Dark Days

Chapter three

"Stand back!" David demands pushing Regina behind him and wrapping his arm around her waist. "Who are you and what do you want?"
"I am King Arthur! And we heard the saviour is in town along with some friends. We would like to invite you all to our ball on behalf of Merlin."
"You know merlin?" Jumps Emma.
"I did, he now sits in front of our castle as a tree, we hear you can get him out."
"Me?"
"You and your family. Your all heroes!" Regina looks at the ground ashamed but David notices.
"It's okay, your a hero now, you here to save me that's being a hero, besides, if they find out who I am, then there's a problem." Whispers David in her ear. He pulls away and kisses her head. "Count us in!" Smiles David. Emma gasps in surprise.
"Follow us." Offers Arthur.

"A ball this is ridiculous, I.. I..." Regina paces the floor worried.
"What's wrong, honey?" Asks David.
"I...I... I Can't dance" David throws his head back and let's out a big belly laugh that almost shook the room. "Thanks... Make fun of me, why don't you?" Regina frowns.
"I'm not making fun of you." He strolls towards her. "It's easy, I'll teach you. But you might wanna try practising in a dress." She waves her hand and she's in a dark dress with her hair up tight and spikes on the shoulders. "Maybe something a little less, evil queen?" David smiles. She waves her hand and appears in an elegant, pink dress that flows to the floor with glitter across the top. The sleeves are long and fit her arms but flare out at her wrists. Her hair is less tight, in a small bun. Her fringe parts and sits on either side of her face.
"Better?" She asks.
"Perfect." He smiles. "It's easy, just follow my lead." They danced for a few minutes until she got the hang of it and went down to join the ball.

"Introducing our guests for the evening, princess Emma Swan and Killian Jones, Prince David Nolan and Queen Regina Mills, Robin Hood and princess Snow White and Prince Henry Mills." Killian meets Emma at the bottom and takes her hand to dance. David meets Regina at the bottom and takes her hand to dance. Robin takes snow to dance and Henry makes his way over to an empty table.
"You look-" starts Killian.
"I know" interrupts Emma. Killian laughs at her. And she laughs with him as they dance.
"We can get through this you know." Says Regina to David.
"I know, I have faith in you, I trust you." David resumes her. She drops her head. "Hey..."
"What if I ca-"
"Shhhhh, it's okay. Look at me. We can fix this." She smiles as they stop dancing. He leans in and kisses her. She kisses back before realising they are supposed to be dancing. They both look around and laugh.
"Excuse me sir, do you mind if I cut in?" A stranger dressing in a traditional suit approaches. David and Regina look from each other to the guy.
"Sure but I would like her back."
"Of course" the guy laughs.