This chapter's story is based off of the "Snow white with the red hair" anime. One which i rather like, actually.

It takes inspiration from the anime, but it's not a copy or a re-write. You'll see if you read it.

For this one, Nagito is a female. He'll be gender bent for this chapter. The only thing about that though, should i change the name? Or does Nagito sound okay for a girls name? Also Junko will make an brief appearance as a boy, should that name change too?

Does changing either name even really matter? I dunno, as i'm writing this I'm not changing them, but if enough people are bothered by it, i'll go back and change it.

Ps. I relied on google to tell me the Japanese words for hope and despair. If these are wrong or not spelt right, please let me know.

Enjoy :)

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"Once upon a time, there was a girl named Nagito Komaeda. She had beautiful white hair, that flowed down to her waist like a river of freshly fallen snow. She lived in the Kingdom of Zetsubo."

"Though she was beautiful, she was also intelligent. She loved to read, and had ever since she was a child. But she was sad, because no-one saw that in her, they only saw the odd girl with the rare hair colour."

"Far and wide, rumours spread of this rare beautiful girl. Until one day, the kingdoms prince had come to investigate this rarity for himself."

"Unfortunately, Prince Junko was not a kind boy. He was spoiled and selfish, and believed the world existed to cater to his demands. He sat on an iron throne, and indulged in whatever he felt like. The only reason the people did not revolt was because he came from an old and powerful family. The people hoped his younger twin, Mukuro, could be put on the throne and become a great leader."

"Anyway, back to Junko. He had traveled to personally see if the rumours were true, and unfortunately, he was pleased with what he saw. He immediately demanded to for Nagito to become his bride. She tried to refuse, but Junko insisted, claiming that if she did not come to the castle within the week, he would come back with some of his soldiers and take her there by force."

"She did not want to be some selfish princes trophy, so she made up her mind to run away. She did an odd thing before she left."

"What was that?"

"She had cut off the ends of her hair, and left it on the windowsill for any passer-by to see."

"She then traveled to the forest. The first few days of traveling were rough, she had almost run out of food, and the nights were cold, even with her cloak. Right as she was going to give up hope, she met someone special."

"His name was prince Hajime. He was the second born prince of the neighbouring kingdom, called Kibo."

"He was a kind prince, even though he could sometimes speak or act in a blunt manner, he was kind at heart, and his people loved him for it."

"At first Nagito was scared to tell this boy she had never met about her situation, but after he saved her life from a terrible assassin, she learned of his true identity, and so entrusted him with her story."

"Prince Hajime was immediately appalled that someone could treat another person this way, and instantly agreed to help her in any way he could. So he took her back to his kingdom, and even let her stay in the royal palace. His older brother, the oldest prince Izuru, wasn't happy at first, but after seeing her kindness and intelligence, he agreed with his little brother's decision."

"Nagito was happy in this new kingdom. Even though people still noticed her for her hair, she had more of a voice, and people were more aware of her personality. She was happy, because now people saw the person behind the hair colour."

"She also became very close friends with prince Hajime. Whenever he wasn't busy with, or running away from, his royal duties, he made time for her, and the two had some memorable adventures together."

"Over time, she even grew to love him. It started one day, when she was particularly sad, he spoke some comforting words to her: 'Colour has meaning, and white is supposed to represent goodness and purity. You may not like it much now, but your white might lead to something good when you least expect it'."

"One day, the prince gave her a rose, a beautiful red with a healthy stem. When Princess Nagito touched the rose, the thorns pricked her skin, and she fell into a deep sleep for a hundred years. And then… then…"

"Hey, you fell asleep again!"

"…Hmm? Oh, i did. Sorry."

"And don't mix up stories! She never fell into any sleep."

"Did i say that? Oh, right. Of course she didn't, wrong story, my bad."

"That's what i just said!"

"…Watch out, or i might start feeling sleepy again…"

"No, wait! I'm sorry, please finish the story, auntie."

"…that's better, now where was i? Ah yes, now i remember."

"So after those words about her hair colour, the white-aired girls only fell deeper in love with him. Little did she know, that the Prince Hajime had also fallen in love with her too."

"So when she was kidnapped by an invading team of Prince Junko's men, Hajime knew what he had to do."

"He put together a team of his most loyal and trustworthy soldiers, which were also his closest friends. Though less then twenty, when they worked together they could pose a formidable threat to their opponents."

"After a long and hard battle with Junko and his forces, he climbed the high tower in which Nagito had been imprisoned, and immediately released her from her bonds."

"But she did not look happy. Prince Hajime was confused, and asked her why she looked so unhappy."

" 'It is not your rescue that upsets me, my prince, it is the futility of your actions. Prince Junko will only continue to come after me, and i fear you will be hurt'. "

"With that, he knew what he had to do. He got down on one knee, and spoke the following words."

" 'Nagito Komaeda, will you marry me, and become my princess? I have grown fond of your kindness and intelligence, and wish to love and protect you for the rest of our days'. "

"She was so moved by the princes words, that she immediately accepted. Once the two arrived back at Hajime's home kingdom, he immediately expressed their wishes to Prince Izuru. At first, the older prince was skeptical about his little brother marry a commoner from another kingdom, but after seeing how much the two had grown to love each other, he gave his blessings."

"It was such a beautiful wedding too. Commoners far and wide gathered around the palace gates, hoping to catch a glimpse of the prince's rare beautiful bride. When they took the honeymoon to their carriage, everyone they passed could see for themselves the way the couple looked at each other."

"The people rejoiced at having such a kind and beautiful new princess. And from that day forward, the couple loved happily ever after…"

"…The end."

With that, the sound of a book being shut was heard.

"Wait, aunt Nanami!"

The reader turned, seeing the small girl she had been reading to cling to her legs.

"Hm?"

"That can't have been the whole story!"

"…"

"Heeeey! Auntie! Don't fall asleep!"

"…huh?"

"Come on, sweetheart, it's time for bed. You too Chiaki, before you fall over and hurt yourself."

The sound of a man's voice caught both the child and the adult's attention. In the doorway of the room they had been sitting in, there now stood two new people. A man with short brown spikey hair, and a woman with long flowing white hair.

"Ah, Hajime, Nagito, you two are back already?"

Before either could respond, the child flung themselves onto her parents, smiling widely.

"Mama! Papa! Your back. I missed you."

The woman picked her daughter up, balancing her on one hip.

"Did you have a good time with aunt Chiaki?"

"Yeah, tons!" The little girl responded. "Auntie read me a story!"

"So we heard."

Chiaki only smiled sheepishly.

"You two have to admit, you make it a cute story."

"But we all know it wasn't quite that simple."

"Yes." Chiaki admitted. "But would you rather me tell your seven year old daughter the entire story with every single included detail?"

The couple looked at each other.

"She makes a good point." The woman said.

He put an arm around her, golden brown meeting pale grey-green.

"She does. Besides, all the story we went through is in our hearts."

"Haha, your so cheesy."

"I know…"

The brunette grinned at his wife.

"…But it's still my favourite book to ever be written."

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Aha, You all thought i was going to write about them in a library didn't you?

Well, at first i was actually going to, but then this idea came to me, and i wanted to do something different.

I know, i know, some people are probably going to say it's just the abridged version of the anime, but it's not quite like that. And besides, i'm actually happy with how this came out. This storytelling format i rather liked, besides, i thought the ending i chose was cute.

If i had set this in modern AU, i had such a good joke in mind. I would've made Nanami say when describing 'Prince Junko': "I feel like we should change Junko's name to Joffrey.". Then when the child expressed confusion, she'd say "I'll show you when your older." Alas, this AU didn't afford me that. But hey, i can still have a giggle at the image.

I am also going to do a seperate story, an actual full story in this anime's AU. I hope you enjoy both this and the AU story soon to come out.

Cya next chapter :)

Tairulz