Snow White

Chapter 5

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But Queen Margarita wasn't easily fooled. She easily exceeded King Stefan and Queen Lilah's predictions of her and found the child within a week. Since that time, Margarita had often been spotted by local children watching the children, especially Snow White. But nobody knew her as anyone beyond the woman with the black cloak, as no one ever saw her face.

Snow White ran across the meadow, dancing and singing as she did so. Her unkempt black curls billowing out behind her and glimmering in the sunlight like an ebony river. The green orbs of her eyes twinkled brighter than the stars, sparkling with youth and fragrance. She was light on her toes, almost prancing like a deer or gazelle, and was fast, but preferred to enjoy her natural surroundings. She was young, merely twelve years old, but content with life and gleeful.

As the sun reluctantly made its way towards the western sky, Snow White closely followed the bubbly stream towards the waterfalls.

She slowed to a mellow amble, savouring every step as she travelled along the forest path. An unusual humming sound vibrated in the air. It travelled through my body and I felt a tingle that ran up to my fingertips. I rounded the corner and the source of the sound revealed itself.

It was a whirruping waterfall. At this distance, it looked like silver tear tracks on the wrinkled face of the mountain. It was tiered and plunged into the depths of a paradise-blue pool. As Snow White began to get closer, the noise of the cataract increased. It was growling and rumbling. Then it foamed into lather at the base. The sound was cacophonous now. The spout was hitting the cavernous hollow of the pool like a thunderclap. It rushed down the mountain, roiling and bubbling, boiling and churning.

Snow White walked along the edge of the rocks, leaving the swollen noise of the large pool behind. The sound was still a salvo of cacophony, but it had a gentler slushiness to it. From the infinity pool of bliss, the last spillway flowed, as smooth and fluvial as silver dew. It spilled over the gravelly bed, chiming as it slid, svelte and slinky, past my feet. Its edges were seamed in silver and glinted in the aureate light.

Just then, the sun came out through the canopy of thick trees. Its rays caught the watery slide, giving it a trance-like quality. It turned it a-glitter, like shreds of silky silver. The airy sparkling of its spray was magical. The drizzling spray created a filmy mystique above the pool, dazzling Snow White with its beauty. It gurgled from the depths and tinkled on the surface, swishing with a beautiful melody.

'Wow.' Snow White breathed, her voice stolen from her.

The fresh water was soft on her lips and was cool to her sticky skin, plastered with sweat and dirt from all of the running. Tilting her head back slightly, Snow White giggled as the rush of cool air separated each strand of hair and the misty condensed water sweeping over the rocks and lapping gently at her face. It was cool and refreshing.

Suddenly, on her journey back up the hill to her home, she heard the small scurry of animal footprints on the ground. Twigs snapped to her right, then there would he a rustle to her left. She was terrified, spinning in circles with the beast.

'Hello?' She mumbled, frowning into jungle of trees.

Nobody replied, and so Snow White continued to walk through the trees, her excitable smile never faltering.

Occasionally her eyes would drift into the shadows, feeling anxious someone was watching her, but then she would become engrossed in her game once more.