Blazblue Fairytales
Vol 1- Chapter 4: Behind the Mirror
Finally the sun raised into the baby blue sky, after hours of running. As Snow kept running she accidently tripped over onto a small bump in the ground, she then sat herself up as she stared into the dirt and grass. She brushed aside some of the grass and saw something in the dirt, she then picked up the object and brushed the dirt of it. Reading what had been carved into the snapped in half wooden object. Once she placed the object's broken pieces together it read, "B-beloved." She softly said, she then lifted her head up. Looking over a small stream to see a small cottage that was covered in various flowers. There was something about the cottage that seemed familiar.
Although her break got cut short, when she spotted from the corner of her eye a small orange fox, running towards her. Letting out a quiet gasp, Snow shot up to her feet and began to run for it again. Leaving the fox behind, letting out little whimpers as it watched Snow disappear in the distance.
The Queen sat in her bed, unwrapping something that was covered in some cloth. The Imperator let out a gasp of delight as her eyes lied onto the object in her hands. "Well done, you've completed your task... magnificently." She praised, before grabbing Ragna's hair, pulling him in for a kiss on the forehead.
"You may go!" She ordered as she let go of a petrified Ragna. He then ran out of the room, closing the door behind him as he let out a sigh fo relief.
A few minutes after Ragna left, the Imperator gradually made her way down the flight of stairs that lead her towards the royal kitchen.
"Good Morning, everyone!" She greeted as everyone stopped and stared at her like little frightened mice. The Imperator then proceeded to look around, asking. "Where's the stew pot?"
The main chef stayed quiet as he pointed to the large pot that was only a meter in front of the Imperator.
"Oh, there it is!" The Imperator exclaimed gleefully as she skipped over to it. Opening up the little cloth above the stew, causing the heart to fall into the boiling water below. She then turned around and handed the empty cloth to the chef, before taking her leave.
"Tsubaki...Jin!" The king of the Yayoi kingdom called out as he searched Jin's room, after searching his daughters first. To see if either of them were there, but to no avail... "Where is everyone?!" He asked himself in a quiet tone, before continuing to search for the two.
"Nope.. not here either!" The Imperator replied to King Yayoi's question, before stuffing her face into her breakfast.
The king let out an aggravated grunt as he went to continue searching, that was until the Imperator interrupted him.
"I'm sure the young love... birds are still... fluttering around somewhere. Why not take a short break and join me for some breakfast?" She offered hum the bowel of stew that was placed across from her.
"I'm not hungry." The king stated, before taking off.
The Imperator then growled in response. "Alright, but if you faint from hunger. Don't blame me!"
"Snow White... SNOW WHITE!" The king yelled out for the young princess as he walked through the elaborate garden. Although he stopped in his tracks as he came to the entrance of a huge hedge maze. 'They couldn't have-' He thought to himself, before entering the maze. He began to walk through the human sized puzzle in search for the young couple, not realizing that the entrance was slowly being concealed by huge thorny vines.
"My..my even with those chips of mirror in their eyes are still not so effective enough." The queen sighed as she stared at the bowel across from her.
'Oh, well. Might as well kill time in the room of mirror's with my beloved "friends".' She then hoped up from her chair and slowly made her way to the stairs and up them. Heading for the one room that she spent most of her days in...
*Flash Back*
The young women wondered around her old burnt down home She just recently had a meeting with all the heads of the Duodecim and just couldn't convince any of them to blindly follow her rule.
Gradually she made her way over to the mirror that she brought along with her. She then asked nervously, looking away from it. "Mirror, mirror... on the wall..." She then paused for a moment, turning around slowly as she finished her question. "Who's the fairest of them all?" Just as she turned around to look at her reflection, she was startled from seeing Rumple's reflection in it. She then gasped as she swung around to see him a meter away from her.
"Break it!" He commanded.
"N-no!" She cried back, before grabbing the mirror, pulling it off and making a run for it.
"But it's the only way!" Rumple stated as he grabbed the Imperator, preventing him from leaving.
"No!" She protested against his demands, while struggling against his firm grip on her arms.
"They'll never blindly put their faith and dedication into you, unless you break it!"
"B-but how can I-" The girl stuttered.
"Do it!" He ordered.
"Oh, don't make me." She wined as she did her best to resist.
"Now!" Rumple snapped bak, causing the girl to let out a screech of distress as she threw the mirror to the ground in defeat.
"AHHHHHHHHHH!" She screech at the top of her lungs as she threw it to the ground, watching it smash into a thousand pieces.
The chips of glass then rose into the air, floating above them high in the sky. They then vanished, reappearing in the sky's above the Imperator's castle garden, where all the heads of the Duodecim were.
"My..my, she certainly was a pushy one!" The king of the Kisaragi kingdom, politely complained.
"What's worse.. she made us eat some crappy 'cakes' of her's!" The head of the Mutsuki family spat on the ground in disgust of the foul tasting cakes.
"Man, it's hot out here!" A child version of Charming grunted as he held a cape above him and Snow White. Shielding the two from the burning sun.
"Y-yeah..." Snow panted, exhausted by the heat.
"What's that?" One of the heads asked as he looked up to the sky, only to get hit in the eye by something. "Oww!?"
"Take cover!" One of the other heads screamed, only to get hit in the eye too.
Snow White at that moment walked out from the cape to look up at the sky. "So pretty..." She mumbled as she saw a sparkly ray of multi colored lights fall from the sky.
"Tsubaki!" Jin screamed as he tackle crashed her to the ground, throwing the blanket over them both for cover from the sharp chips of mirror.
After every one of the heads got a chip into their eyes he remaining pieces returned to the Imperator. In front of her feet, forming a hand held mirror.
"Pick it up." Rumple began. "That piece was left for you to keep..." Rumple said as he saw her happy face as she picked in up and looked at her reflection. "Have fun with your pawns my darling queen." Rumple mumbled as he threw his yellow hood over his spiky green hair, before taking his leave.
*End Flash Back*
"What pity it doesn't always work." She mumbled before opening the doors to the room of mirror's, before entering. She then walked in, past some of the mirror's with an evil grin tugging on her lips. "Mirror, mirror on the wall.." She paused for a moment to admire her beauty in one of the mirrors as she let out an pleased sigh. "Who is the fairest of them all?" She then took a step back, excited to hear the answer... although.
"Not you, not you, not you... I am, I am, I am... I'm the fairest of them all." The reflections replied, as they still held Tsubaki's appearance.
"What?... Your dead. Carcass on the forest floor, food for wolfs.." She denied what the mirrors were telling her. She then murmured in a low vile tone. "I ate your heart myself!"
As the mirrors continued chanting, the Imperator ran up to each one of the reflections, trying to swat them away the images. Only for her hand to go right through them. "Shut up, your dead!" She ordered as she swung her arms rapidly through each one. "Shut it! You're not pretty AT ALL!" She screamed at the last one as she tried to give it a bitch slap to the right cheek... but to no avail.
"Ahh!" She let out a small screech as she marched out of there, leaving the images to continue chanting by themselves.
Meanwhile Snow White walked through a grassy meadow, walking up to a magnificent white horse. "Where did you come from?" She asked, giving the horse a sweet smile.
It then lend down, bowing before her with an loyal look in its eyes. Letting out a quiet giggle, Snow White then proceeded to climb on top of the horse back. Then genteelly pulling the reins up slightly, before slamming it down to make the horse go forward as she rode off with it. Completely oblivious to a women running after her with an heavy looking tool bag in her arms.
"Stop, thief!" The women yelled out, before accidently tripping over, face first into the grass below her. She then sat up with an cranky expression across her face. "That's my horse, you bitch!" She called out, before blowing some of her pink fringe from covering her golden honey eyes.
The queen walked out on the highest balcony of her castle, whispering to her hand mirror. "Find her!" She then threw the mirror out over the balcony. It flew above the world below, over the tallest trees of the forest and over the fairly large lake as it searched for the young maiden with camellia red colored hair.
A moment later it spotted her on a white horse, that was trotting down a long dirt path. Once it got an decent look on her it returned to where the Imperator stood, waiting for it. She then grabbed it as it returned.
"Show me!" She ordered it, before viewing what the mirror had seen. Although once it showed her Snow White strolling along on the white horse...
"ArrrrrrAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The Imperator screamed at the top of her lungs in rage. Before leaning far over the balcony, yelling out. "RAGNAAA!"
The said hunter looked up from the court yard, spotting the Imperator's pissed expression imminently. Not to mention the look of death in her blood red eyes.
The second he looked into those eyes he knew that he was done for. Without a moment to spare, Ragna bolted for it. Running as fast as his legs could take him, running into the thick forest.
The Imperator then threw the mirror towards where Ragna was, it followed him. Spinning faster and faster like a boomerang. Ragna as he was running though, made a horrible mistake... he tripped and accidently rammed into a tree as he tried to gain his footing, he then turned around screaming as he was pinned against the tree. Just as the mirror aimed for his heart, leaving Ragna in eternal darkness.
Volume 1 chapter 4: Behind the Mirror
A/N: And there you go, another cliff hanger... Your welcome! But don't stress, Ragna will be... "Fine" But I'm not spoiling anything... Anyways, I hope you guys all enjoyed. As always, please leave a review, fav/follow and I'll see you guys in the next one. Until later!