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The next dreaded question arrived when Lily was ten years old. It was the end of the school year and Regina picked Lily up from school. She had her backpack full of stuff and a small plastic bag. She hugged Miss Blanchard's knee's gently and Regina bristled before grinning as Lily ran at her. Lily was still small enough that Regina could pick her up easily and although she hated the fact that Lily was so small, she was still happy she could carry her beautiful girl.

On the walk home, Lily was silent, which always worried Regina. Lily was very talkative and often chattered away happily about her day to Regina, so when she was silent there was generally something wrong.

Eventually Lily spoke quietly.

"Am I a freak Mommy?" Regina was taken aback and instantly thought of Bullies saying hurtful things.

"No baby. You are not a freak." Lily nodded into her mothers neck before speaking quietly again.

"Then... why am I the only one who's going to different class next year? Everyone else is staying in Miss Blanchard's class..." Regina sighed quietly.

"Listen beautiful, this is something very big. So Mommy will tell you when we get home okay?" Lily nodded seriously, pulling some of her hair into her mouth, a terrible habit she'd developed and no-one had managed to stop her yet. Regina just calmly removed the hair from her daughters mouth, ignoring her pout.

When they got home, Regina sat Lily on the couch, sitting next to her and taking a deep breath.

"I need you to hear me out, okay baby? Because have I ever lied to you?" Lily shook her head, looking at her Mom with wide and trusting eyes.
"We used to live in a fairytale world, somewhere very special but a very bad lady wanted to hurt me badly and she cast a curse to send us all here. She tried to take you away from me, but I had a bit of magic to fix it so you got to stay with me. That's why you're the only one who gets older, because Mommy used magic to protect you." Lily chewed her lip, thinking it through before cuddling into Regina.

"Who was the bad lady Mom?" She asked quietly. Regina couldn't help but smirk.

"You'd know her as Snow White." Lily nodded and Regina kissed the top of her head gently. Perhaps having the other child come back and break the curse wouldn't be all that bad. She would love to see the look on Snow's face when her second daughter, the one she wasn't even meant to have, rejected her.

Regina noticed a decline in Lily when she turned about seventeen. Even though she was still having her drip every day she started to be more lethargic and tired, getting skinnier and complaining of strange ache's and pains. Regina had been preparing for this day since Lily was one, but now it was here, she couldn't deal with it. It hurt too much. It was a Saturday when Lily actually brought up what Regina was dreading. Lily and Regina were slumped on the couch together, watching Enchanted, one of Lily's favourite films, when Lily turned to look at her Mom.

"Am I going to die?" She asked, looking terrified and hopeful at the same time. Regina couldn't hold back the tears as she moved Lily so they were laying together, wrapping her arms tightly around her baby girl, ignoring the fact she could feel every bone in her body

"I'm gonna do everything I can to make sure you don't but..." She sighed, this was breaking her heart, but she never lied to Lily about her illness.
"There... is a high chance you will." Lily nodded, burrowing into her Mom.

"Hey... Mom?"

"Yes Baby?"

"Can we go to England? If I get better? I wanna go see the tower of London and Big Ben and everything else out there. Can we?" Regina nodded, tears filling her eyes and her voice choking with emotion.

"Of course we can sweetie. When you get better, we'll go wherever you want to go."

Pauley: I'm sorry this chapter was a little shorter than the others but... my feels just couldn't take writing anymore.
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