Emma had stood there for a while in thought. The sky was turning dark, but what was odd was it was turn dark to quickly. Emma had started to notice it thinking that time had gotten away from her, but that idea was completely abandoned when she heard a voice shout out in the distance from the HQ.
"EMMA!" The scream was more of worried and scared tone, this is what caught Emma's immediate attention. Emma knew that voice it was her mother, Emma took off in a run towards the HQ worried for her family and friends especially for her mother. Emma could see bright red and orange flames in front of her in the distance, she ran faster. Emma reached the HQ tent area and saw everything on fire, her eyes darted left to right in search of her family and friends.
Emma was swarmed with emotions she heard noise coming from behind her, she heard footsteps of a group of people. Emma turned around cautious to find everyone she had left running towards her, they didn't stop when they reached her. Emma felt Neal grab her shoving her forward hurriedly as he quickly spoke pulling her to run with them. "Run Emma, they found US!"
They all began to run with each other as a group, Emma quickly sneaked a glance behind them to see a bunch of men and woman in black trench coats and black sunglasses running towards them with rod's exactly like the one Greg had used on her when they captured her.
Everyone kept running giving a little space between everyone as they ran, they could see tree's getting hut with the prod's and the bark breaking off leaving it flying in the air. Emma noticed they were closing in, Nathaniel and the other's saw it too.
Emma looked to Nathaniel, Elizabeth, than Alexander who had his arm cut from some flying bark. They all knew what they need to do, seeing the approaching cliff ahead.
Emma ran near one of the tree's kicking off it surprising her family as she climbed up by kicking off from the tree's. Nathaniel, Elizabeth, and Alexander knew what that meant they made sure Emma's family kept running for the cliff, Emma got to a certain tree high up stayed there for a second watching as her family continued to run.
They soon reached the edge of the cliff that seemed like it was bottomless, they turned their attention to Emma worried, they watched her stop on the highest branch looking at the approaching council member's running towards them. Emma waited until they reached a certain closeness to her location, then her eyes glowed and instinct took over her making her not even think before her whole body flamed with bright white fire almost electrifying then jumping down to the forest ground.
The white like fire spread like a bomb had exploded where Emma had landed stretching toward's the council member's who were still running. Everything was soon in slow motion as if the world stood still, a blast of a white shock wave bounced through out the forest knocking the council member's to the ground.
Emma stood there where she landed, she looked back at her family and friends then shouted. "GO!" her family wouldn't budge so her friends grabbed them and jumped over the ravine making it to the other side safety away from the council member's.
Emma then looked back at the fallen council member's who were now all wearing white clothes except one who was trying to stand up pulling up their prod slowly to try to hit her. The prod's electric metallic wire shot out towards her which she quickly dodged as if it was nothing. Emma then shot one of her hands forward extending the front of her palm quickly shooting off a short shot of white light at the council member who then finally passed out while their clothes turned white.
Emma was staring at the fallen council member when she heard the shout of her name from Nathaniel from behind her. "Emma there's more of them. There's too many, run!" Emma then whistled loudly which stretched into the forest, she was summoning Reon because she was not leaving the forest without him.
He galloped up to her not stopping, she climbed onto his saddled back as he was in gallop expertly. Emma looked towards the distance seeing the large crowd of council member's, she then looked towards her family.
Emma then turned towards her parent's on Reon then started to gallop towards the ravine, Snow, David and Neal got scared thinking she would not make it across. Emma made to the edge of the cliff, Reon jumped very skillfully over the ravine making it across with ease as if he had jumped bigger distances which he has in the past.
They joined each other at the other side of the ravine looking at each other, then over to the other side were gathered council member's who were wearing all black like an army of darkness in which they were.
Emma was sitting on Reon's back looking at them all, their faces and expressions. They were morphed monster's who were poisoned by the darkness. She knew then and there she had to bring the light to these people and to the realms. The Savior where ever she was needed to return.
"There here, it's 's no light in their eyes just darkness, this has to end" Emma spoke to her friends, which was also heard by her family.
Nathaniel stepped closer to her with a hopeful look, as he watched her stare at the council member's across the ravine. "We know you're in there...remember..please...remember us" He begged with tears in his eyes, they watched as Emma's eyes flared with white for a second as if something was happening almost like she was remembering, then the white light in her eyes blinked then returned to normal.
Nathaniel, Alexander, and Elizabeth watched this hopeful, and when her eyes stopped shining bright white they bowed their head in sadness. Emma blinked her eyes for a second as if coming back out of her thought's, she then remembered where she was. She looked around them then across the ravine, before speaking to them all.
"We should head to town back to the loft and think of a new plan quick" Nathaniel just nodded his head, then started to walk towards the exit of the forest and to the loft with everyone following him. Once they reached the edge of the forest Emma got off Reon and he galloped of literally disappearing with a glowing white light. Emma's family were all new to Emma's magic and her 'friends', they still found everything that she did amazing.
They reached the apartment, once they got inside Red, the dwarfs, Granny, Belle, Gold, Regina, and Henry were there. They were all obviously waiting for them especially Emma knowing they would be safe at the loft since it was protected by Emma's magic which was indestructible to anything and everyone.
Emma found a seat at the couch and sat thinking, soon everyone made a circle near her keeping their respected distance. She tried to think of a plan or an idea on how to get them all out of this, any thing but nothing. She got scared, she noticed Nathaniel carefully sat next to her staring at her with hope still in his eyes. She looked to him and said what he was waiting for.
"I don't know. I don't know" He quickly brought her into a hug tightly knowing they couldn't know, because she didn't remember. Them, the places they had been, skills she had learned, friends and allies they had made...she wasn't the Emma they knew, but Nathaniel was confident she was in there sleeping. Hibernating, waiting for the spring to come so she can bloom once more.
They all sat there in the apartment glancing at one another then at Emma and her friends waiting, then there was a knock on the door. Emma's head picked up in curiosity and caution, she turned her head towards the loft door as did everyone else. She looked at Nathaniel who looked to the door thinking then he knew, he turned to look at Emma this time smiling.
Everyone turned their eyes towards Emma and Nathaniel curious and scared by who was at the door, but that fear went away when they all saw Nathaniel's face smiling warmly.
Nathaniel stood up slowly holding the smile, then held out his hand to Emma which she took without hesitation. He took her hand in his then walked with her to the door, he stopped when they reached the door. He motioned his head towards the door silently telling Emma to open the door, everyone watched as she slowly reached for the lock on the loft door then slowly touched the handle of the door opening it.
The door creaked open wide for everyone to see, there in the door way was a woman a four years younger than Emma with chestnut colored straight hair with honey brown eyes which contained unshed tears at the sight of Emma.
They were the kind of eyes Emma has been before on someone else she knew, she softly spoke looking directly into the woman's eyes which she noticed had unshed tears. Emma then realized she has seen this woman before.. some where bright.
Emma didn't even acknowledge her started to speak until the words were out of her mouth. "Can I help you?"
The woman stared at Emma in the eyes with a crestfallen expression for a while then snapping out of her own thoughts at the sound of Emma's voice.
She then took a slow step forward while whispering "Emma?"
"How do you know my name?" Emma asked wanting to know, she felt a connection to this woman like they had met before once upon a dream.
"You really don't remember me. I thought you would...especially with Nathaniel, Alexander and Elizabeth here with you...I don't blame you for not remembering since you no longer can remember your bright dreams"
Emma's eyes then came to a realization she saw the woman in front of her for a moment they were back in that bright white room. Emma's eye's then glowed bright white as she saw her Nathaniel, Elizabeth, and Alexander in a great field of bright green luscious grass walking with other people she didn't recognize. They were talking, just talking laughing at their conversations;having a good time.
Her eye's then shut closed quickly before she opened them once more and found herself back in the loft with everyone. She started to breath deeply as she caught her emotions and breath from what she just experienced. Everyone was staring at her, Snow had run up to her and held her comforting her as she caught herself once more. Emma rasped out "What was that?"
The woman then walked closer to Emma studying her face for some kind of sign while asking "What do you remember?"
No one expected Emma to say anything, most of everyone came towards the door to see if Emma was alright. Neal had come up on Emma's other side now holding her, Snow let go as soon as he did and stood back over near David. They were annoyed at this woman who knocked on the door and for what she did to Emma.
"We in a bright green grass field walking with other people and we were wearing what we wore yesterday. They were wearing armor and strange clothing almost like what I saw in the enchanted forest"
Nathaniel's face brightened at this news, he instantly spoke. "Emma that was Narnia, and we were with Caspian, Lucy, Peter, Edmund, and Susan. We had to tread for three days with nothing to do, but talk to one another"
Emma looked to him with disbelieving and a half scared look, Emma then looked down at the ground thinking about what she just saw as Neal rubbed her arms comforting her.
David then spoke out directed at the woman who just walked in, he asked what everyone there wanted to know and what the seeker's already knew.
"Who are you?" the woman perked up head towards him, she then looked around the apartment at everyone inside.
As the woman was about to open her mouth to respond someone beat her to it, answering the question which brought a smile to the woman's face.
"Her name's Lily and she's my sister" Emma spoke out in a monotone voice now looking at Lily who was smiling at her, then everyone watched at Nathaniel walked over to Lily happily and embraced her in his arms holding her tight for a second before letting go.
Nathaniel then turned to everyone with his arm around Lily, they smiled together as Nathaniel spoke. "She's also my wife, and she's here to help the savior be found"
Emma looked towards them relaxing a bit at the news that someone was going to help, while everyone else stared at Emma,Lily, Snow and David in confusion.
Emma then explained to them that she was her adoptive sister, Emma then welcomed Lily in who had bags and a big wooden trunk with a flower that matched Emma's tattoo exactly. Nathaniel and Alexander helped carry it in and then placed it at Emma's feet.
Lily then walked up to Emma once more after putting down her bags seeing Emma looking at the trunk, Nathaniel watched the scene as everyone else did, they hoped the answers to winning were in that trunk or they were screwed.
Lily then put her hand on Emma's shoulder smiling softly staring at it as well. "This is yours...it contains everything you wish to know and sadly things you don't wish to know"
