The Choices We Make (Snow White With Red Hair Fanfiction)

Chapter 1

Starts on Episode 17 Season 2 (Shirayuki gets kidnapped)

The word that Shirayuki had been kidnapped spread like wild fire. I was probably the most worried in the entire crowd of ball guests forced to leave. And to think I snuck into the ball just to be able to see my sister again. But I will see her again. I will find her. But first I need to get out of this dress.

After ditching the dress for the much more appropriate trousers and tank top I had on underneath I hopped on my horse, Gypsophilia. I grinder my lip between my teeth. I quickly spotted the path they left behind. To the untrained eye it would be hardly noticeable, but I knew what to look for. Uneven ground, freshly broken twigs, leaf placement, horse prints. I've done plenty of tracking so this was nothing.

I saw some horses standing in the forest a while away. I rushed my white mare through the brush to the horses quick to see a band of the Claw of The Sea attacking a familiar pretty boy and taking my red headed sister. She looked so beautiful in that dress, like a princess. A princess needing a hero, or more so heroine. I would be fine being anything as long as I could be my little sister's hero. I pulled out my knife and threw myself off my horse onto the nearest pirate.

Myknife blinded into his arm. There was a hard resistance. Bone. I pulled it down until there was not more resistance from flesh. I kicked off the man, casting him away from my concern. I threw my knife into the back of another. I made a mistake of rendering myself weaponless, with my game plan I needed one. I was in no position for fist to cuffs.

I was quick to be taken over, getting nicked to the ground and restrained. "My my, it's been a while since I've seen that face," an all too annoy voice said from the darkness of the forest. I let out a shrill whistle, sending Gypsophilia away. I was slightly amused as I heard pirates try to retrain her.  "I'll have fun with you."

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I pried my eyes open from the sound of screams. I sure I sounded like that not long ago myself I was now cuffed and dangling from the mast. The ship's deck was only a meter or so below me, and the boat was still docked. Down next to the barrels was a familiar red head, Shirayuki, my dear younger sister.  "Yuki!" I cried out to her, wanting her to know I was there.

"Ruzo!?" she and Kazuki instantly realized I was there.

I gave them both a smile even though the pain in my back and wrists were telling me to do the opposite. "Don't worry, I've escaped from them before, I can do it again." I realized who came and stood below me. "Hello Umihebi," I greeted the woman with a smile. "Would you like to be a part of this conversation. Also it would be much easier if I was down from here."

"Great you're awake," she hissed with a smile. "And I should have known you knew these two brats. I thought you were still in the stupid heroics."

I started figuring out how I was behind hung. Oh, easy, hook holding shackles. "Yeah, I still do that, just this one is personal," I said absent mindedly, "But this one I went searching for. You know it would be a lot easier if you just let us all go." I started to swing on the hook, trying to get off the hook. But a pirate came up and held onto my legs.

"No one tricks the Claw of the Sea and lives to talk about it," Umihebi threatened me.

A smirk played on my lips. "Well I beg to differ." I always say what's on my mind. Doesn't matter the audience. Something I've learned is better to do only some time ago.

I guess all my teasing got to her. "Get her down from there, and gag her, she has to know something about Red."

"No don't!" Kazuki yelled, "Akarozu knows nothing, get your information from me instead." He got kicked across the face for the out burst.

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The air I had was depleting, I lost count for how long I was under. This was there first time ever doing this to me. It wasn't drowning I was scared of, they wouldn't kill me, they're little torture toy. It was the water I was scared of. My hair was silver, and people think red is rare. No white, full on silver, shiny, gray, and all. I usually keep a layer of dirt in it, making it appear to be a very light brown. But of course the ocean waves would wash that security layer wash away. It also didn't help that the sea water was Bruning my wip lashings on my back.

I felt the water rush off around me as I was pulled on deck. I hacked out water, unaware I had taken any in. There was a slight silence as all took in my shiny mob of hair. "Rozu," my sister cried to me.

"Well little cross dresser," Umihebi crouch down to me, pulling my face up to her own. "You're getting more and more valuable the longer you're here. Maybe u shouldn't kill you."

"Boss, someone wants to see you," someone ran up onto the boat. All got distracted. I clambered to my feet and ran over to the barrels my sister and friend were tied to. Before I could do anything I was push to the ground and a boot was faced into my back. I let out a scream of pain as I felt the lashing getting ripped wider.

"Put those three in the cell, and keep the one cuffed an throw away the key," the evil woman called over. I was trying to forget the pain as I was dragged below deck and into a dark room that reeked of blood.

I felt someone came and flip me over so my wounds were not to the ground." Akarozu, " my dear sister sighed, "We need to stop the bleeding before you bleed out." I was getting light headed. All I could really register was the slight sway of the boat and the ripping of fabric, must be her dress.