Ruby suddenly grabbed Emma's wrist and starred at her, an unknown intensity in her eyes, "You have magic, Emma. You still can save her!"

Emma looked at her still unable to breath normally.

"Teleport yourself."

"I … never learned that" she answered, her voice trembling like Henry's.

"Then figure it out! Now!", Ruby gave her a push and that's what kicked Emma out of this strange state she had been in. She got out of the car, taking a deep breath and tried to concentrate. Magic was not about thinking, but feeling she remembered. And Emma was feeling a lot at the moment but mostly worry and pain and … guilt. She hadn't taken the situation serious enough. She had thought Regina was strong enough to hide and defend herself longer. It was Emma's fault. She overestimated Regina, 'cause she always seemed so strong and never asked for help. But she was also human and it should have been clearly recognizable that Regina alone couldn't defeat a whole town and The Dark One. Henry would never forgive her for that misjudgment.

What Emma felt now was anger. Anger at herself that she couldn't do one thing right, anger on the people that tried to hurt Regina and anger on the brunette herself because she chose the wrong path all those years ago... Yet somehow that made her even more beautiful in Emma's eyes.

She closed her eyes, imagining Regina hiding behind a rock in the cave, the village people armed with everything they had found closing around her, leaded by Gold. She remembered the way Regina's arms had felt around her when they had hugged with Henry after they had saved him from Zelena, the genuinely but rare smileys Regina gave her, her husky voice that said her name …

Suddenly Emma heard screaming and when she opened her eyes she stood right where she had imagined Regina to be. The cave was higher than she remembered.

"Regina!" she called out and began running in the direction of the mob that wasn't led by Gold but her own parents. She fought her way through it, punching people and kicking them not carrying who they were. Finally she reached the end just to find a horrible situation. Regina stood at the edge of the brink. Her olive skin covered with bruises and cuts and … blood. Blood on her hands, in her face, even in her hair. Emma wanted to run to her, to shield her body with her own and let nobody lay a finger on her ever again but someone grabbed her wrist. She tried to free it from the grasp that turned out to be Gold's.

"Let me go" she shout and saw how he pulled out the armband Regina had worn on her wrist that suppressed her magic when she had been kidnapped and tortured. He now tried to put it on hers as well.

Gold may have lived hundreds of years and knew all about magic but he didn't grew up in the foster system where he had to defend himself from older kids, he never had gotten in a hand fight with others so he wasn't prepared when Emma punched him right in the face. And he wasn't fast enough to stop her when she used the moment of surprise to press the armband on his own wrist. She turned to the brunette again heading for her. That was when the arrow hit Regina. She stumbled backwards, pressing her hand to her chest. Her gaze met Emma's. Surprise was written all over Regina's face. Then she fell. Backwards in the profound abyss.

Without thinking Emma jumped after her.

Author's note

As you can see I live for cliffhangers. But no worries I'll post the next chapter verry soon, promise!

Btw what do you think of the story cover? Took me ages to make it.