Emma walked quickly down the hall towards Regina's office. She couldn't help but keep checking her phone to see if Killian had texted her. Something felt off. She couldn't quite put her finger on it, but there was an unsettling sensation in the pit of her stomach. Reaching the office door, Emma tried to push the feeling aside as she knocked on the door.

"Come in."

Emma entered the room, immediately finding Regina pacing across the length of her office. "Regina. Are you ok?"

She whirled to face her. "What on earth took you so long?"

"Well, hello to you, too," Emma said as she closed the door behind her.

"We have a problem," Regina said bluntly.

Emma could tell she was being serious. "What is it?"

"This morning several people said they saw someone being taken off of Main Street," Regina told her.

Emma's eyes went wide. "Taken? You mean."

"Abducted, yes," she confirmed

"By who?" Emma asked.

Regina shook her head. "Nobody saw her face, only that she appeared in front of the woman, grabbed her, and disappeared with her."

Emma cocked her head to the side. "It was a woman? And she had magic?" She could feel a sense of dread start to form inside of her.

"Yes. But what does it matter if it was a woman or not? Someone new is in Storybrooke, and I'm betting it's this same witch that tried to kill you, Hook, and Henry yesterday," Regina said.

Emma took a deep breath. "I have a lot to tell you." She proceeded to tell Regina everything that had happened; from her conversation with Blue at the convent, to finding Amelia in their house, and finally getting the answers from Blue about who was behind everything.

Regina was stunned. "And your just now telling me about all this."

"I literally just found out about it myself this morning and was planning on calling you but then Amelia," she paused. "She had a nightmare so we had to take care of her."

Regina softened at that. "Is she okay?"

"Well, she has an evil ex-fairy witch who is trying to take her magic after her, so no she is not okay, but she's trying to be brave," Emma simply stated.

"Amelia sounds like she is a very special girl. I look forward to meeting her. Now to this Gothel woman, you have no idea how she got here, or where she might be hiding?"

"No. Blue doesn't know how Gothel was able to escape the dark realm she sent her to," Emma said reluctantly.

Regina threw her hands in the air in exasperation. "Great. So one of our townspeople was taken by this witch and we have no idea where she is. Well, what else do we know about her."

"Well, she is obsessed with magic, doesn't care about how she gets it or what she has to do to somebody for it," Emma paused suddenly. "Regina do you know who was taken?" She asked urgently.

"Yeah. It was one of the fairies, Bree I think her name was," Regina told her.

Emma immediately rose from the chair, phone in her hand as she dialed Killian's number. She cursed as it went to voicemail. "Killian, please call me back," Emma said before she hung up the phone.

"Emma, what's wrong?" Regina couldn't remember the last time she'd seen Emma so frazzled.

"Killian took Amelia back to the convent to get her things," Emma stated, now trying Henry's cell as well, only to get the same outcome… straight to voicemail.

"And?" she inquired

"And the only people that can get through the barrier without help are the fairies. Gothel kidnapped Bree to steal her magic so she could gain access to the convent," Emma said frantically.

Realization dawned on Regina. "Do you think she knows they're there?"

"I think Gothel has been one step ahead of everyone this whole time, so yes I do," she said, hurrying to the door. "I have to get there, now!"

Regina quickly followed behind her. "Hold on"

Emma stopped and turned to her. "What? Regina, I have to go!"

"I know, but Emma there is a quicker way of getting her than driving," she said giving her a knowing look.

Emma barley let Regina finish before she was engulfed in a plum of grey smoke, transporting herself to right outside the convent. When the smoke cleared the sight before her made her blood run cold. Standing menacingly in front of Killian, Amelia, and Henry with her hand out ready to strike was a woman that could only be Gothel. She watched in horror as a stream of light went sailing straight for her family.

XXX

Killian braced himself for the impact that was about to happen. "Don't look," he said to Henry and Amelia as he closed his eyes.

But the blast never came. He opened his eyes and watched Gothel's face slowly change from glee to shock. She sent another bolt, but it dissipated before it even reached them. Killian could see the fury roll through Gothel as she glanced down beside him to where Amelia stood. Looking down he saw the little girl staring at Gothel with a fierce determined look on her face.

Killian realized in that moment that Amelia was the reason they were safe. Gothel must have come to that same conclusion, because she began to advance toward them. She only made it a few feet before she went flying through the air and landed hard on the ground.

"Mom!" Henry called out.

Killian let out a big sigh of relief at the sight of Emma running toward them. "Swan."

"Are you guys okay?" She asked when she reached them, immediately gathering all three of them into a hug.

"Aye, love. Thanks to this young lady, we are," he said gesturing toward Amelia.

Emma looked down at Amelia in shock. "You did that, sweetheart?"

Amelia nodded her head. "Yes," she said hesitantly.

Emma bent down in front of her. "You did such a great job," she said, praising her.

Amelia smiled at her, but that happiness was short lived as Gothel rose to her feet facing them once more.

"Ah! The Savior! We meet at last," Gothel sneered.

Emma turned to her. "Yeah. Well, getting to throw you on your ass is a good first meeting in my book."

"You caught me off guard, it won't happen again," she hissed.

Emma saw movement behind Gothel then smirked at her. "I wouldn't be so sure about that."

A fireball went flying past Gothel, causing her to stumble back.

"So sorry, didn't mean to interrupt," Regina said as she casually walked in their direction.

"What couldn't face me on your own savior, had to bring back up?" Gothel said tauntingly.

"You know, I forgot how much villains like to talk," Emma quipped.

"Well, then by all means, enough talk," she simply said before her hands shot out and a blue wall of magic came hurtling at them. They all dove to either side to avoid it.

As they stood from the ground Emma turned to Killian. "Get the kids inside!"

Killian shook his head vehemently. "I'm not leaving you, Swan!"

"Please, I need to know that you all are okay!" she said desperately.

Killian was about to respond when the earth started to shake. "What the bloody hell!" he exclaimed.

All around them the ground began to crack under their feet, and they both stumbled apart. As the cracks grew larger, Emma heard a scream coming from beside her. Looking over she saw Amelia struggle to keep her footing, getting closer and closer to the opening. Emma got to her just as she was about to reach the edge.

"Woah! I got you," she said in relief, wrapping her arms around the little girl.

The relief was short lived because right before their eyes huge thick vines shot up from the openings all around them. They started blinding themselves together, creating a barrier on either side of Emma and Amelia, leaving them cut off from the others. "Killian! Henry!" Emma called out to them, grabbing onto the vines, trying to break them but to no avail.

"Alone at last." Gothel said, slowly stalking her way toward them.

Emma pushed Amelia behind her. "What? Afraid to take all of us on by yourself?"

"Them?" she scoffed. "Please. They aren't worth my time, but you, you're the Savior, the product of true love. Let's see what you're made of."

Tendrils of dark magic emerged from her, slithering rapidly in their direction. Emma had only a second before it came flying at her and Amelia. She called upon her magic, reaching deep within herself until a brilliant white light burst forth from her hands and met the dark magic head on.

Their magic swirled together as they both battled for the upper hand. Emma could feel herself losing ground, Gothel was both powerful and desperate, two very dangerous traits.

"Is that all you've got, Savior? I must say, I am disappointed."

Emma fought with everything she had, but she was losing. Turning her head to look at Amelia with regret in her eyes. "I'm so sorry."

Turning to face Gothel she saw the look of smug satisfaction on the witch's face when she realized her victory was close at hand. Suddenly, out of nowhere, Emma felt a surge of power go through her. Confused, she looked over to see that Amelia had placed her hand upon her arm. Her eyes were closed and her face was scrunched up in concentration. Only then did Emma understand what was happening. Amelia was sharing her magic with her. Emma could feel her powers being amplified. Turning back she watched in awe as the magic grew larger and began to envelope the darkness.

Gothel's face dropped as she witnessed the sudden turn of events. "What!? That's impossible!"

"Yeah. Probably," Emma said with a shrug of her shoulders. Using every bit of strength, she channeled the combined powers of Amelia and herself toward Gothel. The result was a tremendous wave of pure white light exploding all around them.

The instant the light touched the vine barrier it started to crumble and break apart. It continued to advance toward Gothel, who was desperately trying to hold it back, but it was in vain. The combined white magic was too much for her, and she was propelled backwards as the wave reached her.

Emma lowered her arms and let out a deep breath. She watched the vines and the cracks in the ground vanish, almost like they were never there to begin with. She suddenly heard a small noise beside her and turned to see Amelia had gone incredibly pale.

"I don't feel good."

Emma watched in horror as the little girl's eyes rolled back into her head before she started to crumple to the ground.

"No! Amelia!"