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When Fantasy Meets Reality 01

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Chapter 01 - First Meeting


It was a magical encounter.

The moment Snow White met the Prince near the wishing well in the castle courtyard, she knew he had to be the one. Her one true love.

The way he serenades to her, the way he looked into her eyes, the way he placed his hand on his chest and then gestured it towards her, it all made Snow White felt head over heels.

There was no explanation to it. But she didn't need it. She just knew. She just knew that there was this powerful bond and strong connection between them, that someday they are meant to be together. Because when you really love someone you don't need proof. You can feel it.

She was already picturing the possible future in her mind. They would get married, having children, rule together as king and queen, and lived happily ever after. It couldn't be more perfect. She felt her heart would burst with happiness that not even her stepmother’s cruel treatment to her over the years could dampen her spirit. And so, she danced and spun and twirled like a little girl who just got a new beautiful dress for a birthday present.

She was just about to continue her work when Humbert the Huntsman came to her. “My apologies, princess, but the Queen told me to take you to the glade to pick some wildflowers.” the huntsman explained.

“Oh, of course! Let’s go together then!” the young princess replied merrily.

And so, Snow White and Humbert go to a nearby glade. It was a refreshing scenery in front of them. The green meadow, the clear river, and the lush forest, it was all a perfect view.

Snow White spotted several patches of wildflowers, and she immediately picked them, while still humming the song the Prince had sang to her earlier during their brief encounter.

She was picking some wildflowers on the next patch when suddenly she heard a chirp. She looked around and saw a baby blue bird chirping, turning its head left and right, as if its lost.

The young princess put down all of the wildflowers that she had picked and headed to the baby blue bird, wanting to comfort the little creature.

“Hello there. What’s the matter? Where’s your mama and papa? Why, I believe you’re lost. Oh please, don't cry.” Snow White said to the baby blue bird.

Behind her, Humbert was glancing around, making sure they both were alone. This was it. The moment he had been dreaded came. For the Queen had ordered him to kill the innocent girl. Something he couldn’t do. But the Queen had threatened his family if he failed to do the task. Humbert was faced with a dilemma.

“Come on, perked up. Won’t you smile for me?” Snow White continued to talk with the little bird.

As she talked and talked, Humbert was already pulling his knife out from its pocket, the blade reflecting the sunlight upon contact with sunshine. He walked to the young princess, completely unaware of the danger that was about to fall on her.

When the huntsman was close, that’s when the princess slowly turned around. She screamed as Humbert was about to strike. Snow White instantly raised both of her arms and closed her eyes, prepared for the knife to stab her.

But nothing happened.

She opened her eyes and lowered her arms, looking down at a completely shaken Humbert. “I can’t. I can’t do it. I beg you Your Highness. Forgive me, please.” The Huntsman was pleaded and begged to the young princess for his action earlier.

“I don’t understand,” Snow White said in confusion.

“She’s mad. She’s jealous of you. She’ll stop at nothing!” now the huntsman warned the princess.

“But...but who?” Snow White asked, slightly afraid.

“The Queen!” Humbert replied.

“The Queen?” Snow White was stunned. She knew that her stepmother were cold, cruel, and distant, but she had no idea that her stepmother wanted her dead. It made her wondered what did she ever do wrong to her stepmother until she wanted to kill her stepdaughter.

“Run. Run away. Hide. In the woods. Anywhere. Never come back! Now go! Go! Run! Hide!” Humbert shouted. Now he just kept told the princess to hide and ran away, to save herself.

Completely at loss for what to do, and before she knew it, Snow White was already running blindly into the forest, getting into the deeper and darker part of the woods, all the while the huntsman’s warnings still echoed behind her.

She ran and ran, avoiding vines, tree branches and the like. Eerie glowing eyes came from the dead trees with its branches like several hands wanting to capture the young princess and terrorize her with endless nightmares of the forest’s menacing darkness.

She ran into one of the glowing eyes, its piercing glare causing her to take few steps back, unaware of the nearby hole. But when she realized, it was already too late. She fell into the hole.

And that’s when a bright light suddenly came out of nowhere. Snow White had to closed her eyes because of how bright it was. It was even brighter than the sun.

She kept her eyes shut for a few moments until she felt the light disappeared. She opened her eyes. When she opened them, she was no longer in the dark forest. She was in an entirely different place.

She found herself on the ground of what appeared to be a narrow passageway. Between her were nothing but brick walls, standing high. And in front of her was a single path that appeared to lead somewhere. Lining them were several dirty boxes that contained nothing but trash and junk.

The young princess panicked. Where am I?, she thought. This wasn't her kingdom, that’s for sure. For because her kingdom was nothing like this place. Her kingdom didn't have any buildings that high. Or signs that could light itself. The one and only building that high was none other than her home the castle, now ruled by her stepmother after her father’s death.

Snow White decided to walk through the single path, thinking she might find be able to find someone or people who could help her. “Hello?” she asked, her voice echoed through the narrow passageway. “Are there anyone here?” she asked again, but she received no answer.

She continued to walk when she spotted a few men. She immediately approach them and asked, “Hello, I was wondering if you can help me. Can you tell me where I am?"

But she immediately regretted her decision. Because the men stared at her with a dangerous glint in their eyes. They licked their lips, and one of them grabbed her arm, while the others were surrounding her, preventing the princess from escaping.

She was trapped.

WFMR

San Fransokyo, U.S.A.

It was just another ordinary day for Hiro Hamada. Just another ordinary day for him to go bot fighting as usual. He just hoped that Tadashi wouldn't find out. The first time his big brother found out, the result wasn't pretty.

They got into a big fight, which nearly escalated into a heated argument if Aunt Cass hadn't called her nephews over for dinner. Now, the brothers are still arguing whenever Tadashi caught Hiro bot fighting, though it's not as bad as the first time.

Today, the younger Hamada planned to get more cash to buy materials so he could built better robots. He ran out of them when he had to used the last bundle of money he earned for the café’s needs. And this time, he made sure that he learned every single path of the alleys so he won’t ended up in a dead end when he planned to escape. With any luck, he could get away from Yama and his goons.

Hiro's thoughts was interrupted when he suddenly heard a high-pitched scream.

Who could be screaming in an alley?, Hiro thought to himself. Slightly curious, he went to the direction where the voice came from.

When he had reached the source of the voice, he saw a young girl cowering on the ground, looking up in terror as a few of Yama's goons were surrounding the frightened young girl. One of them was holding a knife.

Hiro was conflicted. On one hand, he just couldn't leave the poor girl alone. He had to do something. On the other hand, his thin and scrawny body made him rather prone to the hits of those who were much bulkier in size.

But before he could do anything, he was already blurted out. "Hey!" Hiro yelled at Yama's goons.

The men turned their heads to the source of the new voice. When they realized who was it, they smirked. "Well, look who's here guys. It's Zero! Bet Yama would be happy to teach the kid a lesson if only he's in here with us." One of them said.

"Yeah, no one hustles Yama." Another added.

The men headed to Hiro's direction, leaving the girl alone, much to Hiro's relief. Now he should be the one who panicked. But he couldn't, since there was a girl who obviously needed a help. So he tried to be brave. "What did you do to her?" The adolescent asked in a voice that he hoped sounded threatening to the men.

But they just laughed. "Did you hear that guys? Looks like kid here wanted to save his girlfriend." One of the goons said, earning a laughter from the others. But Hiro just ignored them. "Leave her alone!" He shouted to the men.

"Alright, you asked for it kid." Another of the goons said with amusement.

The man headed to Hiro, who was already in a fighting position, ready to fight the man. Hiro remembered a technique Tadashi used to teach him for self-defense. He just hoped that it worked against the man. The man was about to attack Hiro when the adolescent kicked the man. Unexpectedly, the kick landed on the man's crotch, earning a pained yelp from him. Then his head hit the brick wall, knocking him unconscious.

The rest of the goons just stared with wide eyes and mouth agape, before they snapped out of it and proceeded to attack the kid. But before they could, a shouts of 'Help!' were escaped from the girl's lips. Hiro was immediately alerted, his mind screaming the sentence 'Stop!' repeatedly to the girl, but somehow he couldn't say it to her. Now, Hiro knew the girl meant well, but he couldn't had her risking her life for him. They barely knew each other after all!

The man holding a knife instantly rushed to the girl's side, placing the tip of his knife near her neck, silencing her. He smiled in satisfaction, while she whimpered slightly.

The rest of the men were holding Hiro so he couldn't escape and one of them kicked the adolescent's stomach, causing him to cough. His vision started to blur, as the man continued to hit, punch, and kick the fourteen year old.

Just when he was about to passed out, the sirens could be heard from the distance. Yama's goons were immediately panicked, and they broke into a sprint, leaving both Hiro and the girl alone.

Hiro took a few deep breaths to calmed himself and began to shake his head to prevent himself from fainting. After he fully regained his consciousness, he headed to where the girl was, his steps wobbly from the fight earlier.

As he slowly approached her, he could hear that she was sobbing. "It's okay. They're gone." Hiro tried to ease up the still frightened girl. "It's just you and me now. Don't worry. I'm not gonna let anything happened to you. We're safe now." he promised.

Reassured, the girl slowly lifted her head up to look at Hiro. Seeing her clearly for the first time, the fourteen year old was awestruck by how utterly beautiful she was. With lips red as roses, hair black as ebony, and skin white as snow. And that's when Hiro noticed how she looked out of place. The girl's outfit was rather...costumey. It made Hiro wondered what she doing here in the shadier parts of San Fransokyo. And with an outfit like that, was she supposed to be some sort of cosplayer?

She wears a dress with a dark blue bodice, a light yellow skirt and a high white collar. The sleeves are short, puffy, in a shade of light blue with three red streaks on each. On her feet were a pair of tan pumps with white bows on each. Her short wavy black hair is decorated with a simple red ribbon with a matching bow on the center. She also wears a dark brown cape.

She stands up and curtsied. "Thank you, for rescuing me," she said gratefully. "I was so frightened! If you hadn't came..." she was unable to continue her sentence, as her lips trembled and tears began to filled her big doe-brown eyes.

"Hey, hey, it's okay," Hiro tried to comfort the girl who was about to cry. He then patted her, feeling awkward. "There, there," that was all he could say, for he was never the one to give comforts and reassurances to others, let alone to people whom he just met. He was the one who always gets them from others, especially from his big brother Tadashi, whom he highly admired.

The girl had successfully managed to not cry. "Thank you," she said with a small smile to Hiro, who was just smiled (awkwardly) back in return. "Nah, it's cool," the fourteen year old replied. Then he lend his right hand out to introduce himself. "I'm Hiro." he said.

The girl looked confused for a moment, before her eyes widened. "My, you ARE a hero!" she said cheerfully. "A hero like you must be rescuing people all the time!" she clapped both of her hands in admiration.

Realizing what she meant, Hiro immediately corrected her. "No no no no no, it's not like that. My name is Hiro, with the letter "i". It's a Japanese name. It means "generous". It is had nearly the same pronunciation as "Hero", but the two words have different meanings." he explained. "So it's 'Hiro'." he pronounced his name with his tongue slightly more pressed at the "i" letter part, so the girl know the difference.

The girl nodded in understanding, before she smiled at Hiro. "Oh, that's a wonderful name!" she said with delight. The girl then introduced herself. "I'm Snow White." she said with a curtsy.

Hiro raised his eyebrows. Seriously?, he thought. Is she for real? Hiro had no idea how to respond to her.

"Um, okay...??" Hiro said, unsure as he continued to stare at her.

Snow White then looked as if she remembered something. "Can you tell me where I am?" she asked Hiro, who was still staring her. He then blinked, realizing that she just asked him a question. "Oh, uh, you're in San Fransokyo." he explained. Then he remembered how she looked out of place and how he wondered about it earlier. "By the way, what were you doing here in the alleys?" he asked back.

"That's what I wanted to know too." Snow White told Hiro. She then continued, "I was in the glade with Humbert the huntsman picking wildflowers when I heard a baby bird chirping, looking for its mama and papa. So I decided to approach it and comforted it. Then I saw a shadow cast behind me. I turned to look and I saw Humbert had his right hand raised. He was holding a knife." Snow White felt tears started filling her eyes when she recalled the incident.

She continued, "I was so frightened and I screamed. He was about to strike me when suddenly I heard him sobbing, apologizing to me for wanting to killed me earlier. He then told me that he was under orders from my stepmother the Queen." Snow White felt her voice cracked.

"He then told me to run in the woods, to hide anywhere, to never came back. So I ran and ran, deeper and deeper into the forest. It was so dark and frightening in there. There were menacing creatures and evil-looking trees like they wanted to capture me." By this point, Snow White had unable to held her tears anymore. They fell freely from her eyes, but she immediately wiped them.

"Then when I fell, there was this blinding light came out of nowhere. And when the light was gone, I found myself in here, in this strange world. That's when I met those scary men. I went to them to ask directions, but they all looked at me scarily and...and..." she couldn't continue her story anymore, too scared to recall the events that lead her up to her meeting with Hiro. Now she just sobbing quietly.

Hiro immediately felt guilty for making Snow White crying again. Nice, that's just real nice, Hiro, he admonished himself. Now he had to apologize to her for making her crying again, but a small part of him wondered if she was actually a professional and experienced cosplayer who could stay in-character so well that he was nearly convinced that she was indeed a fictional character. Hiro then brushed the thought off.

So he apologized to her. "I uh, really, very sorry for making you feel sad again." Hiro said. She had gone quiet now. He then looked thoughtful. If she really is a fairy tale princess, then he just had to ask her about things in her story, right? He remembered how earlier she referred San Fransokyo as "this strange world", and the way she greeted him by curtsying, so that could be a possibility that maybe she wasn't from San Fransokyo, or rather Hiro's world.

Unbelievable, that was all Hiro could think of his current situation.

Snow White then realized that the teenage boy was just got hurt by the scary men to protect her. "Oh, I'm so sorry, Hiro!" she started to apologize too. "You got hurt because you were trying to protect me! And then you were apologizing to me for making me crying again, but I was just ignoring you! Oh, that was so rude of me! Oh please, I'm sorry too-"

"No, it's okay. Look, what happened, was already happened. It was my choice...well, more like, unexpected choice to save you. I just couldn't let them hurt you!" Hiro explained.

"Thank you," Snow White smiled warmly at him. "I knew the moment you were willing to risk your life to rescue me that you were a true hero!"

Heh, the irony, Hiro thought to himself. If anyone, it should be his big brother who earned that title. Because that's who Tadashi is in Hiro's eyes. A true hero.

And so, the fourteen year old genius and the young princess spend their time together trying to get to know each other better. Hiro would told Snow White about his experiences in school, how he was bullied for having an above average intelligence (Snow White was shocked to hear it, but Hiro just shrug it off), how he skipped a couple of grades (Snow White kept complimenting Hiro, "My, you're so smart!", "Oh, you're so clever!"), how he had a mild allergy to peanuts, how he loved to invent things, how he loved the thrills of bot fighting (Snow White wondered what's a bot while at the same time feeling concerned, because it's bot fighting), how he loved his Aunt Cass' signature hot wings, how he wanted to enter SFIT after his big brother showed him the "nerd school", how he liked that his big brother's friends truly enjoyed his company, how he was practically awed by his big brother's invention Baymax, and most of all, how he loved his big brother so much, because he sees Tadashi as a role model, father figure, brother, and best friend all in one.

Snow White would told Hiro about her life when she was still lives in her castle, how she never knew her mother (Hiro comments that he doesn't know both of his parents, because they died when he was only three years old, earning him a sympathy from Snow White), how she used to have a close relationship with her father, how she was so happy that her father remarried again so she could have a new mother, how her stepmother had changed when her father died and became distant, how she was forced to became a servant (Hiro comments, "That's awful!", but Snow White replied, "I didn't mind the work, I liked cooking and cleaning."), how her stepmother would always locked herself in the particular room where it has a certain mirror she would look upon so obsessively (Hiro thought, Wow, narcissistic much?), how she always wondered what she ever did wrong until it made her stepmother became cold and cruel, and most of all, how she longed to have a mother-daughter relationship with her stepmother just like when her father was still alive.

Hiro felt weird for telling someone he just met about his whole life. Yet at the same time he felt so happy that he could talk to her animatedly and comfortably like she was his old friend. And not to mention, that Snow White turned out to be fourteen years old, just like him!

Normally, he isn't exactly a sociable person like Tadashi is. So it's a whole new experience for the younger Hamada. And she was so much different than his classmates when he was still at school. They were all just there when they needed him, but when he needed them? No. They only used him for their own benefits. But Snow White, she was another story. She wasn't making fun of his above average intelligence. She was happy with him and willing to listen to him, regardless the fact that they just met a few moments ago.

He glanced up at the sky. It was orange in color. Wow, how time flies, Hiro mused on. Realizing it was getting late, he decided to go back home. His original goal to went bot fighting was completely forgotten. Besides, with him just being beaten up heavily a few hours ago, there was no way he could handle more scrapes and bruises. Tadashi would surely lectured him for a good few hours if he finds out.

"Anyways, it's nice meeting you. But I have to go home now." Hiro said.

"Oh, of course." Snow White replied, looking crestfallen.

"What's wrong?" Hiro asked.

She looked at him helplessly, "I...I just...I don't know where to go," she admitted, "I'm completely unfamiliar with this place. Everything is so new to me. I never saw anything like this place before. I'm so scared...I don't know what to do!"

Hiro was instantly reminded about the incident earlier a few hours ago when they just met, where Yama's goons was planning to do who-knows-what to Snow White. She had a point. Hiro just couldn't leave her alone. He didn't even want to think what would happened to the very first friend he just made. He shivered and felt his blood boiled at the mere thought of Yama laid his finger on Snow White.

Without hesitation, the fourteen year old genius told the young princess, "Then come with me. Come to my aunt's café. You'll be save in there. And she makes the best donuts in town!" Hiro grinned. He said the last sentence to indirectly promoting his aunt's café to his new friend.

"What's a donut?" Snow White asked, curious.

"You'll see." Hiro replied with a huge grin on his face, revealing a slight tooth gap on his upper part of teeth. "Now, let's go." Hiro offered his right hand to Snow White, to which she happily accepts.

And so, the two teens are moving on from the San Fransokyo alleys, headed to the brighter and bigger part of the city to go to the Lucky Cat Café.
When Snow White was transported into a completely different world than the one she knows, she was about to learn that the world was much more complicated than she thought. Fourteen year old genius Hiro Hamada was just on his way to another bot fight when unexpectedly he met an innocent young princess from another world. Little did they know, their encounter was about to bring a big change to both of their lives.

Okay, so this idea came into my mind when I thought about BH6 crossover ideas. One of them happened to be SWatSD. I didn't thought much about it at first. But when I watched Disney's 2007 film "Enchanted", that's when I realized the potential and the BH6 x SWatSD crossover idea really hit me. What if science (Hiro) meets magic (Snow White)? Would that affect his beliefs that magic doesn't exist? What if Snow White learned the way things are in the real world? Would that affect her innocent view of the world? Those questions were just keep ringing in my mind, I just couldn't stop thinking about it! So I decided to write this crossover to see if I can pull it off.

Anyways, here's the first chapter. Hope you enjoy it!
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WottaGal0505's avatar
Hmmm, interesting idea; the very first Disney classic meeting the most recent one in the line-up. I'm intrigued. I'll definitely be on the lookout for the next chapter =)