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Chapter 2

Princess Sumire walked through the royal garden, her white skin shimmering in the yellow sunlight. Her purple eyes gleamed with happiness and her purple hair following behind her in a loveling train, just like her Mother's, the previous Queen's, had.

The young Princess was happy and content with her life in the palace. Her Father, King Rei Kamishiro, loved and adored her, the jester, Marcel, was able to make her laugh even on the days when she was feeling glum, and her people loved her, not only for her lovely face and kind heart, but also for her singing voice, which many said she had inherited from her mother.

The Princess paused to look at herself in the lake's reflection. She not vain like her Stepmother, the Queen, was, and considered herself to be quite ordinary. Many claimed that this was not true, as she was just as beautiful as her Mother.

Her ruby lips parted into a dazzling smile as she remembered the words her dear Mother said to her before passing. 'My dear Snow White,' her Mother said as she coughed. 'Remember that when beauty shines from within. It will grow onto the surface and help you grow into a beautiful Princess.'

The Queen coughed as young Sumire grasped her Mother's hand. 'Many say that beauty is only skin deep, but I do not believe that. I believe that beauty comes from within and will make us better people, only if we use our gifts that we have been given correctly.'

Sumire smiled at the memory and at the nickname her mother had given her; 'Snow White.' She loved that name, but at the same time, she didn't like it very much. She thought it made her sound like she was the perfect image of royalty, like many thought her Stepmother was.

'Oh well,' Sumire shrugged as she walked away from the pond, turning her attention to the mirror that was placed in the courtyard. She thought that it was an odd place to put a mirror but many people said that it was a magic mirror that could show what people really looked like from within.

Sumire wondered about this, as she surveyed herself in the floor length mirror. On top of her purple hair was a gold crown with red velvet made to look like an apple, with green gems embedded beneath it. Her earrings were made of gold and had red ribbons on them, which the young Princess thought was adorable.

Her top was a red and black corset with a black ribbon around her neck. White lace bordered her bust and shoulders, with a red apple over her chest. A gold cross lay across her stomach and hung there by a bejeweled chain. Her sleeves were white and black stripes with gold crosses on them and white lace on the ends.

On her wrists were simple white lace cuffs with black ribbon that held them there. Her skirt was red with black ribbons on both sides and a gold cross over the center of it. Beneath the gold fringe that bordered the red overskirt, there was black and white stripes that were gold crosses and red apples.

Her boots were a simple red black laces and had white cuffs over them. Over the white cuffs were black banners with red apples on them and gold fringe hanging off them. She also wore white lace stockings underneath her boots.

Sumire didn't see what was so special about the mirror. Not only did it look ordinary and old, but looked like any other, except for the strange brass covered writing that surrounded it. It was definitely not like the Mirror her Stepmother kept at the end of the dark corridor on the far side of the castle.

The Princess shivered at the thought of it. She had only looked at it once, about a few months after the new Queen moved into the castle. When the Queen had finished admiring herself in it, she carefully crept out of her hiding place and carefully opened the gold doors that kept the Mirror hidden from the rest of the world.

The Princess only looked inside the Mirror for a few seconds, but in that moment she became overwhelmed with visions of demons and dark spirits that she slammed the doors shut and ran all the back to her room.

Back in the safety of her room her room, the young Princess had thrown herself underneath the covers of her four poster bed and shivered. Sumire would never forget that day. It was still fresh in her memory. She couldn't sleep for a month because the vision from the Mirror had frightened her immensely.

"Excuse me, Your Highness?"

The Princess turned around to see the Huntsman, Johnny Bepp, standing behind her, in his green and red-yellow trimmed hunting clothes. He was smiling, as he always did, but Sumire couldn't help and notice that something seemed amiss with the Hunter.

"Yes, what is it, Sir Johnny?" she answered in a calm and sweet voice. The Hunter gulped silently as he stared at the Princess. "I was wondering if you would like to get away from the castle for a few hours," he said. "Sakura Kitaouji, a maid who works in the castle, said that you looked a bit down lately, and, well, I was wondering if I could help you by taking for a ride in the forest, if you will allow me to accompany you?"

Sumire thought about this for a while. It was true that she hadn't been out of the palace lately, and she wanted to go see the old willow that grew in the center of the forest. It was on the edge of a beautiful lake.

"Alright, Huntsman," she finally answered. "You may take into the forest with you; but we can not stay too long. Father will be expecting me in the throne room before sunset."

"Yes, Your Highness," said Johnny, as he did a sweeping bow. "I shall go fetch your horse and we shall be on our way." "Thank you, Sir Johnny," the Princess said. "I shall be waiting for you in front of the palace gates."

The Princess turned and walked away, leaving Johnny to feel very guilty about the crime he had been ordered to commit. He remembered the words of the Queen in his head very clearly, just as he had heard them an hour ago.

'Didn't you hear me? I said I want you to take Princess Sumire into the forest and kill her,' the Queen had said when Johnny had asked her to repeat. 'Don't start asking questions; you couldn't possibly understand,' she said when the Huntsman had started to open his mouth.

'Here. Take this,' she said, as she tossed a small golden box at him. 'I want you to take out the Princess's heart and place it in this box as proof. That way, I can know for certain that you did the job. Now the Princess into the forest and have it done before sunset.'

Johnny nodded as he picked up the golden box and started to open the door when the Queen said, 'And by the way,' Johnny turned back towards the Queen. 'If you even think about giving me away, I shall you executed on the account of murder.'

Johnny trembled as he saddled up his horse. There was no way he could do it. Not for all the gold in the world. He pondered over his situation as he started to lead the horses to the front gates. There he saw the Princess standing there talking to the guards.

Johnny eyed their spears and gulped. Hopefully he could run away before King Rei sent the guards after him. Or he stay and tell the truth; but then the Queen would have him beheaded herself. Or maybe he could…

Yes,... Yes! It was the perfect solution! But he would have to get the Princess to believe him first. They just had to get far away from the prying eyes of gossiping wives and babbling priests and deep enough into the forest first. That is, unless Princess Sumire trusted him enough.

Johnny kept his eyes ahead of him as he worked out the finally touches to the plan that would keep the Princess alive long enough for the Queen to be dealt with for the crime she almost had him commit.

To be continued…

And there we go! Another chapter! This is going better than I had previously expected to go. Keep reading everyone! More is sure to come! Until next time!