Fairytales are meant to be fun, right? Tangled even shows that. This story is like that, but with a little twist. And trust me, when there is a zombie apocalypse involved, things get a bit crazy. Especially when everyone's favorite redneck is forced to help a stubborn twenty two year old escape her locked up life and finally experience the world for the first time in her life. But is she ready to face what the world is now?

Prologue

Grown ups tell their kids bedtime stories to help them fall asleep. To help them have pleasant dreams and for them to dream of being a princess or the knight in shining armor. Most of the tales are of a prince charming swooping in and saving the damsel in distress. They fall in love at first sight and they get married and live happily ever after, in a giant blue castle filled with rainbows and chocolate cake and pure happiness.

There are so many fairytales out in the world. There is the traditional tale of Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Ariel the Little Mermaid, and Beauty and the Beast. All classic princess stories where there is the damsel, the villain, the hero, and the happily ever after. Same with Rapunzel. And she got a happily ever after with 70 feet of golden blonde hair that she couldn't cut. And yet she still got the hot guy in the end.

But life had never been a fairytale. Life rarely ended in happily ever after's anymore. It wasn't what people called perfect. It was just life. There was no prince charming, no damsel in distress, and nothing like in the regular ones.

Our tale starts out like Rapunzels, except with a little baby girl named Lillian. Born of love and warmth, this little baby had a smile like no other. She was able to make anyone happy just by grinning at them. It was a special power of hers. But that wasn't the only power the special little girl had. She had healing powers. But unlike Rapunzel, who had to keep her hair long because she couldn't cut it, her powers residing in her hands. So Lillian's hair was normal length.

Destined to be queen of her nation, she was welcomed with warm hands by the king and queen. But, somewhere far off, an evil witch had heard of her powers. Unlike Mother Gothel, though, this woman was young in immortal beauty, and did not wish to steal the girl to keep her young, for she already possessed that rare gift. She wanted to steal the girl so she could make money. Use the powers to heal people and keep them alive, and she would get thousands upon thousands of coins and dollars. And all she had to do was sing a single song, and her powers would work their magic.

On a dark and stormy night, while the king and queen slept soundly in their privates, the witch snuck into the castle by balcony, and went into the baby's room. The little girl was awake and she smiled up at the witch. But the smile did nothing to the cold hearted woman who wanted nothing but to take the baby for her own greed. She kidnapped her in her arms took her away from the kingdom and ran away to the south, where they would never be found, miles away from the small kingdom and village.

There, she found a secluded tower in the south, within a grotto, sealed by the secrets that the witch held. The witch raised the girl as if she was her own, but locked her away in the tower, in her bedroom, only to come out when her 'mother' needed her healing powers to get her money.

For twenty two years, Lillian stayed locked up in her tower, only the giant room and the four post bed to keep her company. One day, she had found a little puppy while her mother let her out of her room, and she snuck it in. Belle was her only friend.

Over the years, Lillian would find time to occupy herself, painting her walls, cooking, baking, reading, cleaning, anything really. She was locked away in a tower with her mother there all the time. She had no freedom what so ever. And she had no clue of who she really was.

She was sure when she turned eighteen that her mother would allow her to go see the world and see what it had to offer her, but the witch said no and warned her of the dangers, when she only wanted to keep the girl for her powers and nothing else. But, Lillian not knowing it was not her mother, obeyed the witch's wishes and stayed locked up in the tower.

Now, this is where life gets out of line for the average fairytale. Lillian had heard of the zombie outbreak that had happened, but it never seemed to reach her. They were so secluded from the world that none ever came their way. But she wanted them too. She had read plenty of books, seen plenty of movies. She knew anything there was to know. She knew how to fight and stay alive, even if she had never ever gone outside before. Never felt the grass underneath her feet. Or the feeling of water running down a stream.

But she wanted to get out and experience it. Granted that sounded crazy to the average person who was out there experiencing the apocalypse first hand, but she had never even been outside the tower. She wanted to see the sights. She knew there was a village miles away from the tower. Her mother had talked about it. And she wanted to go see it.

Little did she know that that same village was the kingdom she had been destined to rule.

She was twenty two, for god's sake. Her mother HAD to say yes. She needed to explore the world and meet someone and face the life.

Her birthday was coming up in a few days, and she was prepared to ask. She would be getting out of here. She knew it would happen.

Or at least prayed it would.