Years before the Curse…
"Breath Regina darling." Cora said as she patted her daughters forehead with a cold cloth.
"Mother this hurts so bad." Regina complained in pain of child birth, gazing up at her mother.
"You brought this upon yourself dear," she coldly responded " you were foolish and not careful." The scream of Regina carried on throughout the castle. Hours after hours she bared the pain of childbirth.
"Push Regina!" the mid wife called out to her. "push!" Cora observed coldly over her daughter giving birth. "Its a girl!" the mid wife called out.
"Give the child to me." Cora walked over and took the child wrapped in a blanket.
"Wait!" Regina called out "Mother what are you doing? Where are you talking her?"
"I'm taking care of your mistake darling. You are to be queen one day and you don't need this in your way if you're going to be as great as I know you shall be. Cora continued to walk away.
"Wait!" Cora stopped and turned around. "Please make sure she will be ok, taken care of and …at least let me name her."
"very well…what shall she be called?"
"Lillian…..Lily."
"Very well dear, I shall make a note of that and make sure she will be taken care of." Cora took the child to a nearby village. to a farmer and his wife. There she was left in a basket on their door step with a tag that said Lillian on it.
7 Years Later…
"Sweet dreams Lily". said the wife putting her daughter to bed.
"Good night mommy." she says as she lay her head down.
Later on that night…
Lily woke up in the middle of the night hearing the most beautiful music playing, being the adventurous and curious little girl, she gets up and puts on her cloak and followed the music.
As she walks a little bit out of town she came to this fire. Where she sees all the children dancing around. She watches them dance, she's sees the piper who is playing the music with flute . Intrigued as she is, she walks up behind the boy playing. "thats very pretty music you're playing."
The boy stopped to turn to see who interrupted his playing "Why hello there. You can hear me playing?"
"Of course I can." she's says as she sits next to him. The boy laughed to himself. "Whats so funny?"
"Oh Nothing." he grinned boyishly "I'm just intrigued thats all. Whats you're name?"
"Lily." She responds quietly
The boy grinned "Well Lily, my name Peter…Peter Pan."
Years Later…. New York City…..
Alex was walking along fifth avenue late at night on her way home from cocktails with friends. Dressed in her Jimmy Choos boots and suede jacket. walking home confidently a man bumps into her. "oh i'm so sorry miss," he gazes at her and is memorized. " I hope I didn't hurt you." he says thinking he is smooth enough to sweep her off her feet with his charm.
Alex smiles keenly " oh don't worry about it," casually shrugs her shoulders " I'm tougher than I look." As she goes to turn he stops her.
"Can buy at least buy you drink for almost knocking you down." the man grins hoping to get a positive answer.
"Maybe another time hot shot." Alex winks at him and walks off. As she walking away Alex rolls her eyes. What a loser. No one will ever compare him, she thinks back. Walking into her apartment building, Alex pulls out the wallet she got off Slick who ran into her and throws it down on the end you for paying my rent. Getting undressed and getting ready for bed. She realized that the window was open. the lights go out all of sudden, a chill is in the air. Alex gets one of her daggers out of a drawer.
A dark figure flys through the room and knocks her down. Alex gathers herself ….. "you….." she says with a scowl "what the hell are you doing here?"
"You're needed…"
"I'm needed?" she looked at the shadow and his glowing eyes, "Are you fucking kidding me? How am I needed?"
"Because He needs you. He needs his Tiger Lily."
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Lily Pov:
After hearing the shadow out. I grab the pendent dear to my heart, and think back all those years ago. I see a random postcard on the coffee table thats reads Storybrooke. I pack up my things and leave that night.
Pulling into Storybrooke, I could feel the magic in the town. I knew exactly where to go. I got off of my Ducati and walked up the steps of an old victorian house. I walked in and an old lady approached me. "Can I help you?"
"yeah.." I set my helmet on the desk. "I need a room."
"no helmets on the table!" she scolds me. I look down the hallway, I see the wolf down the hallway. She give me a suspicious look.
I pick up my helmet and begin back towards the door, "Never mind, I'll find somewhere else to stay." I race out, get back on my bike and speed off. I didn't need a wolf sniffing her nose in something where it doesn't belong. After driving around town for a while, I found an old abandoned manor out in the woods. This was gonna be home for while. I just hoped that no recognized me.
The next morning I drove into town and stopped by this place called grannies. I walked in and sat in the booth in the corner and order a coffee. As I was sitting there I watched a blonde haired girl bump into a dark haired girl. From what I gathered from the very awkward conversation the blonde was Emma and the other Tamara. After they finished I got up to leave and Emma eyed me profusely as I eyed her back. "Hey …" said to me.
"Hey." I answered
"I'm sorry I've never seen you in here before. Are you new here? Are you from the enchanted forest?" she questioned carefully looking at me suspiciously.
"You could say that." I answered slyly. I started to turn than….
"I'm Emma."
"Alex." I quickly answered, she went to ask another question but I turned and walked out. There was only one person here who knew who I was. I walked around town when I finally spotted him walking into the shop with a brown haired girl.I knew it was him. I could feel his magic. once they were inside for a while quickly ran across the street into the shop.
The bell on the door rung. Walking in no one was there. I started looking around. I quickly spotted my daggers, quiver and bow. While still looking. I hear someone come out "May I help you?" he says. I turn around and grin.
"Hello Rumple." I greet him slyly
"Well well. Lily….. I knew eventually you would find yourself here." he walked out to counter where I was standing. " I take it you're here to collect your things."
"Yeah I am…" I said cooly I eyeing other things. "So… this is the hell hole you've been living in."
He looked at me while getting my daggers out of the case they were in. " Its not bad." he turned and got down my bow. "What brings you here. Dear old Mummy?"
I rolled my eyes at him. "Anyways, I was in this diner this morning and met this Emma girl. Who is she?"
"She….dearie, is the one and only savior." he was telling me while handing me my things.
I stopped and looked at him "Really? The daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming." I rolled my eyes. "She doesn't look like much."
"Neither did you dearie, till I got to you." he smirked at me. "I know why your here Lily." he said to me "you'll never find a way. There are no more portals."
"Oh really now." I raised an eyebrow to him. I grabbed my things with frustration, I turned to walk out but stopped and turned back to Rumple. " I hope you know I still haven't forgiven you for ripping me away from him."
"I did it for your own good…."
"NO!" I yelled at him with tears of hatred in my eyes " You did it for own benefit!" I sighed with anger in my breath. Again I turned to walk out.
"Theres one more thing" he gave me a straight face, while also putting a brown leather case on the counter and unrolling it to reveal my knives. "I hope you remember how to use these." rolling the case back up I grabbed them. "Anything else dearie?"
"Yeah…" I said "Don't tell anybody who I am."
"You're not even going to tell Regina who you are?" he questioned
Still facing the door, "If she wanted to find me or even know me, she would've come looking for me a…very…long… time ago." With that I finally walked out of his shop. Walking down the street and to my bike I noticed Emma and a kid sitting in a yellow bug, my trying to find one of twiddle dee or twiddle dumb. Emma eyed me as I walked over to my bike. I put on my helmet and gloves, and rode off. On the way back to the abandoned manor I thought about the first time I came across Rumplestilskin.
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I lingered in the dark shadows of the forest as I waited for the queens carriage of gold to drive by. With my bow out and ready to fire an arrow, I wait. I hear the horse drawn carriage approach. Its, of course, guarded by six of her knights. The moment approaches, I fire the first arrow. The guards react.
I quickly run and easily snap the first ones neck, dropping dead instantly. I pull out my daggers and defend myself against the next, twirling around my dagger I slice the neck of the neck, two down…three to go. The Three surround me. They come at me at once. Kicking one down and fighting the next one off barely missing his sword coming down on me.
All of a sudden I feel a weight on top of me. pinning me down, "well well…" I heard one of the knights say as he gets up off the ground. "The infamous Widow." He walked up to me "you just killed tow of my best men."
"What can I say….I nothing gets in my way of getting what I want," I shrugged nonchalantly. He pulled my hood black hood off vigorously.
He gave me a look "well I have to say, you're more a sight to see than I thought you would be." he kneeled down gripping my chin. "what do you say fellas, lets have some fun with her before we turn her into the queen." the two others chuckle. I quickly struggle to get loose from their grips on my arms. The one approaches me.
As if it was already inside me, I felt a burst of energy come out of me, ejecting all three of the men away from me. Realizing what happened I quickly grab for my daggers. Throwing one of them into the chest of the knight beside me. The other I slice his chest opened. I get up, gathering my dagger, walking over to the other knight who attempted to take advantage of me. standing over him as he try to regain his breath. "What was that?" he breaths out
"I told you, nothing gets in my way of getting what I want." after saying that I plunged my dagger into throat.
After gathering my quiver bow and my daggers were strapped to my back, I gathered the gold that I wanted.
"Well Well dearie, What do we have hear? That was quit a show."
I hear a sniggering voice behind me as I begin to track off into the woods. I turn around and see a gilded man with piercing dark eyes. " Who are you and what the hell do you want?" I state as I draw my bow on him.
"I Believe the fight is over dearie, you can put that away. You clearly won." he sniggered at me while leaning against the tree.
I lower my bow, realizing who he is "The Dark One." I raise an eyebrow at him.
He quickly stands up straight and bows "Rumplestilskin…" he looks at me " Its pleasure to finally meet the long lost Daughter of the Evil Queen."
I look at him strangely as I realize what he just said "what are you talking about? My parents were farmers who abandoned me. I've been on my own since I was ten."
"Yes it seems that way." he started circling me,
"So you know what that burst of energy was that saved my life?" I asked curiously
He sniggered that evil laughed " That wasn't energy dearie…..it was magic…" he grinned at me, like her was pleased about it.
"Magic? How do I posses magic?" I didn't understand. Magic? Daughter of the Evil Queen?
"Yes yes, its all quit amazing isn't it." he walked up to me after circling, " I taught it to your mother, I guess I could teach to you…..for a price that is" that evil smirk never leaves his face.
"No…. I don't want to learn magic." I stood my ground, Magic was a messy thing to deal with. I saw what it was capable of doing. to people. Ruining their lives for no reason. "we're done here." I turn to go on my way when he appears in front of me.
"You could benefit from at least learning about it or even….."
"NO!" I yelled with came a mother burst of it sending him flying back just like the guards. I collapsed to my knees. I was out of breath.
He appeared in front of me again. kneeling down with me with a stunned look on his face. " You don't need to just learn about magic dearie…You need to learn how to control it."
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Getting to the manor, I went inside. Put my bow, quiver and daggers down. Un rolling the brown leather case revealing black and silver knives, I set up a target out of an old wooden door. Picking up the first knife. throwing full force hitting the dead center of my target.
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