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"Where did you see him?" Snow White asked.

"He was on his way here."

"We have to go and follow him!" She flew off the bench. "He can't be far away!"

"No... We can't."

"Why not?"

"He said he wasn't planning to go back. He fled in the Dark Forest when I said I had to tell you he was on his way back."

"The Dark Forest? Why would he go there? He knows it's dangerous out there!"

"If somebody knows the way in that forest, it's him. He'll be fine. We have to focus on our wedding. I'm going back to my fathers. He still doesn't know I'm getting married."

"Good idea. I'll see what I can arrange for the ceremony. Be careful please. I don't want to lose you too!"

"Don't worry Snow White, I'll be fine. Be back in a few days."

He gave Snow White a kiss on the cheek and he went off again.

The next day Snow White was worried about the Huntsman. She still had no clue about why he left and why he ran off into the forest like that. She needed to go and find him, but the preparations for the wedding took too much time. It had to wait a couple of days. The throne room was being made into a great party room. There were white balloons everywhere and a lot of bouquets with white and red flowers. It was a really white room at the moment, because of the wedding. Normally the stone walls gave a cold look to the room, but a few white blankest from the ceiling made a lot of difference.

After 2 days, William arrived at his father's castle. As he made his way to the gate, the gatekeeper saw him. "Open the gates! Prince William has returned!" Soon the gate started to crack and opened slowly. When William entered the courtyard, most of the town's people had gathered on the square. Duke Hammond was standing in the opening of the palace.

"You have returned. Let me guess, you missed me didn't you? Hahaha" He made a little bit of a joke about Williams return, but he could handle it. It wasn't as if he never did it when he was a little kid. His father always made little jokes, but only when it was possible. During the war against Queen Ravenna he had no time to joke around. But all of that was over now and he had all the freedom he could wish for.

"Father, I have returned with great news." As William spoke, he crowd went silent. So did William. He was nervous to tell his father about the wedding. All the people were staring at him. Now was the moment he had to do it. His head was filled with things he wanted to say, he had no clue however, how to say it. He was making sentences in his head. 'I am to be the king', 'I will marry Snow White'.

"Well? Are you going to tell us?" The Duke looked exited, he was always up for a nice surprise.

"Yes yes of course! In 4 days from now, I am to become the husband of Queen Snow White and therefore King!"

The entire crowd went crazy, all were cheering and none could really believe it. King... That word made a huge difference. When William said he was to marry Snow White, he got a great smile on his face. It went cheek to cheek, and you could see he was really happy about it. Different was to be said about the look on the Duke's face. He looked shocked, but why? His son was to be King! The Duke stepped forward, raising his hand. The crowd calmed down and went silent, for the Duke wanted to speak. "My dear William, I am proud to hear that my only son is King to be!" The crowd went crazy again. This time the duke raised his hands almost immediately, and it became silent once more. "I want to thank all the people gathered here. As most of you know, there are a lot of thing to discuss before a wedding. I want to ask you all to return to your work or houses. I have some things to discuss with William." The last sentence sounded really sharp. From his tone you could tell he wasn't happy about it. De Duke turned and went back inside. All the people went back to their houses and workstations, and William tied his horse to the well. He followed his father inside, not knowing what to expect.

During his stay in Gillygate, Eric helped with the restorations to the village. It was heavily damaged by the fires caused by Ravenna's men, trying to find Snow White. The first priority was to make sure they had a place to live in. Most of the houses were burned to the ground. Using his axe, Eric was able to cut down trees, used to make new wooden houses. He made sure the trees were down, and the ladies would make sure it was nicely made into workable wood. The kids tried their best to make some sort of fishing rods, so there would be food because the corn field was also completely burned to the ground. Using branches and some sort of grass, they made the rods and tried to catch fish from the riverside. The new houses were build above the water as before, but there were some houses build on the ground at the riverside. This ground was created by Eric, who removed some of the tree stumps to make furniture. They worked really well as a team, and Eric made a nice house for himself too. He had to stay somewhere, and back to the castle was the least he would do. It was a nice looking house, not really big, but big enough for him to live in. He had to think about what he wanted to do now. He helped the people he wanted to help. It was after all also his fault the houses burned down. In about 4 days the entire village was back on his feet again. They worked really hard and the amount of food was really low. All were exhausted. Because the houses were build above the water, they could now catch bigger fish. And the corn field was starting to sprout again too! It was really nice to see the village back in its old form again.

Snow White had a bad night sleep. She kept on seeing the hooded man in the chair: "Ravenna's powers are yet to be destroyed..." What did he mean with that? She was gone, for as far as everybody knew. She stabbed her herself! After she sat down at the mirror, it was obvious Ravenna was no more. But how could it be her powers were still around? Something had to have happened when she was stabbed. Only time could tell.

"What were you thinking?!" Duke Hammond got really angry. "Have you gone completely mad?!"

"What do you mean?"

"Do you really think I would approve you marrying Snow White on this age? You are way too young to do this! I will not approve it!"

"But father, I really love her! She means the whole world to me and I can also marry her without your permission."

"No you can't, you know the rules, One can only marry with the permission of their parents and off the high priest."

"Yes I know the rules father, but I really want to marry her! Imagine what we could achieve. Your son would be the King and you will have the title of Grand Duke. You would be the only Grand Duke in this kingdom."

"That may be so, but I still find you to be too young. I will have someone from both your and my castle to assist the two of you in ruling. If you agree with that, I give you my blessing."

William had a lot to think about. He had no idea whether Snow White would agree on the term of his father. But there was no other way. Getting married to Snow White was all he wanted. He wanted it for so long and now he finally had the chance.

"Okay father, if that is your will, I will have a regent from this monarch and a regent from Snow White's."

"Great!" the Duke sounded happy and delighted. "I will have my chariot fixed and I will see you again in a few days. Hurry up now, there is a lot to be done and you can't leave it all to Snow White!"

And so William went back to the castle, knowing he had the blessing from his father and he had something to tell Snow White... Hopefully she'd understand.

Eric wasn't seen in the village the next day. His door was locked but you could see he was inside. He sat on his wooden couch. It wasn't much, but it was something. He thought... He thought about what would become of the kingdom. Snow White was way too young to rule it and her getting married to William would make it all a lot less easy. Two youngsters ruling an entire kingdom. He had to do something about it. He had to go back. It was the only way. He had to tell Snow White he doesn't want the marriage to be fulfilled. But how?

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