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It's been 7 months of Regina and Emma dating. A full year since Emma arrived. People in the kingdom know that there is a fling going on between the Evil Queen and the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming, but they don't know how serious it really is. You guess no one really knows how deep a relationship is apart from the people in the relationship. They were both frowned upon by some people, with them both being females. Though sooner or later, them people got put in their place, by both Emma and Regina.
During those 7 months, Emma got given knightly hood as well. The people on the council did not agree to this one bit. With her being a female and they weren't afraid to vocalise their protest. They thought with them being nobles, they could get away with anything. Let's just say they no longer speak out of turn.
There are different ranks to knight hood. First being the lower class rank. They are given more time training than anything else as they are new to the army. They mostly train with a sword and a shield, but there is the occasional spear and axes for those who are close to the next rank. They get given a set of armour that is just normally brown leather. Nothing big.
Then there is the middle class rank. They are given black leather. Just a change of colour from the brown, but it also has the Evil Queen symbol on the right side of the shoulder. The symbol is a picture of an apple tree in the background that has been misted out with a greyish colour, and then an image of a blood red apple in the bottom right hand corner of the picture. It really stands out on the black armour. The middle rank is in the army, they stand somewhere in the middle. They get split into there expertise which could be: bow and arrows, axes, spears, swords or even maces. They train with those weapons, if they haven't used it before – like a mace, then they are beginners. Every once in a while they have to train with swords and shields.
Then there is the higher class rank. They get giving black chain armour with the symbol on the shoulder. This is where they basically train more in there specialised weapon and there no longer beginners. They get sectioned of if they want to become a guard for the castle. The guards wear exactly the same but they train in spears, bows, swords depending where they are positioned. For example bow and arrows would be placed at the top of the castle. If they battle people they would get placed at the front of the army.
Then the expertise rank. This is where the best trained soldiers are placed. They train the different ranks., but in the battle they would get put at the back. They are given black steel armour that has the symbol on the shoulder. The black steel armour is enchanted so you can move about easier.
There are two people who didn't get given ranks, but they were given higher authority than all the above. One is Killian – the captain. The other is Graham –the huntsman. Killian basically orders all the knights and helps the Queen with organising jobs. Graham is like the Queens personal assassin, doing jobs that are given to him to eliminate certain people. He usually uses a bow and arrowor a knife, whereas Killian would use his hook and a would normally train people as well when his not hunting people.
It is Emma's 18th name day, where Regina has a big surprise for her. They were both seated on Regina's bed in her chambers. Emma being asleep while Regina watches her. After establishing their relationship, it didn't take long for them to get physically intimate. Regina moved so her lips were kissing Emma's shoulder going all the way down so she hovered over Emma's breast. She attached her lips and grazed her teeth along her nipple and Emma let out a loud moan. She opened her eyes groggily, still sleep hazed but you could see the deep lust.
"Morning." Regina purred, leaning back up so her face was inches from Emma's.
Emma let out a big goofy smile. She loved this side of Regina, all loving and gentle. She only shows this side of her when there alone.
"Morning, beautiful." Emma replied.
Regina's eyes shined with happiness and love. She thought that after Daniel, she would never be loved again, but got proved wrong when Emma came along. She will always love Daniel, he was her first love. Though she's not sure that he was her true love. Whatever she felt with Daniel, she feels it 10x more with Emma. Regina leaned in and gave Emma a small loving kiss.
"What was that for?" Emma said, feeling goofy.
Regina just smiled at her. Regina suddenly got up from the bed in all her naked glory, leaving Emma to stare at her body hungrily. Regina turned and smirked at Emma.
"Where are you going?" asked Emma.
"I am getting ready to give you your present. It's already late, with all the activities we got up to last night."
Their eyes both darkened, remembering the moments they made love and fucked like bunnies.
Emma's eyes then widened.
"What's my present?" Emma asked curiously.
Regina chuckled. "If I tell you then it will spoil the moment."
Emma whined but sighed in defeat.
"Get changed and be prepared to meet me in the throne room at midday, wear something appropriate, you will have a crowd."
"Okay." Emma murmured, "but before you go, do I get one last kiss?"
Regina stared at Emma and couldn't resist with her doing puppy eyes and pouting.
Regina sighed, "Fine."
She leant in and kissed Emma and then pulled away leaving the room with Emma's eyes still closed and her mind unfocused on anything but Regina.
Later on about midday, Regina sat on her thrown in front of a lot of people, the council, the peasants. Popular to some beliefs, Regina looks after her people well like a Queen should. She's just more poised and disciplines more when people think they can get away with stuff.
Some people looked confused as to what they were doing, just got told there is an invitation from the queen that who ever wishes it, they can come to the throne room to watch something important. Regina looked towards the guards standing at the doors and made a hand gesture. Which the guards then opened the doors and called Emma fourth. Emma walked in looking mildly confused but still excited.
Emma walked up to Regina's throne and knelt down at the foot of it.
"My Queen." Emma said.
Regina looked at Emma with a small smile, one invisible to the eyes of on lookers.
"Sir Emma, stand."
Emma stood up. Emma requested that when she became a knight in the higher rank, that she be called 'sir' instead of 'princess'. She has always hated that title.
"We are here for the coronation of Emma becoming the captain of knights. In which she will have her own special armour and command all the knights. She will be given higher authority than the huntsman and Killian. Step forwards Emma."
Emma had a massive smile full of love aimed at Regina and it didn't go unnoticed by everyone else.
"Turn around."
Emma turned and Regina got up to place her hand on Emma's shoulder. A purple mist shot out and covered the whole of Emma's body and when it disappeared Emma stood there in the most gorgeous armour ever seen. The armour was like steel enchanted to not weigh you down. The colour was magnificent. It was the most shiniest of white colours, but if she turned a bit, you could see black reflecting off of it. The Queens symbol showed proudly on Emma's left shoulder. The opposite shoulder than the knights in the army. There was also a faint silver colour on the back in the shape of a swan. On the trouser part there was a shape kind of like tree roots shooting up about half way in a kind of silver, grey colour. It was like that because she was born from the White Kingdom, but fights for the Dark Palace. So black and white together would be and greyish silver colour.
Regina and Emma both stood there smiling, while the audience applauded.
"All hail, Sir Emma Swan. The Dark Knight." Regina's booming voice sounded out and the crowd cheered louder.
