MadArcher💚 [Once Upon A Time]

Chapter 31

Robin came second. She kept her hands on the cold walls. Downstairs was a small, square room. "We need a light" Robin commented. "Agreed" Regina whispered and tried to use her magic to create a fireball. But.. it didn't work. "Maybe there are magic dampeners somewhere" she sighed after trying a few times. "Then this must be the place"

"No one's here" Zelena said. She was right. It was quiet. "How are we going to find the herbs?" Robin asked. "I can feel drawers here, like the ones I had in my vault where I kept my hearts" Regina said and opened something. Robin and Zelena did the same. There were a lot of drawers to open and Robin almost gave up. Minutes passed that felt like hours. "This is it" Zelena whispered. Both ran to her. They squinted their eyes and felt with their hands. These were the herbs. They had to be. Immediately, Robin grabbed them and closed the drawer. "Let's go"

But she had made a mistake. Because what she didn't know was that if you take something, she would know.

In the few moments after a lot happened. First they heard a loud bang. It meant that the exit had been blocked, but they didn't know this yet. A few torches lit themselves and the three women could finally see something. Regina ran up the stairs, but came back a few moments later to tell them they were stuck. Then the woman, or witch, appeared only a few meters away from them. She wore a black ripped dress. She had blond curly hair and shining blue eyes. In any other case she could have been a sweet nurse, but the look in her eyes was pure evil. She held a staff in her left hand. "Trespassers are to be tortured and executed" she deadpanned, staring at them one by one. She held up her staff and behind Robin the wall disappeared. Then the Witch pointed her staff to each of them and that was threatening enough for them to walk through the opening. "Don't you have some magic now?" Robin whispered with a trembling voice. Regina and Zelena shook their heads. That witch was prepared for everything and there was no way they were able to access their magic.

"You tried to steal from me" the witch shouted. She was angry. "We're sorry" Robin tried but didn't sound determined. Again, she held her staff in the air and behind the three woman a lava pool appeared. "Can't we talk about this like adults?" Zelena tried. There was no reasoning with this witch. She was pure evil. She took a few steps closer and made her trespassers take a step back, closer to the lava. If this kept going they'd fall in sooner or later. Anyhow, they weren't going to survive much longer if Hook didn't show his face right now.

Robin had apologized a hundred times in her head. I'm sorry I didn't save you, Alice. I'm sorry I didn't get to marry you. I'm sorry I failed you. But then she suddenly realized she didn't need a man to save her. They could save themselves. They were strong women, and even though they didn't have magic on their side, they still had their strength. It was three against one but they had to try. This were their lives on stake.

As they took another step closer to the lava, Robin glanced at Regina, who nodded, showing she understood. Then Robin drew her sword and attacked the witch. Immediately, she had to drop her weapon as she had been forced to with them magic that was used against her. She felt how her feet left the ground and her throat was closing in. Every second it got harder to breathe and all she could do was pray.