I Will Always Find You

Chapter 21

The Enchanted Forest

"The fuck?" Henry's eyes were as wide as saucers. "Is that...?"

Emma smiled as she struggled against the tree branches holding her arms. "...The Lone Ranger!" Off in the distance Emma watched as The Lone Ranger and Tonto galloped towards them firing their revolvers at the tree creatures. A sword sliced the branch that was holding her right arm, freeing her. Emma saw her father with sword in hand smiling at her.

"Hey sweetie, need a hand?" He cut the other branch and then plunged his sword into the tree, causing it to crumble into dust. She embraced her father and then let him go with a grin on her face.

"You came to rescue us!" She said as he handed her a sword of her own. He put a hand on her shoulder.

"Did you think we wouldn't?" He smirked then turned around and sliced another tree with his sword. "Your mother thought you could use some help." Behind Emma a tree creature was struck by an arrow and Emma looked in the direction the shot had come from. Her mother was holding a bow and gave Emma a thumbs up. The tree behind her crumbled like the others.

Regina watched with relief as the Charmings helped Emma. A familiar voice came from her left.

"Hey sis, you've looked better." Zelena said with a chuckle as she waved her hands causing the tree holding Regina to glow green and disintegrate. Regina smirked at her sister.

"Well look who decided to show up." Regina said. As a purple aura flew from her hand and destroyed another tree creature.

Zelena smiled. "Good to see you too."

"Henry." Regina said to her sister as she moved past her. She watched as a purple wand touched the tree holding Henry and destroyed the wooden creature, freeing him.

"Violet!" Henry exclaimed.

She smiled at him. "I always wanted to be part of one of your operations!" A loud roar overhead drew Henry's attention skyward and he saw the two dragons circling above raining down fire on the tree creatures.

A hand on his shoulder made Henry turn and come face to face with Rumplestiltskin. "Henry my boy, come with me." Rumple's face was grim. "We have work to do."

Regina made her way to Emma and the blonde gave her a grateful glance. Soon they were fighting back to back. Regina began throwing purple blasts at the creatures while Emma swung away at them with her sword. A growl behind them caused them to jump but then they saw a giant wolf leap over their heads and tear into a group of the tree creatures.

"Go get 'em Ruby!" Emma yelled in delight as she continued to chop away. A crossbow bolt from Granny alerted them to the older woman's presence nearby.

Emma began to see that all around them were their friends fighting together against the army of trees. Elsa froze a few trees as Mulan hacked them apart with her katana. Tinkerbell was in a pitched battle with a few trees as her wand was busy blasting away. She was soon assisted by her apprentice Violet and the two fairies fought together, evening the odds against them. Dorothy blasted a tree with a shotgun while Grumpy and the other dwarves swung their pick axes.

"Regina!" Emma called over her shoulder as she fought off the tree closest to her. "Do you see Henry?" Regina continued to blast away with her magic as she scanned the area for their son.

"There he is!" Regina pointed to the August Tree. "He's with Gold!" Emma spotted her son and Gold.

"Let's get over there." Emma said through gritted teeth as she dispatched the tree creature.