This chapter is for AlphaLuna87 with the prompt: "Emma convinces Henry and Regina to go camping, where Regina surprises them with her hunting skills."
"You want to what?" Regina asked, kicking off her heels.
"Go camping," Emma said. "But without magic. We make our own fire, hunt for our own food, everything. We could totally do it."
"And you want to do this because?" Regina asked, walking into the closet. Most of the town didn't know it, but after working on the weekends she loved changing into something more comfortable.
"Because it would be fun," Emma said. "It could be like a family bonding activity!"
Regina chuckled as she walked out of the closet in a light cotton blouse and jeans. "Yes, because we haven't faced enough danger that we're not close enough already."
"This is something that won't require fighting to the death," Emma said. "Or visiting the Underworld. Just a fun trip for us as a family."
Regina sighed. "What does Henry think of this idea?"
"I love it," Henry said, walking into the room. "I've always wanted to go camping anyway. This'll be great."
"Well, I see that you both want to go," Regina said. "So I might as well admit defeat and go with it."
"Really?" Emma asked. "We can go?"
Regina nodded. "Let's get ready to go."
Emma had been planning this trip for a long time. She even had the spot planned where they would be camping.
"This is a nice spot," Henry said. "Gives a good view of the town."
"It does," Regina agreed.
"All right, we better get the tent set up," Emma said. "Then we can go hunting for dinner."
"That sounds so cool," Henry said excitedly. "We're actually going to go hunting for our own meal."
Emma laughed. "And to think, in the Enchanted Forest that was entirely normal."
Regina nodded. "If you wanted something special that is. There were still farms and such like there are in this world."
The three of them worked together and managed to get the tent up successfully the first time.
"What are we using to hunt?" Henry asked.
"You are using nothing," Regina said. "You are not nearly old enough to be hunting."
"Mom," Henry whined. "I'm a teenager now."
"That doesn't mean you know everything," Regina said. "I said no, but you can still watch Emma and I hunt."
"You're going to hunt?" Emma asked in surprise.
"Of course," Regina said. "I borrowed your mother's bow and arrows. She seemed surprised that I asked for them, but trusted me with them."
"Since when do you know how to shoot?" Emma asked.
Regina shrugged. "Like you said, we had to hunt for our food sometimes in the Enchanted Forest."
"But you were a princess," Henry said in confusion. "There were people that hunted for you, wasn't there?"
"There was," Regina agreed. "I mainly just practiced with targets. And I didn't do it very often. But I thought that I'd give it a try."
Emma smiled. "I'm looking forward to seeing you hunt, Your Majesty."
Regina rolled her eyes. "Very funny."
"You killed it with one shot!" Henry exclaimed from their hiding place.
Emma's jaw dropped. "How did you do that?"
Regina smiled. "I have a few hidden talents."
"But you said that you only practiced on targets," Emma said.
"Oh I did," Regina said. "But after I mastered still targets, my instructor made me targets that moved like an animal."
"That's awesome," Henry said in awe. "I can't believe that you actually did that."
Regina laughed. "Like I said, I have a few hidden talents."
"What else can you do?" Emma asked. "How many hidden talents do you have?"
"Well if I told you, they wouldn't be hidden," Regina teased. "Come on, we have to get this deer back to our camping site." She walked over and picked up the deer's front half, looking back at Emma and Henry expectantly.
"She is so badass," Henry whispered.
Emma nodded. "We have to find out the rest of these hidden talents."
"Oh yeah we do," Henry said.
"Are you two going to help or not?" Regina asked.
Henry and Emma smiled guiltily before walking over and helping to pick up the deer. They had a whole weekend of camping. Emma and Henry were definitely going to get some more hidden talents out of Regina.