Emily woke the next morning to a light knocking on her door. She assumed it was Regina and yelled for her to enter. Regina came in with a tray of food and some clean clothes for training.

"I know you didn't ask for this, but you need to eat something. I also have some clean clothes because from the looks of your bag, there was not much in there. There is toast, eggs, and some orange juice. Today, you will be working on stamina. You will be running, swimming, climbing through obstacles. Emma will see you with the others in half and hour. Henry will be learning abut ruling, with David and Snow will work with the younger kids. Anything else you want to know?"

"I would like to know why you are doing all of this? I feel like this is your way of apologizing or making up for lost time when it isn't necessary. You don't owe me anything and I want things to be like this. I can take care of myself, but this is going to need some getting used to. I should get ready."

"Okay, I will see you down there." Regina waved her hand and teleported away in a cloud of purple smoke.

Emily ate the light breakfast and went down for some of her own warm-up drills. She went to the lake and ran around it 10 times, climbed to the top of some trees, and swam 20 times the length of the lake. She has always been a very dedicated athlete and never faltered when she set her mind to something. Soon a boom was heard and that meant it was time for training. She ran with her group and saw that Emma was with Snow and Regina. All the recruits bowed and Emily did as well. The three queens looked and Emily and laughed. They forgot that she isn't the lost princess, but one of the recruits for the ogre problem.

"Today, we will be going over some simple skills in stamina. Most of you are strong, but you can only go for a small amount of time. I want everyone to run as fast as they can and the last one to remain running will win. This is judged by age because the younger kids will not be ale to run as fast as the older kids. Everyone line up and we can start," Emma shouted.

The groups grumbled, but went to the starting point. They were all handed some food thing. "Eat this and we can track you. It will also give us a way to communicate to you. We will know how fast you are running and where you are going. No cheating. Ready. Get set. GO!"

All the kids ran as fast as they could. No one took the same direction. What was interesting was, Emily has the power of wolf speed because of all her time running with her other family. She had to keep up, so she stated to run and was as fast as them. She was this blur in the forest. She then heard someone talking to her.

"Emily, how are you moving so fast? You better not be using magic."

"Regina, I can't control my powers yet. I am just used to running fast from living with Ruby and Granny. Being raised by wolves is a good thing. Where is everyone else?"

"They are about a mile behind you. We are losing your signal, so can you run the opposite direction. It would be bad if connection was lost."

"You got it. Want to have a conversation now?"

"About what?"

"What do you want to know?"

"Why run so fast when you can go at a moderate pace that is as fast as the other people?"

"I wouldn't be giving it my all and that is cheating. You also said as fast as I can. This is as fast as I can go. I am going to keep improving instead of remaining average with everyone else. I am not ordinary person, I can and will be extraordinary."

"Fair point. I will see blur you when you get back and I want you to keep running. I will tell you when you can stop."

Emily continued to run for her life. She didn't even break a sweat because she has been doing this so long. She was finally told that she could stop and return. She got back to base and saw that everyone looked utterly exhausted from all the exercise. She just walked over to the queens and sent a telepathic message using the tracker.

"How long was that and how far? Also, who was second?"

"That was a few hours and maybe 70 miles. A young man named Tyler was second. He looked out of breath and I feel like a lot of people are going to talk."

"I will be fine. Make sure to congratulate Tyler. He did very well."

Emily ended the transmition and sat in a secluded corner of the crowd. She meditated and relaxed her body. Her heart was pounding out of her chest and she needed to calm down. She was eagerly waiting her instructions. She was sent to get some swords from the armory and return to begin some basic training. She went and got as many swords as she could carry. She made 3 or 4 trips to get enough, but she got some help by a few others. Tyler and Neal were there, and then some other people that she just met. Joseph, David, and Annie helped carry the rest. She didn't really talk to them the whole time, but had a feeling like she would get close with them at some point. She was about to pick up a sword, when a hand stopped her. She looked up and saw Snow.

"Emily, I think this belongs to you," Snow said as she held out a new sword. Perfectly sharpened, and a leather grip hilt, it was magnificent.

"I can't. It belongs to your family."

"You are family. Every heir, whether you want to be or not, gets a sword with the family crest. It shows pride and honor while in battle."

"Thank you." Emily took the sword and walked towards Neal. They began the basic sparing they both grew up with. Emily was less ambitious when concerning swords, but she was smart enough to move. Neal kept putting all his weight into his moves and almost toppled over. He was getting pointers from his mom, but Emily wasn't getting any advice. It was either because she doesn't need help, or her mothers don't care, and it is safe to assume which one is right.

"Neal, don't use all your weight, you'll fall over. Keep your eyes up and don't look down."

"Hey, Mom, no helping Neal. Emily needs a fair shot and it doesn't really make it fair if you have a third person view and will tell Neal all her moves."

"Emma. Emily is fine. She is one of the best fighters I have ever seen. If it make you feel better, I will stop giving Neal pointers during a match."

"Thank you. Keep it up, Em."

Emily kept fighting until she tired Neal out enough to sweep under his feet and knock him over. She fell with a resounding thud. She gave him a hand up and he sat out for a little bit. He believes he bruised his coccyx. Emily wasn't put back in because no one else had the balls to even go up to her, let alone challenge her. The others were always wondering why Neal was challenging her when he knew he was going to lose. Neal said he was fine enough to go again, but Emily didn't want to push his limits, so she sent him with Snow to get looked at. She started to practice on her own in the air. She fought with all her usual vigor and did some extra tricks. She practiced her Backflip and her backhand spring, while holding a sword. She had a little trouble because of the extra weight, but was able to do it. Regina saw what was going on and didn't know if she should feel happy or sad. On one hand, Emily is practicing advanced moves on her first day of training, but no one was willing to practice with her. She decided that there had to be some influence, so she changed into some more comfortable clothes and got Emma's sword. She walked over to Emily.

"Looks like you could use a partner."

"Yeah, but I don't want to hurt you."

"I am a tough old witch."

"I could hardly say old. 30's maybe, but not much older."

"You would be surprised. What do you say to a little one-on-one?"

"Sure."

They both got into position. Regina knew that Emily would never make the first move unless it was absolutely necessary. That was a good strategy. Regina charged and went straight at her. Emily slid through Regina's legs as she was running and appeared behind Regina and gently placed the sword on her mom's shoulder.

"And, you would be dead, if I actually swung."

"I see that defense is the best offense. You won't make the first move will you."

"I sense a double-meaning, so no I will not make the first move. It makes me vulnerable and I can't stand being exposed."

"I know the feeling. I need you to attack first, so you can get a sense of what being on offense is like."

Emily nodded and they got back into position. Emily charged forward, but before she reached Regina, she to her left because from what she has seen, most people step rightward to avoid a hit. To her luck, Regina stepped right and collided with Emily. Emily pinned her down and took the sword away. She had a smirk that looked identical to Emma's.

"Don't you dare give me that look."

"What look?"

"The 'I am arrogant' look that you and Emma both have."

"I am not arrogant. Bold and audacious, but not arrogant."

"I can see that you don't need much practice. Why didn't you join earlier?"

"Ruby didn't want to see me get hurt. She protected me and she is family. I thought you had a meeting with her and Granny."

"They are coming for dinner. Now could you kindly help your old mother up?"

"If you are as old as you seem to be acting, you will have to tell me your age at some point or I will call bullshit," Emily said as she practically lifted Regina off the ground.

"EMILY! Language. Does Ruby let you speak like that and since when?"

"She used to say that when she stubbed her toe and stuff. I never usually said it. I only did when I was talking about the thriving bastards in the village."

"I will let it slide... this time. Training is over and we have to get ready. You need some new clothes and a good magic lesson."

"That would be great. I just need to-What the he'll is that!?" Emily screamed as she looked up at the sky and pointed at this cloud of black starry night moving towards her.

"That is what we needed to protect you from. We need to get you to safety now."

Emily was frozen in place. She also heard a voice. It was soft and weak. Innocent even. She then could tell it was coming from the cloud thing. Hello, can anybody hear me.

I can. I am Emily.

Finally, I have been looking for you everywhere. Your mom thinks I am going to hurt you, but I'm not. I am the miasma, but my friends call me Millie. You need to find a way to a world that didn't have magic, but it was introduced to it. There is something that you are missing and you need it.

What would that be?

You ability to love, silly. When your powers were striped, your ability of love went with it. Your magic comes from love and that is why you could never find anyone or open yourself up. I had to give you this message, but with the lack of knowledge you had, I couldn't track you. I must go before I am burned, but make sure to tell Regina about this. Nice to see you, Emily.

Nice to meet you, Millis.

The black cloud disappeared from sight and Regina relaxed. Regina saw the calmness in Emily's expression and immediately questioned her sanity, as well as her state of being.

"Emily. What happened? You froze. Are you okay?"

"The miasma said that we have to go to a world without magic, but it was introduced to it."

Regina looked panicked. "Why?" She asked tentatively.

"Because a part of me is there. My vulnerability, my weakness, my power, is in that world."

"What?"

"I need to go to that world and find my ability to love."