30 Poison Apples
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Apple White was petrified.
When she watched Raven Queen's back as she slammed the book- their shared destiny- and her breathe hitched when the mirrors shattered all over.
Then everything went white.
Amidst everything frozen, she was somehow unfrozen and the first thing she saw was her supposed villain.
Raven looked at her and Apple White looked back, tears streaming down her fairest face.
But Raven, she had this satisfied, happy and the look of freedom was all over her.
It was the first time she ever saw her like that.
Her evil queen tried to explain, to make her understand of why she did such a thing.
But Apple White couldn't understand any of it. She thought Raven was too selfish.
Her destiny- to be the perfect Snow White- was Apple's everything! It was her assurance that everything will go well for her. That everything would be perfect.
Being Snow White was her wall. It'd keep her away from everything uncertain.
But Raven denied her that assurance.
Apple felt naked, without her destiny then she's just Apple White.
..just Apple White.
But Raven..
Raven slowly took the wool over her eyes away with her gentle hands.
After her walls crumbled, there was Raven who took her hand and showed her the way.
Raven became her assurance. Raven became her protection.
It was funny how long Apple White was blind.
"You don't have to be perfect." her roommate once told her after a night shared underneath the moonlight, "You don't have to be Snow White." Raven whispered sweetly against her ear.
Apple felt a genuine smile tug through her lips as red as blood, she ran a hand through Raven's back before she planted her face buried in her witch's neck.
"I love you for you, Apple White." Raven Queen confessed underneath the shimmering moon as the two of them bathed underneath it's light.
Snow White was a perfect destiny.
But a fate shared with Raven Queen, not as her villain but as her lover, is way more than perfect.
Apple White smiled softly and contentedly as the stars twinkled in delight and the moon grinned at the two lovers.
"Thank you." the princess whispered, "I love you too, Raven Queen."
She felt Raven's smile as she peppered her face with lots of kisses until she decided to finally introduce their lips to each other, locking one passionate kiss as the night sky rolled by.
And Apple White couldn't ask for a better destiny.
She is Apple White.
And she doesn't want to be anyone else.