Oh shit, she heard everything. She heard everything! Lisa thought over and over as she paced beneath a tree a few yards from the others. She dug her fingers into her hair and repeatedly tried to contact Regina, but there was nothing. She felt a strange glow emanating from the brunette's mind, or however they were connected. "Shit!" Lisa screamed, punching the tree.

"Why is it so bad that she heard you?" Mary Margaret asked, walking over to the anxious wolf.

"Because I wasn't ready to tell her that and she wasn't ready to hear it." Lisa responded.

"Worrying about it isn't exactly going to help."

"I am aware."

Mary Margaret sighed and turned to go back to the warrior and the princess.

Lisa flopped down beneath the tree and sighed. "Why are you so upset?" She opened her eyes to find Cora standing in front of her, looking at her with dark curious eyes.

"What do you want?"

"To know why you're so upset. I heard what you said about Regina, it was beautiful."

"Yeah well, she heard it all. That's why I'm upset. I wanted to wait for the right time, she has a lot to deal with right now and I didn't want to add even more on her plate."

"You truly care about her."

"Is that surprise I hear?" Lisa asked.

"Curiosity, mostly." Cora replied. She looked up at Mary Margaret, Mulan and Aurora quietly talking near the beanstalk.

"Why do you hide?" Lisa asked. "It's not like any of them could actually kill you if they tried."

"I'm not hiding, dear. Maybe I just wanted to speak with you privately. Your connection with my daughter is quite intriguing."

"That's what you want, to get to Regina? If you want to hurt her, I swear I will-" Lisa grabbed at her throat as invisible hands began to squeeze it. She looked at Cora as she slowly lowered her hand.

"I don't want to hurt Regina." Cora said, releasing the spell. "And I don't want to hurt you. All I want is to understand. I want to understand her, you, your connection with one another. All I want is for her to be happy."

"Yeah well, she's not. That damn curse didn't exactly measure up to the expectations."

Cora nodded. She barely turned her head as an arrow suddenly appeared in the tree.

"Cora!" Mary Margaret yelled, racing towards them with Mulan in tow.

Lisa sighed. "She is very annoying sometimes."

"Very true. It was worse when she was younger." Cora said, another arrow flying at her head. She easily caught it and crushed it in her hand. She sighed. "I suppose this conversation will have to wait." She smiled at Lisa as she disappeared in a cloud of purple smoke.

"What did Cora say?" Mary Margaret demanded.

"Nothing of concern." Lisa said immediately. "You know, did you ever think that with Cora actually talking to me, that I might be able to get some information out of her. You shooting at her in'st helping, and you obviously can't kill her, so why try?"

"She is dangerous. You should try to kill her as well. Regina did."

"Regina didn't want to kill her, otherwise she would be dead. Just like you." Lisa said. "She pushed Cora through a looking glass and you, you cannot possibly believe that you escaped from her by your wits alone. I mean, a bandit vs an Evil Queen, an evil sorceress at that. Come on, Miss Blanchard."

Mary Margaret went quiet at this, still bristling, but she turned when Mulan suddenly struck the beanstalk. "What are you doing?!"

"It was your daughter's wish." Mulan said.

Mary Margaret tackled her to the ground. "You will not put my daughter in danger!"

Lisa was about to join her when a heavy weight suddenly landed on her back. "What the hell?"

"Told you I'd be back." Emma said, smirking, holding up the compass.

"Great, now get the hell off me please."

Emma stood up and helped her friend to her feet. "Come on, we got 10 hours before Hook follows us." She turned to her mother. "Hey, knock it off and let's go!" She was shocked when Lisa suddenly hugged her. "What-" Lisa stepped back and slapped her.

"Don't ever do that again. We go back together, or not at all." Lisa said adamantly.

Emma nodded and smiled, clutching her bruised cheek.

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They quickly distanced themselves from the beanstalk and made camp.

"We need to find out where Cora is hiding." Emma said. "We need the dust."

"Why don't we just ask Lisa, they seem to be good buddies." Mulan said, glaring daggers at the wolf as she paced slowly next to the fire.

"Kiss my ass." Lisa growled.

"Hey, both of you, chill. Fighting each other isn't helping us." Emma intervened.

"And sitting here isn't either." Lisa retorted. "I need to Run, I'll be back later." She removed her band, tossing it to Emma and shifted, taking off into the darkness. Her wolf lead her far and wide and she lost herself in the sheer bliss of being a wolf, of being free. The Enchanted Forest had endless forests, endless space to Run, to be free. Briefly, she wondered what it would be like to run with Ruby, to run with her mother, or even...Regina. Running through the forest with the woman of her dreams at her side, what could possibly be better? Dawn was cresting over the horizon when she turned to head back to the others, suddenly feeling another presence. A large silver she-wolf ran at her side and she recognized her mother's eyes.

Something is wrong. You must hurry. Your friends are in danger. Follow us.

Lisa's eyes stretched wide momentarily as pale wolves appeared out of the mist. One that could only be Quinn, flashed her wolfy grin and she pushed her paws harder into the dirt, gouging the earth in her haste to get back to the others. The sounds of fighting reached her eyes and Lisa spotted Emma being attacked by a group of...villagers? Several of them had arrows sticking out of their chests from Mary Margret's bow and Mulan's sword, the supposed most powerful weapon in all the realms, wasn't doing any damage. Lisa let loose a thunderous roar as she lead the pack into the middle of the fray, tearing through the men with teeth and claws, shredding cloth and flesh and cracking bones. One of them managed to catch her side with a axe, tearing open her ribcage. Blood poured from her flank but her wolf was so angry at being harmed that she felt no pain whatsoever, and continued fighting. But they just kept coming.

"Lisa, run!" Emma yelled, taking off with her mother just behind her.

Lisa moved to follow them, but with her being the only one left in the clearing, the villagers set upon her. She felt a knife enter her back leg and it gave out. Still, she continued to fight, tossing bodies aside as they tried to maul her and leap onto her back. Pain shooting through her shoulder made her collapse as she tried to make a run for it.

The last thing she heard was Regina's scream in her head. No!

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