Nice to see that my first chapter wasn't a bust! The weirdest thing is is that I have so many ideas, but so little time! But I promise to keep updates and stuff like that.
Well, Let's get on with this ;)
It was 6:30am when Snow White and Ella finally awakened. It's been a dreamy night for Snow, for she was dreaming about a certain step-mother figure. For Ella, not so much. Nightmares of confinement haunt her dreams and clouded her thoughts. Ella didn't want her father to marry to a woman that wasn't her mother. She knew that no other woman in the whole forest could be able to live up to her mother. Heart and soul. Either way, her father chose what's best for her and her sister. His way was the only way.
"Do you think father has presents? Maybe a puppy? Or a rabbit?" Snow White asked, jumping on her bed.
"Whatever it is, I don't like the sound of it. He only wakes us this early when he has something important to say. I don't think getting an animal is really as important," Ella said, while getting ready.
"Girls! Are you ready? Meet me in the dinning hall when you are. I have some lovely news you would like to hear." King Leopold yelled.
"Coming!" The girls yelled in unison.
" I have some amazing news! I have found the perfect woman to become a motherly figure for you both." King Leopold smiled.
"What's her name?" Ella asked.
"Regina. Her mother, Cora, had arranged for me to meet her. I originally met her when I saw her help Snow get off that horse. Saved her life." King Leopold said.
"Regina? Oh father, I knew you would pick her." Snow White gasped, while hugging her dad.
"Really? Isn't she like my age? Father, I do love you so, but I don't think that marrying someone much younger than you is going to be able to take care of 2 children and tend to your needs." Ella said, annoyed.
"Ella, dear, It's not so much my needs. It's yours. Snow and you need a mother and Regina can be that mother. Yes, I do miss your mother greatly, but its best that I marry Regina. She makes Snow happy and that's all I want in the world." King Leopold said, hugging Snow.
"If she makes you happy than I'll learn to accept her as a mother. Snow seems to take a liking to her so I think its best that I do as well. Well, I'm going to go to the gardens and tend to the flowers there," Ella said, running off.
"Daddy, I do hope Regina is as lovely to you as she is to me. She's so beautiful and knows how to handle a horse well," Snow said, sitting on her fathers lap.
"Yes, I know. I also know that she'll be an amazing mother for you and Ella. No, she will never replace your mother, but she will be the best she can be for you guys." King Leopold smiled while walking Snow to the kitchen.
"Sucks to be you, doesn't it?" Red laughed while putting the carrots in a bag.
"Shut up. Father never listens. I swear she'll ruin him! Bring him right to a heart attack. He doesn't need anybody. I thought you were only allowed one True Love," Ella complained while watering the roses.
"Well, things change. You have to realize that your father is king. King's sometimes find many loves before their lives run out. It's like, written in the law or something," Red said.
"I just don't understand why it has to be a teenager my age. It makes no sense! She's just becoming a woman. I am as well and you don't see me marrying a 50 year old man!" Ella yelled.
"Maybe you just haven't found the right grandpa yet!" Red joked.
"Red! My father's guards are everywhere around here. If they here you say that than before you know it I will be married to a grandpa." Ella yelled.
"Sorry. I'm just trying to brighten up someone's awful day. If it makes you feel any better, my grandmother made me eat 2 whole pies because I forgot to wash the dishes." Red said, looking at Ella.
"It's okay. I just wish that Regina protects my sister. I just don't understand how a little girl can live without her mother. It's heartbreaking." Ella said.
And It was. Snow cried every night after her mothers death. Ella tried to comfort her but it was no use. She couldn't stop crying. It was as if the whole ocean was pouring out of her eyes and couldn't stop. Wouldn't stop. Snow was only happy when father was around and it pained Ella to see that. Snow wasn't happy around Ella for a lot of reasons. Ella, according to snow, had no imagination. She was plain. White wallpaper, white floor tiles and white sheets was all Ella wanted in her room. It pained Snow to no end. Everything about her sister made her a little bored. Her sister was more serious and more literate.
Ella took nothing jokingly, which Snow found disturbing. Ella was practically acting like a queen. Snow knew that Ella wanted to be queen ever since they put that tiara on her head, but how can such an inanimate object change a human being completely? Ella use to be happy, funny, and gentle. Now she's boring, plain, and dull. Snow wanted to change that. Maybe Regina could change that.
It was late past midnight when Snow decided to get back on her horse and start riding again. She headed out to the stables, but she heard familiar voices.
"Daniel? Daniel!" Regina yelled, running to her lover.
"What is it?" Daniel asked, walking out of the stall where he was tending to one of the horses.
"Marry me." Regina said, hugging him.
"Regina, What are you doing? What happened? Did you tell your mother?" Daniel kept asking.
"No. And now I can never tell her, she won't understand. That girl I saved...was the king's daughter. And now he's proposed, to me!" Regina said, shocked.
"What?" Daniel gasped.
"My mother accepted! The only way out is to run. For us to leave this place, for us to be married, for us to never come back." Regina cried.
"Regina. Do you understand what that would mean? Life with a stable boy is a far cry from a life as queen." Daniel said.
"Being queen means nothing. Daniel. All I care about is you." She said, stroking his face.
"And If I am going to marry you, lets do this properly." Daniel said, while getting a ring from a saddle. Putting it on Regina's left hand ring finger.
Snow heard all of it. The plan..everything. And it broke her heart. It broke her heart knowing that she wont have a mother to look after her. She wont have someone who she can talk to and count on. Her father wouldn't have anyone to love. Daniel was taking It all away from her. The life she wanted. A perfect one with someone. She wanted a mother and Regina can be that mother, but not if Regina runs away with Daniel. That's a big no in her family's book.
"Snow, What are you doing here?" Regina asked, scared a little.
"You said that I should get back to riding soon." Snow said.
"Well, not this late." Regina said.
Snow ended up running off down the path. Crying and running never did anyone any good because Snow ended up tripping on a branch. Letting Regina catch up to her.
"No, No. Why were you kissing that man in the stables? You're to marry my father. You're to be my step-mother.
"Snow, please, listen to me- Your father, King Leopold, he's a kind and fair man. But I don't love him." Regina confessed.
"I don't understand. Why not?" Snow asked.
"Love doesn't work that way. Love...true love...is magic. And not just any magic. The most powerful magic of all. It creates happiness." Regina explained.
"And that man in the stables. You love him?" Snow asked.
"With all my heart." Regina smiled.
"Then you must marry him," Snow giggled,"I'll go tell father right away." Snow got up to leave.
"No,no,no,no. You must not do that. You see, my mother, would do terrible things if she ever found out." Regina said.
"Why would she? Doesn't she love you?" Snow asked.
"Why yes she does, It's just she doesn't understand True Love. Do you know what a secret is?" Regina asked.
"Yes. I can keep a secret." Snow smiled.
"You must not tell anyone about what I just told you or about what you just saw. Okay?" Regina said.
"Okay." Snow smiled.
"Okay good. Now, go back to the palace. I believe that your father and or sister is worried sick about you." Regina said.
"Yes. Bye, Regina!" Snow yelled, while running off towards the palace.
Ugh my hands feel like rubber. Well, I tried. I wanted to make this chapter longer, but I'm afraid that my hands hurt and I really just wanna get this one published and kind of out of the way (I swear..I'm not rushing). Criticism is highly appreciated. :)
Also, Some of this dialogue actually comes from the episode itself. I didn't want to change it because It explains the situation perfectly.
I believe the episode is "The Stable Boy." I forgot what number it is but its Season 1. :)