A/N: peanut2lb: Oh my gosh, I know! I think Andy is just such an amazing character too! And Andy was and will always be, the only guy for Prue! I'm glad you like the name "Pandora". :) I thought it was pretty. Gryffindor620: lol I say "dude" all the time. Aww, funness. Piper xox Leo: Ah! I constantly say "awesomeness"! Hehe! I love putting "ness" at the end of things! Hanna415: Well, I hope you like these next chapters, when they're in the fairy tales. And yeah, Andy just loves Prue so much. LeoPiperAndyPrue: Yay! I'm SO glad that you're back from that summer school gifted....whatever it was about, thing! No problem about reviewing your poem, it was really sweet and sad! And I can't believe your school was allowed to take your laptop! I'd be ticked off if someone took my laptop (well, if I had one). Did your school give your laptop to you in the first place? 'Cause if they didn't, then I don't think it's right that they should be allowed to take it from you. That would just make me sooooooooo mad! And it's okay, I guess I can wait some more. But I hope it won't be too long, 'cause I really miss reading your story! I check it every day for a new chapter. Hell, even a short chapter would be good! lol And yeah, 240 reviews still amazes me too. When I firsted started this series, I was like, "I hope I'm lucky enough to get ten reviews." And of course, I'll continue to be a constant reviewer! Forever and ever! P.S. Hey everyone, I just wanted to let you all know that I'm co-writing a fanfic with Piper xox Leo. It's called, "How It Should Have Been, pt 1". (Well, the "pt 1" is for the "first season".) It's a lot like Piper xox Leo's story, "How It Should Be" that I told you about. (Where she writes Prue into the 4-6 seasons.) Well, this one is where we (Piper xox Leo and I) are writing Paige into the 1-3 seasons. We trade off each chapter. I write the odd chapters (1.01, 1.03, 1.05, ect....) and she writes the even chapters (1.02, 1.04, 1.06, ect....) and currently there are like 3 chapters up. This story is under Piper xox Leo's penname though, so you'll have to go look her up to find it. (Or you can find it in my favorite story section, under my penname. But don't get the wrong idea. I love her work, so it is under my favorite stories because of her half of the story writing, not mine.)
Together Forever As One
Chapter 35: Who's The Most Powerful Of Them All?
The mirror swirled and then opened, spitting Pearl onto a cold rock floor. "Ow.." She mumbled, as she rubbed her side. She stood up and examined her surroundings. She was in a large stone-like room. There was a window, covered by a dark curtain. A large bed and a few other pieces of very old looking furniture. "Whoa...This must be the Evil Witch's chamber...." Pearl breathed. Then she heard footsteps outside a large, wooden door. Uh oh! She thought. She held out her hand, trying to create an exploding ball of light, but nothing happened. "My powers are gone!" She gasped. She saw the door slowly being pushed open and she took another glance around the room, then she dove under the huge bed.
The Queen entered the room and eyed it carefully. "I thought I heard something...." She said, aloud. After a moment, she shook the thought away, and walked to her mirror with a smirk upon her face. She held a small box in her hand with a small heart on the front and a sword going through the center of the heart. "Mirror, mirror, on the wall, now who is the fairest of them all?" The Queen asked, in a satisfied tone.
A face appeared in the mirror. "Snow White is the fairest of them all." The mirror answered.
"No! That's a lie! I have her heart in this box!" The Queen roared. She held up the box and then tore open the lid, to reveal a heart.
"That is a pig's heart that you hold in your hands. Deep in the forest, in a small cottage, among Seven Dwarfs, lives Snow White, the fairest of them all." The mirror replied. Then the face vanished and a picture of Paige, dressed as Snow White, appeared sleeping, with her body spread across 7 little beds. The picture then faded away and the face returned to the mirror.
"He tricked me!" The Queen hissed. She hurled the box at the mirror, barely missing it. "I'll take care of this myself!" She roared, then she turned and fled the room.
The face in the mirror faded away.
Pearl shivered for a moment. "No...not mom..." She whispered. She waited for a few more minutes to make sure that The Queen was gone, then she crawled out from under the bed. "But how do I go about finding her?" She asked herself, aloud. Then she glanced at the mirror. "The mirror! Oh my gosh, yes!" She cried out. Then she covered her mouth and listened for footsteps, but heard nothing. Good. She thought. She walked over to the magic mirror and stood in front of it. "Mirror, mirror, on the wall, show me where to find the fairest of them all." Pearl said.
The face appeared in the mirror, once more. It stared at Pearl for a moment and then faded away. Moments later, a picture came into view. It showed Paige, as Snow White, running through the forest. Then it showed her finally reaching a small meadow and her singing. Then a picture of Paige walking into the cottage, cleaning the cottage, and then falling asleep on the beds. Then the image vanished and was replaced by the face.
"Thank you. And let's keep this between us, okay?" Pearl asked.
"Yes." The mirror responded and then faded away, leaving only the reflections of what was in front of the mirror.
"Through space and time, we will collide, so send me now, to the path I seek, as these words, end this speech!" Pearl recited. Then in a glittering swirl of purple lights, she vanished.
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In another glittering swirl of purple lights, Pearl appeared at the entrance of the dark forest. She shivered as a cold breeze blew past her. Then she glanced at the ground and saw shoe prints. "I'll follow these." She said, aloud. She rustled the paper, with the spell, between her fingers. Then she began to journey into the forest.
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"Just one bite...." Coughed a very old, ugly looking woman, in a black cape. She had long, yellow finger nails and bony fingers. Her hair was as white as white could get and her face was covered in wrinkles. Even though her eyes looked old, they were still the same eyes, the eyes of The Queen. She let out an evil cackle that echoed through the cold chamber. Then she grabbed her basket of apples and held it up, admiring the top apple. "Just one bite and then you'll be gone for good!" She exclaimed, as she admired the glimmering red apple, that seemed to sparkle with perfection. Then she hurried out a secret door.
TO BE CONTINUED....
