The romantic duo slept in late that morning. They only began to awaken when a servant popped his head into the queen's chambers. Emma, who was closer to the door waved her hand trying to shut it. It took her three attempts but she succeeded in the end clearly shocking the servant. By then it was nearing noon so they grudgingly got out of bed.
They spent the next five hours training since the court wasn't meeting until the ball. It began with Regina practicing hard magic spells as Emma practiced with her sword, but evolved to Emma watching Regina practice dagger attacks against a dummy before ending in Emma's magic lesson.
With training over the pair shared a warm bath in Regina's personal cleansing area before going to get ready for that night's ball. The theme for the evening was drag, and everyone had to be wearing drag per royal decree or they would get thrown out. It was one of Regina's favorite dances since nearly everyone was uncomfortable and she knew that she rocked a tuxedo.
With that they went to prepare for the evening. Emma's outfit was chosen by Regina and had the blonde in a turquoise blue dress. The dress fell to the floor, and had a skirt that would flare as Emma turned. The bodice was a slightly lighter blue and had silver sequins accenting her modestly showing cleavage. Emma then had turquoise arms sleeves despite it being a sleeveless gown. The sleeves had silver plaiting, doubling as a protection, and hid two thin, sharp daggers on each side. Emma also had bigger dagger strapped to her thighs as hidden weapons. A eating dagger with a turquoise hilt went on her belt. Emma's blonde hair was pinned up with two ornate butterfly pins that had a secret dual purpose of being daggers. The ends of the blonde locks cascaded down Emma's back. The only argument they had was over shoes since Regina wanted Emma to wear ladies shoes, but Emma wanted something solid. The compromise was Emma wearing heeled dress boots that had steel inserts to stiffen the leather around the toes.
Regina's outfit was much simpler since she didn't need to carry weapons. She wore black velvet trousers and a black open overcoat. Under the overcoat was a turquoise blue silk dress shirt. The shirt had silver swirls decorating it. Regina used an illusion on her hair and made it appear to be shoulder length. On her weapons belt was a eating dagger that's hilt was gold and the sword of the kings.
The sword had a golden hilt and a black diamond pommel. It was an heirloom artifact that only those in the royal family could wear. If anyone else tried they would be forced to suffer an unimaginable fate. Regina explained "During peacetime, the sword only is ever seen twice a year. The night of the drag ball, and the night of peace lilies. Tonight I use it to award and knight any one in my service: it is typical for them to be female but not required. On the night of peace lilies it is used in a similar way to congratulate my new knights. It is also seen for coronations and marriages, but other than that it remains hidden since it has become a symbol of my house."
That night Regina made it to the ball on time. The two oaken doors were thrown open as the queen entered with Emma on her arm. The entire crowd was entranced by the beauty of the pair as they walked to the dining table. That night as they ate, Regina whispered "when I am giving out my awards and call swan you are to come forward" to Emma. The blonde hastily nodded as the brunette continued "Good cause if you don't I'll call you out using your old name and titles".
Throughout the rest of the meal Emma pondered about Regina's threat as she watched Regina eat where the blonde admittedly was just staring at the queen's lips. Once the food was removed from the ballroom and only a few chairs remained, Regina called the court to order. The dance floor cleared as Regina, followed subtly by Emma, descended from the dais.
Regina stood regally as a hush ran through the room. She then drew her sword and posed with it at rest, and demanded "Oshia Orchid step forward." Once the requested small muscular red-haired woman stepped forward, Regina proceeded to make her a knight of the realm. After Oshia, there were six more awards before Regina called "Swan, Step forward."
As soon as Emma was in front of Regina she knelt. Regina lifted her sword and laid it on the blonde's shoulder. Regina began the words of the solemn oath, the oath the queen's most personal guard. Regina as a monarch had never bestowed that rank upon anyone, preferring to rotate guards so none got to close.
In the words of the righteous
In the words of the blessed
Selfless people serve for queen and country.
As one of the few of the chosen
You are to guard me with care
You are the pinnacle of hope
You will keep me safe
and in return I'll see the same of you.
Throughout the entire oath, Emma held Regina's gaze with evident awe and respect. Once the oath was done, and Emma swore the traditional response.
I will return trust with trust,
hope with hope, and care with care.
I will ensure your safety
if it is the last thing I do
no matter what is need
I will do it for you
Now that the return was given, Regina sheathed her sword then lent Emma a hand to help her stand. Instead of kissing, which was what Emma wanted to do, Regina took Emma's arms and pulled her into a waltz. Regina led the entire dance, Emma understanding that an angsty switch of the lead after such a ceremony could only bring trouble.
When the song was over, Regina returned to the dais to watch her court Emma following in her wake . That evening many of the men of the court had tried to keep to the dress code, but they obviously failed. There were tell tale signs of discomfort, corsets were obviously loose, wigs not straight, and a few of them tripped on the edges of the dresses. Of the approximately one hundred fifty men in the room, there were only ten or twelve with 'passable drag'. Additionally among them was the men who normally dressed in drag, and the six of them there were all being fawned over by the ladies in tuxes. Of the ladies about half of them pulled out their outfits well. The others were all as awkward as the men wearing wigs.
The pair watched the crowd with a sense of ease, Regina sitting on her thrown and Emma leaning on the side. During the next half hour, the guests came over and bowed before Regina. They additionally called up their congratulations to Emma which the blonde acknowledged with a nod or wave.
Eventually a slow partner dance began playing. Regina pulled Emma with her and down onto the dance floor, done watching people act stupid. Regina and Emma stood in the required tight embrace and moved with the music. They began simply staring into each other's eyes and that evolved to
halfway through Emma casually lying her head on Regina's shoulder. When the song ended and the next began, the new one being a fast circle dance in which everyone traditionally holds hands, Regina pulled Emma onto an empty balcony.
Once Emma was sure they were alone, she pressed her lips against Regina's. When they finally broke apart panting, Regina whispered "I'm moving us to my private garden." With that and a simple wave of a hand, a purple cloud enshrouded the duo.
The garden they appeared in was filled with apple trees, the symbol of Regina's house. Regina murmured "This is a better place. Here no one will over hear our conversations."
Regina pulled them over to a bench shaped from two of the apple trees and sat them down. Regina's sword got caught on the bench so she stood and removed it as Emma responded to Regina's comment with "conversation? As in me thanking you for the oath."
Regina's fingers stroked Emma's as she returned"an oath which you clearly understood and responded to" and slip her legs onto Emma's lap.
Emma shamelessly flirted back, saying "It is better here since no one will see that my response is putting my hands inside your clothes " as she pulled Regina in for a kiss.
Regina pulled her mouth from the blonde and scolded "but that's improper" before turning and biting the blonde's neck.
Emma smirked and hummed "yep, that is why you moved us since you knew I had wanted to take you on the balcony. " While Regina kept working on Emma's neck, Emma's fingers slid off Regina's overcoat before putting her fingers under Regina's turquoise and silver shirt.
The blonde's fingers found the queen's nipple just as Regina stopped biting long enough to tell the blonde of. "Pervert, you could be thrashed for this."
Emma gave a dramatic sigh before saying "Yes, I know I am a pervert, just like you. I know you want me to take you on the ballroom floor. As to the thrashing, as long as you are the one with the whip and you promise it will be fun then I am all for that. " She then began sucking on the brunette's neck, working to make an obvious mark.
Regina pushed her neck against Emma's teeth as she admitted "I want you to sit on my throne so I can take you there. That way I will always smell you whenever I sit up there."
Emma moaned into the bite before saying"Isn't that why we are here, since you want to be taken high up in an apple tree," punctuating each word with a kiss down one arm. The blonde then quickly rid the queen of her shirt, not caring that it got a bit torn in the process.
Emma then began struggling with her own outfit and eventually stood, gave up, and asked Regina for help. Regina just untied the corset and helped Emma step out of the gown before stepping back to take in the blonde in the evening light. The blonde was only wearing her weapons, but when Emma went to remove the knives, Regina halted her saying "No, blades are sexy, keep them on."
Emma simply shrugged and shoved Regina back onto the bench. Once the queen was laying there, Emma predatorily ripped off Regina's trousers. Emma then carefully mounted Regina and began grinding herself down as she sat purposefully on top of the brunette's breasts. Emma paused, dipped two fingers inside herself, and brought the wet fingers to Regina's lips. The blonde then gave her queen a taste of the forbidden fruit.
Regina licked the fingers clean and gave a few extra unnecessary licks, while her eyes remained locked with Emma's.
Emma then ground her wet cunt down onto Regina's boobs, letting the brunette feel how much she wanted her. Regina responded to Emma's grinding by rotating her hips and groaning "Please … Emma."
At the request, Emma spun herself around so that Regina now could only see Emma's bum as the blonde continued to sit on the brunette's boobs.
Regina tried to bite Emma's fleshy ass, but failed since it was slightly to far away. Emma continued grinding herself on top of Emma's chest, the tightening leg muscles causing a long drawn out moan from the queen. Emma kept grinding herself down onto her queen who growled "Emma stop teasing me or I'll ..." her words trailing off as Emma ran her tongue down the inside of her thigh.
Emma continued her worshipfully slow tormenting. As Emma was making a hickey on the queen's leg, Regina panted "Take. Me. Now. You can worship my body then, but right now I just want you to take me on this bench. Now."
Emma sighed and sat up before thrusting two fingers inside her dripping queen. Emma pumped her fingers at a moderate speed as she moaned at the feel of the luxurious smooth muscle around her fingers.
As Emma continued pumping she asked "what would you have done if I hadn't stopped teasing."
Regina moaned, "I'd have done … Nothing". After Emma gave a puzzled grunt, Regina explained "Later … I would have … cast a spell … on you … that would make it so … you were left extremely horny … and couldn't take care of yourself … and not touch you … for several days … as I went on … an unexpected trip."
Emma's lips split into a large smirk as the blonde pinched the queen's nipple with her free hand as she flirtatiously teased "I don't think you could stay away".
As sweaty bare flesh rubbed against other sweaty flesh, Regina admitted "I wouldn't stay away … but you wouldn't see me … you still be left waiting."
Emma responded by pushing her fingers in deeper as they continued to threaten increasingly perverted and kinky sexual exploits. As Regina was threatening to magically fuck Emma during a fight, Emma twisted her fingers into the queen's g spot and brought her over the edge. Pleasure surged through Regina's body for quite some time as Emma continued to slowly pump her fingers inside her queen.
Once Regina had recovered she took Emma on the bench before climbing one of her apple trees. Emma gazed at the queen, naked in her tree and set it to memory, before climbing up and doing the frick-frackle. They continued shagging in various places until Regina finally told Emma "We need to get back now. Else wise they will start looking for us, or they'll start making trouble." With that Regina waved her hand and fixed both of their appearances to the state they had been in at the beginning of the evening, even restitching the few tears. After that Regina transported them back to her private balcony.
The second they arrived loud noises hit their ears drums. Emma drew two of her daggers before edging into the ballroom which was hidden by the now drawn curtains. Emma edged around the sides and found a small fight in the small alcove that lead into the main room. Emma waved her hands as she focus on trying to freeze the fighters. It took three attempts, but Emma eventually froze all five of the fighters.
With that fight over, Emma beckoned Regina signaling that the area was safe. Regina came over and smacked each of the fighters on the head. She then commanded "For fighting you'll each pay the fine since I don't know who started it, and I don't care. Leave NOW." With that the people sitting on the edge of the alcove bowed and thanked Regina for dealing with the problem. Regina turned back to the still frozen men puzzled as to why they didn't follow her instruction. She appraised the spell Emma had used and congratulated the blonde on her magic before undoing the spell. The men fled out the other back entrances as Regina proceeded towards the ballroom entrance where the loud noise was still coming from.
Regina had two of the bystanders part the curtains as she strutted into the room to be met by a massive brawl on the dance floor. Regina looked for her guards who were supposed to be dealing with fights, but they were no where in sight. A quick check over her shoulder had her eyes meeting Emma's. The blonde cracked her knuckles before asking "Can I break it up?"
Regina shook her head sadly before turning and freezing the entire crowd. Then, over the suddenly hushed crowd, Regina demanded "WHAT, is going on. I left a peaceful dance and come back and see a brawl. Now you as a group will pay for any damage done done by your brawl. Everyone involved is to leave now and to apologize to me tomorrow for what happened tonight. I'd rather have a ball for children then deal with you idiots. For the rest of us who behaved we still have an hour and a half to dance and enjoy ourselves."
With that Regina freed the stupid people before going over to the refreshments and taking a glass of wine. She drank two glasses as the room emptied and the dancing began again. Emma walked behind Regina and once she had seen the queen consume two glasses of alcohol, she pulled Regina onto the dance floor. With that they danced a waltz moving forward and back and forward and back and then a forward spin. They continued the dance the gap between them shrinking. When the dance ended, Regina pulled Emma into a deep kiss as the blonde bent her knees as her legs slid outwards.
Regina then returned to the dais as those remaining began to trickle over and tell her what they had seen happen. After the final hour and a half was over, Regina had a pretty good idea of what had begun the fight. As far as anyone knew two men were fighting over someone as a few bystanders came in and smacked the on the heads telling them that it was the woman's choice tonight. They fighters then turned on the interlopers.
As Emma and Regina returned to their suite, Regina had an idea. She had one of her servants send the request to her court's magicians, who had all sworn to their queen. The order was that they were to make sure that not make-up or magic could hide any bruising.
After they were finally alone in their rooms, Emma made sure to harshly take Regina against the door. Regina then took Emma on the floor before they finally made it onto the bed. When they finally fell asleep a while later they both had bites and bruises all over since each had tried to mark the other without getting noticed.
The next day they spent the morning and early afternoon practicing both magic and weapons. That day Regina showed Emma how to create fire, which the blonde excelled at. Emma only managed to create a fireball once at the end of her lesson despite over an hour's effort. After they shared a quick bath they began preparing for that night's ball.
The ball's theme was leather and all costumes had to be made out of the material. Regina's outfit was a black leather corset and skintight black leather pants. They were added to by knee-high black raised boots and an open cloth skirt across her ass. Her hair made poofy by excess curls and covered by a black floppy brimmed hat. Emma wore a black catsuit that fully covered all of her boobs. Her hair was long with several leather bands collecting it into a ponytail. Emma accented her outfit with weapons wearing a medium length sword, eating dagger, arm knives, boot knives and a short sword against her back. All the sheaths were black, purposely matching the leather. Both women wore dark sultry makeup causing them to have a slightly intimidating look.
When they arrived they saw that the spells had been effective and all the fighters still looked bruised. Regina never noticed that Emma's bite mark strategically placed on her neck was visible for the whole court to see. After Regina and Emma began the dancing with the first dance, they returned to the dais where the queen sat Regally on her thrown and waited.
It took over an hour but all of the fighters eventually came over and apologized for the previous night's fight. They all left gifts and gold for their queen, trying to make up for some of the wrong they had caused. Only once the apologies were finished did one courtier dare to come over and ask his queen "Your majesty. Why do you have a bruise on your neck." He didn't notice, but Emma slithered up to press her sword against his throat as he continued "You were not involved in the fights, so why would you have a bite-mark like bruise on your neck. Does your guard not protect you well enough."
Emma was right behind his when he insulted her care, so she drove her leg up between his legs and kneed him in the balls making him drop. Regina scowled at Emma who only openly smirked as she stood behind the wounded man. Regina simply smirked, nodded to the fallen man, and said "Any more questions?"
A man in the back piped up "why are you so fast to trust you new guard? She hasn't even been here a month, yet you rarely are seen without her."
Regina snarled at that and lifted the doubter up in the air. She threw him against the wall, giving him a slight concussion. She then hissed "Any more questions now?" her face and voice making it clear that it was a rhetorical question. That night they spent dancing on the balcony and enjoying the stars.
When the ball was mostly over, Emma left to fetch refreshments and returned to find Regina being clutched by a leather clad, masked figure. Emma silently put down the food, drew her blades, and took a fighting stance in the shadows. She tried to aim to thrown a dagger, but the man was so close to Regina that she didn't want to risk it.
Emma saw nothing to do but try to sneak around, and so she caused a distraction by throwing her smallest dagger into the curtains across the balcony to make them move. The movement of the curtains caught the man's attention so he turned towards the curtains. His back was now facing Emma, but she still couldn't throw her daggers since he was now pressing a knife against Regina's throat. Emma decided to move forward and stealthy crept up behind the man. She was about to stab him when Regina stepped on his foot and threw him over her back. Emma got out of the way in time and slit the man's throat once he was down.
Blood spurted all over them in little droplets, covering all of Emma and a good bit of Regina. Emma turned to Regina and asked "Are you okay?" and only once the queen's health was confirmed did she ask "Now can we get rid of the balls? Court dinners are less expensive and you could have some of them have funny themes. That way no more balls. Even though I don't have to dance with partners like everyone else, I still can't stand watching." Emma then turned and mimicked the men from her mother's court snarking "May this unworthy have this dance." The blonde then returned to her normal tone as she ranted "Then the stupid man doesn't wait for your answer and just takes you up and you get into lines. You then do a dance, having to hold hands with both the one who asked you and are passed to other men and back to the idiot who you didn't want to dance with in the first place. Then once the music stops you get a short break before another stupid person asks you. When you try to ask people who you want to dance with, you people come over and tell you 'no, no dancing with her. Go dance with him.' and shove you into some sweaty man's arms." The blonde's voice climbed and she shouted the end of her rant before adding "It is just the same here for some of the other dancers and I want it to stop."
Regina considered Emma's proposal and said, "Fine we can have court dinners with smaller dances after instead of large balls." Emma leaned in and kissed Regina gratefully neither caring about the dead man's blood all over them.
With that Regina pulled the two of them to their room so that they could have some alone time.
AN. Sorry I cut out all of the other balls. In the next few chapters there will not be much smut since that was what was affect most by my writers block. Just forewarning, that their will be a time jump between where the story is now and where it will be next chapter. I am going to focus more on the plot and less on the porn. Sorry. Please leave a review of this chapter.
(For those of you wondering why the wait I won a new IPad and have been using that and tumblr rather than writing.)