And for a well needed Swan Queen AU fic with my new writting partner thebiggestnerdyoulleverknow.

Enjoy!

They thought they had kicked her off her own throne for good.

Prince Charming and Snow White had invaded the castle with their little, pathetic friends, just barely managing to overpower the Evil Queen. And they'd only managed that through help from that wretched Rumplestiltskin. The man would do anything to bring Regina down.

She'd managed to escape execution and had gone into hiding, working with some of the most heinous, evil beings she knew. Building an army of sorts of her own. But it wasn't going to be enough. She realized that when a small ambush of her's was defeated by that imbecile her kingdom now called their prince.

Charming and Snow now had a young daughter and Regina still wasn't any closer to defeating them. Her magic was no longer enough. Rumplestiltskin had ensured that with a barrier around the prince and princess' castle that reflected her dark magic. She had tried to counter the spell more times than she'd like to admit to.

She needed brute force to get inside. But it wasn't like she had many allies. She'd be the first to admit she'd screwed many men over. Then there was the matter of James' father, King George. He despised Charming as much as Regina despised Snow.

Hatred was a powerful force.

So Regina went to him. It didn't take long for George to agree to an alliance of sorts. But she needed more than that. She needed power that only came with being a ruler over men. So over time Regina seduced George, just as she had seduced others, and became his new queen.

And, when they had built their army up, they sent it after Charming, Snow and their precious daughter. It became a war between the kingdoms that raged on for years.

The war had become all of what Emma wanted to know. Through it all Snow and Charming tried to bring her up to be the princess she was supposed to be, but to be honest the blond wasn't happy being in dresses and carrying dolls around. She wanted to wear armour and carry a sword. The best the blacksmith could make.

Years had passed and in the middle of that James finally broke and started to teach his daughter how to be a soldier. She would need the skills. In the beginning of it she was sloppy but with more training and non stop determination from the young woman, Emma became excellent in what she was doing.

The princess turned soldier was ready for anything.

All Regina needed was for her new kingdom's soldiers to break through the castle gates. Then, she could walk right inside and destroy Snow, Charming and their princess. But her soldiers were proving to be more useless than she'd originally thought. The war was still outside of the gates.

James knew they needed to take a new approach. THEY needed to get inside of REGINA's castle gates, and they weren't going to do it by force. King George had aged and was getting worn down from the stress. He didn't have much life left in him. Regina, on the other hand, didn't look a day over 30. Her magic kept her young. So, James knew she had to be the one they took down to bring an end to the war. He planned to slip through unnoticed disguised as one of her soldier's and assassinate her himself. But Rumplestiltskin - now on their side because of his ties with Belle, who was free from Regina's grasp - warned him that he would be unable to complete the task. That the princess, now a young adult, would have to be the one to slay Regina.

Charming didn't even want Emma with his group as they headed for Regina's kingdom, but he knew his protests would likely fall on deaf ears.

"Pop, I'm going out there. I'm going to prove myself to you." Said Emma, now 27 years of age. She felt that she needed to prove herself to him and the rest of the kingdom as well as herself. "You've taught me well, so do not doubt me." The young woman was in full armour. One sword strapped to her back, dagger at her thigh, and a thicker sword at her side. "I'm ready."

Emma was an impressive sight, but James still didn't want his daughter involved in the bloodshed of war. He didn't doubt her abilities, and he'd given up on her being a lady, but Regina wasn't a foe like the rest. "I already know you can hold your own, but Regina isn't just another soldier. If you come up against her, those swords strapped to your hip and to your back will be of little use. And she'll take much more glee in your demise than any other's."

"She wont even know I'm there, Pop. I'll be okay." She smiled and kissed his cheek. "I have to do this." She said and backed up slowly before turning around and walking toward the castle doors.

James smiled, his chest swelling with pride. His daughter was the best fighter and swordsmen they had. Besides himself, of course. He spoke loudly and got to higher ground as he addressed his soldiers. "Alright, men. We'll fight our way to Regina's gates, where Emma will take over. Then I'll slip inside under disguise and rid everyone of her tyranny for good!"

"HOORAH!" The army sounded together. As they left the castle and border, Emma was by her father's side on their horses. "What are you planning to do once inside?"

James looked over at his daughter and pressed his lips together tightly for a moment, letting out a sigh. "I just have to get close enough to put my sword through her heart. If she thinks I'm one of her soldiers, her guards, I may just get that opportunity."

"But doesn't she know what you look like? She doesn't know who I am or what I look like. If I can put my hair up, I can pass for a man. Why don't you let me do it?"

Charming shook his head. "Absolutely not. I'm not putting you in that sort of danger. If Regina captures you and learns of who you are, she'll torment you, use you against us. I won't allow it. If I keep my head low, she'll never notice me."

"I hope you're right." She sighed. She wondered what the woman at least looked like. How evil her laugh was. Who they would be taking the queen away from. A husband? Child? But all those thoughts were shaken away when they peaked the top of the hill.

As soon as they did, a rain of arrows came down upon them, some of the men struck and falling from their horses. Charming yelled for them to move quickly and they charged Regina's men down below, who were guarding the front gates. There were hundreds of them.

Emma charged with her sword drawn and ran into the middle of them beheading some men and cutting down the others as her men followed suit.

There were screams of pain and battle yells everywhere, surrounding the princess as she fought with her men. Charming had lost sight of his daughter, but fought the panic back, having to get through these men alive first before anything. He slashed and stabbed away as man after man fell.

Regina watched from her castle walls, spotting James instantly and grinning with glee as she watched a blade rip through the flesh of his arm. "Now if only they aimed a little more to the middle. Marcus!" Her personal guard stepped in next to her. "I want the prince. Retrieve him for me." Charming had never been so close to her castle, and Regina planned to use him against Snow.

Though Charming had lost sight of his daughter, she didn't loose sight of him. After a few moments she saw a couple men charging at James and galloped her way over to fight them off. There wasn't a chance in hell Emma was going to loose her father.

James smiled at his daughter, glad to have her keep him safe but still fearing for her own safety. Regina screamed in frustration, mentally vowing to have Charming's knight as her personal lap dog after that little show. "If you want something done, you have to do it yourself." She muttered and shoved some of her men out of the way, tossing a fireball Charming and Emma's way that blew both off their horses. She tossed a few more, killing some of Charming's surrounding men. "Now go get them! Both of them!" She screamed to her guards. "I've cleared a path."

Emma opened her eyes and got to her feet quickly once she saw more men coming. Taking out her sword from her back, she got ready. "Pop! Get your ass up! They're coming!" She screamed and looked down at him.

Charming was out cold though, a large gash across his forehead. Some of the other men from Emma's kingdom came to support her, scooping Charming up and getting him out of harms away. It wasn't long after those men had pulled back that the others who had stuck with the princess fell, leaving just her and one or two others to fight off Regina's men.

Emma gave it her all even when she knew her father was out of harms way. Then the few men by her side fell. She kept fighting given all the odds against her. She was wounded and tired with three men around her now that she cut down the others.

One of the men grinned as he looked Emma right in the eye. "The queen wants you, dog. So why don't you just lay that sword down and come with us? We don't have to hurt you anymore. Make it easier on yourself."

"Dog? I am no dog. I'm a mutha fuck'n dragon!" She shouted and went at him again. She had fire in her soul. She would not go down without a fight and bring shame to her kingdom and father.

Roran deflected Emma's attack with his sword and surprised her when he pulled his knife out with his free hand and shoved it in her gut. "You had to go about doing things the hard way."

Emma froze and gasped feeling the cold steel peircing her body. Slowly the blonde fell to her knees after the blade was pulled from her flesh. Looking up into her enemies eyes, she knew she had lost. Darkness surrounded the princess in that moment as she laid on the blood soaked soil.

Roran grinned in victory and waved for his fellow soldiers to lift their enemy up to carry back to the castle.

Alright time to tell us what you think. Hope you liked the first chapter :) more to come later.