AN: Hello there!

So...I've had to split up Witch Hunt into two chapters because it was 10,000+ words altogether, I thought it would be nicer to had two chunks of the chapter instead of one huge one

For reference I've based Amelia's new look from Scarlett Johansson's portrayal of Natasha Romanoff from Captain America: The Winter Solider (2014)

And uh..let me know what you think about the cliffhanger at the end. Hehe

Enjoy Part 1!

Enchanted Forest

One Year Ago

In the protected palace the Wicked Witch fawned over the Evil Queen's jewellery.

"Look at all her things. Onyx, black pearl... diamond" She picked out a diamond earring that held a small ruby in the middle and looked into the mirror to see how the earrings look on herself "A family could live off what this is worth" She drops the earring in the jewelry box" "She just left it all behind" she Walks to the Queen's wardrobe with a flying monkey close by watching her.

The Wicked Witch looks around the room "Such pretty things. All wasted on her" She opens the wardrobe and searches through the outfits; picking out a black and red robe, she paused recognizing the piece of clothing stroking the soft material with her green hand, her face softened as she remembered the owner of the garb before her face turned into hard scowl as she threw the robe dismissively onto the floor before going back into the wardrobe and taking out a dress holding it against her.

"Ahh. Now, this could work" she mused as she walked to the floor length mirror where green smoke envelopes her. The smoke clears; showing she is now wearing the dress. She studies herself in the mirror "Now, that's how you wear a dress". She Turns her head to the flying monkey. The creature looks her, with a kind of admiration "I know I look lovely" she answered the monkey "Now go find the Evil Queen and her pretty Black Widow, let them know that I'm here. And no... there's no need to be gentle" The flying monkey obeys and flies out of the window towards its targets.

Snow White and company make their way across the land towards Sherwood Forest to shelter until they figured out who exactly had taken residence of the palace. The Evil Queen stops and looks at her former palace in the distance. While Amelia was distracting herself with Robin Hood's young son Roland.

"Auntie" the young boy exclaimed in excitement as she play fought with him making him giggle wildly at the redhead's playful antics.

A rare genuine smile widened on her face as he tried to get away from her ticklish fingers only for the woman to grab him off the ground.

"Come here" Amelia picked the young boy up and tucked him under her arm carrying him like it was the most natural thing for her to do. Snow smiles softly at the scene. She loved children, she was excellent with Henry in Storybrooke. She noticed her tough exterior vanished when she was with them.

Red approached the Princess and best friend Snow White "Seems like old times, doesn't it?" she mused to the princess, looked towards Regina and Amelia "Except, not running from Regina and Amelia, but with them"

"She's changed so has Amelia I have to believe for the better" Snow told her oldest friend.

"I hope it sticks" looked looks back towards Regina who is still staring through the protection spell "But regardless, they don't look too good. If they hadn't tried to hurt us so many times, I might be worried about them"

"Amelia's just lost her father again; I can't imagine what she's going through, but I'll talk to Regina" walks away and approaches the Evil Queen still staring out into the horizon at her castle "You're ready to make camp soon, Regina?" But she remains silent "You're thinking about Henry, aren't you?"

"I'm always thinking about Henry. And I was also thinking" turning around to walk on being met with Prince Charming and Amelia carrying Roland on her shoulders "there are tunnels that run under the castle. They may run beneath the spell"

"Which means we can sneak an army inside" David suggested

Amelia scoffed at David's suggestion "Yes Charming if you want to get us all killed. We don't know who's in there so no, an army would be detected" she tells the Prince straight

"Then how do the tunnels help us?" Snow asked the women

"Because they can get me inside" Regina speaks up "If I can get inside, then I can lower the shield. Then you can send in your army" David nodded accepting her answer as they carried on.

The party came to a sudden halt as they heard shrieking above them. Scooping Roland off her neck and places him down onto the ground "Fnd Papa quickly" she tells the boy. At her instruction the boy runs behind her to find his father as turns on her sixth sense to seek out the origin of the sound as Charming drew his sword and Snow readies to lose and arrow and Amelia followed suit and unsheathing her cutlass sword.

"Incoming!" They heard Neal shout down the pathway.

Seeing the flying monkey coming straight for her she didn't hesitate as she pounced forward on the balls of her feet as it pushes her cousin out of it's path to come straight at her. Meeting the creature halfway she jumps up to bring the sword down onto the creature from above only for the thing to spin itself into a completely different direction at the last second so that the sharp blade missed it's target, one of it's long legs stretched out for it's clawed foot to strike her exposed shoulder. She felt the claws literally ripping her skin apart as it left three long claw marks before it flew away again. She hadn't heard the scream that left her lips unit she sound herself back onto the ground clutching at her bleeding shoulder unaware that the four year old behind her had wiggled himself out of his father's arms to run to his auntie.

"Auntie!" Roland exclaimed and ran forward to help the redhead.

"Roland no!" Robin couldn't do anything as his son ran to his aunt to help her only for the flying monkey to turn back around to start it's second run up to the injured assassin

Hearing her friends frightened voice she quickly grabbed the toddler with a bloody hand to bring him into her body to cover him from the incoming attack bringing is small frame into her good shoulder. Unaware of the Queen's presence in front of them.

"Not so fast" Regina seethed she flicked her wrist, creating purple smoke to encircle the creature and transforms the monkey into a stuffed animal, and drops the ground.

Rushing forward Robin snatched his son away from Amelia as she finally looked up to see the stuffed animal that was the flying monkey on the ground a few feet away from her. She saved them.

Picking up the stuffed animal the former Queen approached the father and son duo as Robin tried to comfort his son from the attack.

"See, not so scary" she tells the young boy giving the toy to Roland who gratefully takes it "Now you have a new toy"

"Thank you" Robin tells Regina sincerely. Amelia watched the exchanged as Snow fussed over her blood covered hand as her heart twisted inside her chest.

"Lia. Are you okay?" Snow's voice brought her back to reality and the pains from the scratches started to throb, she didn't answer Snow's question which made the princess to ask her again "Lia?"

"Get off me" she huffs out in annoyance at the woman's fuss shoving the Princess off her as she stood up from the ground, picking up her dropped sword to walk away from the scene. Snow went after the former assassin but was stopped by her husband.

"Give her some space" he advised her and let the assassin walk away holding her shoulder.

The sooner she got to Monteriggioni the better.

Storybrooke

Present

After the Charming couple's reunion with their daughter in their loft a year after they had to say goodbye to her at the town line. The blonde savoir remembered her life in Storybrooke after Hook found her in New York with Henry, living the life they would have had if she had never given him up for adoption. A parting gift left by the former Evil Queen a year ago when they stopped Pan's curse from taking over the town.

They decided to retreat to the Inn behind Granny's diner so the couple's adult daughter could put Henry to bed, who has no memory of his life in the sleepy town full of fairy-tale characters. Heavily pregnant with her second child Mary Margaret was comfortably sat in an armchair in the Inn's homely entrance with her husband stood over her as the pirate decided to keep his distance from the pair opting to lean against a bookcase as they waiting for Emma to return to try and make sense of the town's newest predicament the town had found themselves with no memory of the last year and how they got back.

"Okay" Emma announced her apprentice as she descended the stairs to her parent and Hook waiting for her "Henry is asleep upstairs. If he wakes up, you three are helping me with the case" she says taking a seat on the sofa opposite her parents.

"So, what the hell happened here? I mean, besides the obvious" Emma asked her parents gesturing to her mother's pregnant stomach.

"We don't know" Mary Margaret started "We watched you drive over the town line with Henry. Regina started to cast her spell to take us all back to the Enchanted Forest and then...everything went black"

"And the next thing we remember is waking up in our beds like it was any other morning in Storybrooke" David added.

"Except it clearly wasn't" Mary Margaret added smoothing a protective hand over her growing stomach.

"Almost harvest time and you can't remember the planting. It's bad luck, mate" Hook quppied from the bookcase aimed towards David.

"And we don't know where the hell we were" David told his daughter "We don't even know if we left Storybrooke"

"Aye, you did" Hook assured the Prince with his memory of the last year still intact "I was with you"

"In the Enchanted Forest?" Mary Margaret questioned.

"Regina's spell brought us back" Hook tells the former Princess "We spent a brief time with a prince and princess named Phillip and Aurora. But I wasn't feeling the community spirit, so I ventured of on my own. The last I saw of you lot, you were making your way to Regina's castle"

"And now you're cursed" Emma commented not surprised "Why doesn't that surprise me?"

Mary Margaret shook her head "Regina seems as clueless as the rest of us. I'm not quite sure she was involved"

"So, she says"

David turned Hook "I don't understand. If you left the Enchanted Forest before the curse, how did you know to find Emma and come to Storybrooke?" he asked the pirate.

"As I was sailing the realms, a bird landed on my ship's wheel with a note instructing me to retrieve Emma and bring her back here. There was a small vial of memory potion tied to its leg"

"Who sent it?" Mary Margaret asked him in trepidation.

"I assumed you did"

David turned to his wife in the chair "A message via bird-that does sound like you"

As there was a knock on the door. Leroy and Happy enter the room let themselves in gaining everyone's attention "What is it?" the prince asked them.

"We lost another one. We're five now" Leroy announced to the group.

Happy looked on his cell phone as he added to Leroy's announcement "Four, actually. Bashful's not answering"

"Wait. What is going on?" Emma asked the dwarfs.

Leroy saw Emma on the couch "Thank God you're back, sister"

"It's not just our memories that are missing" her mother spoke up "Ever since we woke up, people have begun disappearing"

"Whoever cursed us is picking us off, one by one" Leroy added.

"Who's exactly missing?" the blonde asks

"Aside from the dwarvfs, we're not sure" David told her "There's been a lot of confusion over the past few days. It's been hard to keep track of everyone"

"Wait. Neal. Is he here?" Emma asks hope of seeing the man again.

"Well, we haven't found him yet" Mary Margaret tell her with a sad smile.

"So, he might have been taken, too" it dawned on the blonde.

"Smart money is on yes" Leroy answered to quickly.

"Leroy!" Mary Margaret scolds the dwarf.

Hook quickly came in to reassure Emma "He'll turn up, Swan. He always does"

""There's something else" Mary Margaret speaks up getting the blonde's attention "Amelia is missing too"

"What?" she gaped in surprise her eyes widening in fear hearing the one person that would be able to figure this out couldn't be found. She alos be the only person who'd put up a good fight against whoever was behind them.

"We searched her apartment and asked her thieves at the bar, no one can find her" Leroy added "We're all screwed if we can't find her soon"

"Leroy" the former Princess lightly chastised the man again.

"Did Lia go to the castle as well?" Emma asked the pirate.

"I'm not sure Swan" Hook says "We conversed before I left, she said she was planning on heading somewhere else once the rest were settled at the palace. She called it eh..Mont-"

"Monteriggioni" Mary Margaret quickly supplied for the pirate.

"Monty What?" Emma asked her mother.

"Monteriggioni" Mary Margaret repeated to Emma "Romeo mentioned it a few times when I was younger. It's was where the Assassins came from. It was their home" she quickly informed her daughter left feeling a little disappointed that her friend didn't want to return with them.

"Some folks have set up camp in the woods at the edge of town. Neal and Amelia might be there" David tried his best reassure his daughter.

"Or they may not have got swept up in the curse at all" Mary Margaret suggested

Emma stood from the couch "There's only one way we gonna figure all this out. We have to get your memories back"

"How are we going to do that?"

"By figuring out who took them in the first place"

Enchanted Forest

One Year Ago

With frayed nerves calmed and tempter's calmed the group gathered once again to discuss the latest development.

Two attacks in a space of an hour. Someone wanted them dead, and she had a good feeling it was the same person that now resided inside the palace. She knew who it was as soon as she got a good look at the flying monkey's who it was.

Last time she had seem them was in OZ. Whatever the Wicked Witch was up too, she and Regina were certainly not invited for tea and cake. The assassin sat off to the side as she tried to tend to the scratches the flying monkey had left. Tom had found her and brought her back to the group after David had sent him to get her. Her patchwork would have to do until she got back to her home. The last of her medicine she had was given to Regina earlier after a similar attack.

"What the hell was that thing?" David started off the group.

"The same kind of monster that attacked us on our journey here" Snow answered.

"If I didn't know better, I'd say it looked an awful lot like a monkey" Grumpy observed, Amelia rolled her eyes at the dwarf.

"A monkey with wings?"

"Yes, that's exactly what it is" Regina deuces.

"Okay, you're acting like that's normal" Neal spoke up.

"Actually, it is" Belle tells them "But not here. There's only one land that has creatures like that. I've read about it"

"Oz" Amelia suddenly spoke up answering the question from her place making everyone look at her.

"Oz? That's a real place" the princess questioned the red head.

"As real as the Enchanted Forest. Belle's right" the red head answered as she stood up and approached the group "It's very real. I've been there myself. If our simian friend is any indication, then I know exactly who's taken up residence in the castle. The Wicked Witch"

"We talking East or West?" Grumpy asked the assassin.

"Does it matter?" Snow retorted "Neither one sounds good"

"One you drop a house on. The other one you toss a bucket of water at" Snow nodded at her friend.

David looked straight to Regina accusingly "Regina, what exactly are we up against besides green skin and a pointy hat? What did you do to her?"

"This time? Nothing. Never met her" Regina told the honestly.

"What about you? you seem to know an awful lot" Grumpy asked the Assassin suspiciously.

"Never met her" she answered the dwarf. Regina saw the lie Amelia had just told. Why was she lying? "The simians on the other hand, a few times" she carried on ignoring the way Regina had just looked at her.

"This isn't a personal vendetta?" Both women shook their heads "Shocking. Okay then, Oz aside, we stick to the original plan. Arm up, then attack" he looked to the Queen "Assuming you can get the shield down"

"You don't need to worry about me" Regina tells them as she starts to walk away from them.

"I'm coming with you" Snow started to protest.

"No, this is a one-woman job" Regina retorted.

"What? Against the Wicked Witch? She has flying monkeys! Who knows what else!"

"I don't care if the Lollipop Guild is protecting her. I can lower that shield on my own"

"Then we'll be waiting for you on the other side" Snow finally relented.

Amelia huffed at Regina's stubbornness and waited until Regina was out of sight as the caravan continued in the opposite direction r "Lia?" she looked back to see Snow "Are you coming?"

"I'll meet you in the castle" she tells the Princess before flowing the path Regina took.

"But Regina said-"

"I don't care" she snaps at the younger woman "Just make sure Tom stays with you and I'll make sure the shields down"

"Okay" she nodded "please be careful Amelia"

"When haven't I?" she winked at the Princess before climbing up a tall tree following the former Evil Queen through the branches.

The next morning Emma and David were called out to the town line where someone had been carried across by a flying beast.

The town's sheriff's were greeted by none other than Robin Hood and Tom the lost boy they had brought back from Neverland who Amelia had taken under her wing straight away. The two met the savior and the former Prince and Hook as they got out of their cars.

"This is where he was taken" Robin indicated to the town line to the blonde

"I wouldn't step over that line, if I were you" Emma warned as she her father and Hook approached the line themselves.

"You think Little John was carried away because he attempted to cross that line?" Robin asked the blonde

"Makes sense" David speaks up "The dwarf's were out checking the line to see if anyone was coming or going when they disappeared. What exactly took Little John?" David asked the archer.

"We didn't get a good look. Some manner of a beast with wings" Robin informs them

"That sounds a lot like the monster who attacked me in New York" Emma added looking at Hook.

"The monster you were gonna marry?" Hook asked her, referring to Walsh

David's face dropped unpleasantly surprised "You're gonna marry someone?

"Did you just miss the part where I said "monster"?" Hook asked the former Prince.

Robin Hood brought the conversation back to the matter at hand "We need to find Little John"

"It may lead us to those who've gone missing" Emma thought aloud "David, take him and the rest of his-"

"Merry Men" Robin supplied

"Right. Them. Run a search grid and see if you can find any sign of their missing guy" She begins to walk away only for Tom's timid but strong voice to stop her.

"Emma wait!" he called out making her stop. The lost boy had changed since the previous year she had seen him. He had grown in height as he came to just shorter than her and he had become stockier than before like he had been training.

Maybe Amelia had been continuing from where Romeo had left off in the year they had apart. He wore a black and blue checkered coat that still looked a little too big for him while a black beanie covered his wild brown curls.

"We should wait for Amelia" Tom tells the blonde "She's the best tracker out of all of us"

"Wait. Did you say Amelia? She's here?" she asked the former lost boy. After hearing the redhead, they had been desperate to find for any answers of the towns return new predicament a year's worth of memories missing. If someone knew something it would be her.

"Depends on who's asking" a familiar voice made the savior snap her head to the tree line. Emma and David let out a sigh of relief seeing their friend stood there alive and well.

Her hair had grown longer since the last time Emma had seen the red head, it went to her shoulders, all her natural waves had been straightened as she wore black jeans with boots and a worn green jacket over a stripped hoodie.

"Thank god" she sighed as she took a step towards the assassin "we were wondering where's you had gotten to" Emma got close only for the redhead to stiffen in apprehension, her arms snapped up as she took up a fighting stance, her hands curling into the two deadly hidden blades jumped out making Emma suddenly stop.

"What the hell?" she breathed out in fear as David jump forward putting himself in between the redhead and his daughter

"Hey!" David yelled with his hands up "Whoa easy it's us" the Prince tried to calm the situation down only for it go unheard

"Easy Amelia" Robin jumped in trying to sooth the assassin as he rounded to stand next to her "They are trying help us find Little John" he tried to simmer the assassin

"She has magic" they heard the redhead say to the "She's one of them" she growls out

"Amelia?" Emma shuddered out. A year ago, Amelia warmly said goodbye the savior now she was warning her to stay back.

"Who the hell are you?" the redhead spat at the blonde in the red jacket who was speaking to her friend Robin. She could feel the magic that radiated around the blonde, it was new, unknown and dangerous.

"W-what?" Emma stammered in confusion towards the older woman.

"Calm down luv" Hook finally spoke up taking a step toward the redhead.

"You" she breathed out "Get the hell away from me!" she yelled taking a dangerous step forward towards the pirate that ruined her life, only to be stopped as Robin and Tom had to retrain her wrapping their arms to stop the woman from doing something stupid like killing someone that was trying to help them.

"What the hell is going on?" Emma looked towards her father for the answer as the pair struggled to keep her calm.

"I-I don't know, something's wrong" her father said.

Emma look at Hook to see his jaw clenching in uneasiness "You might want to take a backseat on this one, whatever's happened you're not her favorite person at the moment"

"Aye" Hook agreed with the blonde taking a few hesitant steps away from the scene as the redhead had finally calmed down enough for Robin to step away letting the young Tom to calm the woman approaching the Prince and his daughter.

"I'm sorry she's been like this ever since we all woke up" Robin looked at the pair apologetically "We don't know what's wrong"

"It's fine we're all a little confused at the moment" David spoke for the pair "We'll figure it out"

Emma and David once again step towards the assassin, her head snapping up to meet their gaze.

"Amelia, it's us Emma and David" her father spoke up for them as they waited for some kind of recognition in her eyes

Green eye's flickered between the man that held the same face as Prince James and the woman that seemed comfortable enough to approach her. Her face only grew in even more confused as she tried to place the blonde in front of her only to come up short yet again.

"Who the hell is Emma?"

Hehe *slams the door shut and runs away*

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