A/N: Eventually, I will incorporate all of those hackneyed phrases that Mr. Black told us never ever ever to use in a story. However, I can't remember the list. So I'm guessing. :D
Cookies and flowers to the person who can name the most clichés for me!
A cupcake to the person who can name the allusions and clichés I put in this story!
Disclaimer: I wouldn't buy this even if Dickens was giving it away for free.
Chapter 1
Once Upon A Time
Once upon a time, in a land 3,000 miles and across the pond away, known as England, there lived a beautiful girl named Lucie Manette. She was the absolute vision of purity—blonde hair, blue eyes, clear skin, voice like silver and a black-and-white view of the world. She lived with her father and mother in a nice house with many flowers and beautiful things. She was happy with her life.
One day, tragedy struck. Her mother fell ill with an incurable disease. Lucie stayed up, determined to make her mother better, but nonetheless, she faded away, like a flower in winter. The night she died, her mother whispered, "Be strong, little Lucie. Mother loves you very…much…" Her eyes closed and her chest rose no more. Her father mourned, the animals mourned, their friends mourned. Lucie mourned the most.
But, time stops for no one. Life continued on, only slightly emptier from the loss of a dear life. Lucie and her father grew close to the point of him chasing off suitors whom he deemed unworthy. Lucie blossomed into a beautiful young woman and years passed, quietly, like a stream.
A/N: I have nothing to say besides how much I wish I could have incorporated the first paragraph of A Tale of Two Cities in here. It has the most beautiful parallelism ever. But nooo, it's copyrighted. Shit. Well, my sign is ©infringement, so THERE! HA! You got OWNd US Gov't! (erm, don't actually take this seriously, cuz then I'd be in quite the fix o.o)
Oh, and updating will be fairly quick…I'll be gone soon.