredyCheshireCat and this is my very first fan fiction. Also English is not my mother tongue, so please forgive me for any mistakes I make. In addition I would love to get comments and reviews.

So I hope you like it.

I own nothing, neither the characters nor the content of Once upon a time.

Just this fan fiction was born out of my imagination.

From the Ashes

Emma, Charming, Hook and Regina received a call, that the Snow Queen has been seen on a clearing in the forest. So they went to catch her, before she got another chance to escape and disappear again for weeks.
When they came to the clearing they met Robin, who loaded his crossbow. "There she is, on the other side, between those two trees."

And there she was standing in all her frosty glory, waiting for them.

"It's a trap." Emma stepped from one leg onto the other. Two minutes in her presence and Regina was already annoyed. "Thank you for stating the obvious, Miss Swan." Regina walked calmly in the Snow Queens direction. The others were following behind her.

"Finally! It took you long enough to come here." The Snow Queen stepped in the middle of the clearing, slightly smiling. "Hey! Dairy Queen!" Emma stepped forward to confront her, while nobody - including Emma - had an idea of what she wanted to do, now that she found the queen.

"Oh, I'm sorry Emma, but I fear you'll just have to wait until I'm ready to talk with you." Then with a wave of her hand everyones feet froze on the ground. "You think that little frozen water of yours is scaring me? Then you better think again." With a wave of her own hand Regina got rid of the ice on her feet. "The best way to deal with ice... is fire!" She stepped in front of the Snow Queen, smiling, while conjuring a fireball in her hand. "Oh, sorry. Did you think I would fight you? No, I have a far better idea." The Snow Queen created a spear of ice and let it fly. It flew with much speed, but to Reginas surprise and horror the spear changed directions and headed for Robin! "No! Robin!"In a whirl of purple smoke she teleported herself in front of Robin. She didn't think things through, honestly she didn't think at all. Her body acted on its own and nearly screamed with the need to protect the man she loved with all of her heart.

The spear hit her with brutal force and threw her to the side. The ice spear melted away and only left a cold and harsh pain and a huge gash in her dress and her flesh. The pain took her breath away, while her hot blood streamed out of her wound. "Regina! Regina! REGINA! NO!" She heard Robin shout her name, while they frantically tried to get to her, but his voice was just a far away echo in her ears. She couldn't answer, couldn't speak. All she could do was to emit a ghastly cough and with it a fine haze of blood. When she closed her tired eyes, the Snow Queen slowly stepped in the direction of Emma, Hook, Charming and Robin. They still couldn't move an inch. Emma desperately tried to use her powers, Charming and Hook tried to free themselves with sword and hook, while the Snow Queen approached them.

Robin just stood there and stared at his unmoving soul mate. The terror he felt when he saw all that blood slowly, but continuously dripping out of this beautiful body, was indescribable. In that moment he only consisted of sadness, pain and anger for his true love. In that moment he didn't think about Marian, he could only think, that his one true love was dying and that there was nothing he could do to save her. He would never hear a cynical or feisty comment out of her mouth. He would never bicker with her again, would never laugh with her again... would never kiss her again. No matter how deeply he desired to do just that.

He would never get the chance to clear the situation with her and Marian.

He looked away from her now lifeless body and saw how Emma was fighting the tears, while the Snow Queen was still threatening their lifes. He didn't care, he didn't care about anything, which was strange for him, because he had a little son to look after, and he couldn't just wait here to get killed. He was trying to wake himself from his stupor, now was not the time to mourn.

Suddenly he saw a glimmer in the corner of his eyes - which were inadvertently drawn back to Regina - her dark hair gleamed and glowed and he smelled the unmistakably smell of burnt hair and heard a crackling sound like of a campfire. Then everything went fast. Reginas body was starting to burn. A huge hurricane of fire started to eat her flesh away. The fire whirled around her and engulfed her completely. The Snow Queen quickly turned around and starred confused at the flames. Until she disappeared, to wait and see how this situation would turn out to and what she could make of it to benefit her plans best. All the while the fire burned higher and higher, until the heat of it melted the ice on their feet away and gave them back their freedom to move. Now it was hot enough for Robin to start to sweat and feel its heat on his skin.

Suddenly the flames colours changed to a light blue and the heat increased even more, so that now the air was blurring. And as unpredictable as the fire had started it ended. All that was left were sparks and a fine dust of ash in the air. There was no sign of Reginas body, she was gone. Robin slowly walked to the place, where she had been lying. Only her ashes marked the place. While he thought about Regina - his Regina - his sight blurred as tears streamed down his face. Regina...He only managed to whisper with a quiet, distraught and insecure voice. "Regina"

So that was the first and very short chapter. I hope you liked it. If you did, let me know. If not... well let me know anyway, but please be nice. I hope I get reviews or comments or nothing at all...

Thank you for reading!