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I wasn't always like this you know, wanting to kill and do evil.
I was a nice, loving, amiable person once, just like her.
Her. Snow White.
Little miss sunshine, rainbows, and dwarves.
What makes her so special anyway?
Her ebony hair? Her blood red lips? Her skin as white as snow?
I have those too you know!
Is it because she's "nicer" than me? What made people think I was so mean anyway?
Was it the apple?
I actually thought that that was too nice.
What I should have done was rip her heart out and watch her die in pain as her blood was slowly seeping out.
But no. I had to have a conscious (yes I have one).
I knew I shouldn't have been nice. The last time I did was when I married her father and kept her alive.
I knew that that was a mistake. That's why I tried being so nice to her when her father…died.
I gave her a home, food, clothing, and I didn't beat her. What more could a child? A prince charming? True love?
Ha! Doesn't she realize that "true love" and "love at first sight" was something a fairy godmother made up so her ward could get away from her stepmother?
Bippity, boppity, boo? Yeah that sounds like magic!
Anyway, she just better hope I don't see her in the very near future!
What? You thought I was dead? Correction. I'm only mostly dead,
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"Father! Father! Something's wrong with mother! She's not waking up!"
"I know darling."
"Why aren't you helping?! Why are you-w-what?"
"Victoria darling. Your mother was useless to me. You, however, are perfect."
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Having a potions-master for a father definitely wasn't fun. I always had to test potions and, well, let's not get into how he got the money for the ingredients.
My mother though, she was amazing! Kind, generous, beautiful…makes you wonder why she married my father.
When she was mur- sorry died my whole world came crashing down. I was beaten and had to test potions and do other unmentionable things to stay on my father's good side-to stay alive.
He got his though.
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"Father, I've had enough of this! I'm done! I'm leaving and never coming back!"
"You're leaving?! And where exactly are you going to go?!"
"I don't care! Anywhere's better than here!"
"No! You're not leaving!"
"Get off of me! Let me go!"
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That was the last conversation I ever had with my father.
During the struggle a mirror fell and shattered. I grabbed a shard, slit his throat, stabbed his heart, and left.
Five years later I was twenty-six, living happily and freely, and traveling around selling potions.
That was when I met him. John, my first love. It was love at first sight, which I sadly believed in at the time.
We were together a year, the longest time I had stayed in one town or with one person.
I knew he loved me and I him, but…something didn't feel right. When we left the town to go on vacation I felt…complete.
I then realized what I had to do.
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"I don't understand. I thought you loved me."
"I do but…I can't stay in this town. I have to leave."
"I'll go with you! I'll go pack right now and-"
"No! Your friends and family are here and the business is starting up, I wouldn't have the heart to make you leave! Please! Let me go! Move on! Please!"
"…Is this goodbye forever?"
"I'm afraid it is."
"Well then… goodbye."
"Goodbye, my almost lover."
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I started traveling again. I sold potions and saw many more things. I got older, more mature, and realized I had to settle down.
My first thoughts went to John.
I went back to that little town only to hear that he was married to a queen in England.
The thought that he had moved on had delighted me and terrified me at the same time.
I went to the country he was in and found him heartbroken with a newborn.
We saw each other often and two months after my return we were married. I kept the brat in love in respect for her mother and she was treated like the princess she was.
A year later I caught John in bed with another woman. He said it was because she was the fairest maiden he had ever seen.
I proceeded to murder them.
I kept killing everyone "fairer than I after that until only one was left, little Snow White.
Hmm and that's how the story goes.
Well it seems as if my time is up and in a few moments I will be completely dead. I have one final piece of advice for all of you out there.
"……"
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