Lake was at her training camp. The forest. She would always prepare for an epic battle, which never happened in her every 20 years. She even started training when she was 1 year old!

-Flashback when Lake was 3 years old-

Lake was still in baby form, she held a plastic and rubber sword and tried to balance. "Onwards little peasant!".

Then she took one step, without even touching the ground, as she fell on the ground and started crying.

-Flashback ended-

Ok, maybe she wasn't so good at the age of 5 below. But she was getting better when she was 6! She started sharpening her wooden spear, she blew the tip to make the dust fly away. She smiled and put on her mask. She looked around and stepped on a pedal as it showed three wooden and carved scary creatures. Lake grabbed a vine and swung away as she threw a spear at one of the creatures as it broke into pieces. She landed on top of a giant rock on her feet, then she jumped really high and pinned her spear down on the second creature, which made a hole on its center. Then she stood up and turned around with her spear up and accidentally aimed it in front of Branch. Lake gasped and dropped her spear. "Branch?! What are you doing here?".

"I saw you heading here so..." he said and noticed her spear. They both kneel down at the same time and grabbed it at the same time, with their hands touching, and they looked up at each other, then they stood up together at the same time and Branch let go and lended it to her. Lake blushed, and she put her spear back in her hair. "Branch, why are you really here?".

"Ok, I just wanted to see what you were doing. May I try?" He asked and held out his hand. Lake assumed he was asking for her hand, but she shook it off. Of course he's not asking or your hand! She immediately handed her spear to him, but she smirked and held her waist. "Are you sure? I don't think you can handle this...".

"Please, I took down 3 spiders. Single handed!" He said and raised his hand. Lake rolled her eyes and smirked. "Ok, mister show off. Show me then! Fight me off...".

"What?!" He said as she put on her masks and grabbed another spear and pointed it at him. Branch smirked and raised his spear to make hers go down. They started to do it like sword fighting. But Lake was winning. Then Lake made Branch's sword- I mean... spear fly to a tree and pinned to it. Branch gasped as she put the spear in front of his throat. "Game over.".

"Not yet" he said and whipped his hair to a tree branch and swung right to the tree and grabbed his spear and jumped back to her and tackled her as he held both ends of his spear and trapped her neck down. They both panted, Branch really looking tensed and Lake really surprised. She smirked and rolled her eyes. "Ok. You win. Now will you get off me?".

Branch blushed and quickly got up and helped her. She got up as their hands slowly part. They both chuckled while blushing and looking away from each other. Then Lake cleared her throat and made him kneel down on one knee. Then she raised her spear and gently put it on his shoulders and then to the other, like a queen does to a knight! "My fair Branch, you are now announced as... my knight and shining armor!".

Branch rolled his eyes with a smile, the stood up with his arms crossed. "Really? Is that all?".

"Oh yeah! You're not only my knight in shining armor, but you're my hero and 'I love you'!" She said in a girly and mocking voice. Branch chuckled at her joke as she bursted out laughing. Then she put her arm around his waist and whispered. "I'm joking! Hey! Let's head to Troll Tree. I heard they're giving ice cream for free if you you actually finish all of it!".

"No. We're not doing that. How about just... something simple?" He asked as Lake thought for it for a moment as they headed to Troll Tree. "Sure. That'd be good.".

"I know" Branch said and wrapped his arm around her waist. But then Lake whispered again. "I'm still getting that ice cream.".

A/N:

Hey readers! How is your day? I hope it's ok. Because I'm not. But who cares?! Because music can always make my day. Hope it does to you guys, too. Peace!