6) How Hook's Infamous Line Could Have Been Administered Correctly (Swan Queen)
"Normally, I'd prefer to do more enjoyable activities with a woman on her back," Emma grumbled, knocking Regina to the ground (along with the wind in her lungs) as a flying sphere of molten flames soared over their heads.
"Really, Miss Swan, do you think you could save your barbaric remarks for when we're not under attack?" Regina yelled over the raging sounds of tens of swords clashing and grinding in an excrutiating cacophony as the two leapt back to their feet, might and magic back to back, ready to resume deflecting Cora's undead forces.
"Gee, pardon me for judging the situation to require a dash of unexpected confessions hidden under a layer of light-hearted entertainment before we die. You're welcome for the delay, by the way," the knight scoffed, freshly obtained cuts and bruises dying the chainmail sanguine where every attack aimed at the queen, the only real queen, had landed.
"And for the record, what I was trying to say was that if you're the last thing I'll ever see, I can't say it couldn't have been worse," she added in between slashes, throwing one last signature smirk Regina's way, and, closing her eyes to preserve that image, buried the enchanted blade in the ground with one powerful swing. The action released a webbed force field to blow back the dead — the last bit of magic Emma's stubborn heart would ever conjure.