The Forest Fairy

Chapter One

"Get out! Leave! Never come back to this home!" My so-called mother yelled at me.

I was shaking with sobs that escaped my mouth, the volume of them scare me. It was all an accident. I could have fixed my mistake. You learn from your mistakes, right? That's what my father told me. He said it doesn't matter how many mistakes I make, just fix and learn from them. Right?

I felt my father pick me up and carry me to our doorstep. I struggled against him, screaming and sobbing, not wanting to leave my home of the first 12 years of my life. They shouldn't throw me out like this, I only just turned 12 like a month ago! I still my life ahead of me! How could they be so selfish and leave me!

I feel my father drop me on our porch and look at me with pity and disappointment. His gray eyes holding sadness and dissatisfaction. His eyes that once comforted me make me feel like a failure now.

I see my mother shamefully looking at me, whilst shaking her head. Her green eyes, that both my sister and I had inherited from her, held great sorrow, pain, agony, and misery. She warned about getting into trouble, especially with the Royals. She told me never, and I mean never, get in trouble with the king, queen, or prince. The princess' would never hurt, but they would send troublemakers to the others. Her eyes made me wish I had never gotten in trouble.

I saw my 14-year-old sister looking at me. I loved her the most because I connected to her. She looked defeated and heartbroken that I left. I saw tears leaving her beautiful green eyes, that we both had. I saw her lips quivering, holding back a sob. I hope she will miss me.

My father shuts the door, leaving me in suffocating tears. I knew no one would take me in, for they would get in trouble. They knew it wasn't worth it, so they didn't risk it. I looked at the forest that was nearby our town. It held mysteries, that no one ever dared to seek. It was told to be cursed, or that something or someone within, watching over the forest.

I walk down the steps of my-- not mine. The Winkle family's porch. Their last name would be changed, for no one wants to be related to someone so disruptive and disappointing. I walk, tears falling like rain, the rain cloud being my once emerald eyes. Now I would just think of them as mushy and mossy green. Or the color you would skip when choosing a crayon to color with.

I hear footsteps behind me. Hope. A small flash of hope. Have they forgiven me? Do they want to hide me from the king but still love me as their daughter? I turn around, a bit to eagerly, and see a blurry figure. I wipe my eyes, getting rid of the blurriness.

Prince Alec Alnwick. Brother of Elliott Alnwick.  Brother of my friend. Brother of the one I hurt. My feet walk backward in fear, knowing Alec won't give mercy, even when he is 13. I know he will hurt me. My feet stumble over each other as I turn to run.

I feel a hand grab my forearm. Fear consumed my movements, freezing them. I felt my body get pushed so I was forced to look at the boy in front of me. I quickly lowered my head, too frightened to look at his eyes. His steel, gray and cold eyes.

"Look. At. Me." Words escape his mouth, but I disobey, knowing I can't escape my fate. "LOOK AT ME, LILLY."

The volume of his voice and the sound of my voice made me raise my head.

"This. Is. All. Your. Fault." Anger seethed out of his words like venom. "You will pay for it. No one will love you now, for you are just a disgrace. How could anyone love you?"

His words gave pain. Slowly seeping into my mind. I was alone. I was a disappointment. I was a nobody.

I look at Alec, for his next wise and true words. Instead, though, he moved closer.

Grabbed my arm.

And snapped it back, breaking it immediately.

The pain was overwhelming. But not as much as...

The pain I felt in my heart. And mind.

Alec then punched my face, then my ribs. He has been learning how to punch. His right hook was the best. And of course, that is what he used.

But that one didn't hurt.

For I was immune now. The pain I've gone through the past months and days made me numb. I deserved this right. I blink my thoughts away, seeing Alec shake his head and walk back to his palace.

Of course, I deserve this.

Those were my last thoughts as I walked. Straight into the deep and mysterious forest.

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THIS IS THE END OF CHAPTER ONE!
Do you guys like it? Or is it too sad haha? I don't know why it's so sad though. Hopefully, it becomes better.

Please leave a comment if there's a typo because my autocorrect is weird sometimes. Thank you for reading!