Snow White (Fractured)

Snow White-Short Story

Do you ever get that feeling? That feeling of something or someone watching you? It could be through your window, beyond the slit in your curtains, or through the crack in your door...

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Birds. Snow White blinked her heavy eyelids open, awakening from her dream-filled slumber. She listened to the birds singing their graceful morning songs as she rubbed the sleep from her eyes.

Snow looked towards her bedroom door as the corners of her lips twitched up into a wide grin. She could hear the clinking and clanging of her seven friends coming from the kitchen, just down the hall.

Slipping out of her bedroom, already dressed in her iconic dress, Snow headed towards the kitchen for breakfast. The seven Dwarfs had already prepared the food, like usual, so they all sat down and devoured the warm, mouth-watering food.

"You ready to go?" one of the seven Dwarfs questioned, to no one in particular, breaking the comfortable silence that coated the room.

"The real question is, are you?" Snow replied with emphasis on the 'you', her lips spreading into a playful smirk as she ran out the front door and through the forest.

Snow continued to run, entering the town just beyond the forest she lived in, not watching where she was going she crashed smack bang into a wall. Glancing up, Snow realized that it wasn't a wall, but a person.

This person looked prestigious with rich coloured clothes of purples and golds. Feeling a hot tingling sensation rush across Snow's cheeks, she stammered out "I-I'm so sorry". As Snow apologized she looked up into the piercing gaze of his icy, blue eyes, feeling vulnerable by his stare.

The man held a stern expression before letting out a soft chuckle.

"What's your name?" The handsome stranger asked.

With that soft smile and calming gaze, from who Snow came to know as Prince Florian, Snow felt reassured and safe. They spent the rest of the day talking before Snow had to leave, the sun slowly sinking behind the Castles high walls.

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Snow was sitting on a chair at the dining room table, thinking back on the eventful day she had with a large toothy smile playing at her lips.

She lifted a bright red apple, a nice old lady gifted her, to her lips. Taking a bite from it letting the sweet juices glaze over her taste buds, surprised at how sweet it was, until a bitter sensation laced her tongue.

As soon as Snow swallowed the bite, she dropped the apple and let her head drop onto the wooden table. She fell into a sleep-like state, only to be awoken sooner than her, or anyone thought.

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Soft, sweet, tender. A feeling Snow had on her lips as she slowly sat up. Only to be witness to Prince Florian's bright eyes boring into hers, but slowly fluttering closed, followed by a loud thump.

Snow looked down at Florian's limp body lying against the cold, dirt floor. Frozen stiff, she didn't notice the shouts around her, she didn't notice the tight grip on her forearm, or the ice-cold chains being clasped around her wrists.

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It all happened so fast, Snow was being awoken by Prince Florian's chaste kiss, now she was sat in a cold, dark cell. Curled up in the corner, alone.

No. Snow will not sit here, being accused of murder, when this was not her fault. So, without knowing that someone was coming for her, she hatched a plan and escaped from her poorly constructed cell.

As Snow softly landed on her toes, causing barely any noise to follow, she crept through corridors and out the servants quarters side door. Running around to the draw bridge, mear meters from freedom, from escaping the maze of a castle.

Snow made it halfway across the bridge before voices could be heard. Coming to an abrupt halt and cautiously turning her head just to hear the words "You, seven beasts, are sentenced to death for the attempt of freeing a murderer and the possible help in the murder of my son, Prince Florian".

Widening her eyes, Snow watched as her seven friends dropped, suffocating by the ropes around their necks. Nooses holding firm, killing her friends slowly, agony evident on their pain contorted faces.

Numb.

That's all Snow felt as a shortness of breath hit her, followed quickly by her heart rate increasing, her throat swelled and the back of her eyes started to sting. Dry sobs escaped her tight throat as her breathing became rapid and vision blurry, silent tears slipped from her eyes, burning down her cheeks. Never-ending.

Stuck, frozen, not able to move, Snow never saw the guard on top of the castles left turret. She never saw the arrow flying straight for her, she didn't feel the pain of the arrow piercing her skin, through her heart. She deserved this, she killed her friends, she wanted this.

Darkness, emptiness, cold...

Snow did what snow does best, Snow fell.

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Okay guys!

So that was that. What did you think? Not the ending you were expecting, right? Leave any comments or questions you have in the comments section because I'll love reading your guys feedback and answering your questions.

Also, it's a bit short because the teacher said we could only use three pages and I already wrote my draft and it hit exactly three pages. I added a bit more though since this is the Wattpad one.

Love yous!

~Sock