Once Upon a Time - Borusara

Chapter 5: Snow White Part 2

Boruto opened his eyes to white. White walls, white sheets, white curtains hanging from a massive window that bathed the room in sunlight. 

"Where..."

"Prince! You're awake." 

He looked down at his hands. The white collared shirt he was wearing was rather stuffy, and so were the black slacks. When he rubbed his fingers together, he felt rough, thick pads that prevented him from sensing everything. 

I guess we're in the next story... At least I'm not in rags this time. 

Boruto stood to his feet, only to feel his muscles scream in agony. The ground seemed further away than it usually did. And his face felt oddly cold. 

"Where am I?"

"Why, I wonder if he's lost his memory," said one of his maids. 

"I bet he hit his head too hard when he fell," said another. 

"We should tell his brother to go easier on him," said a third.

Boruto ran his fingers through his hair, only to notice that it was a good deal shorter. He was beginning to miss the feeling of his headband. "Where is my brother?" 

The older brother in question stood in the doorway, waving a hand. "Yo."

"Kawaki?" Boruto hardly recognized him. His eyes were slitted, the blonde buzz cut with a dark haired mohawk replaced by neatly trimmed shoulder length hair. It framed his face rather than hanging in front of it. And while he looked... better... in a way, he still looked... weird. 

"Sorry. I didn't mean to hit your head so hard with the wooden sword," he said, his posture hunched as he mumbled the apology. "Are you alright?"

Boruto blinked a few times. First Kawaki was apologizing. Now he was asking if he was ok. This was wrong. Very wrong. "I'm fine... More importantly, where's Sarada?"

"Hm? Sarada? Who's that?"

The maids began to mumble. "Maybe it's a princess from a neighboring kingdom... I wonder if she's pretty..."

Boruto narrowed his eyes. In the last story, Sarada was Sarada, but his name had changed. This time, Sarada's name was likely the one that was different. Until he figured out what it was, he wasn't going to get anywhere.

"Yeah, she's a princess... But maybe I got her name wrong. Hey ladies, could you tell me the names of all the princesses in this kingdom?"

The ladies giggled and swooned as Boruto smiled in their direction. 

"Well, there's Princess Abagail of the North, Princess Lucy of the South, Princess Rose to the West, and Princess Christine to the East. They all have sisters that are considered princesses as well... But Prince, shouldn't you know this? You've studied all of it with your father several times."

"Maybe he really has lost some of his memories," said one of the maids, beginning to look worried. 

Boruto frowned. None of those were in Himawari's books. "Are you sure that's all of them?"

"Well..."

The maids whispered among themselves before turning back to look at Boruto. "They may be baseless rumors... But everyone already knows about Snow White..."

Boruto froze up for a moment as he remembered an embarrassing part of his past. Snow White. His favorite Disney princess. The only story he would purposefully sit out in the hallway of his little sister's room to hear his mom read. He would even go so far as to say that he had a crush on her.