Snow White (more added)

“Skin white as snow, lips red as blood, and hair black as ebony."- Snow White




The beat of my pounding feet disturbed the fall leaves. They floated back to the ground, annoyed, in my wake. The beat of my feet melded with the phantom beat of my heart; combined they made a disturbing melody. My mind, which I spent decades on organizing, had reverted to anarchy. Thoughts of my coven, and Will ran through my head, racing for top billing. Who would be the star in my dying thought? Would it matter? They would never find out, all they would find would be my headless body…
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Black ebony lined the circular window in the South tower. There was a thick crack that ran from top left to the bottom of the window. Jack Frost blew in the cruel cold and beautiful snow of Germany. The fragile woman rocked in the creaky broken chair, humming an obscure tune. She was dressed in a thin white gown with useless frills adorning the collar and bottom. The Queen was multitasking between fondly rubbing her stomach and embroidering a tiny baby dress. Unfortunately, she had accidentally left her pinkie finger in the path of the needle. As soon as the needle broke her skin, blood started to leak out. A drop fell on the snow that lined the window. There was a strict contrast between the blood, the pristine snow, and ebony window. It made a smile grace the Queen’s lips, and with the slightly bloody needle she stitched the letters of her unborn baby…
S. W.