Chapter 11: Training Begins

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The next morning, Neal had a full breakfast. He had eggs, hash browns, and pancakes. "Wow, how did you get the recipe?" Neal asked. "That is a secret." Snow asked. 

Back at Zelena's house they just went over to Granny's and Robin had french toast.
"What time do I start training?" Robin asked. "Right after breakfast." Zelena said. "Finish up. We have to meet Regina and Emma over by the docks." 

Back at Snow White and David's place, Neal was finishing up breakfast. "Neal, are you already finished?" Snow White asked. "Almost." Neal said. "After you finish, follow David, you guys are going to practice on Hook's ship. "Alright." Neal said. He finished up, met David outside, and walked to the docks.

When Robin and Zelena got to the docks, targets were set up, and Emma and Regina were waiting. Hook was waiting on the ship waiting for David and Neal. He had swords set up, but put plugs on them to prevent injury.

When David and Neal got to the docks, Neal felt nervous because he doubted himself that he couldn't do it. Robin felt a little confident, but still doubted herself. David and Neal got on the ship and started training. 

"Ok lad" Hook said. "First thing to know is to know wear your component is going, think before you do it, otherwise your life is taken." "Got it" Neal said. Hook handed him a sword, and told him "When you sword fight, you move, it's kind of like dancing. You move your feet. Hook and Neal started to sword fight and Neal got used to controlling his feet and the sword.

Back at the docks, Regina said. "In order to control your magic, you need to calm yourself, don't push yourself too hard, otherwise you won't be able to control your powers." "I've been there before, it's no fun. You feel like hiding from everyone to keep them safe from you." Emma said. 


"The key to activate your magic is to calm down, clear your mind, and think what you want to do." Regina said. "What should I try to do?" Robin asked. "Try to activate a fireball and hit it at the target." Emma said. Robin nodded, closed her eyes, put her hands close together, and slowly pulled them apart. As she pulled them apart, a fireball developed in her hands, she opened her eyes, and threw the fireball at the target. She didn't get and exact hit, but was pretty close. "Wow, good job." Emma said. "Do it again." Regina said.

Once again Robin closed her eyes, put her hands close together and pulled them apart. That time when she threw it, she got a direct hit. "Ok, now you are going to to try to teleport yourself onto the ship. Just not in the middle of Neal and Hook's fight." Regina said. Once again Robin nodded, closed her eyes, and thought of where she wanted to go. Nothing happened. "Not like that." Zelena said. "You have to wave your hand over your head like this." Zelena demonstrated how to teleport. She waved her hand over her head, and a green dust covered her and she vanished. She turned up on the ship. "It's this easy." Zelena said. Then she teleported back to her regular spot. 

"Now you try." Zelena said. Robin once again nodded and tried to do it correctly. She thought of the place she wanted to go, then waved her hand over her head, blue dust surrounded her than she appeared on the ship. "I did it!" Robin yelled. "Now teleport back here." Emma said. Once again she waved her hand over her head, blue dust surrounded her than she went back to her regular spot. Robin also learned to make things appear out of her hand, transform objects into other things, and to retrieve whatever is lost and make it appear in her hand or on her side, it depends how big the object is. 

At Noon, Neal and Robin had lunch at Granny's and they went to the docks for archery practice. Snow White and David taught this lesson. "Ok, when find your target, you want get your arrow into the middle of the bow, pull back, match the point of the arrow where you want to strike your target, than once you have it where you want it, you pull back a little further than let go." Snow White demonstrated how to do it as she said how to do it. "Hey, Robin you try first." Snow White said. 

"I know you can do this, it's in your genes. Robin hesitated for a minuet, than she slung the arrows over her back, held the bow, took out an arrow without taking out the others and dropping them on the ground. She put the arrow in the middle of the bow, aimed at the middle of the target, pulled back a little further, than let go. Robin got a direct hit in the middle of the target. "Just like your father." Snow White mumbled. "Right, my father's Robin Hood, of course you would know how he could use a bow, you know all about him." Robin said.  "Hey, don't say it like that." Snow said softly. "Now you try Neal." "OK, I'll try." Neal said. He slung that bag of arrows over his shoulder, took out an arrow (along with a couple of other arrows), put the arrow he was using in the middle of the bow, pulled it back, aimed, then let go. He didn't get a direct hit, but was close. "Nice job Neal. Next time, you just need to use one." Snow White said. Neal nodded and they continued training. Robin got a direct hit every time, and Neal was starting to get better at taking one out at a time, and aiming. 

When they went back to Granny's Regina asked "How did it go?" "Very well. Robin is just like her father. She got a direct hit on her first time. Neal is really good too just like me and David." "That's great!" Emma said. "Their skills could really help us defeat the Queen." Regina said. "We get to fight? Cool!" Neal said. "Yep, if you want a happy ending." Regina said. "I'm in" Robin said. "Well this is a great cause, let's celebrate." Zelena said. "Oh. we are too young to drink." Neal said. "Not like that." Robin said. "They mean a small party, right?" "Who said it was going to be small?" Zelena asked.

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