Thread:The Frigid Princess2515/@comment-24726922-20150322224016/@comment-1931440-20150322232137

Well, mostly, it's set up as a sequel to Into the Woods. I was a fan of the musical before I saw the Disney film. In the musical, the two princes leave Cinderella and Rapunzel, then hook up with Sleeping Beauty and Snow White. Since the second act of the musical and film is about what happens after the Happily Ever Afters, I wonder what happens after these two stories. Thus Beyond the Woods, the story of what happens after Briar and Snow wake up.

This is what I've got so far: Cinderella's ex-prince has woken and married Briar Rose, while his brother and Rapunzel stumble upon Snow White's coffin. She wakes up, and is convinced that the prince is part of a prophecy about a hero who will defeat her stepmother, the Wicked Queen, and save her kingdom, which lies "beyond the woods." Rapunzel misinterprets and fears she has been betrayed. So she runs off to find Cinderella, who is living with the Baker, his son, Jack and Red Riding Hood. Rapunzel meets the Baker and they find out they're siblings.

The prince takes Snow to his brother, but goes to Rapunzel wants to fix things. Adventurous Briar is more than ready to go castle storming, but Snow is adament about the prophecy. It's around this point that the Wicked Queen realizes via Magic Mirror that Snow is alive, and uses magic to mess with her stepdaughter and Rapunzel's prince. Jack tries to help the prince but ends up kidnapped. Now the Baker and his family, plus Snow, Briar and the princes go to Snow's kingdom to confront the Queen.

I'm not certain about the climax yet, except that the Queen turns out to be a pawn of the real villain: the Magic Mirror.