Chapter 7: Red Snow

A/N: Hello readers, welcome to Chapter 7. This one-shot is KatxAshe one, set in Snow White!AU. These two really fits the role of Snow White and the huntsman if you think about it. Well anyways, I hope you enjoy reading this :)

Disclaimer: I don't own LoL nor do I work for Riot Games.

Once upon a time, there was a kingdom named Avarosa. The kingdom was ruled by a gentle and kind king and queen, and its people were prosperous. Sadly, the king and queen had no son or daughter. One day, the queen wished for a daughter with skin as white as snow, lips as red as blood, and hair as black as ebony.

A few months later, the queen was pregnant. The whole kingdom were overjoyed, and began preparation for the firstborn of their beloved rulers. When it was time, the queen delivered a beautiful baby girl, with skin as white as snow, lips as red as blood, and hair as black as ebony.

The queen named her Ashe, but the people referred to her as Snow White. However, the queen breathed her last after naming her daughter. The king was overcome with grief, and tried to fill the void inside his heart by finding a new queen.

He was soon remarried with a queen, but unlike the previous queen, this one, Queen Lissandra, was wicked and vile. Queen Lissandra possessed a magic mirror, and every day she would say to the mirror, "Magic mirror in my hand, who is the fairest in the land?" and the mirror would replied, "You are the fairest of them all, my queen."

But as time passed, Ashe would grew more beautiful, and when she turned 7, her beauty was more than a match for the queen's. One day, the queen asked the mirror, but this time, the mirror replied differently.

"My queen, you are the fairest here so true, but Ashe is a thousand times more beautiful than you."

The queen was shocked, and from that day, her heart bore the deepest hatred for Ashe, and she was soon overcame by anxiety. Eventually, she hired the finest huntswoman in the land, Katarina du Couteau, to kill Ashe. For proof of Ashe's death, Katarina was tasked to deliver the lungs and livers of Ashe to the queen.

Katarina took the young girl to the forest to kill her, under the pretense of collecting flowers. Before she could raise her blade, she decided to take a closer look at Ashe, and was instantly smitten. Katarina dropped her blade and told Ashe that Queen Lissandra wanted her dead out of pure envy.

Ashe was dumbfounded at the revelation, but was assured by Katarina that she would not be harmed. Katarina then told her to run deep into the forest, thus leaving her alive. Returning to the castle, the queen was delighted when Katarina brought her lungs and liver, not knowing those belonged to a young boar.

After running for days, Ashe discovered a tiny cottage which belonged to the 7 yordles, and out of exhaustion, ate all the food on the table, drank some of the wine, and tested the beds until she deemed the last one was the most comfortable.

When the 7 yordles returned, they were shocked to find the inside of their cottage in a mess, and argued who made the mess. Their argument woke up Ashe, and after explaining her fate to the yordles, they agreed to let her stay under the condition of doing every chores in the cottage. Ashe immediately agreed, and before she is off the clean up her mess, the yordles warned her to never open to door for any stranger.

Meanwhile, Queen Lissandra, confident that Ashe is dead, asked the mirror once again. However, the mirror replied, "My queen, you are the fairest here so true. But Ashe beyond the mountains at the 7 yordles is a thousand times more beautiful than you." The queen was extremely infuriated by the fact that Ashe is still alive, and decided to take matters into her own hands.

Using magic, she disguised herself a farmer's wife and went to the forest to find Ashe. She soon arrived at the yordle's cottage and knocked the door. Ashe remembered that she was to never open the door for any stranger, but the queen in disguise convinced her that she was selling apples, and after seeing Ashe she decided to give her one for free.

Ashe was reluctant at first, but after much persuasion, accepted the apple and took a bite. Immediately, Ashe fell into a deep slumber, akin to death, and her black ebony hair turned pale white. The queen was pleased by this turn events, and changed back into her true self, unaware of a shadow behind her.

As she turned around to return to her castle, she was surprised to find Katarina standing behind her, eyes filled with rage. Before she could react, Katarina slashed her eyes, rendering her blind, and cuts her legs, effectively disabling the queen.

The queen screamed in agony, but was instantly silenced by another slash to her throat, and multiple stabs to her body. The queen was dead at last. After recovering herself from her blind rage, Katarina quickly came to Ashe's side just as the yordles returned home. The yordles were saddened by the apparent death of Ashe, while Katarina cradled her body and told her how much she loved her while tears threatened to break free from her eyes.

Feeling there's nothing left to lose, Katarina gently kissed Ashe, and buried her face in Ashe's body. And then Katarina felt something on her face, something soft and gentle; it was Ashe's finger wiping the tears of her face. Katarina stared at her in disbelief, and Ashe stared back with a warm smile while uttering, "Thank you so much. I love you too."

Tears fell from Katarina's face again, but this time, they were tears of happiness.

Soon afterwards, the two of them returned to the castle and explained everything that has happened to the king. The king couldn't believe it at first, but seeing the looks on her daughter's face, he decided to believe her.

He then held a marriage ceremony where he crowned Ashe and Katarina as the new 'king' and queen of the land, and Ashe invited to 7 yordles to live in the castle as a token of her gratitude.

And they all lived happily ever after.

The end.

A/N: Well, that's it for this chapter. This may seem different to the Snow White you know, but I based this from the original story, with few altercations. Next time, a witch finds herself having a hyperactive apprentice! Can you guess the pairing?

PS: If for some reason you want to play with me, you can add my Summoner's name "Salamandrake". I can, mediocrely, play all except jungle, but I mostly go top. So, yeah, that's it.