Prologue
It took me an entire lifetime to figure out how Cinderella managed to get her Prince Charming so easily. Ironically enough, I didn't figure out how she got him so easily, but that she didn't get him so easily. Most people forget that Cinderella endured years of suffering before lady luck granted her the love and affection she longed for. Usually people skip right over that part and go straight to abusing Cinderella of being a lucky bitch who didn't deserve it.
At first, I thought Cinderella stories were cliché and silly, and absolutely pointless because they never came true. I soon realized that I wasn't alone, that others also thought so. I enjoyed romance novels, but never believed them. I never believed that people could love each other to the extent that they'd die for each other, like Romeo and Juliette, that coincidence would allow them to meet someone who they'd completely fall head over heels for. I reminded myself that the books I was reading were just that: books.
After I fell completely in love with someone, and they hurt me beyond healing I thought it was over, that love after that was out of the question. But the truth of the mater is, love is limitless, you can love someone to any extent, you can fall in love countless times and you can have your heart broken countless times. The thing about emotions, though, is that they spring back like a rubber band and you can't stop them. You can't stop yourself from falling in and out of love. Even with a heart so fragile it can break with the slightest touch, you seek affection. We're only human, though.
I've gotten slightly off topic, though.
Now, at twenty one years old, I've come to a conclusion. Every woman has her Cinderella story during her life. Not all of them are as perfect—if you can call it that—as Cinderella's, but they do happen.
Personally, I don't think that a woman should look for her Prince Charming, I think they should delve deeper. I think she should find someone who would not only love her, but die for her, and she him. Women shouldn't look for their Prince Charming, they should look for their James Potter.
In each Cinderella story a woman must face trials and tribulations before snatching her Prince Charming away. Cinderella stories don't necessarily mean happy endings.
My name is Lily Evans.
Let me tell you my bittersweet Cinderella story.
Hey there!
This story is based on characters created and owned by J.K. Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended. This applies for any further chapters.
To those who haven't read Under False Pretenses, I hope you like this one. For thoses who did read it, I hope this makes up for th lack of effort in Under False Pretenses.
The title I had really wanted to have was: Affectionate Pretenses, a Bittersweet Cinderella Story. It was too long though, so I won't technically have it as my title, but in my chapters I'll have that as my title, if you get what I mean. :)
I was supposed to get this beta'd, but I'm far too lazy and for too impatient to wait. Sorry!
I'm really supposed to be working on my other story, Torn, but I'm so bored with it that I had to start something new. Since it's the beginning of the school year, things are super hectic, so I can't give you a date for the next chapter.
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