Characters Featured:

The Evil Queen from Snow White and the Seven Dwarves

The Magic Mirror from Shrek

Hinata Hyuga from Naruto

Siegfried/Nightmare from Soul Calibur

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Mirror Mirror

The Evil Queen sits on her throne, looking into her hand mirror. She has been powdering her face for the past three hours and the stroke of midnight is just beginning. It is time to face the mirror.

The mirror sits perfectly across from the only important chair in the throne room. The queen rises. Slowly. Her purple dress melts with gravity like the first sun-stained drop of the finest vanilla ice cream. She drifts like a purple lily pad.

The Evil Queen is now staring into the flames of reflection. Out of these flames a… Rather annoyed mask reveals itself.

He exclaims in a blind rage, "Lord Farquaad I'm trying to sleep!"

The Queen's gaze paralyzes as the Magic Mirror stammers out an apology. "F-Forgive me your majesty."

She is too focused on her objective to be phased by the premature outburst. If she was, the mask of powder she wears on her face would easily hide all extemporaneous reactions. The room fills with an anticipated silence. Even the cracks in the grey stone walls have their ears open as the echo of the midnight bell tolls to a dull end.

With a scientifically baited breath, the Queen proceeds. "Magic Mirror on the wall… who is the fairest one of all?"

The Magic Mirror furrows his brow. While the answer may seem harmless, the mask still fears the consequences. "Hmmm… Well, right now it seems to be a young girl. Her hands are gentle and her heart is truthful."

The Queen is overtaken by a most fearful recognition. "Snow White!" she exclaims.

"Not exactly" the Mirror meekly interjects. "I'm talking about Hinata Hyuga."

The Queen is taken by complete surprise. She has never heard such a unique name in her entire life. If she had, she would have at least remembered it. Who was this stranger?

"How would I find her?" The Queen insisted.

"It would be a really really loooooong walk, your majesty." The Mirror explains. "She's practically on the other side of the world!"

"No one asked for your opinion." She threatened. "Where is she?"

The Magic Mirror spins and what The Evil Queen sees is a gargantuan green gate. "You can find her in the land of fire, in a village, hidden amongst the leaves."

The Evil Queen immediately dismisses the Mirror. As the Magic Mirror fades away, she sends for her most loyal guard, Siegfried. The clangs of his armor fill and echo through the immense space. His sword, Requiem, is as large as a twin-sized bed. He stands before the Queen.

"Wait right here." The Queen whispers in a light, foreboding tone. She walks over to her beauty chest and opens many drawers; enthusiastically looking for a specific instrument. Suddenly, a calculating calm rushes over her.

Without even looking at the blonde warrior, she asks, "Would you do anything for your queen?"

"I will complete any task for my queen." Siegfried responds, without a moment's hesitation.

The Queen pulls out a bright red shard. She examines it and places it on the dresser. The Queen then pulls out a mortar and pestle and uses these items to grind the red shard. A truly sinister red aura seems to emerge as a result. The Queen carries the grounds over to Siegfried.

"If you are to complete this task for me, I need to be certain your conscience is clear."

From a pocket in her purple dress, the Queen pulls out a vile of water. She pours it into the red dust and stirs it up. She holds the concoction right under Siegfried's nose.

"If you truly love your queen, you must sacrifice your soul."

Siegfried has a brief moment of terrified hesitation, but he drinks the concoction. Siegfried begins to shake uncontrollably. The surface of his skin violently ripples. The dark force of Soul Edge coats his armor in a hardened lava, a black mass. He even grows a dark helmet that has a lava-red, unicorn-like horn sticking out of the forehead. His hair turns blood red and grows into a long ponytail. During this transformation, The Evil Queen heads back to her dresser, ignoring the bloodcurdling screams of Siegfried. She comes back holding a rather fancily designed box.

"Find the Village Hidden in the Leaves, Show Hinata her worst Nightmare, then bring her heart to me in this box."

Nightmare's sword becomes a fleshy entity, and grows a single eye in the center of it. The transformation is complete. Nightmare silently takes the box, and sets off on his quest…