Snow White jumped into her custom 300ZX, but in her heart she knew it was already too late. The lead that Rumpelstiltskin had built up was too much, even for her skills to overcome. But she had to try, she knew, no matter how hopeless it seemed. After all, she had been able to thwart the machinations of an evil queen and the literal personification of evil several times in the past. What was one more hopeless cause?
But no matter how many times she turned the keys, the car wouldn't turn over. The starter would cough and groan for a few seconds, and there would be a few clicks as the alternator failed to engage. "No!" she shouted, "You can't let me down now!"
"I see your natural facility with animals doesn't extend to cars," mused Regina as she climbed into the passenger seat.
"Regina? What are you doing here?" asked Snow White.
"If I can't run in this race myself, I'll have to just help you," Regina responded, twirling her hands and sending a massive ball of magical energy into the car's dashboard.
Instantly, the 300ZX roared to life, and the pulsating roar of its exhaust seemed to be charged with a menacing energy that it had lacked before. "What are you waiting for?" demanded Regina, "Just go!"
Snow White instantly obeyed, dropping the clutch and leaving a trail of burning rubber behind. The trail of fire was an acid green, clearly the result of Regina's magic working on the car. While the car had sounded especially menacing before she started, once the car was in motion it seemed positively malevolent. It was as though the car was a demon grudgingly pressed into service, doing its level best to kill them. On every turn, it seemed as though it was just barely under her control, as though the tiniest of mistakes would end fatally. It was truly a devil Z, which was quickly being reflected in the car's exterior.
The white paint was gradually darkening, going from a gleaming white to a matte black, the headlights taking on a vivid red hue the color of fresh blood. A menacing aura, like a brooding storm cloud, surrounded the car, occasional flashes of lightning coming out of it as the car raced ever further. Throughout the car's transformation, it just kept going faster and faster, until catching up to Rumpelstiltskin no longer seemed quite as impossible as it had when the race began.
Inside the car, Regina's face was contorted into a grimace of pure concentration as she fed every bit of her magic into the hungering beast that had once been a 300ZX. "Faster…" she managed to grit between clenched teeth, "You have… to go… faster!"
Snow White was at the very limits of her skill as a racer, but she did her best to obey. Still, there was very little of the race left. She could see the finish line ahead, and Rumpelstiltskin was easily in the lead by four car lengths. It would take a miracle for her to pull off a win, but she refused to stop until the bitter end.
That was the moment when a brilliantly blue portal opened in front of Rumpelstiltskin's car and a figure appeared out of it. It was Prince Charming!
"Hey!" he shouted, throwing a sword at Rumpelstiltskin's car.
Rumpelstiltskin swerved to avoid the flying blade, opening up a path for Snow White to pass before the final turn. But as she entered the turn, the devil Z suddenly and treacherously betrayed her. The car began slipping, and would clearly spin out. "I can't hold it!" Snow White cried out.
Regina wasted no time in acting with her magic. A wave of her hand made a second steering wheel appear on the passenger's side, and she gripped it. "We have to be in perfect sync for this to work!" she yelled at Snow, "On three! One… Two… Three!"
They simultaneously turned their wheels, and the car regained its lost traction, slipping across the finish line before Rumpelstiltskin could.