They lead us up to the balcony and the Queen closes the curtains. She turns to us with her hands on her hips. "You sneaky little tarts. What were you two doing, talking to my Prince?" The Queen asks.
"Your Prince?" I question. 'Isn't she a little old for him?!'
"And where did you two get such a dress?" She asks, looking over us.
"Do you want to talk about our dresses or what you did to the village?" Snow snaps.
"Good for you, Snow White! Someone's been taking their confidence pills, hmm?" Snow looks away. "Do it again. Say it again." Snow remains quiet. "Come on. Oh, you're no fun! Brighton, you do it."
"Do you want to talk about my dress or what you did to the village?" Brighton says in a bored tone.
"Not irritating enough. Come on. Say it again. Be more irritating, more infuriating. Hmm?"
"Do you want to talk about my dress or about what you did to the village?" Brighton says in a high voice.
"Actually, you're both irritating." The Queen says.
"We've been there. We've seen what you did to the people." I state.
"You two left the castle grounds? Wow. Leila and Snow White, breaking all the rules today, hmm?" I curse under my breath. "That's a punishable offence, you know."
"By whose law?" I question, taking a step forward. The guard grabs me, making me step backward.
"You have no right to rule the way you do." Snow says, tears in her eyes. And technically, we're the rightful leader of this Kingdom."
The Queen takes a deep breath. "Probably not the best thing you could have said just there." The Queen says. The Queen waves her hand and the guards take us up to our rooms.
I stumble as they shove me in, locking the door. I take a deep breath, trying to stay calm. I look around, hoping to find something to help me get out and grab Snow. I quickly fetch my sword from my closet, wrapping it in some white cloth. I strap it to my back, hoping my hair will hide it well enough.
The door opens a little while later, Brighton steps in. He closes the door behind him and makes his way to me. "Okay, listen closely." I nod. "The Queen wants the two of you dead."
My eyes widen. "What?!"
Brighton shushes me. "She want's you two dead, I'm suppose to take you out to the woods and feed you to the beast. But… Your father was always so nice to me and I'm going to set you two free. Alright?" I nod. "Um… I gotta tie you up." I turn around and he ties me up with a rope.
We walk outside and I find a guard outside Snow's room. Another guard walks out with Snow in front of him, tied just like me. The two guards escort us to the front gates. Brighton leads us deep into the forest.
"Just let me go." Snow pleads. "I swear you'll never see either of us again.
"You think I want to be here? You brought this on yourself. "Neither of you should have upstaged the Queen, and now we're both paying the price." Snow must not have been told what Brighton was going to do for us. "Stop." Brighton says suddenly.
Snow and I stop. Snow turns to him. "Brighton, please." Snow tries again.
"Turn around." Brighton orders.
We hear rustling in the trees, something roars. "Please. Brighton, I'm afraid." Snow sobs. I stand still, trying not to draw the beast's attention. "I don't want to die like my father did."
"Your father was a good man. He was always very kind to me. In return, I shall give you one small piece of advice." Brighton starts cutting the rope around Snow's hands. "Run. Run as fast as you can and as far away from here as possible." Brighton quickly cuts the ropes around my hands. "Just run." We both turn to face him. Suddenly a branch snaps. "Like this. RUUUUUUUUUUUUN!" Brighton turns around and starts running back to the castle.
Snow and I look at each other before we pick up our dresses and start running in the opposite direction. Snow and I manoeuvre through the trees. Behind me I hear a sound, I look behind me and find Snow laying on the ground. I end up running into a branch because I wasn't looking where I was going. I look and find a sign right underneath it. 'NO entry over 4 feet' it said. I barley registered the door before I blacked out.
Slowly the fog clears from my head and I start opening my eyes. I open them fully and find myself staring a bunch of dwarfs. There is a cute one with a cowboy hat on and one with a wolf skin on the second floor. I look down and find another dwarf but this one was eating something and he is wearing a beret. I look to my right and find one with a flyers cap curled up next to Snow, who was still out. I hear chuckling from above me and look up, this one was wearing a top hat.
I hear mumbling beside me and I glance over and watch Snow wake up. "Their awake." I look over and see two more dwarfs, one with a soldier helmet and another with a pirate hat.
"Who are you?" Snow asks weakly.
"We ask the questions here. Who are you two?" The soldier one asks.
"I'm Leila and this is my sister Snow White." I answer.
They all gasp. "That's not possible." The soldier one states.
"Leila and Snow White's are deceptive trolls." The cute one with the cowboy hat says. His words hurt.
"Yeah. They keep her locked up in the tower." The wolf one says.
"Maybe this is a different Leila and Snow White." The one who was eating earlier says. We all stare at him. "It's not such uncommon names."
"If you're Leila and Snow White, then…" The one in the pirate hat trails off. "…Who's your father?"
"The King." Snow answers.
"They are Leila and Snow White, see?" The one in the beret says.
"I say never trust anyone over for feet." The cute cowboy states.
"Yeah." The wolf one says as he slides down a poll. "Let's drag them back out to the woods and pretend like we didn't see nothing!"
"No, you fools! Their princesses." The soldier one says.
"That means their valuable." The one in the top hat says.
"We should hold the girls up for ransom." The wolf one inputs.
"Their worth gold." The cowboy says with a small smile.
"Maybe we should get to know them first." The one in the flyers hat says, staring at us.
I sigh and sit up. "You won't get any gold for us. They want us dead." I state. "The Queen sent us out here to be killed by the beast."
"Why would the Queen want you two dead?" The cute cowboy asks.
"Cause she's a ugly tramp." I mumble. That got quite a few laughs, even the cowboy cracks a smile.
"Because she's wicked." Snow says from beside me.
The dwarfs agree. The cowboy slams his fist into a board behind him. "Sorry, but we have an appointment to keep." He slides down the pole. "So it's time for girlies to shuffle along." He says.
Snow sits up. "Oh, wait! You can't just kick us out."
"Yes they can, it's their home." I say, rolling my eyes.
"We have nowhere else to go." Snow finishes.
"Look. If the Queen finds you here, she'll kill us, too." I glance around the room, not wanting anyone to get into our mess.
"All I'm asking is to spend one night. Please." Snow pleads.
"Huddle!" The soldier one announces. They huddle and all begin talking at the same time. Snow and I share a look. Suddenly they break apart.
"Tough luck, your Highnesses." The cowboy says.
Snow and I look towards the others. "Sorry, Leila, Snow White. All votes need to be unanimous." The soldier explains.
We all look towards the cowboy. He looks and finds us all staring at him. Snow puts on her puppy eyes and I shrug when he gives me a glance. He throws down whatever he was eating. "One night."
"Thank you." Snow and I say.
"Come on, guys. Duty calls." They all make there way towards the door.
"Wait! We don't even know your names." I say.
The cowboy looks at me. "I'm Butcher." He says before leaving.
"Will Grimm." The soldier on says. He seemed to be the leader of the group.
"Half Pint." The one wearing the flyers hat says. He gives us a wink before following the other two.
"Napoleon." The one in the pirate hat gives us a bow.
"Grub." The beret one says.
"Chuck." The one in the top hat says.
"But you can call him Chuckles." Grub says. Chuckles laughs.
The wolf one walks up. "And I'm Wolf." He suddenly howls. Both Snow and I blink. We look at each other when the door closes behind Wolf.
"Well, what do you want to do?" I ask
Sorry for the late updates everyone! I've been camping for the past couple of weeks and no electronics allowed... :(
Anyway, Hope you like!
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