The Black Knight
By: AstronSouls
Disclaimer: Do not own any rights to Once Upon a Time, and only use celebrity names for fictional writing.
Summary: What would happen if the cast of OUAT was slightly different, and eventually their jobs of acting and their lives merge? What if some people were not like they are now, or decisions were made differently, well this may show in one reality how things may happen.
Chapter 2: Coming Out & Acting troubles
A few months went by as usual, the fan base for the show grew even larger thanks to a now stable gay relationship on the show.
Only one who didn't like it was Jared, but he was snuffed out at every turn because what was done was a success no matter if there were complaints from 'good religious people'.
On set Kennedy was leaning against a wall, she had been on set since six am and still had a few hours to go; the armor she wore started to get heavy and she needed some way to relieve some of that weight.
She was watching as Regina, Snow, Emma, Neal and Charming face off once again with the lost boys; however this time they would get a new member of the group, physically anyway.
Putting on her helmet, she walks to the side where she would literally jump down into the middle of the fighting and take on Pan, getting him off Emma's back for a few minutes before the lost boys disperse.
Looking to the director, he nods then smiles as she pulls down the visor and jumps down, just in front of Emma and blocks Pans blade.
The fight lasts about five minutes till' Pan calls his boys off and runs, just after the director yells 'cut' and everyone sits and catches their breath.
Kennedy leans on a fake tree and pulls off her helmet, beads of sweat falling down her face, let's face it the helmet is good at keeping heat in.
Suddenly a very cold cloth was thrown in her face, making her yelp and pull it off to see the mischievous grin of Lana, in her 'Regina' attire.
"Gees woman, I don't wanna be cold!" Kennedy states as she uses the wet cloth to wipe her face and neck.
Laughing Lana shrugs, "You looked like you needed a wakeup call, so gave you one."
The brunette leans on the tree next to Kennedy and entwines her bare fingers with Kennedy's gloved ones.
Since the night that Lana had canceled, she had been more affectionate since she understood where the younger woman was coming from; even in public she was showing more with holding hands and such.
"We still on for tonight babe?" Kennedy asks as she tosses the towel in a nearby basket.
Resting her head back, Lana smiles "We are, are we meeting or…?"
"I'm picking you up, in my new car." The raven-haired woman states with a sly grin.
"New car?" Lana knew her girlfriend was looking but she thought the woman would take her time.
Turning into a new position Kennedy nods "Yes, and no not telling you what it is." She leans over and gives the older woman a kiss on the cheek.
"I think the director wants you love." Lana states pointing over to where the director was sitting.
Sighing Kennedy nods that she is coming, "I'll see you later babe." A quick kiss and she makes her way over to the director.
Lana smiles watching her knight walk away, watching hips move and long legs saunter over the ground.
"Hey you!" a voice exclaims right beside Lana making her jump.
"For Christ sake Ginny!" the taller woman tries to slow down her heart from the sudden sound.
"Sorry, was watching you watch Kennedy. You really do like her don't you, how long has it been now eight…nine months?" Ginny asks.
"Closer to ten months, we are going out tonight, she won't tell me where though." Chocolate eyes move back to watch the younger actress on the other side of the set.
Ginny watches her friend, knowing it was more than a simple liking of the young actress.
"Tell me would you marry her?" The questions was asked simply, but Ginny knew it was hard to answer.
"Yes…I mean...wait what you just ask?" the brunette looks at Ginny confused.
Giggling Ginny smiles "I asked if you would marry Kennedy."
"Oh, well it's too soon for that isn't it?" the actress wonders if it was too soon, or was it perfect timing to consider.
"I don't think so, you've been together privately for ten months, that much you said yourself. Many would be engaged already, do you think she's waiting for something?"
Ginny grabs a water bottle from a near table.
"We've talked about a lot of things, but always steered away from marriage. God it took me six months before we had sex the first time!"
Ginny spit out her water, not ready for what had just come out of her on screen enemies' mouth.
Realizing what she just said, Lana began to turn a dark shade of red.
"I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that." Ginny says sipping some more water.
"Thank you…" Lana whispers as she sees Kennedy walking back.
"Hey Ginny! Looks like I get to go home!" Grinning Kennedy pulls her girlfriend into a hug.
"Oh, I thought you had a few hours left?" Lana asks, leaving an arm around the young woman after hugging her.
"Was supposed too but I did what I needed to do, only needed to stay if they were going to reshoot again, and they ain't."
Ginny giggles, "Well I guess you get to go get ready for your date then huh?"
"Oh you two have been talking about us haven't ya babe?" Kennedy teases poking Lana's side.
One thing everyone noticed after Lana and Kennedy got together was how playful the older of the two women seemed to become.
"A lil' bit yeah, but all good stuff." Lana replies trying to keep her arm around Kennedy but get away from the pokes.
Ginny couldn't help but start laughing at the two as they played around a bit, "Shouldn't you be changing Kennedy?"
Grinning from ear to ear the young woman nods, "Yeah, this armor is getting heavier by the second…" She looks at Ginny then winks looking at Lana, "Wanna help me out of it babe?"
Without waiting for an answer, Kennedy walks away heading to her shared dressing room; just knowing Lana won't be able to say no to that offer.
Said brunette is standing there stunned, Kennedy never said anything like that in front of anyone; let alone Ginnifer.
"Well…are you going to help her or not, she's not going to wait forever!" Ginny states pushing Lana in the direction of the dressing rooms.
"I uhh gotta go…" Lana's feet carried her without her thinking much, straight for their dressing room; as she enters she notices the smirk on Kennedy's face.
"Bout time you got here babe
, wanna close the door?" the young actress turns and starts to undo the armor on her arms.
Quickly the door slams shut, giving them privacy; and an uncontrollably laughing Ginny outside of the room.
~Back on Set~
"Hey Josh, what is Ginny laughing about?" Jennifer asks, only now seeing the short brunette laughing for no reason.
Josh looks around a tree, "I have no idea."
"Oh well, they send Kennedy home early, but we all have a group scene to do still…wait where is Lana?" the blonde looks around.
While Jennifer looks for Lana, Josh walks over to his fiancée, "Babe you okay?"
Ginny nods still laughing, "Oh yes, Lana just gave me a good laugh that's been lasting a few minutes." She relies and tries to drink some water.
"Well we all have one more scene to do, do you by chance know where Lana is right now?" Josh asks smirking at his love.
"Yes, she's helping Kennedy out of her armor…oh looks like Jen already found her…" Ginny point at a now blushing Jennifer coming over to them.
"Do not go into Lana and Kennedy's dressing room, it's uhh hot in there…" Jennifer steals Ginny's water and gulps some down.
"Get a good view then I assume?" the brunette actress asks.
Glaring at Ginny, the blonde sets the water bottle down "More then I care to ever see of Lana and let's leave it at that."
"Looks like Kennedy is leaving." Josh states seeing Kennedy give Lana a goodbye kiss.
"I think you killed their fun, Jen." Ginny burst into another fit of giggles with Josh joining in with laughing.
"Yeah yeah laugh it up you two, I need a wire-brush for my eyes." The blonde states.
"A wire-brush for what?" Lana asks walking up to the trio.
"For what I saw need a wire-brush for my eyes thank you." Jen states not looking at the brunette.
Chuckling Lana pats Jennifer's back, "Well if we knew you wanted to join so badly we would have invited you hun."
The blonde's eyes widened, as Ginny and Josh begin to laugh even more.
"What…no…I'm married Lana!" Jennifer exclaims all flustered.
Snickering the brunette sits on a fake stone, "I'm joking Jen, relax. I don't share and Kennedy definitely doesn't share."
"Okay, no more I need to breathe and laughing isn't allowing me too!" Ginny cries through tears of laughter.
Just then the director calls everyone to the next set to get the last scene of the day done.
~A bit Later at Kennedy's Condo~
The master bedroom looked tidy to the naked eye, but once you moved into the walk in closet all hell broke loose.
Clothes were hanging haphazardly on hangers or had completely fallen to the floor; various piles of discarded outfits lay on the floor in disarray.
Music blared from the integrated system, playing Alex G's 4am; while Kennedy kept looking for something to wear.
Currently she stood in front of a multi-view mirror in black relaxed fit jeans with a dark purple tank top that showed off her tattooed arms.
No one would ever think this young woman had full sleeves and her entire back covered in ink, most of the time they were covered with makeup on set or a long sleeved shirt.
"Maybe the green….or the blue…" She strips off the purple top and throws on the dark blue; which made her silver eyes pop out.
She smiles in approval and then moves to the bathroom as she looks at her watch, it read seven fifteen pm.
She had plenty of time to do her hair and drive over to Lana's place; quickly she moves to the cabinet to get the products she needs and starts to tame her unruly hair.
~Lana's Place~
Lana took one final look into the mirror, seeing her outfit come together and her hair made her smile.
She was wearing some faded but stylish skinny jeans, and for fun a purple t-shirt with silver initials on the upper left side that read 'ER' with a small apple beside the letters and a black vest.
Only thing left was accessories and shoes, moving to the side she looks at her heels and picks a pair of strappy black heels with silver accents; then silver hoops and bracelets to match the rest.
She was just finishing applying her dark red lipstick when there was a knock on her door.
Quickly she makes her way to the door and looks through the peephole to see Kennedy fidgeting on her feet.
She unlocks and opens the door, "Hey there sexy want to come in for a minute?"
Both women were looking each other up and down appreciating each other's outfits.
"Sure babe, almost ready?" Kennedy asks as she made sure to wipe her boots on the welcome mat; it had rained slightly on the way over.
"Yeah, just a few things please have a seat hun," Lana gives Kennedy a soft kiss on the lips then disappears down the hall.
Kennedy gets comfortable in one of her girlfriend's love seats, straightening her top and making sure that everything was where it was supposed to, including her gauged earrings.
Coming back from her bedroom Lana smiles watching Kennedy adjust then she walks into the room, "I'm all set and you look gorgeous Ken."
Getting up with a smile Kennedy holds her hand out "So are you Lana, you always look amazing."
Holding the young woman's hand, Lana smiles "So what is this car you bought honey?"
Chuckling Kennedy led Lana out the door and down to where the car was parked, as they rounded on it Lana's eyes almost popped out of her head at what she saw.
"Is that a Bugatti?!" she asks running up to it and dragging Kennedy behind her.
Sitting in front of them was a 2014 Veyron 16.4, silver with black accents and looking sleek as ever.
"Yes, the newest model and only seats two." Kennedy grins as she opens the passenger door for Lana and helps her in.
"Ken sweetie, you can afford this?" the brunette asks, she knew that Kennedy wasn't a highly paid actress…yet.
"Don't worry I can afford it, ready for diner?" Kennedy asks as she turns the ignition and they hear a low rumble from under the hood.
But before the car could even move there was a blinding light that encompassed them and the sportster, after a couple of minutes it faded but the couple was not in the parking lot of anywhere.
The car sat in the middle of a forest, Lana had been changed into a riding outfit that the Evil Queen would wear and Kennedy was back in black armor but still sitting in the Bugatti.
"WHAT THE FUCK!?" Kennedy yells as she gets out of her new car which seemed to be stuck, but that wasn't the least of her worries.
"Kennedy what's going on?" Lana was looking at her outfit and was a bit unsettled.
Kennedy looks at Lana and her jaw drops, the low cut brown leather riding top, plus the brown leather skintight pants with boots; she wasn't sure what was going on but that sight had her turned on.
Lana looks at her girlfriend and shakes her head, "Kennedy hello…" the brunette snaps her fingers in front of Kennedy's eyes which seemed to bring her back to the living.
"Oh uhh sorry, wow you look hot!" the young woman was shifting in her black steel armor which was a lot heavier then what she had ever worn before.
"Sweetheart, why are we in a forest?" Lana asks sweetly trying to hide her annoyance.
"I have no clue babe…GAH!" Kennedy falls over, and struggles to get up. "A little help here?"
Laughing Lana helps her now knight up, "If I am not mistaken that armor is like what you wear on the show?"
Kennedy looks at the armor again, "Yeah it looks it but it's a lot heavier and seems sturdier." She replies as she bangs her fist on the chest piece.
"Speaking of, isn't that like something Regina would wear riding?"
Lana looks at herself and her brow wrinkles, "It seems that way, I wonder where we are…or if our cell phones work."
Immediately they both dashed to the car (well Kennedy glomped) and grabbed their phones but both had no signal at all.
"Well since my new car won't be going anywhere, how about we explore a bit?" Kennedy asks just then realizing she was wearing a sword.
"Yes let's see what we can find…" Lana looks at her girl and smirks as the woman unsheathes a rather large and sharp sword, "Seems you needed a weapon."
"Apparently, it has a glow to it, anyway let's get going."
Re-sheathing they walk hand in hand into the forest.
~Other Side of the Forest~
The rest of the cast and the crew appeared on the edge of a forest, everyone yelling and screaming what was going on.
"Ginny are you alright, Jared, Jennifer everyone?" Josh asks making rounds to make sure.
He was dressed in only something a 'Prince Charming' would wear, while Ginnifer was in Snow's classic badass white outfit that she wore on a regular basis for flashbacks in the show.
Jennifer wore what could only be said as a more masculine version of Snow White's outfit but in dark browns and blacks; a sword at her side and Bow/quiver on her back.
Jared (Henry) was in his usual clothes, as were the rest of the crew; of course Colin turned into hook except he had both hands and held a hook.
"Guys, why did we poof from wherever we all were to a forest and why the hell are we dressed this way?" Jennifer asks as she looked at herself.
"Not everyone is in costume Jennifer….some of us have regular…" Edward sees a woman in a rather interesting outfit, "Well most of us are in regular clothes."
"Um guys, I think I know where we are…" Jared states, the boy was looking at a castle in the distance.
Everyone looks to him and waits.
"This may sound insane but I think we may be in the enchanted forest…" He rolls his eyes as he sees all the adults think he was nuts.
"Let's just head to that big…building…castle? And find out what's going on, hopefully Lana and Kennedy are safe." Ginny states.
Everyone agrees and they begin the trek to the castle.
~Back with Lana and Kennedy~
"Okay, I don't think we are in Kansas anymore toto." Kennedy states with dry sarcasm as Lana and she reach the edge of the forest.
"Oh so funny…is that a castle in the distance?" Lana asks as she sees a large formation.
Kennedy squints and takes her helmet off to get a better look "Yeah looks like it, should we head that direction and see if we can figure this out?"
Before Lana could answer, Kennedy whistled for some odd reason; which shocked Kennedy herself.
"Why did you whistle?" the brunette asks.
"I have no idea…" She cut her own sentence off as two horses ran up to them, both bridled and saddled.
A large brown horse walked right up to Lana and nudged her, while a large black stallion walked up to Kennedy and waited.
"Uhhh to call these two to us?" Kennedy states questioningly as she patted the horses forehead.
"Indeed, shall we?" Lana points to the horses, "Faster than our feet and they apparently know us.
Kennedy nods and mounts the large horse, finding the horse stayed perfectly still for her; once she took the reins and gave it a command the horse obeyed.
Lana doing the same, the horse did as the other and waited for its master to command, "Well let's get going, I'm getting weird feelings and memories of this place but can't place them."
"Alright, hey Lana…" Kennedy starts as they start a slow walk.
"Yea love?" Lana looks over to Kennedy and smiles, she always liked how Kennedy looked in armor.
"When we figure things out, and get out of this I was wondering something…" Kennedy stops still adjusting to the armor she wore and prayed she wouldn't fall off the horse.
"What is it Ken?" Lana was now getting worried since a big change just happened and now Kennedy was wondering things.
Kennedy before saying anything else latched her helmet to a strap on the saddle, then looks to the beautiful brunette "I was wondering if you might wanna move in together? Don't have to answer now, let's uhm get through this first then give me an answer."
If Kennedy hadn't of told her to not answer, Lana would have eagerly said yes, but she knew that they needed to get through whatever this was first.
"I'll give you my answer when we get things figured out, just know that I love you Ken."
The young woman smiles, "I love you too Lana, now race ya to the castle?"
Quickly Kennedy commanded the stallion into a fast gallop, with Lana close on their hooves.
~The Heart of the Enchanted Kingdom~
"They are all here plus a few, are you sure this will work?"
"Oh yes dearie, they may have someone playing me, but no one can be me. Isn't this what you wanted a way to get revenge and get what you wanted?"
A large figure shifted in their seat, "Well yes, but I thought it would happen in the real world…"
"Well you see, this is now the real world, in our deal you didn't go into detail so I winged it."
"Well I hope this works."
TBC
Ok next chapter done and interesting ain't it?
