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[onebadapple]

Yes, and I appreciate that you want to protect me, but I worry far more when I don't know what's going on, when your very healthy deteriorates.

Apple, please... I worry far more when you're not well and stressed. Perhaps I can help, but neither of us will know until you tell me.

[unfairest_ofthemall]

I doubt it, but...

[She sits on the bed.]

Did you get to meet Daring Charming?

[onebadapple]

Oh yes! He was quite sweet and taught me a fun little phrase. "Go with the flow" isn't that adorable!

[unfairest_ofthemall]

Yeah, it's... really cute.

... And just like I'm from your future, he's from mine. And he didn't have good news.

[onebadapple]

And what was the news?

[unfairest_ofthemall]

[She doesn't want to say the exact thing itself, so.]

... We... we're in a lot of danger. And it's really scary, and I'm afraid we can't stop it.

[onebadapple]

[That's not going to work, Apple.]

Apple, dear, what exactly is the danger?

[unfairest_ofthemall]

[Her fingers clutch her dress.]

... Headmaster Grimm said that if we don't follow our destinies... we'll all vanish. And Daring told me that your stepmother, the Evil Queen... she was released from her prison, and corrupted our destinies. Which means...

[Poof.]

[onebadapple]

I see....

[That...]

Well, that certainly seems plenty reason to be frightened.

But... when does this vanishing happen, exactly?

[unfairest_ofthemall]

I'm not sure when exactly... but it must be seconds before Daring arrived. In fact, being here is probably what saved his life. He was picked up at the exact second my destiny went wrong.

... He wasn't the one to kiss me awake from a poisoned sleep.

[onebadapple]

So it happens immediately, this disappearing?

Apple, perhaps, though, his kiss doesn't work, because he isn't your true love.

[unfairest_ofthemall]

But he needs to be my true love! That's his destiny, and mine!

Maybe the poison itself mixed up everything... Given who did it, I guess she didn't want a repeat of what happened before.

[Although 'why' still boggles her. Why would the Evil Queen want everyone to vanish - including herself and her own daughter?]

[onebadapple]

Now hold on, just a minute. Let's take a breath. I don't want you to stress.

Let's focus on the vanishing part.

Now, when, exactly do you vanish?

[unfairest_ofthemall]

If my mental calculations are correct... probably a few seconds after I wake up. Headmaster Grimm didn't say exactly how long it would take, but that would be right where destiny is altered.

[onebadapple]

Alright, so then, wouldn't you have vanished the moment Raven said she didn't want to hurt you?

I... can't say this with any pride, but my stepmother never hesitated. Wouldn't that make your destinies different already? And yet you remained around, healthy and fine.

[unfairest_ofthemall]

[She shakes her head.]

She still had time to come around. It doesn't matter when Raven poisoned me, although I would have preferred after graduation. The important thing was that she do it, and that it was Daring who woke me up.

[onebadapple]

Then let's skip ahead, Daring wasn't your true love's kiss, so who did wake you up?

[unfairest_ofthemall]

His sister, Darling Charming.

[onebadapple]

Oh! Then perhaps nothing is wrong!

[unfairest_ofthemall]

What? Of course it's still wrong! My destiny is to be woken up by Daring, not Darling! Switching siblings is a definite alteration!

[onebadapple]

Is it to be woken up by Daring, or is it to be woken up by your true love?

And before you say those are one and the same, think very carefully about the destiny in question.

[unfairest_ofthemall]

[Trying not to side-eye, given what Future Mom says.]

So I'm not in love with him now, I could love him in the future. Besides, this was decided when we were born.

[onebadapple]

Ah ah ah ah. No avoiding the question.

Apple, what does your destiny say. Is it true love's kiss, or Daring's kiss?

[unfairest_ofthemall]

... My true love. But that is supposed to be Daring! And I do love him!

[... on some level.]

[onebadapple]

No, Apple. True Love, even by the decree of destiny, cannot be forced. I'm not saying you don't love him, Apple, and Im sure he loves you too.

But he isn't your true love, and trying to force him to be, trying to force yourself to make him be, will only hurt the both of you in the end. If you still wish to marry him, that is your choice, but you can't do it because you're pretending he's your true love.

True love can't lie, Apple. That's why it breaks every curse.

Even ones about destiny, those curses are broken too when it comes to True Love. That's why it's so feared, because it's just so powerful.

True Love cannot be forced and it cannot be misguided, by anything.