Heigh-Ho!

The Evil Queen had reappeared in her castle, lying in the middle of her throne room. It was hard to understand how she was alive. She had fallen to her death on the mountain escaping the dwarves. She remembered not being able to change her form back to access all her magic. It had been a serious miscalculation on her part. That was one mistake she would never make again. She had shifted to her feet and checked her appearance in the mirror, still as beautiful as ever. It was a relief that the haggard appearance was now gone. Back as her old self. She called to her mirror, but no response. It was aggravating, but it seemed that the crack in it meant that someone had come back to deal with her most precious belonging. The queen ran her hand down the length of the crack before leaving her throne room, cloak trailing behind her as she walked down the empty and deserted halls. It was such a shame that such a beautiful castle was left in ruin at her disappearance.

Once she made it to her destination, she opened the hidden wall and moved down to her secret chambers. To her pleasure, it had been untouched. It did not take long for her to find her spell books and potion ingredients. She needed to find a way to track down Terra and his horrible friends. The boy had been sent to kill Snow and had failed her. He had been the cause of her downfall. If only she could find competent people to do her bidding. It had to be that boy that harmed her magic mirror. He would pay with his life for that. Her precious mirror.

Tossing some leaves and powders into her bowl, it caused some explosions. She was far from ready to give up as she made a few failed potions. No portals opening up where she wanted. That's when she heard a distant noise of someone entering her castle. She frowned as she slammed her spell book shut. Who dared approach her castle without permission!? They would surely pay for their intrusion. This could not go unpunished. She packed up some powder from her most recent potion and moved to head up the stairs. The last thing she expected was a young oddly dressed girl to be entering her castle.

The evil queen was not pleased in the slightest bit. The last thing she wanted was a distraction from her work. The list of things she needed to complete would certainly unravel all the way down the hall to the front gate. The top priority being that she figure out how to fix her magic mirror and locate the being within. Nothing would go as planned if she did not have his all seeing eyes to help her on her mission to destroy Snow White, the entire bane of her existence. No one seemed to be strong enough to kill such an exquisite woman. A woman that surpassed her own beauty tenfold. Envy was a horrible emotion, a deadly sin. She envied the woman's beauty, her voice, her existence. The woman needed to be removed from the earth she walked on. But, it seemed a man was not the right option. Her innocence and charm made her untouchable. But, Grimhilde knew the truth.

As the woman climbed the stone stairs from her private abode, there was a voice of a young woman. Could it be the raven haired woman bringing herself to the slaughter? No, that would be far too easy. It might not even be worth the effort at that point. So when her eyes landed on the young girl who backed up into a wall with a child's sword drawn, a genius idea hit her hard like a wave hitting the cliffs. A woman. A woman could kill Snow without being taken in by her charm. It was a flawless plan. Snow would never suspect a thing.

The girl stuttered in terror as she stood before the beautiful queen. Her eyes narrowing on the girl as she shut the door to the stairwell behind her and practically stared into her soul. "The better question would be whom you are, intruding on my residence, bespawler." She responded in her calm and cool tone. How dare some common folk enter her domain and demand her name! All in the kingdom knew whom the castle belong. Only a foolish drivelling child would make the mistake of demanding anything of royalty. She would have struck her down where she stood. But, she might be able to use her. Especially with her lack of mirror at the moment.

The queen could feel the irritation begin to show in her expression. The cowering girl did not understand proper manner nor etiquette. It was repulsing. Then she had the gall to ask who she was? How dare a commoner question the queen, especially in that tone! "Watch your tongue, ignorant child." She replied with narrowed angry eyes. "I am the queen. Learn your place,child, as it is quite certainly not in my palace."

The girl was completely out of turn here. Demanding things of her. Was she mad or stupid? The next question out of the young girl's mouth answered it. "Not just a bewspaler but a dalcop as well. Shameful." The queen shook her head and waved her hand to dismiss the girl. "Leave, or I will have to dismiss you myself."

The Evil Queen began her walk down the hallway, turning her back on the sniveling child behind her. Her cloak flowing and trailing behind her slim figure. You'd think that the thin gold crown atop her head would have clued the brat in. But, it seemed that the girl was that imprudent that she didn't realize who she was. The queen of all people! It was like she was born yesterday or was not of this world. Then the thought hit her, maybe she was not from this world. Could the girl have been brought here due to her spell? It would explain how she appeared in her castle on the day that the queen had come back from death itself.

The queen was faintly amused by the girl's outbursts. But, it certainly did not excuse her tone. That was no way to speak to a queen. Especially if the queen was far more powerful than you are, which was the case here. "Obviously, you do not know much about being royalty. Because if you were intelligent enough to know, you would be fully aware of the consequences of your actions." The queen commented, her back still turned to the child. She actually laughed a bit at the girl's comments. The child was past pathetic. "The mirthful part being that you do not know the meaning of the word." The queen turned after taking a few more strides to face the girl.

Hono was certainly no threat to the queen, even as she childishly followed behind.

"Enough...." The queen shook her heads as she flicked her wrist in a dismissing motion. The queen decided that the girl had come too close and she needed to give them some distance. So, she used her Telekinesis powers, attempting to either knock the sword from her hands and push her back, or even push the girl backwards and down the stone hallway a few feet. It was not enough force to do any real damage, but enough to make her point known. "Restrain oneself..." She commented as she lowered her arm and watched the girl. Almost a bit intrigued by her final few statements. "You're in my domain, girl. The Dwarf Woodlands. Does that mean you're not of this world?" She wanted to be sure of this before she jumped to any conclusions.

If it was true, it meant her potion worked. Obviously not as well as she had hoped it would, but it had none the less. This would be perfect. It would give her the chance to find Snow White and have her killed once and for all. Maybe she could could this girl to do it for the queen. Or even assist her in locating her mirror. Only time would tell.

The show of magical power seemed to put the girl in her place. It was a relief to finally have someone semi-calm to speak with. She couldn't handle that little brat of a girl that had shown through moments before. The queen let her arms rest at her sides as she watched the young girl. She seemed to explain herself fully now. Though, she had no idea what a "Twilight Town" was. A town always in darkness? That did not sound all that horrible a place. But the girl liked to question things. This time, the queen gracing her with an answer.

"Yes. Other worlds do exist. I learned this from another traveler I met in the past." She commented as she moved to continue back to her audience chamber. It would be much nicer to be able to sit. "....Well, I trust we can come to an arrangement in order to return you home.....Come, girl." She half ordered as she headed off toward the audience chamber. her favorite room in the entire castle.

She let the young girl collect herself and her things before following. She opened both doors to the room with a small drip of magic before moving to run her hand up her chair, moving to touch the mirror near her throne. It was a quite large room, all made of stone. It was quite typical of the realm. Only her own reflection gracing her presence. The queen shook her head and moved to sit in her seat. "I have reason to believe that the woman I am searching for is no longer in my world. I could use your assistance in locating this woman...in payment for your transportation home." She explained.

"I was not the one to name the realm." This girl was more than a handful, almost worse then Snow White herself. It was quite an annoyance. However, the queen held her tongue. It was not worth having the young girl worked up as she was before. The queen simply let her ramble off with her silly comments and unimportant questions. The girl was quite impudent to be speaking so plainly with a queen, normally she would have someone jailed for speaking this way. However, from the simple lack of guards in the palace it was not worth having to take her down there herself. Especially if the girl could be of such great use to her.

When they arrived at the throne room, the queen watched the girl as she followed up the steps to glance into her magic mirror. It made the queen frown in disapproval. "It would be in best interest of your life to remove your hand from my mirror..." The woman said calmly, but with authority. The mirror was the only person who spoke truth to her and that she trusted to make all her decisions. She would always guard him with her life. The crack up the glass of the mirror only proved that she was not able to protect him. The next task she would face would be to mend her closest friend and restore him to his former glory.

"Snow White." She stated quite simple. "Lips red as the rose. Hair black as ebony. Skin white as snow..." She repeated the mirror's description. Those words would never leave her memory at the mere knowledge of the existence of someone more beautiful than herself. "You do what you must to bring her to me. Dead or alive, I do not care." All she cared about was getting proof of her death. If this girl could bring her back one way or another, the queen would handle everything else herself. The huntsman and Terra had both failed her and by the time she was able to manage to do it herself, the fair maiden had protection. "What say you?"

The queen watched the girl rather intently as she swiftly removed her hands from the mirror. The last thing she wanted was for the girl to damage it more with her grubby little hands. The mirror was her most prized possession. It was hard enough knowing that someone had harmed him while she was away. There was a way to mend the mirror and she would surely find out. In the meantime, she needed everyone to stay as far away from the object as physically possible. It was obvious that the girl was now a bit intimidated and for extremely good reason. She had no idea what the queen was capable of. Yet, the girl still asked questions. "Very. Far more than you are aware."

Though, she was displeased by the girl's comment about Snow White. Hmph. Of course she was beautiful. It was the reason she needed to be killed. "Precisely..." She added, a subtle frown painted across her delicate face. "It is part of the reason why she's managed to live as long as she has. Tricking my men into believing she is far more innocent than she truly is. Such a facade..."

That's when Hono began to backpedal and the queen shook her head. "There is no other way... but if you noted, I did not say kill. I said to bring her back here. It is your choice on how you do that. Though, a note again. I do not enjoy repeating myself." The Queen expressed as she rested both arms on her throne and leaned back comfortably to watch the girl. This was a choice she had to make. Especially if she planned to even leave this world of her own accord.