The rise of the dark queen

Regret

Morana still stands in front of the magic mirror and scared because of her mother. This woman is planning to kill the rightful queen of the kingdom, Auretta, and she has to stop Snow White to do something horrific again.
She feels so much regret for Isabell. That woman died because of her. When she tried to poison Auretta, she had no9 idea this could kill her cousin, the results showed this and now Isabell is dead because she chose the wrong path again, and let her mother handle this.
All she ever wanted is a family, what her mother and father couldn't gave her, and through Auretta she has one, but it's too late. She didn't realize it in time. All she can do is telling the truth to her, and to Grimhilde, and hoping maybe they forgive her one day, and she can have a real, loving family, even if she will never have a real mother.
The only way she can get some peace after all this, joining the fight against her mother, and choosing the right side. Even with this she will never be able to forgive herself Isabell's death.
She decides to find the others and tell them everything.
When she goes out of her room, she suddenly bumps into Andrew.
-Andrew! So good you are here! I need to talk to you!
-Sure, you do! - says Andrew angrily and tries to leave her. If it depended on him, he would throw this one to the dungeon, but unfortunately Auretta made him promise he won't do anything. It's her job to give this girl what she deserves.
-Andrew, please! It's important, it's about the truth!
-To be fair!I don't care about your truth, I don't care about you and your lies anymore! If I could i would kill you! You killed my friend, and tried to kill Auretta too, and all of this why? Because you are in love with me, since that stupid dance! I was very clear that I love your cousin, not you! And instead of understanding it, you killed a person! You are lucky Auretta has other plans for you, because if don't you would been dead by now!
-Look! I know I made a mistake! It was never about you! It was about my mother! I wanted her to be proud of me, I did everything to get some love. I - she pauses for one moment - I thought if my mother won't love me, maybe I can have what she has, my dad was the only living person who ever loved her, after her mother's death, and I thought maybe I can have that too.i was just trying to escape from her.. and from myself. Sorry I used you! I wish i could turn back time, but I can't! I'm really sorry!
-You sorry? You killed Isabell!
-This is not true! My mother pushed her down from the window, because she chose Grimhilde over her. I saw all of it, and i'm ready to pay for it!
-I don't believe a world! You played the innocent one before!
-Yes I did! But I'm not playing this time! Yes, did try to poison Auretta, but i truly didn't know it was deadly, I stole it from my mother, I had no idea what it's capable of.
-You just keep lying! What about the day when you attacked Isabell on the streets?
-I was scared, Andrew! I kept choosing the wrong ways.
-You was scared? Is that an acceptable response? You wanted to kill..
-I would never be able to kill her, I tried, but at the end I wouldn't do it! And you know that, you were there, you saw I hesitated.
-That proves nothing!
-I can prove it, i'm ready to do the right thing now, and save the only relative who ever believed in me!
-Okay Morana, we been there! - he answers cynically - Goodbye!
-Snow is on her way to kill Auretta! - she yells after him, to stop him and force him to listen to her. - I saw it in a magic mirror in Grimhilde's old room!
As Andrew hears this he stops for a moment, Morana can see that he hesitates what to answer. She can understand that he don't want to believe her,but the love of his life in danger.
-Magic mirror, huh? I don't believe a word!
-If you don't take me seriously you will lose Auretta!
-I almost lost her, because of you! You don't have to worry about her! If anyone tries to kill the new queen guards will kill the person!
-You don't know my mother! Guards? Please! Those guards can't even realize she is in here!
-Then I will protect her! Your job is to disappear until you'll get your punishment from Auretta! Goodbye, Morana! - says as he leave the worried princess alone. And immediately goes to find Grimhilde.
*****
Grimhilde sits on her bed and looks some treasures in a little chest. She always was sentimental, so she kept trinkets from Isabell and Auretta. Suddenly she hears knocking on door, so she closes the chest and opens the door.
-Ah, Andrew! Come on in! I was thinking! Maybe it's time for me to tell Auretta the truth!
-Save it Grimhilde for more peaceful days, we have a bigger problem right now!
-What are you talking about?
-Morana! I think she is planning something!
-If Auretta told us she will take care of her we have to respect that decision!
-It's not that! I bump into her on the hallway! She tried to convince me the murderer was her mother! She told me she did everything to make her mother love her. She tried to prove her she is worth her love!
-I wouldn't be surprised if this would be the truth! I always had a feeling that poor girl is suffering too because of Snow!
-She also said she didn't know that poison was deadly, she stole it from her mother, and she never had intentions to kill Isabell, her mother pushed her down because she chose you again.
-Isabell died because she was loyal to me? - Grimhilde starts to tear and has to sit down.
-I don't think we have to trust her, Grimhilde! She also told me that Snow is on her way to kill her, she saw it some kind of magic mirror in your room! Ridiculous!
-Andrew! - she jumps up scared - The mirror exist!
-What? I thought it's a legend!
-No it's very much real, and indeed, it's in my room!
-Do you think Morana telling the truth? Snow is on her way to kill?
-I'm afraid so! And if the mirror showed himself to Morana, that's means she is telling the truth! The mirror was repaired from my guilt and goodness, if someone has clear intentions it's shows himself to the person! That's how magic works! Helps for those who needed!
-If it's true we have to protect Auretta!
-But fast, who know's how close she is!
As Grimhilde said this out Snow was already near to castle, ready to go inside and make her sister pay for everything.