"Hear ye, hear ye!" cried the royal town crier.

"The Queen would like to announce that she has a new

opening in the castle,"

There was uproar of commotion in the crowd. I was a part

of that commotion. Who doesn't want a job in the castle? You

could get a chance to hang out with the Queen, Sophia

White! Everyone was anxiously waiting to see what the job was.

Clearing his throat he cried, "The new job opening will be

the Queen's Royal Beautician."

Oh my gosh! I am an expert on everything there has to do

with beauty. Whether it's nails, hair, makeup, clothes,

accessories, or even beauty tips, I was the perfect person to get

the job.

The next day, the Queen had auditions to see who

would be her next beautician. I definitely was going to audition.

I wasn't surprised to see all of the people there. There were

mostly females, but I saw a few males here and there.

After waiting for literally seven hours, I was next. " it's

show time," I thought in my head. For I knew I had to impress

her to get .this job.

"Miss, a---," The Queen's royal announcer was fumbling

through papers to find my name.

"Ah, yes, Miss Evie Queen, please choose one of these

beauty objects on the table and demonstrate what to do on this

here mannequin." he said sounding very bored.

"Yes, sir," I said in sort of a whisper. I didn't know which

one to choose. There must have been hundreds of beauty

supplies for me to choose from. I finally decided what to pick

after I scanned the supplies. I grabbed the most beautiful lipstick

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I had ever seen. It was so red it almost looked like blood. I

applied it to the mannequin very carefully knowing that if I

make one little mistake, I was out. Once I was done the Queen

starred at me with a curious expression on her face. Then finally

she spoke. I have never heard the Queen speak but I was

surprised when she did.

"Miss Queen, why did you pick that lipstick?" she said

with her very, calm and curious voice.

"I don't know, I guess it stood out to me the most," I said

hoping that was the explanation she was looking for.

"Thank you, you may go," she said with a smile . I couldn't

tell if she was smiling because she liked me, or if she was

smiling because she had one less person to interview. I was so

disappointed. I thought she would choose me right away. Maybe

I wasn't fit for this particular job.

The sound of the town crier's horn woke me up. I quickly

got dressed to see what the commotion was about.

"Hear ye, hear ye," he said as usually. I don't know how

many times I've heard that before. You know, they should really

get him a new instrument to blow, because that one is seriously

annoying.

"The Queen-would like to announce her new beautician,"

he said-out of breath because of his annoying blowing. I was

over joyed; I thought she would tell you right away if you were

fit for the job. I didn't know that she would announce it today.

Everyone Wf!S smiling and chattering about how it was going to

be them.

"Settle down everyone," he said annoyed.

"Our new beautician is ... Evie Queen!" the crier yelled. I

couldn't believe I was the new beautician. They picked me!

The crier took me to the castle faster than I could have

flown. I immediately got to work. The Queen came in to see

what I was working on. Honestly, I wasn't really working on

anything, I was just pretending. I mean I didn't know what to

do. If you were to see this room, you wouldn't believe your

eyes. I think she has more beauty products that all of the stores

in our village.

"Evie, do my hair," the Queen demanded. Even though she

didn't say please, I didn't take it personally. I probably would do

the same if I had servants waiting on me hand and foot.

"Yes your grace," I replied quietly.

'"Do speak up, I can hardly hear you," she exclaimed.

"Yes your grace," I said a little louder.

I started on her medium length black hair. It was the

smoothest thing I've ever touched in my entire life! I couldn't

believe this was her actual hair. I would do anything to have her

hair.

"Evie, I want to get to know you since you're going to be

here forever," she demanded. I didn't really think about being

' here forever, but I was happy she wanted to get to know a

peasant girl like me.

"What do you want to know?" I asked.

"Everything," she said

"Everything? Well, urn, where do I start? My life isn't very

exciting."

"Oh? What about your ancestors? Are there any exciting

stories about them?"

"Well, my mom owned her own cosmetics shop. My dad

was a farmer, my-"

"Where are your parents?" she said cutting me off.

"They have passed away, your grace," I whispered sadly.

"Oh, I'm so sorry. My deepest respects, Evie," she said

with compassion. The Queen isn't actually a brat like I thought

she would be. She is actually quite nice.

"Do go on," she demanded again.

"Where was I? Oh yes, my grandma was a Queen, actually.

I never really met her, but I've heard magnificent stories.

"Well how fascinating? That is really something special,"

"Yeah, I guess it is," I said realizing it actually was

something pretty cool about my past.

"What about you, my Queen? Would you mind sharing any

interesting stories about your past?"

"Well, my parents were just the King and Queen," she said

acting like that wasn't a big deal.

"My grandma was actually a Queen too. But, she has a very

interesting story,"

"Do tell me what it is, your grace," I asked hoping I

' wouldn't get thrown in the dungeon for asking her such a

personal question.

"Okay ify~u really must know. My grandma's name was

Snow White. She was such a beautiful girl. With her ruby red

lips, and her pale, snow skin. She was a princess. Her mother

was Queen but past away along with her father. She was left

with her evil stepmother. Her evil stepmother wanted Snow

White killed because she wanted to be the most beautiful and

fairest one of all. The Evil Queen sent her huntsman to kill her

in the woods. He couldn't do it of course, because the huntsman

was a very good man. He told her to run away as fast as she

could as far away from the Queen as possible. She ran far, far,

far away until she found a little cottage. She went inside to see if

she could take shelter there for the night. She didn't find anyone

there, so she thought it was a nice place to sleep. After cleaning

up a little bit, she took a nap upstairs in some very tiny beds.

When she awoke she found seven dwarfs hovering over her.

They were very nice to her, and let her stay as long as she

cleaned and cooked for them. Snow White made seven tiny, new

friends that day."

"Do you remember the huntsman?" the Queen asked.

"Yes. What happened to him?" I asked.

"The huntsman brought back the insides of a pig and faked

them for Snow Whites. At first the Evil Queen believed him, but

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she soon found out that wasn't true. She made a plan to find

Snow White and get rid of her herself with a poison apple. The

Evil Queen' whipped up a disguise faster than you could say

"apple pie." She found Snow White with the help of her magical

mirror and sought out to give her the poison apple. She found

the cottage and peeked through the window. She found Snow

White cleaning for the dwarfs to surprise them when they got

home. The Evil Queen knocked on the door and told Snow

White that she picked this apple especially for the most beautiful

girl in the land. Snow White was flattered and took a big bite.

She dies of course. The dwarfs put her in a glass coffin and

decorated it beautifully. A prince came by three days later, and

kissed her. She arose from the dead, and they lived happily ever

after."

"Wait, hold up your majesty. What was the Evil Queen's

real name?"

"Gritnhilde I believe," she said trying to remember. I was

trying to decide whether or not to tell the Queen, the one with all

of the power, the one person who can kill me with a snap of her

fingers, that the "Evil Queen" was tny grandmother. My hero,

my role model, my grandma was the "Evil Queen". I knew what

I had to do. I had to do the right thing.

"Your majesty, there's something I need to tell you,"

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"What is it Evie? Did you do something wrong with my

hai.r? Oh no! Evie, did you do something wrong with my hair?

Answer me!"

"No, nothing is wrong with your hair, it's as glamorous as

ever" '

"Oh good, I was very worried for a second there,"

"Any ways, I need to tell you something,"

"Okay, go on with it then,"

·"Well, HOW COULD YOU INSULT MY

GRANDMOTHER LIKE THAT?" I screamed a loud enough

for the Queen to hang me right there on the spot.

"What? Evie why are you screaming at me? I am your

Queen. How dare you scream at me like that?" she said with

fury.

. "How dare I? How dare I? You're the one going around

telling everyone my grandmother was an Evil Queen!'' I

screa~ed again.

"Oh, I see now. YOUR BLOOD-THIRSTY

GRANDMOTI-IER TRIED TO KILL MY PERFECT

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GRANDMOTHER! GUARDS SEIZE HER!" she said way

louder than I did.

"No please, I'm sorry can we just sort this out. I just want

you to know my side of the story. The reason she did that. I

know that she tried to poison Snow White and that was awful,

but please hear me out," I begged

"Fine. Very well," she said. With a wave of her hand the

guards were gone like that.

"Thank you, your grace. I know what my grandmother did

was wrong," I said apologetically. She looked at me and it

seemed like she was staring into my soul.

"Okay, it was very wrong, but I think I know why she did

it.

"Okay, tell me what you think," she said understandingly.

"Thank you. My grandmother, Grimhilde, was mistreated

when she was a child. Her parents never loved her. They never

paid any attention to _her, so when she got older, she wanted

someone to notice her. She married the King, but still wanted

more attention. Everyone loved Snow White. They all were in

love with Snow White and how pure she was. She wanted that

too. The only way to get it was to kill her she thought. So she

made a mistake of killing Snow White. But I know, deep, deep

down, she felt horrible for doing it." I explained.

"Oh tny goodness, thank you for sharing that with me.

GUARDS SEIZE HER!" she yelled.

"What? Why are you still mad at me? Please, please

understand. I would never hurt you, or let alone try to poison

you," I said very sinc·ere.

·"Oh Evie, I am just kidding. Got ya!'' she said having a

laughing attack.

"Can we be friends, and put all of this behind us?" I asked.

"Of course, we can be best friends," she said.

From that day on, she was my best friend. I know she will always be.

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I am Kate Nichole Merrill. I have three sisters who are so

much fun. My parents are amazing, and my puppy Millie

is too. My favorite color is blue. I love blue everything!

Whether it's blueberries or the ocean, I love blue. My

avorite food is pizza, especially homemade pizza. My

·favorite holiday is Christmas, because I love the music,

food, snow, decorations, and spending time with family. I

am never sad in December. I play soccer, and piano. Art

is another one of my favorite things to do. I am obsessed

with anything Disney. Disney movies to Disneyland, I love

it all. One of my favorite stories is Snow White. It inspire '

me to write my very own fractured fairytale on it. That's

Once upon a time, there were two girls

named Evie Queen and Sophia the Queen. -

They learn about each other's past and are

surprised by the truth. Will they become

friends or enemies? Will they live happily

ever after?