"Lena!...I need you!...Lena come to me…Please help…"

The words kept pounding through her head. Lena covered her ears but of course that didn't help. Aero's telepathy was uncontrolled and fear was mixed in his words. There was something very wrong and the dragon needed Lena's help. But at this point Lena could barely keep her eyes open. Through her closed eyes tears streamed down her cheeks.

"Lena…Lena!...Lena, tell us what's going on."

Regina's words seemed to come from far away. Lena wanted to answer but wasn't able to because of Aero's cry for help in her head. She couldn't focus to form any sentence so to Lena there was only one option to let the women around her know what was going on. She searched, with her eyes still closed, for a hand, any hand. It didn't matter which woman saw what she saw as long as one did. Lena didn't know if it would work but in one of Belle's books she had read about channeling telepathy. Her hand landed on a soft warm hand. Lena felt a wedding ring so it had to be one of her mothers. By the gasp heard Lena knew that it had worked, that she channeled Aero's telepathy and that it was Emma who was now seeing and hearing everything she did.

"Oh my god, that was one of the most terrible things I've experienced" Emma spoke after Lena released her hand. The telepathy bond had lasted for only a short minute but Emma was glad it was over.

"What?" Ruby asked, looking from Emma to Lena: "What just happened?"

"I…I'm not sure" Emma answered honestly: "I just know that Aero's in a lot of trouble. We have to go to him right away."

"I wanna come" Lena panted. Experiencing this strong of a bond had really drained the energy out of Lena. She tried to stand up but her legs still felt like jelly and Regina put her body against her daughter to support her.

"I don't think that's a good idea" Regina said: "You can barely stand."

"No…I…I need to" Lena objected and pushed herself away from her mother to show them she was strong enough. No such luck. Lena collapsed back into Regina's arms.

"Lena you need to rest" Ruby said, laying a hand on her friends head: "Emma and I will go to the woods to find Aero. It'll be okay."

Lena didn't spoke. She didn't had the energy to object anymore. Emma and Ruby made their way to the front door. "We'll take my car" Emma suggested.

"Be careful" Regina called after the women. Emma looked back around. She and Regina shared a meaningful look which said more than words could. Then it was time to go.

"I can't lose him" Lena softly spoke.

Regina looked down at her daughter laying in her arms. "I know." She didn't say more than that. She couldn't promise Lena that Aero wouldn't be harmed because she didn't know that. Regina sighed and pulled her daughter closer into a hug. At this moment all she could give to her daughter was support. Support and love.

Emma and Ruby were driving in Emma's yellow bug towards the woods. They had almost reached the toll bridge. They had spent most of the car ride in silence. Now Ruby decided to break that silence. She needed some answers.

"Where in the woods is Aero?" Ruby asked. Emma just turned her head and Ruby received a look of uncertainty. "You don't know?" Ruby asked shocked: "What were you planning on doing? Checking the whole forest?"

"I don't know?" Emma said apologetic: "I thought we could look for signs of Aero…like smoke or fire."

"What exactly did you experience when Lena took your hand?"

"I think she showed me what she was seeing and hearing."

"And what was that?"

"Aero, in danger."

"Anything else?"

Emma shook her head: "It was very chaotic. I saw these flashes of things Aero was seeing and at the same time Aero was screaming in my head."

"Did you recognize anything in the flashes? Maybe something that can pinpoint his location?"

"I don't know" Emma said, thinking hard: "I saw the water well but he's not there. I saw him pass it. And there were people…I think they were chasing Aero…" Emma turned her head towards Ruby. She found the brunette staring through the front window with eyes twice as big. "What's wrong?"

"Where these people chasing Aero by any chance wearing black armor?"

"Yes, how did you know?" Emma asked surprised. Before Ruby could react a terrifying roar was heard. Emma turned towards the sound and was just in time to see Aero tumble out of the woods from her left. Behind Aero black nights appeared. She pushed the breaks and brought the car to a stop. The two women jumped out of the yellow bug and started running towards the dragon.

"Ruby" Emma called over: "Wolf time."

Ruby just nodded. She had learned to control the wolf in her that she could transform at will, even without a full moon. Ruby let the wolf energy flow through her body and soon enough she was running on four paws. The black nights had clearly not expected for anyone to come to help the dragon, let alone a large wolf. In no time Emma had won a sword from one of the knights and was fighting her way closer to Aero. She could see ropes around hid body.

"Ruby, the ropes" Emma called to the wolf.

The wolf looked over at Aero and understood. It jumped over two knights and snapped the first rope between its teeth. The second and the thirds rope quickly followed. Aero could spread his wings again. There was only one more rope holding him grounded, the one around his mouth. Emma was closer to that rope than the wolf so she swung her sword around and slashed.

"Go!" Emma shouted at Aero.

The dragon didn't wait for another opportunity and pushed himself of the ground. His wings making a lot of wind. While the knights were distracted Emma and the wolf took their chance to take off too. The wolf ran to the woods for more cover and Emma jumped back into her car. It wasn't until she started the motor the knights noticed them leaving. Emma didn't wait for them to catch up so she quickly turned the car around and raced back to town. She knew Aero and Ruby would got back too. In town they had their best chance at fighting their enemies. More friends and family to help and most of all…more magic. Emma was pretty sure they would need it to defeat the black knights.

Next chapter coming soon.
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