Chapter 2

Four Years Later

People from everywhere in town were getting ready for a party at the community center. A worried Arella was walking around in the magnificent ballroom was there looking for her daughter. There were bouquets of flowers, bright-colored curtains and many clothed and neatly placed tables, and a small spot for a music group. Everything was in order, and everyone was working hard to get everything ready. She now wore a periwinkle/purple satin flounced gown with full petticoat, two purple sashes on the side of the dress, sleeves past her shoulders, her hair was up in a bun decorated with a golden tiara with green and white gems on her necklace and earrings, and a pair of periwinkle high heels.

"Lilac," she called. "Lilac?" But no one answered. Arella huffed irritably, turning to look somewhere else. Then she went off. Arella sighed again. The community center had invited the children of the city as well. Arella and John wanted Lilac to attend so she could make some human friends.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the town was the national forest. Then suddenly, there was a slight laughter. A little girl that stood in front of them was a beautiful a four-year-old child. It was Lilac, who had grown into a sweet looking little girl. She had long blonde hair that fell loosely down her back with a pink starfish/flower hair comb on her head. She wore a pink dress with short puffy sleeves with insets of teal floral satin, trimmed with silver, a bodice with a pattern scallop/fin shapes below the waist, full pleated skirt that flows right down to her knees, and a pair of pink pumps to protect her feet. Over her shoulder was her pink bag. She was running around, playing with her best chipmunk friend, Chipper. Then after a second, she began to run towards the open field. Lilac started to follow the chipmunk, running up to the field too.

Lilac came out to the open field, then decided to climb on top to give herself a place to sit. As she sat there, Lilac sighed happily and closed her eyes. About an hour later, she began to look around again. Everything was so beautiful and full of life, the flowers were in bloom, the birds were singing, and there wasn't a single cloud in the sky.

Lilac happily hummed to herself as she picked roses and other wild flowers for her personal bouquet and was singing a small tune. The wind blew lightly, making her hair blow and making her look like a vision. After Lilac stood still, she then moved before she heard the cry of a baby bluebird.

Lilac put her flowers down and went to the tearful bird. "Hello, there." She carefully picked up the bird. "What's the matter? Where's your Mama and Papa? Why, I believe you're lost."

The bluebird started crying again. "Oh, please don't cry. Come on, perk up. Won't you smile for me?" Lilacl asked.

The bluebird stopped crying and began to laugh. Lilac giggled, too. "There, that's better." she smiled, "Your mama and papa can't be far." The bluebird started singing a little song.

The bluebird saw her parents perched on the next tree branch, waiting for their child. "There they are!" said Lilac happily, "Can you fly?"

Lilac let the bluebird fly out of her hands and onto the branch where her parents were waiting for her. "Goodbye," Lilac called. "Goodbye!"

Lilac grabbed her bouquet and continues walking around the area and enjoying the nature feeling. A calming and nice forest. No problems whatsoever. For now at least.

She saw a mother possum and her three babies who were all hanging upside down from a tree branch. Lilac amused, turned her head so she could see the mother possum the right way up. And with the look from their mother, her kids greeted Lilac simultaneously. Lilac smiled, and went on her way once again.

On the ground she saw a neat looking bluebells that were right next to a bush. She turned right side up and swam to it. She picked it up and examined it for a minute before placing it in her bouquet. Just then, Chipper came up to her. In his mouth was a white rose. Lilac gave him a thumbs up. She held out her bag, and he dropped it in along with the bouquet. Then he went up to her and snuggled in her chest. Lilac kissed him on the head.

As she continued on, she passed a hole in the ground that went deeper. A sparkle caught her eye and she quickly went back and poked her head over the edge to see what it was. Whatever it was, continued to sparkle in the sun. Lilac smiled for a second, kicked off the edge and climbed down to collect what was sparkling. When she came to the bottom, she reached her hand out and picked it up in her hands and examined the piece. It was a golden heart, however, the heart had a rope around it. Lilac saw there was also a plush swan toy on the ground too and picked it up. The locket and toy were covered in grime and was hard to see. Lilac put them in her bag and climbed back up the surface to get a better look at it.

It was now sunset and Lilac was still sitting on the rock, entranced by the golden locket and plush swan she had found. Chipper was sitting behind her, looking at the items too. "Cool huh?" Lilac said, turning to Chipper. Chipper squinted at the thing. Then, he exclaimed to Lilac that if her father and mother ever found out she's been come out here.

"I know, I know." Lilac growled softly as she placed the necklace and stuffed swan she had been examining in her bag. "They'd flip."

She then layed down on the grass while the wind blew through the flowers and through her pink dress. Her hands were under her head, and her eyes were closed. Then suddenly out of nowhere, Lilac gasped. "The party!"

Lilac hurried to get her bag as Chipper got up and ran after her. She walked quickly up the steep hill and through and under a bend broken fence and ran out of the field and onto the gravel road. Ducking under some loose white boards of the picket fence that lead to a brown roof house.

Lilac ran across the road, bend down where another half broken fence was as she came across her house and ran towards it in hopes that no one noticed that she was gone.

Lilac silently snuck to the back door that she used to escape the house. She quietly entered the home and walked up the stairs to her room.

Lilac's bedroom was so colorful and modern with its aqua dresser, white table set with chairs, pastel walls, and a colored designed wallpaper, giving it a fairy tale appearance. The bed was aligned horizontally facing the door. It was a beautiful queen-size bed with pink, yellow, and blue pillows and pink blankets in a beautiful bedchamber with paintings on the walls. There was a giant puffy rainbow-colored name, "LILAC", floated on the wall over the bed, and on the upper left, there was a bay window with a window seat with green window curtains, a pillow on a tiny ledge next to the window, a dresser and three mirrors. There were even whimsical sparkly pink tissue flowers and pink honeycomb balls tied in perfectly with the gorgeous pink tones hanging down from the ceiling. They was also tissue flowers attached to paper straw stems, some with glitter tulle and some in other bold colors.

Lilac was now dressed in a sleek white evening gown with green accents around the neck and green puffs on both shoulders with long fitted sleeves, and green slippers.

"Lilac?" Arella called from behind her closed door.

Chipper jumped onto her vanity and pulled down the red cloak and held it up for her. Lilac backed up and grabbed the cloak from Chipper, though the chipmunk forgot to let go and ended up being in the pocket in the cloak. Her door started opening and Lilac, upon seeing her bag out in the open, kicked it under the vanity.

Her door opened and in walked Arella. "I'm ready" Lilac said as she bowed slightly, her bangs fell in front of her eyes. Arella smiled and headed over behind the chair, which Lilac know sat down in. "Here. Let me help" Arella said as she grabbed her hairbrush. Lilac was quiet as Arella brush through her hair.

When she was done, there was a knock on the door. "How's it coming?" John asked, Arella moved out the way and John's eyes widened seeing his daughter.

"Oh, Lilac, Is that you? You look beautiful" Lilac's cheeks turned red and Arella nodded in agreement. "He's right" Arella said with a chuckle as her and John led Lilac out of her bedroom. "You're going to have a wonderful time tonight. Trust me." Arella said as they walked downstairs.