May 2019. University of Vermont. Burlington, Vermont.

Alexander Lobe's P.O.V.

"The Brothers Grimm had made various fairy tales over the years." My English professor said to the class. I was in Mr. Brownstone's English class. My name is Alexander Lobe. I'm a 22 year old college student. I was always interested in the fairy tales that were published by The Brother's Grimm. The Grimm fairy tales were often times very dark. My class was tasked with writing a thesis about the fairy tales that the Brothers Grim wrote and published. The goal was to cover as many fairy tales as possible. I am planning on being a storyteller when I graduate from college. This is my second year of college. Me and my family had lived in the state of Vermont for many years.

I've been doing good in college so far. I am Caucasian. I have light brown hair. I have blue eyes. I have a few friends in college. I sat in Mr. Brownstone's English class, listening to him talk about the Grimm fairy tales. I used to adore the Grimm fairy tales. Some of the Grimm fairy tales are popular, like Snow White, Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, while others are lesser known, like Beauty and the Beast, The Wolf and the Fox, and The Four Crafty Brothers. I know almost all of the fairy tales that were published by the Brothers Grimm.

"You guys are to write a college thesis about the Brothers Grimm fairy tales. I know some of you may think that these fairy tale stories are stupid and made for children. I can assure you that these fairy tales aren't kid friendly in the slightest. In fact, some of them can be quite dark. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm wrote these fairy tales to be dark for a reason. We don't know exactly the reason why these tales are dark, but what we do know is that The Brothers Grimm have published many tales." Mr. Brownstone said. "Your goal is to write a statement about how someone would be able to change it if they were in these tales. Write about what makes them different and if there are any similarities between these tales. Your assignment is due in a month or so."

After that, the class was dismissed. Me and my classmates were given a book that contained almost all of the Grimm fairy tales. It as simply titled Grimm. I knew that there was a TV show called Grimm that had almost nothing to do with the Grimm fairy tales. It revolves around a s Portland homicide detective Nicholas Burkhardt, who discovers he is a Grimm, the latest in a line of guardians who is sworn to keep the balance between humanity and mythological creatures, known as Wesen. I went on through my other college courses just fine.

Later that night, I was studying the Grimm fairy tale book in my dormitory. I looked through a couple of those fairy tales like Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood, and Rapunzel. I was with my other dorm mates Jenny and Mitch, whom I like to call Bitch because it rhymes with his name and he acts like a bitch. Jenny is my girlfriend. I met her in middle school. We've been friends ever since. Jenny Rose was Caucasian, like me and my friend Mitch. She had platinum blonde hair that was long and straight. She wore glasses. She has hazel eyes. Jenny had been my college dorm mate ever since I enrolled in this college a few years ago at the age of 20.

Mitch Crumble is my other friend. I met him in my sophomore year of high school. We had a lot of things in common. He lived in the same neighborhood as me. He was really into sci fi and Disney movies like me. And, we both have brown hair. I was listening to one of my favorite bands: Steely Dan, on my iPod. I am a huge fan of Steely Dan. Mitch was playing on his PS4. He was playing Shadow of the Tomb Raider. He had his camera equipment. Mitch is a game streamer that streams on this platform called Twitch. Twitch is a streaming service in which you can record live videos about anything, mostly people playing games and broadcast those videos live. Jenny was laying on her bed, on her phone. I continued to study the stories of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales. It was getting late. It was nearing 10:00 PM.

"I wish I could be in those stories." I said to myself.

"I don't even know why Professor Brownstone even assigned us to write a thesus on some dumb children's stories." Mitch said to me.

"Actually, the fairy tale stories published by The Brothers Grimm are not as kid friendly as you may think, Mitchie." I said to Mitch. "Some of the tales are actually quite dark."

"How can a fairy tale be dark?" Mitch asked me.

"You know that Disney movie Snow White? In the original tale by the Brothers Grimm, the queen banished Snow White to the woods. In that story, Snow White was seven years old. She stumbles upon a cottage like in the Disney movie. And like in the Disney movie, Snow White meets seven dwarves. The evil queen, a.k.a. Snow White's mother finds out that Snow White is not dead."

"So, The Evil Queen tries to kill Snow White three times: by lace, a poisoned comb, and a poisoned apple. Two out the three attempts at poisoning Snow White were unsuccessful. The poisoned apple kills Snow White like in the Disney movie. Then a prince stumbles across Snow White's glass coffin. The Apple bite gets dislodged from Snow White's throat. She wakes up to find the prince standing right beside her. They marry. The Evil Queen attends the wedding and is forced to wear red hot iron shoes and dance in them until she dies. The end." I said to Mitch.

"Cool story. I didn't know that the Snow White story was that dark. No wonder why Disney made it kid friendly back in 1937." Mitch said.

"I know. Now you see why the Grimm fairy tales are so dark." I said. I soon went back to studying the fairy tale book. I looked at the clock. It was 10:45 PM. It was getting really late. I decided that I would study more of the Grimm fairy tale book tomorrow. I had plenty of time to write my thesis. I told my friends that I was going to bed. I went into my dorm room and went to sleep. I dreamt that I was in the Grimm fairy tales.

I woke up a few hours later. The first thing I saw was a woman with strawberry blonde hair sitting on my bed. She wore peasants clothing. She looked to be around 19-20 years old. I had no idea who she was. I then looked at my surroundings. I realized that I wasn't in my dormitory room in my college. I was in some random person's house. I had no idea how I got here.

"Where the hell am I?" I asked the blonde haired woman. She was white.

"You're in my house." The girl said to me.

"How the hell did I get here?" I asked.

"I haven't the slightest idea. I just found you sleeping in my bed." The girl said to me.

"I don't know how I got here." I said.

"What is your name?" The woman asked me.

"Alexander Lobe." I told the woman. "What's your name?"

"I'm Angelica." The woman said.

I got up off of my bed. I walked out of the bedroom. I went downstairs. I saw an old man sitting at a table. He had brown hair. The old man looked up at me.

"Who are you?" The miller asked me.

"I'm Alex Lobe." I told the miller. Suddenly, the woman I had just met came downstairs.

"I see you've met my daughter Angelica." The miller said to me.

"Yeah." I said.

"My daughter has many special tricks. She can turn straw into gold." The miller said.

That statement hit me like a ton of bricks. I now realized where I was at. I was in the fairy tale Rumplestiltskin!