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Snow and Rose had just put the last touches to the dinner. And just in time apparently. The princesses heard the dwarves outside the house. "They're home." Snow stated.

"Alright. Well, c'mon." Rose ushered for her sister to stand next to her behind the table.

The dwarves shuffled inside, one by one, completely oblivious to the sisters. "Nothing like an honest day's work." Grimm stated.

"Beats workin' down a mine." Napolean said.

All of them chattered amongst themselves until Snow cleared her throat, grabbing their attention. "Welcome home." Both sisters said with smiles. The dwarves were so mesmerized by the meal that they went silent, even Wolf was so awestruck that the swords he was carrying seem to slip from his grasp without his notice, clattering on the floor.

Grub sniffed the air for inspection. "Lamb. Carrots. Gravy." With each statement, he walked closer to his seat at the table. "I say they're both keepers."

"Sure they are." Grimm agreed.

Snow walked around the table to inspect what they brought back. Rose just kept her spot and smiled at the men appreciatively. Though before he sat down, Wolf turned to her and said, "Thank you."

Rose grinned and responded. "You're welcome."

The seven little men chattered amongst themselves as they made their plates. But Rose's attention reverted back to her sister when she noticed something shiny on the floor next to her. Her sister's question really caused Rose to pay attention. "Why do you have palace guard uniforms?"

It got real silent as the dwarves turned to Snow. Napolean was the one who answered. "We got them at work."

It was Rose who asked the next question, causing all the men to turn to her. "What kind of job do you have?"

"We're...renegades?" Butcher tried.

"Rebels." Chuckles replied.

"Thieves!" Half-Pint cheered his answer as if it were a good thing.

"That's true." Grub agreed as he went back to his plate. "We stole the queen's gold!"

"You broke into the palace?" Rose asked.

"Naah, we nabbed it outside the village." Half-Pint stated.

"So you actually stole the people's gold." Snow rationalized.

Chuckles chuckled as he nodded and Grimm said, "Not exactly."

"Yes, exactly!" Snow exclaimed. She knelt down and opened the sack, inspecting the money. "That's the people's money! Why, that's terrible. They need it. You must return it"

"We worked hard for that money!" Butcher protested.

"Stealing isn't work." Rose said in a stern voice as she put her hands on her hips. She almost felt like a mother scolding her children.

"Sure, it's work!" Half-Pint protested.

"It's hard!" Butcher complained.

"I tore my shirt, had to sew it. That's work." Napolean explained.

"Oh, well I'm sorry you got a few scrapes, but the townspeople need that money." Snow said as if that were final. But what was said next seemed to change it all.

"They hate us." Grub stated.

Snow and Rose looked at each other as if the other had sprouted a seperate head. Rose blinked a few times before responding, "Well that can't be true."

"It is." Wolf said as he turned around to face Rose. "They despise us." He then turned back to look down at his plate.

"Years ago," Grimm said. "When the queen expelled all the 'undesirables'...no one stood up for us." There was an akward silence in the room before he continued. "She said..." Grimm couldn't bring himself to say it.

Half-Pint stepped in for his leader. "'Banish all the uglies'." Napolean then threw his hand forward as if to say, "Ya see?". Snow and Rose now saw the seven dwarves in a new light. They didn't steal because they wanted to. They stole because they had to.

"You've been mistreated by the queen." Snow said in a gentle voice. "No one understands that better than myself and Rosey."

Rose then picked up from her sister. "It's unfair, but so is stealing from innocent families."

"We weren't always theives." Wolf said.

"We were legitimate." Grimm added.

"With real trade." Grub said as he kept adding to his plate.

"And I was a teacher." Grimm stated.

"And I was a butcher." Butcher added.

"And I ran the pub." Half-Pint said. "A good, honest job." He said it so innocently. Rose arched an eyebrow. She might not have been outside the castle in over ten years, but she still remembered exactly how not so honest pubs could truly be. She walked around and stood next to her sister.

"Honest?" Chuckles questioned.

"It was almost honest." He tried. "I stole a little." He admitted.

"A little?" Wolf added.

Finally, Half-Pint let it out. "It's a cash business!" He exclaimed.

"That's your excuse?" Grimm added.

"Hey, everybody does it, all right?" Half-Pint stated.

"I didn't." Napolean stated.

"Neither did I." Butcher added.

"Uh, you put your thumb on the scale!" Half-Pint made obvious.

"I did not!" Butcher protested.

"Did too! And you cheat at poker!" He pointed at Napolean.

"I win at poker." Napolean said.

"You cheat at poker?" Butcher asked in disbelief.

While they were bickering amongst themselves...again, Snow picked the sack up and nudged Rose. The younger princess turned to the older, seeing her motioning toward the door. Rose nodded and headed out the door, Snow following close behind. They then took off toward the village, knowing that the dwarves would notice they were gone very soon. They turned to see how far they were, and apparently, if they could see the dwarves running out of their house, they had not run far enough.

They kept running. Once they reached the edge of the forest, Rose could just barely hear one of them stating, "Good thing they're in those dresses, otherwise we'd never catch them!" It made her laugh out loud. As they ran inside the town hall, Rose had to stop and sit down on the floor to catch her breath, but Snow kept going until she reached the Magestrate. A few minutes later, both Snow and the Magestrate walked out with smiles. The rightful queen helped the younger princess stand up and walked her out to the podium in front of the whole town. The Magestrate made the annoucement with glee. "My friends, our money has been returned!" Everyone cheered at this. Finally, some justice. "It was brought back to us by..." He then led the sisters stand next to him. "Come up her, young ladies, and tell us your names."

They knew they couldn't do it. They were suppose to be dead. Just as Snow was about to say something, they caught sight of the dwarves running through the crowd. Thinking quickly, Snow pointed at them. "Those men there!"

Rose caught on to Snow's plan and helped as best as she could. "Those men...umm...They're the ones that brought back the gold." The dwarves stopped to hear the sisters, not fully believing what they were hearing. "The queen told you that they were undesirables, but she lied."

"These brave men are the true heroes." Snow added.

Rose knew how to make things stand out more, so she took over for her sister. "They fearlessly raided the queen's caravan and...retrieved your gold." She noticed that they were started smile back at the grateful villagers.

Snow decided to add the finishing touch. "They're the ones that really deserve your thanks." And with that, both sisters started to clap for the dwarves. Everyone followed their lead and cheered for the seven men who stopped the queen.

Grimm looked at both sisters and sent them a greatful smile. They shrugged their shoulders as if saying "It was nothing".

After all the villagers thanked the seven dwarves, they, along with the princesses, walked back through the woods and to the house. As they walked, Half-Pint managed to walk next to Rose, who chose to walk behind everyone. He nudged her hand, getting attention. "Hey, uhh...while we raided the queen's sled, the guy that was in it had this in his coat." He took the key out of his pocket and handed it to the red head. Rose smiled brightly as she placed the key around her neck. "He said it was yours. So...you know...I took it so I could give it to you."

Rose stopped walking to kneel down next to the brave little man. She gently took his face, turing it to the side, and planted a tender kiss on his cheek. "Thank you." She whispered as she pulled away. When she stood up and looked back at Half-Pint, she giggled at the dark blush on his cheeks. Rose held her hand out for the dwarf, who gladly took it. Both then continued to walk. On the way, Rose asked, "So, what are the main differences between you and the others?"

"Well, I'm the sweet, sensitive one, obviously." Half-Pint joked, causing Rose to slightly giggle. "But as far as differences go, Grimm was born to be a leader. He often says how he loves to teach and help people and once concidered getting a degree in medicine."

"Wow, he wanted to be a doctor. Did you joke around and call him 'Doc'?"

The dwarf smirked at the princess's joke before he continued. "Butcher has always had an attitude toward anyone taller than us. For some reason, the situation just made him so...so..." He was having a hard time finding the right word.

"Grumpy?" Rose suggested.

"That's it. Grumpy. But unlike Butcher, Chuckles is never upset about anything. And it's hard to feel down when ever he's around." He explained.

"So he makes everyone feel glad? Happy?" She asked.

"Exactly. Grub is just happy-go-lucky. He never complains about anything unless it's about food. Well...except this one time when we found out he was allergic to a weird sauce he had on his roasted duck. It made him all sick. Oh, and I can't forget how sneezy he was." The dwarf stated.

"Sneezy?" The princess giggled.

"Uh-huh. Napolean is never satisfied with our choice in clothing. But he constantly works himself too much every time he makes adjustments." Half-Pint said.

"Wow, it must make him very tired. Sleepy, even."

"Yep. And then there's Wolf. It's kinda funny actually." He chuckled. "Behind that wild animal exterior he gives off, there's a little bashful guy there."

"Bashful? He doesn't seem like it." Rose said.

"Well, he does a very good job of hiding it. And then, there's little ol' me. I guess you could say I'm a sucker for romance. It pretty much turns me into a complete dope."

"Oh, and that's a bad thing? I like it when you act that way, especially when we first met, how you said you wanted to get to know me and my sister."

"In what way did I act?" Half-Pint asked.

"Oh, you know. Dopey." Rose answered. "And I think it makes you sweet." She then looked down to find him staring at her. "There aren't enough men like you in the world." Half-Pint nearly hung his head in shame. "There needs to be more though." She said, which cause him to look back up at her with hope in his eyes. "And I think I found the best of them all right here next to me." They finally made it to the house. Rose knelt down in front of Half-Pint. "Do me a favor, Half-Pint?" When he nodded, she continued. "Don't ever change." She then stood up to walk inside with her sister, both now waiting for their final judgement from the seven dwarves.