Ivy: We poofed ourselves in Hyperion Heights' community garden, where the witches crafted a fiery storm and gave birth to creatures of the night, that would rip people's lives.
"Dark one, how nice of you to pay us a visit. Tell me, did you want to watch the spectacle of the end of the world, up close?"
"Gothel, I believe we can't let the world die, not without a round or two against you." Weaver said.
"Have it your way, dark one."
The crocodile looked at Emma and Regina, then he placed his eyes on me and Clara, as if he were telling us to prepare our magic.
I could already feel my power glittering inside of me, so without waiting anymore, I looked to Clara and the two of us formed a glowing light with the palm of our hands.
Regina and Emma did the same. Emma's light was pure white, Regina's was like mine, red! Our magic had the same signature! Clara's light was blueish and as for Weaver, he used his most talented attack spell, as he chocked Gothel with his telekinesis.
Clara and I threw our teamed-up powers against two of the coven witches.
Emma and Regina did the same to other two witches. The rest of them controlled the fiery storm and the birth of monsters.
Weaver fought against Gothel, chocking the life out of her.
"Die, witch!" Weaver screamed, while stripping Gothel out of her life.
The braided witch just kept laughing and laughing, as if not even the dark one could hurt her.
She lifted her hand and threw Weaver through the air.
His body collapsed on the floor and Gothel came close to him, throwing him her own magic.
The two of them were equally powerful.
As for me, I was getting the best of the cloaked witch I was fighting, who for my surprise, I discovered to be Esmeralda.
"Esmeralda? Is that you?" I asked.
"Drizella, who would have guessed that we'd meet ourselves again, under these circumstances."
"I don't understand...Last time you told me to follow my heart, now you're trying to kill me?"
"I'm sorry, I told you the curse was important for me. This land was my home and the only way for it to be again and magic to be accepted is if humans die!"
Esmeralda used all of her strength to put me down. My little body flew through the air, my limbs were stretched and numb, as I fell on the ground.
I gasped for air, not feeling the whole of my limbs, and as I stared to the clouds, I saw something behind me.
Two very expensive black Prada shoes, and two bronzed legs covered with a beautiful silver skirt.
"Mother?!" I asked. I was certain it was her! She escaped prison!
"Ivy!"
Mother pulled my body from the floor and stared at me with a dreadful look.
"You're here to kill me..." I whispered, as I watched her empower the magic wand.
"I could be...But I'm not."
"What?!" That was a shocking reveal. I was far from expecting that. "Why?!"
"This may sound...confuse...But, when I was locked up, I did some reflective thinking and realized how cruel I've been to you. I'm sorry it took me so much time to realize it, I guess that stubbornness runs in our family and it's only when the world is about to end that we really do realize things. I...love you, Ivy. You're my daughter, and I'm sorry for all the pain I caused you. I don't expect you to forgive me, but if this is my last day on earth and Gothel succeeds, I don't want to spend it fighting against you."
"Mother...I don't know what to say..." I whispered, upon hearing her words. I couldn't believe that she was really redeemed.
"Don't say anything, just...Accept my help in fighting these witches."
For the first time in my life, I felt like I had a mother. And it was like all the terrible things she did to me didn't happen. I yearned for the love of the woman who gave birth to me, even after all her dreadful acts. Was that wrong? I didn't know, but I just couldn't help but smile and accept her help.
"Let's do this!"
The two of us joined Clara and fought against the witches.
Mother used her wand to cast the most powerful of spells. She was even able to turn one of the witches into dust.
As for me, I surrounded Esmeralda to her knees, powerless and defeated.
I came closer to her, with a fireball in the palm of my hand. I looked at the olive toned witch, her eyes were covered in tears and little sparks of magic formed on her hands, but they weren't powerful enough to fight me.
I felt sorrow for the green eyed woman. I liked Esmeralda and owned a debt after she saved me from myself, sixteen years ago.
"Give me your hand." I asked, dissolving the fireball and extending my arm to her.
"What?" She asked me, still numb and powerless.
"Join me, I won't kill you, but you have to promise me to leave Gothel."
"But Gothel is my sister, I can't let her go."
"Yes, you can. Gothel is wrong to kill everyone in this land just so that it turns out to be hers. There's a place in this world, far from here, but that we can reach, it's called Storybrooke. There you'll find magic, hope and a new beginning. Stop this nonsense, join me and we can take you with us, to that town."
"You promise?"
"I do. You saved me from myself all those years ago, now I'm returning the favor."
Esmeralda listened to my words, carefully, and gave me her hand. I lifted her from the floor and smirked at her, happy for the decision.
Gothel looked weak and powerless after watching her sister's betrayal. Out of rage, she turned up against us with a fire ball off her own.
"You shouldn't steal my sister, Ivy! Now you're going to pay for that, with your life!"
She threw the fireball at me. Everything happened so fast that I didn't even have time to defend myself.
As I wrinkled my body, threatened, mother put herself in front of me and screamed:
"No! Ivy!" As the fireball pierced her body and collapsed her.
"No! Mother!" I screamed, watching my mother sacrificing herself for me. An astounding act, after decades trying to kill me.
I was breathless, speechless, I didn't know she had that kind of love for me.
"Mother, what have you done? I thought you wanted me dead!" I screamed, with tears flowing from my cheeks. I lied beside her, as she lost her breath.
"Ivy...All my life I loved a ghost daughter...Trapped in the past and the love I had for Anastasia, that I didn't realize how much you cared for me, and how much I loved you as well. When Anastasia died, I felt like she was everything that I had in the world, and I was lost without her. But when I saw you were about to die, I realized that if I lost you...Then I'd truly have lost everything."
"But you tried to kill me so many times. I never thought you'd do something like this. Not for me..."
"I know I said I wanted to kill you too many times, Ivy. And I even pointed a gun at your face..." Victoria whispered, as her weaken body took it's last gasps of air. "But...I would never pull the trigger, I would never hurt you. I'm so sorry...I'm sorry for everything. I love you." The silver haired woman placed her bronzed hands on my marble cheeks and as she stared at me with her blue eyes, she kissed the pale lips of Death and joined Anastasia in the realms of the afterlife.
"No...Mother..." I whispered, kissing her forehead and melting myself in the little of love that I had from the woman who gave birth to me, in the last moments of her life.
Gothel laughed at the scene, preparing one more fireball with her hands.
"Well then, Ivy...Don't worry, soon you'll join your mother and sweet Anastasia." The dreadful witch pierced her eyes on mine and as she prepared to cast the fireball, something unexpected happened!
A last gasp of air exhaled from the witch's lungs, the fireball dissipated in thin air.
I stood, without knowing what was happening, and when Gothel's tall body collapsed on the floor, I saw Regina, beside her, with a heart filled of blackness, in her bear hands.
"Regina?!"
Gothel screamed in pain, squeezing herself, in the floor, as Regina crushed the dark heart in her hands.
"You shouldn't mess with my daughter in law." As she told Gothel the last words she would hear, Regina squeezed the heart and it turned into a pill of ash.
Gothel stared at Regina's eyes as she died and her body turned to dust as well.
"Regina...You killed...Gothel? But why? I remember that all those years ago you didn't want to kill Lady Tremaine because you said it would darken your heart, again."
"I know...But well, turns out that I am ready to kill any witch who threatens my family. And that means I'll also do whatever it takes to protect you, Ivy."
"What?!"
Regina came close to me and lifted my body from the ground. She placed her hands on my cheeks, cleaning the tears and stared at me, maternally.
"I know we've been through a lot, and I also know that you're in pain because you lost your mother, but...I just want you to know, that I can be a mother to you, as well. It's what I wanted, when we first met and I taught you magic. The two of us have so much in common, and I know I was angry with you for trying to kill Henry, all those years ago. I thought that you were weak, after all, but I was wrong...You're strong, Ivy, stronger than me, because you faced the darkness multiple times and won. You're stronger than I'd ever be in my life, because your pain was bigger than mine, and yet you prevailed. I admire you, Ivy, and I love you, just as if you were my child."
I started crying once again, I couldn't help but do it, knowing that Regina cared for me, after all.
"I also see you like a mother." The two of us embraced ourselves in hugs and tears.
Weaver, Emma and Clara joined us, shortly after that.
The witches were defeated. Only Gothel was dead, but Esmeralda put some sense on the other witches' minds and told them that Gothel was wrong, that darkness is never the solution.
After the final fight, we welcomed all the witches of the coven to come with us to Storybrooke. We knew it was risky, because they were the worst villains we ever faced, but we also knew that they deserved a second chance, no matter their sins.
The war was won, everyone was okay. I hugged my little girl's daughter and covered her with sweetness.
"We did it, Clara! We won!"
We were all so happy that the only thing that would make us happier was getting back to the rest of my family! I couldn't wait to jump into Henry's arms!
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