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Lily stepped out into cool night air, fingering her necklace, as she tended to do when she was thinking. Lately, thoughts of her father had been heavy on her mind. Thoughts of a true family. Maleficent didn't even know who he was, much less where to find her, and yet Lily wanted to. She wasn't exactly sure why, but she did.
Her feet carried her down the street while her mind continued to stray from subject to subject, wondering how to find her father, when she felt something deep inside her, a shift in her being that she couldn't quite explain. She put a hand over her stomach as it churned and threatened to empty itself right in the middle of the street. Then she heard the whispers. The soft, seductive whispers. They called to her, whispered tales into her ears, telling that her happy ending was near. The deaths of her enemies. She'd let go of most of her anger towards the Charmings, although it was still very much present, so she didn't really understand. And then she saw the darkness descend upon Regina. Great swirling tendrils of the darkest essence of magic ever imagined or created, searching for it's next host.
Lily walked towards them, feeling the churning in her gut continue to grow as she drew nearer.
"You've worked too hard to get your happy ending!" Emma screamed at Regina.
"There has to be another way." Regina said.
"There isn't!" Emma replied. She looked at Snow and Charming. "You saved me from my darkness before, I have faith that you can do it again." She raised the Dark One's dagger, prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice, when Lily suddenly pushed her out of the way, taking the dagger and stabbing the darkness swirling around Regina. The darkness reacted violently and began mauling her, filling her nose, her throat, seeping into her body, filling her to the core with darkness.
"Lily, no!" Emma cried.
"It's okay, Emma. I am darkness. I've been full of it since I was born." She'd also known that her life was meant for bad things, that happy endings with husbands and mothers and fathers would never happen for her. It was kind of all Emma and her parents' fault that Lily had this darkness to begin with. But what's a little extra darkness to a tortured soul?
"That shouldn't have happened!" Emma screamed.
"It did. Storybrooke needs their Savior to stay just the way she is." Lily attempted to smile through the pain, but she doubled over when she felt the darkness attack her heart. She looked up, into the eyes of her mother as she stepped out into the street. "I'm sorry." Her mother's words rang in her mind. "I don't mind a little darkness." Would she still not mind Lily's darkness? Would she still her daughter when she was so full of darkness that there would no return to the light?
"Lily!" The anguish of Maleficent's cry broke her heart.
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A/N: this might suck and I know it's really short. Just watched the finale and although it was good, I was left a bit dissatisfied. I don't know, I'm happy Regina is okay. As long as Regina is okay then screw everyone else, but I did miss seeing Ruby and Maleficent. I love Lily's character but I do think she could've been used better and of course Emma had to be the one to become the Dark One. I don't really like Emma that much. I know she's the savior and all, but I just don't. And the whole Lily looking for her father thing was a bit unnecessary, even though I wouldn't mind knowing who that is, only if it keeps her in the show. Anyways, this was my little take on the end of the finale with Lily becoming the Dark One instead of Emma. Hope you enjoyed, if not, whatever. Review and let me know what you thought.
P.s, I know I have a lot of stories to update and I should probably stop writing new ones until the other ones are finished. Sorry, can't. But I am working on updating everything. Wish me luck.