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I present: Schneeweißchen featuring Prucan.

Julchen-Fem Prussia

Annalise-Fem Austria

Daniel-Male Hungary

Once upon a time, or like, three beers ago your choice here, there was a girl named Julchen. She was a memorable Princess. The common nickname bestowed upon her was Snow White because of her pale body and silver hair.

The Queen Annalise , was also very memorable herself. She was very beautiful and regularly checked in her magic mirror to see if she was beautiful.

Magic Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?

Every time, the man in mirror answered, "You, your Highness." and then go back to playing Mozart.

One day, the man in the mirror gave a different answer. One that was not to the Queen's liking.

"Queen Annalise, you are a very beautiful woman, but your cousin Julchen rivals your beauty."

Annalise was furious. She always searched for a reason to hate her cousin. Now she had one.

...

Julchen was hiding from her brother Ludwig in the large oak tree down by the river. She'd be damned if she was going to sit at that piano one more time. Why could she not learn how to play the flute? At least with the flute she could play it out in the open air.

She enjoyed the open air and the wind through the trees. From her place in the tree, the soft breeze, and the warm summer air, it wasn't a surprise when Julchen fell asleep as the tree rocked her.

Perhaps it was fate or destiny what she fell out of the tree and into the river when she did. Because at that moment, a Prince from another kingdom had been riding along that very path and witness her fall.

He saw the pale girl struggling to get air and without a second thought jumped in after her.

He thought he was going to be heroic but then she stood up and the river came up to her knees from where she was at.

"Guten tag, herr. Why are you on your stomach? The river is not that deep."

She looked down on him and immediately felt like he was in love. Her white hair, red eyes, looked like precious jewels. Her voice was like a harp. And that scar over her right eye told him that she was a survivor.

"I thought that you needed help so I jumped in after you." He stood up. "Forgive me. I've never passed through this kingdom before. I'm sorry I haven't introduced myself. I am Prince Matthew."

Julchen looked at the tall, awkward man before her. He was handsome but that handsome. If anything, he was cute like a small flightless, defenseless birdie.

"It is very nice to meet you Prince Birdie. I am Princess Julchen."

And that was how Julchen and Matthew fell in love with each other in a very humorous way.

...

Meanwhile, Queen Annalise watched her from her magic mirror.

"That tramp thinks she's more beautiful that I? I'll show her. I'll show her that she is worth the scum of the earth."

"My Queen, don't you think that you are being to harsh on her? She's just a girl. She likes the outdoors and fencing, but she's not that different than you. I remember one time when you were just like her."

"I am nothing like her!"

"You are both beautiful in your own ways. Surely you can be satisfied. You have the love of the kingdom, you have the King Daniel himself. Why does it bother you so much that your cousin is just as beautiful as you?"

"You can never understand!"

...

Over the next few weeks, Annalise came up with a foolproof plan on how to get rid of Julchen. She was going to turn her into a flea. Then she was going to put that flea into a box, then she was going to put that box inside of another box. Then she was going to mail that box to herself and once that box arrived, she would smack that box with a hammer.

However, the price of shipping had gone up in the past few days so to save on shipping and handling, she decided to hire someone to murder the competition.

"M'lady, the Huntsman is here." one of the servants announced.

A simple hunter walked into the throne room and it was just the Queen and the Hunter.

"I want you to murder the princess."

"Straightforward are we. I'll humor you and ask why."

"That is between her and myself. I just expect you to take care of the job with no questions asked."

"Why me?"

"You are a hunter. You hunt and kill your target. For that I trust that you get the job done or we wouldn't want anything to happen to that sweet sister of yours."

The hunter glared at the queen and had to hold himself back from lunging at the queen.

"No. We wouldn't."

"Good. I'm glad we have an understanding. I expect you get the job done quickly."

Vash left the throne room angry and scared for his sister.

While the Queen plotted the death of Julchen, the girl and Matthew had a secret rendezvous down by the river. They had been meeting in secret ever since that day they both fell into the river. Every day they met together, they fell deeper in love than what they thought was possible.

Today was the day that Matthew was going to ask Julchen to be his wife until their dying days.

He asked when she finished laughing at one of the dumb things his brother had done.

"Julchen Maria Beilschmidt, will you please marry me? Will you make me the happiest man alive and be my wife?"

"I-"

"Princess Julchen! Your cousin requests your presence immediately. She says that it is important." A man interrupted.

"Of course she does. Birdie, can I give you an answer the next time we meet?" She kissed him on the cheek left before he could say a word.

Matthew got on his horse and rode back to his kingdom, a feeling of dread in his stomach

'I see you again Jules. I'll find you again.'

Julchen had no idea what to think when the strange man looked at the castle as if to see if anyone was watching and then pushed her to the Woods.

"Run." he whispered.

"I'm sorry what?" She was very confused.

"I was hired to kill you. I won't. Now run." he tried to shove her behind the tree line.

"Who hired you?"

"Your cousin the queen. Now do you want to die? Run far away before she hires someone who will actually finish the job." He tried to get her to go deeper into the woods. "Please run!"

"Why would Annalise want me dead?"

Vash looked into her sad eyes. She honestly looked like a kicked puppy. "I don't know. But it's not safe. If you go back, she'll kill my sister and poison you. You need to get far away. Please."

Julchen was stunned. "I... thank you sir." She turned and fled deeper into the Woods. Her white hair trailing behind her made her look like a ghost.

With her gone, Vash still needed proof to show the queen. At that he started to mentally kick himself for not thinking ahead.

He heard some leaves rustling and saw a doe.

Perfect.

...

Julchen ran until her ribs started to feel like they were stabbing her lungs and her legs started to cramp. It was nearly dusk and she was lost in the woods with no plan on where to go or what to do or even how to find Matthew. She collapsed out of exhaustion and blacked out.

She woke up to a cold feeling on her forehead. She sat straight up and eyes wide stared at the nervous brunet at her bedside.

"Who are you and where am I?" she demanded.

"I am Toris. Felicks, Raivis, and I found you in the woods and brought you here. Umm… There are seven of us; Ivan, this is his home, Natalya and Yekatyrina are his sisters, my brothers Eduard and Raivis, and Felicks who just hangs out here for no apparent reason. Katy was going to bring you some soup but you were still asleep and she wanted you to have something warm to eat not something cold."

"Oh, thank you Toris."

"If you don't mind my asking, why were you in the Woods?"

"My cousin wants me dead. I have no idea why so I ran."

"I am sorry. You'll be safe here. I'll go get you some soup. You look like you need it."

"Thank you Toris."

It was decided immediately that Julchen was going to be their new "family" member. Yekatyrina and Natalya were pleased to have another woman in the house and Raivis and Ivan were pleased to have another friend. Toris often had to get between Julchen and Felicks when their arguments got more intense than playful insults.

But all in all, they were a weird group of people living in the same house.

...

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN THAT SHE IS ALIVE?!"

"I mean, that you are indeed beautiful, but your cousin is more beautiful than you."

"And by your saying that, she is still alive. How? I hired a skilled hunter to get rid of her for good. He had to have chickened out."

"That or the young man didn't feel like taking her life was necessary."

"Where is she? You're a magic mirror, show me where she is!" Annalise demanded.

"She is in a house in the middle if the Woods. It would be mad of you to track her down and kill her but you have passed that point when you hired a hunter to murder your cousin."

The queen didn't listen. She was too busy on how to permanently off her cousin.

...

By the time the news of Julchen's survival had reached the queen's ears, stories of the runaway princess had reached the ears of neighboring kingdoms. One kingdom in which Matthew lived.

By then, reasons for her running away had ranged from her not wanting marry to a vicious rumor that her own cousin the queen was trying to murder her. That was ridiculous in itself because everyone knew that Queen Annalise would never hurt anyone. She was the epitome of a lady whilst her cousin was the perfect example that lords and ladies used to train their daughters to not be like.

Matthew was deeply shocked by the rumors surrounding Julchen that he readied his horse and rode off to find her.

Alfred, the young prince's brother, followed after him because his brotherly instincts kicked in at that moment. Or that is what he will say to his parents later. They would believe that over the strong feeling that came over him and told him to follow after his brother. Later, someone very dear to him will say that it was fate that was beckoning him.

Anyway, foreshadowing aside, Matthew didn't take the rode to Julchen's kingdom like he normally did. This time, he went into the Woods.

...

It was very risky. But the satisfaction that she will feel when she finally sends her horrible cousin into her grave will be worth it.

Annalise had to sell something of value to a witch to get a poisoned apple that will guarantee her of Julchen's death. She didn't pay attention to the terms and conditions when she signed the contract. Then again, who really does.

She died her hair red and through on one of the maids dresses and made her way into the Woods.

Julchen was all alone for once. Katy and Natalya went to the markets to stock up on food for winter was coming, Toris and everyone else went to the mines where they worked leaving Julchen to clean by herself.

There was nothing out of the ordinary. Until a pretty red headed girl was attacked by birds.

Julchen ran out of the house with a broom. Normally, the birds would listen to Julchen and obey her. But not this time. This time, they continued to attack the poor girl.

"Come inside. They will not attack you in there."

Damn it all. Why is she so kind?

Annalise ran for the open door.

Julchen shut the door behind her. "Normally they don't attack anyone. I am so sorry about that."

"It doesn't matter to me whether or not they attack me. Please take this apple as thanks. It's all I have, please take it."

She held out the dark red apple. The witch said that Julchen would not be able to say no when offered it.

True to her word, she took the apple.

"Thank you very much." She bit into the apple. "It's delicious. Thank you Miss?"

"Annalise. Your cousin."

Julchen's eyes went wide and she tried to vomit what she had bitten off but Annalise pushed her to the ground and pinned her down with her hand over her mouth forcing Julchen to swallow the poisoned apple.

Julchen was stronger than her petite cousin, but that didn't matter. She stopped breathing, her heart stopped, and she was dead.

Annalise stared at her cousin. Her ruby eyes were still open and stared at nothing, Annalise closed them because they unnerved her more than the fact that she just murdered her cousin.

She snatched the apple and ran out of the Woods.

...

Natalya and Yekatyrina were the first to see Julchen.

They tried to wake her, but they soon discovered that she was dead. And so soon after just meeting her.

When Ivan and the others returned, they held ten minutes of mourning before Eduard and Toris began building a coffin. Ivan was tasked with digging a grave with Raivis. They chose a nice spot under a willow tree.

The next day, they were gathered around the empty grave. The girls picked flowers that they thought Julchen would have liked and placed them in her arms.

Ivan, Felicks, Toris, and Eduard were about to pick up the coffin and place it in the ground when they heard a man on horseback ask if they had heard news of Julchen or a very pale girl.

"You're too late sir. She died last night." Yekatyrina said with a tremble in her voice.

The man looked stunned. "Where is her body? Is that her coffin?"

They nodded.

"May I say goodbye? Please?"

Ivan took the lid of the coffin off and Matthew got off the horse.

She didn't look dead. She looked like she was sleeping.

He tried to say goodbye, really he did, but he couldn't say anything. How could he?

He did the only thing he could do.

He gave her a soft kiss and she took a deep breath that startled him so bad that he fell in the grave.

"Who kissed me? I know someone did and no offence, but I wouldn't kiss anyone of you."

"That was me." said a voice in the grave.

Julchen got out of the coffin and stared at her Prince Charming lying at the bottom of the grave.

"Hey, princess. How's it going?" He waved weakly at his now awake princess.

"I'm fine now. Are you going to get out of there or am I going to you?"

"I don't think anyone here wants you to pull a Romeo and Juliet move." Raivis said.

Matthew crawled out of Julchen's grave and thanked the strange family for taking care of his princess.

"So, will you give me an answer?"

"I think I will. And if my cousin tries to pull another stunt like this?"

"I promise on my life, I will protect you when you can't hold a sword to defend yourself and I will fight with you should that time ever come."

He swept her off her feet and they rode back to Matthews's kingdom.

"Oh maple!"

"What's wrong?"

"I forgot about Alfred!"

While I was typing the word beautiful, dear lord, even though spell check says it's correct, it just looks wrong. Is this how society views women?

Though women are beautiful in their own way, society looks at it and views it as wrong.

Wow...

Next up is Rapunzle with Rusame.