Just Another Thief

Chapter Five

"REGINA! WHAT THE HELL?" I yell as I jump up from the rock. I turn and look at her. She's in one of her usual Evil Queen outfits and she look so intimidating, but I'm not intimidated anymore. Regina walks down the hill with a fireball ready. She looks down and the fireball and then back up to me.

"It's your Highness" she smirks and launches the fireball at my face. I duck and cover just in time, leaving only a few of my blonde hairs smoldering.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING? I HAVENT LEARNED HOW TO FIGHT YET" I yell from behind a large bolder. I have no idea where she is, all I hear is fire crackling behind me. I peek up over the rock to see an empty hill. Regina's gone. I stand up and look around a bit more then an arm wraps around my neck and squeezes. By the fabric on the arm, I guess that it's Regina.

"What....are.......you.......doing?" I manage to squeeze out dispute my windpipe being crushed

"You need to learn how to fight, like a Queen." She says and throws me to the ground. She congers up another fireball and fires it at me. I roll out of the way and climb to my feet. I hold out my palms and thrust magic at her. Regina launches back 20 feet and lands on her rear end. She gets back up, dusts herself off, and grins.

"Now that's what I was looking for" she says and starts to conjure up another fireball. I look around for cover but decide to stand my ground. If she wants a fight then she's gonna get a fight. I focus all of my energy on my palms and my hands turn icy cold. She throws her fireball at me but I intercept with a ice ball. She raises and eyebrow at me.

"Clever, Swan" she says and casts a spell on me and I can't move my feet.

"Come on! You have to play fair!" I yell and she rolls her eyes and releases me feet. I try to think of something clever to do but I'm drawing a blank. Then an idea pops into my head. I notice that today she's wearing a small, black crown. I focus and all of a sudden, the crown is on my head. Her eyes widen as she searches for the crown and then spots it on the top of my head.

"Give it back." She says through gritted teeth.

"Come get it" I say and I puff away in a cloud of white smoke. I appear right behind Regina and tap her on the should. She turns around and before she can grab me, I poof to the top of a tall rock.

"Gotta be quicker." I say and poof again to the edge of the forest. "Come and get me!" I yell and dart off into the forest. I hear her groans but they fade out the farther I run away. I'm running and then I run into something softer than a tree and fall down. It's Regina.

"I guess I am faster than you." She says. I reach up for the crown but it's not on top of my head anymore. We look around and spot it a couple feet away. We glance at each and both go scrambling for it. She gets her fingers on it first but I tackle her to the ground.

"Get off of me, you fool!" She yells

"Pretty little princess doesn't want to get her dress dirty?" I mock her. She rolls on top of me and pins me to the ground.

"It's your Majesty to you," says and sits back on my hip bones, pinning me to the ground. "I never was much of a crown-wearer but I don't-" I cut her short by pinning her to the ground again. My hands are pinning her wrists to the ground and she's helpless. She struggles for a bit soon realizes that she's lost.

"I'm sorry, your Majesty, but I think you lost." I say. I still have her pinned to the ground and I'm leaning over her. I don't know how but the next thing I know, my lips crush into hers. She doesn't hesitate and kisses me passionately back. I must've released my grip on her wrist but she ends up pinning me to the ground, but never breaking our kiss. This isn't like anything I've ever done before. This is passionate and has a meaning. She lets go of my wrists and I sit up, with the Queen straddling me. We kiss for what seems like forever until a branch snap breaks our lips apart. We both look around for a while and are silent but still on the ground. We are still looking when a deer runs right behind us. We both let out a sigh of relief and then look each other.

"I've never done this before" The Queen says, looking nervous for a queen.

"Then let me show you" I say as a wrap my hand around the back of her neck and pull her in for another kiss.