*A story inspired by the wonderful psycho thriller ''Black Swan'' (2010)* A ''what if'' story, set immediately after the movie's ending. (Pairing: Nina x Lily)
For one role the young Nina Sayers risked her sanity, for perfection she was willing to even die. She was given the role as the Swan Queen, and it cost her nearly her sanity and her life. Her life was saved, however, and the young ballerina leaves the company, and abandons the world of ballet, so to heal from her inner wounds and the past, piecing together a shattered sanity as on she lives. With Lily at her side, far away from her mother's clutches, Nina experiences true happiness for the very first time. The two women, having become lovers and each other's closest friend, are willing to become a family, and adopt a little girl named Grace. As her two mothers before her, Grace wishes to become a ballerina. Despite Lily's concern for her lover's still fragile state of mind, Nina is willing to become her ''daughter's'' instructor and advisor in the world she swore never again to participate in. Gradually, ever so gradually, a long buried history between a different mother and another child is unearthed, and yet again a sanity is threatened to completely in give as the Black Swan, Odile, once again threatens to consume its innocent twin, Odette.
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As always the cover was created in Photoshop CS6
Warnings; twisted scenes due to Nina's schizophrenia (or due to her psychotic personality if you so will as her ''illness'' has not been stated, but I will assume that Nina suffers from schizophrenia), some self harming scenes, a few sexual scenes between two women and child abuse in the past (implied to be sexual, but mostly psychological and emotional)
Should it repulse you, should it be triggering, then away you should turn - for your own sake.
/Zeldha
***this book contains suicidal thoughts and tendencies, may not be appropriate for younger audiences***
In which she looks for the purpose of life.
Lily Carter's parents died in a car crash leaving her and Laura, girl was depressed long before her parents passed away and with all the problems turning up now, Lily felt more miserable - if that's even possible.
With her journey to look for life's purpose and grab the small pinch of HOPE - which is ironically her second name -, will she finally snap at the pressure and finally end it all? or will a small light lit her darkened world of grief and loneliness?
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"So you know. The little goth girl who gets bullied is indeed a mess. There's this mess in her head that eats her alive everyday isn't it? What to do now Kaden? Tell the whole neighborhood and recieve an award for taking out a crazy in this world?" I spit like vomit.
His eyes warmed up as I finished, "Lily. It isn't like that"
"What is it then? People stopped caring... they gave up, why aren't you?" I fought my tears.
"Because I feel the need to care. Did Leigh hurt you? Did she hit you?" he finally noticed the unusual redness of my cheek.
I don't like the way he told me he needed to care for me. I felt like an obligation, a responsibility that he is carrying and carrying leads to getting tired and when people gets tired, they give up. I don't want them to give up on me. But they will, so it's good not to make them care for me in the first place.
"I never needed anyone. I stopped needing anyone before, why start now?" I uttered the words again.
Why?
There is nothing to fight for. No mama. No papa. No sister to love me. No one. So why would I waste my life and the time of others to fix what is already broken - and someone who doesn't want to be fixed? If I may add.
Maybe I gave up. No, scratch that. I gave up a long time ago - when my parents died, my hope and purpose went away with them.