Secrets

Distraction

The first thing Mary Margaret saw from her place after the explosion was a giant. She was used to Enchanted Forest's giants, but she had never seen one quite like this before.

No, this one was made of ice and, as every good giant, loved to destroy things.

As she came down the stairs and out of her building, Mary Margaret spotted the dwarfs standing at the corner of the street and instantly ran towards them, imagining they had a better idea of what was going on.

"Thank God you are here, sister!" Leroy yelled as soon as he saw her coming.

"Where did this giant come from?" Mary Margaret yelled back, trying to overcome the beast's grunts as she moved to hid herself behind a car parked nearby.

The giant was now walking randomly and crushing buildings like they were houses of cards.

"I don't know! We were at Granny's and it just appeared from nowhere!" Happy explained as he reached Mary Margaret's side.

She looked around trying to find her husband. She knew he would be there with Emma; they were the sheriffs anyway, but that did not stop her from worrying. Gladly, she spotted them a few minutes later. David, Emma, and Hook were running, but stopped when they reached the Main Street. The giant was just about ten meters from them.

In that moment, Mary Margaret wished they had stayed at the Station.

When the creature saw people gathered, it immediately attacked. The giant took a deep breath and breathed out aiming at them, tilting his body towards the trio. The air turned ice-cold. It would freeze Emma to death if it were not for David and Hook pushing her out of the way. Emma turned around and tried to use magic to fight it. To be honest, she did not know how to use it properly. Regina was trying to teach her but given recent events the blonde had declared her lessons over.

The giant seemed hurt with the blast of magic against his chest, but after a while he managed to recover. The savior's attempt of solving the problem actually made the creature angrier and it started running towards them with a murderous determination.

The trio exchanged worried looks and ran away, not knowing really what to do next.

"What the hell is going on here?"

They heard Regina's voice. Frankly, Emma had never been happier to hear the mayor's imposing tone. The giant slowed down and turned around to face Regina. After letting out an angry growl, it marched towards her direction. Regina took several steps back and made a fireball. Emma widened her eyes.

It was not a common fireball. It had approximately the size of a car and Regina kept it fluctuating on top of her head. The giant seemed distressed by the flames and backed down a little, unsure if attacking the mayor would be the best thing to do.

Probably not.

Fortunately, Regina was not waiting for a written invitation. She groaned and directed her immense fireball towards the giant. The creature had no time to react. Regina's magic hit his chest and it melted, letting out a pained scream in the air.

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The use of so much magic made the mayor dizzy. She had to take several steps back and sit on the street, resting her back onto some random and half destroyed car. Regina stayed there taking deep breaths while Emma, Hook, David, and Mary Margaret ran towards her. The blonde instantly kneeled beside her and placed a hand on the mayor's shoulder.

"Are you alright?" Emma asked, frowning in worry. Regina looked up and shoved the hand away, moving herself to stand.

"I don't need your concern, Miss Swan." She bitted out. Emma stepped back and looked away, sighing.