Fighting skills
Effervescent Dreamer wanted a oneshot of some Snow and Henry bonding. This takes place at some point during season 2.
"Grams…" Henry asked tentatively. Snow looked up from the book she was reading.
"Yes, Henry?" She asked, smiling at him. Henry gave her a grin Snow knew all too well. A grin she'd seen many times on both her husband and daughter's faces that had obviously been passed to her grandson. A grin Snow knew meant trouble.
"I was just wondering… since it's just you and me around today… how would you feel about teaching me some of the fighting stuff you learned as a bandit?" Henry asked her. Snow visibly relaxed. That was all? She thought he was going to ask her something ridiculous like to drive the truck or something! Snow put down her book.
"Sure honey, I can show you a thing or two." Henry was about to throw his fist in the air in excitement, but then his grandma raised a hand, telling him to listen. "There are rules." She explained. "One, we call both your moms and ask first. Two, we are very careful and three, you only ever repeat this if you have to. Don't go around acting tough please." Henry nodded in agreement.
"I'll go call my moms!" He said, rushing off. Snow chuckled slightly. He'd obviously been wanting to ask her this for ages.
Once everything was sorted, Snow and Henry headed out to the garden.
"Ok," Snow said, getting into position. "Come at me little man." She instructed. Henry looked a little confused.
"You want me to tackle you?" He asked. Snow laughed slightly.
"I want you to try." She said. "Trust me, I'll be fine. Now, come on." Doing as his grams instructed, Henry charged for her… and found himself gently lying on the ground.
"How'd you do that?" He asked her, as she gave him a hand up.
"Very simple." She said. She then repeated the steps slowly so he could see what she had done. "Obviously when it's someone actually trying to hurt you, you slam them down with a little more force than I did to you. Do you want to try the steps on me? I won't charge at you, you're not ready to control your strength enough yet." Snow explained. Henry nodded enthusiastically, and repeated what Snow had done.
"Very good Henry!" Snow praised, getting up from the ground.
"I'll show you a few more things, and then it'll just be practise for today."
Snow showed Henry some basic moves she had learned on her time on the run. Then they just went over them. Eventually, they heard footsteps and saw Emma watching them.
"Having fun?" She asked. Henry nodded.
"Yeah! Grandma is so awesome! She can kick butt!" Emma raised a sceptic eyebrow.
"Without her bow and arrow? Sure kid. Beating up eleven year olds is tough work!" Emma teased. Snow held a poker face. Apparently her time in the Enchanted Forest with Snow had taught Emma nothing. Snow bent down and whispered something to Henry. He grinned and nodded, stepping back.
"Ok sweetie." Snow said. She motioned for Emma to come forward. "Come get me." She challenged. Emma just laughed.
"Seriously? Mom, come on, do you know the amount of people I've tackled? It's not fair to you…"
"I'll be fine." Snow told her. "I'll even make sure you don't get hurt." Snow added. That did it for Emma. She charged full pelt at Snow… only like Henry to end up on the ground. Disgruntled, she got herself up… only for Henry to kick her foot from under her and send her tumbling again. This time Snow helped her up.
"There is no way I'm getting beat up by my mom and my kid!" She said, clearly in a huff. Snow and Henry exchanged a high five.
"Believe it sweetie." Snow told her. "Your son learned from the best."