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"Lady Grimhilde, please, may I know who you are, What do you want from my father?", "why would you want to know? it's already too late, my love.", "what?! what's too late, huh?", "hey don't run away! where are you going?!" she faded between thick smoke, snow tried to reach, but all she reached was the reality, furthermore she realized all that was a nightmare she didn't want to remember. "it's still the dead of night, the stars look so bright in it the sky, it makes me forget what I dreamed of... am I overthinking it...? Nah, it's just a dream, I just have to stop exaggerating this whole thing..." Snow then put her head against the wall and stared about From the window, she dozed off.
she heared a voice coming from the palace grounds, she dangled her head down the window but she didn't see anyone, she wore her soft warm robe, and headed out, "Um, princess, are you okay? Do you want me to escort you?", "No you don't need to, only if you insist though.", she went downstairs with the guard, the voice came nearer and nearer. It's a kid, his cry is rather unusual, Snow ran towards the garden gates, an old woman on her knees carrying a kid about one year or so, Snow stepped forward, the guards were trying to drag her out, "Hey, wait a minute." "Princess, you shouldn't bother dealing with thugs.", "giving someone a title, what right do you have?" "Uh—um, please forgive me, princess." Snow looked at the old lady, she was trembling, her hands were red as blood, she was freezingly holding that baby between her arms, Snow clasped her hands, "she's cold. take her in and put them in a warm room, I hope you make it easy on me." She grabbed the baby from her hands she slightly turned him around facing herself, she put her robe around him hoping he might calm down, shivering, shivering, she asked for warm water to bathe the baby, the old lady took the baby from Snow since She's inexperienced in such things, "Umh, okay then I'll let you rest and we will talk tomorrow." "Thanks" the old lady replied with her phlegmy voice, you can tell she went through a lot. Snow nodded her head and went back to sleep.
"Snow white! Wake up!", "lady Grimhilde is questioning that lady you took in yesterday!", Lily said rushing through Snow's room. "Li–Lily!" She jumped off the bed, she ran all the way to that mischievous lady. "Lady Grimhilde!" Snow said panting, she ran towards the lady and the child didn't seem involved, he wasn't with her. "What is the meaning of this lady Grimhilde?" "I'm just being responsible for your amateur behavior, sweetheart.", "I'm going to my father right this instance!", she started it with a chuckle then her tone changed to a laugh, "haha, okay little princess, I give up since you look so fierce, it's unlike the royal's family behavior, I'll be the one responsible if you changed into a wild barking dog.", "Are you being serious...yo—why? What responsibility?" You'll understand when you're older, "Snow White". Snow's sensitive heart could not take it, humiliation, anger, frustration her eyes burst with tears, she took the lady's hand and ran away.
She entered the old lady's room and brushed her tears off. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean that to happen, I just wanted to help you and the baby... may I know your na–" the little kid interrupted Snow and started hugging her sleeping dress Snow knelt to the ground, "Hh! There you are!" Her eyes went all sparkles.
"May I know your name lady?" , "my name is Penelope. What would you like me to call you?" "You can call me Snow white", "And what's your name little fella?" "Leo-l" he answered Snow opening his as wide as they can be, "his name Leon." The old lady explained his baby talk, "hmm... so, are you his mother?", "No, he is my daughter's child, she died while delivering him..." "oh, I'm sorry..." Snow didn't know what to say at the moment, "Snow White, you're still a child, you put yourself in a problem for me and this kid. You should think before doing things, I think you are a really nice child but that doesn't change the fact that you put yourself in a huge problem and even danger.", " That's the least I can do, you saw how I ran anyway, I'm such a coward!",
If you were a cowered, you wouldn't put yourself in danger from the first place, isn't that right?" Penelope said while preparing the baby's ointment, "you think so..." Snow stayed silent for a couple of minutes watching the baby and observing their behavior, "I want to ask some questions, Penelope, if you don't mind.", "go ahead. Hmph, an old lady—well, an intruder came barging on the castle gates. I was expecting you to ask me anytime anyway. But at least you will hear my story.", "Yes, I'll hear it to the very end, Penelope, all I ask is you to be honest and I'll try my best to help you out.", and there she went telling her story from young her to herself now.
her daughter lived as an aristocrat, she was given the title after finding medicine for the pandemic that prevailed 10 years ago, she then got married to a decent man but he then had a severe fever after she was pregnant with Leon, he died in her 6th month of pregnancy, her sorrow for her husband didn't make her give up on her baby, she held in for the baby's sake but sadly she died while giving birth to her baby, she gave him his name with the last breath she had. "I mean...I never imagined her..." Penelope's eyes turned red and were glittered with tears. Snow White gave her handkerchief to Penelope.
"But you know, everything went harder on us. No one acknowledged this baby and I'm trying to give him his rights, he will grow up to be a slave if I do nothing..."
MIRIAM ALQAM