Snow White
Once upon a time, there was a quaint kingdom in the heart of a little country. It was ruled by a Queen who tragically passed away, she was the pride and joy of the kingdom. But, the queen left behind a beautiful daughter who filled her space. Before the girl could take the place of her mother she had to come of age.
Before the queen died, she remarried her most trusted advisor, Gideon. Unfortunately, once he gained control the kingdom lost most of its beauty. He thought he was the most beautiful one in the kingdom, and got rid of anyone that stood in way of his title. Throughout this whole mess, the queen's daughter stayed pure and loving toward the everything. Her name was Candy White.
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Everyday, Gideon would check a magic mirror to reassure his "position" as the most beautiful in the kingdom. His mirror was the shape of a golden triangle and the being who lived inside was sworn to have known everything. The only thing visible when asking it a question was a single eye.
"Mirror mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?" Gideon asked. He wore his most expensive robes and his crown (not even a kings crown, a tiara) to ask the question. He also put on some makeup, if that even helped.
The mirror began its response in its normal, high pitched tone. "Well, let me tell you for a guy you are quite feminine. Out of all the woman in the kingdom, I'd say you're up there."
"That's not what I was asking, mirror!" Said the little man. "Now tell me I'm the fairest and we can get this over with!"
"Well I can't do that," was the mirrors reply. It's eye was curled to represent what seemed to be joy.
"Well why not?!" Demanded Gideon. He looked like a baby pig ready to charge.
"Cause you're not the fairest," said the mirror. Gideon had a blank expression back, looking like something just snapped.
Then his face turned the color of blood. "WELL WHO IS?!?"
"Ah, there's a good question. One sec, let me think how to phrase this," said the mirror. "Okay, you'll love this. You see my queen-"
"I am not a girl!" Screamed Gideon.
"Yeah, keep tellin yourself that. You see my queen, you are not the fairest. There is someone else who holds the title. Her skin is white, her hair is black, and when you hear who it is you'll have a heart attack!" The mirror laughed manically, seeming as if he was about to crack.
"WELL WHO?!"
"Okay, relax. You see that girl out there," the mirror said using his eyes to motion out the window.
"Yeah, Candy White, my stupid step daughter. What about her?" Gideon asked.
"Yeah, that's her. She's the fairest." The eye in the mirror dissolved, leaving Gideon to look at his reflection. He looked about ready to murder, then he screamed.
"Oh, what was that?" Candy asked herself as she feed the animals. "Probably nothing." The little princess had a slight accent, but that added to her dainty charm. Her skin was pure white, her hair as black as night. Even though Gideon dressed her up in the clothes of a maid and had her do chores around the castle, she was still beautiful.
Her only friends were the animals since Gideon kept her on castle grounds all the time, couldn't have her distracting people from his looks. At the moment, she was fetching water from the well in the garden. "I hear, if you make a wish into a wishing well and you hear it bounce back, it will come true!" She talked to her little animal friends, her favorite being two little birds called Mabel and Grenda. They chirped happily, and listened to the little princes.
"I wish," she said into the well, then the words echoed back. "To meet," again the words reverberated. "A beautiful prince,"her words did one final repeat, then she stared at her reflection in the water. "It would be nice to meet a prince, maybe he could take me away from here."
Well, the saying dreams come true was pretty accurate here. Passing by the garden wall on a horse, a man heard the princess speaking. He rode softly up to a dip in the wall then stood on his horse's saddle. His brown mop of a head peaked over, trying to find the source of the voice. He climbed to sit on the wall, then finally he spotted a maiden so beautiful he actually slipped off the wall. He fell with a thud, face first into some bushes.
Candy was taken by shock, and ran to the door leading into the castle. "Wait!" called out the man. But Candy had already run up to her room. She peaked out the balcony door, looking right down to the garden. "If you're up there, I'd like to introduce myself." He waited a beat then started again. "I am Prince Dipper of the neighboring kingdom, and I believe you are the princess of this castle, Candy White. I've heard tell of your beauty, and needed to see it for myself."
Candy just hid behind the curtain listening to the man. 'I remember hearing of this prince in my studies before,' she thought to herself. 'I still shouldn't go out there though. What would step-father say?'
Just then, her little bird friends decided to take matters into their own hands. They swooped down on the prince, trying to get him to leave. "Knock it off, birds! Please, princess, may I read you a poem I wrote?"
At this, Candy White's interest was peaked. She only popped her head out, getting a better glimpse. He was wearing a princely attire, maybe it really was him.
Dipper visibly relaxed, then straightened himself out and began. "Fair maiden, whom I've seen visions of, I would like to know of what you love. I want to help your dreams come true, but you'll need to help me too." Candy started to walk out to the balcony, then she rested her head in her hands on the rail. "Your beauty exceeds any I've seen, and your amount of kindness is pristine. Please, get to know me for who I truly am, and one day I would like to ask for your hand." Dipper breathed a sigh of relief, seeing the look of soothing love on Candy's face.
"You really wrote that?" She asked, amazed by his beautiful words.
He puffed out his chest a little which earned a giggle from the girl. "Yes, yes I did write it. So, can you come down?" He asked, wiggling his eyebrows a little.
"Yeah, I'll be-" Just as she was about to finish, the sound of a door slamming was heard. "That must be my step-father, you have to go."
"I'll be back tomorrow at sunset, fair princess." And with that, Dipper ran toward the wall. He jumped and just barely made it over, still looking quite stupid in the process. Gideon looked outside and into the garden, then hearing the sound of a galloping horse. He couldn't have Candy White getting any attention, could he?
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"Huntress," Gideon said, speaking to the royal hunter. She had fiery red hair and held and axe wherever she went. "I have a task for you."
"Of course, my liege, what is it you request?" She was on one knee, awaiting the command.
Gideon then took a small box out of his robe and presented it to her. It had his seal on the front, a star with an eye inside of it. "I need you to kill Candy White. Take her to the woods and put her heart in this so I know you completed the job."
"But, your majesty, she's your daughter! And what has she done-" she was abruptly cut off by the man.
"Step-daughter. And I don't need to give you a reason. You will do this." He was giving her a death glare, one that promised pain if she defied him.
"Of course, your majesty..." She said, accepting the box. She turned and walked out of the throne room, thinking of a plan to save the princess.
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She did as Gideon had instructed her, take Candy White out to a field to pick flowers. What she did not do was kill her when she was distracted. The huntress described what the King wanted and told Candy White to run as far from here as she could. Candy did so, eventually finding a little cottage to stay in with seven little men. The huntress killed a deer and used that heart to give to the king.
He was so pleased he presented it to his magic mirror. "See," Gideon said, holding up the box. "Who's the fairest now, hm?"
"Still not you kid. You're not the smartest either. That little huntress of yours totally duped you. Ha!" The mirror's eye once again disappeared, and Gideon's eye began to twitch.
"THAT'S IT!!!" He screamed. He briskly walked to a room deep below the castle, cape billowing behind him. "If you want something done right, do it yourself! I'll have to go kill that brat myself." And like that, he set off to work.
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The story went on in a rushed fashion, almost too quick to remember. Gideon, disguised as an ugly old man, gave Candy White an apple which put her in a death like sleep. The seven little men who had grown quite fond of the princess chased the king to a cliff where he met his demise. The men could not bear to burn her body, so they encased her in glass and stood guard over her. The prince Dipper was still scouring the land for his maiden, and with a little help from the forest animals and the red-headed huntress, he finally found her.
He approached the box where she lay, skin pale, hair black, and lips red. The seven little men removed the glass, and he kneeled down next to her side. "I shouldn't have run that day I met you," he said, tears in his eyes. "I should have just confronted the king then. You wouldn't be like this. I'm sorry..." Dipper, heartbroken by the princess' state, felt like he had to do something. He leaned down, placing a chaste kiss on her perfect lips, then held her hand. He and the men hung their heads, then they heard a noise. The princess was waking up from true loves kiss.
"Candy White?" Dipper said, shocked yet overjoyed at the same time. "You're awake!"
She sat up, then looked over and to the man. "Dipper, you woke me up!" She said with a giggle and he laughed too. He pulled her into his arms and twirled her around. "Thank you so much, my little men," she said to her caretakers, she then proceeded to place a kiss on each one of their heads.
Dipper lead Candy White to his horse then helped by lifting her onto the saddle. He took the reins and guided the horse along to his castle in Gravity Falls.