Episode 5

**Episode 5** of Forever After is the fifth episode in the series.

## Summary

Robin and Tank must solve Snow White's story before the Demon Trees get into the cottage.

## Plot

Robin and Tank are quickly able to find Snow White asleep under her broken bed right before the Demon Trees break through the door. Robin tries to wake her by shaking, and when she doesn't, asks Tank if she has to be awake, and he responds that he thinks so. Robin braces herself and yells that the Queen is coming to Snow White's wedding, and Snow White sits up, exclaiming the Queen will be there over her hot coals.

Snow White is undisturbed by the appearance of the trees, explaining that they had gotten the last Prince Charming to attempt the story, and that the Huntsman had gotten the first two, with Robin being the fourth to attempt the story. The trees attempt to reach the people inside again, and Tank prompts Robin to finish the story.

As Robin reads the ending, Snow White nervously asks what will happen after she's given her happily ever after. Robin interrupts her, reciting the ending of *Little Snow Whit*e as white swirls of magic rise from the book, surrounding them as Snow White is given her happily-ever-after.

Robin looks around to see that she is back in the Fates' forest. The Fates congratulate her on finishing the story, and Robin punches them again, wanting to know why she wasn't started off easy, and they tell her they'd lost three Prince Charmings and she didn't strike them as a real loss since she was a rather bargain-bin person. They then point out that she proved them wrong.

Tank and Robin briefly celebrate completing *Little Snow White*, with Robin commenting on how it wasn't so bad. Tank refutes her comment, pointing out that she had it easy by coming in at the end of the story. The Fates tell Robin she won't have that luxury every time, and will have to start the next story from the beginning, sending her and Tank off again.

Robin wants to know where they are before laying down on some grass to rest, and Tank tells her there is no time to nap. Robin scolds Tank for nagging, saying they have forever, and Tank responds that they don't because the Wicked Witch is always going to try to stop them. Robin asks Tank if he knows what's up with these quests, if he knows why the Fates pull people here to teach them lessons even though they have lives to live in the real world, or if the Fates even care if the princes get hurt or traumatized.

Tank explains it wasn't always that way. The Princes used to get assigned to one story and the villains kept to their roles, until the Wicked Witch rose to power. Cheery music interrupts, and Robin is immediately interested in the apparent party. Tank asks if Robin can focus for five minutes so they can figure out what story they are in. Robin opens the book to the story *Little Briar Rose*, and grows excited at the thought of doing her favorite fairy tale.

Tank reads the first few lines of the story, and comments that it can't be easy, otherwise another prince would have done it. Robin replies they probably didn't recognize the original title by the Brothers Grimm, because it is best known as the story of Sleeping Beauty.

## Important Events

* Robin and Tank finish the story of *Little Snow White*
* Robin and Tank begin the story of *Little Briar Rose*

## Characters

Robin

Tank

Snow White

The Fates

Wicked Witch (Mentioned)

## Credits

*Written by Violet Matter*

*Storyboarding by Valery Yu*

*Art by Hannah Patten*

Backgrounds by Megan Roberts

*Lettering by Kylie Hunsinger*

*Copy editing by Kat Vendetti*

*Produced by Quinn Sosna-Spear and Wil Kennedy*

## Trivia

* In the ending of the original German version of Snow White penned by the Brothers Grimm, the Queen is punished for trying to kill Snow White at her wedding to the prince, and is made to dance wearing a pair of iron shoes, heated red-hot over coals, until she falls over dead

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow\_White