Chapter 16

A week later

Zelena stood seemingly by herself across the road, however it was difficult not to notice the many dark forms that sat in the trees, which I guessed were her army of flying monkeys. I stood strong alongside my family and friends; my parents stood protectively behind me, wielding their classic sword and bow combination. Regina stood a way to my side, with nothing but her magic and Robin stood right next to her, his bow drawn already. I suppose they had good reason to be overly defensive. As much as he disliked us, Gold disliked the threat that was Zelena even more, so he stood far to the side, clearly not wanting to be associated with the heroes. The merry men and a few brave ones from Camelot stood in a clump behind all of us at the front, led by Ruby who was ready to throw her cape off at the drop of a hat. Most importantly, Killian stood right by me, squeezing my hand with his.

"You can surrender now, Zelena, or you can go against the whole town." I shouted to her, who just seemed slightly amused.

"Surrender? How boring! No, I want to watch every single person you love die, Emma Swan, and then watch the light fade out of you and the frightfully tame Regina. No, I will tear down this town brick by brick." It was difficult not to notice both Killian and Robin edge even closer to both Regina and I. "Fly, my beauties." The witch said simply, causing flying monkeys to erupt from every tree along the road, and the rest to swoop down from the sky, where they had been circling like vultures.

The merry men collectively let all of their arrows fly, every single one precisely fired and easily finding its target. Winged bodies thudded to the ground around us, yet hordes of beasts still rained on us. I quickly unsheathed my sword and began cutting down the low flying ones, and blasting the others with magic. We at the front began to advance on the witch, since a lot of the monkeys had been killed. The merry men behind us were far beyond competent and were easily cutting down the numbers.

"You still want to fight, Wicked Bitch?" Regina asked her half-sister with words packed with venom.

"Oh I am far from giving up," She replied in an unsettlingly calm tone. "I am done with being defeated and bested, by heroes," she spat out, "I want to win for once, I want to get what I want, instead of being second best to dear Gina. I have spent far too long being second best to you, and by the end of this day, none of you will even be around to beat me, and I will run this town with my little girl in my arms."

"Oh, so that is what all of this is about." Regina began, "You just want your daughter. You will only ever be able to see her if you can prove to us that you deserve her, and currently you are definitely not doing yourself any favours."

"No. This is about far more than that, this is about you. This is about how you have always had everything while I was left with nothing." She was on the verge of screaming, her eyes popping with rage.

"Zelena, life isn't about being the best, it is about learning to love those around y…" My mom stepped forward, only to be cut off by Zelena flinging her back across the road. Dad ran over there, calling to her.

"Shut it, Queenie." She didn't even look at my mother's crumpled form on the ground. I wanted to run over to her with all my heart, but I knew I had to stand my ground. "Now," the witch looked evilly around the group, "who shall I kill first?" I stepped forward to confront her with a fistful of magic and a sword, resulting in her freezing us all with a wave of her hand, "Tut, tut, Swan. That is what your little boy toy calls you isn't it? I hope it is, because you'll never hear it again. Even if I can't kill you, Emma Swan, I can definitely kill your little tame pet." My mouth went totally dry as she pulled Killian away from me and towards her with magic. My blood boiled as she stroked his face, relishing the fact that no-one could do a thing about it.

"What a pretty one, shame he had to follow her around like a lost puppy. I hope you enjoyed your little vaycay in the Underworld, Hook, because that is exactly where you are going. And staying." Sticky black tendrils climbed their way up Killian's legs and body, and wrapped around his neck. As I got more and more angry, I could feel my body loosening from the freezing spell until I was completely free. Well what do you know, magic is emotion.

"STAY AWAY FROM MY TRUE LOVE YOU BITCH!" I ran up to her, blasting a very shocked Zelena with a ray of pure magic, she fell back, unable to defend herself. "IF YOU DARE TO SET FOOT IN STORYBROOKE AGAIN, I WILL DESTROY YOU!" Sending out blasts of light as I talked. The others were able to move again, so I shouted at Regina to use the wand and create a portal to Oz. As the hurricane neared, I centred myself and focussed on the magic that I was blasting into it, meaning that Zelena could never return, or even go anywhere apart from Oz.

Just before she was about to be sucked up by the hurricane, I walked up to her and took her pendant, knowing that it was the source of her power. "Ding dong the bitch is dead," I spat out to her as she flew away in the hurricane, unable to do anything. I at last heaved a big sigh, and turned around so I could see Killian, except I saw him lying on the ground in a heap.

"No, NO! KILLIAN!" I ran up to him, my heart racing once more. I heaved an even bigger sigh of relief when I kneeled down next to him and saw the gentle rising and falling of his chest. I heard my parents walk up behind me, and felt the hand of my mom on my shoulder. "It's alright, he's alright. He just probably needs a bit of rest." I told them and looked up at their concerned faces.

"Are you alright? I mean, Emma… we've never seen that side to you before. I didn't know you had that kind of power." She said, kneeling down next to me.

"I didn't really know that I did, either. And I'm pretty sure you would have gone psycho bitch on Zelena too if she tried to kill dad." They both laughed, thankfully. I was glad that they at least weren't scared of me after that display. "After all, she called my boyfriend a pet; I think she deserved what was coming."

A/N

How are you all doing with the story? I'm thinking of bringing this one to a close and beginning a follow-up so this doesn't get too long. Tell me your thoughts about this in the reviews. Thank you for sticking with the story this far!

-Sophie :D