I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY! You can hate me it's been 3 weeks with no update. But never fear, a new chapter is here with just about everything. AND a surprise announcement at the end so stay tuned. Sorry this one is a little shorter, but its 3:30am and I'm freaking tired.
Also some of you were confused about the two Grahams which I fixed by the way. The one at Regina's castle in CH.1 was supposed to be Killian not Graham. That was my bad. You can go back and read it if you were confused. That was totally my bad. I should really stop writing these at 3:00am.
Disclaimer: I don't own OUAT yadda, yadda, yadda. you already know.
Regina woke up with her face covered in hair that wasn't her own. She smiled. Emma. The only person who could make her heart beat ten times faster with just one look. Regina leaned on her side with her head propped up by her hand. She brushed a few strands of hair away from the lover's face. She noticed Emma's eyes flutter beneath her eye lids, so she leaned in and kissed both. "Good Morning, my love." Regina whispered, brushing back blonde streaks.
"Mmmph." Was all Regina got in reply. She knew Emma wasn't one to be woken easily, luckily after 9 years she's learned a trick or two. She knew she shouldn't because it bothered the blonde but she also knew she would get a laugh out of it. Regina sat up with her back against the headboard and cleared her throat.
"EMMA SWAN! What do you have to say for yourself!?" Regina's voice echoed off the walls of their bedroom. Emma shot up out of bed tumbling backwards of the side of the bed, landing in a heap in the ground. The blonde jumped to her feet looking around frantically before landing on her cackling queen. She narrowed her eyes.
"That was not funny, Regina! I can't believe you just did that! Why the hell did you wake me up, we're supposed to be sleeping. The sun isn't even all the way up, babe." Emma dropped back on the bed with a frustrated sigh. She was extremely tired and didn't appreciate being 'queened at'. (That's what Emma would call it when Regina acted all regal and queen like towards her). But the sound of Regina's soft giggle filling the room made her heart swell and race just a little faster.
"I'm sorry, dear, I just couldn't resist. Are you alright? You fell pretty hard." Regina's laughter died down, her voice hinting a bit of concern.
"I'm fine, Regina. Just wasn't expecting to be queened at this early in the morning is all." Emma smiled at Regina's scoff. Regina had to admit, at first she didn't really like the term Emma had come up with but after a while it grew on her. Emma crawled across their bed and sat down in Regina's lap, looping her arms around the queen's waist and nuzzled her neck. She placed small kisses along the column of the brunette's neck, smiling at the sound of contentment that the queen was making.
"Unfortunately we don't have time for this. The only reason I would dare wake you is because we have a meeting in the war room today." Though they had a meeting Regina didn't relinquish her hold on her blonde beauty. And as if one queue a knock came from outside their door, signaling their time to leave. "Enter." Regina said regally. She knew it would only be Killian or Graham, who she acquired shortly after she saved Emma. Both have seen the women in very compromising positions and were some of the only people allowed to see the affection that was shown between the queen and her knight.
Killian walked into the room with his head down, but couldn't help a smile small when notice the white knight being cradled against the queen affectionately. The White Knight, the Queen's Savior, or whatever else people would call her now a days, was an extremely feared woman throughout all the kingdoms. Almost as feared as the queen was. Though no one except Queen and the few she has confided in know the Knight's true identity. When not with the Queen or close friends she was ruthless and cold but also respected by all of the queen's guard. Well, by all those who weren't jealous of her that is.
"Queen Regina, there seems to be a ruckus in the war room." He kept his head bowed. Though he was a friend he would not want to over step his boundaries.
"What kind of ruckus, and why can't you take care of it? That is your job, Captain." Regina did not enjoy being interrupted for nonsense.
"I apologize, you Majesty, it would appear it is beyond what I and Graham are able to control. All the members have gone absolutely mad." Regina narrowed her eyes at his words. She nudged Emma out of her lap, and strolled across the room to her mirror. "Show me." Regina's eyes widened at the sight. The room was filled with men fighting, yelling and throwing things everywhere. Some were fighting with fists, some with swords. Others were yelling until they were blue in the face. She could spot Graham frantically trying to calm the men from destroying anything. She felt Emma come up behind her and take in the commotion. "Holy shit." She muttered.
"Indeed. Killian! What is the meaning of this? Why is there fighting inside of my castle?!" Killian gulped at the Queen's tone. She was not happy. Not. One. Bit. The Queen didn't have many rules which he was grateful for if had to say so himself. But one of the main ones was 'No fighting in the castle unless told otherwise.' Which meant that every man down there fighting has disobeyed a direct order from the Queen.
"Majesty, some blokes began to spew nonsense about not being able to protect the Queen and the others retaliated, than all hell broke loose and they began beltin' each other." Regina nodded and took a deep breath. She was furious. A few simple castle rules and yet they still haven't figured it out.
Emma took another look at the mirror and started to laugh, startling the other two in the room. She was bent over at the waist clutching her stomach, her laugh filling every crevasse of the room. Neither the Queen nor Captain could help the smiles that graced their lips at the sound. Regina's stomach did a summersault at seeing her love so happy.
"And what is it you find so funny about this, dear?" Regina quirked an eyebrow and folded her arms across her chest, waiting for an answer. When Emma's laughter finally died down she was wiping her eyes with a big smile stretched across her face.
"Don't worry, babe, I'm not laughing at you, I'm laughing at what you're gonna do." Emma saw a confused look go across Regina's face. "I've know you well enough to know when you're pissed and right now you're wearing your 'I'm pissed, how dare you disobey me face'. Those guys down there are kinda screwed." Realization flashed across Regina's face and so did a wicked smirk that always made Emma's stomach drop. In a good way.
"That they are, my love. Killian you are dismissed. Inform Graham to cease his attempts in trying to stop the fighting. When we arrive those fighting will be punished. Severely." A shiver went down at the Queen's dark tone. He nodded and left the room.
Regina turned to Emma, who still had a smirk on her face. "You still find this amusing? You are aware I'm about to punish those men down there don't you?"
"Well they did defy a direct command from you, so yeah I know you're about to punish them." Emma stepped closer to Regina until she was a breath away. "As long as you promise to punish me too."
Regina wrapped her arms around the blonde's waist and leaned in, her mouth at the younger woman's ear. "That, can definitely be arranged." She nipped at the ear then pulled back. "But not now. Now, we must go." Regina snapped her fingers and they were engulfed in purple smoke. When it dissipated she was dressed in a purple dress, with black lace and jewels along the low cut neck line. Emma was covered neck down in the Queen's armor. It was black, but when the light hit it just right could be mistaken as white, and had the Queen's crest in the middle of the chest plate. Emma loved it almost as much as Regina did. It was very light but was also enchanted making it almost impenetrable. The Queen had the best blacksmith in the land create her sword and armor, and enchanted it herself, not wanting to take any chances with Emma's safety. Emma found the original amount of armor ridiculous and was able to talk Regina into getting rid of some pieces. Emma was the most skilled fighter of all the men in the guard. She was already dangerous enough being protected by the Queen but was even more so when she no longer needed protection.
Regina looked at her White Knight, not able to help growl that emitted from her throat. She loved Emma's armor. It made the younger woman look fierce, dangerous and sexy all at once. She felt like she was on autopilot as she walked over and crashed her lips to the blonde's. They both moaned at the impact, aware of the bruise that it would leave. Regina's tongue swiped across the blonde's bottom lip, being granted entrance immediately. They fought for dominance, even though Regina was queen she allowed herself to submit to Emma at times, enjoying it when her lover took control. Now wasn't one of those times. Finally winning the war they had going inside of their mouths, Regina backed Emma up until she hit the vanity and placed both hands on either side of her waist, effectively trapping her.
"You look absolutely delectable, darling." Regina moved her lips lower, dipping her head to Emma's frantic heartbeat.
"You don't look half bad yourself, my Queen." Emma was breathless and knew what addressing Regina by her title did to the older woman. Regina growled biting down on warm flesh, soothing it with her tongue then biting again. She loved marking Emma. That was people knew who she belonged to. Emma groaned as each bite got rougher. "'Gina." She whimpered, her fingers digging into the other woman's shoulders.
"Yes, Emma?" She asked, releasing Emma's neck with a pop.
"W-we gotta go. Th-The war thing." Her sentences were choppy and her breathing was erratic but Regina had learned over the years to understand what the blonde was saying.
"We will be finishing this later. Or maybe we won't. I haven't decided your punishment yet." She smiled at Emma's groan and grabbed her hand. "Let's get this over with."
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When Regina pushed open the doors to the War room she took in the chaos. Men were shouting and fighting each other, completely unaware of their queen's presence. Absolutely barbaric she thought. With a snap of her fingers everyone was frozen, save herself, Emma, Killian and Graham. Only heads were able to move but they didn't need to look to know who immobilized them. The Queen.
Regina strode through the room, around the men with Emma a few paces behind. The room was deathly quiet except for the sound of the queen's heels walking slowly around the room.
"What do we have here?" She spoke at a regular volume, knowing she would be heard. She turned to Emma, who had one hand on the hilt of her sword, looking positively lethal. "What does it look like to you, my White Knight?" Emma stalked around the room, looking several men in the eye until they looked away. Cowards. She thought. After a moment she spoke.
"Well from what I can see, it looks as if we have a bit of a quarrel going on in the War room. How ironic." She said with a smirk. Regina's lips twitched but she remained passive. She walked to where her and Emma's thrones sat, noticing blood on the seat. She swallowed, closing her eyes.
"Savior, if you would come here a moment." When Emma stepped beside Regina, she noticed a look in her brown eyes that would have made even her fall to her knees and beg for mercy. "Is that what I think it is?" Emma's eyes flashed toward the thrones, a look of understand crossing her features.
"Yes, my Queen, I believe it is." Regina turned facing the men who looked upon her with nothing but complete fear in their eyes.
"Who DARE defile my throne?! Who was fool enough to spill blood inside these walls?!" Everyone, not including Emma, flinched at the Queen's booming voice. No one dared to speak, instead they all stood there, in whatever position they were stuck in, waiting for the Queen's wrath to come crashing on them. "Nobody? If you do not speak now, your punishment will be more painful than I already have planned." Surprisingly, and stupidly, a voice spoke from somewhere in the crowd.
"Well you're just gonna kill us anyway, whether we tell you or not!"
Regina's eyes scanned the crowed, looking for the imbecile who spoke. She used her magic to find the man who seemed think he knew what the Queen had planned. Regina could hear Emma behind her snicker and whisper "Idiot." She couldn't help the smile that found its way across her lips. When the magic found the man, everyone else in the room was forced onto one knee, so Regina could see him.
The man who spoke was not one of her knights. She did not recognize him at all in fact. "Killian, Graham. Come here." She snapped. They stopped a few spaces in front of the queen, heads bowed. "Who is that man?"
"I believe he is a new recruit, who we have just obtained, your Majesty. He's not even been here a week." Graham was the one who answered.
"And what kingdom has he come from?" This defiant man made her curious to say the least.
"That I do not know, your Highness." Regina nodded and the two men stepped back to stand to her left, Emma at her right.
"Where are you from, boy?"
"With all due respect, I do not see how knowing where I am from will help you." The Queen narrowed her eyes as the man spoke. With a smirk he continued. "And I am most certainly no boy, your Majesty. Allow me to show you how man I really am." Before he could finish his last word, Emma's hand shot out and the man flew to her, falling at a heap at her feet. Emma rarely used her magic. Mainly because she had Regina who just did it for her, but this was different. This was Personal. She dragged the man off the floor, her hand clamped around his throat.
"Do you know who I am?" The man nodded, wide-eyed. "Who?"
"You're the Queen's White Knight!" he rasped, trying to breath with a hand around his throat.
"I am. So you know just how dangerous I can be, I presume." He nodded quickly. "Then listen here, boy, of you ever speak of my wife in such a way again, I will not hesitate to rip out your jugular and feed your body to the wolves. Do. You. Understand." The man gaped. He didn't know the famous White Knight was wedded to the Queen.
"You were asked a question, you gobshite! Do not have to be asked twice!" Killian yelled at the man.
"Yes! Yes, I understand. I apologize! I didn't mean anything by it!" The man looked at the queen then back at the knight. The look in the blonde woman's eye made the man almost piss himself where he stood. Or dangled, technically.
"Oh, it isn't me you have to beg for forgiveness. But if I am given the word I will not hesitate to kill you. Slowly." Emma was furious at the man, who dared speak about her Regina like that. Like she was a piece of meat instead of a goddess who deserved to be worshipped. She dropped the man and looked him in the eye. "You will respect your queen. Now, beg her for your life."
The whole time this was going on, Regina looked on amused and slightly aroused at her wife's protectiveness. She knew her to be very protective but to see her like this. Dominating, terrifying, hostile, was a major turn on. Regina turned her eyes to the man who was now kneeling at her feet begging for forgiveness. She looked out towards the other men who were watching on with fearful and curious eyes. Her eyes moved towards the blonde's and noticed all the tension leave her body, her beautiful green, sometimes blue, eyes softening as they connected. She gave her a small smile before returning her attention to the new knight.
"What is your name, boy?" Regina asked, putting emphasis on boy, for her own amusement. The man looked up as he answered.
"Neal. My name's Neal."
*Gasps* Married?! Dun Dun Dun! What? Neal? Yes, I'm adding Neal to spice it up a bit. And there is no way in hell they'll be Swanfire, so don't even go there. And now for that special announcement:
The only reason you don't have a longer chapter is b/c it's super late and I'm tired as shit. SO I've decided, since I ditched this story for about 3 wks, that I'd write a super long chapter and have it up in a few days. How bout them apples?! Am I forgiven yet? If you want it in a few you're gonna have to work for it though. Leave me review on what YOU want to happen to Neal. It depends on you on how long it will take for the next chapter to be up.