Despite the fact that I'm already late on a school paper, I typed this up. It's a pretty fast paced chapter so I hope you all don't mind. Let me know what you think, although I have a feeling you're all not going to like me very much.
"What the hell!" Emma shouted as she jumped to her feet and headed towards the window.
The sound of the front door banging echoed through the hall and she turned her head. Rapid sound of shaky heels came made their presence until they came to a halt. The owner of the sound now stood under the doorway of the sheriff's office.
"R-regina…?" Emma's choked out and stared at the mayor. Her clothes were tattered showing bruises upon her flawless skin, her hair in quite the same ratty condition. She looked as if she hadn't had a shower in days. Overall, the mayor looked like shit. Before Emma could say another word Regina threw herself onto the sheriff in a tight, suffocating embrace.
"We have to get out of here," the brunette whispered with shaky voice.
Emma could hardly believe what was happening. This new side of the mayor wasn't one she had seen before. She had seen the woman fear for her life before. No matter how hard she tried to hide it, her eyes always gave her away. She had witnessed the mayor in depressing situations when it came to Henry, yet she had never seen this side of Regina. So weak. So…fragile. She pulled the stunned woman against her tight, relishing in the soothing warmth that accompanied it.
"I thought I'd never— what? What are you talking about?" Emma is cut off completely by the sounds of angry shrieking. She looked out the window, through the blinds, and could see another angry mob, similar to a few days ago, approaching the sheriff's office fast. "Regina? What's going on?"
"There's no time to explain. We have to go." The brunette took the blonde's hand in attempt to pull her into movement, but Emma jerked away.
"No!" she snapped, "You can't just come in here after me thinking you were…well gone forever and expect me to just follow your every demand."
The mayor shook her head restlessly before stepping close and placed a soft hand onto the sheriff's cheek. Brown eyes gazed deep into the luscious forest of green, begging for her to understand.
"Please, Emma. You have to trust me."
Her voice seemed distant as if she was stricken by a thought. Emma only nodded as Regina laid a soft kiss on the corner of her mouth. Oh how good it was to have her back in her arms. If she had the chance to she would have broken down into joyous tears, but the shrieking and taunting grew louder outside of the window as another object came flying through the window.
Emma led them out through a back way that led them into an alley. As much as she wished to ask questions she held her tongue. Regina would tell her sooner or later…or at least she hoped. Both women ran throughout the town taking as many short cuts as possible so they wouldn't be seen. Eventually they reached Regina's house and slipped inside.
Regina slouched against the wall in an unmannerly fashion which mirrored the sheriff more than herself. If only she could look in the mirror right now. She took several deep breaths and put a hand to her chest before turning her attention to the blonde.
"I suppose you wish to hear my side of the story?" she asked the sheriff and waited till the she nodded to continue, "The morning after I awoke to you by my side I slipped outside, around back, to take some time to myself. It was far too early in the morning for many people to be up, so it was perfect. I was tending to my garden when I noticed something wasn't right. When I turned around I saw the Blue Fairy standing there," she growled at the irritation towards that woman, "come to find out, magic was somehow granted to that little imbecile which she used to her advantage. After freezing my entire body with a spell I ended up at Gold's pawnshop…"
"What did they do to you?"
Regina looked up to see the blonde gazing at her worriedly and inched closer. Emma cautiously reached out a slim hand to cup the brunette's face. A soft warming, smile shone through the mayor traveling all the way up into her eyes. She nuzzled the hand affectionately before entwining her own fingers with hers.
"Nothing severe. I got these bruises from trying to get away; I can't imagine what would have happened if I hadn't of slipped away when I did." She paused for a moment and looked away, water beginning to line her eyes. "I shouldn't have brought you here. They can't know that we—"
"They can never know just what we've done."
"—Regina, I don't care what they know. I don't care. The only thing that matters is that you are safe and here with me. I'm not going to let anyone hurt you."
"Nothing goodwill come of this. I'll be yours until my dying day."
Regina grimaced painfully, but whether it was from actual pain or a memory wasn't clear. The blonde tried to pull her along towards the bathroom to wash her up, but the mayor shook her head.
"We can't stay here…"
"Regina, I really don't think—"
They both froze as an eerie sound echoed in the distance. The atmosphere grew darker and wicked. In a matter of seconds the feeling escalated to the extreme when—
"Get down!" Emma screamed, pushing Regina down onto the hardwood floor as a fireball came bursting through the window. The sound of glass chaotically echoed throughout the house as it shattered all around them. "Shit! Regina, are you alright?" she asked as she pushed herself off of the brunette, but still hovered over top of her protectively. "What the fuck was that?"
"Gold…" Regina snarled and pushed herself up from underneath the blonde.
Right outside of the shattered window echoed angry shouts from several familiar voices. They were growing louder by the second; they had to get out of there. Regina pulled Emma off of the ground and led the way to another exit.
"I think now would be perfect timing for you to use magic," the blonde stated as she was pointed in the right direction. Regina replied with a deathly glare from the corner of her eyes.
"Yes, dear, it really would be, but unfortunately it seems that magic works differently here."
In fact, if the queen was able to harness her dark magic she would have had the entire mob flatted like a pancake in seconds; however, fate decided that they wanted to play and not grant her such a pleasure.
The shattering of more glass along with the busting down of the front door sounded from afar. This is getting ridiculous, Emma said to herself.
"What the hell did you do to these people?" she asked, but got no reply, "Regina?" She turned to around to find that she was alone on the other end of the house. Her heart began to race even more rapidly as panic soured through her skull. "Regina!" she screamed out as she backtracked.
Finally after several long seconds of agony she found the brunette pulling herself up off the floor, holding her ankle. As the two had been running through the house, the high class stilettos finally got the better of her and sent her crashing down to the floor, consequentially twisting her ankle.
Without another thought, Emma leaned down to assist the mayor. She pulled the woman's arm over her shoulder in order to help her walk. Regina hissed into the blonde's ear as she attempted to bite back pain which only led to her embarrassment.
This is no time to be criticizing my pride, Regina scoffed at herself and held on tightly to her savior. Her pride didn't matter anymore. Right behind them came the clashing of feet against pristine hardwood which would have brought tears to the mayor's eyes at any other time. Her home didn't matter anymore.
All I want is to have my happy ending.
Right before the two outlaws of Storybrooke stood the mob, its leaders standing in the front. Rumpelstiltskin's face was crazed with madness as he leaned on his cane. How in the hell he was able to keep up the pace with his gimpy leg was beyond them. However, that wasn't what blew Emma's mind. Right beside him stood a brunette woman, wand in hand.
"Mother Superior is the Blue Fucking Fairy?" Emma thought she had said to herself, but obviously had not.
Regina was sure to be rolling her eyes, despite the situation. It wasn't unclear why Gold and the Blue Fairy would ever even think of working together. The two were polar opposite, completely. No questions asked, yet now every single question was left hanging in the air.
In a matter of seconds, both women were thrown back against the wall. The blonde's head whizzed with dizziness and by the time she was able to open her eyes she heard a scream. Regina was hovering in the airs, limbs frozen with an eerie blue glow. The Blue Fairy was holding out her wand with a devilish, wicked smile painted on her face. It was quite frightening actually.
"Let her go!" Emma screamed as she stumbled to her feet in an attempt to lunge forward at the fairy.
Gold extended his hand and she was forced against the wall, unable to move by invisible restraints.
"Stay out of this, dearie. We wouldn't want the savior getting hurt, now would we?"
She glared at the crazed man, the dark one, the one who had always been her enemy since day one. There was only one thing within his dark eyes: power.
The blonde's green eyes widened as they flickered over the rest of the mob, her gaze falling upon one person in particular. Every ounce of her heart dropped as she realized how truly alone she was in this fight.
"Mary Margaret?"
Snow held firmly onto her bow, her eyes glued on anything but her daughter. The mother of the White Knight couldn't bare the thought of what she was seeing. Piecing together everything was simple, but believing it was a whole other story.
"Why?" her mother choked out, tears evidently on their way. Finally their eyes met and Emma could have died, "You were supposed to be the savior. Our White Knight…"
"You don't know her!" Emma cried out, still struggling against the restraints, yet growing weak.
"No!" Snow screamed with such ferocity that it stunned her daughter to silence, "You have absolutely no idea what she has done to us," she pointed her finger towards the queen who's face was ice, yet Emma knew was laced with terror, "How could you, Emma? We believed in you!"
"As much as I'd love to sit here and watch this lovely family fall to pieces," Rumpelstiltskin intervened, "I have more important matters to attend to."
He released his grip on the blonde and she fell forward, yet managed to catch herself. The Blue Fairy and Gold exchanged glances, some plan both of them had which was unknown to the rest.
The sheriff tightened her fists, her knuckles turning white, her teeth bared. Regina, hung in suspension, watched in utter shock, unsure of how to take the entire situation. The lover's shared one last glance before the queen and the Blue Fairy vanished into thin air.
Emma screamed out and ran forward, but it was too late. She was gone.
"What are you going to do to her?"
"Everything she deserves," Rumpel replied back.
The blonde, once again, went to lunge forward, but stopped as an arrow was pointed her way.
"Stay back, Emma," Snow barely whispered in sorrow, "I don't want to hurt you."
Emma couldn't believe it. Her own mother. This was the family she never had? Her very own mother was betraying her! Her own blood. And all because of what Regina had done to them out of hurt. Emma knew better than to blame Regina for her own evilness. She saw passed it all and knew that evil wasn't born. It was created, yet the evil she knew wasn't the evil they knew.
"Please don't do this," Emma begged as she dropped to her knees in tears. I love her.
"We knew how this would end and we knew we'd die before we lived."
A/N So hey there. I hope you guys aren't wanting to kill me. I promise this isn't the ending. That would just be terrible. Remember to leave a review!