Emma arrived back at home right after a panting Ruby. Regina was already waiting in the opening of the front door. Emma ran up to her wife and hugged her tightly.

"Are you okay?" Regina asked looking from the blonde to the brunette. Emma had called Regina from the car to update her. Since that phone call Regina had been waiting anxiously for her wife and friend to come home.

"Yes, we're fine" Emma said. She pulled out of the hug: "Where's Lena?"

"She in the backyard. Aero arrived about five minutes ago" Regina replied.

The three woman walked inside the house, through the living room, passing the kitchen and out the back door. They found the young girl standing before the dragon, their foreheads resting against each other.

"I know" they heard Lena speak softly when they walked closer.

"Lena, how are you feeling?" Ruby asked. She was still a bit out of breath from running.

Lena turned to look at the three woman. "I'm okay" she said with a soft smile.

"Hey Aero" Emma greeted the dragon: "Are you alright?"

Aero nodded once and turned back to face Lena. They made eye contact. Lena brought a hand up to touch the face of the dragon. She smiled a bit sad. It was clear to the three bystanders that the young girl and dragon were having a telepathic conversation.

"What's wrong?" Regina asked worried.

Once more Lena turned to face her parents and her friend. She took a deep breath and answered: "We need to go…now."

"Go?...You mean you and Aero wanna leave for the Enchanted Forest right now?" Ruby asked but already knowing the answer is yes.

Lena nodded: "These black knights won't stop hunting Aero until they caught him and they will burn down Storybrooke completely if they need to."

"Why do you say that?" Emma asked confused.

"How did they even found Aero here? The black knights didn't come to Storybrooke after the second curse" Ruby stated.

"I know because of Elliot" Lena answered her mother, ignoring Ruby's question.

"Elliot?" Now all three of them were confused.

"He encountered them once. He lived in a different world. Elliot was able to shake them off by fleeing to the Enchanted Forest. The knights couldn't follow him that way."

"But that's before Elliot met you. How do you know that he encountered the black knights" Ruby stated.

"Because I still have his memories."

"Wait what?" Regina said astonished: "I thought that you didn't have them since Elliot…"

"I never lost them" Lena answered honest.

Emma and Regina were speechless…but only for a moment. Just when Regina wanted to lecture her daughter about keeping such important information as a secret Ruby stepped in.

"Okay, it's clear that it wasn't smart of Lena to keep that it a secret but that doesn't matter right now. We need to figure out how we're gonna fight these black knights" she said to the women next to her.

"You won't have to" Lena said.

"What do you mean?" Emma asked.

"If I'm correct, and I'm pretty sure I am, Aero and I just need to go to the Enchanted Forest and they will follow and leave you alone."

"But then you'll be all on your own. Those knights will capture you both" Ruby said worried.

"They won't be able to follow us" Lena answered with confidence.

"You're holding something back" Regina looked suspicious at her daughter: "And how are you even going to open a portal so quickly?"

"Aero can open portals." Three pair of eyes grew twice as big. "Elliot could too. That's how he escaped from the knights years ago." No reaction. "And Aero and I have been practicing. He's really good at traveling through realms." This brought at least one of the women out of her shock.

"What!?" Regina yelled: "You have been traveling through realms!?" Lena and Aero both shrank a bit because of the heavy reaction of Lena's mother. "That's why you have been late so much, haven't you?" Regina continued accusingly with pinched eyes.

Lena just shrugged and smiled apologetic.

"Okay, okay" Emma said waving up her hands to calm down her wife: "There's nothing we can do about that now…Lena, you said that you've been traveling through worlds…"

Lena nodded.

"Is it possible that the black knights have followed you here?" Ruby continued Emma's question.

Lena looked at Aero, who was still next to her. "Do you think that's possible?" she asked the dragon.

"I guess. We didn't really keep an eye out on who jumped in the portal after us. We never needed to."

Lena let her head down and felt disappointed, disappointed at herself. "This is my fault. I'm so sorry" she spoke softly. Lena felt a couple of arms embrace her.

"It's okay. We can fix this…together" Regina comforted her daughter. She felt bad she had overreacted.

"How?" Lena asked looking up at her mother.

"I think I have an idea" Emma said. She had a little glint in her eyes. Regina recognized it as Emma's so called lightbulb-above-the-head-glint. Most times it meant that Emma indeed had a good and useful idea.

"Are you sure this is going to work?" Snow asked her daughter.

"No…But it's the best chance we have" Emma replied.

After the blonde had told Regina, Ruby and Lena her plan they all called friends and family to help. Quickly the whole gang had gathered at the docks. It was the safest place in town to open up a portal. Emma, Regina, Snow, David, Ruby, Dorothy, Henry, Hook, Robin and his merry men, Zelena, Belle and Lena stood huddled up in a circle. Aero was standing right behind Lena with his head raised above his best friend.

"What a surprise the crocodile isn't here" Hook said, rolling his eyes.

"Does everyone know what they need to do?" Emma asked, ignoring Hook.

They all nodded. Emma's plan was pretty simple, theoretically at least. First Aero will open up a portal to the Enchanted Forest. When the knights see what's going on, Aero and Lena jump into the portal. Lena was pretty sure that the knight were going to follow them and that's exactly what Emma is counting on. All their friends and family are there to make sure that the knight indeed jump into the portal but not to close after Lena and Aero. When the duo arrives at the Enchanted Forest Aero will need to redirect the portal to a whole other world. In theory this was a perfect plan but the only problem was that Aero had never done something like this. Most of the people spread out to take their places. Lena and Aero stayed in the middle of the docks.

"Good luck" Henry smiled at his sister before running to his place on Hook's boat.

Ruby and Dorothy were next. "Be safe" Dorothy said. Lena nodded. Tears filled Ruby's eyes. She wasn't able to say anything so she just gave her friend a strong hug.

"I'll miss you" Lena whispered.

Last but not least Regina and Emma walked closer to their daughter. A tear rolled down Regina's cheek. Lena took a hand from each of her mother's into her own and squeezed it softly to reassure them that everything was going to be okay. Regina pulled her daughter in a tight hug. Emma put her arms around her two favorite girls.

"I love you" Lena said.

"We love you too" Emma replied since Regina was to choked up.

"Sorry to break up this sweet goodbye but those bloody knights are almost here" Hook called from his lookout position on his boat. Emma pulled Regina by the hand away to take their positions.

"Take care of my little girl" Regina said to Aero when they past the dragon.

Aero nodded then turned to Lena: "Ready?"

"Let's do this" Lena replied with a smile.

Aero turned to the ocean. He closed his eyes and breathed slowly in and out. In front of the dragon a small ball of emerald green light appeared, slowly growing bigger and bigger. The black knights turned the corner. When they saw what the dragon was doing they upped their pass.

"Hurry up Aero" Lena said, seeing the knights come closer.

"It's ready."

Next chapter coming soon.