That night, Apple and I were standing up on stage while Headmaster Grimm gave a speech on how important signing the Storybook was but I was not fully listening to him and instead watching the crowd of students that sat before us.
"They all look so sad and worried," I thought while looking at my few friends in the crowd who were avoiding looking up at the stage.
"And now, Miss. Apple White," he said while moving so she could approach the book which sat on a podium.
As her destiny flashed before her in a large mirror, Apple smiled the whole time. This also caused a ping of pain in my heart as it set in that she could never return my feelings, yet alone care about me as a friend for what friend treats another like this.
"Miss. Queen," said Headmaster Grimm after Apple had finished. I then nervously walked over to the podium, the book flipping through it's pages to the one meant for me.
"Is this really my future?" I thought while watching my future self giving Apple the poisoned fruit she shared a name with before seeing me eating trash to survive on the streets while guards hunted for me and then finally being imprisoned in a mirror.
"Come on, Raven," said a giddy Apple from behind me once a quill appeared for me to sign with. Lots of things rushed through my mind in that instance, but one more than anything else, 'I don't want this', is what I thought right as my hand stopped before the quill.
"No," I said while letting my hand drop away from the quill which instantly vanished.
"I am Raven Queen, and today I chose to make my own destiny!" I yelled to everyone watching as I slammed the book shut. This caused the mirror monitors to shatter and my classmates to gasp out of shock.
But more than anything I felt a weight lift from my shoulders as for once in my life I've made a stand for myself, of course that feeling wouldn't last forever.
"What have you done, Miss. Queen?!" asked a furious Headmaster Grimm.
"Finally made up my mind, I'm not going to let people like you control me," I said.
"How could you?!" asked Apple, her voice quivering and tears rolling down her cheeks as she looked at me. This is what caused the weight to grow again as I looked at that saddened expression.
"How could you be so selfish and put my story in danger?!" she asked before running off. So at the end of the day, I got rid of the weight from my fear but gained that of making Apple cry and the problems that I had created thanks to my decision.