[The middle of the Dark Forest]
"Well, well, well..." smiled the Evil Queen. "The purest heart of all - Snow White - has come to murder me in coldblood?"
"It was an unexpected change, but yes." replied Snow White, raising the pickaxe.
"And why the sudden change of heart?"
"I have come to know about what you have done to my parents, and for what? You made me an orphan, an outcast and worse of all, a person who abandoned her people to be with you. I have come to know that there are two ways: fight or flight. I have been running my whole life but now, I step up for myself and my people. You will die today, by my hands!"
Snow White charged at the Evil Queen and threw the pickaxe like a spear but, the Evil Queen used her magic to stop it in midair.
"What?" questioned Snow White.
"Didn't expect that, did you?" asked the Evil Queen.
She threw the pickaxe, but wasn't aiming for Snow White but the tree behind her and made it so that it barely dodged her.
"It seems that the blue bird has spread her wings, but she will fall out of the tree." replied the Evil Queen. "Relax, I'm not here to kill you... that would be too easy, because you have something of value to me. Your heart..."
The Evil Queen bought out her magic box and opened it, but rather it being the Huntsman's heart, it contained something else... a blood red apple was taken out of the box and the Evil Queen smiled as she waved it in her hands.
"This is no ordinary apple. This is a weapon." said the Evil Queen. "It contains a powerful and rare spell known as the Sleeping Curse. It leaves whoever bites into it into a deep, everlasting slumber. There has never been a cure for it in all of history."
"So, what are you going to do? Force feed it to me?" asked Snow White.
"No, this has to be done... willingly."
"And you think that I am just going to eat it with open arms?"
"Of course not!"
"Then why bother with this whole conversation?"
"Oh, you are nearly an adult but still the naive fourteen year old girl who ran into this very forest. Look here."
The Evil Queen snapped her fingers and the magic mirror appeared, attached to a tree.
"Magic Mirror on the tree, show me to where I want to see." said the Evil Queen.
The mirror changed to show the dungeons of the palace and inside of a cell was a pyre where Prince Florian was attached to. Ropes held onto him so that he couldn't escape and a torch was on the side of the cell.
"Now," exclaimed the Evil Queen. "You have a choice. Eat the apple, and I set your beloved prince free, if not... I burn him to ashes."
The torch on the wall grew bigger and bigger, demonstrating the power the Evil Queen mastered over fire.
"Please!" cried Snow White. "He has done nothing! Let him go!"
"You know what you have to do..."
With no hesitation, Snow White snatched the apple from the Evil Queen and took a bite out of it. As soon as the apple and Snow White's mouth became attached, Snow White fainted to the ground, the apple rolling from her hands. Laughing maniacally, the Evil Queen teleported back to her palace.
[At the palace's throne room]
The Evil Queen has had a great day today and smiled as she sat on her throne.
"Aren't you going to repay your end of the deal?" asked the mirror.
"No... that prince can burn for all I care." replied the Evil Queen.
[Dungeons]
The torch was lit and the flames began to consume all of the wood. Prince Florian was sweating by the heat and was scared to death, being burnt alive was not the way he was expecting to die. However, the fire began to extinguish.
"What's going on?" wondered Prince Florian.
"Hello, there." said a soft voice.
Prince Florian looked out of the cell to see a woman standing there.
"I'm Asha." she replied, using her wand to unknot the knots of the ropes and set him free.
"Wh-" started Prince Florian.
"No talking!" she demanded. "We have very little time, Snow White is in danger."
"No!"
"Yes, and I'm afraid that you are the only one that can help her..."
[Dwarves' Cottage]
The dwarves have been magically teleported back to the cottage. Everyone (apart from Happy who stayed at the cottage in case Snow or someone else came) was searching for Snow White. When they were whisked back to the cottage and saw Snow White's body lying on the floor, they assumed she was dead. In tears, they all carried Snow White and put her in a glass coffin and invited the animals of the forest to attend her funeral.
[At the palace]
"Your Highness." said the mirror.
"What is it?" asked the Evil Queen.
"It seems that your plan has a bit of an... issue."
"What do you mean?"
"Just watch..."
The mirror showed Prince Florian in the middle of the Dark Forest, riding his horse.
"WHAT?!" shouted the Evil Queen. "How did he escape?!"
"However he may have, you do understand the price in which you gave to create the apple?"
"That if this fails, it shall drain all of the magic inside of me when the Moon arises..."
"Yes, so I suggest that you put and end to him."
"Why? There is no way to break the Sleeping Curse, I have no reason to worry."
"Perhaps there may be..."
"What? What didn't you tell me?! I demand you to tell me!"
"I meant what I said, but it is clear that Snow White has the love of the people AND the creatures of the Dark Forest AND the power of nature on her side."
"So what are you saying?"
"That anything could happen."
[Dwarves' Cottage]
"NO!" shouted Prince Florian.
He finally reached the cottage, he leapt off his horse and ran to the glass coffin.
"Who are you?!" demanded Grumpy.
"Help." said Asha, descending from above the tree.
"No!" cried Prince Florian. "Snow White, I love you with my whole heart, and that will never change! Please... I need you..."
"It's too late," said Dopey. "She's gone..."
"Just let me see her..."
"She's dead! I believe that you love her, but she cannot return from the dead." said Happy.
"Just, please..."
The dwarves nodded at each other and opened the top of the coffin. Prince Florian cried so much and a tear drop went on her face.
"I love you..." he whispered and kissed Snow White on the lips.
A powerful glow went across the globe as the lips of true love met. Snow White gasped a large breath and lifted her head.
"Charming!" laughed Snow White and kissed him again.
"NO!" shouted a stern voice.
Everyone turned around to see the Evil Queen behind them.
Snow White left the glass coffin and glared at the Evil Queen in the eyes and said, "Whatever you throw at us, we will fight! However dangerous, however vile... we will be ready to fight for my kingdom, and we will never stop!"
"No... I made a mistake and I will make sure that will never occur again. I will make you eat the apple once again and I will make sure your prince and all of your friends will burn."
"And how are you going to do that?"
"By burning down this forest..."
The Evil Queen created a large fire from her hands and aimed it at Snow White. She threw the ball of fire, but midair... it distinguished.
"What?" she questioned and tried to make another one, but nothing came.
She turned around to see the Moon arising. She felt her magic draining from her body and she felt aged... literally. Her hair turned grey and wrinkles began to appear on her skin. She transformed into a hideous hag.
"No!" she yelled, in an old lady's voice.
She attempted to run but everyone was easily able to catch up to her...
[By a cliff]
"It is over!" yelled Snow White.
"No... I will return..." declared the Evil Queen.
She fell back and fell down the cliff and plummeted into the ocean.
Everyone heard the splash and declared her death...
[At the palace - a week later]
Three major milestones happened that day, Snow White turned eighteen, became queen at the coronation and married her Prince Charming. Her kingdom was anew and her people have finally got to experience joy once again.
"Do you, Queen Snow White, take King Florian as your lawfully wedded husband?" asked the Huntsman, who had got his heart back.
"I do." she replied.
"And do you, King Florian, take Queen Snow White as your lawfully wedded husband?"
"I do." he replied.
"Then I pronounce you husband and wife!"
The two kissed and a cheer came amongst the crowd. Every dwarf smiled during the wedding, and Asha cheered loudly and the people of Germonia (the merge of the two kingdoms of Florian and Snow White's have become one). After the end of the marriage, only Snow White, Florian, the dwarves, Asha and the Huntsman remained.
"So what's going to happen now?" asked Happy.
"Well, the new kingdom will be served by the king and queen they deserve and shall be very happy for many years to come." said Asha.
"And the Dark Forest shall forever be in your favour, Snow." said Grumpy.
"But what about you two?" asked Snow White to Asha and the Huntsman.
"You have your happy ending, so I have to move on to the next story. Someone else's happiness awaits." smiled Asha.
"We will all miss you, Asha, and you are always welcome in our kingdom."
"Thank you."
"And, Huntsman, you?" asked Florian.
"It is time for me to return to the den. My wolf family has been waiting a long time for me." replied the Huntsman.
"Great, and we have a surprise for you."
"Really?"
"As the first new law to the Kingdom of Germonia, I now declare that the hunting of wolves shall be illegal. They will forever be accepted into the kingdom."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." bowed the Huntsman.
"Please... call me Snow. And you deserve this after being forced to serve the ex-queen for a long time."
"Speaking of her, what do you think happened to her?" asked Dopey.
"I have a feeling that we will never have to hear from her again..." smiled Snow White.
[At the cliff]
An old hand climbed the cliff, and finally managed to reach a point in which she may rest. The Evil Queen gasped for air and then turned around to see a glow from behind a bush.
She looked at the glow and smiled, "I have a chance after all."