At the same time, Daring was sitting on the throne of Queen Snow White's castle impatiently tapping his foot.
"Why haven't they shown up yet, do they just not care what happens to her?" thought Daring who was staring at his watch with an angered expression.
"Sir!" said a knight as he ran into the room.
"Some of the criminals have appeared in a town a mile from here, and all of the soldiers in that area were wiped out!" said the knight.
"What?!" asked Daring as he jumped to his feet.
"Are Apple and Raven there as well?!" he asked.
"No, Ashlynn Ella and Hunter Huntsman are leading the charge, but they do have magical weapons that are making them far stronger than anything our soldiers have," said the knight.
"Then where are Raven and… quickly, put the castle on alert, they snuck in!" said Daring as a look of realization hit him. A minute later an alarm was going off all throughout the castle.
"Looks like Daring figured us out," said Raven as she undid a concealing spell while she, Apple, Briar, and Darling snuck into a room.
"At least the first part is going alright," said Briar as they looked at Queen Snow White who was laying in a bed.
"Mother," said Apple as she walked over to the side of the bed.
"You all stay here, I'm going to face Daring," said Raven.
"Be careful, Raven, we don't know what he'll try and do," said Apple. The witch then re-casted the spell on herself before heading out.
"I'm going to focus on healing her, you two stand guard," said Apple as her hands glowed red while hovering over the unconscious royal. She was able to use magic thanks to the necklace she had been given which was called Yasakani no Magatama.
"Hey, there's another door here and I think it goes to the next room," said Briar who had moved a screen out of the way.
"We better check it just in case there is a guard on the other side," said Darling as she held a sword. The two then opened the door just a crack so that they could peak in.
"It… it can't be," said a horrified Darling.
