The Queen in Purple

A large crash came, and the doors in front of them swung open. It was James, with his men, he ran in swinging his sword, and headed right to his wife and daughter. He swung the sword inches above his wife's head, slicing the rope fastened around her neck. He did that same with his daughter. While the other soldiers took back Henry and David, James ran toward Maleficent with his sword. Snow ran with Emma, their hands still bound across their front. One of the soldiers fighting for them helped them out of their bindings, and Snow immediately ran to a soldier holding her son. She scooped up her son, and gave him to Emma.

"Go inside with Henry and David, I won't take too long!" She yelled over the fighting soldiers. Emma took off with her son and brother into Maleficent's castle. Snow turned around, and picked a dagger up off of the ground.

James ran at Maleficent; Maleficent brought her hand up, and James fell to the ground. He held his throat and he gasped for air; he was being choked. Snow came up behind Maleficent, and pushed the dagger to her neck.

"My husband dies, so do you." She said into Maleficent's ear. Maleficent lowered her hand, and James began to stand up. For a moment, the two women stood there, neither of them knowing what to do now. Just as Maleficent was turning around, Snow drove the dagger into her side, and Maleficent fell to the ground. The fighting behind them had ceased, and James turned around to see the rest of Maleficent's soldiers dead. James ordered the soldiers to go back to the horses, and make sure his family was alright. Then his attention went to the full moon that lit the sky. Red. He turned back to Maleficent.

"So, you… you're just going to leave me here to die?" Maleficent said in a raspy voice, still lying on the ground.

"No," James began, "We're going to leave you for her." A howl came from the forest, and Red emerged in her wolf form. Maleficent looked at the wolf for a second, and turned back to James and Snow, with horror in her eyes.

"Let's go, Snow." James said as Red got closer to Maleficent. They left, hearing Maleficent's cries for help, and pleads. Snow was still carrying the dagger that she had gotten off the ground, and decided she'd keep it. After all, it had saved her husband's life, and hers.


The ride home was quiet, because the family needed sleep. Snow slept with her son still clutched in her arms, as did Emma with Henry. Red eventually caught up with them, and confirmed that Maleficent was dead to James. When Snow had woken up, James had gotten into the wagon to join her, and to possibly ask a few questions he had.

He sat down next to his wife, and she locked her free arm around him.

"I was scared." She said, still shivering.

"I know." He ran his hand along her arm, in an attempt to warm her up.

"They took him from me. David. They took him and I couldn't do anything to save him." She looked down at her son, sleeping in her arms.

"It's okay, he's safe now." James placed a kiss on his wife's forehead.

"But would if something did happen to one of them? I wouldn't have been able to save them." She still had pain in her voice. She now looked up at her other child, and grandson.

"If something did happen to one of them, and you couldn't have done anything, I'd still love you. It's okay." James held his wife tighter, because she was shivering again. Tears started to form in her eyes, as she imagined what could have happened.

After a long silence of Snow and James holding each other, and Emma, David, and Henry sleeping, they finally reached their castle. Home at last.


Snow couldn't sleep that night. Typical. Snow slowly stood up from the bed, and made her way to her son's nursery. She leaned over the crib, with her back facing the door. She was startled by a hand on her shoulder, and turned around to see her husband.

"Don't wander off like that. It scares me." He joked. Snow smiled, still looking at David.

"And besides, you're pretty good at getting yourself lost, if I have to find you all of the time." At this, she giggled.

"Cool it, Charming. I saved your life today." She turned around and faced him.

"Don't say that, I saved you too!" He laughed, but Snow shushed him, reminding him there was a sleeping toddler just feet away. The stepped out onto the balcony, into the cold night air. Snow put her head under his, and wrapped both arms around him.

"I love you, Snow." The icy winds caused Snow to cuddle closer to him.

"I love you too." She replied. They stood there for hours, just holding on to one another. They both had missed each other dearly, and wanted to stay this way forever, if they could.

A stray tear then wandered down Snow's cheek, and James put his hand under her chin, and brought her head up to where she was facing him. He wiped the tear away with his thumb.

"What's wrong?" He asked her as she cradled her head back under his neck.

"I just missed you." She spoke into his shoulder.

"I know, I missed you too. But now you're home, and I won't let anything happen to you. I promise." She let out a happy sigh. James was tired, and wanted to go back to his warm bed, but Snow didn't. She wanted to stay right where she was with James, and so he stayed with her.

Dawn soon came, and the two were still standing there. Their feet ached from standing, but as long as they were with each other, they didn't care. Snow suggested they go back inside, because the rest of the household would be waking up soon. They walked back into the nursery, and found their son was awake. Snow smiled at him. James and Snow moved back to their bedroom, and got dressed for the day. James went down to the dining hall, while Snow went to get their son. She picked him up, and took him to James in the dining hall. As he asked a servant for some mashed food for his son, Snow went back upstairs. She woke up her daughter, and then went to wake up her grandson. She found him in his room, reading his book. This wasn't the book of fairytales, it was different. The library in their castle was Henry's favorite place to go. He loved reading the books, but there was one particular thing he liked about them. Every book with supernatural creatures in it seemed like a made-up children's book, but these were real stories about real, living beings. They fascinated him, just like they would any 12 year old.

"Good morning, Henry." His eyes darted up from the book.

"Morning Grandma. I saw you last night."He smiled.

"You did?"

"Yeah, I looked out my window last night, and I saw you with Grandpa. You looked like you missed him a lot." Snow nodded.

"I did. But let's go get you some breakfast, okay? Your mom is waiting for you." She held Henry's hand, and they both joined everyone else at the large table. James was feeding David spoonfuls of mashed food, while Emma talked to Red. Snow sat next to James and her son.

"Red, I want to thank you for everything last night." Snow smiled at Red.

"You're welcome. It was kind of fun." She shrugged, and Snow laughed. Then, it wasn't long before she felt a small hand hit her thigh. She looked down, and saw her son had leaned over from James towards her. She gently took him from her husband's arms, smiling at him.

"What are you doing? Huh?" She asked in her sing-song voice. David began to giggle. It was so sweet, that both of the parent's hearts felt as if they were melting. Snow laughed at her son, and then David looked at James.

"Daddy!" The child said. James looked up at Snow, with an awed smile on his face.

"Did he just say Daddy?" Snow asked with a smile.

"Yeah, he did."


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This may seem like the Charming Family's happy ending, but nope! More to come! Chapter 12 soon!