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// A Special Sort of Death 
// Story: The Disney Chronicles I: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 
// by Dinodisneylover1 
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The Evil Queen’s Castle
The Lab

In the creepy lab, the Witch stirred the cauldron with a huge bone while the raven looked. Poor Starlight still had a neck cuff with a chain around her neck, as the witch cackled at her handiwork.

“Boil, cauldron, boil,” She said. “Boil, cauldron, boil!”

The liquid in the cauldron turned yellow, as smoke shaped like skulls appeared.

“Death within thy depths I see, for one who dares to rival me.”

The witch held a test tube with blue liquid. Dropping it in the cauldron, the contents became blue.

“Brew the magic recipe, boil, cauldron, BOIL!” She yelled, as a large cloud of smoke appeared.

She grabbed an ordinary apple attached on a string, slowly dipping it into the brew.

“Dip the apple in the brew. Let the Sleeping Death seep through!”

The witch drew the apple back and it was covered in the strange brew. She wickedly smiled, as the apple suddenly had a skull on the front.

“Look! On the skin! The symbol of what lies within.”

The raven covered himself with his wings in fear. Starlight couldn’t help but feel frightened seeing the skull-shaped apple. And then, the apple became as red as blood.

“Now, turn red… To tempt Snow White. To make her hunger for a bite,” She chuckled.

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The disguised queen faced the raven, showing him the apple.

“Have a bite?”

Scared, the raven tried to back away as the witch chuckled. But then… She pulled the apple from the bird, eyeing her pony captive. Tension rose for Starlight as the witch came closer and quickly shoved the apple to her, like lightning.

“How about you? Have a bite?!” The witch asked.

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Starlight screamed in terror and tried to escape, but the chain and collar around her neck made it impossible. The elderly woman brought the apple close to her, intentionally scaring her. She cackled in amusement at the sight.

“It’s not for you,” The witch said, with venom. “It’s for Snow White.”

(Pause at 0:39)

“Why?” Starlight asked, trying to reason with the Queen. “Why do you want to kill your own stepdaughter? Whatever did she do to you?”

“She did plenty of wrong in my eyes,” The queen answered. “She stole my beauty.”

“Is that what’s so important to you? Being beautiful for every pony and whoever’s more beautiful than you dies?!”

“Yes! My radiance is the only light this kingdom needs.”

“And you prove that by disguising yourself as an ugly witch and killing her with an apple?”

“I won’t stay ugly for long, once I erased Snow White and every living thing who dare challenge me from the face of the planet.”

“It won’t work.”

The witch’s eyes went wide at Starlight’s three words.

“What did you say?”

“I said it won’t work! Subjects don’t praise their queen for their beauty, it’s the things they do like kindness, loyalty and bravery. With the way you described your stepdaughter, I think she’s proven to be more queen in her personality than you in your body!”

“You dare challenge a queen?!” The witch ask, with hate and rage.

Insulted, the Witch grabbed the chain and dragged Starlight forcing her to look at her frightening face while the raven cawed loudly. Her horrifying green eyes seem to stare straight into the unicorn’s soul.

“I would kill you right this instant for such an insult!”

Starlight tried to keep a straight face, but the sight of the witch frightened her. And then, the Witch released the chain shoving her back.

“But that can wait and that magic of yours won’t work for a few hours. I have great plans for you and your friends. Their beauty combined evenly matches with Snow White.”

“My friends will stop you!” Starlight spat.

“Not if your friends can’t recognize me,” The witch said. “Neither will Snow White.”

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“Just imagine,” The witch spoke, eyeing the apple. “When she breaks the tender peel to taste the apple in my hand, her breath will still, her blood congeal. THEN I’LL BE FAIREST IN THE LAND!”

The witch cackled loudly, as Starlight trembled in fear. But then the witch stopped as if she thought of something.

“But wait!”

Starlight became very interested, wanting to know what else the Queen had to say. The witch, in turn, was in deep thought.

“There may be an antidote; nothing must be overlooked.”

The witch approached her book, searching through a few pages till she found what she feared.

“Oh! Here it is!”

“Well, well, well,” Starlight smirked. “Seems there might be a chance to stop you after all.”

“SILENCE!” The witch snarled, angrily.

The witch turned back to reading the page titled ‘Poison Apple Antidote’.

“The victim of the Sleeping Death can be revived only by Love’s First Kiss.”

“A kiss from the one you love?” Starlight asked herself. “Is that possible?”

But even after reading that, the Witch didn’t believe there was such a thing.

“Love’s First Kiss… Bah!”

She slammed the entire book shut while she laughed. The witch faced her again, making Starlight very uncomfortable.

“No fear of that. The dwarfs and the ponies will think she’s dead. SHE’LL BE BURIED ALIVE!”

The cackled very loud and evilly, the raven hid behind a skull. The witch placed the apple in a basket with green and normal apples, cackling even more as she lifted the load. Then she approached Starlight, unlocking the lock for the chain with a key. She proceeds to pull Starlight along like a dog on a leash.

“Come along, dearie,” The witch said.

“No! Let me go!” Starlight cried.

Starlight tried to break free without success. The witch cackled while dragging Starlight towards a trapdoor on the floor. The raven watched from behind the skull.

“BURIED ALIVE!” The witch yelled.

She cackled while closing the trapdoor slowly. The witch dragged Starlight deeper through the dungeons to the catacombs. She opened a cell with a key, hurling Starlight inside and attaching the chain to a wall again. She cackled as she locked the cell door placing the key in her pocket.

“Remember, girl,” The witch spoke. “Your magic won’t work for the next few hours, I won’t tell. You’ll never get out, not even to warn those friends of yours. There’s a possibility you’re going to die in this cell when I return… IF I return.”

The witch cackled and turned toward a skeleton on the ground. It appeared to reach for an empty jug of water inches away. Starlight saw the corpse and cringed in shock.

“Thirsty?” The witch asked, mockingly. “HAVE A DRINK!”

She kicked the jug toward the skeleton, smashing it to pieces. The witch cackled more while a tiny spider crawled out of the jug. Starlight was more frightened, as she watch the witch enter a raft and used a large pole to steer it.

“Wait! NO!” Starlight shouted, shaking the bars. “Please, you can’t do this!”

But the witch neither looked back or answered. She was gone while Starlight sat alone in the dark, creepy cell which possibly meant her death. She feared that thought yet felt helpless and scared, the most she has felt in her life. All she could do now is sit with her haunches on the cold floor, looking down in despair and her face in her hooves crying.

“No… My friends,” Starlight cried. “They’re out there somewhere and there’s nothing I can do to help. I’m sorry, Twilight… I’m sorry…”

Outside, in the dark of night, the witch emerged through the catacombs steering the boat toward shore. A heavy mist covered the land, so thick no one could see anything, but this was no match for the witch. She popped out from the reeds, pressing further toward the one who dares rival her.

All we can hope is that our dear girl and pony heroes will be fine…