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Chapter 7

She swiftly ran through the woods in frustration and fear. 'What is happening to me?' she asked herself as she slowed her pace and continued to travel down the sullen dank forest.

Her small hands were whistling, emanating with power that she could not control. She knew that calming herself would be the only way to decrease her risk of blowing up something else.

When she heard the rustle and gasps in the near distance, she freaked herself completely out and blasted a nearby tree. She jumped back at the sudden rush of power that she'd released. She turned her gaze momentarily toward the trees that separated her from the town and started again in a run. She had to get away again. She had to start over…again.

"What the-" Emma gasped when she saw the obliterated roof of the inn. "What happened?"

"Ruby!" Ruby turned to see her grandmother rushing from the place with anger apparent in her gaze. "What have you-what-I knew this was a horrible-horrible idea!" she exclaimed.

"W-granny I-"

"No!" Granny cut her off. "We should have reported this-we should have reported her directly to the sheriff!"

"W-how do you know it was her?" Ruby attempted at casting doubt though even she had a feeling that it was her.

"What's going on here-oh" Regina stood there.

No sooner Regina made her presence known, Snow turned to her. She was aware of the impending problem but she still could not resist asking whether she remembered anything concerning her dream. "Regina do you remember anything about-"

"Not the best time, mom." Emma commented with annoyance.

Snow paused for a moment. She started to say something else when Charming interceded. "Emma's right, Snow. The town could be in danger."

Regina glanced Snow curiously for a moment. She had a distinct feeling that whatever it was that Snow was about to ask had nothing to do with the occasion at hand. She figured before she returned her attention back to Emma that she would sooner or later find out. Because there never was just one problem happening in Storybrooke. "Okay-I would ask why I am here, and what happened to the roof-but I'm guessing this inquiry is exactly why I'm here in the first place. And I assure you I had nothing to do with-"

"That's not why I called you." Emma assured.

"Well then what is it?"

"I'm getting the hang of my powers but-there are just a lot of things that you can do that I can't."

"Thanks for recognizing the extent of superiority but I still don't understand why I'm here-"

"Is there any way you can see if this blast was caused by magic?"

Regina hesitated for a moment. "What makes you think that this was done by magic?" she asked.

"When is something not magic?" Emma exasperated.

Regina's eyebrow rose in agreement. "True." She mumbled. "Fine." She said as she waved her hand over the barrier of the building. "Magic, as I'm sure you know leaves traces behind. Because this place is full of magic it would be hard to decipher what's what-assuming it wasn't a special kind of magic such as yours, Gold or even mine." She stated. "But then my magic created this so it stil-" she paused when she saw the golden sheer blue like gold that emanated over the cracked edges of the roof. "This is definitely magic." Her brow furrowed at the sight. "And it's still brimming with power." She whispered, loud enough for only herself to hear.

Emma watched the concerned look on Regina's face. There was obviously something eating at her. "What? What is it?" she asked. "Do you know who it is? Is it telling you who it is?"

Regina shook her head. She didn't answer right away. "Whoever this is-" she scoffed. "She's quite powerful."

"How do you know?" Charming asked.

"Hmph-well besides the physical evidence." Regina pointed out the roof in a sarcastic way. "The trace of her magic is-different."

Emma mentally took in the situation before she readied herself to respond; when an explosion erupted from the forest. She quickly turned around to see smoke rising from a deep part of the woods. "Seriously?"

"Why do I have a feeling that's her?" Ruby commented in apprehension.

"What makes you think that?" Emma asked as her feet apparently thought so too when they started to walk down the street towards the explosion.

"Because-that's where her scent is leading." Ruby replied.

"Then what-are we waiting for?" Regina spat.

"Let's go." Emma said as she started to break into a run.

"I have a faster way." Regina said. Emma stopped and looked at her incredulously, waiting for her to explain what her suggestion to getting there was. Regina rolled her eyes and with a sudden wave of her hand they were all engulfed in a dark purple smoke and was suddenly in the forest.

Snow recognized the area when she noticed the old trailer where August had once stayed when he'd had the unfortunate experience of turning into wood.

"Hey!" Emma yelled, calling attention to the suspect.

The girl turned around and looked at them with defense in her eyes. Ruby saw the look of the assumed thought of betrayal in her gaze. She quickly shook her head before E spoke to reassure her otherwise.

"E-we're here to help! Please-don't!" Ruby pleaded.

She knew that Ruby was being honest. "I-I didn't mean-" her words broke mid-sentence as she placed her hands up in submission. "I don't know what happened." She whispered.

"Who are you?!" Charming demanded.

"What are you doing here?!" Regina snapped as she could not recall anyone resembling her in their lives back in the enchanted forest.

Emma looked them at them wordlessly telling them to calm down. She turned back to the girl. "What's your name, kid?"

She backed away closer to the trailer. "Why do you need my name?"

"Well-uh you did kinda blow the roof off an inn."

"That was an accident!" she snapped as her hands started to ignite with tension again.

Ruby quickly interceded as she saw the girl starting to freak out. "E, calm down-breathe-alright? Everything's fine okay? Just calm down."

She calmed herself and her magic fizzled slightly. She looked back up. "You should leave." She said. "I'm not bothering anyone out here."

"Yea-that doesn't change the damage you've done." Granny spat.

"It was-an accident!" she growled back.

"E-we know it was an accident." Ruby reassured. "Jus-"

"Do we?" Regina asked. "We don't know this girl. Or what she's capable of."

"Look, kid-I don't think you're the one that should be giving orders considering the circumstances." Emma informed in a subtle tone. "So just tell us who you are and we can start from there."

"Look-lady. I don't know who you are but maybe you've noticed that I don't have control of this crap that's happening-and you are really not making it better." She cautioned. "So maybe someone else should talk-or better yet-maybe you all should just leave."

"So I see yeh've met the new resident." That deeply accented voice greeted through the trees.

Recognizing that deep Scottish accent, E turned around, flustered. "You!"

Emma watched Will approach the girl closer. "Will-I don't think that's a good idea." She cautioned and then suddenly thought more to ask. "What are you even doing here?"

"I live here." He simply answered. "Robin's camp isn't far from here."

"Wait, what?" E whispered in confusion. "Then why were you…" she started when Emma cut her question short.

"Will, you need to go!"

Will winked at E before returning his attention to Emma. "And why is that?"

"Because I can't control this." E answered. She looked at Will. "You need to leave."

"Will!" Charming called. "This isn't a gam-" before Charming could finish his sentence, the girl had appeared to lose control again.

The magic surfacing her fingers were released knocking Will into a nearby tree, rendering him unconscious.

At the force of that power, alarm rushed through everyone. "Well what are you waiting for?" Regina exclaimed.

"I don't want to kill her." Emma said with concern. "And I don't know how to just knock her out."

"Fine." She spat and with a wave of her hand knocked the girl's body into the trailer.

"Holy-geeze!" Ruby exclaimed as she watched the force behind her hit. "You're sure you didn't kill her?" she said, rushing over to her.

"Oh-she's not dead." Regina rolled her eyes. "If she was you'd know it."

Ruby felt for a pulse. "She's still alive." She informed. As she watched the blood trickle down the hairline of her forehead.

"Will's fine-just knocked out." Charming called out to the others.

Ruby got up from where her friend lay unconscious. "What now? They need to get to the hospital. And we don't really have an exact location to where we are."

"Oh my-seriously?" Regina cut in. she shook her head and with a wave of her hand they vanished. "All you had to do was ask." She said as she turned and walked away.

Emma suddenly felt foolish as she realized that she hadn't really seemed much help in the situation that had just occurred. "I'll go to the hospital and wait for her to come too." She said, turning to walk away when Snow and Charming followed her.

"We're coming too." Snow smiled. "Besides, I'm the mayor."

"And I'm the sheriff." Charming added. "So-I kinda need to be there." He smiled.

"I'm coming too." Ruby rushed. "I mean-I feel like I could be of some sort of use. She seems comfortable around me-or well she did. I guess we'll see when we get there." Ruby said and walked past them.

Charming placed his arm around Emma and Snow. "Let's get going."

"I sure wish Regina would have zapped us there."

"Don't worry, kid." Charming grinned. "One day you'll be able to do it by yourself."

"Ha!" Emma said. "Wouldn't that be the day."

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