I..I wasn't supposed to have happened. Anyone who heard of my mother's tale knows very well Little Red Riding Hood wasn't supposed to marry dad, or even like him. I myself didn't hear of her tale until I was about thirteen. They kept me from knowing as they knew quite well they'd wind up with me questioning my existence, like am I now.
How I found was a complete accident, I..I didn't mean to, honestly! It was just, at my old school, I was given an assignment to find out about the history of my family and optionally how my parents met. I was really excited for this project because my parents never talked about their relationship before they were married or anything from before I was born. When I asked them why, they only said, 'It's best to focus on the future, rather than to be living in the past.' Give me a break. As I knew they would refuse to give me a straight answer, I went to the school's library and searched for my parent's tale. I was expecting nothing more than a little ancestry book or something with people in my family of previous generations I guess, not a full out fairytale about my mom and dad! But I guess you could imagine my surprise when I found the damned book. I actually remember trembling with it in my hands. I also remember while reading the book I was expecting the book to have a hint of romance, because, you know, mom, dad, just meeting, you do the math. As I kept reading, I was growing impatient, waiting to see where my dad came in, I know grandma warned mom about a wolf, I just expected it to be a wolf different then my dad. I thought he would appear to rescue my mom, akin to saving a damsel in distress. But when I did finish reading the book, I was puzzled. Very puzzled. Not much in the book seemed to add up and it just couldn't make sense. Where was my dad in this tale? For a moment, I presumed this took place after mom met dad and after a few years, they finally met. But, that seemed off. Then, something clicked. This book, it featured not only my mom, but my dad as well. My dad was the Big Bad Wolf. I didn't realize this, oh how could I have been so stupid? This couldn't be true, that couldn't be right. There were so many thoughts swarming in my head, I wasn't sure what to believe, I wasn't sure of what to do. There was no way I could ask mom and dad. They hid away this tale from me for a reason. What if they tried lying to my face? I could ask a family member, maybe that would work!
And so, after asking my grandmother, I found out what I finally assumed was right. When I asked my grandma how she felt about the marriage, she was at a loss for words. I swear I saw a tear fall down her cheek. Did they realized what they had done when they had married each other?
I had nightmares for days, they were horrific, nothing could pacify my internal screaming. I questioned their marrying and having me silently. For a few weeks, I told myself, marriage happens for a reason, a good reason; and that reason is almost always true love. But then eventually, I could no longer believed that either. What if it was a forced engagement, or something worse? And, what if I..
What if I was born from rape?
The thought was haunting and grieving and I cried quietly in my room for hours trying to piece together this enigma.
I tried asking somewhat vague questions around the topic to my parents in order to calm myself down.
"Mom, do you and dad love each other?"
Their exchanged very confused looks," But of course we do, sweetheart."
"Why would you ask such a question?"
"Was it worth it..to rebel against your fairytale?"
The glass in my mom's hands shattered to the ground as she put her hand to her mouth while dad's eyes were enlarged with shrunken pupils.
My mom came towards me and wrapped her arms around me.
"How long have you known?"
"A couple of months.." I choked out,"..How could you?"
"What was that?" Her voice was soft and gentle, but it sounded almost uninterested.
"How could you?!"
"What do you mean?"
"I have nothing against dad for future reference, but he wronged you! He did horrible things and you were there to witness them and you still-!..You kept your marriage one big secret, so no one could rectify you. "
"Why would you even do such a thing?" At this point I was barely holding back my tears and as they cascaded down my face, my parents came to hug me.
"..We had to overcome our differences, we had to let go of our past and realized what truly mattered because we both knew.." My mom began.
My dad finished her sentence,"..Everyone deserves a happily ever after."
Everyone deserves a happily ever after. Those words stayed with me as if they were tattooed on the back of mind and forever they would stay, even if I would choose to ignore them or not believe them, they were still there.
Now, here I stand today, not choosing to focus on things such as the past or the negatives of my father's genes. It's an average day at Ever After High and an average day here for me involves me keeping myself unnoticed by most, not making a scene of myself, and-
"-Daring, over here~!" Apple's irritable, sugar-coated voice could be heard heard from a mile away.
I glanced (more like spun) to see the direction she was waving in and there was Daring, giving her a nod and walking over to her. I looked down and kept myself looking down until the two walked away and were completely out of eyesight. I groaned and felt my cheeks. They're were steaming hot and probably red. As if my life wasn't hard enough, why can't he just not exist? Oh, I didn't mean that!
I really must stop doing that, stop blushing whenever I see him, stop gawking at him when he passes me running during grimmnastics (Well, when I'm not running at full speed of course.) I need to stop.
He's not interested, he's a whole new breed of teenager, he's a royal and not to mention super popular with every other girl falling head over heels for him. It's not like I don't want to be like everyone else, I just don't need to face rejection. Which is why I need to distance myself away from him.
Who am I kidding, I've already done that without even trying. No, I need to not think of him, not notice him as he walks by, not act weird when he needs something of me (Which is like never, so that's not much of a problem.) I've got other things I'd be better off having on my mind, such as making sure that no one, besides Kitty and Raven, my secret, keeping up with studies, regular teenage stuff, but not crushes, no infatuations. I can't let that happen.
I won't let that happen.
Besides, there are just some things that can never come to be. Like, me finally allowing myself to see if the rest of world would accept the actual me if I showed them. There are just some things I don't believe this lifetime will allow. I can do so much more with my life anyways, such as if I do decide to share my secret with the rest of the world, I could perhaps show people it doesn't matter if you think you and your beloved aren't the pair the universe was trying to create, as long as you both love each other, I guess..it's cool? I'm not that good with romance, go ask C.A if you're that interested. But I am living proof that you can love anyone, as long as they love you back.
Oops, it seems I zoned out again and all of a sudden, Apple and Daring are sitting on the bench across from where I'm standing and they're sharing a frozen yogurt. Where do you even get frozen yogurt on this campus.
Oh, Daring's got yogurt got his nose! (This really needs to stop.)
"Oh, Daring dear, you got a little something," Apple said as she holds his head in her milky white hands. A 'huh' barely escapes from Daring's lips before Apple kisses the yogurt off his nose.
Ugh, the little brat has some nerve. She actually looked in my direction with a glare from her eyes and a smirk on her face! It's girls like her who take take sweet dainty destinies for granted, the damn harlot, her.
What am I saying.
It's not like she has no right to act like that, their destinies intertwine with each other. I don't have to watch over someone I can't have. I groan quietly shaking my head in dismiss as I head back to my dorm.
As Cerise walked past Daring and Apple, the two blondes stared down hooded girl with drastically different expressions on their faces. Apple had that look that screamed 'prepared to be messed with' while Daring double-blinked at her indifferently.
Apple was ready call on Briar, but not without giving her most lovingish, cute goodbye to Daring.
"I'll see you in class tomorrow, sweetiepie~!" She said with a giant grin plastered on her face as she winked.
"Oh, yeah see ya.." Daring said, almost in a droning tone.
Apple's glowing, almost painful to look at, smile remained on her face until Daring turned his back on her. Then, she broke out a tiny devious giggle. With that, she flipped out her phone and called her all-time favourite BFF.
"What's up girl?" Briar asked from the other end of the call, not in a concerned way, more in a 'who've you gossip on this week?'.
"You know that one girl, Cerise? I think she needs some reminding on what fairytale she's from..."