CHAPTER TWO- Queen Snow White and King David's Castle
Colette and Kendra landed softly in the main corridor of the castle. Two of the guards on duty nearly jumped out of their skin when the girls came through. Kendra waltzed over to the head guard.
"It's always a pleasure to break in the new recruits."
"Good to see you Captain." The commanding officer bowed and then turned towards his lot. "Men this is Captain Kendra Jones. She gives you orders, I expect you to follow them."
What appeared to be the younger of the two newcomers spoke up. "She's a woman. I refuse to take instruction from such."
Kendra drew her sword and walked straight up to the trainee holding the blade particularly close to his throat. "Soldier, I will have you know that I am in charge here and you will give me the full respect I deserve. On top of being a captain in the royal navy, I also happen to be your princess. I have been trained to fight ever since the day I was able to hold a dagger and sailing for as long as I can remember. Show that type of disrespect to me or anyone else ranking superior to you and I will personally have you sent packing to wherever you came from. Are we clear, mate?"
The soldier swallowed heavily. "Very clear, Captain Jones."
"Keep a close eye on this one while I am gone. Also, tack another three months of training on for punishment for dishonoring both a captain and a member of the royal family."
"Of course, Captain. Have a safe expedition." The officer bowed to Kendra.
"Thank you and good luck with your trainees." Kendra turned and rejoined Colette.
"You have way too much fun with that," Colette mumbled.
"The joys of being in charge never cease to excite me," Kendra smiled.
They walked down the east wing to find Kendra's parents, grandparents, and uncle speaking in the throne room. Colette and Kendra set down their trunks that Rumple had given them and ran to join them.
"Are you two ready to set sail?" Killian smirked.
"Almost, we just have a few more things to get settled."
Emma had two boxes adorned with bows on top. She handed one to each of them.
"We want you to put these on. It's to help you blend in in Storybrooke. We know that you can use your disguise spells or whatever, but Snow and I really wanted you two to have something to wear there."
"Let's go try them out!" Colette went off to her room that she had kept since she still spent quite a bit of her time with the Charming-Jones family.
Kendra was walking down the hallway engaged in trying to rip open the box. As she turned towards her room she ran straight into her brother.
"Liam, you bloody idiot!" Kendra was shaking off the pain from their heads slamming into one another.
"Sorry, Kendra, but you should've been looking where you were going. Did you get mother and grandmother's present?"
"Yeah, Colette went to her room to try hers on if you wanted to see her before we head off." Kendra noticed that Liam looked nervous. He was sweating and he was shaking ever so slightly.
"I am going down to the docks to see you off, so I can wait until then."
"Are you alright, brother?"
"I couldn't be better. I just have some…stuff I need to take care of. See you in a bit." He turned and rushed down the hallway.
"Alright then…" Kendra muttered to herself. She entered her bedroom and laid the contents of the package on her bed. Most of the attire was foreign to her, all except for a dark blue leather jacket. She put on the unfamiliar clothing. She had a pair of jeans and a plain white t-shirt and a pair of simple mid-calf-high black boots, to go with her leather jacket. She looked at herself in the mirror. "Is this what people wear in Storybrooke?" Kendra mumbled to herself. She placed her necklace back around her neck. It was the one thing she didn't want to leave behind. It was similar to her father's, except it had a swan, skull and crossbones, and a ship on it. She chose to leave all of her rings behind, except for her favorite one. It was simple, a silver band with a snowflake etched into the crystal in the middle of it. It had been a gift from Leif on the one year anniversary of their courtship. Finally, she strapped her cutlass to her. She couldn't bear to part with it, even for a moment, ever since her father had given it to her on her eighth birthday. Kendra traced her hand over the engraving on the hilt of the sword, Kendra: My Little Swan. Brushing back the tears, she looked at herself one last time in the mirror and walked back down to the throne room.
Meanwhile, Colette gently opened the package on the table in her room and carefully laid out the yellow, paisley print, knee length dress with a brown belt. "Is this all of it? Where is the corset?" Colette murmured as she sifted through the tissue paper in the box, pulling out only a pair of brown, strappy, two-inch heels. She shrugged and put the dress on. After putting it on, she looked in the mirror, not quite sure what to think of the attire that was a custom in Storybrooke. Colette adjusted the ruby rose necklace that hung around her neck, a present from Liam. She tied her hair up in a twisted ponytail and found a yellow bow in her vanity to match the dress. After placing the bow in her hair, she took a deep breath and went to rejoin Kendra and the rest of her family. "Liam is going to freak out when he sees me like this," she said to herself as she sauntered down the corridor.
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