Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to the Walt Disney Company nor do I intend to use it for profit. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was the answer and also the first animated movie Disney created and the first ever American animated feature as there were others in the past from different parts of the world such as Germany and France. This movie became a major touchstone over the past eight decades and this inspired MGM to create the immortal 1939 movie Wizard of Oz and in 1989 both films along with Gone with the Wind were selected for preservation in the prestigious National Film Registry by the United States Library of Congress. I dearly hope that this movie will not get a live-action remake. The movie itself doesn't really have a plot other than being a lighter adaptation of the Brothers Grimm, but in this adaptation I will be adding scenes that wouldn't be in the movie for graphic content. This Episode is dedicated in memory of the men and women who created this movie.
Episode II (2): Birth of a Journey
Natius clawed back to consciousness and he found himself surrounded by different animals, a magpie, a raccoon, a rabbit, a small field mouse with strawberry blonde fur, and a badger. Accompanying the magpie was a Cairn Apso named Wizard.
Natius had no idea what to do now, but to his surprise the badger spoke in a voice sounding like Zander, "Natius, look at the water, you too have been transformed."
The boy did as he was told and in the place where his reflection would be was a jet black scraggly hamster. He didn't want to believe that he had been transformed into a European hamster!
Natius screamed, "What happened to us?!"
The rabbit stated in Bianca's voice, "We were in a shrine and we fell into a chasm beneath a statue of Walt Disney."
The badger asked in concern for what has transpired, "Where are we now?"
The magpie stated with Danyal's voice, "We're not in 2012 Los Angeles. It looks like 1500s Germany. I don't know if we are at post story or if we're at the beginning of the story of Snow White."
Natius asked as he started to look at the structure of the castle that was ahead, "What makes you think we're in that area?"
Danyal answered, "I have seen the movie a few times."
Zander replied, "We should talk to the locals just to see if they know a way to reach out to Snow White to see if she can help us get back home."
Natius commented, "I hate to burst your bubble, we have been transformed into animals."
The raccoon was standing in shock as the screams of his little sister started echoing into his ears and he asked, "Where can I find my younger sister?"
The rabbit asked in Bianca's voice, "Your little sister was taken? How can that be when she's not here with us."
The field mouse commented in Jeanette's voice, "Well, there's a possibility that Mahad's little sister is in this place somewhere. I hope that we don't run into a problem. For now, we should get to the castle to see if Snow White is there."
The heroes began to go to the village that was in front of the castle. The people looked on in confusion as they were noticing a small group of animals that were heading to the castle.
Natius scurried to the wall of the castle and he wondered, "Can hamsters climb?"
He began to use the paws and grabbed a piece of the castle's wall and he said aloud, "Let's go."
Danyal offered Jeanette, "I can get you to the top of the castle wall."
Jeanette allowed the magpie to pick her up with talons and Danyal ascended to the top of the castle wall and she saw Natius.
The animals that were on top of the castle wall saw a young fourteen year old girl who was as white as snow, but her hair was as black as a raven's wings and lips red as the rose. Her name was Snow White. Her father was killed in a battle, but he had sadly left her in the hands of her cruel and jealous stepmother.
Natius looked at the girl and he began to visualize his late maternal grandmother in the place of her. Natius did not notice that his little feet were slipping away from the castle wall and he fell, but Danyal quickly flew to where the hamster boy was falling and she grabbed him with her talons and placed him on the ground. Jeanette found some vines to climb down and she scurried to Natius as she stated, "You need to look where your feet are before leaning closer."
Natius asked, "What should we do? I don't know if Snow White would understand hamsters."
Jeanette retorted, "I think she would. I saw a video about her ability to understand animals being her potential ability. Plus there are European hamsters that live in this forest. I found that out on my computer."
Natius answered back, "I don't know about that."
Natius began to climb up the well and he began began hearing the teenage girl hum as she was walking to the well, but he began looking down in the well something shining was down there and unaware that he was on the edge of the well and he felt his little paws slip off and he fell into the well!
Natius was panicking not wanting to die from drowning!
Jeanette looked in concern and she saw Snow White placing a bucket into the well and she scurried up to the bucket.
When the bucket descended into the well's darkness and she looked around for Natius and she saw the hamster boy who was trying to keep himself afloat and he said before losing consciousness, "Help me."
The hamster started floating in the water, but to her surprise she saw he was on a white platform, but she noticed it sinking!
Jeanette had little time before the hamster would be engulfed in the water and she wasted no time as she began to use her paw to row the bucket like a boat towards the little hamster and she pulled him to the bucket's edge and once Snow White lifted the bucket into the light of the sun as Natius's eyes opened Jeanette didn't want Natius to be blind turned him to face her, the two rodents were out of the well falling off the edge of the bucket, much to Snow White's surprise as she caught the two rodents before they'd land on the well's pavement.
Snow White's surprise as she caught the two rodents before they'd land on the well's pavement. "Oh my," she exclaimed. Natius and Jeanette noticed her voice was childlike, but it was gentle and soothed them.
Snow White began to pet them. "I'm so very sorry. You must have been so frightened." Natius and Jeanette wanted to speak to see if she understood them. However, Snow White's gentle touch and petting felt like a blanket was covering them. It was warm; this was the touch of the fairest princess...
Just as Snow White was about to get to know the two rodents, Queen Grimhilde called, "Snow White!"
Snow White ran into the castle, placing the two rodents gently on the pavement
Danyal flew over to the two and she stated, "The princess has never seen a hamster, plus I have a feeling that she never left the palace walls."
Natius came to and asked, "What do we do now?"
Jeanette replied, "I think we should go to the forest to find help."
Natius asked as he was standing at the edge of the well, "But where can we find help? I don't think any forest animal would be able to understand us?"
Jeanette replied, "You don't know that. Plus since we have been transformed into animals, I think that they can understand you."
The animals left the palace walls and Mahad asked, "How'd it go?"
Natius replied, "It didn't go too well. I fell into the wishing well, but I was able to get out thanks to Jeanette."
Jeanette stated, "What did I say earlier? Look at where your feet are before leaning lower. Since you are a scraggly European hamster it is easier for you to fall."
Zander asked as he noticed that the huntsman was escorting Snow White dressed in a blue, red and yellow dress suitable for a princess, "Should we follow them?"
The heroes began to follow up behind the huntsman to the forest in hopes they'd find help.
To their surprise, they saw the young princess picking wild flowers accompanied by a huntsman named Humbert, but he was sent to kill the young princess.
Just as Humbert was about to attack the princess, something stopped him from killing her and he fell to his knees sobbing and he begged, "Forgive me your highness! Forgive me!"
He started explaining that the queen was very jealous of the young princess and he told her to run into the forest!
A wild pig began running into the glade and Humbert killed the pig and cut out its heart, lungs, and liver.
Humbert placed the heart of the pig into a box of gold and it had a dagger piercing the heart closing the box and he delivered the pig's lungs and liver and box containing the heart of the pig to the queen. Queen Grimhilde had the chef boil the lungs and liver and the wicked woman ate them.
Natius began to feel concern for the young princess and he cried to the other heroes, "Let's go! Snow White is lost in the forest. There's a good chance that she's scared."
The six tried catching up to Snow White, but five of the six animals fell into the water below a jaw looking lake and Natius began seeing crocodile logs and he screamed as he found himself in between the jaws of one of the logs, "Sandy! Help me!"
Zander was irritated by the name Sandy, and he used his paw to smack the crocodile logs away from the small hamster as if he was smacking the log in the face, the smaller animals climbed onto the badger's back!
Snow White collapsed on the ground crying.
Natius decided to go to the young princess hoping to calm her down.
The young princess looked up to see a black hamster.
Natius thought of talking to her as he asked, "Are you all right?"
The only thing that came out were squeaks, but to his surprise Snow White answered, "I am all right."
She realized that it was one of the two rodents she caught from falling on the wishing well and she cried, "You're one of the rodents I rescued."
Natius felt as if something was wrong and he tried to say something as he asked, "Can you understand me?" All that came out were squeaks, again.
Snow White replied, "Yes."
She looked around to see chipmunks, squirrels, raccoons and birds. Snow White turned her attention to the group of animals that were in front of her. A field mouse with strawberry blonde fur, a magpie, a raccoon, a rabbit, a badger and a small dog.
She looked at the hamster and asked, "Are these your friends?"
Natius nodded and he noticed Bianca hopping to follow two blue birds that led the heroes and animals to a small humble cottage causing Snow White to exclaim, "Oh, it's adorable! Just like a doll house."
Natius climbed up to windowsill and wiped the dust off and Snow White said, "Ooh. It's dark inside."
Snow White knocked the door, but there was no answer.
Natius's eyes widened with concern for the owners of the cottage, and he squeak as if telling her not to enter the deserted cottage, but Snow White told Natius, "I will talk to the owners once they come."
Snow White entered into the cottage and found it was a mess on the inside as evident from a long pile of dirty dishes, there was dust and cobwebs around the corner.
Natius muttered, "Mary, Mother of God."
Snow White decided to get the cottage cleaned up in hopes that the owners would provide shelter.
The animals began helping out with the cleaning as well and by the time the cottage was cleaned up, the sun was about to set.
Snow White noticed the hamster looking at the sun setting into an endless night. Yet the hamster was looking at it with sadness in his eyes.
Snow White asked, "What's the matter little hamster? "
Natius came up with an idea as he took some paper and began writing out what happened to him and his friends in addition to a girl with her dog. It read:
"My name is Ignatius Takahashi! Me and my friends were just trying to get home from school when we found out that our history teacher, Mr. Simeon Virgil looking like he was wounded, but when I played a small snippet of an ancestral song that had been passed down through my mother's family; he took off his sunglasses to reveal burning red eyes. We fell into a chasm that led us here. We were transformed into animals by a mysterious spell, and we were wondering if you know what happened to that man. Thank you for saving my life back at the well."
Snow White read the paper and she replied, "I wish I could help you with the predicament that you children are in, but I don't know what to do that could help. I'm afraid I don't know the man that you refer to, however I sadly have to say that he was being taken into a dark castle and he was imprisoned, and my fear is that he might be possessed by an evil demonic spirit. For now, you should not go out of the cottage after dark, because the forest will become a nightmare to traverse, and my stepmother Queen Grimhilde would make a small hamster like you into a snack for her pet crow Lucius."
Zander commented to Natius, "She has a good point. So don't get any ideas to try to do anything stupid."
Natius replied as he climbed up the stairs, "Oh come on. I'm not going to pull some stupid stunts."
Zander walked right up to Natius and he stated his tone firmer, "I mean it. This world may look safe, but it can be a brutal world if you're not careful."
Natius scurried up the stairway and he noticed that Snow White was up on the upstairs bedroom with seven small beds. He looked at the names of the seven dwarfs and he asked, "Who comes up with these odd names?"
He noticed the princess about to fall asleep and he moved away from the beds found a comfortable area to sleep and he began to fall asleep.
Natius began to have a dream different this time. It was about the encounter that he made with Mr. Virgil and when the man removed his sunglasses, revealing burning red eyes!
Natius asked Mr. Virgil, "Why are your eyes red?"
Mr. Virgil replied, "I'm afraid young man, I can't tell you that. However, I want to tell you that all that you know is about to change."
The chasm began to form powerful winds leading to a portal below a statue of Walt Disney.
As Natius fell into the chasm, he began to see a flashing light around the six teens and he heard a voice bellowing, "Bestia Mutato."
The heroes began to transform into animals native to Germany.
Natius woke up only to find the moonlight shining in the night sky.
Author's Notes: Looks like the heroes are going to have to rest while they can, because the next episode they get to meet the Seven Dwarfs. Until then, constructive criticism is welcome.