Chapter 4 – "Step 4 - Emma" - part 2
Emma's POV
Two hours later at Regina's vault
The three of them were in front of The Mill's vault waiting for Regina to start their magic lessons. The raven woman had chosen that specific place to play it safe; it was very isolated so even if Emma's or Elsa's magic got out of control they wouldn't harm anyone. This way, they would be free to confront their deepest secrets, release all their unknown fears and get control over their emotions so as to finally be able to control their magic.
"First thing you have to remember is that magic is emotion. The stronger your emotions are and the wilder your magic will become. Because of this you have to focus on something that can help you relax. You have to find your happy memory that you could picture easily in your mind anytime your emotions (and so your magic) are getting out of control. Is that clear?"
Both Emma and Elsa nodded their head vigorously.
'I wonder what would you say if you know that all my happy memories are with you.. even if we are just friends and nothing more..'
"I brought you here because this place is very isolate and far away from Storybrook, you are free to be yourself and release all your powers without fearing to hurt anyone. Here.. With me.. You don't have to hide or hold yourself back. Remember that with me you can always be yourself."
'So finally here we are.. and we can start our lessons. OMG she really is amazing.. She is so sure of herself, I can almost see her glowing and she is gorgeous! I would have never thought it was possible, but she is even more beautiful than usual! It seem that the teaching-task really suits her..'
"In these days we are going to let your natural magic free, once released you'll learn how to control it. For the moment I don't want to teach you anything about spells or curses, I prefer to focus on your natural magic and its control. So let's get started, shall we?"
They had been practicing for almost two hours trying to summon fire balls (ice balls for Elsa), making object gravitation and performing little object appearances and disappearances, when suddenly everything around them started to freeze up.
"Elsa.. What are you doing? Stop this or we'll all be frozen up in no time" Regina growled.
"It's not me.."
"She is right.. It's not her fault, it's mine!"
"INGRID?!" Both Emma and Elsa said in unison, while Regina crossed her arms and looked elsewhere showing no interest in her presence.
'What the hell? Why on heart is she here?'
"My dearest sisters, you two shouldn't be here with HER!" Ingrid said point her head towards Regina and then added mischievously "she is not right for you, I am the only one good enough for you."
'Oh I can assure you Regina is just damn right for me in so many ways!' and a little grin appeared on the blonde's lips.. 'Swan stop thinking those pervert things in such a bad moment! Just focus on the situation and try to keep everyone safe!'
"Would you mind sharing with us WHY are you here exactly?" Regina shot back uncrossing her arms and moving, dangerously, towards her like a powerful predator ready to pounce its prey.
'Now THAT is sexy!' It reminded Emma of the Evil Queen and it quite literally took her breath away. 'Seriously? how can I focus when she is just so damn hot all the time that I couldn't even take my mind off her for a second?'
"And you're intruding." Regina was now completely in her Evil Queen mode and Ingrid wasted no time in turning towards her with all her anger. They were almost dancing around each other holding their gaze and it was like a silent battle was already taking place between ice and fire.
"Is that some kind of insult towards me, Your Majesty?"
"Oh, I'd very much like to insult you, Ingrid, but I'm afraid that you wouldn't understand me."
Regina smirked with her most imposing Evil Queen attire.
'She is so breathtaking also in her Evil Queen mode! Wait.. she is using her emotionless-Evil-Queen-mask to protect us against Ingrid! I can't believe it! I've never seen her like that with me, I've seen her in this way only towards Henry or to protect herself''
"Oh I know Regina that you want them all for yourself!"
"Pardon?" The brunette said in disbelief.
"I know that you want them to be your sisters! But I'm sorry.. They are already taken! They will be my two loving sisters, not yours!"
Regina burst in a fit of laughter.
"You couldn't be serious, could you?" She asked between mocking cackles.
"I'm afraid to inform you that I already have a sister and I can assure she is already more than enough for me!".
'Oh please not her sister! I can be everything she wants me to be.. Her arch-enemy, her friend, her best friend.. But please not her sister! My feelings for her are so not sisterly at all! I want to be so much more for her.. I want to build up a family with her.. Regina, Henry and me.. That's the family I've been searching for all my life.. And I'm gonna fight for them!'
"I'm not totally sure if you really are interested in Elsa in some way, yet I'm positive you have strong feelings for Emma" the Snow Queen told dangerously.
"Oh I can assure you my feelings for the Savior are not sisterly at all.." Regina said with a mischievous grin.
'Cool down Swan and don't make your hopes up! She just meant that you are friends and not family! Yep.. That's what she meant; we are friends and nothing more for her.. She is just trying to push Ingrid's button!'
"You really have the nerve to talk back to me like that? You will NEVER take my sisters away for me!" Ingrid yelled summoning snow balls in her hands and then started throwing ice blasts all around trying to hit Regina and everything else in between.
Regina immediately erected a magic-fire-shield between the Snow Queen and them in order to protect all the three of them.
'She is protecting us! Maybe Henry was right, she doesn't completely hate me.. But please Regina be careful I don't want you to get hurt for protecting us.. Even if it's so sweet and makes me fall for you even more!'
Regina's shield was amazing; they couldn't be hit by Ingrid's ice blasts but on the other hand they could attack her back with their magic.
Regina was using all her magic to keep the shield up and protect them instead of attacking her soon-to-be-new-enemy. For this reason Elsa and Emma tried supporting Regina in fighting Ingrid back with their magic. Unfortunately Elsa was too scared and as a result her magic would only help Ingrid more against them and so she stopped immediately. On the other hand Emma was too angry with Ingrid for ruining her almost-alone-time with Regina and more over to try to hurt her that she couldn't maintain her magic under control. The more she tried, the more she wasn't able to perform any magic and for each passing minute she was becoming more and more frustrated in her lack of control.
Unfortunately the shield was just in front of them, so when an ice blast hit the vault behind them and came back in their direction, they were completely defenseless.
At the beginning Ingrid felt a great joy seeing the ice blast coming towards the three women, because finally she could reach her target and hit Regina passing over the fire-shield. But she made a little cry of horror and her eyes went wide when she realized that the ice blast was going very fast in Emma's direction and it was going to hit her in no more than a few seconds. She couldn't do anything to stop it.
Emma realized the situation immediately and turned herself towards the arriving ice blast, her eyes grow wide and she caught her breath. She looked briefly at Regina and saw her panic-stricken beautiful face looking at her and then she turned again toward the ice blast waiting for the inevitable impact.
'Fucking Great.. That's it! I'm going to be all frozen up today due to one of the Ingrid's fucking ice blast! I should have told Regina my feelings before and now I don't have the time to do that anymore.. Damn! Please Regina find a way to stop Ingrid's magic.. Not only for Marion's sake but also for me.. Please save me, so I can come back and tell you everything that is in my heart..' And then she closed her eyes waiting for the impact.
But it never came.
She heard the Snow Queen laughing loudly, at that the Savior opened her eyes afraid to see what could have happened.
"It seems that at the end I got what I wanted; Regina finally out of the picture!" saying that the Snow Queen disappeared in a white cloud of smoke laughing heartily.
All the sheriff could see was Regina collapsed and still on the ground and she immediately rushed at her side. Emma felt like her heart had plummeted to her stomach, she had never seen Regina so vulnerable before. The Savior felt nothing else but cold and with a deep ache in her heart. She was pale, tears were pooling at her eyes, she barely looked like herself.
Her legs gave way under her, and she fell onto her knees, keeping a death grip on the grass near the brunette's form as her whole body shook with a wracking sob.
'This can't be real! Please tell me this is not really happening.. I can't survive this.. I can't live without her in my life even if she doesn't return my feelings. Oh God Please tell me she is gonna be fine.. I can't lose her without even having given us a chance to be something! That ice blast was for me..'
"She saved you.." Elsa said interrupting the thoughts of a very shocked Emma.
"She saw you in danger and she wasted no time in throwing herself between you and the ice blast.."
Kneeling at Regina's side she gently turned the other woman who was lying prone on the ground and took her head in her lap. The former Queen opened her eyes slowly. Emma checked frantically all her body for any injury and found out that the ice blast hit her just above the brunette's heart.
"Emma?" She heard it clearly, even though it was barely louder than a broken whisper.
"Holy Shit!"
"Language Miss Swan.."
'SHIT.. SHIT.. SHIT! It crashed just near her heart! What the Hell? Couldn't it hit her in some other place with all the damn different possibilities! But no.. of course it should have been near her heart! We don't have much time.. and she has already started to freeze up..! Fuck Ingrid.. I swear I'm gonna kill you!'
"We need to bring you home immediately! I'll poof the two of us over there.."
"Emma you have practiced with your magic just for the past two hours and nothing more.. The 'Poofing' is something very advanced, you don't have enough experience for doing that and above all you don't have your magic under control.. so bring me home in a more common way.." Regina said weakly.
"Oh I can assure you I can do that! I don't care how difficult or dangerous it could be.. you are badly hurt and my "emotions" just want to keep you safe and I will! I would do anything to protect you.. even performing a difficult spell like that!"
'Oh crap!'
"Only true love can thaw a frozen heart." They look up at Elsa's voice and hope flows through Emma's heart. "Henry…." She begins but Elsa shakes her head solemnly, "with this kind of ice-spell, only a romantic true love can save her".
"Emma.. it is too dangerous for you and I don't want to put you in danger.." Regina said softly.
"I don't care! You need to be home as soon as possible! In this way Robin could be there in no time and give you a good true-love-kiss and save you!" Emma ached in her heart knowing she couldn't be the one who'll save Regina, but the most important thing at the moment was Regina's life and nothing else.
'I was never supposed to fall in love with you, Regina Mills. Damn you!'
She looked at Elsa who understandingly nodded in return "I'll inform the others and bring Robin at the manor as soon as possible.. along with Henry of course".
At that Emma put the former Evil Queen in a close and protective embrace and make them disappear in a puff of light-blue smoke.
"Emma stop!" she tried again to plead, but Emma couldn't - or wouldn't - hear her.
~~~SQSQ~~~~~~~~~~~~ TO BE CONTINUED~~~~~~~~~~~~ SQSQ~~~
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