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It was not so very long ago, though this story did happen in the past.

Deep in the forest of a certain country, there was a small cottage.

In that cottage lived Snow White and seven dwarves.

This Snow White had not been chased out of her home, but rather had run away from the castle of her own free will. Apparently life in the castle was not very much fun. Though it was a small country, she was a princess, and would thus eventually be forced into a political marriage of convenience. Quite distasteful, don’t you think? Snow White thought so too.

But soon she began to get bored with life in the forest.

Thanks to the seven dwarves, Snow White didn’t have to worry about the basic necessities, and she got along very well with all the animals of the forest, but she had begun to wonder if life in the castle might not have been quite so bad.

Though she’d selfishly run away, everyone in the castle was a nice person. The political marriage simply could not be helped. In an age of rival warlords, the only way for a small nation to survive was to give a hostage to a stronger nation in order to cement an alliance.