Just a quick one shot story which I have yet to continue, following the bases of the original story this is an off shoot, a kind of what if scenario between Lilli and Darkness.
Lilli awoke dazed and confused, her eyes struggling to focus on her surrounds that were evidently blurry and dimly lit, making her feel dizzy. Panicked by this feeling she tried frantically to get to her feet, alas every attempt was a failure, she was too weak and exhausted to move her body stubbornly longing to rest.
Lilli collapsed against a cold hard wall, her head bowed and her back arched over she didn't have the strength to sit upright.
What seemed just moments ago she tried to remember, recalling anything of the past events that had put her here. Her head pounded and ached, wincing in pain she lifted her arm to reach the spot from which the pain was seemingly coming from. As she felt her head, she panicked when she felt a sticky warm residue touch her fingers. Quickly examining her hand she noticed ruby dark blood, her own blood, alarmed by this she began tearing up the remaining rags of her dress, in hopes of collecting enough material to wrap around her head to stop the bleeding. A few minutes later and the pounding finally started to resign; she began to recollect what had happened before.
She had been battling against the Lord of Darkness with Jack by her side, and with the help of the forest dwarfs they attempted to save the last remaining unicorn a symbol of purity and light, this was something Darkness was eager to snuff out. All Lilli could remember were the cries of the unicorn as she bravely fought to free it from its chains, Jack too had battled valiantly. The fight against Darkness was nearly won as Jack used Darkness's only known weakness against him, the power of light from the rising sun; he was moments away from banishing him for good.
Lilli desperately struggled to cut the final chain that remained tethered to the unicorn before it was free; her sword was becoming blunt merely denting the metal with each mighty hit she could muster. Darkness, feeling the end nearing looked across at Lilli, he couldn't let them win he didn't want to die especially at the merciful hands of light magic. A force awoken in him, and somehow despite his wounds and burns as the light hit his fiery red skin, causing it to scorch as if it were being targeted through a magnify glass, he leaped across the cavern toward Lilli and the unicorn. Before she could break the remaining fragments of chain Darkness forcefully struck her aside, sending her crashing against one of the many marble pillars supporting the cavern walls, the impact instantly knocking her out. This was all Lilli could recall, she didn't know if Jack had conquered the Darkness, or if the unicorn survived, however given her current situation as her eyes slowly started to focus and adjust to her confusing surrounds, a known all to well potent foul smell was filling her nostrils with each breath she inhaled, making her choke a little, as if black sludge was trying to suffocate her lungs. It all started to become clear; peering across to her feet she noticed that her ankles had been bound with cuffs and chains, as she scanned her eyes all around a sudden sense of horror filled her body…..she was still in Darkness's lair and was being held prisoner.