Bloody Red Snow

She lays quietly and peacefully on a wooden bed made just for her by seven of her friends. She lays still, motionless, and almost lifeless aside from the smile that she wears. She is still warm, her cheeks are red as the roses that lay around her, and her hands intact together holding a small bouquet of flowers.

Doc shakes his head while looking at the thermometer he took from Snow White's mouth.

"Her temp is still normal. She's still alive. But she's still not waking up."

Sleepy yawns as he lies beside her. "I think ...." he then yawns again, "She's really...sleepy too."

"Achoooo!!! She ain't sleepy. That's foolish. Maybe she is sick or ... ahhh-hhaaa- accchoooooo!! maybe she's sick" Sneezy butted in.

"Hmpph! Quit fooling around you imbeciles. We all know she's poisoned." Grumpy said grumpily.

"Hey, you sure she isn't just doped up? Are you Doc?" Dopey asked Doc as he's gently elbowing him.

"This... this... this isn't the time to be joking Dopey." Bashful said as he walked towards the lady.

"I know she'll be okay. She's just resting." Happy said under his breath.

All seven of them gathered around the unconscious lady waiting for her to wake up. It has been two days since Snow White fell unconscious.

They found her collapsed in the kitchen one afternoon when they got home from working out in the mines. They have put her to bed and tried to nurse her back to wellness but everything they have tried, and everything they made her ingest wasn't doing the trick.

They gathered that she collapsed after eating a poisonous apple since they found the apple next to her motionless body.

After a few days, they decided to follow the customs of the departed to lay them rest deep within the forest. They could not still let go of her since she was still breathing, and she was still alive.

As they were all gathered, they heard the rustling from the bushes around and they were quick to hide. With weapons ready on their hands, they lay in the shadows waiting for the intruder to show themselves.

A white horse rose from the shadows and it was pristine and mighty looking. But no matter how gorgeous the horse, it was no match for the young man riding it. He was wearing tight pants and a dignified white set of clothes that could only be seen worn by the royals.

His hair was slicked back and he has that piercing blue eyes that could melt anybody's heart. His well-defined jaw was so prominent that you could see that he was a man of great importance without even speaking.

He climbed down from his horse and approached Snow White cautiously. He smiled at her as he was mesmerized by the beauty that lay before him.

"Such beauty. You are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen in the entire kingdom."

He paid his compliments and knelt beside her. His eyes were drawn to the pinking pair of lips that are slightly curved upward into what looks to be a smile. Uncontrollably, he gulped and swallowed his own saliva and he looked around for anybody who might be looking.

He slowly moved his head towards her. He closed his eyes and went on for a kiss.

It was nice, it felt good, and it felt so cold. His lips were pressed against the cold iron of a sword.

"And what on Earth do you think you're doing mister?" Grumpy asked the man while he was holding a sword against the guy's lips.

The guy slowly backed away from Snow White and stood still with both of his hands raised up in the air. The other guys took his sword away and let the horse run away from the scene.

"You don't know what you're doing, let's just calm down okay?" the guy suggested.

"We are calm, you are just the one who was trying to molest a sleeping girl," Doc said.

"Molest? No, I was just... I was just lost with how gorgeous she is. I am not anyone suspicious, I am Prince Charming." he said.

"Prince Charming you say?" Happy asked again. "That's quite a vain name, isn't it."

"Uhm, well if you say it like that, then yes, but... it was not my choice, the King named me." Prince Charming contested.

"Whoa, what is going on in here?" a lady's high-pitched voice came out of nowhere and the witch was there.

"Who are you?" all of the guys asked in unison.

"Who am I? Hihihihihihi. I am the one, who made her like that. This princess here is the one at fault why I am not the fairest of them all. But not for long, because she will die soon enough and I will be the fairest of them all once again."

An arrow struck the witch's chest and she was sent down to the ground. It was Dopey who shot at her. She was down bleeding and Grumpy placed his foot on top of her.

"If she dies, you die. Where's the antidote for the poison?" Grumpy demanded.

"The...there's no antidote..." Grumpy placed more force on his foot.

"There's no antidote, only true love's kiss will wake her up." she finally said.

"What? Why would you do that? That's messed up!" Prince Charming said.

"You're messed up, you tried to kiss her earlier, idiot." the witch snapped back.

Prince Charming then slowly walked toward Snow White, "I guess I should really kiss her to wake her up."

Doc then struck the Prince with his sword sending his severed head a good few feet away.

"He's certainly not her true love, she doesn't even know that guy," he said.

"Why did you kill him Doc?!" Happy asked.

"If it's true love kiss that shall wake her, then I shall do the honors, I love Snow White more than anyone." Bashful said. "I am always bashful around her."

"No, I love her." "No, it is I."

And it was a continuous barrage of that exchange. They started swinging and going at it with each other. In the end, there was no one standing still.

Snow White opened her eyes, and slowly got up and sat on the edge of the wooden bed. She saw the horror before her eyes and she ran out of there as fast as she could. And she lived, crazily ever after.

The end.

Once Upon a Time!

How are you doing today, I apologize for the sudden dark turn of this article. This is part of my #PromptFactory initiative which strives to help users to come up with a story or an article, especially on a rainy day. As we all know, writer's block is a really big pain in the a$$.

This particular prompt is :

You take a fairy tale and change the way it ends.

And in the end, it was not a fairy tale anymore.

Anyhow, I really appreciate you being here, and as always ...

Cheers!!!

Series: #PromptFactory'
Title : Bloody Red Snow
Published : 2-Aug-2021
Author :  © RB