Saving the Wicked

Chapter 4

Disclaimers::: I do not own OUAT or it's Characters, just my colorful imagination. Wow! Now Zelena is back in Storybrooke. What kind of trouble will she get into? Will she carry out her threat against Robin? Or will she be stopped? What will Emma do? How will Regina react to what the Savior does next? How does Maleficent and her daughters react to what the Charmings will do or have done? Who let Hook out?! Oops!

For Lynkfan

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Regina narrowed her eyes at Mary Margaret before giving her a truly smug smile. Oh yes, she was most definitely getting a kick out of this. "Looks to me like they're celebrating a family reunion."

Mary Margaret continued frowning, distracted from her thoughts. "I thought Maleficent had two daughters."

David looked at his wife, as he finished talking on his cellphone. "I need to take care of something back at the station." He kissed her cheek before looking at Regina and then frowning at the sight of Emma with Maleficent. He wanted to know what was happening, but at the same time, he also wanted to take care of a more pressing matter before anyone else noticed. He took off, moving quickly.

Regina stared at Mary Margaret. "She does. I'll let you think about that for a while." She smirked and then looked around wondering where Robin went off to. She then realized Robin wasn't the only one missing. She gave a start when she realized Zelena was missing as well. She then remembered that her sister had threatened to kill Robin as soon as they got back to Storybrooke. She couldn't help but be worried about them.

Ruby came out, curious about what was happening with Emma and Maleficent. The moment she took a whiff of the scents in the air, her eyes widened in surprise as she joined Regina and Mary Margaret. "Why does Emma smell like…" She stopped when Regina cut her off abruptly. "What?"

"Robin's missing and so is my sister. I need to find them. Can you sniff them out?" Regina asked, worried about where they had gone off to. At the same time, she had not wanted Ruby to tell Mary Margaret what Emma smelled like yet. She wanted Snow to stew in it for a while longer.

Mary Margaret's eyes widened as she realized they were onto something. "Um well… David's… He's arrested the Wicked Witch." She replied, almost smugly.

Ruby was surprised to hear they were back in town. "What about Emma? She's the sheriff. It's her business to know what's going on." A part of her was wondering why David had not bothered to tell Emma what he was going to do with Zelena.

Regina had mixed feelings about the fact they arrested her sister. How had David known to arrest her sister? She narrowed her eyes at Mary Margaret. She was the Mayor and should know what was going on. She didn't like being the last one to know certain things. Especially since Zelena was still her sister whether or not she liked it. It was her business to know what they were up to regarding her sister. "You knew didn't you? That's why you came here to distract me. Who. Told. You about my sister?" She stared at Mary Margaret, expecting an answer from her.

"What? I… No I didn't…" Mary Margaret stuttered as she tried to talk her way out of it. She was acting way too obvious.

Regina rolled her eyes and scoffed, not believing a word she said. Not for one minute. It was time to do something about it one way or another. She moved over to where Maleficent and her daughters were. "Emma…"

Mary Margaret tried to stop her from telling Emma. She knew Emma would always find a way to rescue everyone. Especially the villains. It seemed to be an ongoing pattern with her daughter. That irritated her to no end. First it was Regina and then she was out running off to rescue Maleficent's daughters and now there was this possibility that Emma would want to protect Zelena. She didn't understand why. Not when Robin informed them that Emma was being way too protective of the wicked witch right now. Well she wasn't having any of it. She hoped that Emma would have the common sense not to bother with Zelena. "No please! She doesn't need to...know…" she met the steely gaze of her daughter. She knew her daughter had heard what she said and closed her eyes, cursing under her breath wondering why she had to open her mouth about it like that.

Emma looked over at Regina. "What's going on?" She then heard what Mary Margaret said and her hackles rose. More secrets? She didn't trust that woman. Not anymore. Not since she found out the hand she played in what happened with Mal… Her mother and sister and herself. She glared at the petite woman.

Regina brushed Mary Margaret off. "We have a problem. David's gone and arrested my sister."

Emma looked at the mayor and sighed. She could see Regina had been debating with herself on whether or not that was a good thing. She could understand where she was coming from. She continued glaring at the woman who used to be her mother for the past four years of her life. It was then, she noticed Hook was free and was standing there, watching them. He had the nerve to blow her a kiss and wink at her. "What the hell is that pirate doing out...?! I'm the damned sheriff. You're supposed to let me know when… And now Zelena?! You know what… This is NOT your job! I will deal with this myself!" She growled as she left for the station. Maleficent and Lily went with her, curious about what Emma's intentions were.

Mary Margaret frowned. "Since when does Maleficent like to follow my daughter around? She has no right! Her and her demon spawn…" she huffed. What the hell was going on? She stormed off, wanting to take Neal home.

Ruby was surprised to hear what Snow was saying about Maleficent's daughters. When Snow left she turned to look at Regina. "Doesn't she know what she just called Emma? I can smell her. She doesn't smell anything like…"

Regina sighed as she looked at the werewolf. "She doesn't know that Emma isn't their daughter. She's…"

"A dragon. Yeah I noticed." Ruby nodded as she followed Regina to the sheriff's station. Her shift was over and she'd worked temporarily at the station while Emma and Regina went to find and bring back Lily. She was still digesting the fact Emma was actually Maleficent's daughter and had Lily as her sister. She knew they were sisters by the way they smelled. Actually, she'd noticed Emma was different from the first time she met her, but had not said anything about it then. It wasn't her place and she knew what Snow was like. She had not noticed Emma was actually a Dragon all along until now. Things were starting to make sense to her.

When Emma arrived at the station, she was appalled to see that Zelena was currently in a cell and to top it off, wearing a magical barring bracelet that one of the dwarves crafted and put on her. Robin was standing there with a very arrogant smile on his face. The bastard!

Emma glared at David who had already processed the arrest and had her fingerprints put into the system. She saw red as she stormed up to him. "What the hell do you think you've done?! What reason do you have for keeping Zelena Here?"

David replied. "Fraud and threatening to murder Robin. Not to forget everything she's done to our family!"

Emma scoffed. "Technically, she died. That's double jeopardy for you. Legally she did her time already when she died. Just because she was masquerading as Marian during her time here… That doesn't count as she didn't go out of her way to hurt anyone physically. As for what Robin said about her, you can't keep her here based on what he said! It's his word against hers! That's not enough to keep her here! She was assaulted by HIM! He beat her throughout the entire time she stayed with him, trapped and not able to get away from that bastard…"

"She doesn't have a mark on her. She's not fit to be that baby's mother. Yeah Robin told me about the baby. She should stay here until the baby is born and then Robin can take the..." David replied.

"Oh hell no!" Emma scoffed. "In New York she had a black eye, busted lip and numerous bruises all over her body. I saw it with my eyes. So did Lily. So did Regina. You'd take his word over mine? We're witnesses to what he did to Zelena. He tried to lie his way out of it… Inner lie detector remember?" She smirked when she saw the indecision in his eyes. "Did you see Roland? Did you know he pushed him roughly when he was drunk and he walked in on Robin beating Zelena black and blue and bleeding?! Roland fell and hit his head trying to defend her! He had to get stitches! Still think Robin's fit to be that baby's father knowing he beat her even while knowing she's pregnant with his child?!"

"She took my son. She almost killed yours…" He started. He could not believe Emma was defending the Wicked Witch of the West. Why was she being so defensive or protective of the bitch who kidnapped his son moments after being born and had harmed Emma's son? He couldn't understand it at all. "Why are you being so protective of HER?! Why does she deserve to have you defending that… That bitch?!"

Emma stared him down. She knew what he was asking, but didn't have the answer for him. "That's between me and Zelena. And what the hell is Hook doing out of jail? You let him out?! Behind my back?!" Emma was furious that David acted like he was the boss when clearly she was. "He belongs in that cell!" She turned to glare at Robin. "And so does he!"

"Well you weren't here so I said he could go…" David tried to explain. "You know he loves you and I just…"

"The fuck you did! I don't care! I'm the damned sheriff not you! It's my call to make. Not yours!" Emma growled. "Take your badge off. Give me your gun." She was seething mad.

Robin moved in front of Emma, getting into her face. "No. You can't do that! You have no right! Women shouldn't have that kind of power…"

Regina gave Robin an incredulous look when he said that. "Excuse me?" She couldn't believe what she heard Robin say.

David's jaw dropped at the audacity of Emma talking to him like that. "I'm your father! That's no way to be speaking to me! I deserve more respect than that!"

Maleficent laughed when she heard what David said. She also suspected she knew why Emma was being very protective of the redhead. Lily sneered at David and scoffed.

Emma snapped as she waved her hand and sent Robin flying into the opposite wall. "No you're not." She deadpanned as she glared at David. "Don't make me ask you twice!" She growled. Her hands turned into fists as she felt the urge to use them yet again.

David huffed angrily as he tossed his badge and gun onto the desk before he stormed off with Robin scrambling after him before Emma could have the chance to arrest him for assault. Emma took a deep breath before she took the badge and gun and looked at Ruby. "You want his job?" She asked. She trusted Ruby more than she trusted David. Emma sighed, knowing she would have to deal with Robin sooner or later.

Ruby stuttered, surprised at what Emma was offering. She was worried Snow would be mad at her for taking her husband's job. But at the same time, she really needed the extra money and was willing to work there part time so she could help Granny with the diner and bed and breakfast. A small part of her wanted to stick it to Snow for what she called Maleficent and her daughters. Ruby found displeasure at what Snow had said about them. "Don't mind if I do." She nodded and smiled when Emma gave her the gun and badge. She knew she would deal with Snow sooner or later. There were so many things she wanted to say to her. She didn't know where things would stand between them afterwards. But there were things that needed to be said.

Emma moved to the cell and let Zelena out. She wasn't about to let the redhead stay there any longer than she had to.

"Emma, are you sure this is wise? What if my sister decides to turn against you, against us all…" Regina looked at her sister who was sneering at her.

Zelena replied snidely. "You'd like that wouldn't you sis?" She smirked as she stepped out of her cell. She had thoroughly enjoyed the way Emma defended her to that damned idiot and to Robin. And now Emma wasn't letting Regina stop her either. She found herself smiling smugly at her sister.

Emma looked at Regina as she moved closer to the redhead. "I'm not worried. Everyone deserves a second chance. Like I said."

Zelena smiled at the blonde and licked her lips sensually. "Even the wicked?" She smiled flirtatiously at Emma much to the chagrin of the Mayor of Storybrooke. She swore she could feel her sister staring daggers at her and she didn't give a damn.

Emma smiled at the wicked witch, taking ahold of her hand. "Especially the wicked." She winked as they left the station and went to look for the dwarf responsible for putting the magic binding bracelet on Zelena's wrist. She wasn't happy that David had undermined her Authority as the sheriff of Storybrooke. He'd created more problems for her to deal with. She had not noticed the way Regina was looking at their hands as they left the station.

Maleficent shared a knowing smile with Lily as they left with Emma and Zelena. Lily began wondering what the deal was with Emma and Zelena. Maleficent chuckled softly, having heard her daughter's thoughts. *I suspect your sister has found her mate. Dragons tend to be extremely protective of their mates and family.* she also thought back to when she heard what David said about Zelena hurting Emma's son. She would need to find out more about that later. Especially since it seemed like Emma had chosen Zelena to be her mate.

Lily's eyes widened as she realized she could communicate with her mother telepathically. "Well that's something isn't it?" She smirked.

Emma kept her cool, having heard her mother and sister speak using their link with each other. It made her think about things that had happened ever since they got Zelena out of that apartment she'd shared with Robin. She knew right then and there, that she would never let anyone hurt Zelena or her unborn child. Was it true? Was she protective of Zelena because she'd somehow chosen her to be her mate? She'd been protective of her from the very first moment she had stepped into that apartment.

Zelena knew there were things they needed to talk about soon. And she loved the way it felt to be holding hands with her Savior. She found herself biting her lips as she thought about everything that led to this moment in her life. She had a feeling things were changing for them and realized she was falling hard for the blonde. Yet at the same time, she had so much remorse for what she put Emma and Henry through. She hoped it wasn't too late to try making amends with them. She had every intention to make it up to them one way or another. She was going to do whatever it took to make things right with them. Especially Henry. Now that she was going to be a mother, her maternal instincts were coming out in spades. The last thing she ever wanted to do was disappoint her child. She didn't want to fail him or her. She wouldn't do to them what Cora Mills did to her. Ever since she had gotten to know Roland, she'd found herself developing feelings for him. Even though she never gave birth to him, she had a soft spot for him. Since he defended her honor several times, she knew there wasn't anything she wouldn't do for him. Motherhood had clearly changed her for the better. And now she was falling in love with Emma Swan, she wanted to prove to her that they could be happy together. She would do it, starting with Henry and getting him to forgive her, and if he was anything like his blonde mother, hopefully, he would give her a second chance.

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Ruby looked at Regina. "You look like you're in need of someone to talk with. Is everything okay?"

Regina sighed deeply. Seeing the way Zelena had walked off with Emma, hand in hand was bothering her more than she was willing to admit. She shook her head. "No. I just need to talk with Robin and find out what the hell is going on with him. Can you believe he's been beating my sister up?"

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Emma found Doc and cornered him. "Did you do this?" She gestured to Zelena's wrist.

Doc nodded. "I did upon the Prince's orders. Robin requested it of us so when Charming gave me the go ahead, I did what I was told. I thought she was supposed to be in jail." He looked nervously at the redhead.

Emma stared him down. "Charming doesn't have the authority to do something like this…" The dwarf interrupted her.

"But he's the Prince. We must adhere to his laws." Doc insisted.

Emma scoffed. "Not in this world. You're not in the damned enchanted forest! This is MY world and here I am the sheriff! I am the law. Not your damned Prince. You will take this off her wrist right now."

Doc stood his ground. "Is that any way to talk about your father? You're awfully disrespectful and an ungrateful brat! He should take you over his knee and…"

Emma grabbed the dwarf by his throat. "I've got news for you…" Her eyes began to glow neon green. "Your Prince Charming… He isn't…" She sneered as she got into his face. The dwarf paled considerably. "My father. Now you will take this bracelet off this pretty lady's wrist. Or I will feed you to my mother for your insubordination." Emma smirked as she turned to look at Maleficent as Doc's eyes followed hers and he began to tremble in her grip. The dragon was her mother? He gulped and whimpered.

Maleficent smiled darkly as she stalked forward as if to prepare to be fed. Lily laughed, loving the way Emma was dealing with that imp.

The redhead loved what her Emma was doing to that munchkin. Zelena grinned as she held her hand out for Doc. "Yes please. It's starting to itch like crazy."

The dwarf jerked his head up and down, breathing a sigh of relief when Emma set him back down. He moved over to the redhead, watching her warily when he took the bracelet off her wrist.

"Thanks Munchkin." Zelena smiled brightly, flexing her hands and feeling the magic come back to them. She then looked at Emma. "So am I free to go back to my farmhouse? Is it still mine?" She hoped it was.

"I'm a dwarf!" Doc muttered under his breath before he ran off, fearful that Zelena would try to retaliate.

Emma smiled at the redhead. "It is, if you promise to stay away from Robin for now. I don't want to give him incentive to go after you again. You do have your baby to think about now." She reminded her.

Maleficent could see Emma was empathic to Zelena seeing she was a mother too. She understood that feeling all too well and was proud of her daughter. "Well you should probably have someone stay with you just in case those fools try to go after you." Her eyes twinkled as she made the suggestion. She knew exactly what she was doing,

Emma heard what her mother said and smiled. "You know, that's not a bad idea. I could stay with her." Her dragon would do whatever it took to keep her mate close.

Zelena smiled at the gesture. "I would love to share my home with you, Emma. Perhaps your mother and sister would like to join us as well?" She offered, batting her eyelashes while giving Emma a winning smile.

Lily smirked when she heard the redhead's offer. "Oh that will definitely add fuel to the fire. Those Charmings seemed hellbent on destroying you."

Maleficent smiled and nodded. "I am certain it will be a better place to stay in than that Cabin Gold had us staying at. Who cares what those Charmings think. Emma is old enough to decide what she wants to do." She had yet to hear about what Zelena put her daughter through. But all that would come out soon enough. She had a feeling that whatever happened, Zelena regretted her actions. She could tell by the way Zelena and Emma were looking at each other, they were falling in love. It wouldn't be long before they would be mated. It was inevitable. Zelena had gone from being a thorn in her daughter's side, to being her whole world. It was evident in how protective Emma was of her mate.

"Good! Then it's settled. Let's go home so I can take a shower." Zelena smiled as they left the station together.

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Regina found herself telling Ruby everything that was bothering her as Ruby decided to take the Mayor to the White Rabbit. She figured the Mayor needed a drinking buddy and a listening ear. She was surprised to hear about what Robin did to Zelena and didn't like it one bit. "Well, you know Emma's right. Everyone deserves a second chance. Even your sister does too, even with what she did to you. Maybe once you talk things out with Zelena and get past everything that happened, maybe she will come to realize she needs you in her life too. Family is everything. It's important, it's forever. Who knows, you could even learn to forgive each other and maybe start over. I know what she did was awful, but she paid for it big time by living with that bastard who hurt her like that. Ask yourself this, would you want to stay with a man who clearly thinks so little of women and has beaten up a pregnant woman, drunk or not? Only a coward would do something like that. He's weak. If that were me, you know what I would do." She watched Regina's reaction to everything she had to say to her about what she thought of the whole situation with Robin and Zelena. If she were in Zelena's shoes and he had done that to her, Ruby would destroy him without a second thought. "I mean she's your family and Robin hurt her. She could have lost the baby with the way he beat her. You told me your mother abandoned her when she was a baby. You said she blamed you for how your mother chose you over her. That's why she became bitter and hateful. She pretends it's nothing but she's hurting inside and then Robin comes along and hurts her physically. It's no wonder she wants to kill him."

Regina nodded, swallowing the lump that formed in her throat. "You're right, Ruby. Thanks for your feedback. I appreciate it. Shall we get back to Granny and Henry?" She asked, feeling more than ready to get out of there. Ruby had given her plenty to think about and she knew she would need to talk with Robin soon. And most of all, she knew she needed to speak with Zelena and work out their issues. Ruby had opened her eyes and made her see things from Zelena's perspective and she didn't like what she saw. She would need to do something about it. She would probably talk with her sister first before confronting Robin. A part of her was still feeling jealous of the way Zelena and Emma were getting cozy with each other. She'd kept that part from Ruby, not wanting to talk about the other sore subject that was more recent and she was still reeling from it. She still didn't know how to deal with that issue. Especially since she had not tried anything with Emma yet. She had not made the effort to see if there was something that could happen between them. Was it too late? Should she let it go and try moving on from it?

Ruby was glad to see their talk helped the Mayor to understand things better now. But at the same time, she felt there was something else bothering Regina. She let it go for now, knowing that if Regina wanted to talk about it, she would. She then took her to the bed and breakfast where Henry and Granny were waiting for them. As soon as they arrived, Ruby lit up. "Hey Granny we're back…"

Just then, Henry showed up after hanging out with his friends. He was glad to see his mom. "You're back! Hey I tried to see if Ma was okay but then she was distracted. What happened? Sounded like there was an emergency or something." It was a good thing for him that Granny and Ruby were always there for him when his family was busy or something had come up.

Granny brought them to the dining room and brought out some dessert she'd baked. She had a feeling Regina needed this and so did Henry. "He's been asking me questions I have no way of answering." She'd only caught a glimpse of what happened.

Regina sat down with her son and with Ruby and Granny joining them. "Henry, something has happened. Remember when we left to find Maleficent's daughter and bring her to her mother? How Maleficent has two daughters and wouldn't know who her second daughter was until your mom brought Lily back?"

Henry nodded. "Did ma find the other daughter for Maleficent? And why was Zelena with her when you came with Robin and Roland?"

Regina took a deep breath, sharing a look with Ruby who nodded and smiled, encouraging her to tell Henry everything. She looked back at Henry. "Whatever I have to share with you three cannot get to Mary Margaret or David yet. Emma needs to tell them herself so keep this to yourselves." When they nodded, she continued. "It turns out that Emma is also Maleficent's daughter. The moment she returned with Lily, her birthmark appeared once they crossed over the townline together. We don't know how that happened or what really happened yet. But the Charmings are not her parents. Lily is her twin sister."

Granny gasped and was thoroughly floored by what Regina shared with them. A part of her felt bad for the Charmings until Ruby spoke up.

"Mary Margaret doesn't know yet, but she had the nerve to throw in Maleficent's face that her daughters were monsters like her. She called them demon spawns." She scoffed and shook her head.

Granny's lips grew tight as she realized what Ruby was saying. "How dare she?! Why that…" She stopped herself from finishing the sentence when she remembered Henry was there.

Henry was shocked at what he was hearing. "You mean Maleficent is my grandma and Lily my aunt?" Why was Mary Margaret calling them names like that? He couldn't understand. He knew he would need to get used to the changes happening in his family.

Regina nodded. "There's more…" She sighed deeply. "When we went to rescue Robin from Zelena, turned out it wasn't Robin who needed to be rescued. He's been hurting Zelena and knew she wasn't Marian all along. She's pregnant and he's been hurting them even after finding out she is having his baby. Your mother decided to rescue Zelena and brought her back with them. Roland is afraid of Robin now and he's got a drinking problem. I'm going to see if I can't work things out with my sister. Family is family and she needs to learn what it's like to be a part of our family. Like your blonde mother, she's been abandoned. Maybe we should give her another chance, like your blonde mother is so fond of saying. What do you think?" She asked her son.

Henry broke out into a huge smile. "I say, let's do it!" The adults in the room all smiled at what he said. If anyone was quick to forgive, it was Henry. He just wanted everyone to get along.

Regina smiled brightly, she was proud of her son. She'd raised him the right way. She caught the way Ruby was smiling at her and chuckled softly. Ruby winked at the Mayor and gave her a wolfish grin.