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Sour Apple Act One: Someday

The door slammed, its echoes going throughout the castle. Lorelei growled as she whipped the decorated box onto the wall, destroying it, not caring about the blood that dripped onto the ground. She was the Mirror gleam behind her, as she stared.

"Not Epel's heart, I would assume," The Mirror hummed, "Such a shame that your loyal huntsman wasn't so loyal anymore."

"That bastard," She hissed, "To make a fool out of me!"

Lorelei grabbed a candle stick and banged it against the wall, still furious. "He shall rue the day that man decided to make me into a fool. That means suddenly decide to have a heart for that farm boy."

"Oh, you poor soul," The Mirror hummed softly, "I do have answers of where he resides but I do hope you know how to get them."

"Where is he!?" Lorelei demanded, "Mirror, Mirror, hanging like a fly, where does Epel reside?"

The Mirror's image warped to see a small cottage deep in the woods, and the next image showed Epel sleeping peacefully, with animals surrounding him. It made her sick, as that was once her in that position, and now she's here, bitter and angry.

"What do I have to do to keep this status," She sighed, her eyes looking at the Mirror's face, which was now back with a smile, "How do I get rid of Epel, once for all."

"Best to do that yourself, my queen, though you have beauty, you are also very intelligent. I do believe that you have the answers."

Lorelei managed to take a breath and stormed out of the room and onto the highest point where an old alchemist lab was reused by the queen. She only had the night to prepare. She knew it would take all whole night if it meant to get rid of Epel.

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"I worry for Epel now," Vil admitted, looking out the window, deep in the woods. "I hope he's safe out there."

"Oh, mon roi du poison," Rook sighed and looked over. "I believe in Epel's strong wit. I also gave him a proper weapon, hidden within his basket. Now, my poor père."

"Is he still upset?" Vil questioned.

"He keeps thinking that the queen will murder him for his disobeidence," Rook explained. "I do not want to believe him, but my eyes do not lie to the horrors we have seen together."

Vil nodded and still looked out of the window, simply praying for his brother's safety.

"I will make sure he will leave to a place my mother would never find him, but for the time being, we need to find Epel. I want to know if he's safe."

"Tomorrow Morning, my Roi. You deserve the rest." Rook insisted, helping Vil to bed.

Vil nodded and let Rook take him to bed, looking out the window one last time.

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Unaware to many, the cottage deep in the woods belonged to dwarfs. They often lived in solitude, but of course, people know that these dwarfs and let them have their peace.

Every evening was the same, mining after a few moments in tow. They sell jewels for a great profit. They know what they are doing, making sure the jewels are just as authentic for the people.

So, of course, they are at the mines, humming along the echoes of the caves.

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We dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig

In a mine, the whole day through

To dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig

Is what we like to do

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The Dwarves are a pair of seven, each different personality-wise.

Doc was the eldest, but a fun-loving one and the considered group leader. He was known for double-checking for the jewels that could attract anyone, and he made the best inventions to boot, helping them with harder pieces of rocks that a pickaxe couldn't break.

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It ain't no trick to get rich quick

If you dig, dig, dig with a shovel or a pick

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Happy was the happiest dwarf alive, which, in no surprise, is how he got his name. He has a passion for music which makes people smile and is a great salesman, selling jewels ever so easily. He also does some decorations with the jewels for extra profit, and he's well cherished because of it.

Grumpy was the opposite, a ticking time bomb ready to blow if things go wrong. But just because he is named Grumpy does not mean he wasn't rude. He has a soft spot for the others, especially the youngest, Dopey. He is also brutally honest, which many townsfolk have respected as he could say the jewel doesn't fit the person and grabs a better option. Nice guy in his own right.

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In a mine (In a mine)

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Bashful lives off his name, being so incredibly shy. He isn't used to affection so anything nice could make him blush in an instant. But that doesn't stop him from being a good miner, and the one who often protects the mines when everyone else goes to town. He knows how to be brave, just when he's by himself.

Sneezy was a poor soul, he had many allergies that everyone had to make sure that his nose would be hidden so he wouldn't sneeze to high degrees. But other than that, he's very sweet and hardworking and has a great sense of care. He never lets his allergies get him in a bad mood and happily sells jewels despite him.

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Where a million diamonds (Shine)

We dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig

From early morn 'til night

We dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig

Up everything in sight

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Sleepy is the sleepiest person alive. Many are concerned about his actual sleep schedule, all because it's fully booked. Every moment in his life is surrounded by sleep, so he is used to it. His sleepwalking is one of his perks, as he can mine without much of an issue, and helps. So people do leave him alone when he does sleep.

Dopey was practically the baby, the youngest. He is very clumsy but incredibly well-meaning, he never harmed others and is very friendly. But he can be very naive and does harm unintentionally, which brings him down, but he knows that the dwarfs would never be too upset at him and he is internally grateful for them.

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We dig up diamonds by the score

A thousand rubies, sometimes more

Though we don't know what we dig 'em for

We dig, dig, dig-a-dig, dig

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The clock rang as the time hit 8:00, the time to end and go home for the day. Doc turned and grinned, "Another day at the mines."

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Heigh-ho

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The Dwarfs got ready to end the day. Putting the jewels away in carts, bagging the coals for fires, and locking down at the mine for the night. It was the routine and they all knew it as the whistles into the sunset.

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Heigh-ho

Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, heigh ho

Heigh-ho, heigh-ho

It's home from work, we go

Heigh-ho

Heigh-ho, heigh-ho

It's home from work, we go

Heigh-ho, heigh-ho

Heigh-ho, hum

Heigh-ho, heigh-ho

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The Whistling stopped as Doc stumbled back in shock, causing everyone to stop along with him.

"Who left the door open?" He questioned, looking at the opened door. "I thought we agreed to lock the door every time we went out. Bashful?"

"D-don't look at me," Bashful gulped, "It wasn't my t-turn. It was G-grumpy's."

"Mine? Oh please, it was Dopey's!"

Everyone looked at Dopey before he whistled in defeat, admitting to his negligence. He knew about the rule but ran after being left behind, forgetting about the door altogether.

"Alright, let's see if anything happened," Doc strategized, "just in case someone decided to steal everything we own."

"I hope not," Sneezy gulped.

The Dwarfs gulped and walked into the house and were surprised to see that nothing was stolen, and the house was clean as diamonds, practically shining. And something was being cooked in their pot, which made them hungry. But who could do this, they pondered.

"Ah, that smelled amazingly," Sneezy sniffled, before pulling away completely, ready to sneeze.

Thank the dwarfs managed to stop him before he made a mess.

"T-thank you," he sighed.

"Should we check upstairs?" Happy recommended.

"Yeah, I wanna go to bed," Sleepy yawned.

"You always want to go to bed," Grumbled Grumpy. "But yeah, we should check upstairs. To see if that thief is still at this house."

The Dwarfs looked at each other one last time and began their travels upstairs, only using a small candle as a light source. As they began to walk forward, snores began to be heard, causing them to step back in fear, even for a moment.

"…Sleeping?" Sneezy gulped.

"Is Sleepy….?" Doc looked back.

"No, it wasn't me," yawned Sleepy. "I wish it were me though."

As they went closer, they saw the light from their bedroom. As they approached, they saw a delicate figure sleeping on the bed, their snores between soft and loud at the same time.

They were mesmerized for a moment.

"A lady?" Happy questioned. "But how did she get here?"

"And why?" Grumpy added, "Did she clean our house?"

"W-well, I bet she did," Bashful nodded. "She does look pretty though."

The figure moved slightly and yawned, causing the dwarfs to back away, hiding when the stranger arose.

"Hmm, how long have I been asleep?" The stranger yawned and looked around, "Must've been a few hours, at least..I hope the soup I made isn't burned."

The stranger looked around and saw an upside flower pot and quickly got up and looked down at the dwarfs they stared for a few moments before the stranger jumped to grab a candlestick ready to attack.

"Woah!Woah!" Grumpy gasped, getting up. "Hey! No need to get defensive, considering you went to our house!"

"…you live here?" The stranger looked at them. "I thought the place was abandoned, considering how disgusting it looked."

"So you did clean it." Doc exclaimed, "Well, I thank you, ma'am. Maybe my cleaning machine went haywire again and didn't clean it. I apperiate you."

"…Ma'am?"

"You are a young lady, are you not?"

The stranger's face went to disgust and rolled their eyes, now muttering to themselves before saying, "I'm a boy. And my..my name's Epel."

"Epel? As in Prince Epel!?" Gasped Sneezy.

"Yes! …And I am…sorry for entering without your permision. I didn't know you guys lived here."

"No worries," Doc smiled, "You did us a favor and we are glad that you seem to be in good condition."

Epel looked down and got up, stretching. "And sorry for attacking you, I got defensive. After what happened today, I've just became cautious,"

"Oh, how about this," Doc comforted, "we eat and we can get to know each other. You are a guest, after all, and we should give you the best hospitaility."

Epel smiles a little, before looking at the dwarfs, "Well, you guys should get ready, and I'll get things started. I would prefer you guys not having coal on you before eating."

Epel walked downstairs, leaving the dwarfs alone. He was happy that he was safe and the dwarfs were nice enough to let him, and that he didn't have to explain himself and his situation….yet.

But he wanted to go further, to escape much more. But he concluded that he managed to find a safe place and without that, he would've been already dead in the woods somewhere.

He started to hum softly, trying to keep his mind clear.

Once he got the bowls, he noticed engraved names on them.

"Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sneezy, Bashful, Sleepy, and Dopey..?" Epel read, confused. "Those are dwarfs' names?"

"Indeed it is!" Doc grinned, "I'm Doc. You can say I run the place."

"Yeah, I suppose so." Epel shrugged, filling the bowls with soup. "You don't mind setting up the table then?"

"Oh, it'll be our pleasure!" Doc beamed, grabbing some of the bowls with his hands and the extra hands exited out of his hat, grabbing some of the others. "Oh, don't mind these, I am an inventor, so these things are natural to me."

"Wow! I never seen that before," Epel's eyes lit up happily. "I mean… I have seen things here and there but never saw them up close."

"Oh, I understand," Doc laughed, setting the table. "Being a prince, you probably haven't seen much sights."

"I have!" Defended Epel, "I just…I didn't see all of things I want to see and now I live in some sort of…fear now."

"Oh, you poor thing. I hope you know that I am here to talk if you need it. You are a guest now, Epel, and I hope we can make it the best."

Epel managed a smile and set the table with forks, spoons, and cups full of water.

The other dwarfs came in, talking and whistling amongst themselves, now happy to have a proper meal after a long day in the mines.

"Thank you very much, Epel," Happy thanked with gratitude. "It looks fantastic."

"I hope I'm not allergic to anything here," Sneezy hoped.

Dopey whistled happily in agreement.

"Thanks," Epel blushed a little, "I just happened to cook with my mother when I was younger and this was a simple recipe I remembered."

"Please, sit down with us," Happy invited.

Epel just sat down and looked at the table, then down at his soup, now nervous.

It's been so long since he had his mother's soup. Especially after his "dethronement", he wasn't able to be…what he used to be. He was just a shell of what he once was. A boy who wanted a loving home to a boy with no home at all, in just a single night. That's why he was happy when Jack offered escape, and he knew he had to be patient until he had to leave.

He should be grateful that he survived at all, and he is. A nice meal in a nice home was something he wanted after so long.

"Oh! How about we dance!" Happy grinned, rushing out of his seat, and grabbing his guitar.

"Really?" Epel questioned.

"Oh, this?" Grumpy groaned, rolling his eyes. "I guess we could. It's a tradition we have, to celebrate with a guest."

"It's a favorite," Sleepy yawned.

"Well, if one shall celebrate, then who am I stop you. Can I?" Epel smiled.

"Of course!"

After dinner, the dwarfs managed to move everything to give the living room an open space and all grabbed some instruments to start. Epel was seated in the audience.

The music began and Happy entered the floor, happy…as his namesake.

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I'd like to dance and tap my feet

But they won't keep in rhythm

You see, I washed them both today

And I can't do nothing with 'em

Ho-hum, the tune is dumb

The words don't mean a thing

Isn't this a silly song

For anyone to sing?

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Epel laughed at the tune as he enjoyed the song.

Bashful was next, being pushed by Happy towards Epel.

"I…" He gulped and hid behind his hat, causing some to laugh. "I…hehe."

Epel laughed a little.

Grumpy, who was managing the organ, bashed the keys, causing some steam loud enough to make Bashful start to sing.

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I chased a polecat up a tree

Way out on upon a limb

And when he got the best of me

I got the worst of him

Ho-hum, the tune is dumb

The words don't mean a thing

Isn't this a silly song

For anyone to sing?

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Epel laughed and started to dance along with him, but was surprised when Dopey appeared, now as tall as him. He and Sneezy, who was underneath, bowed, offering to dance.

"You want to dance?" Epel smiled, "Well, you asked so politely, of couse."

Epel grabbed Dopey's hand and started to do a folk dance he also learned as a young boy, with Sneezy trying to catch up. Epel was slow enough to teach him how and he was unsure how long they danced but it ended once Sneezy, who couldn't hold it in anymore and made a blow out sneezed.

But it made everyone else laugh happily, relaxing on the ground.

"Wow, that was a celebration," Epel laughed, "I never had so much fun like that before, dancing. I used to hate it."

After his mother died, he hated it.

"Well we always celebrate hard." Grumpy groaned.

"We do." Doc agreed.

Epel sighed and looked outside, watching the night sky.

"Do you have a song?" Happy asked Epel.

"Me? Um…do you want me to? I…Maybe I should." Epel considered. "But I should start with a story."

"Really?" Bashful looked up, "We do love stories. Dopey loves them the most."

Dopey nodded rapidly, agreeing with Bashful's claim.

"Once, there was a prince, "Epel started looking back at the night.

"Was the princess you?" Doc asked.

"And she fell in love," Epel continued, now thinking about Jack. "With a handsome prince.."

"Was it hard to do?" Bashful also asked, looking down.

"Well, it was very easy," Epel chuckled and sat down, "Anyone could see that the Prince was charming. The only one for me."

"Was he strong and handsome?" Doc questioned again.

"Was he big and tall?" Sneezy added to the questions.

"There's nobody like him anywhere at all," Epel sighed happily.

"Did he say he loved ya?" wondered Bashful.

"Did he steal a kiss?" Hinted Happy.

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He was so romantic, I could not resist

Someday, my prince will come

Someday, we'll meet again

And away to his castle, we'll go

To be happy forever, I know

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As he sings, his mind wanders off. He was daydreaming about Jack, hoping that one day he would come back and meet up with Epel again. Maybe to even wed, which still worried him but now less.

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We'll find our love anew

Someday, when spring is here

And the birds will sing

And wedding bells will ring

Someday, when my dreams come true

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That night ended with a beautiful tune that filled the woods and wolf ears twitched, hearing it.

"Epel…"

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