This chapter is for AlphaLuna87 with the prompt: "What if dementors (from Harry Potter) existed in Storybrooke and went after Regina. Would Emma's magic be able to create a patronus in time to protect Regina and what form would it take?"
To get Emma's patronus I actually took a quiz imagining what her answers would be. I normally wouldn't do a crossover like this, but I loved the idea since HP is my #1 obsession. Enjoy!
"So we've got a very cool but very dangerous problem," Henry said, walking into the living room. Emma and Regina were sitting together on the couch watching a movie while Ava read a book in the corner. Lola was nowhere to be found.
"What did you do?" Regina demanded.
"I didn't do anything," Henry said, stepping to the side and pointing at Lola. "She did."
"Lo?" Emma asked. "What did you do? Did you do magic again?"
"Not on purpose!" Lola protested. "Henry was reading me my daily chapter and we got the part in the book where the dementors come and I said that it would be interesting if they were really here and then one just came out of the book and glided away."
"You summoned a creature from a book?" Regina asked.
Lola nodded. "And before you ask, I don't know where it went."
Emma groaned. Sometimes Lola forgot how powerful she was, resulting in something like this happening. "You three stay here. Your mom and I will deal with this before it goes after someone."
"Why would it do that?" Henry asked. "There's no bad witches or wizards here."
"No, but there are villains," Emma said. "And the last time I checked, Maleficent and Lily still live in this town."
Henry and Lola's eyes widened. "Oh. Right."
"Stay safe," Regina said. "If it comes back here, Lola you have my permission to poof yourself and your siblings to someplace safe. Poof as many times as you can to get away from it until we find a way to stop it."
"Wait, I have an idea," Lola said, running back upstairs. She grabbed her book and came back down. "The only way to get rid of a dementor is by using Expecto Patronum right? You need a wand for that."
"And how am I going to get one of those?" Emma asked.
Lola just smiled and flipped open the book until she found a passage about Harry using his wand. "I wonder what it would be like to have Harry's wand." She stared at the book for a while before it glowed pink. Everyone watched in shock as Harry's wand appeared, neatly balancing on the pages of the book.
"You are a genius," Emma said, picking up the wand. "Come on Regina. Let's go fight a fictional monster."
After everything that had happened, Maleficent and Lily had decided to move into the cabin in the woods where the Queens of Darkness had met. It didn't have the greatest memories, but it was better than staying in town and being ridiculed.
Hardly anyone ever visited, so the pair was especially surprised when Regina and Emma suddenly appeared in their house.
"What are you doing here?" Lily said, glaring at Regina. The last thing she remembered of the other woman was her triggering a huge dragon attack.
"We're trying to save you," Regina said. "There's a monster on its way here, and it will no doubt come for you both. You need to stay here so it still picks up on you, but you'll be safe."
"What's your plan?" Maleficent asked.
Regina looked at Emma. What was their plan?
Emma smiled. "You're going to be my bait. You're a villain as well, so it would love to get a taste of you. I'll use the spell from the book to hold it off and direct it back where it came from."
"I'm the bait," Regina said. "Of course I am."
Regina looked around the forest anxiously. Where was this monster? There was a crack of a twig behind her, and the air suddenly grew cold. Regina whipped around and saw it. There was the dementor, watching her.
"You're here for me," Regina said. The dementor said nothing, just continued to float there. "Well come on then, get it over with."
The dementor glided forward quietly until it was an arm's length away. Emma chose that moment to jump out from the bushes and fire her spell.
"Expecto Patronum!" she yelled, smiling triumphantly when white light burst from the end of her wand. The dementor shied away from the bright light when a stag erupted from the end of Emma's wand, running around it and poking it with its antlers.
Emma laughed at her patronus' antics before directing the light, and the dementor, towards the book. Once the dementor was inside, it slammed closed, trapping the monster inside.
"Well that was exciting," Regina said, looking down at the book warily.
"Definitely," Emma said, panting. She realized that she was no longer holding a wand, assuming that it most likely had gone back to its master. "Let's make a deal right now."
"What's that?' Regina asked.
"Lola doesn't get to read anymore Harry Potter," Emma said. Regina just laughed.
For those of you who are wondering, here's the definition of Emma's patronus: You're brave and fearless, and your greatest asset is your ability to love (even in the darkest of times). Sometimes you get a bit hotheaded and impatient, but your friends are your source of peace, getting you through the good and bad. Your Patronus takes the form of a stag, the same as Harry Potter. In other words, you are The Chosen One.