A Golden Apple Tree

Reiko was eating red apples with Snow White as if nothing had happened.

"I can feel this tree is different. Absolutely unique" Reiko said, gleefully touching the trunk of the tree with her hands. She cut off a small branch and put it in her bag.

Snow White was sitting quietly behind the apple tree. She was pensive. Reiko sat next to Snow White.

Reiko started to caressing of Snow White's white hair.

- What do you think?

- I'm not as strong as you, Reiko.

- Do not worry. I'll always be with you.

- No, it's not it… My stepmother, like your father the King, is forcing me to marry.

- What are you saying?! You refused, didn't you ?!

- I'm not as free as you are. Also…

- Also?

- My stepmother says… I have to kill you… in the future.

- What?! Why?!

"I do not know… The Immortal seems to have confused her… She is muttering something every night…" Snow White closed her face with her hand and began to cry.

"Do not worry. Angels or dragons, no matter who they are. I'm going to kill everyone who pisses you off!" Reiko took a handkerchief and started wiping Snow White's tears on her cheeks. Between her white hair, a pair of bright blue eyes stared innocently. Her face was pink when she could stop crying.

"I won't let anyone make you cry" Reiko hugged Snow White and kissed her lips. Snow White didn't refuse. She has been with Reiko for a long time. Just nobody knew.

When Reiko took Snow White's clothes off, an apple fell near them. When Snow White looked at the apple, suddenly her eyes filled with hope.

- I found!

"Hm? What did you find?" Reiko said as she kissed Snow White's neck.

- Maybe I should take these apples to my stepmother and poison her with using them!

"Hm? Do not worry. When we return, I will destroy all men approaching you, and all your problems must be solved" said Reiko and she pushed Snow White to the ground.

They ate the forbidden apple together.

***

After looking one last time; Reiko, Snow White, the Old shaman and the guards completed all their preparations and set off again. The huge apple tree, as they saw for the first time, stood there with all its glory. Their journey was much more smooth than before with learning the prochecy…

After they left, the tree's broken fruits and leaves had come back slowly. The regeneration speed was very high. Although the only shaman among them, the old man, had noticed this anomaly, but there were many things to take care of with just a little time.

And the group continued their travel.

When there was no one around the apple tree, the tree began to grow more and more. Marwa's earth energy was spreading all over the area. This energy he can manipulate was too much and each of the apples at the ends of the branches rapidly matured and fell. Shortly after, the red apples on the tree were replaced with golden coloured fruits.

***

When the two young men saw the glowing gold armoured guards moving away, they waited for a while and then came back to the apple tree. Because one of them escaped heavily wounded, they did not go too far.

However, This new view they encountered stunned them.

A sixty-meter tree with yellow fruits of the size of a melon…

- This… Is this still an apple tree?

- What else…

- Were this they doing?

- You mean, did they use some strange witchcraft on this tree?

- If it is not, then what?

- No idea. What we must report to the leader?

- Since we wouldn't stick our noses in the forbidden prochecy, we will be punished. We must report…

- This.

- Yes.

- A golden apple tree.