Lily's Fight For Light

Chapter 1

"Wait, Please! Mother to mother, have mercy! I can't lose my child. "

These are the words repeated over and over again in my sleep. It's my mother's voice, but eventually, it turns into my own. I wake up shaking.

It takes me a while to realize what that nightmare was. Then I remember the faces running away in that horrible dream. It was Snow White and Prince Charming taking me away while I was still in the egg. They took me away so that they could perform the spell that would take away the potential for darkness in their unborn baby, Emma, and put all of the darkness into me, making my life completely doomed. Emma says that they didn't know it would bring me to another realm, but even if that's true, it doesn't change the fact that they said I was going to grow up to be a monster just like my mother. Was my mother a monster? Certainly not when I had known her. The Maleficent I knew was caring, soft, and would do anything to help me. Besides the fact that she's a dragon (which is pretty awesome if you ask me), I think that she is the complete opposite of a monster.

However, it hasn't always been that way. I know that she has done some terrible things that she's not afraid to talk about. I believe that this makes her strong because she is able to acknowledge this kind of thing.

Ever since that day when I was fifteen and that old man on the bus told me about my mother, I have been intrigued. Of course, I was outrageously angry, just like I imagine anyone else in that kind of situation would be. I sought out revenge and took it to the extreme. Now, Emma and everyone else involved is at peace with me. However, I am still not quite at peace with myself.

You see, I cannot say that I haven't changed at all, because that would definitely be a huge lie. As true as this is, I most definitely do not believe that I have rid myself of this curse that Snow and David put upon me as a baby. I still believe that I have made horrible decisions and still continue to do so. I used to think it was all in my head, but now I know that I have been cursed since I was a baby and I will always be this way.

Or will I?

I really want to break this curse, but no matter how hard I try, no matter how many books I read and search, I have found nothing. I hope that is about to change.

As I am becoming lost in thought, there is a knock at my door that wakes me up.

"Emma? Wow, I haven't seen you in such a long time! Come on in, let's talk!" I force a fake smile. It's really nothing against Emma, it's just that I have not slept in at least two days and I am extremely frustrated with myself, absorbing myself in books about curses, trying to accomplish what seems to me right now like nothing but a pipe dream.

"So, how have you been these days?" I ask, trying with minimal effort to hide my exhausted look.

"I'm doing fine," she replies, "But this is not about me. It's about you."

I gasp. "What are you talking about?" I shout. I probably shouldn't have said that so loudly. No, scratch that, I probably shouldn't have said that at all. Actually, I definitely should not have said that. Judging by the look on her face right now, she probably isn't going to tell me what she was just about to say. This strikes me as a really big disappointment because I really wanted to hear this. For just a fraction of a second, I might have actually believed that she knew what I was doing and that she had found a way to break the curse. The thought crosses my mind very quickly, and then I realize that it is happening again. I am getting lost in my thoughts. I have missed everything that Emma has been telling me.

"Lily? Hello! This is important! If you don't want to hear it, I can leave, you know."

"No!" I try to shout. "I'm so sorry! I want to listen! Emma!" Why can't I say anything?

Emma hastily gathers her things and heads out of the door and into her car.

"Wait!" I want to shout. "Emma, you dropped this!" I finally yell. I am filled with exhilaration as I realize that I can talk again. It's too late for Emma to hear me because I think I scared her away with my screaming. In case you were wondering, I made up the part where Emma dropped something. I just wanted an excuse for her to come back so that I could ask her what she was going to tell me.

As I turn around, I find a red box lying on the floor. "Wow, what a coincidence," I think.

"What's a coincidence?" a voice behind me asks.

"Emma?"

"Yeah, Lily. Didn't you get my text earlier? I said that I was coming over because I needed to show you something urgent." She says, and I am really hoping that I am able to reply this time because I am absolutely shocked.

"Emma, weren't you just here?" I whisper-yell.

"No, I wasn't." She replies nervously.

"Come on in. I want to know what on earth is going on... because I'm terrified."