Chapter thirty-one
"This is ridiculous," Mulan sighed as she continued her pace.
"It takes a pretty big bean stalk," Emma replied without sitting up, continuing to look up at length of the plant from her position of lying next to it.
"So we're supposed to just wait here?" the warrior ground out.
Emma rolled her eyes and sat up, "they won't take that long," she replied.
"And you expect me to just trust her?" Mulan ground out.
Emma raised her eyebrow, and stood up, "if this her is Regina, then yes."
"She is the Evil-"
"I swear to-"Emma began, only be interrupted.
Aurora quickly jumped up to her feet, and held her hands up between them.
"There is no need to argue," each woman continued to look at each other angrily and the princess sighed, "they have done nothing but help us," she pointed out.
Mulan took a calming breath and nodded, "I'm going to get more firewood."
Emma watched her walk away and fell back down to the ground and looked at Aurora curiously.
"What?" she laughed nervously.
"Why don't you tell her how you feel?"
Aurora began sputtering something and the blonde held up her hand.
"You don't hide your feelings very well," she laughed, "I see you blush every time she comes near you."
"We haven't long met," Aurora sighed, as she joined Emma on the ground, "and I'm fairly certain that she had feeling for Phillip."
Emma smiled knowingly; she had witnessed part of this unfounded love triangle once, each woman believing that the other was interested in the man.
"What makes you so sure?"The blonde asked, desperate not to freak out the other woman with some line like 'I'm from the future.'
"My brother has always-"
Emma quickly held up her hands, "whoa, Phillip is your brother? What about the True Love's kiss?"
Aurora furrowed her brow, "he kissed me on the cheek I think, do people think we're-"
Emma nodded and Aurora's face contorted in disgust, how could Mulan not know that he's her brother?
"Does Mulan know?" Emma asked quickly.
Aurora furrowed her brow in concentration, and Emma couldn't help but feel like she just had to end this much more disturbing love triangle right now.
The princess simply shrugged, as the warrior came back with a pile of wood.
The blonde looked between them, and began to form a plan, "so did we tell you how we're going to find your brother Aurora?"
Mulan stiffened and dropped the pile of wood, "Phillip isn't her brother," she said defensively.
Aurora stared at the warrior for a moment, slightly pleased when she saw a hint of jealousy, "actually he is," she smiled.
Mulan nodded, running through every time that Phillip talked about Aurora, realising that he never once said anything about them being romantically involved. How could he not have mentioned that she is his sister? She thought somewhat bitterly.
The warrior continued nodding, and swallowed hard, "so how are you going to find him?"
"Locator spell probably," Emma shrugged and lay back down, this time with a small smirk as Mulan awkwardly announced that they needed more firewood despite the copious amounts she had already collected.
Regina and Snow snuck up behind the giant, and they each marvelled at his size for a moment.
This is idiotic, Regina thought, before Snow held up three fingers and began silently counting down
Closing her eyes, Regina allowed her magic to flow forward. She imagined the metaphorical tendrils surrounding the giant and holding him in place. A moment later, his loud crunching of some animal stopped, and a rather large bone dropped to the ground.
Snow let out a sigh of relief, realising that this meant Regina had been successful.
They each walked towards the giant, who seemed only to be able to move his facial features and was using them well to give them piercing deadly looks.
"How did you get out?" he asked, "The lock was enchanted beyond the skill of any sorceress."
"You forgot to guard it against the skill of a common thief," Regina replied, which earned her an eye roll from Snow.
Anton closed his eyes in frustration and asked, "What do you want from me?"
"We simply ask that you hear what we have to say," Snow offered.
The giant looked at the woman distrustfully and replied, "And what about this situation would warrant that?"
"Errr..." Snow began, only to be interrupted by the other brunette.
"The spell is simply to ensure that you cannot hurt us, but believe me when I say that we have no intention of causing you any harm. We are simply here to ask for your assistance if you are willing to give it."
Snow gave the other woman a dumbfounded expression, she can be nice, she thought.
Anton inspected them for a moment with narrowed eyes, "and why should I believe that?"
Regina thought for a moment, and waved her hand, realising the giant from his restraints.
Anton moved his arms to test them out, and turned his attention back to the magic doer, "and what is stopping me from simply killing you for trespassing like that other human from earlier?"
"Other human?" Snow asked cautiously.
"That one handed man, he knocked me unconscious and left me for dead."
"Killian knocked you unconscious?" Regina asked.
"Who's Killian?" Snow whispered.
"Captain Hook, of course," Regina replied.
"Of course, how silly of me," Snow grumbled petulantly which earned her an eye roll.
"He sprang one of the traps left by that wretched prince upon me; I only just about managed to escape."
Regina nodded in understanding, waving her hand a purple smoke engulfed the area, "there are no longer any snares or traps," she replied.
Anton watched as one of the trip wires disappeared, I no longer have to watch my step, he thought with a smile.
Standing from his seat, he bent down and asked, "what is it you want?"
"We need to get back to our family," Snow replied, which earned her a surprised look from the other woman. "We need a magic bean."
Anton nodded in understanding, but sighed, "I'm afraid there are none left."
"Not even a petrified bean?" Regina asked desperately.
The giant raised his eyebrow, before he pulled the last remaining beans out of his pocket, "it won't aid you in crossing realms." Despite his words, he brought his palm down to the ground and Regina grabbed one of them.
"It's exactly what we need," she smiled down at her ticket home and added, "thank you."
"Now if you would please leave my home, before I change my mind," he said as he straightened up and walked away.
A/N Hope you guys enjoyed, I don't know why but I felt like updating again haha
I hope that the SleepingWarrior storyline makes sense, I just thought it would be a good way to get them together without the need for a real love triangle (I generally hate them anyway lol)
Reviews would be much appreciated :)