Lithium (Once Upon a Time)

Chapter Seven: Secrets and Lies

Emma: Regina's head was placed in my chest, we were warm inside the tent, the forest's icy grasp was nothing but a distant nightmare, as I held my wife in my arms and covered her in sweet tender kisses.

"Emma...What time is it?" She asked, crushing her lips into mine, with a beautiful smile.

"I guess it's late, we slept real tight."

"Swan!" She was embarrassed, kissing me again and again and rolling her eyes, intimidated.

"I love you." I whispered in her ear, pulling her hair backwards.

"Me too, Swan..." She said, humoring me.

"Let's check our princess, shall we?"

Regina and I got dressed real fast. She wore her red leather dress with her curls caught and I placed my brown leather jacket on my bandit costume, which was so like my mother's.

"Ophelia, are you awake?" I asked, going near her tent.

"Ophelia?!" Regina asked, as well.

We didn't hear a reply so we looked at each other, fearing the worst.

"Hamlet..." Regina whispered, feasting her eyes and with an Evil Queen voice tone as she made a fireball with her hand.

I picked my sword and approached the tent, as expected, no one was there. Not even a sign of Ophelia.

"Do you think he took her?" I asked, looking at Regina.

"No, if he did, the entire realm would be curse by now."

"So where is she?"

"Don't worry, we'll find out in an instance." Regina picked something that belonged to Ophelia, a few white flowers and casted a locater spell on it.

"Let's find her!"

Ophelia: I was combing by goldish hair as I heard footsteps outside my new tent, it was maybe Juliet, so I stepped outside.

"Good...You're awake." She said, with a sweet smile.

"Yes."

"Good, come, I want you to meet a very important member of our cause."

Juliet called someone in, another beautiful lady with brown curls, marble like skin and a fur coat warming her.

"This is Anna Karenina, she's from Russia, and she's going to teach you how to sword fight."

I stared at the girl in front of me, astounded and amused. Those ladies were fighters, who would have guessed that an Italian and a Russian lady could be one of the strongest fighters on the land?

"I'm happy to meet you, come, you'll have a lot to learn about sword fighting." Anna said, placing her hand on my shoulder.

"I'm sure I couldn't have a better teacher."

"You're right, you couldn't! Anna was taught by her beloved war general, Vronsky, she's really talented. And you should learn how to fight as soon as possible, if you want to be protected from Hamlet."

"You're right, Juliet. Thank you. But I just don't want to be protected by you, I want to help you fight against Hamlet and protect the realm. Ever since he killed my father, I feel like I lost myself, like I turned into this weak version of me. I want to be strong again, go to the battlefield and protect the people of this realm, since I couldn't protect my father."

Juliet looked proud, as she stared at me and placed her hands above mine.

"You got this girl! I promise."