Hello everyone! Back again with another chapter after sometime not updating. I couldn't figure out how to play out this scene. But this I just got Season 1 of OUAT on Christmas (thanks to my mom and stepdad) and after watching a few episodes, I figured out what to do.
So, enjoy.
"Parry! Block! That's it, Emma!" James smiled at the teenage princess. Snow wasn't entirely thrilled to have him teach their daughter how to sword-fight, but after a month, she was almost as good as her father. "Great job. I'm going to go check on your mother."
"I'm going to keep practicing."
James grinned, "Alright." As her father walked away, Emma refocused her attention on a wooden dummy nearby. Swinging the blade above her head, she slashed it at the dummy's head, which fell to the ground in moments. Taking a deep breath, she walked over to the head and picked it up, wondering how she could repair the dummy.
A neigh of a horse stopped her short.
"Not bad, for a girl." Emma looked up and saw Aiden, Bae and Pinocchio staring down at her, each on horseback.
Emma smiled, "And you think you can do better, Bae?"
The teenage boy slipped off the horse, "Let's find out." He walked to a rack of swords and pulled out one that gave the best weight distribution. The two stared each other down and prepared for combat.
"Think you can still fight after being in another world for so long?"
"It's not hard," he said. "It's like riding a bike."
Emma gave him a confused look, "What's a bike?" Baelfire rolled his eyes. Of course she didn't know what a bike was. She's never seen that world.
"A horse, then. You can never forget that." They took their stances and began to fight. Blade met blade with a loud clang as the two fought. The young prince and woodcarver watched on.
"She's doing well," Pinocchio said.
"Yeah, Dad's the best at this kind of stuff," Aiden replied. "Who do you think's gonna win? I think it'll be Baelfire."
"Emma." Aiden stared at him oddly. "It'll be Emma."
The Prince laughed, "I doubt it." Pinocchio didn't say anything more. All he could do in that moment was watch his best friend fight Emma.
The one person he knew he couldn't love. CLANG!
"Next time," Emma said, staring down at her opponent and pointing both blades at his throat, "You probably shouldn't try tripping me over in a fight." She dropped her blades and offered him a hand to get up. Aiden stared at her sister, his mouth dropped open.
"She… She did it," the Prince said, almost speechless.
The young woodcutter nodded, smirking, "Yeah… She did."
