Here we go guys, to the big adventure! Sorry for the wait, I hope to make it worth it in this chapter.
(Also, the time portal thing is quick for the ladies, but it takes like a month or so during real time in Enchanted Forest world, just so there will be more development with Daniel's side of story)
Sorry for any mistakes.
Chapter 8: High heels & Bow and Arrow
Enchanted Forest
In an empty spot in the enchanted forest and greenish void opened in the midair and a second later all that could be heard was a loud thud and two female voices groaning and complaining about the fall.
"I forgot about this part," Emma groaned as she rolled over to be on her belly and hold up her torso with her elbows, scanning around for the sight of Regina, who was lying on her side with her face covered with her dark hair and not moving. "Regina?" Emma forgot about her own pain and stood up quick on her feet, rushing towards the brunette body, when she grabbed Regina' shoulder and moved her to see her face better, she noticed that the mayor was alive and fine. "Don't do that again," Emma let out a sigh of relief and began to take a few steps away from Regina, scanning the area once more, trying to figure out what to do next.
"I am sorry, but this fall knocked the wind out of me," Regina told her as she sat up and groaned in pain.
"Yea but we are here now, and I think the best thing we should do right now is to find some people and steal their clothes. We don't want to stand out too much," Emma said as she just picked a random direction and began to walk but then she realized she heard no noises behind her, having a feeling that Regina wasn't coming along, so she stopped on her tracks and looked over her shoulder, seeing Regina still sitting on the ground with a frown on her face and a…pout?
"What's wrong? We should get going, Regina."
"I know, but…"
"But what?" Emma perked up an eyebrow.
"My foot."
"What's wrong with your foot?"
Regina just looks down at it and doesn't say anything.
"Regina?" Emma was getting a bit annoyed at this, because her temper at this kind of situation certain wasn't the best, she wanted to find her son and there is Regina sitting on the ground, frowning and pouting just like Daniel does when she doesn't give him his favorite snack at the middle of the night. "What's wrong? Did you hurt your foot?" Emma asked her, after calming herself internally and approaching the brunette.
"I think I twisted my ankle," Regina mumbled that, she certainly didn't like to be the vulnerable one.
Emma squatted down and inspected Regina's foot, grabbing her ankle which made the mayor wince at the touch. "Great, Miss Mayor couldn't spend a day without hearing her precious high heels, which now resulted on a twisted ankle, which I hope isn't broken," Emma was now just complaining and Regina remained with her pout and frown, but now staring at Emma, biting her tongue to not lash back, because she knew Emma was going through a rough time right now.
"You know, there's this things called sneakers, they are super comfortable, it helps with walking and even running, especially when you are in the middle of the woods and there's rocks, dirt and sticks everywhere," Emma kept on complaining but while doing so, she turned her back at Regina and stretched out her arms back. "I think you should try it one day, just a recommendation of course."
"What are you doing?" Regina asked looking at Emma's position.
"What do you think I am doing? I will have to carry your fancy ass."
"So, you look at my ass that much, huh?" Regina finally found a way that she could reply to Emma the same level she was talking to her but without hurting her feelings or upsetting her more, and that obviously made Emma blush slightly and stutter a little bit.
"W-Will you just get on al-already?!" And so Regina did, after a bit of a struggle, Emma managed to stand up, carrying Regina on her back and she took a few steps, but let's be honest, Emma didn't go that far, Regina was a small woman of course, but not a light toddler that Emma could just carry around all the time, so after five minutes of walking, she was getting very tired and her muscles began to ache.
"We should stop for a bit," Regina recommended.
"We just started walking," Emma pointed out.
"True but you are already sweating, and I can feel your body shaking, dear," Regina told her.
"We are not going to stop, not until we find some people, steal their clothes and then find a way to get to Neverland and save my son," she said very determined.
"Emma, you do know I can just use my magic to heal my ankle, since it's just minor injury, and it'll be fine, sure a little bit sore, but I will be able to walk on my own."
Right after Regina said that, Emma stopped on her tracks, stayed still for a couple of seconds and then all the sudden just let go of the mayor's legs, which made her fall on her bottom.
"Swan!" Regina yelped as she hit the ground.
"Are you serious?! Why didn't you just do that first?" Emma turned to look at her with a frown.
"I-I don't know! I was enjoying your commitment to it, I guess I just forgot," Regina made up some excuse.
"Oh my fuc-" Emma took a deep breath to calm her down before continue with her words. She needed to calm down, she knew right now every little thing bothered her, and she didn't want to explode on Regina, they were a team, they had to work together as a team. "Okay, do it then, quickly…please," she was really trying to keep her cool.
And so, Regina did as requested, this was going to be a tough journey because even if Regina could understand Emma's side, she could tell they would clash quite a bit on this journey. "Help me up," she said after using her magic on her ankle and stretching out her hand towards Emma, who took her hand and slowly pulled her up and now they were very close, because Regina stumbled a bit since she was scared to put pressure on her foot at first. Their chests were touching, and they were staring into each other's eyes and the all the sexual tension between them was back, just like that, weird turn of events, but now here they are.
Regina was the first one breaking the eye contact, feeling a bit proud of herself for being the first one, getting the upper hand against Emma on this one. "Shall we go?"
"Yes, of course," Emma quickly replied after clearing up her throat as both women just began to walk forward in the Enchanted Forest, in hopes to find someone soon and carry out with their plan.
Neverland
It has been a month since Daniel was taken to Neverland and start his life there. At first everything seemed very terrifying, most of the boys were nice, but they had their weird wild pranks that took Daniel awhile to get used to; with time he began to get more attached to the group, they taught him a lot of things, such as fishing, hunting and even fighting….which was something Daniel wasn't that good at, he was a skinny boy, weaker than most, his forte wasn't his muscles but his brain, however they still taught him the basics and he began to interact a lot more with everyone, they even made him a cool outfit that to him resembles Robin Hood, but without the hat.
"Let's go, Danny!" One of the boys shouted out his name, well a nickname, it was something his blonde mother used to call him and he hated it sometimes when he was trying to be a big boy, but now he doesn't mind it since everyone here seems to be treated by nicknames or silly names.
"I am coming!" Daniel replied as he quickly grabbed his bow and arrow set and began to run after the other boy that was probably two or three years older than him. Today Daniel was going to learn how to use a bow and one of the boys promised to help him out, perhaps this skill would be something Daniel was very good at since it didn't require much strength and so he was very excited to try it out.
"Okay, here is fine," the boy said as he approached a tree and took out a knife and began to carve an 'x' on the tree. "Now this is the bullseye, let's see if you can do it," the boy explained him and then walked up to Daniel and began to explain him the entire posture he should have and how to hold the bow and the arrow before letting it go. "Now let go!" The boy said excitedly but Daniel failed miserly because the arrow didn't even reach the tree, it fell to the ground, he wasn't holding it properly. "Okay that's fine, it's your first time, let's try again," the boy kept on being enthusiastic about it but after thirty minutes, he was getting pretty bored and a bit annoyed because Daniel hasn't made much progress and there wasn't anything else the boy could teach him to make him accomplish it.
"Well this is boring, let's go back, you aren't good at this either," the boy said it with no rude intentions, only without filters because you see they live in a island with people that are close to your age, so you make your own rules and eventually there's no filters and it doesn't necessarily mean you are rude.
However, that comment made Daniel pout and looked down at the ground, with teary eyes. Even though he was enjoying his time here with everyone else, he felt useless, even boys that were his age or younger could skin a rabbit without gaging and Daniel puked on his first time and never did it again. This kind of lifestyle was hard on him, he tried his best to fit in, to contribute but it was hard and to make things worse, he is always talking about his mother and how much he wants to find her but the boys tell him to just quit on that idea, that no adults care about them and they are happy here, that this is his family now, but Daniel doesn't want to give up on finding his other mother and he misses his blonde mother very much, so yea, this past month hasn't been easy on this little blonde boy.
"Come on, Danny, let's go," the boy groaned out as he stared at the blonde boy.
"Daniel will stay till he hits the x on that tree," a female voice could be heard by both the boys and they quickly turned their heads from where the voice came from, seeing Fiona leaning against a tree, with her arms crossed and her long wavy dark hair tied up in a ponytail.
"Fii, what are you doing here?" The boy asked.
"Don't call me that," Fiona almost barked at him, she clearly hated nicknames. The boy frowned and puffed out his cheeks, getting grumpy but also used to Fiona's attitude.
"Well I am leaving anyway, this is boring," and with that the boy just walked away, not wanting to bother himself anymore with this, leaving Fiona and Daniel behind and a very awkward silence between them as they simply stared at each other's eyes, both familiar but unknown.
"So? What are you waiting for? Are you going to shoot that arrow or not?" Fiona said as she perked up an eyebrow at him and Daniel quickly nodded and clumsily fumbled with his bow and arrow, trying to get it right this time but of course he didn't and that made him upset, enough to pick up a rock at the ground and throw it against the tree that held the mark of the x.
"You will never achieve it if you are so short temper with your actions," Fiona told him as she walked up to him, these words were kind of rich coming from her, since she was known by everyone because of her short temper and never to mess with her. "To shoot an arrow, you have to be focused, calm and prepared, it's not like fighting and hunting that you just rush into it and hope for the best outcome," she continued to talk and now she was next to Daniel, he was probably by her chest height. "First the stance," she said as she grabbed Daniel's body and began to move it as a doll, very quickly and smoothly, that caught Daniel off guard, but he stayed on his feet. "Now how to properly hold the bow and arrow," she grabbed his arms and raised them, "and finally take a deep breath, stare into that x and shoot that arrow as if your life depends on it, because someday…it will," she whispered those last words and slowly let go of Daniel's arms, letting him do the rest and just like that…bomb.
He hit the tree, not the x mark, but still got the tree and managed to get the arrow stuck in there. His brown eyes light up so quickly that it felt like Christmas all over again, then he jumped with joy and screamed "Yes! I did it!"
Fiona chuckled at the sight before her but quickly hid her pleased face once Daniel looked at her. "You still got a long way to go, you didn't hit the x," she told him, calmly.
"Yes, I know, but thank you so much, Fiona!" Daniel was just overwhelmed with his results, so he threw his arms around her waist and hugged her tightly.
Fiona felt very uneasy with this new sensation and she also felt like a quick electric shock just happen between them. "Y-You are welcome, now let me go please," she almost ordered it.
"Oh, right, sorry! Your space," Daniel quickly let go of her and took a step back, respecting her boundaries. He hasn't spent much time with Fiona this past month, mostly with the boys and mostly because Fiona kept to herself, if she wasn't by herself, she'd be with Peter hunting or something. "I want to try it again!" He said, looking up at her, hoping she would stay and keep helping him.
"Of course, I told you, you'd only leave this place after you hit the x mark," she said with a smirk and by now Daniel didn't know if he should be concerned about that.
Enchanted Forest
"How did you learn to how knock out somebody like that?" Emma asked Regina very curiously while dragging the couple they found having a lovely picnic in the middle of the forest.
"You aren't the only one who can fight with their hands, miss Swan," Regina told her as she began to undress the woman to get her clothes.
Emma scoffed at that and mumbled, "miss swan…" it sure brought a lot of memories.
"Did you say something?" Regina asked, since she couldn't hear her properly.
"Nah, nothing, let's just hurry up and change," Emma told her while starting to also undress the man to get his clothes, but she stopped on her tracks when she noticed that Regina was now undressing herself, I mean obviously she had to do it, but she didn't even turn around or went behind a tree to do so, she was doing this in front of Emma like it was a very normal and usual thing between them.
Regina only noticed the blonde's stare when she was only with her panties and bra, ready to take off her top. "Staring much, dear?" She taunted the blonde who quickly frowned and looked down with a very vivid blush on her cheeks and Regina grinned at that reaction, feeling like she won.
But then it was Emma's turn, Regina was done dressing, with a long red dress, that stayed nicely on her curves, and Emma just finished now taking off the guy's clothes, and was ready to take off hers, but Regina made sure she'd have her eyes glued on her figure. "Do you mind?" Emma said with a slight pout and frown.
"What's wrong? You stared at me all the time I was undressing, it's only fair I do the same," Regina was clearly taunting the savior with the skills she had, which was her sassiness and flirting, since she knew she had some hold on the blonde woman.
Emma groaned in frustration as she turned her back on Regina, she even looked over her shoulder to check if Regina was still staring and obviously, she was, so Emma swallowed up her embarrassment and shyness and just changed, getting it done.
After a minute or two, Emma was done dressing, she looked like any other normal guy in the kingdom maybe a tad bit fancy, since it was clear this couple wasn't the normal poor villagers. "It suits you," Regina commented, this time with no flirting intentions, just a simple compliment and Emma seemed to notice that.
"Thanks…the dress also looks good on you," she said while looking at Regina up and down, she was clearly a beautiful woman and seeing her with these kind of clothing, made Emma remember about the Evil Queen, it even made her heart beat a little bit faster, not in a good way, more like in a painful way, knowing that she will never have those memories back.
"We should head down to the village before it gets dark. Since these two were here and brought no horse, it's probably not far from here," Regina said as she began to walk forward.
"Yes, and once we get there, we find a way to get to Neverland," Emma continued and started to walk alongside Regina. Mommy's coming for you, Daniel, don't worry.
Neverland
The moon was finally revealing itself and Daniel was still practicing with the bow and arrow, he was getting close to the result, but he still couldn't hit the middle of the x mark and as Fiona said, she'd make sure he stayed there till he got it right.
"I am tired, Fiona," Daniel complained as he began to remove the arrows from the tree so he could go at it again.
"I know, but you are not leaving till you get it right," she told him.
"But I can try it tomorrow," he whined, "I am tired and hungry."
Fiona frowned at him as she approached his small figure and bent down her torso to be at the same eye level as the blonde boy, and this intimidated Daniel. "You will never succeed with that attitude; you have to keep pushing forward if you want to achieve something."
"B-but I am not giving up, I am just taking break," Daniel explained.
"Don't you want to find your mother?" Fiona asked him with a frown.
"What do you know about my mother?" He quickly asked her, getting hopeful.
"Nothing," Fiona said as she stood up tall again and folded her arms in front of her chest. "All I know is everything you keep rambling about, that she is a beautiful brunette and has a scar on her lip."
Daniel pouted slightly, disappointed she had no information for him.
"If you want to find her, you have to become stronger Daniel," she told him as she looked at the x mark on the tree. "You will never be able to leave this island if you don't become stronger."
"What do you mean by that?" Daniel asked, intrigued and Fiona cursed herself, feeling like she already said too much.
"Nothing, all I am saying is that in order to find your mother, you need to know a thing or two about fending for yourself, or else you will fail," she told him, looking back at him.
"I know," Daniel mumbled, and they stayed silent for a couple more seconds, till he broke the silence to ask something. "Hey, Fiona do you know anything about your mom?"
Fiona dropped her arms to her sides and sighed out before looking up at the starry sky. "I don't."
"Well, that's sad…" Daniel murmured.
"But I think I know how she looks like."
"Oh really? How so?" Daniel looked up at her, feeling relieved that Fiona was opening up to him, she never opened up to anyone.
"I have always had with me a painting of some sort of a blonde woman. I don't know where or how I got it, I just remember it always being with me and I could never get myself to get rid of it, I don't know why," she explained.
"Oh, but that's cool!" Daniel exclaimed excitedly.
Fiona looked back down at him and perked up an eyebrow. "Cool?"
"Yea, because you can show that to everyone and then there's more people that know how she looks like and that's more people that will help you find her!" He said with a big smile and that made Fiona scoff at his excitement.
"Not everyone is so eager to help a stranger, Daniel and if she left me, she left for me a selfish reason, so I don't plan on finding her," she was cold with her words, but that's how she felt…abandoned.
Daniel pouted at her harsh words, "maybe but I wouldn't give up…I wish I had a drawing of how my mom looks like."
Fiona was quite surprised by Daniel's willingness of not giving up, even if his mother probably left him because she didn't want him, or at least that's how Fiona thinks. "Well, anyway, let's continue," she said before ruffling his blond hair, getting it all messy since it has grown a little bit during this past month.
"Okay!" He dragged a bit this word, to show he clearly wasn't happy with continuing, but he knew Fiona was right, he had to become stronger in order to find his mother, so he wasn't going to give up.
And that's a wrap! What did you guys think? What do you think is going to happen next chapter?
Sorry for any mistake. Thank you for your support!