ONCE UPON A DREAM
Once Upon A Time… so many stories start that way. It is the marking of a classic. Every story that begins like that ends in Happily Ever After. That's what everyone wants isn't it? Everyone wants to find their happy ending. Every Princess wants to find her Prince. But in real life is there ever a "happy" ending? All ups have a down. What is a positive event to one can be a negative event to another. There is only ever one winner. Good triumphs over evil. The villain is destroyed and peace is restored. That's life, so why does it still surprise everyone?
Gabriella sat on a rock over looking the lake. She was deep in though. She felt like her life was over. She had lost the battle. "All is fair in love and war", thought Gabriella. "That isn't right…Love is the war. It's a battle that you either win or lose. And I lost."
She had lost the battle. She had lost Troy. She didn't even know why. He just showed up all mad and broke up with her. She wished she could hate him. Everything would be better if she hated him. "Love hurts." She thought. She wanted the pain to go away. She wanted to give up all the memories she had of Troy. If she could forget she could go on living.
"With out Troy I am broken." She screamed at the lake. "I want to forget. Let me let go!" she sat back and though. She wanted to go back.
She shouldn't have gone to that New Years party. She should have ran off stage and hidden in the bathroom. She shouldn't have auditioned for the musical. She should have stayed quiet. She should have agreed to do the scholastic decathlon right away.
There were so many things she should have done. So many regrets. So much she wished she could change. So much she wanted to let go. So much she wanted to forget.
"If you could go back, would you change it? Do you really wish you had never met Troy? Do you really want to leave all that behind?"
Gabriella slowly turned around. A woman dressed in a white gown was standing behind her. She had a radiant glow coming from her. She was beautiful, but there was something about her that was different and alluring.
"W-who are you?" asked Gabriella. "What are you?"
"I am Lillian. I am an angel sent to help you. And I know you likely don't believe me, but I am. I can help you. Actually, now that I think about it, its my job to help you." She paused to let Gabriella process what she had just said. "I can make you forget Troy and all that other stuff. Let me help you."
Gabriella thought a moment before nodding her head. "Yes, yes help me forget. I can't hate him and I shouldn't love him. Let me let go."
"Great. First I have to show you a few things. Then I get to erase your memory and you can live a normal life…with a few complications, but we will get to that later. Now grab me had and lets go!"
Lillian held her hand to Gabriella. She gladly took it.
"Okay. First stop, the past that would have been!" with that Gabriella and Lillian rose in to the air and soared into the night.
