To Ignite

5

Emma made her way deeper and deeper into the Enchanted Forest rapidly for she knew there would be an alert out for her being missing.

As she ran through the woods she was poked and prodded by branches, but she didn't mind because the farther she went the closer she got to freedom.

The blonde princess came across a pink flower bud as she came to a stop for rest. The flower despite not being in bloom pulled Emma in as if it was made for her.

She was broken out of her trance by an alarm going off in the direction of her former home, the White Kingdom.

She forgot about the flower and continued to run with her limited essentials unbeknownst to her in the direction of the Dark Kingdom.

As nighttime began to fall, so did Emma's ability to see where she was going causing her to trip over a rock and bump into a hard body.

The person was covered in a worn out metal suit covered in rust and dirt almost like a soldier, but the person didn't have on a helmet to block their face or even a marking to indicate their leader. And bases off the features Emma seen in the light of the moon this person was an angry man.

In contrast to the previous time this happened, this person did not offer the blonde princess a hand to pick her up instead the man sneered at her.

"What are you doing in the Enchanted Forest so close to the Queen?" The soldier asked.

Emma chose to lie for she did not want this man to know of her origins just yet. She also knew that the Evil Queen hated her mother, and she did not want to die for her mother's stupidity.

"I was camping out in the forest, sir. I did not mean to invade the Queen's territory. My humble apologies," Emma said looking down. It wasn't that she was afraid of the man, but she figured her act of 'fear' wouldn't anger him and give her a better chance of survival.

"Well," he looked around to see if anyone was around. "Since your out here why not have a little camp out of our own."

Emma was taken aback by his sexual suggestiveness. "Um, no thank you. I really shout be heading home right now," Emma said getting up and attempting to walk away.

The man yanked her back by her hood, "Don't walk away from me lil darlin," he said his breath reeking.

Emma twisted out of his grip allowing her to break free, "now I'll give you one more chance to allow me to continue on my journey," Emma said in a warning tone while taking off her cloak revealing the same outfit she wore earlier but it had rips and tares in some places.

He let out a mocking chuckle, "Darlin what are you going to do against me. Come on now make this easy on the both of us an lay down and spread dem legs."

"You asked for it," Emma whispered.

As the man approached her thinking she changed her mind about fighting, Emma grabbed his outstretched hand and twisted it.

The man let out a loud pain filled scream. He attempted to swing at Emma with his other hand, but Emma did the same thing to that one. She then kicked him in his chest releasing his hands causing him to fly backwards and crash into a nearby tree.

As she began grabbing her stuff the man approached her from behind and groped her and laughed, "you didn't think I was down yet darlin. Did ya?"

Emma then turned around fury a blazing in her green eyes causing the man to stumble back in fear.

"No I didn't darlin," Emma spat. "But I figured you would have given up before I tore you limb from limb. Now I wanted to hold back but I figure since you had the balls to touch me. You should have the balls to fight me darlin," she finished with a sickly sweet smile.

But before she could do anything, her eyes were over come by darkness.

The last thing she seen was the Dark Kingdom seal on the man that took the drunken guy.