Lost with in a fairy tale
Chapter 1: Never the same
A/N: This takes place when Scarlett is little. But as the story goes on she gets older. I will tell you when she does.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except for the plot and Scarlett's brother's name Alexander James.
Once upon a time in Atlanta, Georgia on a plantation that covered acres and acres of land was the Tara Plantation. There lived a man by the name of Gerald O'Hara. He was an Irishman who came over too Georgia at a young age. Gerald had a lovly daughter Katie Scarlett O'Hara, but everyone called her Scarlett. Scarlett was a spiting image of her mother. She had long black hair as black as night,her eyes where the color of a four leaf clover in Ireland.(A/N:She looks like Bonnie to make it easier) She was loved by so many people in Atlanta. When ever someone heard O'Hara they thought of Gerald and his family.
Scarlett had an older brother by the name of Alexander James O'Hara. He was tall with dark green eyes as well, dark brown hair, one or two freckles. He was about 12 years older then Scarlett. So Scarlett barley saw him he was either away at school or in Virgina with some friends, but he would come home every once in a while. So in a way Scarlett was kind of an only child since her brother was hardly around. Scarlett had everything a plantation's daughter could want and more. Her own room fit for a princess, pony with ridding lessons, her own slave, the finest toys, children from the wealthiest family's as her playmates and of course the finest cloths. She basically had everything a child could possibly want so the list could go on and on. But the best thing Scarlett had where her loving and caring parents. She was the light of there life's. They where what a Georgia family should have been back in the 1860's. But one day when Scarlett was five part of her life was gone forever.
Her mother was a nurse at the local hospital but made house calls regularly. While she was in the next village looking after a patient she became very ill. Scarlett at the time was at her aunts who she hadn't seen for a very long time. On a very stormy night as the thunder rolled in, the lighting struck the whole sky and as the rain began to poor. Scarlett came hom not knowing what had happened to her poor mother.
"Pa! I've missed you so much" Scarlett said giving her pa a hug. He picked her up and gave her a hug in return. But Scarlett could tell something was wrong by the sad expression upon her pa's face.
"Pa what's wrong? Where's mother?" Scarlett asked looking at her pa waiting for an answer. This didn't make any since her mother was normaly right there with her Pa when she got home from any where. Come home from a friends, school everything but now she wasn't there. Maybe she was at the hospital. Scarlett could understand that after all she was a nurse and she had to help people. Just Scarlett wanted to when she got older.
Gerald was so afraid too tell his little princess what had happened. How would she react? Oh she was only five years old. All these thoughts where going through Gerald's head all at once it was just too much. So he didn't answer instead a heavy black lady answered.
"Yaw ma was taken care of someone in the next village when she…she became very ill. Dr. Meade thinks it might be typholid" Mammy said as tears filled her eyes. She couldn't believe she was telling a little girl this.
Scarlett wanted down from her Pa. She began to wiggle to get out of his arms. Gerald put his daughter down. As soon as Scarlett's feet hit the ground. Scarlett ran looking all around the house yelling for her mother. "Mother Mother! Where are you?" she yelled through out the house. Scarlett was so scared by this point that she thought she was going to lose her mind. So she ran over to Mammy and said "mother?". What was going on this was not very funny she wanted her mother and she wanted her now.
Mammy's eyes drifted over too a door that was slightly open. Scarlett went into the room too find her mother lying on a bed with candles all around. Why was the room so dark? none of his made any since her Mother always kept the house very bright and happy. But this, this was just as dark as night fall. All of a sudden Scarlett thought of something more important, more terrifying. Why didn't her mother move? Unless No! It couldn't be…her...her mother was dead.
"NO! This can't be mother can't be dead. She just can't be" Scarlett cried as she laid her head on the bed. "No..I...I'm not...b...believing in...an...any of this. This...Is... isn't happening it...Ju... just... isn't" as a sob got stuck in her throat.
Scarlett cried for hours as she sat at her mother's bedside. Scarlett hoped and prayed that her tears of grief and sorrow would bring her mother back. But it was no use her mother was gone. She would never get to see Scarlett grow up into a lovely young lady, get married or any of that stuff. Her Pa came in a few hours later. He put his arms around Scarlett's shaking shoulders. Scarlett looked up with a gasp.
"Pa w…why…did…mother have to die?" Scarlett asked in between sobs looking up at her pa. She just didn't understand any of this. She was only five years old how could she understand any of it.
"Because she is needed in heaven. More then she is here" Gerald answered his daughter while he tried to keep the tears away. He did all he could to get her to understand. He knew that it was hard for a five year old to understand.
"But we need her more" Scarlett cried harder. "She belongs with us". No she didn't want to believe that either. She and her parents went to church ever sunday but even now she still didn't understand this.
"I know sweetheart I know" Gerald said kissing his daughter on the forehead. He felt so bad for his little princess. She was only five and she had lost her mother at such a young age. But at least she still had her pa.
Three days later was the funeral. Scarlett was in her room. Standing in front of a mirror looking at her reflection. She wore a small black dress, with a pair of black gloves. Her hair was pulled back on each side by two black bows holding it into place.
As Scarlett looked in the mirror she saw a tear fall onto the dresser. She never thought she would be doing this. Scarlett imagined playing tea party with her mother, sitting on the porch while her mother tough her how to sow or above all she just could see her mother being there just being her mother. Only being five that's what a mother is in her small mind was supposed to do. As Scarlett continued looking in the mirror she didn't even notice that Mammy had walked in and saw Scarlett crying.
"Scarlett honey doesn't cry. It any yaw fault" Mammy said. But it was no use Scarlett just cried and cried then she said.
"If only I would have known. I would have come home sooner. I…did…didn't even get too say goodbye"she cried as she berried her face into her small hands. It was all her fault why didn't she just stay home instated of going to her aunts? Oh my didn't she?
"You don't have to say goodbye too her. She is always with yaw" Mammy said trying the best she could to get Scarlett to stop crying.
After doing what she could Mammy told Scarlet it was time too go. That afternoon was a very gloomy, rainy and sad one as it started to rain buckets and buckets. It was just like the day that Scarlett's mother had died a lonely one as well. Scarlett, her Pa along with many other people stood at Ellen O'Hara's grave. Scarlett looked down at the grave. Her mother couldn't be there she should be there with her and her father. Doing all the things a mother should do. But now her mother was gone. Now all she had was the memories of her and her mother.
As she had before Scarlett began too cry. Big fat tears fell from her young green eyes. She held a handkerchief up to her mouth and eyes. This just couldn't happen it just couldn't. Her mother was a healthy woman.
This had too be a dream just a dream that was all. She was in a dream all she had to do was wake up and it would be over. She would find her mother in the sitting room reading a book and her father reading the paper with his pipe. But know this wasn't a dream it was a nightmare come true.
For the past few years Scarlett had been having a dream that something bad was going to happen too her. Maybe this was it? But this didn't look like it did in her dream. In her dream she was alone with know one. Not even her pa. Scarlett didn't think anything of it.
Scarlett didn't think the tears would ever stop. They where getting ready to leave when it began storm in the distance. She and her Pa where riding away as she looked back one last time. Scarlett would never see her mother again. As she looked back she saw them put the coffin in the ground where her mother would stay.
That dream that Scarlett was having would come true years down the road, and it wasn't a very good dream either it was a nightmare that would come true much later. And there would be no one there to stop it either. Not even Scarlett herself.
A/N:Poor Scarlett! What do you think the nightmare is that Scarlett is having? Tell me what you think it is in a review thanks:) This is my first GWTW story that I have taken and made it into a fairy tale. What do you think? Like it hate it. Hope you like. If you do please review I would love that. Don't worry I'm working on my other stories as well (Once upon a Twilight). I haven't forgotten. So please don't give up on me.