Fairytales Do End At 12 [Short Story]

Fairytales Do End At 12

Copyright © 2013 by girlinparis

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

DATE STARTED: January 23, 2013

DATE FINISHED: May 3, 2013

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Fairytales Do End At 12

Traditionally, fairy tales end by "and they all lived happily ever after." What a bunch of cliché. Not all fairytales finish this way, and have a variety of endings.

I won't say that my story is a fairytale when in fact I don't believe in one.

Who do? I don't know. Maybe you. Fairytales are just an illusion, it's all some foolish fantasy stories to deceive younger kids and brainwash their minds. I'd be honest with you, I once believed in fairytales and happy-endings. Typical kid? Yeah been there, than that.

Prince Charming, witches, fairy-god-mothers, magic and castles? Give me a break. There's no such thing as those in real life. My mom used to say that time will also come when I'd find my true love and prince charming. The man as beautiful as those princes. The man who'd always love me and protect me from the monsters. 'They are easy to find,' she said. If I only know where to look. I clinged onto that hope until I grew older.

Turned out it wasn't easy as it seemed because I witnessed how she herself failed to find hers. Now, she warns me about the monsters who pretend to be a prince. That's what life is. It's all but a lie.

"Malaki na ang anak mo! Nakakainitindi na siya ng mga bagay-bagay, ngayon mo pa ba kami iiwan? Anong klase kang ama?!"

"Yun na nga ang problema, lumalaki na siya kaya hindi ko na kayo kayang buhaying mag-iina."

"Wala kang kwenta! Lumayas ka na! Wag na wag ka ng magpapakita samin kahit kelan!!!!!!"

Yeah, it was my mom and dad. Naghiwalay na sila. Nakatingin lang ako sa kanila habang busy silang magsakitan at magbatuhan ng masasakit na salita sa isa't-isa. Then suddenly, I heard an alarm tone coming from my room and I just realized that it was exactly my 12 birthday when that incident happened. My 12th Birthday exactly 12 midnight.

"Happy 12th Birthday, Hera! Make a wish.."

Wish? Naniwala din ako diyan noon pero what happened? Nothing. I just wasted my candles for blowing it.

"I love you but you're just too good for me. You don't deserve a guy like me. Trust me, makakalimutan mo rin ako. Siguro nasanay ka na sa presensiya ko pero alam kong makakasanayan mo din na wala ako sa tabi mo.."

That's the most painful words I heard from someone I love. Simula ng makipaghiwalay siya sakin, kahit kelan hindi na niya ako kinausap. Nilayuan niya ko hindi ko alam kung bakit. Bigla na lang nangyari. Ang sakit isipin na ang akala mong fairytale ay mauuwi sa happy ending pero nagkamali nga ako.

Sinubukan kong lumaban para sa amin pero makakayanan ko pa kaya ang mangyayari ngayong nalaman ko na ang katotohanan?

"Hera, anak! Oh my gosh, Henry! Tumawag ka ng ambulansya! Dali! Si Hera!"

Do you wanna know my story?

"Hera, please. Stay with us. Pleasee.."

Do you wanna know how I end up here?

I am Hera.

Discover how..

my so-called fairytale ends and start at 12.